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

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shanty and the men who were
working on the section. :
By the middle OF NoYcmber
We had hotels aud stores. in
October the company gave US IA
switch and in November they
commenced tor Us Il depot. Now
what had been done at siding
three? Nothing.
What were your rights You
had no land that a mas tlare
build upon, while at Miller scrIpt
was bought for $40 per
acre aud located it SO that
people could start town
rs far back as the middle of Oct
ober, while at the siding moth
my could be done until Febru.
AIRY. Can you shut your eyes
to justice, and say that the settle
ment of Hand county should he
dormant until Mr.. X ,ng should
see tlt TO start Il town or else al
ter some one makes an effort to
settle the country? Along comes
Mr.. Porter and CDI. Don Potter,
and your honor aui say cease
your iabors, we are the lords of
this county, we are close G.
ough to Kings cIarm td snuff the
steam that ascends from his
kitchen, therefore we have the
right.
1t was not until April that
yOu commenced work, and we
venture to say that bat for the
tact that the success ot Miller
aud their settling ot the comfy
was all that induced the major
uy OF your carly settlers to set
tie IN the county.
You boast of IL clear and pure
record, why sir, the record OF no
town IN Dakota will for mean
ness compare with you.
Do yon not know that more
than $40 600, worth OF lQmbet
was unIoajei on the west side OF
IHrtIe before you could get
siIG trucE2
Di.i You NOT have almost COM
pIetci Il 10000 hotel, baak
building, stores aud Offices be-
lore the company would listen
=, yra at all. A sosdil nat .ss,a.t
that is ttre Town, f'.erA.-s'
aud the Trlbune-uaks people
believe that there could be no
clear title obtained to any lapd
at Miller. This was one OF the
reasons why no one Shouil 20 to
y lller. 1t was the kinl Of JUS
tice you thirsted for. Now per-
sonalIy, and | 10 regret 1t to b.
SO, did you not actually feel
little guilty when you published
the general land officers Instruct.
IONS to Alvah Chanberlm in ref
rrcuce 10 the contest or rather
farce, about Wm. Ii. Miler's
lre-rmWion proof. Do you not
think you were n little to prena-
ture! Also when you said that
n half interest in the town at
Miller had been offered for $3.50,
AMI no taker! Did you not
actually know you were telling
what Was false aud what you
knew w"uId injure your nei III
bor-!
"A cloud hangs over the title
to the property on which miller
stands. Aud | the editor of
tue Tribune, have been iustru
mental if not in action at least
in silence, ia aiding an injury
against not only w. Ii. Miller. a
person who always treated me
friendly and honest'y,bu also the
people Of a nerghboriug town.
low my christian heart did
swell with a feeling of regret at
the great wrong being perpetra-
ted against my friends.
You know full welI-and if
ynu did not ynu must be a poor
newspaper man that the PorterS
were instrumental ia having
that contest put on, also they
furnished all the money. A
pi, &c of work that no honest
pdr@on would be guilty nf holig
/ will submit 10 the world, ii
B II Miller dId not have resi-
deuce upon his Iaii from the
7th day of September until he
pros"d up. Also that there were
nn one livns upon 1t al that
time. Also that he never soli
any o the sad property, that
ne never received Que cent for
any 0t said claim until alter hc
proved mp. Tnat he never LAID
out any ot IL Iutn town lots.
Also that ynn never sustained
one single word OF the alega-
tons against him. Also that
your main witness after
you GOT his evidence,
sware that w. Ill, Miller iivei
up 20 the requirements of the
law us well as anyone in the
county.
1t must be a satisfaction to
Don Porter to know that he
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