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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-21

Collins drug store and robbed that
place the same evening?
This is the question that that Is puz.
cling the Miller officers No clue has
been secured in either case, but Hattie
Pllchners story and the circumstances
surrounding both occurrences lead to
a confirmation of the growing belief
that woman in male attire and with
the nerve of the coolest masculine
desperate committed both crimes.
Hattie Pilchner fully believes that
she was shot by woman. She was
not seriously wounded, but says she is
sure it was her assailant's intention to
more than simply wound her.
Hattie Pilchner, who is a pretty
teacher in the town school, was called
to the door of her room at the Hen
shaw hotel, and when she opened the
door a revolver shot was fired so
quickly that she does not even know
whether 1t was a man or a woman at
the door She fell and instantly was
pushed inside the door and chloro-
formed. The wound was not danger
Gus. She vas left unconscious, and
the assailant got out of the house be-
fore his identity or purpose was dis
covered.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-21
BABE FOUND AT WOUNDED KNEE
Lost Bird Enters South Dakota
School.

Among the new students at All
Saints school in Sioux Falls is Lost
Bird, the Indian baby who was found
clinging to it's mothers breast on the
Wounded Knee battlefield two days
after the battle. The babe has now
grown into a bright-faced Indian girl
thirteen years of age. Soon after be-
ing found on the battlefield by mem.
bers Of a party sent out to bury the
dead, she was adopted by Gen. and
Mrs. Colby, then of Nebraska, but now
Of Washington, d. G.
Lost Bird, whose Indian name Is
Zintka, has until the present time at
tended the public schools Of the ma
tional capital. Gen. and Mrs. Colby.
on the advice of Rev. Sherman Coo
lidge decided to place their adopted
daughter in All Saints school. where
she will be under the guardianship OF
Right Rev. w. II. Hare. Episcopal
bishop of South Dakota.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-21
ROBBERS AT WORK At MILLER.
Two Crimes Committed in One Night-A Young
Woman Shot and Then Coroforn1ed

Robbers entered o. H. Collins drug
store at Miller. The clerk. Wilbur
ouirk, was called TO the back door TO
all a prescription when two masked
men flashed revolvers in his face, fol.
lowed him into the store and forced
him to open the safe and take some
ether. They then bound his hands
and feet with stout cord and laid
him on his bed. He is in serious
condition on account Of his rough
treatment.
Later in the day 1t was discovered
that Miss Hattie Pilchner. a promi-
neut young school teacher, who is
stopping at the Henshaw house. was
shot through the right shoulder,
pushed into a room and chloroformed.
She is not dangerously hurt. There is
no clew to the perpetrators, but they
are supposed to be the same ones that
entered the drug store. 1t is believed
the chloroform was stolen from the
store.
Another story Of the affair says:
Did a woman masquerading in mems
clothes shoot Hattie Pilchner in the
Henshaw hotel, and was this the same
person that chloroformed the clerk at
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-21
BROUGHT DOWN BY H[RR|ED'S BULLET
Governor and His Buffalo Hunting Party Return
With But One Trophy of the Chase.

the afternoon, when the herd was To-
Gated over a range of hills, and the
party by crawling over the hill came
within about 200 yards Of the game.
The particular buffalo wanted was
picked upon, and Gov. Herreid fired
the first shot, which was Immediately
followed by a second shot by Phillips.
The whole herd dashed away. but af-
ter following them about two miles
the animal fired at was found lying
dead, and on being dressed it was
found that both balls had passed near
the heart, but were not enough to
bring him down at once.
AS the party was after a specimen
and not intent on slaughter, they at
once made start for home. bringing
along their trophy.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-21
THE OLDEST.
Yankton Celebrates Its Thirty-fIftsl
Anniversary.


Anniversary.
Yankton recently celebrated the
thirty-ffth anniversary Of the granting
of her municipal charter, which was
granted by act Of the territorial legis-
Iature Jan. 1869. A commission OF
three citizens, G. W. Kingsbury, Will
lam Miner and J. S. Foster. was APP
pointed to hold the first election, which
resulted in William NJ. Collamer being
elected the first mayor of Yankton.
Two OF the commission. are still alive,
Mr.. Kingsbury of this city, the veteran
newspaper man of Dakota, and Will
lam Miner of st. Cloud. MINI.
Business men are somewhat dis
turbed over the attempt of the state
fair board to deprive Yankton Of the
state fair this year. Yankton has held
eight Of the nine fairs agreed upon and
proposes to hold the ninth If her BUSH
ness men can accomplish 1t. The mat
ter will come up before the Business
Mems club, when action will be taken.
Another matter OF great Importance
locally is the extension of the Great
Northern across the river here.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-21
RELIANCE GOLD SOON TO SHIP.
Minneapolis Men at the Head OF This
Companv.

