The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-05-05

was in town Saturday, on busi
ness.
The men on the sewer work
were all laid off Tuesday on ac
count of the rain.
Ole Grove of Sisseton, stopped
over in Milbank, Monday night
on his way home from La Crosse
where he had been receiving g
treatment in a hospital.
The band boys stand ready tc
meet the citizens and business
men half way, on any PROPOSE
tion that may be made regarding
their playing on market day.
The manager talked the matter
over with the members of the
band with the above result. As
an attraction for market day
it would be no more than fair
play, to show our appreciation
to the organization by having
them play on those dates.
The report of Mayor Bouck
to the city council, which is
printed in this issue, should be
read by every citizen and tax
payer of Milbank. 1t touches
upon a humber Of matte in
which all are interested, makes
suggestions that may be profit
ably considered, shows the
present condition of city affairs,
gives a resume of the work ac-
complished during the year and
presents matters for the future
that are of importance to us as
a progressive community.
The ladies of the local chapter
Eastern Star, to the mum Der of
twenty-three visited the Orton-
vile chapter last Friday, where
a most enjoyable time was had,
the degree work of the chapter
being exemplified on two candi.
dates, after which refreshments
were served and social meeting
enjoyed until the west bound
train arrived. The ladies were
escorted on their tour by w. M.
Thomas, the only real brave man
in town, and be brought them
safely through many dangers
and returned them home without
even the loss of a hair-pin.
Stephen Grice met with pain.
full accident at the round house
| Monday afternoon, about $50.
He was working on a freight To-
comotive. Noticing that steam
and water were leaking from
a washout plug on the front of
the engine, he took a long
pipe with wrench head, which
is used for this purpose, and
started to tighten up the plug.
There was about 80 pounds of
steam on, and the moment he
touched the plug it blew out, the
steam and water knocking him
off the pilot and several feet from
the engine. He was picked up
by the engineer of the engine
and helped home. A physician
was called and it was found to be
quite badly scalded on the hands,
arms, neck face and legs, but
fortunately his body escaped
injury. Tuesday night Mr..
Grice was taken to ST. Barn
abas hospital, ST. Paul. for treat
ment. The attending physician
thinks that the injured man will
recover rapidly, unless some
com olications should set in.
Dan Conright has taken Mr..
Grice's place at the round house
until he is able 10 go to work
again.
Attorney J. W. Darlington, of
Sisseton, was in Milbank on le
gal business the fore part of the
week. When viewed by al
HERALD ADVANCE reporter re-
garding the effect of the ruling
of the supreme court, that an In
dian is no longer a ward of the
United States. after he has taken
his allotment of land, and is a !
subject the same as a white n an,
said: "Of course we must look
for something of this kind, the
natural consequence ofeducating
them. The schools on the agen-
cy were started as far back as
1870, and there are very small
per cent. of the Indians who can
not read or write. The govern
ment should break loose from
them and make citizens Of them.
OF course, this effected the sale
of liquor to the Indian, here
tofore forbidden, but as they be-
come citizens they can now buy
it. There is where the most
noticah1o chanCo iS canSod nv !