The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-02-13

Ine annual meeting or the
state Sunday school association
will be held in Aberdeen this
spring.
Mrs. Frances Gam BILE, who
has been living in Minneapolis
during the winter is making a
few days visit to friends in Mil
bank.
The Woodmen give their
annual ball at Harmonic hall
this evening. These Woodmen
parties are always enjoyable
affairs.
Theodore Semrau, of Balfour,
N. D., who had been on a visit
to his friend Godfred Stengle of
Melrose, left Monday for his
home in North Dakota.
G.. w. Mosher, the Sisseton
editor, came down last week ex-
pecting to go to- Pierre, but
owing to the adjournment oil the
legislature he returned home
and started on the trip last Tues
day.
Emil Movius, one Of the early
day Big Stone residents, now of
Lidger wood, n. D., recently had
his picture shown up in the
Minneapolis Journal. Emil is a
member of the Nortn Dakota
legislature from Richland county.
The Coe commission company
have moved their Office to the
telephone building. AS the Ed
wards, Wood & Co., also have
their office at the telephone block
that building has the appearance
of cham Der of commerce.
The many friends of Gov. and
Mrs Herreid in this locality
sincerely sympathise with the
stricken family in their recent
bereav vement-the loss by death
of their only son. Roscoe was
fifteen years of age, a bright
/ manly lad, whom many of our
Milbank people had become quite
we'll acquainted with while at the
lake last summer, and his taking
off is severe blow to the hearts
of loving parents.
At the Woodman meeting
Monday evening Messrs. M. M.
Ramer, F. W. Meehan, A. J.
Bleser and M. 3. Wiseman
were elected delegates to the
county camp, which will consist
of these delegates, and one from
Twin Brooks, two from Big
Stone City and one from
Albee. The county camp will
send two delegates to the head
camp at Sioux Falls. The camp
left the matter of change of as
sessment plan with the delegates
to the county camp.
Mr.. Fred Liebing, who last
fall made a trip up into the
Alberta country, where his son
Henry Liebing, jr., is located,
has left upon our desk a sample
of oats ard wheat raised by
Henry Liebing on breaking last
year. The wheat is splendid
quality of hard wheat and the
oats too are fine sample. He
also brought chunk of Ignite
coal found in that region of AL
berta, and which was taken from
the surface at the bank of the
river, sample of which he left
on our table for public inspec-
ton.
The "Chalk Talk" of w. Ash
Davis last Saturday evening was
one of the best things in an
artistic way that has ever been
presented in this part of the
country. Mr. Davis is an ex-
ceptionally fine artist with the
crayon and the rapidity with
which he presented his work,
with few strokes of the crayon
changing picture into an alto
gether different subject, was a
most pleasing feature, and the
pres entation of the young man
with the cigarette appetite and
his degeneration by stages was
particularly apt. The entertain
ment was we'll worthy of a much
larger patronage thanit received.
The next number on the library
course will be the lecture on
"Dreams and Dreamers' by
Rev. P. M. Smock, who is con-
sidered one of the most enter
tanning and instructive lecturers
in the country. 1t will be given
one week from tonight, Feb
ruary 90. By purchasing a
ticket you will not only have the
privilege of listening to a splen-