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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
The First Oil Well.

With the death of James P. Smith
Of Titusville, says the Philadelphia
Record, there passed the last of the
group Of men who appear in the ia.
nous Drake well picture, taken in the
autumn of 1861 by John A. Mather, the
noted oil region photographer. The
group In the picture included Col. Ed.
win L. Drake. the man who drilled the
we'll; William and James p. Smith,
practical drillers, who assisted with
the work; Peter Wilson, Titusville
merchant and steadfast friend Of Col.
Drake, and Albridge Locke, The five
men are dead. This picture adorns
the offices of hundreds of oil operators
and ~refiners, and Is the only photo.
graph of the first oil well. The only
person now living connected with the
picture is John A. Mather, the photog.
rapher.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01

"Mother" Goodrich, Black Hills Pho.
neer, Leaves Record Of Good Work.

neer, Leaves Record OF GOOD work.
Celia Goodrich, colored, pioneer wo-
man of the Black Hills and friend OF
all the early day miners, is dead.
Dropsy, from which she suffered some
time, finally caused the end at st. Jo-
seph's hospital in Deadwood, aged
~sixty-one. =
Mrs. Goodrich had an interesting ca
reer. Born in Kentucky in 1886, she
was raised in the family of Capt.
.Blackwood, but was eve a slave.
The Blackwoods, who had purchased
her mother, had given her freedom.
In 1864 the young woman became Mrs.
Thomas Goodrich and went to Mis-
souri, to live and later to Denver, COM
ing to Deadwood in 1876, a pioneer
e 1t was here that her real career
began. Sickness, births and deaths
were her special missions.
In every miners family the name
Of Mother" Goodrich was revered,
for to all she was nurse and doctor.
Many & time the woman walked and
rode for two days over mountainous
roads to answer the summons OF a
sick man or child. Then her own fam
lily began to grow so large that it occu-
pied her time at home, and beyond be-
ing a jealous worker and a faithful at
tendant on the Baptist church, Moth
err Goodrich had little time for out
side trips. Even then she was the ad-
visor of the neighbors for blocks
around and was never called upon for
help in vain.
Mrs. Goodrich Is survived by six
children.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
IT WOULDN'T KEEP.
Reason Why scoochman Did Not Have
Demijohn of Whisky.

Reason Why Scoochman Did Not Have
Demijohn of Whisky.
Miss Elizabeth Marbury of the board
OF governors of New York's woman's
club. the Colony, was discussing the
question Of the clubs liquor license.
ut is rather a matter of indifference
to us" she said, whether we get a
license or not. Women, you know
are not given to drinking. They are
roc careful of their appearance. They
desire to remain slim and fresh, and
wine tends to make us coarse and
stale and fat.
$50 IL we had a license I think we
should sell little. 1t would not be
with us as with a farmer I once met
In Scotland.
Travelling in the Scottish highlands
one summer | stopped at a farm house
for a cup of milk, and the view from
the door was so lovely that | said to
the farmer:
"Ah, what a superb place to live
In
lou. aye he answered, in conven.
tional Scots, it's RIGHT; but hoo wad
ye like, ma'am, to haze to walk fufteen
mile ilka time We wanted a bit glass
Of whuskey?'
"'Oh, we'll said !. why don't you
get a demijohn of whisky and keep it
In the house?'
"He shook his head sadly.
"'Whusky,' he said, won't keep"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
IS Pe-ru-na Useful
for catarrh2

