Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-10-25

and they might retain the lots
II they would build in Law
renee instead Of Miller, but,
Don also offered W. f. Row.
land $1,000, to work for his
place, you hired our carpenters,
took away our lumb erman when
we had not stick Of lumber in
our town, and gave him six lots
TO swear against W. Ii. MiIlcr,s
rights to prove up on his claim,
and in fact you have rcsorted 10
ttiie diitiest mcanuess in order to
accomplish your nclarious
schcmcs.
DisIranchised a majority ot
the people, in your conventions
on the grounds that they were
grernbackers and democrats.
Your town WAS built upon lies
from the first. You gave every
one to understand that the rail
road company had selected them
for their honesty and wisdo N =.
as the men who should build up
a town TO kill off Miller.
They reported in the first place
that the Hat cars We're really to
move the people of NJ M'IIer, ami
that the side track and debot
would be moved at once by the
company, all lies OF the worst
kind.
Thera never has been any I'll
feeling between the railroad aud
Miller.
DO you not know that Miller
was Il town OF over 100 people?
had side track, depot, four stores
two hotels, lumber yard, printing
office and in fact all kinds 0.
business. long before Porter and
Porter saw Hand county?
Not TIL afterwards did your
high-tomcd city prnprletors, ''Da-
k"tians," and heavily Interested
men in our Dakota, place foot
upon Hand county soil.
Do you not know tnat it was
the misrepresentation "t L. j.
Nichols to the com! any, that
gaye you a ghost OF snnw? 1t
was he, I. }. Nichols that
claimed t" have purchased the
100 acres upnn which. the town
of st Lawrence Is built, Ut q. w.
Say!cs, aud came to the people
of Miller and claimed he had
purchased this same piece OF
Iaud for $4,000 for Che Miller
people in order that there could
not be any other town started
there, aud that he would sell it
to us for 81 900. we had Iearne
the man aud knew it would be
that much money thrown away,
for he wonld find just such an
other piece to sci, why should
Mr.. NIctol's offer to sell Us thia
land i! the railroad wanted II
town there?
Do you not know that it was
not until the 1st, of February
that the company decided To PIT
a station in at Siding B, and
then it was to be on the cast
side OF Turtle for Kings benefi ?
This was done after long an
hard beseaching by King aud
Nichols. II Nichols had been
honest Mr.. King would have
given up long ago aud there
never would have been any
trouble in the county. We do
not blame him for the action he
took, although he was offered
half interest in the town ol Mil
Ter, and that if he would BRING
all his friends to w. Ii. Miller
he would satisfy them Tor what
loss they might sustain by not
having a town closer than Mil
ler lie refused to do this. Now
tins offer was made when there
could be no question as to the
future success ot Miller, and
there seemed to be no prospect
of the success OF Kings town.
You spoke about your city pro
prletors farming more land IN
Dakota than the people in Miller
farm any where. Why sir, two
men of theMiller town fra, ,own-
ed and farm more land than all
the people of st Lawrence pat
together. and never for once
were expected to mention the
fact. Aud further, ''P"rter and
Porter" count tor every 100 dol
lars invested by the Miller Bros.
one thousand for themselves,
when in fact the records at
Huron do not show one cent that
they have put INTO buildings III
ST Lawrence: all that they claim
cd for themselves Driver, Spear
aud Ives have complete aud
clear title to. Men whom your
honest Don, influenced BY mis-
representing toe nbark in the st
Lawrence scheme.
We claim nothing for the Mil
Ter Bros. They simply spent
every cent they could obtain IN
building up the town aud coun-