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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19
CHICAGO TO OWN RAILROADS.
Dunne's Election to Mayora1ty Makes
This a Certainty.

Dunne's Election TO Mayoralty Makes
This a Certainty.
The victory of Judge Edward f.
Dunno in Chicago, when he was elected
by about $4,000 majority to succeed
Carter Harrison as Mayor, means much
for municipal ownership. He ran on a
platform for city ownership and opera
ton of street railroads and so %pronounc-
ed is sentiment in favcr Of this plan
that his chief opponent, John M. Har'
Ian, also stood for it, though on a more
conservative basis. DUNES election Ia
the greatest victory municipal ownership
ever won.
Concerning his plans Judge Dunno
says:
First, 1 will appoint a corps Of ex-
pert engineers to make a careful survey
Of all the street railways in the city. 50
that we will know just how the city,
when it secures control of the lines, will
be able TO handle the proposition. This
will take time, but / believe that before
many months you will see the city Of
Chicago owning and operating at least
one street railway line.
"The traction question depends In q
treat measure on the action OF the
courts, but In cases where legal proceed
ings are pending I will endeavor to bring
about an immediate settlement. OF
course, 1t will be years before the city
will come into possession of all the street
railway franchises Of Chicago, but we
will gradually assume control of the diff
ferent lines and in time / sincerely be
Iieye the day will come when the people
win control the entire street railway
system of Chicago"
Chicago will spend $1O0.0OO,OOO In
purchasing the railroads vights and as
tets.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19
BEST IN MANY YEARS..
&ovefnment Report Says Wheat Crop
Average Is Very High.

The monthly report of the department
OF Agriculture shows the average condi-
ton of winter wheat on April l 10 have
been DIG, against 76.5 on April /, 1904,
9I.3 at the corresponding date in 1908,
and S3.1 the mean of the April averages
of the last ten years.
The following table shows, for the
principal winter wheat States, the aver
ages of condition on April /, the GORE.
spending averages one year and two
years ago, and the mean Of the CORE
spending averages of the last ten years:
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19

clerk in the cashiers office Of the New
Hampshire Northern Line. His rise
was rapid, for within five years he
was assistant to the manager of the
Boston & Lowell & Concord, and in a
short time was general traffic man
ager. He hello the same position or
the Union Pacific and on the New
York q New England, and was also
president of the Northern Pacific.
-
Theodore =. Shonts. who has accept
ed the craftsmanship of the new 18th
milan canal commission, is a Chicago
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19

Use of prominence
I'm I II e u mite
States Senate. He
Is 4 lawyer, Of
middle age, who
has displayed great
b~rilliancy In the
handling Of import
ant cases and who
is regarded as an
orator of more
than usual ability
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19

man., and is be-
lieved by his
friends to be the
best kind of 500
900 man the Presi-
dent could have Sc
lected. Mr.. Shonts
Is president OF the
Clover Leaf Rail
road. 1t is under
stood that he made
1t a condition of
acceptance that he
should have n free
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19

position in the senatorial struggle
Senator Flint was born in Massachu-
sets and went West to get relief from
asthma. He Is a large fruit grower.
-:
Police Inspector Gustafson Of Boston
is making a o. of inspection of the po-
lice departments Of the larger cities Of
the United States.
-
Andrew ]. Hoffman, foreman Of the
United States grand jury at Chicago
tl,at has been investigating the meth.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19

opposition to TAX.
ing an official trip
to India with her
b u 5 b a is a
daughter Of t h e
Duke of Teck. Her
full name is Vic
t o ri a Mary, but
generally she is
known as Princess
May. The couple,
who were married
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19
6HOWS
Co COLLEGES

The University of Iowa has just COM
pleted a new gymnasium.
Prof. J. A. Jaggar of Harvard will
lead a geological expedition to Iceland.
Harold l.. Madison has been appoint
ed instructor in zoology at Brown uni
versity.
Secretary of War Taft will be the ora
tor ut the Yale law school commence
ment in June.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19
so Blu. Macaroni wheat Per Acre,


introduced by the u. S. Dept. Of Ayr.
1t is a tremendous cropper, yielding in
good land in Wis, H., Ia, Mich, Ind,
O., Pa, N. Y, so Blu. per acre, and on dry,
arid lands, such as are found in Mont,
yield from 40 to 60 Blu. This Wheat and
Speltz and Hanna Barley and Bromus
Inermis and Billion Dollar Grass, makes
it possible to grow and fatten hogs, sheep
and cattle Wherever soil il found.
JUST SEND loo AND THIS NOTICE
to the John A. Salzer Seed CO., La Crosse,
Wis, and they will send you free a sample
of this Wheat and other farm seeds, to-
gether with their great c~ataloe, alone
worth $4,000 to any wide-awake farmer.
re. N. W.
Life In short-avoid causing yawns.-
Eleanor Giyn in THE Damsel and the
Sage.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19

