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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-12-15

For SALE FAN sndspring Duroc gifts
lfdesired will bree dtoeitheF IF our herd
oosrs, both sons of grand champions
We also have few good oosrs left for
sale Registry papers furnished Prize,
es S15 70 SIS. Phone 81, R4, Viroqua
MeClurg Bros 48-tf
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-12-15

For SALE-Fifty- acre farm, / mile
south of Viroqua. known as the James
Hayes place. Good buildings An ex-
cellent home Also 40 acres of timber
on Pleasant Ridge. Inquire of Phil
Biddison, Viroqua city. 4S-tf
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-12-15

F0R SALE My splendid 200 acre farm
near Newry. Good buildings Come
and see, It will please yea. Win sell
all stock and equipment If desired A.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
TO SUE THE CITY.

The city Of Milbank has heretofore
we believe escaped suits for dam
ages, but it would appear that this
immunity is now past. for at the
last meeting Of the city council,
Miss Alice Carlson, an employee in
the Milbank News office, gave
notice to the city council that she
had fallen on the defective cross
walk going from the st Hubert
hotel to the depot, and spraining
her ankle, had been disabled for
several weeks and unable to attend
to her work as compositor. She
therefore demands that her wages
for the weeks she was unable to to
work and her physicians bill be paid
by the city, and threatens to bring
suit unless this is done.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10

A very interesting wrestling
match was staged last Saturday
night at the Vernon township hall.
Ernest Bunting Of Albee, weight
100 pounds and Fred Elliott Of
Iowa, weight 130 pounds. were the
contestants.
The first fall was secured by
Elliott in one hour and nine min
utes. The second fall was forfeited
by Bunting. Elliott wrestled with
Pete Kosse of Alban. weight ITO
pounds on the 9th of Nov. The
first fall was made by Elliott in two
minutes and the second in three min
utes. Mr.. Elliott halls from Collins
Iowa, and has worked south Of Mil
bank the past two harvest seasons.
He is also a corn husker Of repute.
Mr.. Elliott issues a challenge to all
light weights.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10

Senator Amsden received 4 COM
plimentary letter from the secre-
tar, ,of the state library association,
Helen E. Minor, stating that at the
recent meeting in Aberdeen during
the educational association gather
ing, before adjourning the library
representatives vote an expression
of their thanks to Mr.. C. S. Ans
den for the interest he had taken
and the help he had given them in
legislative matters. Senator ANS
den made the initiative in nearly
all the bills that were enacted rel
ative to library matters.
John D. Burkhard has for some
time been making changes in his
store and now is using large part
Of the rear end of the building for
his general business. The south
window and south front counter
he has turned over to his son Earl,
who will carry a line Of confection-
airy. cigars and fruits, as his in
dividual business, he having leased
that part Of the store from his faith
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
RICHEST LAND IN THE WORLD

The following is an article writ
ten by L. r. Meyer the great soil
expert, for Editor Hoard Of the
Montevideo Leader, who had asked
Prof. Meyer why the soil of the
Minnesota valley was rich above
other lands in producing qualities:
The great Valley of the upper
Minnesota river, extending from
New Ulm to Waubay, a distance Of
nearly 200 miles and reaching across
from the top of Leaf Mountain in
Otter Tail County to the summit
of the Coteau des Prairies in Lin
coin county, is perhaps the richest
agricultural region in the world.
The soil is made up of glacial drift
of enormous thickness. One who is
familiar with the glacial drift soils
of New England and Canada may
have the impression that such soil
is sterile; and so it is in those
eastern states and even in Wiscon-
sin. for it was made up of granite
rocks ground down by the glaciers.
But here in this great valley Of
which Montevideo is the center, the
glacial drift is made largely from
limestone rocks. There existed to
the north Of us in preglacial times
great formations Of limestone rocks,
of cretac;ous or tertiary age. These
were broken and ground during the
glacial epoch and now form the
subsoil of this great valley. It
is . subsoil Of unsurpassed fertility,
absolutely inexhaustible, and on it
is superimposed the wind formed
soils, the dark loan of the prairies.
Not eventhe valley of the N le can
boast of such a soil as this.
L. r. Meyer.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
SLOT MACHINES TO GO

At the regular meeting of the
city council last Monday evening,
on petition of a delegation of citi-
zens the chief Of police was order
ed to notify all owners of slot ma
chimes and punch boards to have
them removed from public places,
and & they failed to do this the
city attorney was instructed to
prosecute them under municipal or.
dinance or the state law.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
HAL JOHNSON IN SKIRTS.

