The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-01-31

Last Sunday in Pierre.

| give our readers the benefit of the trip
as follows:
BY ten O'Clock the warm air and
bright sun had attracted the people
from within and old men, old women,
| young men and maidens, boys, girls
and babies, some bareheaded and clad
in spring attire. were leisurely walk
| ing about, flirting as it were, with ma
ture. When at ii o'clock the sacred
! invitation from the city bells rang out
| for church services there was quick
scattering the people going te differ
ent houses Of worship. A watchful
| sister or thoughtful brooher would
! invite the strangers to go along. The
writer visited the new government
building at this hour and in coming
| away posed a church. John Suther-
land was standing in the door looking
out, maybe to see that no sinner might
| escape, and he invited us in. A lit
| tie further on was Governor Elrod and
| his son Arthur Fastening to Sunday
| school The governor is strong be-
lever in the Sunday school. Now has
tened to the hotel where after dinner
we had an appointment to wplk with
a friend to the west side over the new
railway bridge. Here again the day
was against our pia rs of sightseeing
for our friend by chance had met
! strange lady who took an hour Of his
time to induce him to ask her to go to
church in the evening. Finally he
was ready to start and we walked on
| the new badge to the company's piles
of material two miles up the river
! from Fort Pierre. There is pile of
| $500 tons of COAL about ten acre of
ties and bridge timber piled high, iron
and steel, great poles and planks, in
all probably twenty-five acres of bridge
and extension stG8H linen there are
many miles of side tracks there on
which are dozens of cars for laborers to
live in, and for storage. The track
has not been laid to Fort Pierre yet.
Empty barrels stand everywhere by
the material piles. These are to afford
fire protection. The walk was now
continued on to Fort Pierre The big
hill back of the town has been half
| graded down. Rock was found in
| the hill and holes were being bored in
order to use dynamite Grading in the
cuts is going on far up Bad river. The
center of the city had been reached
when from the open windows OF a
church there floated out upon the soft
air strains of sacred song while from
another one was heard the preached
word that fell from the minister's lips.
Our friend was reminded that another
lady had told him to attend the Fort
| Pierre meetings and he wanted to so
| in, but upon a tie vote we decided to
60 down the street. Here we heard
more singing coming from building
where church services were being
held. 1t was now five o'clock and a
Doe line was made across on the ice
for the state capital side. The warm
weather had made it sloppy. 1t was
little ''scarry" though many teams
and foot passengers were crossing.
Arriving on the east side of the old
stream there was a sigh OF relief by US
both. AS the church chimes again
rang out our friend, travelling man,
hastened to keep his appointment by
attending the meeting. There was no
work done by the railway on either
side during the day. Both sides indi-
Gated hustle but not sigu of disorder
anywhere.
The sl75,000 government building
| is enclosed. 1t is 1O6 feet long, 90 feet
wide, 65 feet highs stories. 1t is
| built of Indiana stone. Thirty men
| worked at it last year and 20 are now
] employed. 1t is to be done next fall.
| Pierre is solid for Congressman
! Burke. The citizens remember his
| good work. An old veteran there had
opposed him but when he was made
helpless by paralysis the congressman,
| who was on pleasure trip at the
| time, haStened to work for a pension
for the old soldier and got bill
through giving qim $50 month.
! The mild weather induces land seek
| ers to push out and the best claims as
far west ae so miles have been filed on.
! Homesteads are taken in stockmens'
big pastures. One man has % by s
miles fenced. There are big hotels
far out thai are doing a rushing busi-
| ness.
Claude Heron, an old Pierre boy, is
located $50 miles northwest in Butte
county. When he wants fuel he backs
his wagon up to a hill and shoyels in a
load of coal, as he is in coal belt.
| (A few good historical stories will be