DDS OF the packers,
lives on a farm
near MENDOZA, Ill,
and is highly es-
teemed. In poll
tics he Is a Demo
crat, serving regu-
larry on the Demo
cratic Town Gen.
ira. Committee.
Mr.. Hoffman is as
sistant supervisor
of the township,
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19

as to railway rates.
and that 1t Is time
they were stopped,
is president of the
New York, New
Haven & Hartford
Road, and one of
the best known
railway men In the
country, He was
born in 1851 at
Lowell, Mass, and
began his railway
1000
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19
billion Dollar Grasa.

When the John A. Salzer Seed Co., OF
La Crosse, Wis, introduced this remark
able grass three years ago, little did they
dream it would be the most talked of grass
in America, the biggest, quick, hay pro-
Queer on earth, but this has come to pass.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19

4 friend advised mt to try Doan's Kid
ney Pills. Within n week after l began
using them / was so much better that
l decided to keep up the treatment,
and when l had used a little over two
boxes / was entirely well. / have now
enjoyed the best of health for more
than four months, and words can but
poorly express my gratitude"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19
A Repetition.

Dolly Flirtgirl-l am engaged to be
married. Congratulate me, dear.
Maud Brisk-With all my heart. Ev-
erything l said the last time goes now!
Puck.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19
THOUGHT SHE WOULD DIE.

Mrs. s. w. Marine, of Colorado Springs,
Began to Fear the Worst-Doan's
Kidney Pills Saved Her.
Mrs. Sarah Marine. OF 42S st. Urain
street, Colorado Springs, Colo, Presi-
dent Of the Glen Eyrie Club, writes:
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19

and takes a conspicuous part In farm
ers' institute and Chautauqua work.
He is married and has a family.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19

Charles Sanger Mellen, who before .
committee Of the Connecticut Legisls
ture declared that great abuses exist
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19

Il suffered
for three years
w | I h s e v e r o
b~ackache. The
q octors told
me my kidneys
w e affected
and prescribed
medicines for
me, but l found
that it was only
a waste OF time
and money to
take them, and
began to fear
that | would
never get well.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-19
ParadoxicaL.

"Do you think Betum will ever wipe
out his debts"
"No; he's too much of a SPONGE
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Meeker herald., 1905-07-08
BILL BOARDS on MONT BLANC.
the Wuss Of the Adj
vePttssP.

The agitation in France against the
dishgurement of country landscapes
by faring advertisements still pro-
ceeds. but it appears with doubtful
success, ewing to vested interests.
The country people whose land lies
alongside the lines of railway are
readily tempted by the offers of the
advertising contractors from whom
some of them reap quite a respectable
income from displaying posters which
puff soup, chocolate, drinks, etc. 1t
is said that an agent of one firm Is
now starting on journey through
$4,000 communes, in each of which he
is to arrange for the erection of q
painted board. This is to be done in
time for the tourist season, says the
arts Messenger. The notice boards
already arranged for and erected by
this agent cost him no less than
1900 francs a year.
The correspondent of French pa
per states that this system of adver-
Using has been carried to its height
in Switzerland, where, on the very
summit of Mont Blanc, the first thing
to meet the Alpine climbers eye is
. Aaring advertise meRt.
The Meeker herald., 1905-07-08
LIVING OF HIS wlsE's GRAVE.
Queer Abode Tint Col. Elijah De
hoard, a Georgia Man, Has
Recently Duilt. nj

