The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Claus Hexom have
Just received word from their son.
Carl, who is o overseas, stating
that he is well and that there is no
sickness. He says life in France
agrees with him.
The Lake county council of de-
Tense today caused to be posted in
business places of the city placards.
as follows: ITO prevent the spread
or Spanish influenza, no visiting or
loafing in this place"
Mrs. S. II. Pierce and daughter.
Miss Alta Pierce, were among the
outward bound passengers today.
After being the guests of Mrs. E. M.
Shirk for a few days, they returned
to their home at Rock Island, Ill.
Sheriff Keller is busy these days
delivering blank ballot forms and
boxes to the respective voting pre-
cincts throughout Lake county pre-
paratory to the coming election to be
held on November S.
Influenza in the home of Henry
Miller has prevented the head of the
Miller family from going and coming
to his wi domicile for more than a
week. Today conditions were favor
able for his return therefore he feels
excluded no longer.
A number of people of the city
who have been confined at home on
account of sickness are said to be re-
covering. Among them are Miss
Esther Samelson, of the First Nation
al bank; C. A. Stensland, of the Sc
curity State bank, also Mrs. Frank
Sloan and son.
T. Moothart and brother, Martin
went to Cherokee, Ia, today on a
very sad mission. Their brother,
Dewey, one of the members of the
S. A. T. C. at Iowa City, Ia, passed
away last Saturday, after a period of
suffering from pneumonia following
influenza and they are going to at
tend the funeral.
Attorney Ira F. Blewitt received a
telegram this morning apprising him
of the dying condition of his brother,
James, at Bismarck, N. ID. Mr..
Blewitt made hasty preparations for
leaving on an afternoon train, but
was delayed in going because Of the
fact that the train north was report
ed six hours behind schedule. lie
will be away from the city several
days.
Miss Grace Harrison, who depart
ed from Madison for her Colorado
home N week ago last Sunday,
writes her friends that she has arriv-
ed at the city of Florence all right,
ed from Madison for her Colorado
she states, the leaves are all green
yet and the weather is fine. Miss
Harrison was employed at the NAL
Tory studio while in the city.
There is at least one up-to-date
farmer in Lake county who believes
in modern methods in harvesting his
crop. The reference is made to Jul
JUS Hexom, who has devised a unique
method of getting his corr in the
crib. He possesses one of the latest
models of mechanical corn huskers
and conceived the idea of drawing it
through the field with a tractor.
This worked very satisfactorily as
the results proved. With this ar
rangement he garnered in from eight
to 10 w~agonloads OF corn per day.
Doubtless others with traction power
will follow suit and DON have their
corn out of the way.
The county auditor is in receipt of
two ballots that have been sent from
France by Glenn Caldwell and Roy
Page. These ballots are considered
cast in the oncoming election, and in
this connection it might be well to
note that, should there be a heavy
vote by the American expeditionary
forces abroad, the results of the cleo
ton will be necessarily held up and
the full summary would not be com
pleted possibly for several months
after November S. The. soldier vote
must be considered and counted, and
as o construed, soldiers have voted
upon the date they sign their ballots,
even though their ballots do not
reach the election judge until a
month or two after the general cleo