The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-20

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City Engineer Sid Smith and 1t is ex-
pected that construction OF the new
power house and the sinking Of ave
new soft water wells will DO begun
early next spring. The new plant will
consist OF . modern pumping station
AZ by 100 feet in dimension. The
plant will be. equipped with a new
l25.horse power boiler to supplant the
present one OF the same capacity. A
new pump will also be added to the
equipment to increase the pressure
needed for fire protection. An office
for the superintendent Of the plant
will be fitted up in the same building.
The five new wells Will be able to
furnish at least 1000, 900 gallons OF
water each day. The decision to erect
the new water plant follows a long
fight between two factions in the city
for the past five years or more. Bonds
were voted to the sum of 500, 900 in
a recent election after a previous cam
paign had resulted in the defeat OF
the supporters OF the Improvements.
Because the element of fire protection
was not stressed sufficient, it is be-
lieved, the first bond election failed.
Mitchell's city water is acknowledged
to be poor and it is expected that a
much better quality will be obtained
by digging the new and deeper wells.
Whether or not betrothal bonds will
secure the payment of $4,000 from a
wal risk insurance will be decided by
the federal government in the case u
a young woman who was engaged to
Jesse Christianson, a Black Hills sol
der who died in an army camp during
the recent influenza epidemic. In a
letter to the girl written shortly before
his death Christensen declared hat
he found that regulations forbade him
leaving his insurance policy to her be-
cause she al not his wife and was
not otherwise related. He added.
however, that he had made his
policy payable to his estate and
willed the estate to her. A govern
ment official recently investigated the
matter. but has made no report az
yet.
An ordinary %cottontaii rabbit sour.
rying across a cornfield came near
causing the death OF Lincoln Feltman.
a young farmer in Brule county. Felt
nan was operating a corn husker in
the field, and when the rabbit started
out in front of the machine the young
man threw an ear OF corn at the fese-
ing bunny and in this lost his balance
and fell directly in front OF the ma
chine and was caught in the husking
rollers and drawn into the machine,
but his bulk was too large to be drawn
completely into the gear and the ma.
chine was stopped by his body wedg.
ing into the rollers in such a way
that while he was badly squeezed and
bruised no serious damage resulted.
Tho federal board for care OF dis.
charged soldiers is asking for CO.
operation OF the states in the organ
ization OF community boards in every
city to aid the returning soldiers in
securing employment. Further 1t Is
urged that each state send a repre-
sentative to each OF the camps at
which a large number OF state troops
are located to give them the informa-
ton as to where to go in their home
states to secure employment in case
such Is not available at their old homs
town location. The whole is intend.
ed as u%niication Of the different plans
under way in this direction for the
benefit OF the soldiers.
The dairy department OF State col.
lege at Brookings will hold its special
creamery short course January s to
March IL, 1919, for the purpose OF
training butter makers and creamery
operators. The our will be offered
with tho cooperation Of the veterin-
airy and agronomy departments Of the
college and will include the following
subjects: Factory operation, testing
milk and its products, dairy b~acteriol-
ogy, dairy arithmetic and creamery
bookkeeping, creamery mechanics,
dairy laws, dairy farm management.
agronomy-raising feeds for dairy cat
tie and veterinary medicine-diseases
Of dairy cattle.
The hrst prize, offered by the inter-
national live stock exposition at Chi
cago for the best carload OF feeding
steers from the northwest district OF
the United States, was awarded to
Magness Bros, Of st. Lawrence. s. D.
The showing comprised 20 head which
averaged a litf'e more IAN 800 pounds
In weight. The yearlings were purs
bred Herefords, sired by bulls from
the Twentieth Century stock farm OF
Thomas ). Hartnett, Of Jackson, Neb.,
and raised by Frank Yoder, OF Yves.
sington. S. D,
The usual winter epidemic among
cattle. commonly known as the corn
stalk disease. has made its appearance
In herds belonging to Beadle county
farmers. Veterinarians say, however.
that the disease is by no means as
serious as In past year.
State Superintendent CT instruction
Shaw has called q conference OF all
county of tho afato