Col. Elijah De Bonrtl, of Gilmer coun-
ty. Ga is prGhnhly The only mar In the
United States whose heIre is over
grave. T:.'s unusual habi:ation is not
due tu eccen'ric;ty or f,rthe purpose
of attracting notcriety. hut is simply
4 case Of Loyal devotion shown in a
Visible WY to ;ae m"mcr~ OF his wife.
The rrcr't loss of his nnrsrer II life
nfrr-,eh Inn drrp'-. since VII ri, time
he bns become rec'use. rs devotion
has ''esr cnrr'ed 20 an r1reme. 1t liz
THOUGH ~ h.a nri-,,hcrs. az lie has
girc, IN ii.'n- in Ms LARGO home. and
has Just bull house rn the srot
where ii's beloved wife reste. IN the
beautiful mountain side rear his home.
The structure ;s small! ''a; suhs.an-
tial octn -on # stone. and on tire iron
OPENING inta .he single roosr "a the fol-
lowing '-.~rinticn: "One in life and
one in delti."
In the ri.-ht-hnnd corner Is the grave
Of his wife, while secondary space
.ilenr by he has reserved for himself,
where, at the end. he can find reposs.
Around the windows flowers have been
planted, and the venerable patriarch
spends the days in identifying the sur
roundings of his strange home.
On the anniversary of her death,
with the assistance of local pastor.
the funeral ceremony Ia repeated. The
colonel has turned deaf ear to
numerous entreaties of his friends to
give mp his solitary abode. an he has
expressed the desire to spend the re-
mainder of his days In this tombliks
structure.
The Meeker herald., 1905-07-08
STRANGE BOATS IN PERU.
osrae~s Vessels That Are Tashionsd
Of Reeds and Rushes In That
Country.

According to NJ de Camarasa, . Eu-
ropsan scientist and traveller, there
are no stranger boats in the world
than those which are used by certain
fishermen in Peru. They are known as
caballitos. which is Spanish word,
meaning little horses or ponies, and in
appearance they are somewhatsimilar
to Venetian gondo.ns, The most notable
feature about them being the extraor-
binary height OF their prows. The
fishermen, who squat in them on their
knees, say that II is impossible to sink
them. and that when they are over
turned by the waves, as sometimes
happens. they are easily righted again.
These curious vesse.s are not hol-
owed out like ordinary boats, but are
really small RATS. Neither are they
made of common wood, but of the
stout reeds or rushes which grow on
the plant known in Peru as the totora.
They are propelled by means Of pad
die, and fishermen fearlessly go In
them through the surf and breakers.
In the case of shipwreck these little
boats have also more than once given
timely aid, and their owners are not
afraid to go far out to sea If they think
that by doing so they can be of any
service to vessel in distress. Alto
gether, these little sea horses are very
useful and in some respects are decid-
eddy superior to small rowboats and
canoes
The Meeker herald., 1905-07-08
DEVICE TO scAag WOLVES.
Thst VIII Protect sheep froa
Natural Encaaics. -.i

Examiners ;E the patent Office have
learned by c1peri.Lee that it IN a
mistake TO jump ct conclusions re-
ga. cling the rssiu.n,as nf Inventions.
a coi.trivaace - which they were in
ci.hed 10 pc.,e ii good d,ai Oh fun, de-
siyE,d 20 friahtti. ,srises en- western
i,..,ricf, wns Iatentsd iess ainn t,.rcc
months ago. aHti a.feaay Ii has come
into considerable n,e in the sheep
growing districts ii: that part Of the
country, says the Presbyterian Jan
nor.
The device ;s an au. c.nnt!c gun
which gees OF 4; rci-uar intervals.
sraripg the wolTsa nwaT from the
which contains a c.ccl,,s,Yf attach
,ncr,. with a small stcc. t7.rel pro-
icc;;ry from enc end. \ u'urazire.
also Win tie box, IL lcnG' Il with
i..nk cartridges. which arr fred i;y
the cluct wori; otcn n ten = rates or
SO. !'y the hclr OF s',n'.lr rachan-
icai nttac.ir-cnt the ;.'ei'a's be-
tween tie Discharges are nfrsc ms
lcr~ c. us short as raay h" desired. F
H-r,vcs do no. a.tack :hrcp in the
daytime. ard til" rpn rss,'s to be In
o,rrn' ;an rr'y from sursct tn sun
rise. Il 'a TIE pr'od Of las.aing that
the r"''g nre in farc'-. t'ie fierce
wal,ca ri;fin. ther, ard carrying oil
The l,r-' l.'rs. mud hrrc" the :nparat-
rs ..escr'htd is iit"roec 70 he EN-
r'~ytf ev~'ugivo'v f,,r:ii.- That sen
ROW. i. ,erw ts y ut tie wrif which
The Meeker herald., 1905-07-08
CALLED vAcArIoNIrIs.
That Attacks Many
Workers.