1t Is expected that Construction will
be commenced in. short time for
Northwestern spur to the property OF
the Reliance Gold Mining company on
Annie creek, near Lead. The mining
company is required to ship mini
mum Of twenty-five tons of ore day.
It Is expected that as soon as ship
ments can be started they will amount
TO at least 100 tons day. The COM
pany has been opening ore bodies for
several months and has large faces in
several openings. This is all cyanid.
ing ore, and it is believed it can be
mined, shipped and milled at reason
able margin Of profit.
Preparations are being activel year
ried forward for the resumption or
operations at the Imperial cyanide mill
in Deadwood. John T. Milliken. mill
superintendent, has been shaping the
plant for a start since his return from
Colorado, and it will be running in q
few days.
The Homestake Mining company Is
constantly seeking ne wand improved
methods of milling and gold extrac-
ton. At present it is in quest OF a
means. of treating the shines at the
cyanide mill. Several men who have
new and novel methods for extracting
the values of these shines are, by the
courtesy of the company, making dem
onstrations.
The Big Four Mining company is
-. n,sy ha nc a
along upper Deadwood gulch, prepare
| tory to receiving the shafthouse. A
new hoist, boiler, air compressor,
DUMP and other machinery will be pur-
chased, and it is hoped to have them
here by the time the shafthouse is
ready. The house destroyed by fire
was built last summer, being started
| in July. The new house is to be erect
ed under contract. The Black Hills
| foundry of Deadwood has undertaken
| the repair of much Of the machinery
that was damaged by the recent fire.
The Ivanhoe Colo Mining company
Is sinking the shaft at thefWW tli:Co
is setting up the machinery at the
shaft in Custer county preparatory to
sinking a 500-foot shaft. A steam
hoist capable of depth Of 600 feet has
been set up and a Sullivan air com
pressor, having capacity of fifteen
drills, is on the ground. A Scotch ma
rine boiler of 100-horse power general
ing capacity is on the road and q
Cameron pump has been put in place
The Ivanhoe ground is what is known
as Chilcoot camp, several miles north
east of the town of Custer, and is con
sidered a valuable mining property
The main shaft is double compart
ment, timbered by SKIS sets, and viii
be put down to 500 feet before cross
cutting.
The Custer Mountain Mining com
pany held its annual meeting in Gus
ter. Dennis Henault Is president, job,
Virtue vice president, w. A. Nevin sec
Rotary, John Oak treasurer. These
with d. w. McFadden. are the direc
tors.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-21

The party of four buffalo hunters,
consisting Of Gov. Herreid, T. e. Phil
lips Of this city, "Scotty" Philips and
H. r. Kellogg have returned with one
trophy Of their work.
At the subagency at Leslie, Agent f.
J. Warner, DR.. Tilden, Ed Jones and
couple of Indians for guides, Joined
the party which started for the Fox
Ridge country, about one hundred
miles northwest of this city, reaching
the location where they expected to
find their game on Tuesday night. No
game was sighted Wednesday, but
Thursday afternoon band of four of
the outlaw buffaloes were sighted, but
no shots were secured until the end
OF q chase lasting until 3 o'clock in
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-21
DIRECTOR Of THE MINT MAKES ERROR
He Underestimates the Gold and Silver Production
of South Dakota, Making Farce of Report

Homestake mine alone almost double
what is credited to the whole state.
Doane Robinson, secretary of the state
historical society, has called the at
tention of the director Of the mint to
the error which places one Of the
most important industries of the state
so far in error as to make farce SO
far as this state is concerned. The re-
duction of the gold output for the state
the past year was a few thousand Of
dollars instead OF millions, and was
only caused by shut downs Of mines
for a short time.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-21
ARE PLENTY OF WELLS.
Hand County Abounds With Flowing
ArtnEian Wells, ...