For good straight coined y
"Skirts'. which will be the offer
ing 1t the Bentley Grand Monday.
December Is. takes second place
to none on the stage today. It is
interspeFsed with delightful musi-
cal numbers and the plot 10 abso-
lutely free from anything objec-
tionsble. One funny situation fol-
lows another in rapid succession
and the audience is kept laughing
al the time. Skirts fairly bubbles
over with mirth and music. and
critics who have seen the produc-
tion and company claim that it has
never been given . more satisfying
stage production. The comedians Of
ability have the principal roles and
the company all through is we'll bal
anced.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
Methodist Church Notes

Public worship at lO:45: organ
prelude; anthem by the choir; SER
mon by the pastor. subject, "The
secret of . man who succeede d >
Sunday school at IL M: teacher
training class led by Mr.. Hill: join
the business mems bible class; the
junior league meets ct 3 o'clock !;
Epworth league ct $50. Mrs.
Albert Partridge. leader; eveninsg
preaching at 1880: music by the
chorus led by Miss Puder; sermon
by the pastor, subject Gods good
mesa" Wednesday evening prayer
and praise service at go: teachers
training class Wednesday evening
: $50; oil are invited
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
Attorney Genersl Renders Opinion

The proof that lemon extract
is being sold in sufficient quantities
and under conditions which would
indicate that it is being used for a
beverage, is necessary to begin any
prosecution on a charge of selling
liquor without license, is the hold
ing OF the attorney general on in-
quiry from Grant county. The
states attorney Of that county makes
the statement that large amount
OF lemon extract is being sold by
the merchants of that county which
extracts contain from SO to IS per
cent Of alcohol, and it is being
purchased and used in soda water
soft drinks" to give them the
proper amount of kick, to allow
those indulging in becoming intoxi-
Gated. The holding is that lemon
extract is classed as food product,
and not as beverage, but the de-
partment is Of the opinion that with
proper proof that it is being sold
for drinking purposes, prosecution
could probably be successfully
pushed.
That county officer must file a
certified voucher for his monthly
salary is the holding on inquiry from
Corson county. The policy has heen
that of issuing warrants for month
~ salaries without the filling of
vouchers on the part of the officials
but this is held to be not fulfilling
the requirements of the law.
That it is the duty of the county
treasurer to stamp the amount of
state taxes paid, on the back of the
receipts of the last half of the year,
as we'll as on the first half receipt,
is the holding on inquiry from
Brookings county.
That the state auditor is not war
ranted in drawing warrants either
on the general fund, or the contin-
gent fund on vouchers filed by the
public examiner for additional le-
gal service, is holding on inquiry
of State Auditor Handlin in regard
to payment for special counsel en-
ployed by the state banking depart
ment in the bank cases argued be-
fore the circuit court at Sioux Falls.
anu the sApre.sst. court here.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
MAKOCHA STUDY CLUB

The Makocha Study club met
with Mrs. Dore last Friday after
noon. Miss Farley was present
and gave IN interesting talk on
souvenirs brought from South
America by John Farley. Three
papers composed the program
Brazil by Mrs. Robinson; "A
trip down the Amazon "A, visit
to Coffee Plantation by Mrs.
Ferguson; ''Homar Bartlett" BY
Mrs Bouck. read by Mrs. Saunders.
Reporter.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
Congregational Church Notes.

