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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
STRANGE N FOUND.
Remains Found In Gravel Pit Are Not
Believed to Be indians.

beIiCNeu 10 DC tlhioEio.
Some strange finds have been dis
covered In a gravel pit east of Oacomo
on the Sioux reservation. Since the
pits have been opened nearly fifty
skeletons have been found up to the
present time, and they are NOT the re.
mains of Indians.
Most of the skeletons have been
found buried from four to eight feet
deep, and all in either a sitting or
standing posture. Most of these peo.
pie seemed to be of rather small stat
ure, much below the height of the or.
binary North American Indian. A few
days ago while digging in the pit a
skeleton Of a man fully eight feet in
height was discovered. In the imme-
date vicinity of the burial place were
found implements of copper and bone
in each of the graves, and in one vas
found a copper idol about eight inches
in length.
The gravel beds are dry, and when
the bones are exposed to the air they
at once crumble into dust. At first
the finding of the skeletons caused
much excitement at Oacomo, but they
are taken out now with little comment
except the finding of the last one.
which indicated a race of people of
great height.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
REFUSES TO TAKE BONDS.
Bank Says Levies are Not Sufficient
to Equal Warrants Issued.

Bank Says Levies are Not Sufficient
to Equal Warrants Issued.
At the spring election the voters Of
Aberdeen gave their consent to the is
suing of $4,000 bonds, $4,000 Of
which was to be used for the building
of a new school house, and the bal
ance to be used to refund outstanding
warrants. The Harris Trust & Saw
~Ss bank of Chicago, to which the
nd issue was awarded, has refused
take the bonds, claiming that the
variants are illegal, and stating as
ground for that assertion that levies
have not been issued. The company
will take the bonds for $12, 900 to build
a new school If a special election will
be held to get proper consent. The re-
suit of this condition is that the presi-
dent Of the board, H. s. Williams, will
refuse TO sign any more warrants un-
less the levies are sufficient to
them, and also that the school board
will make a tax levy for school pur-
poses Of twenty-five mills, which will
he the limit allowed by law. The
board will meet oon to discuss the
matter and come to, some agreement.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
ON JULY rs.
New Law on Teachers Certificates
Makes Radical Change.

The law of the last session made
several radical changes In the
of issuance Of teachers certificates.
The old law provided for two exaIlipa-
lions each year, one Ia the spring aud
one in the fall, after which sll parers
above the third grades were sent to
the state superintendent Office for
marking. For this work the state ;u-
perintendent called together a board
of educators from different parts OF
the state to assist.
The new law provides FOR more nu-
nerous examinations and the sending
of all papers for a certificate of any
grade to the state Gupe"intendens's CT
Zee for marking, this work to be done
. by a permanent hoard, which is made
a part of the force of that office.
The first examination under the new
taw will be held on July IS aud IS in
any of the counties of the state which
desire examinations on those dates,
that being before the nrst regular ex-
animation under the new law, which
will be on Aug. Is anc 16.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
TO TRY TWO HOMICIDE CASES.
Criminal Calendar is Long In Stanley
County,

In past years, with a sparse popula-
ton, the court terms in the Empire
of Stanley" have not been long affairs,
and that county has not added a great
deal to the business of the Big Sixth
circuit. But the term Of court which
begins IN that county this week PROM
Uses to be a long one, attorneys inter-
ested expecting 1t to last at least a
month if the calendar is cleared.
The criminal calendar, especially
song this time, has two homicide cases,
three highway robbery charges and
about thirty other cases in which rus
things of cattle and horses is charged.
Besides this criminal calendar, a num-
Der of civil cases are up for action,
and this is an indication that in the
future the court business of this i'm
mense county has to be considered in
the judicial affairs of the circuit.
Frank Turner is charged with the
killing of Frank Linn at Interior sew
eral weeks ago. This case probably
will be short as all the testimony
brought put in the preliminary exami-
uation was to the effect that Linn had
threatened to kill Turner, and was
doing his best to carry out his threat
when he was killed by Turner, after
he had chased Turner around a build
ing several times, shooting at him at
every opportunity.
The other homicide case Is that in
which Joseph Tusha is charged with
having caused the death of Clyde
Whiting last fall by putting dynamite
in Writings stove, which exploded
when a fire was started, killing Whit
ing and severely injuring a companion.
Unless new evidence has been secured
by the state since the prelimina",,
hearing, the chances are not consia-
cred good for a conviction, as the
evidence was mostly hearsay and con-
lecture.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
New Corporations.