Artcsian Wells. .s,
The people of Hand county are TAX
ing all possible advantage of artesian
wells at a moderate cost. which they
can secure under present conditions in
that section, and the county Is being
well perforated. One township in
that county in which there was com.
plant in regard to securing water for
years is-now supplied with nine flow
ing wells. and there is scarcely a town.
ship in that large county which Is not
literally supplied with water from ar
teslan wells. The supply Of moisture
is used for Irrigation and the building
of lakes and ponds. and covering the
whole country with better growth OF
vegetation than when natural rainfall
alone was depended upon.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-21

time In 1902 the total number of BUSH
els handled was 6,150,00o. of which A.
100000 was wheat, 1,066,000 was
barley, 100000 oats and 10000. 1t Is
estimated that at least third Of the
wheat crop is yet in. the hands of the
farmers, and fully 10 per cent of the
oats, barley and fax Is yet to be
marketed. The largest amount Of
grain handled at any Of the stations
was at Arlington, which handled over
100000 bushels of grain. The figures
presented will indicate something OF
the splendid grain crop secured In
that portion of South Dakota last fall
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-21

Residents of this state are very
much surprised to find that the re-
port of the director of the mint in re-
iation to the production Of gold and
silver in the United States for the
past year says: South Dakota pro-
duced $2,SS9,137 of gold, and Sl7s'9So
of silver. The gold decrease in South
Dakota was S4,076,O00." The report is
80 far in error that there is no reason
In it. The state mine inspectors re-
port for the year shows the gold pro-
duction of the state to have been over
$1,000 900 and the production OF the
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-21
SOUTH pAKOTA'S BUILDING.
Commissioners Meet at Mitchell to
Arrange for the Decorations.

Arrange for the Decorations.
w. B. Saunders of Milbank, l.. T.
Boucher of Eureka and Secretary
Farmer of Madison, members of the
St. Louis worlds fair commission for
this state. met in Mitchell to arrange
for some of the decorative work on
the interior of the building. The COM
mission made arrangements with the
Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist
church to do the decorating under MIR.
Rohe's direction.
Mr.. Farmer said that by Feb. Is the
structure will be ready for decoration.
At that time all of the agricultural ex-
hibits will be shipped to st. Louis.
About two cars Of products have been
gathered and these will be shipped to
Mitchell as soon as possible for pack
ing AMI shipment. There will be
about 5000 samples of grain.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-21
Handling the 1908 Grain Crop.

Handling the 1909 Grain Crop.
According to figures submitted oy
w. H. Smith of Huron, travelling audi
tor for the Van Dusen Elevator COM
pany, there was handled OF the 1913
grain crop between Aug. ] and Dec.
81 by 149 elevators at 50 stations on
the Chicago G. Northwestern railway
on its lines In South Dakota. except
ing those south of Iroquois. a total or
s,"3S,000 bushels. OF this 4,S5o,Ooo
bushels was wheat, 100000 bushels
barley, 100000 bushels Of oats. and
$4,000 bushels Of fax. In the same
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-21
A BANK STATEMENT.
Abstract Of Last Report Of South Da-
kota Banks.

Public Examiner K. E Hemingway
has just given out an abstract OF the
condition of South Dakota banks other
than national at the close of business
Nov. IT, 1908. There are 100 state
banks, So private banks and 13 bank
ing corporations in the state. These
show deposits subject to check and
certificates Of deposit aggregating
$17,4S2,072.10. The abstract follows:
Assets.
90
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-21
INSURANCE RATES DROP.

Totals. ............. 1922, 9&4,7S6.16
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-10-28
MONTANA NEWS.

General Nelson A. Miles will make
a stumping tour of the state next
week.
Every piece of rolling stock on the
Rocky Mountain division of the North
ern Pacific is being pressed into SER
vice.
Senator w. A. Clark has sold the
Helena Independent to John S. M. Neill
of Helena and the formal transfer
has already taken place.
James Wade Forbis of Butte, one
of the best known attorneys in the
northwest, member of the law firm
of Forbis & Madison, died at his
home Thursday.
George Sock, saloonkeeper at Jor-
da, Mont, has arrived and surrendered
himself to Sheriff Savage at Miles
City, stating that he had shot and
killed Edward Carl at his saloon.
The state supreme court has affirm
ed the judgment of the district court
in holding that the city of Helena had
no legal right to expend money for
the purchase of water mains when the
city had already exceeded, the legal
limit of Indebtedness.
John Wollcut, one of the best known
residents of Livingston, was acciden-
tally fatally shot while breaking camp
on Trail creek. Wollcut was moving
a shotgun when the weapon explod-
ed, double charge of birdshot enter
ing his back, tearing a gaping hole in
his body.
Charles Comment, a Frenchman,
was captured at Sheep Mountain by a
posse which had been pursuing him
since the body of George G. Farrants,
an English sheepman, was found at
the latter's camp with the head crush
ed to an unacceptable mass. He
admitted that he was the murderer.
A sensational rush of squatters up.
on land recently thrown open near
Atlanta, Sedan and the east side of
Flathead lake is reported from the
north. Thirteen townships, a great
portion of which is so heavily tim.
bered and so wild as to be almost i'm
passable, were gobbled up in five days.
The body of Edward Forrest, an
aged pioneer of Montana, was found
in the Yellowstone river recently. For
rest had been missing for some time,
and it is supposed he fell into the
river while fishing. He at one time
possessed considerable wealth, having
engaged in mining and ranching. He
was the first sheriff of Deer Lodge
county.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-10-28

