The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-02-16

creameries are being put in the east
ern part OF the county, near Artesian,
and Woonsoeket will make valuable
concessions by way of free water
power for one to be located there.
Nearly So, 900 was paid out to farm
ers for milk at the Dell Rapids cream
cry in one week recently. Afarmer, in
speaking OF thi. growing industry,
Raid that he was getting 90 cents for
his barley and 50 cents for wheat by
feeding it to his COWS and selling milk
to'the creamery. This Is d good tip
for Others.
The mysterious robbery OF the
United States land Office at Water
town has been the absorbing topic Of
conversation for the past few days
and although theories have been mum
erous enough as to how 1T occurred,
the mystery surrounding the affair IS
as imDenet rable as ever. | spector
Swinetord has been investigating the
affair.
The people in the vicinity OF Cham
berlain are unanimous in saying that
more snow has fallen this winter than
during any winter since that OF 1880
81. when the snow fall was SO great
that when the snow went off in the
spring every lake bed was filed to the
brim with water. As q result crops
were good during the succeeding two
or three years.
1t is said that next month several
hundred farmers from the two Dako-
tas will meet in St Paul Tor the pur-
pose OF organizing a thresher associa-
ton on the cooperative plan. The
plan provides Tor the formation OF an
independent thresher organization
among the farmers, half a dozen IN
each locality, to cooperate In owning
and running machines.
Failure of tile Hand County bank
at Miller will prove more disastrous
than at first reported. Parties from
Miller say the liabilities will be S25,-
900 with less than hal that sum in
assets. The S14,' 90 belonging to
Hand county is believed to have been
transferred elsewhere to protect Coun-
ty Trea urer Rosekrans' bondsmen,
OF whom Cashier Hill IS one.
The position OF agency physician at
Lower Brule agency has been filled Ivy
the appointment OF Maryland man,
vino has just arrived and taken
charge. 1t was the belief in some
quarters that DR.. Eastman. formerly
physician 1T Pine Ridge agency, but
now resident Of St. Paul, would get
this position lfheis again permitted
to enter the Indian service he may be
sent to Santee agency.
Maj. Helms of the Santee agency
has just been at Flandreau makingan
issue OF money to the Flandreau In
dians. Each Indian gets S1O-from
the smallest papoose up This
amount OF money IL issued to Flan-
drea Indians, also those on the San
tee agency, Nebraska and the Ponca
agency. There are about three hun
dred Indians in the vicinity OF Elan
dreau This will leave about So, 600
distributed among those Indians.
The state board OF regents recently
in session at Huron, listened to the
presentation ofthe irrigation question
by Governor Sheldon, DR.. McLouth,
S. II. Riggs and others. The gentle
men made a strong plea for further
experiments in irrigation and suggest
cd that the board give careful atten-
tion to irrigation engineering aud the
either ut the agricultural college or
elsewhere, where instruction in practi-
cal irrigation may be given. The
board is inclined to comply with the
requests, and made arrangements &C
cordingly. The resignation of J p.
Ward OF Parker, as member Of the
board was accepted. DR.. McGilli-
cuddy was made pre-ident OF the
School OF Mines OF Il 'pid City.
About six weeks ago little Philip,
the two-year old son Of George Pat
terson OF Hazel, drank some washing
lye which he got hold OF aro und the
house, and he has since been in
very critical condition. A couple of
weeks ago he was taken to Brookings
and has since been under the care Of
DR.. Hyde. The doctor found that the
lye had removed the membraneous
lining from the throat and that it was
gradual y growingu up, resulting in slow
ST arvation. Mr.. Patterson consented
to an operation being performed,
which was done, and since then the
lit le patient has been improving 1t
is thought that two or more opera
tons will be NECESSARY. and it is hnned