The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-17

work. A great crowd, hundreds, gath.
cred instantly, for IL was wild time II
Creede then, and q call for troubl,
brought the throng as II by magic.
As Mrs. Miller showed the Ievolve
the workmen besitated, aud for brie
moment there was pause. while ...>-
or all social grades looked on In silence.
The workmen were again ordered to pro
ceed, and again they hesitated under tho
muzzle Of the revolver. Then came tn.
end. Some one In the crowd shouted:
"Mrs. Miller has fed many q man
when he was broke, and never asked him
a cent. Let's duck the jumpers in th,
creek"
A howl OF approval arose In answer,
and the jumpers made haste to slip
through the crowd and sneak away.
Mrs. Miller had an offer OF $4,000 cash
In February for two of the lots which
che had held to with the aid of her re-.
volver-there is no doubt about the aid
OF the revolver; any man who looks into
her laughing gray eyes sees the viii Dc
hind them when it is aroused-and she
sold them at once. She had now money
enough to 40 on with her building. The
work began the first week in March. and
on April 1st she began to draw $500 a
month in advance from the rentals.
The building 10 fifty feet square, and,
as said, fronts on three streets. 1t is a
neat frame structure, two stories high,
with lofty ceilings, large windows, two
large rooms ON the first floor, and 9
broad, easy stairway Leading to tn,
second floor, where there Is wide hall
and nine large well-lighted offices. 1t i,
much the best building in town at thii
writing. The total cost was $4,000.
Mrs. Reid Miller, on April 1, 1891,
reached Creede too poor to pay the
freighter who brought her here. In
exactly one year to day she was in re-.
ccipt of an income of $500 month and
had snug sum in bank But the story
is not all told, She might have had a
greater income, but deliberately refused
it. As her building approached compile.
tion, President McDonough of the First
National Bank offered her $3.50 "A month
for the corner room on the first floor for
the use Of the bnnk While she con-
sldcrcd the offer II man came and offered
her $500 n month for the samo room,
that he might open gambling resort
there. Mrs. Miller refused the amber 5
offer because she thought that n respect
able business would in the end prove the
most satisfactory.
This is not all OF Mrs. Miller's prop.
erty. Along in February the State Lind
Commissioners sold half section of land
adjoining Creede on the south tor the
benefit Of the Colorado State School
Fund. The scenes at that sale were
wonderful to behold. More than 1000
men aud some women attended aud went
wild with excitement. Hundreds were
ruined by tho prices they paid for unim-
proved willow swamp land. Corner lots
brought from $4,000 to $1,000, according
to location, while the rest sold down in
the hundreds. Mrs. Miller attended the
sale aud bought dry lot Mt the foot Of
Mammoth Mountain for S145. One has
only to walk over the school sections, rs
it is called, to see that the lot is well
chosen, and, considering the prices the
rest paid, very cheap. 1t should be said,
however, that there was nn great dis
position shown at the sale to bid against
the women; but, on the other hand,
Mrs. Miller would have paid an extraya-
gaut price.
On this lot Mrs. Miller has built two
cottages, front aud res-r, ut an expence
of over 500. The trout house is one
story high, has II bay window and two
vcrnndas aud three largo rooms, besides
smaller ones There is no ueater- looking
cottage in town. IL - to be rented.
She will probably get fifty dollars
mouth for it while the boom lasts, and
thereafter good return ON the money.
The rear cottage is mado Of rough lun-
Der and contains two rooms. Mrs. Mil.
Ter rents the front room and lives in the
rear room with her boy. She will start
for VIcnnr in short tine to visit her
father, who is still living there, but she
intc, ds to return to Creede very soon.-
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