The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-09-13

G. w. Prevey's father and sis
ter, who have been visiting
friends in Miibank and western
Minnesota for two or three
weeks, returned to their home at
Elroy, Wis, last Tuesday
Edward Sullivan the young
man who formerly attended
school in Milbauk aud later
worked in the Herald Advance
Office, but who has for the past
year been living at Mazeppa,
Mimi, writes that he has re-
moved to Baldwin, Wis, and is
working in newspaper Office
there.
Mr.. James Lyon, a cousin Of
Thad Fuller and MIR. G. 3 Kent
ner, two gentlemen from Whit
ten, Ia, were visitors in town
during the week. They were on
a tour of inspection and on
their way home from North Da-
kota They expect to make a
change of location and were in
tending to make some invest
ments.
Will Mount has left with US a
couple Of fine ears of white dent
corn, wellfilled and ripened, as
specimen production of his farm
If the corn is u fair sample Of
his field, Mr. Mount will have no
cause to deplore II failure of the
corn crop this year. He also
showed US some curiosities
in the form Of second growth
potatoes, both the original pota
to and the second growth being
sound and fully developed.
w. Dallman returned last week
from trip to his farm in Ward
county, n. d. He threshed 36
bushels Of wheat to the acre, and
some of his neighbo: wheat
went as high as as bushels to the
acre, and he says that oats are
yielding in many cases 90 bush
els to the acre and in somes in
stances as high as l1O bushels
That portion Of country had time
ly rains'during the growing sea
son and consequently has abun
dant crops.
Rev. Chas. n. Fitch, the late
pastor Of the Congrega tional
church, took his departure
Wednesday for Sheboygan, Wis, !
where he has been engaged as
supply for a term of several
months, during which time Mrs.
Fitch will 60 on to her old home
at Oberlin, O. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fitch leave a large circle OF
warm friends in Milbank. who,
regretting their departure, will
wish them abundant success and
the JOY of the Master in their life
work.
Co Supt. Ramer has secured
Robert Whitefoot, who is in the
general merchandise business at
Summit, to act as agent and de
pository for Grant county school
books, and will keep all of the
text books used in the county
| Mr.. Whitefoot receives no com
pensation for this, and does it
simple as a matter Of convenience
to the patrons of the schools in
the vicinity Of Summit, who
would otherwise have to send to
Milbank or some other less ac-
cessible point for their books.
Mr.. Jens Peterson Of the Mil
bank leundry keeps on improv
ing his establishment and has
recently raised the roof of his
dry house and ironing room and
put IN new front, making the
building much more comfortable
and convenient to work in, and
giving it finer appearance.
Jens has succeeded II making
the laundry one of the indispen-
sible conyeniences of the city,
and his work is so generally
satisfactory that he has to keep
his force at work night and day
to turn out his orders.
| The county library board, con-
sisting OF County Superintendent
Ramer, States Attorne ney Gamble,
County Auditor Truran. and the
principals Of the town schools,
Profs. Burkhead, Riggle and
Miss Donaldson, met in session
at the court house on Friday the
Both ult., and apportioned the
books allotted to the several dis
tricts. Under the law each dis
trict is allowed 10 cents per
capita of its school population
according to last census, the to-
tai for the county being 1921,
which pivnc an annrnnriat tinn nf