The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-09
L. r. Ranous writes chat he
expects to come to Milbank for
short stay in the near future.


expects to come to Milbank for a
short stay in the near future.
st. Agnes guild will give a
Washin gton supper at Har monia
hall on Thursday evening, Feb.
22nd. 25c will be charged and
everybody is invited.
Word wasreceived by friends at
Big Stone of the death Of Henry
Fahmer, a resident of that town
some years ago. He had recent
lY resided at Faribau]t and Wa
SEGA, and was at the latter place
at the time of his decease.
DR.. Kriesel returned home
last week from Hot Springs,
Ark, where he accompanied w.
B. Saunders, who was taking
treatment at the springs. Mr.
Saunders returned with him as
far as Minneapolis, where he is
taking electric treatment.
w. q: Krueger writes from
Los Angeles that he and Mrs.
Kruger are in good health and
enjoying the mild climate of Cal
ifornia. Mrs. Kruger is much
better than she was last winter
They have been in the city for
about three onths, but are
about to go to several other plac
es in the state to spend the re
ma ainder of the winter.
James Kerr, our former citizen,
writes from Clarksto ton, Wash,
that the family has just moved
into their new house at that place,
though it is not yet completely
furnised it. He says he had just
come in from digging a pan OF
potatoes, and that we might judge
from that that the weather had
not been very severe.
Speaking of winter wheat, Mr..
John Black of Vernon township
states that he has a field of five
acres, which is in good shape
and about threeinches in height t.
1t was sown the first of October,
but should have been sown a
month earlier. The seed was
grown in this county by Ben
Crippen, and it yielded IA bush
els on poor land. For the bene
fit of those interested in this
winter wheat experiment, Mr..
Black will make later report OF
the wintering and prospect Of
of this field.
In conversation with a mer
chant the other day, the ques
tion was asked, Chow does busi
ness for last month compare
with the same mon tn of las
year, His reply was "It is a.
least ty-tiye per cent bet
ter This firm is one Of those
who have gone into advertising 8
quite extensively during the
last few months and who did no
cut out their ad during the month
of January. Their holiday trade
was double that of the previous
year.
Aletter recently received from
Milo Olds at Stan ton, \ d. states
that his family are all well, anC
that they have been having {
fine winter. He says: Coal cost:
me two hours work to get a load
the mines are close by where
they get it ready for the wagol
for ST "a a load, and we like
better than the soft coal you ge
in South Dakota. Oar live stocl
have hardly been in the barr
this winter; we have had only
two cold spells, sting abou
four days, the last one January
20. The weather is warm now
we have the doors open durin2
the day, and we do not have the
winds you do. The crops have
been good since | came here
Never saw them better in Soutl
Dakota.
The i'll results of indiscrimin
ate giving to those who ar
travelling around begging an(
appealing to peoples sympathie:
; because of some affiiction, ha.
, been we'll illustrated in the cas-
!, of a blind man who was here col
lecting from the sympathetic ;
, short time ago, and according t.
accounts received quite a sum
Last Tuesday this same blint
man was being led about tn
str eets in a mandlin state of IN
/. toxication, and we understand
this man has worked the sam
!. game in other places. In givin,
. to the usual travelling begya