"About this time Of year." said the
doctor, according to the New York
Sun. 81 have any number of patients
who come to consult me with symp-
toms of disease that can only dag
nose as vacaiionitis.
"rhere are the conscientious folks
who will rot allow themselves to take
a vacation unless they are commanded
to do so by their family physician.
They ike to pose as working the m
selves to death without any thought of
rest; but II they can only get doctor
to tel them that they need an ocean
soyAste or few weeks in the noun
iai5s fhex are off like birds and bore
til, II fffsnis,tp death telling them
that they haven't had vacation in ten
years. Sometimes IT Is 20 years, but
ten is 4 good average.
"Then there nre other people so stu
ated that :hsy cannot get away from
business without Doctors certificate,
and they cultivate a list of symptoms
which is worse than any ever printed
in a patent medicine circular. When
they get really imposing set of symp-
toms they come in to see ne, looking
troubled. ard give me the whole bunch
without stopping to take breath. Loss
Of appetite is the principal complaint,
then insomnia; furred tongue, head
ache and general disinclination to
work."
The Meeker herald., 1905-07-08

Whereas, a. George Smith, OF Mceker, Rio
tain decd OF trust, dated Marcel nth. 400,
md recorded In book ~ MT pnge I'D, If the
records In the Office Of the clerk md record
er OF lilo B!nncO County, Colorado, convey
to the public trustee iii said Rio Rlanco
County. the following described real estate,
coiorado, iowit: IT, The south kalf ' OF the
North quarter Of section Twenty. four
..n In Township One ~ North OF fnnge
gethcr with one share of stock In the Nib
lock Extension Ditch Company, md htl
bitches. rights Of way for bitches and water
rights and MI improvements pppertHtntnE
thereto, which snid deed OF trust was innde
to secure the payment of the said A. George
with said deed of trust for he principal sum
of Fourteen Hundred ts;i0O.o0l Dollars. pny-
able to the order Of +. shaver, three years
after the date thereof, with interest thereon.
mt ten per cent per nnnum from the dnte
thereof until paid; and.
trust. Inter ALA, II Mt in cnsc OF default in
the payment Of said note or any part there
4. or IN the payment OF the Interest thereon
note, or in cnse default shall be made In.
or In case Of the violation or breach Of
agreements therein contained, then upon
notice and demand In writing filed wit the
said public trustee by the beneficiary there
under or the legal holder of the indebted
ness secured thereby, TINT such beneficiary
or legal holder has declared n violation Of
my of the covenants therein contained,
md Inns elected to advertise said promises
for sale, and demands such sale, 1t shall and
may he lnwful for said public trustee to sell
and dispose OF the said premises zen masse
or In separate parcels as said public trustee
mny think best J and all the ght. title and
interest OF the sG!d \. George Smith. his
heirs or assigns therein. mt public auction.
Mt the front door of the County Court House
In Mceker. in the County Of Rio slnnco. md
Sthte of Colorado, or on said premises. or
my part thereof. as may be specified In the
notI OF such sale. for the highest md best
price the same Will bring In cash, four
weeks public notice having been previously
given 81 the time and place of such sale, by
advertisement, weekly. In some newspaper
of general circulation Mt TINT ;iiic published
In said hio Blnnco County. copy OF which
printed notice, rs soon ms printed. shnIl be
matted 10 said y. George smith and all sub
scvti"nt as-,Imbrau.rr,iaft hruddrrss give,
The Meeker herald., 1905-07-08

A detective was recently employed
by one of London's West end clubs to
discover n certain g-lferer who had
caused much annoyance to the menu
bers by helping himself to cigars and
other articles from their overcoat
pockets. The disciple OF Sherlock
Holmes smeared number of cigars
with aniline dyes. placed them in the
pockets OF several overcoats and next
morning carefully scrutiEized the
mouth. of the club servants, with the
result .e,at the culprit was found and
persu.sed to confess.
The Meeker herald., 1905-07-08
NARROW CHESTS ARE BAD.
Weak Constitutions and Lack Of Pure
Air and Exercise Conducs to
Consumption.

