The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-07-17
Montana Letter
More About the Country and Former
Milbank People Now Residents
in tnat Part Of the State
visit d.
Concluded from last weekly

Since our arrival here we have
seen nearly all Of the Grant
county folks who are located in
this vicinity. Ben Archer is
nicely settled on a small irriga
ted farm in the valley, mile
south of town, and is greatly
pleased with his prospects and
the condition of soil and climate.
He has just built an addition to
his home, and is now comfort
ably situated. His son, Waldo
is located on a farm near by, and
the younger son Ben, is living
with his father.
Nels Bergren, who was one of
the early settlers IN Stockholm
township in Grant county, is on
one Of the bench land farms, a
few miles southeast of Willow
Creek, and with his sons has a
section of land under cultivation.
The Bergrens do their breaking
and plowing with two gas trac-
tors. They have good comfort
able buildings on their farms
and are prospering in this new
country. We fortunately visited
the Bergren ranch about the
supper hour and enjoyed a cup
of coffee and some of Mrs. Berg
ren's good biscuits before get
ting away.
The Garnet brothers are 10
Gated a few miles south of the
town on a 1900 acre ranch, and
though they have some of it bro
ken up for wheat, they are going
to make a special feature of rails
ing horses, having a fine Per.
cheron stallion they are breed
ing from, and the ranch is sup
piled with an excellent flow of
water fr ON a large spring,
which with a little work can be
damned up and used for irrigat-
ing portion of the land. Miss
Garnet keeps house for her bro
theirs, and has just proved up on
a quarter section of land adjoin.
ing that of her brothers.
Another Milbank family with
whom we enjoyed visit was
that of Mr. and Mrs Lou Ranous
and son Lloyd. They have two
sections of land about seven
miles from here and are getting
along nicely. Miss Edith Bran
non, a neice Of Mrs. Ranous, and
one of our Milbank young ladies',
has been visiting with the Ra-
nous family during the week.
She is on her way home from the
Palouse country in Washington,
where she had been teaching
school, and will make a visit to
the Yellowstone National Park,
which is about seventy miles
from here, before returning to
Milbank.
The Clarence Rider family,
who for many yeas had farm
west of Milbank. is located near
here. Mr.. Rider together with
other members of the family has
a section and a quarter of bench
land, which he is improving and
bringing under cultivation.
Erick Malkerson and August
Everson, both of whom formerly
lived in Grant county, have quar-
ter sections of the bench land.
Everson spent several years in
California before coming here.
He has a we'll outfit and is engag
ed in drilling wells.
The young people who have
located in Willow Creek and are
engaged in business are all do
ing well. Messrs. Nelson &
Thorndike have their bank in OPP
GRAFTON and are also doing good
lumber business. They have
the full confidence of the COM
munity and there is no question
OuO Wlldu uIlCy Will HiahC SUI
cess Of their business, They
have just completed a fine con
crete bank building, commodious
and we'll lighted. and provided
with a fire-proof vault and bur-
glar-proof safe. The building is
now being plastered and will be
ready for occupancy in the
course Of a week or two
Ralph Briggs and Reaty Nc
Pherson, who recently purchased
the principle general store here,
are doing an excellent business
and are we'll satisfied with their
business prospects. Mr.. Nc.
Pherson is postmaster, the post
Office being in the store building
and the telephone central is also
located here. They handle ev
erything that is called for in 8
country general store, and theil
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