Should a list of the ingredients ofPs-
runa be submitted to any medical ex.
pert, Of whatever school or nationality,
he would be obliged to admit without
reserve that each one ofthen was ofun-
doubted value in chronic catarrhal dis.
eases, and had stood the test Of many
years experience in the treatment OF
such diseases. THERE CAN BE NO
DISPUTE ABOUT THIS WHAT
EVER. Peruna is composed ofthe most
sficacious and universally used herbal
remedies for catarrh. Every ingredient
IF Peruna has a reputation Of its own
IN the cure of some phase of catarrh.
Peruna brings to the home the COM.
BINED KNOWLEDGE OF SEVERAL
SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE in the treat
ment of catarrhal diseases; brings to
the home the scientific skill and knowl-
sdgeofthe modern pharmacist; and last
but notleast, brings to the home the vast
and varied experience Of DR.. Hartman,
inthe fcatarrh remedies, and in the
treatment Of catarrhal diseases.
The fact is, chronic catarrh il a dis
sase which is very prevalent Many
thousand people know they have
chronic catarrh. They have visited
doctors over and over again, and been
told that their case is one OF chronic
catarrh. 1t may be ofthe nose, throat,
lungs, stomach Or some other internal
organ. There is no doubt as to the a
ture of the disease. The only trouble
Is the remedy. This doctor has triedto
cure them. That doctor has tried to
prescribe for them.
BUT THEY ALL FAILED To
BRING ANY RELIEF.
DR.. Hartman's idea is that a catarrh
remedy AN be made on a large scale.
as he is making it; that it can be made
honestly, of the purest drugs and of
the strictest uniformity. His idea is
that this remedy can be supplied direct
ly to the people, and no more be charged
for it than is necessary for the
handling of it.
No other household remedy so uni.
versally advertised carries upon the
label the principal active constituents,
showing that Peruna invites the full
inspection Of the critics.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
Have Trouble
with Your Food?
Try
Grape-Nuts
Perfectly Cooked.
Ready TO Serve.
Delicious and Healthfui
Delicious and Healthiui

"The ordinary breakfast cereal
cooked a few minutes in a ~half-hearted
way will in time weaken the stomach
OF anything short OF al OK.
ANY preparation of wheat or oats
put into water that Is below the boil.
ing point and cooked as mush is ISL
ally served. remains a pasty, indi.
gestible mass. The cells are tough
and unopened. In addition. the TOM
ach of a person sensitively constituted
refuses to do anything with the pasty
mass. 1t Is SEM into the second stom-
ach, the Duodenum, where in conse-
queEce OF the long time OF the first
process OF digestion. is fermented and
soured. AS an eminent medical man
pertinently states, the stomachs OF halt
the people going about the strsets are
about in the condition of an old vim.
egar barrel.
"Intestinal dyspepsia is the direct
consequence of such feeding"
Knowledge of these facts and a wide
experience in the preparation and use
of cereals brought out the product
known as Grape-Nuts, manufactured
with special reference to having the
heterogeneous and starchy parts OF the
grains, of which the food Is composed,
perfectly and scientifically cooked al
the factory. ready for immediate use
and therefore not subject to the ma
nipulations OF any cook, good or bad.
The starch OF the grains, changed to
grape-sugar, can be seen glistening on
the little granules, and gives forth q
delicate sweetish taste, very palatable
Children and adults obtain fine re
suits from the use Of Grape-Nuts food
1t Is SO perfectly adapted to the wants
Of the human body and so easily d.
g9sted that many cases are on record
OF nursing babes being fed very sue,
cessfully on At. There's q Reason"
Made at the pure food factories OF
Che Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich
Read The Read to Wellville." in pkgs
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
Tantalizinq Man.

Il e by the paper" said Mrs.
Blinks at the breakfast table, that a
delegation of woman suffraxists is
coming to this country"
Mr.. Blinks said nothing.
And they're going to invade Wash.
ingtcn and make a speech to the pres
ident, and ALL"
Blinks was still silent.
Il declare" snapped the lady,
you're the mmost tantalizing man in
existence. There you sit like a statue,
saying a word to show that you
don't know what you're talking
about"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
BEETLE TO MIGRATE.
Yale Expert Glasses Bark Pest With
Seventeen Locust.

II the theories of Prof. j. w. Tou-
mey, expert forester, and head Of the
forestry department in Yale univer-
sity, are correct, the destructive bee
tie that has cost the government so
many thousand dollars to combat, soon
will be a thing of the past in the Black
Hills forest eserve. Prof. Tourney,
who has just made a thorough study
eff the situation here, declares that he
believes the bark beetle. like the sew
en- year locusts, remains in n To-
cality only for a given period, and that
This time has nearly expired. For
over two years the government ex-
perts only have succeeded in prevent
ing too great a spread of the pest here
by various methods. They have con.
fined its destruction of valuable tim
Der preserves to this reserve. by the
hardest kind Of work, but have not
found a way to kill off the insect.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
NEW PHONE LINES MANY.
Nearly Halt Hundred Above Last
Years List Already Reported.