In the most exciting and closely con-
tested game of football ever witness
ed in Lewiston, the game Saturday
morning between the Lewiston high
school and the Spokane high school
resulted in a tie. neither side making
a score.
James Burk, 21 years of age, was
shot and killed at 6 o'clock Saturday
morning by man named Wilson, sup
posed to be "Slim" Wilson, who for
merly conducted dive at Mohler. The
shooting took place in a shack occu-
pied by Wilson at Dublin. Wilson
made good his escape.
At the last meeting of the Idaho
State Medical society. the following Of
ficers were elected: President, DIR.
R. L. Nourse, HALEY; vice president,
]. B. Morris, of Lewiston; chairman
of committee on legislation, DIR. Nc
Gala of Boise.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-10-28
Spokane Retail Market.

Observation-Disclosures. 11kc lb; tur-
nips, 3@4c bunch; rutabagas, &c Id;
dry onions. 4@5c Id; cabbage. s@4c
n; celery, Q punches &c; parsley, so
sc bunch; cucumbers, 5@10c each;
green onions, 10015c doz; new beets.
3 lunches 10c; watercress, &c bunch !;
fresh carrots, 2 punches &c; mint, &c
bunch; tomatoes, 506c Id; parsnips,
lunches &c; cantaloups, S010c each:
caulifower. 10@15c bunch; green pep
pers, 1S@23c Id; watermelons, 25040c
each; summer squash, 5000 each |;
egg plant, 10@15c each; sweet pota-
toes. 4@5c ID; picking cucumbers. 25c
100.
Poultry-Dressed chickens, young
chickens, 1Sc lb; hens, 1Sc Id; old roos.
ters. 14@16c lib; spring ducks, 1Sc lib;
goslings. 1Sc Id; spring chickens, zoe
Id.
Dairy Products-Butter, best cream
cry, 30@35c lb; common creamery, 20
@25c Id; best country. zoe ID; com
mon country, 121@15c lb; imported
Swiss cheese, 40c lb; American Swiss
cheese, 25c lib; cream brick cheese,
1S@25c lb; New York cheese, zoe Id;
Wisconsin cheese, 15c lb.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-10-28

inspector OF mines for the Kootenay
country. Inspector Dick has been sus-
pended by the minister Of mines pend
ing investigation. F. H. Shepherd, G.
E., of Nanaimo has been appointed his
successor.
Phoenix, B. C.-Boundary's low
grade producers last week sent out
the following amounts Of ore to dis
trict smelters: CRANKY mines to the
CRANKY smelter, TAO tons; Mother
Lode to Greenwood smelter, 2944 tons;
Brooklyn to Boundary Falls smelter,
2010 tons; Emma to Greenwood and
Boundary Falls smelters, 1887 tons;
Senator to CRANKY smelter, 1855 tons;
Orc Denoro to Granny smelter, Sc
tons; Mountain Rose to Greenwood
and Boundary Falls smelters. 1872 tons;
Athelstan-Jackpot to Boundary Falls
smelter, 1870 tons CRANKY smelter
treated this week $3.50 tons, or 473, 431
tons this year; Boundary Falls smell
ter treated 2610 tons, or 1889 tons since
starting.
Phoenix, B. Ginning in the Old
Ironsides property of the CRANKY COM
pany from the 300 to the 400 foot level
started this week Diamond drilling
still continues at the CRANKY mines.
The September shipments from the
Mother Lode mine were 14,784 tons
Excavation in rock for two ore crush
ers is completed, and concrete is now
being laid
The regular daily shipments from
the Brooklyn mine are 300 tons or
more. The force exceeds 80 men.
AT the Senator, Summit camp, which
rejoined the shipping list last week,
after an idleness of several months, a
dozen men are employed. The force
at the Lancashire Lass, in the same
camp, operated by the Montreal u
Boston Consolidated, is also being in
creased somewhat.
Paul Paulson of Seattle has left
Northport for Hall Creek, B. c., to
arrange for work on the Flying Dutch
man group Of six claims. The group
was bonded to Superintendent Crows
dale of the Silver King, on Toad noun
tain, for $4,000, but the bond was
abandoned Customs Inspector Will
lam Hutchinson of this place is heav-
lily interested in this group.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-10-28
rwO submarInes for RussIa.

