Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-07-14
and George Miller Is ofiice man and
com ntroller of the funds.

and George Miller Is ofiice man ana
comptroller Of the funds.
The occupation Of the older brother,
as father to the Indians, Is probably
the most onerous of all. 1t Is no joke
to be sponsor to more than 1000 In
dians, and at the same time look after
the farming Of $1,000 acres Of corn,
wheat, alfalfa, hay and vegetable
crops by about 500 farm hands and
cowboys.
Joe Miller, as he is called all over
the territory, while a pretty young
man for so large Job. takes MS
work easily and has plenty Of time for
sport, for he Is an ardent automobilist,
hunter and fisherman, and patron OF
the arts and music. Zach Miller. VINO
looks after the cattle and horses, Is
a traveller and Is one day In Texss
and another In New York. He ouys
and sells train loads Of cattle as the
average farmer sells one cow. George
Miller, the youngest Of the brothers.
loves a fine horse above all things,
and breeds trotters and saddlers for
the very love Of seeing them work.
Work 10 Systenatized.
The work Of the ranch Is so system
atized that 1t goes more easily than
that of the average small farm. Most
of the business Is conducted from the
office In the mansion by telephone.
About the mansion are ranged the
bunk houses of the cowboys, the big
dining hall, the barns for the mules
and other work animals, the granaries
and the tool and other work houses.
On other parts Of the ranch are
other houses and barns. The whole
is connected by thirty-five miles OF
telephone wires, so that Joe Miller at
the ranch house can talk with the
foreman Of the wheat acres. the corn
acres, the watermelon patch. the road
overseer the fence rider. the cattle
range at Red Rock. miles away; the
telegraph office at Bliss, and the
whole wide world over the 'long dis
tance."
In the Office, clerks and stenograph-
ers handle the vast clerical work; mall
is delivered from the railroad by car
riers. Automobiles or carriages carry
business and social visitors from the
railroad station. five miles away, and'
in fact, the whole business Of the big
farm Is conducted with the precision
H., oil
Hospitality Without Limit.
One Of the most remarkable features
of the big ranch Is the abounding hos
pitality Of It, No one seems to walt
for an invitation to visit it. Visitors
simply telephone or telegraph out. i
am coming!" and come. This means
everybody. A man in New York who
knows the Millers has. for instance, a
friend who Is on the sick list. He
writes a letter of introduction and
speeds the friend on the way. When
he arrives and asks for a home or
q Job, he gets It, AS an instance, the
man who Is looking after the
fowls on the ranch-heaven only
knows how many. including peacocks'
ducks. geese, both wild and tame, and
the common, every day hen, OF which
there are thousands-is a new YORK
lawyer a college man. He Is content
with it all and Is getting fat on no
salary.
He exchanges classical quotations
with a chap from Harvard, who pur-
sues the occupation Of looking after
the 500 sucking pigs on the place, and
together they play dominoes with a
Princeton man, whose daily work Is
bossing a dozen Indians in road
making.
Every day there are enough visitors
at the ranch house to fill a small hotel.
Nobody seems to mind 1t, though. The
Chinese cook seems to have an mex