The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-06-03

O:o'' "eAe ldIueu Dy these
pioneer missionaries, and it's
Santa this and San that wher
ever you go, and one would think
from the name that he was in a
very holy country, but on close
inspection one finds that the con-
dltlons in many places are not of
a most sanitary character. While
speaking Of til csc Spanish
names, we find that they are not
always pronounceable by their
spelling, and the new conner if
ne Is not careful may find him
self in the air.
ne writer was enquiring about
train connections at a junction
called Pajora when the
agent commenced to stare at him
Win an amazed look on his face
and exclaimed, "Where?" We
were not slow to see that we had
run up against something. and
concluding that it was our Span
lsh that needed fixing, we ap-
preached the railroad magnate
In a very humble manner. and
looking appealingly into his ewes.
we l SAD | very softly, Friend,
l admit 1T, I'm a tender foot. a
stranger IN a strange land. but
l just wanted to know if the
trains make connection at Pal
AFRO, and | spelled out the word
for him. My humble attitude
dlsarmed him and he laughingly
gave me the information desired
After few such experiences T
learned that the 'j' is a silent
partner In many of these Span
lsh names and that the proper
thing is to pass it by in silent
contempt whenever you meet it
fooling around among a lot of
vowels. They put it into these
Spanish words simply because it
looks pretty and gives the word a
picturesque appearance, though
once IN while they use the same
letter for "w.' Thus we for
elgners have lots of trouble with
these Spanish consonants. And
speaking Of foreigners re-
minds US that there are lots of
them here from all parts of the
world While on the road down
we run across bunch of tur-
banded Hindus from India. en-
ployed in track building. but
much of this class of labor is
done by Mexicans, while the
Chinese are largely employed in
indoor work, and truck garden
ing, the Japs taking to the trades
and smaller businesses.
During our stay in Los Angeles
we were of course, the guests of
our sister and family, who came
from Michigan some five years
ago and now make their home
here. 1t was for this fellowship
and enjoyment our trip to South
ern California was principally
made-that the tender ties of
early childhood, youth and young
manhood, and womanhood might
be again renewed and strength
ened in social intercourse. It is
needless to say that this antic-
pated pleasure has been fully
realized. AS the years pass by
we find that the friendships and
attachments of earlier life when
founded upon common purposes
and common love, become to us
sweeter and more permanent
experience by the passing of
time.
We have also had the great
pleasure of meeting number of
Old Dakota friends while in Los
Angeles. Among these is one of
the old timers at Big Stone H. r.
Burnell. Herb is in the real
estate business, has finely-ap-
pointed Offices in one of the big
buildings in the city, has a good
business, and is nicely situated
in a cozy home in one OF the
pretty res dence districts all OF
which we know will be matter
of pleasing interest to the old
friends of former days. We also
| had the pleasure of meeting Mrs:
Oscar Lender, who is employed
in one of the large department.
stores, while Oscar is doing well
as a contractor in the building
line. Another Milbank boy with
whom we enjoyed visit was
George Daniels. George is in
charge of the wall paper depart
ment in the Califor MIA Furniture
Co.'S establishment, one Of the
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