Since the reports of telephone com
panies We're filed in the Office Of the
state auditor for assessments purposes
last year the number has increased
from 204 to an estimate of $50. Nearly
that number have already reported to
the office, and 9th rs yet to come in
are expected to bring the number up
to fully $50 or more. The country
along the Missouri river on both sides
has not been worked in the past for
telephone service, but Is now being
threaded with lines, and the business
will continue to increase from year to
year in that part Of the state.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
Her First Long skirt.

She was a girl of seventeen or
whereabouts, and while she waited for
q street car the men stared when she
wasn't looking az them. The car
came and the maiden gathered up her
long skirts and stepped aboard. But
something happened suddenly. The
smokers, In the rear vestibule all
sprang to her assistance, for she had
stepped on her skirt and fallen.
II knew I'd do something like that"
she said to her companion. But I
wore 1t all day Easter and didn't have
q single mishap."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
SUMMER SCHOOL CLOSES.
Members Of Wesleyan ~" Are Given
Leave of Absence.

The summer school, which has been
in session in Dakota Wesleyan univer'
sity for the last six weeks, closed at
ter a successful term. The attendance
was large. Prof. L. A. Stout, who has
been associated with the university
for the last fifteen years, has been
granted a leave of absence for a year
and will take a postgraduate course
at Chicago university. Miss Myrtle
Lee, of the conservatory of music OF
the university, also has been given a
years leave of absence. and next
month she will leave for Berlin, Ger.
many, to study piano in one of the
leading schools.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
TO GET RIVER RELICS.
Cannon Ball Stones Will Be Sent to
National Museum.

The government snag boat Mandan
is on her way down the Missouri from
Mandan, pulling snags. Several years
ago one of the government boats
brought down the stream several OF
the large round stones found on the
Cannon Ball river, and these, with sew.
eral ~chalcedony stumps, for some rea
son, were left on the river bank about
ten miles above Pierre. The Mandan
is under orders to pick up these speci-
mems and take them to Pierre, where
they will be shipped to Washington
to be placed in the government muse.
UNI,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01

were spells of dizziness and f~aintness,
the kidney secretions were like blood
and passed with intense pain. | had
lost 80 pounds when / began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. and was dread
fully nervous In one week l felt bet
ter end today / am a well woman and
have been for a long time"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
Alive or Dead?'
The Strange Disappearance Of
Gerald Rathbone.
BY guy THoRNE.
What do you mean?"
BY GUY THoRNG.

"Why, isn't 1t the last condition OF
our experiments that we should have
some one a slave, a dead man to the
world, to use as we shall think mt?
Here's your man. Do what you like
to him afterward. Let's make your
rival the stepping-stone to your final
success.
Then the three men looked at each
other in fear.
Charliewood and Sir William
Gouldesbrough we're pale as linen, but
the short, fat mar was pin.- still, and
laughed and chuckled nervously.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
Thick.

Towne-Yes, I met Britton in Lon
don and shook hands with him.
Brown-Why. you just told me you
never saw him before.
Towne-I didn't see him. I was in
troduced to him in a fog.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
Her Idea Of IL

ma" asked little Tommy, when
criminals are arrested. what does it
mean when 1t says they were placed
In the fsweat-box?"
We'll" replied his mother. Il guess
most criminals are not very clean.
and they need . Turkish bath"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
Made ar Enemy Of Pa.

81 got into a poker game at the club
last night with my best girls father"
Did you win or lose?"
Both, Pm afraid. l o from him,
but | guess I've lost the girl"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
KILLS SELF; AID E A
Letter From Brother, Offering to Help
Poor Man, Is Too Late.

Poor Man, IL Too Late.
Had Gideon Poirier, who committed
suicide at Deadwood when respondent
over poverty, waited but a few hours,
there would have been no necessity for
his act. The next train from the East
after the mans tragic death, brought
to Poirier's friend a letter from the
dead mans rich brother, o. A. Poirier
n Gladstone, Mimi. saying that he
would care for his relative and would
see that he should never want again.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
Harvesting 10 Begun.

