The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-03-19
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The ladies aid Of the Methodist
church will have an Apron Sale and
Cafeteria supper at the church par
Iors on March 2lst.
Miss Erna Schneck, Of the Farm
ers and Merchants National bank,
has been i'll fer the past week with
the smallpox.
G. r Redman has purchased the
brick house of Mrs. Robinson on
The corner Of First avenue and
Fifth street.
The barber shop Of Cross and Nc
Connel has recently installed a tank
heater with the city water which
adds to the efficiency as we'll as the
appearance.
Miss Helen Berkner is jill with
the tonsilitis and uneble to attend
school.
A petition for a better lighting
of the Main street was circulated
last week and signed by practically
every business man to whom it was
presented. The petition called for
at least twice as many lights as we
have, which are to be installed be-
fore the paving is put down. Mil
bank streets are poorly lighted and
the Main street is the poorest Of
them all. Cities Of the same size
all around us have a Main street
that is a Broadway in comparison.
The Farmers Club in Mazeppa
township which Mr.. Swedberg or
gained, proposed and passed a
resolution at a meeting last week.
thanking Mr.. Swedberg for the
splendid work which he did in the
county and for the Farmers clubs
which he was instrumental in or
%ganizing. A copy of the resolution
was sent to him.
The county tractor which arrived
sometime ago, was put through it's
first test last Saturday when called
upon to haul the cell from the old
county Jail. The cell was taken to
the rear of the court house and will
be used in the new Jail when CON
structed. The tractor is a govern
ment machine, used during the var.
1t was shipped here from Florida,
the cost Of the machine being the
freight which amounted to $3.50. IL.
1t will be used for road work dur
ing the coming year.
Some of the machinery which the
county commissioners purchased la
year is arriving and is being put
together. The elevating grader is
the first to come. 1t grades the
road or street at the same time
%scraping and elevating the dirt into
dump wagons which are drawn
along side Of the machine. It will
save the time and labor Of many
scrapers and men
A large number of people from
the neighboring towns were in the
city Monday evening for the Nc
Master Richards debate. Among
those we noted were G. F.. Porter,
Edmund Cook and Anton Foss from
Wilmot; James Niece, Tuben
Richards and Andrew Warwick
from Sisseton; O. P. j. Engstrom.
Ole Moe, ]. D. Smull and E. E. Lee
from Summit; Sam Matteson and
Martin Konstant from Marvin;
John Black and Editor Aldrich from
Big Stone. Several people from
Ortonville also attended.
There was a gathering in the
Methodist church of Milbank last
Monday evening in the interests Of
the Sunday Schools of this Brother
hood. Rev. Redmayne Of White
Rocks was the principle speaker.
Out of town delegates were Rev.
and Mrs. Redmayne, Rev. Hunter
of Big Stone, Rev. Sweeney Of
Peever and Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Of
Peever.
The High School pupils of the
Methodist church put on an un-
usually interesting program in the
church last Sunday night. entitled.
The New Emancipation 1t was
a christian patriotic putting Of the
negro question" in America.