Sunday, Dec. Is. lO:45 a. m.
sermon by the pastor: anthem by
the choir; Sunday school at IL m !;
attend Prof. Souders bible class; 3
p. m. Junior Christian Endeavor
meeting $50 p. m. Senior C E;
1880 preaching service; Special
music by the choir and orchestra,
director Prof. Hopfner. Wednes-
day Dec. Is. 1880 p. m. prayer
and praise service; $50 Choral
society and orchestra practice.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
Annual Meeting
Society Makes Report
fWr the Year, Elects Officers


The annual meeting of the First
Congregational church Of Milbank
was held at the church on Wednes-
day night with fine representation
of the members and friends Of the
church in attendance. Before the
business meeting the ladies of the
church served dinner which was
of the variety that has made the
dinners of the Ladies Benevolent
Society SO popular. A social hour
was enjoyed after the dinner and at
eight O'Clock the business meeting
was called to order and opened with
a hymn and prayer. The pastor,
Rev. Harry Evans acted as moder-
ator Of the meeting, and the regu-
lar order of business was followed.
The church clerk, Mrs. S. Nit
telstaedt read the minutes of the
last annual meeting and made her
report for the year. The member
ship of the church numbers 12O, five
additions having been made during
the year and three members having
been lost by death.
The report Of the church treas
urer, Jas. Cochrane was read and
approved. The report showed that
in spite of some unpaid pledges all
the bills of the church for the year
had been paid and balance was on
hand with the treasurer.
The report Of the trustees was
made by S. S. Lockhart who took
occasion to commend the faithful
and successful work Of the Ladies
Benevolent society and the church
treasurer. The trustees in making
their estimates for the new year
have planned on a number of inn
provements and repairs on the
church property and asked the con-
gregation to increase their subscrip-
tions to correspond to this new
budget.
The superintendent of the Sunday
school and the secretaries and treas
urers of the INSTRUMENTATION of
the church made reports, all Of
which showed good work for the
yeas, and balance in the treasury
of each organization. The work Of
the Ladies Benevolent society was
especially successful and the men,
bership was increased and larger
amounts raised and expended and
larger balance carried forward than
last year.
The election Of officers resulted as
follows: Treasurer, James Coch-
rane; clerk, Mrs. G.. Mittelstaedt;
Sunday school superintendent, Mrs.
GA. Golfer; Chorister, Mrs. George
Rix; Organist, Mrs. A Bingham;
assistant organist, Katherine Mess
mer; Trustees for two years, B. G.
Maxfeld and James Cochrane; Dea-
con, B. G. Maxfield: Ushers for
morning service, Arch. Ligget and
Harvey Bingham, for evening SER
vice. Collin McNeill and Milton
Cochrane.
After the election the trustees
secured the pledges for church
support for the new year and the
meeting adjourned.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
POSTAL SUGGESTIONS

fOOlAL OUdIEC lOINO
Postmaster Blomquist offers the
following suggestions to the public
with reference to mailing Christ
mas packages:
Parcels should be wrapped Sc
curely, addressed plainly, bear re-
turn address of the sender and mail
ed early. so pounds may be sent
$50 miles, 20 pounds any where.
Parcels may bear words mot to
be opened until Christmas or a
similar. inscription.
Christmas gifts should be mailed
early. The timeliness of gifts de-
pend upon their being received on
or before Christmas day; Early
mailing packages will insure this
whereas the practice Of mailing
packages late in the hope that they
will reach their destination on
Christmas day is likely to defeat
it's own purpose thru unavoidable
delay due to the consequent con-
gestion Of the mails. Mail early.
Parcel post service has been tenn
porarily suspended with Germany,
Austria and Hungary. Patrons
mailing parcels addressed to
foreign countries should remember
that nearly all foreign countries re-
fuse to admit to their mail articles
which bear Christmas stamps,
charity stamps or labels unless they
are fixed to the back of the parcel
and not to the address side.
Fragile or breakable articles
should be securely and properly
packed in accordance with the
regulations. Apply to the post
office for instruction. Stickers,
stamps or labels should not be placed
over the strings on your parcels.
So doing seals your parcel and SUBJ
jects same to first-class rate of post
age. Mail early. Do not place writ
ing inside your parcels. Parcels
valued up to SIS may be insured
against loss Tor sc OtneT inSuT-
ance rates in proportion.
Summit Independent: At the res
idence Of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs A S. Sorenson, in Farm
ington township. occurred very
beautiful marriage. when Mics E.
ther Sorenson was joined in we'd
lock to Carl J. Busk, Rev. Carl J.
Anderson. the state Missionary,
officiating. Both of the contracting
parties are we'll and favorably
known in the neighborhoood. Mr..
Busk having lived about five miles
southeast of Summit, together with
his mother, Mrs. C. H. Busk and
sister Margaret and running the
farm. He is young man of sterl-
ing qualities and Miss Sorenson is
a splendid young lady who about
one and half year ago came with
her parents from Harlan, Iowa.
Both of these parties are Christians
and it's believed by all who know
them. that they have q happy, pros
porous and blessed future before
them. As best man Elvin French
served and best lady Miss Lydia
Peterson.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
Evangelical Association

Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preach
ing (German) II m. Young Peo-
pies alliance GAS p. m. Preaching
(English) 1880 p. m. Prayer meet
ing 1880 on Wednesday evening.
All are welcome. c. A. Bremen,
Pastor
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10

LOST-Saturday Nov. 27 on Main
street, q white French Ivory dress
e0mb Finder please leave at this
office and receive reward.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
VIC. T. U. Notes

The w. C. T. u. will have an
evangelistic meeting at the home
Of Mrs. Harry Evans Tuesday after
noon, Dec. Il. Mrs. Evans is lead
er. All the members and friends
Of the society are urged to be pre-
sent.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
Christ Episcopal Church

Service every Sunday at 1O:45.
Sunday, Dec. 10. Holy Communion
at 80 and lO:45. Sunday school
at IL.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
Golden Wedding

/ 1uANOH
Pioneers of Grant County, we're con,
PEELED I" Celebrate their Golden
Wedding: Tuesday Eve.
Last Tuesday was the fiftieth
anniversary of the marriage of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Fitch of this
city, and a prettily printed an
nouncement Of the same has been
received. The ceremony occurred
at Preston, Minn., the town where
Mr.. Fritch enlisted in the war Of
the rebellion and where he returned
after being wounded and disabled
at Chickamaugua. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fitch, after their marriage lived
for number of years in the county
where they were welded, coming
to Grant county in 1880, and for
several years lived on their soldiers
homestead in Kilborn township.
which Mr.. Fitch still holds. The
family moved into Milbank about
four years later and they have had
their home here ever since.
Mr.. Fitch was born in Ohio IS
years ago, and Mrs. Fitch had New
York as her birthplace 73 years ago,
both OF them coming west in their
early youth, and settling in south
eastern Minnesota, where Mr.. Fitch
taught school for a number of years
before and after his enlistment in
the war for the union. Uncle
Tom, as he is familiarly hailed by
old and young, has carried with him
during all these years from his.
early manhood the irspress of !
souvenir he received at the battle
OF Chickamaugua, as a token of his
devotion to the cause Of the union
and freedom. Both he and his good
wife who have been members OF
this community for the past thirty
years, have ever been active in all
good works in the community in
terest, the church, the temperance
societies and the G. A. r. and
Relief Corps securing their earnest
and interested support in their war;
ious activities in which these sev-
eral societies are engaged.
In recognition Of the golden I'D
ding anniversary Of this worthy
couple, about two score and half
of old settler neighbors and friends.
without sending any warning Of
their intentions or designs came
down upon the Fitch household last
Tuesday evening and took forcible
possession of the premises. to the
surprise Of the long welded couple.
That q most enjoyable time was had
goes without saying. Rev. Fred
Morrison and others giving short
talks, touching upon the occasion
and the long association Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fitch with our people during
these past years, and in one of these
talks thecouple were presented with
. beautiful hand-painted gold trim
med china fruit dish, vase, and salt
and pepper shakers by friends pre-
sent, a number of other remem-
brances having been received from
friends ut distance. q we'll n
as tokens of kindly regard in tho
form Of letters Of friendship and
love from former neighbors and a.
ssociates in the years gone by. H.
mong those who enjoyed this gath-
ering were:
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
GERMAN LUTHERAN

The services at the German Lu-
theran church next Sunday evening
will be conducted by the pastor,
Rev. Israel, in English.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10

Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Hits.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. ConriRht.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Cunningham.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Rawson.
Mr.. and Hrs. r. L. Nichol.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Riley.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. n. Kaercher.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Fuller.
DR.. and Mrs. Charles Flett.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. n. Harper.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Lindsley.
Mr.. and Mrs w. w. Harper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley Staats.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. /. Lowthian.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Downie.
Rev. F. E. Morrison.
Mr.. G. L. Wood.
Mrs. Albert Partridge.
Mrs. John Liggett.
Mrs. J. Rogers.
Miss Ina Rogers.
Miss Alice Partridge.
Mrs. Aimee Mcdonald.
Mrs. Geo. Empson.
Mrs. Nellie L. Allen.
Mrs. Sarah Reeve.
Mrs. Mary Rodgers.
Miss 10 Goddard.
Mrs. Jennie Mae Prevey.
Miss Marion j. Wood.
Mrs. Sophia Nixson.
Mrs. Maggie A. Carl.
Mrs. A. w. Abbott.
Mr. G. A. Cunningham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fitch have ~
luested the editor to thank tha
friends who have so kindly remem-
,ered them on this occasion ui1k
congratulations and felicitationo
md to assure them that these kiI ~
expressions Of their love and enhoaii
lre thoroughly appreciAte1 5s
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
RED CROSS SEALS

South Dakota has sold the seals
for two years and in 1914 the sale
amounted to 342, $50 seals. Red
Cross Christmas seals, may be used
on the face of checks, on bills, on
legal documents and on commercial
paper. They can be placed on the
back Of letters and packages but
care should be taken not to place
the seals over strings, sine. this
seals the package and subjects it to
first-class postage rates.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
New Prim ary Law

Inc primary law, under which
nominations will be made for the
next general election, is very much
along the same lines of the old pri-
mary act, which was in use for a
number Of years before the Richards
law was voted on by the people.
But it contains two features not a
part Of the old law. One Of them,
party registration, which is practi-
cally q feature of the Richards law
which was defeated by the legisla-
ture; the other, authorizing the
formation of new party organiza-
tions for affiliation with any ex-
listing national party organizations
which had been kept out of former
South Dakota election enactments,
but was q part of the proposed
"Coffey Law" which was rejected by
the voters at the last election.
The registration features of the
new law fixes the dates of registra-
tion with township officers from
the 1st of February to the third
Tuesday in April, after which the
books must be sent to the county
auditor. But cards are also sent
out, and any voter who fails to get
his name on the registration books
before the third Tuesday in April
may get in on the registration cards
up to the 9Th day Of May, which
ends the registration dates. A
voter who failed to register at all
is yet given an opportunity to vote
at the Primary, but the election
officers can only give him a ballot
of the party under which he was
registered at the last Primary elec-
tion, and he is barred from coming
in and claiming a last hour change
of political heart.
The bull moose people claim that
if there had been any provision for
new party organization in the
campaign Of last year, they would
have certainly flocked by themselves,
but none existed. But the new law
allows the information of, and the
placing upon the ballot of names of
candidates on petition Of not less
than 3 per cent of the total vote of
all parties in the state for governor
1t 1se Int general eiection, which
will allow them to get in as
new organization. such organiza-
tion, though, being required to be
under the name of some national
party organization.
The primary date is the first
Tuesday in June Of even numbered
years, at which all candidates are to
be nominated. but the followers of
any national party, the vote Of
which at the last election did not
exceed 10 per cent of the vote Of
the state, are allowed to select their
delegates to their national conven-
tions in any many manner and at
any time the party committee sees
fit.
In case the national convention
of any Of the major parties is called
ct date too early for this election
of delegates at the June Primary,
then . special primary for such &C.
lection is to be called the first Tues
day in April.
No group tickets can 60 upon the
primary ballot other than Of
groups for presidential delegates.
All other names must 60 upon the
ballot - individual ones.
NEAR DROWNINGS
Emil Lindpuist and Ed Carrier.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
NEAR DROWNINGS

Emil Lindpuist and Ed Carrier,
two young men who were sl<ating
on the dam about 8 80 o'clock last
Sunday evening ran onto thin ice
at m dir hole. and went down in
the water. The boys managed to
hold on to the edge Of the ice until
Sidney Carl who was slkating near
by saw their danger and ran to their
assistance with ! limb of . tree
which he had secured. Carrier
went down once or twice before he
was rescued from his perilous un-
comfortable position in the water.
However the young men were
hustled away to heat and shelter,
and we undersand have suffered no
serious results from their cold
plunge in the icy water.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-10
Xmas special at Niles Studio.
Regular $500 sepias At $500.

The New Minister given
by the ladies Of the Congregational
church last Friday evening. greet
ed with q large audience and was
heartily enjoyed by al.