GAINESVILLE. Mimi, July 20. - Har.
vesting commenced yesterday on the
Tierfeldter farm three miles southwest
OF here. The grain is short but we'll
headed and will be a good yield. Tier
fsldter has about forty acres cut.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01

ton of the blad-
der and the trou-
BILE had gone so
far liz five years
that my physicians
said nothing but
an operation would
cure me. Awful
b earing do W n
pains, ~backaches
and headaches tor
t..-aI ~ tharn
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
BIG Source of Revenue.

The automobile industry in the state
Michigan alone is paying the rail.
reads 81, 900, 900 a year in freight rates.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
The Lawyer and the Reformer.

The Lawyer and tue Reformer.
The prison reformer met the con-
victed lawyer in his striped gars.
"And what brought you here, I'M
happy MANI" she asked him.
His old-time c%leverness asserted it.
self.
IAN automobile" he blithely replied.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
A WoMAN's suFFERINos.
n Dreadful Operation Seemed to Be
the Only Outcome.

Mrs. Clyde Pixley, Bridge ST., Beld-
ing, Mich, writes: Il had infiamma-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-17
CONTROVERSY TERMINATED.
Rock Islands Trouble With p. o. De-
partment Is Over.

Kansas City, Mo-. Oct. 17.-Advice
was received in this city yesterday
from st. Louis to the effect that the
postoffice authorities in Washington
have ordered the Rock Island Rail-
road company to place full mail cars
on their trains between Kansas City
and Ell Paso, thus ending very bitter
fight that has been waging for several
years between that company and the
local officer for the government, Clyde
NJ. Reed. of Wichita.
The government pays the railroad
companies for hauling mail by weight,
but on the heavy lines where full cars
are required, SIS per mile per year in
addition is paid, but on account of the
opposition of Chief Clerk Reed, the
Rock Island have never been able to
get a line established, and a short time
ago Postoffice Inspector Means was
sent on from Washington, who was
formerly connected with the mail SER
vice in this state, and after riding with
the clerks, he found larger cars were
necessary, and it is understood they
have commenced to run on the Golden
State Limited.
The service in Kansas has been very
much neglected on account of the
fight between the railroad and the
has been missent and carried past
destination. and the postal clerks af-
fected on the line are happy over the
termination of the controversy. There
are twenty-five clerks affected by the
change, and all will receive an in
crease in salary. The clerk in charge
of the car now getting $1,000 will get
an increase to $1,40O, and the other
clerks increase correspondingly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-17
K. U. GOES SOUTH
The Kansas University Eleven
Off for Oklahoma.
Expect a Fierce Struggle on the
Norman GridirOn.
FEARFUL OF SOONERS.
Coach Kennedy Expects His
Team to Be Scored on.
Football Experts Tell Jayhawk-
ers to Watch Washburn,

Lawrence, Kan, Oct 17.-This after
noon, Is of the best men produced by
Kennedy and Parry on the Jayhawker
gridiron this year start on their first
trip on which they will meet the Ok
1ahoma Sooners at Norman, Saturday.
The st. Mary's game brought out a
great many weak spots in the team
and put the coaches on the lookout.
Steele, who was tried out at fullback
during that game was carried off the
field with a sprained ankle and is
scarcely able to walk. He had made
good in a wonderful manner and as
soon as he gets well he will resume
his backfeld position. BILLY" Rice, a
stunts and adds weight and experience
back of the line. Dennis, the speedy
and heavy half of the great freshman
team of two years ago is back and
is making good at half. He is fast
speedy man. The line that went up
against st. Mary's was invincible. but
the backfield was weak after Steele
went out. By the use of Rice and
Dennis, Kennedy hopes to work out a
heavy and at the same time speedy
backheld.
The need of novel changes is so ap-
parent that secret practice was inaugu-
rated this week and the training table
was established which furnishes food
at the rate of $3.50 to each man. OF
this the university board pays half.
The men at present are in good condi-
ton with the exception of Steele and
Kennedy wishes to point the men for
the hard games that como thick and
fast.
The Sooners have made many addi-
lions to their team and have a formula
BILE bunch of experienced players. Ow-
ems, taking the example of Cochems of
st. Louis, has gotten together a bunch
Of made in Germany football f1ends
and 1t will be a great surprise to the
Jayhawkers If the Sooners do not score
on them. Kennedy has been lecturing
the Kansans on new plays and new
ideas incessantly. When the men stop
exhausted from scrimmage Kennedy
stands in the middle of the group and
talks until they are ready to go again.
At the training table he stands at a
blackboard and marks out the work
of each man on trick plays. Never has
the Jayhawker camp been SO busy.
Kennedy has a great deal of work to
do before next Saturday.
1.-The Aggies will be a tough propo-
sition," said Kennedy. 1.-THE fact that
Haskell beat them makes 1t all the
more certain that they will work hard
to steam up and surprise Kansas. It's
foolish to think they are a snap" The
Washburn game Is still three weeks off
but Kansas enthusiasts are of the opin-
ion that the Topeka backfield will pillow
through the field like snowplow
through a new snow drift If some inn
provements are not instituted. Wash
burn has a crack backfield and Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-17
TIGERS OFF TO IOWA.
The Missouri Football Squad VIII
Tackle the HaUkeyeS October 10.

