The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-06-25
Fresh fruit at the P. O. store

! Mrs. Thorpe, of Spearfsh,
was a guest of Mrs. L. L. Con-
right last week, and enjoyed q
visit to the lake.
For a nice drink of cool soda
water call at the P. 0. store.
| Miss Anna Templeton,. of the
city schools is spending her va.
cation with her sister, Mrs. E.
IT. Whitlow, at Seattle, Wash.
Mrs. Chas. Preston of Madi.
son, S. D.. is enjoying q visiting
with her father, Mr.. J. G. Elliot,
and meeting friends at the old
home here.
r. j. Hicks and family came
up from Big Stone and spent
Sunday with Milbank friends,
and were later the guests of
Archie Templeton IN Melrose.
The celebration at OrtonviIle
July is attracting wide atten-
ton. The program includes
some big features and number
of interesting events. The
great fireworks display given as
q sham naval battle in the even.
ing.
Paul Kohler, who sells land,
has an ad in another column, tell
ing of snap he has to offer. He
doesn't hold these things long.
Call and see him. If you have
any real estate you wish to sell
see Paul. He sells land.
Philip White, who has been
down 1T his old home in LeSueur
county, Mimi, for several
mouths, returned home this week.
Philip says that Grant county as
q farming proposition is away
ahead of the part of Minnesota
where he was.
| Street Commissioner Sutcliff
has been doing some good work
on the road north of the bridge
at the Malsed farm. The road
leading north on the east side of
town was finely improved last
year and new bridge put in,
and the improvement this year
made on the west road will do
much to make easy travelling
over the approaches to the city.
| Mr.. George Bentley, of Jeffer-
son, Iowa, and the Misses Grace
and Eva Bentley, of Charles City,
Iowa, we're guests of the Pad
dock family the early part of the
week, having been here to at.
tend the nuptials of their brother
Mr.: Ray Bentley, and Miss Laura
Paddock.
A very happy double birthday
party was celebrated at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Fox last
Friday afternoon, when Ralph
aged 13 and Warren aged Is en-.
tertained some twenty of their
young friends with program of
music, singing and games, and a
most delicious lunch. The boys
received great many gifts to
remind them of the esteem OF
their young friends. Mrs. Nellie
Hadley, Of Minneapolis. who has
been a guest of the family for
some time, was largely instru-
} mental in making the occasion
such a pleasant one. Another hap
py feature was the presence OF
the mothers of the boys at lunch.
I Henry S. Volkmar, secretary
of the Thunder Creek Mining
Company, received word this
!, week that an English syndicate
has agreed to furnish $25, 900,
600 to finance the construction
' of an electric railroad into his
mining district and later to in.
stall smelter. In a conspicu-
Gus advertisement elswhere will
be found an announcement from
Mr.. Volkmar that while the
price of stock will soon be ad.
vanced to par-one dollar per
share, he will continue for there
, naming days that he will be in
Milbank, before departing for
his future home in Seattle,
WASH, to accept application for
stock al the persent low price
named in the advertisement.
Late advice from Thunder Creek
mine are to the effect that as
, depth is attained in the perma'
nent working tunnel, the miner
al continues to steadily improve
, in richness.
!, Martens Bros. are prepared
to give you hail insurance. An
ounce Of prevention is worth q
ton of regret.