The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-11

The average price Of AZ hogs sol
at the Darlington Wagner hog sal
held at OrTonville Tuesday Of thi
week was S71.4O which is considerabl
better than the owners had hoped fo
considering conditions. This tends t
show that business is picking up an,
that the value Of the hog as a produc
er is coming to be generally known
The Farmers & Merchants Nationa
Bank OF this city clerked for Mr.. Wag
ner while tie Gold & Co. handled tn.
Darlington accounts.
In a letter to friends here Can't,
Dennis Sullivan who re-enlisted in tn.
army in December and is now station
ed at Camp Travis, Texas, says, Il
am with the only war strength d:vis.
ion in the army, the Ind. l have been
put in command of the First and Fiji
teenth field hospitals and it certainl,
keeps me on the jump. We have a
furnished fiat in San Antonio and it is
fine. The weather has been warm, thu
coolest that it has been here is freez-
ing. Regards to all Of my friends"
!Occident -four at Thirsk's-always
makes good bread.
More than fifty friends of the M.
Hoklund family surprised them Sun.
day by dropping in to help them
celebrate their silver wedding ami.
versary. While the family were at
church friends entered the house and
prepared a sumptuous dinner which
was ready and waiting when they re-
turned from the church. Many
friends came during the afternoon
and evening to add their best wishes
and congratulations. They were pre-.
.sented with a large chest of silver as
a remembrance from their friends.
Values up to $500 in the Gifts
That Last" are going to be sold at 81.
on Bargain Day. Jenson's-of course
County Agent Swift has received
Is requests to visit the farms and cul!
the poultry flock, most of them being
members OF the poultry clubs of the
county. The culling of the flock
makes chances for Il better grade OF
poultry TO be raised and gives better
returns for the producer. The chick
ems are culled according to their size,
breed, and e~gg-laying qualities, de-
pending upon what the producer
wants. Anyone wishing this service
should call the County Agent and
make arrangements Tor doing so.
d. Q. Nelson has been appointed
%janitor of the Milbank schools and
assumed charge of his duties We'd
nesday Of this week. w. w. Wilson
who has been %ianitor for many years,
resigned to take the office of county
sheriff rendered him by the count
commissioners. Mr.. Wilson will be
missed by the school children who
have for years regarded Billy as
one Of the permanent fixtures of the
Milbank school. The new ianitor i
not entirely unknown to them. how.
ever, and will undoubtedly fill the
niche to their entire satisfaction.
no rOaonf nnnS'nnf1nn ~ fIG
farm bureau at Bsookings the dele
gates voted to increase the state and
national dues to s. 90. This raise
does not apply to the counties that
have. already entered the organiza-
ton, however, SO that members who
have joined and those who are con-
templating Joining the federation in
the future will not be affected by this
move. The county bureau now has a
total membership of more than 4CO
which is an increase Of over 100
members. The entire county has not
yet .sbeen canvassed so that many
more members will be added before
the .lrive is complete. We are print
ing a letter which a North Dakota ed
itor received from DR.. Laid, the non
partisan congressman from NORTH
Dakota, who gives the farm bureau
an UNQUALIFIED recommendation and
urges that all farmers join it.