The Security Savings bank of Rapid
City has fled articles OF incorporation
with the secretary Of state with a
capital of $4,000. The incorporators
nre all Rapid City people, being ". S.
Stewart, H.. w. Hinrichs and X. NJ.
Hinrichs.
Another telephone company which
has started by filing articles in this
state is the Central Farmers company
OF Utica, which Is capitalized at $685.
600. The incorporators are Lars A.
Bruce, Edward Frank, George Muller
and John Timer.
Articles have been filed for the Fort
Pierre Roller Mill company at Fort
Pierre with a capital OF $4,000. In.
corporators are James Philip, Hugh
Jeffries. T. G. Fischer and j. w. Nc.
Cullen.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
NeWSOfthe Northwest
LET IN TROLLEY N
Red Water Company to Use North
western Tracks, IL Is Said.

ucO "dtcT " SSe tNoSs'
western Tracks, II Is Said.
There is a rumor in Deadwood
which seems well founded to the eff
feet that the Chicago & Northwest
ern Railway company and the Red Wa
ter Traction company have come to
an agreement whereby the Red Water
company gets the use of the North
Western company'3 rails between
Blacktail and this city, about a mile OF
road, and in return the Northwestern
will have the use of the road to be
built by the Red Water company be-
tween Spearfish and Blacktafl.
This will give the Red Water COM
pany an entrance into Deadwood and
also will furnish the Chicago & North
Western company with an outlet into
the rich farming country along False
Bottom and coal and timber beyond
Spearfish.
The Red Water company recently
has completed a large water power
electric plant near Spearfish which is
to furnish electric power for the mines
of the Black Hills and for a trolley
system between Spearlsh and the
Northern Hill towns.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
LIFE INSURANCE ACTIVITY.
The New York Life's Business Nearly
Up to the Legal Limit.

The New York Life Insurance Com.
pany that its new paid
business during the half year just end
ed was owe seventy million dollars.
AS the new law allows no life COM
pany to write over one hundred and
fifty millions per year, it would APP
pear that this company Is working
nearly up to the limit The New
York Life gained such Roadway be-
fore the law was passed and suffered
so little, comparatively, from the Arm.
strong investigation, that the question
with its management has been how to
keep business down to the limit, rath.
err than how to reach 1t. No other
company is writing nearly as much
as the law allows. The New York
Life has evidently become q pre-
ferred company.
The company's payments to policy
holders during the six months end
ing June 80 were $21, $50, 761. 1t Is
interesting to note that this amount
was almost equally divided between
payments under policies maturing by
death and payments mad to living
policy holders. Thus, Vile death.
claims were ~$11,iSO,626, the amount
paid for matured endowments, apnu.
tiles, trust fund installments, for pur-
chased policies and for dividends was
$10,480,13 B Modern life insurance, as
practiced by the best companies, en-
braces a wide field, and covers many
contingencies. 1t is money saved for
the aged. as we'll as money provided
for the families of those who die pre-
maturely.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
MEAT OR
A Question of Interest to All Care.
full Persons.

Arguments on food are interesting.
Many persons adopt a vegetarian diet
on the ground that they do not like to
feel that life has been taken to feed
them, nor do they fancy the thought
Of eating dead meat.
On the other hand, too great con.
sumption OF partly cooked, starchy
oats and wheat or white bread, pastry,
ETC., produces serious bowel troubles.
because the bowel digestive organs
(where starch is digested), are over.
taxed and the food ferments, produc.
ing gas, and microbes generate In the
decayed food, frequently bringing on
peritonitis and appendicitis.
Starchy food Is absolutely essential
to the human body. Its best form is
shown in the food "Grape-Nuts," where
the starch Is changed into a form Of
sugar during the process Of its manu-.
facture. In this way, the required
food Is presented to the system In a
pre-digested form and is Immediately
made into blood and tissue, without
taxing the digestive organs.
A remarkable result in nourishment
Is obtained; the person using Grape
Nuts gains quickly in physical and
mental strength. Why in mental?
Because the food contains delicate
particles of Phosphate of Potash OBJ
tanned from the grains, and this unites
with the albumen of all food and the
combination is what nature uses to re-
build worn out cells in the brain.
This is a scientific fact that can be
easily proven by ten days use Of
Grape-Nuts. There's a Reason"
Read. "The Road TO MELVILLE" In
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
FRAME BILLS EASY TO SAIL.
solons Will Be Aided by Perfected
Reference System.