While tuberculosis is spread through
Infection, It must be remembered that
its Eredisros.1g cause Is in the body
itfeif. II one could get ria ., narrow
chests md tring up children in healthy
surroundings We should resift the
sources OF infection more successfully.
whatever they are says the. London Sat
rrsay Review. We are all in Gsnger
fru,a b,ciiIi. hut We do not all get con-
sumption. because many CT US have con-
s,iuticLs With snf1c.ent power Of re-
distance. Good houses. good air. good
exercise must be brought 10 the help
OF weak constitutions. and they are also
necessary /. We are to have xtrorE con-
s.iil.jons and the weak are to he elm
.letrd 9y so much hygiene as we have
airs dy 3ra,ticsd and before any spccial
rrec,rtlcns began to he tal-en about con-
sumption. the mortality from II hes de-
creased since 1904 by 81 Per cent. I.
Is probably decreasing steadily though
II accounts for a tenth of the annual
mortality II all the ferns OF Tuberculosis
that appear In the registrar generals
report are reckoned. Bronchitis and
pneumonia are more fatal than ptthisis.
In the army the death rate from tubercu-
1osis ha. be en- reduced from ~ to 10 per
1000 per nnnum since the Cremean war.
It is a well-known story how commits
sion reported that consumption was
much more prevalent in the line regi-
ments. where each man In barracks had
only $50 cubic feet OF space than In the
guards. where each man had 800. and
how the death rate began to fall when
Che barracks became 1T to live In.
The Meeker herald., 1905-07-08
OUT OF TUNE.
stoves uneve.ness o, Its Feet At
feets . Pianos swsetAsss
OF Tone.

The girl had new piano. She was a
musical girl, and it was as nice a piano
as could be found. When she had it
properly set up and ready for use there
was probably not n happier girl. But
as she sat down to play a look OF dis
content and wonder spread over her
face. 1t was strange, but this new
piano was certainly out of tune; GER
tain notes sounded like the hammering
of piece of iron. That would never
do; she couldn't play on piano like
that; she couldn't understand il, either.
forcertainly that piano had very sweet
tone in the shop. So the piano man was
sent for in great haste, and came to gee
what the trouble was. very much az
tonished himself. He ran his fingers
curiously around the room.
''That is n most curious and i'm
pertinent man." thought the girl, as
she watched him, his fingers moving
over the keys. but his eyes wander
ing searchingly from one piece OF
furniture to another. Finally he left
the piano, went to a stove in the room.
tucked piece of paper under one leg.
and went back to the piano, when,
strange to say, every note was us sweet
and clear and full as could have been
desired and there was not suspicion
of discord. During the cold weather a
stove had been placed in the room. and,
not standing evenly. with certain VI
brations of the piano it was made to
move and there followed little clat-
tering of iron, which. coming stimuli
taneonsly with the striking Of the keys
on the piano, sounded MS If that instru-
ment had produced the disagreeable
sound.
'.That is all right now" said the man
as he left the piano, ''only it was stove
man you needed instead of the piano
man"
The Meeker herald., 1905-07-08
cocKRoAcHEs CHARMED AWAY
II We. At tn. Expense. aow.v.r. Of
Lasklsss .Pria Young
MAN,

A young housewife recently COM
planned to friend that. being COM
PEELED to live in an old house, she was
much annoyed with cockroaches, re-
lates the Philadelphia Record. She
said: II have used all sorts of patent
insect killing things, and have tried
borax. but am quite discouraged"
The friend Remarked: "You would
MT be willing to try a charm. sup
poser"
81 don't believe in them, of COURSE"
replied she, "but I've reached the
point where / am willing to try any
thing"
"Well, them" said the friend, "catch
one roach and put 1t, together with
penny, into small pasteboard box.
Tie II up neatly and throw It upon
the pavement. Whoever picks Il up
will get all your reaches"
The young housewife smiled. but
for the joke of the thing tried the
experiment. She inclosed roach and
a penny in box, according to In
structions. wrapped ana tied 1t at
tractively with pink paper and string,
and contrived TO drop 1t on the pave
ment. A prim young man came along.
glanced covertly around. picked up
the box and strobe off. That was
three weeks ago, and the young
housewife hasn't set eyes on roach
since. In the midst of her rejoicing
she compassionates the household Of
the prim young man. where. presum-
ably. the pests have betaken them
selveH
The Meeker herald., 1905-07-08
Administrators Notice,

Eestate OF Louis W. Queen, deceased.
Tne undersigned. having been npp9ihtHeSs'
Administrator of the estate OF Louis ".
Oueen. late Of the County of Rio Iilnneo IN
the Rtnte of Colorado, deceased, hereby
gives notice that he will appear beIorr NV
County Court Of said County, al ths Court
House in Meeker in said County, nj tbeJune
Term. iNr, on the last Monday In July next
nj which time NIL persons having clnluis
against said estate are notified ana Icque ~.
ed to attend for the purpose oil having the
same adjusted. All persons ihd.b'eu 70
aid cstntc ire requested to make ininiedi-
nte payment to the undersigned. u
l.si1 JSo. y. ATsoN,
t1nt1-iy0 AuNlihlstTator.