The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-09-05

anything in the shape of corn.
The ladies aid society will hold
their regular meeting with Mrs.
M. l.. Ecker next Thursday after.
noon.
Messrs. Jewell & Buttrick
solicit the patronage of the pub
lie through an advertisement in
another column.
Mrs. J. G. Knapp of Sisseton
was meeting a number of Mil
bank friends Tuesday morning
while waiting for the north train
on her way home from a sojourn
in the cities.
Mrs. A. Linquist of Wilmot
and little daughters we're the
guests of Mrs. G.. W. Prevey
Monday. They we're on their
return home from visit to
friends in Ortouville.
The ladies Of the Altar Society
of the st. Lawrence church en-
joyed a most delightful gather
ing at the home of Mrs. Thomas
Hicks last week Wednesday.
The guest of honor was Mrs. L.
M. Kearcher who leaves Milbank
this week for her new home at
Ortonville.
The Granger Business school
of Aberdeen, S. D., has secured
a position for one of it's students.
Miss Josie Findsand, with Turn
er & Lee, Attorneys at Law at
Fargo, N. D. The Granger
Business school has been in
existence only two years and
during that time it has secured
AZ good paying positions for it's
graduates in the states of Min
nesota, North and South Oak kota.
Adolph Hanson, of Stockholm
township, who recently pur-
chased the Fred Hoganson place
upon which he now lives, was
one of the very earliest settlers
in Minnehaha county, having
lived there % years before COM
ing here. After selling his farm
near Dell Rapids last year he
travelled over the northwest
until he was tired. but says that
he saw nothing with which he
was so favorably impressed as
Grant county.
John Burkhardt is consider
ing the question Of petitioning
the city council to pass an ordi
nance prohibiting splitting on
the sidewalk. He says that de-
spite all he can do to keep his
cement walk presentable the
stones are constantly covered
with tobacco stains from those
who make the front of his store
a resting place evenings, and he
feels like appealing to the power
of the city authorities to protect
him from this nuisance.
William Graham, of AnamOose,
N. D., has come down to visit his
old friends in Grant county
and look after his farming in
terests in Alban township. Mr..
Graham is enjoying good health
and reports his family as all
prospering and well satisfied in
their North Dakota home. He
says the average wheat crop this
year is as good or better than it
was last year in his locality. He
states that Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
McGrew are doing we'll and have
a half section farm adjoining
that of Mr.. Graham.
The Wagner mill has again
been started up after having
been closed down for several
weeks while some additions and
improvements were being made
in the machinery. The feed
mill has been improved so that
it has double it's former capacity,
while the flour making apparatus
has been reinforced with num-
Der of new improvements, that
now enables the mill to turn out
a much finer and nicer grade of
flour than heretofore could have
been possible. A third purifier
has been put in, two new dust
collectors and new windspouting
and scalper have been added,
making the mill in every way as
complete and perfect as possible.
No attempt has been made to
increase the capacity of the mill,
the changes and additions to the
machinery being made for the
purpose of securing the most
economical milling and improv-
ing the quality of the output.