Columbia, Mo-, Oct. 1.-THE Missouri
Tigers will depart for Iowa City this
afternoon to meet Iowa Saturday,
strengthened by the return of Roberts,
whose conditions have been lifted, and
by Captain Miller, who is back at tackle
after a two weeks absence.
Twenty Tigers will go up for the Iowa
game. Few changes will be made in
the lineup Of the last four days, and
the signal series will be without change
save for one new play.
Deatherridge, who is such a good re-
lief man for Rutherford, at quarterback.
will be used as a half. Alexander is be-
ing broken in so that he can be shifted
to quarter in a pinch.
Tubby" Graves, who was used at ev-
cry position except center last season,
knows the signals and uses his head
we'll enough to run the team in an emer-
gency.
Missouri's halves will be Driver,
Deatherridge, Sigler and Grain. At full
back she has Roberts, Axline and
Colonius. Colonius is a conner who has
been making good in the smaller games
and will have a chance to show his
metal in a big game.
Carothers and Kurtz will be the reg
ulars at guard, though subs will be ia
KEN Captain Miller and Graves will
play the tackles, while Alexander. Ew-
ing. Grain and others will handle the
wings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-17
WORKING NIGHT AND DAY.
Three Shifts of Men Rushing Laying
of U. p. Double Track.

Omaha, Oct. 17.-So anxious is the
Union Pacific to complete the double
tracking before snow flies that electric
lighting systems are being installed
along the way, and work is going on
night and day, three shifts of work.
men being employed. Julius Krutt-
schnitt. director of maintenance of
way, of the Hartman system, is max
ing a tour of inspection of the Union
Pacific, and is ordering all construc-
ton work pushed to the limit.
Along the cutoff, running from
Omaha ten miles westward, electric
lights have been installed the entire
distance, and work goes forward with
out stopping, day and night. The
Lane cutoff Is the heaviest piece of
railroad work ever undertaken by the
Union Pacific, and when completed
will give that road three tracks for
thirty miles west of Omaha. The cost
is 100000 per mile.
Hartman and Kruttschnitt are ex-
tremely anxious to get this piece of
track in commission, and three shifts
of men are working along the entire
line When completed it will relieve
the greatest point of congestion on
the system.
Athol Hill. near Cheyenne, is hav-
ing electric lights installed for night
work as is being done in half dozen
places between Omaha and Ogden.
Kruttschnitt. with his special train,
will go over the line between Omaha
and San Francisco, returning by Port
land. and will try to relieve the con-
gested condition over the system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-17
NO ST. JOE FOR THEM.
Proposition of Kansas University Is
Laughed at by Missouri.

Columbia, Mo-, Oct. 17.-When word
was received here that Kansas uni
versity would accept a proposition to
play the Thanksgiving day football
game in St. Joseph this year, provided
it were played in Lawrence next year,
Missouri students characterized the idea
as an absurdity so far as they were con-
souri, could bring the game to Columbia
this year as bleachers with a seating
capacity of 1000 are already being built
on Rollins field and it is only a question
of a few years until the game will be
played altogether in the college town.
Missouri can't see why Kansas would
turn down Joplin and accept the same
kind of proposition from ST. Joseph. In
dependence is looked upon as better
than either of these places now but the
wisest thing for this year seems to be
Karsas City