New York.-The American says:
1.-TWO submarines for delivery to
Russia, which had been sent so mys-,
teriously to this harbor from the ship
yards at Newport News. were shipped
on the Hamburg-American steamer,
which sailed from Hoboken Saturday
for Hamburg. At that point the sub.
marines will be reshipped to st. Pet
ersburg, where they will be put to-
gether at once by experts. who have
sailed on the same steamer. Within
less than a month these two boats
will be shipped over the St. Peters
burg and Siberian railway for ylad-
livestock"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-10-28
Trade Report.

Dun's Weekly Review Of Trade
says: Trade reports are more en-
couraging each week, while the feel
ing of optimism regarding the future
is becoming general. 18th IS custom
airy disposition to discount commercial
prosperity, Wall street has lifted the
average price of so of the most active
railway shares above par for the first
time since May of last year.
Manufacturing plants steadily in
creased output is the particularly graf
flying feature of the week. The large
tonnage of steel purchased by the rall-
ways, and the advanced prices for
pig iron suggest that the depression in
that industry has run its course.
A few freight blockades have occur
red, and traffic is heavy in some sec
tons, while all railways reporting for
the first half of October show an aver
age gain of SO per cent over last years
earnings.
Hides have attained still stronger
position, large sales of branded cows
and calf skins giving holders the de-
sired advances, and there is whole
sale demand at leading leather mar
kets.
Failures numbered 215 in the United
States.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-10-28
OREGON ITEMS.

The Lewis & Clark fair will be open
on Sundays, but all buildings, save
one, will close.
The town Of Freewater has receiv-
ed handsome chemical engine for
fire protection.
Massachusetts and New York states
have decided to erect state buildings
at the Lewis and Clark centennial.
Portland has been selected as the
meeting. place of the 1905 convention
of the American Library association.
Mayor L. A. Esteb of Echo has hand
ed in his resignation, which takes ef-
feet Immediately. Ill health is the
reason.
Fifteen men are at work digging the
ditch and laying the pipe for Adams
tanned from springs two miles north Of
town.
The Hogan mill at Orogrande is clos
ed for the season, after a series of
successful runs. The closing of the
mill is preparatory to the putting in Of
a big cyanide plant, the ground for
which is being surveyed.
Ernest Bross, for seven years man
aging editor of the Portland Oregon
ian, has resigned the position to as
sumo an important newspaper con-
nection in the east Edgar B. Piper,
for several years news editor of the
Oregonian, will succeed Mr.. Bross as
managing editor.
The Lewis and Clark exposition has
voted $4,000 for premiums for a big
livestock display from all transrocky
mountain states during next summer.
About $4,000 win be offered in pre-
miums for horses, $4,000 for cattle.
$4,000 for sheep and goats, $500 for
swine and $500 for poultry and dogs.
Engineer Curtis found the decapi-
tated body of Seymour Swauger two
miles and a half west of Bingham
Springs on the railroad. The body was
entirely nude, but clothing was found
scattered along the track, confirming
the theory that he had been riding on
train and had fallen on and had
been dragged.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-10-28
MINES and MINING NEWS
ITEMS or INTEREST GATHERED
DURING THE PAST WEEK.
Mine Owners Pushing Work on Their
Properties in Idaho, Montana and
oregon-Mine Operations Of British
Columbia Are Rather ouiet-Many
Accidents and Personal Events.

Butte, Mont.-Two million dollars is
the amount of damages asked for ore
alleged to have been illegally extract
ed from the Nipper mine through .ne
underground workings of the PARROT
claim in 1902 by representatives of
the Amalgamated Copper company. &C
cording to complaint nieu win the
federal court. Mr.. Heinze and otners
are plaintiffs in the suit against the
PARROT Silver & Copper Alinlng com
pany and the Anaconda Copper Min
ing company, both auxiliary corpora
tons of the Amalgamated company.