During the last legislative session
Prof. r. z. Kerr remained at Pierre
md conducted a department OF legis-
alive reference, which was freely
lsed by the members in securing ma
.erial bearing upon the bills they de-
sired to draw and introduce.
Shortly after the opening of the ses-
sion the members provided the his
.orical department, in which Mr.. Kerr
worked, with an additional legislative
clerk to assist him, and many a mem
Der was saved a lot of digging after
references on bills. The work was so
helpful that before the session closed
provisions were made for the estab-
,ishment of a permanent department
Of legislative reference in the state
historical department, and an appro-
priation was provided for a clerk for
the work.
While Prof. Kerr will take a posi-
tion In the agricultural college again
at the opening Of the fall term of the
school, he is at present getting the
work of the reference department In
to shape through a card index system,
and will get matters shaped up as
much as possible for the permanent
clerk before the end of the vacation.
The outline of the work is that of ref
erence to bills which have been pre-
sented in this or other states, and
which failed, giving the reason for
their failure, IL 1t can be learned; the
effects of laws which have been passed
In different states, and how they
would apply in South Dakota; togeth'
err with all laws which have been de-
clared by the different state courts
to be constitutional. with the reasons
for such rulings of the courts.
The work when completed will be
at the command of any member of flu
.ture legislative sessions in the framing
up of any legislation which he may de
sire. 1t will keep him out of difficult
ties in preparing a bill so it will have
easy sailing on the legislative sea.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
BUILD FOR EXPOSITION.
Work Begins at Pierre and Counties
Are Preparing Exhibits.

Work has begun on the building for
the Gas Belt exposition at Pierre, and
will be pushed as rapidly as possible
to get everything | nreadiness for the
show the third week in September.
The country west of the river is get
ting ready to show what it can do in
the way of agriculture at this exposi-
ton, Stanley county preparing an agri-
cultural exhibit for the occasion, and
the people of Lyman county setting
the date of their county fair ahead two
weeks to get together their exhibit to
bring it here for the exposition. Rail-
roads will give a one-fare rate for the
occasion, and there will be an oppor-
tunity for the people from the eastern
and western parts of the state to get
together at a low rate for the first
time.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
Hair Cut Without Orders.

A native paper states that the mag.
istrate at An-Hyun, Korea, has arrest.
ed a great number of people belonging
to the II Chin Hoi society, and having
charged them with cutting their hair
without any order from the govern.
ment had them severely logged. The
sympathizers Of the society and its
members have held crowded meetings
and violent speeches have been made
denouncing the unwarranted action Of
the official.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
SYRIANs START COLONY.
VIII Try Farming and Eye Out for
Mercantile Opportunities.

The Syrians who came from Cedar
"apids, Iowa, last winter and made
..lings on homesteads in the vicinity
Of Hayes, Stanley county, now are get.
ting out to settle upon the lands which
they selected for a colony. Ahmed
Sheroneck, the leader of the party,
says they will stop upon the land until
they secure title, and most of them
will try farming as a mean of liveli-
hood, but that some of them are look
ing over the towns west of the river
with a view Of engaging in mercantile
business after they have secured title
to the lands upon which they have set
tied. There are about twenty in the
colony and all appear to be above the
average of their class in intelligence
and advancement In American ideas.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
cLINGs TO LOG; is SAVED.
Hack Upsets: Woman Is Rescued, but
SO Mail Sacks Float Away.

II you wrote to a friend in the vicin-
ity of Keystone within the last two
weeks and did not receive a reply,
write again. For through no fault Of
Uncle Sam, but owing to the turbu.
leace OF the elements thirty-three mail
sacks, containing mail consigned to
points near here, which are distributed
by hack from this point, were lost in
the waters of Battle creek below this
town. H. S. Davis, the hack driver,
attempted to ford a swollen stream
with a load of passengers and sail, and
the vehicle was overturned, the sacks
being carried down stream and the
passengers having narrow escapes.
Mrs. Estes wds carried down the swift
creek some distance on a passing log
until she was rescued
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
BIG COLLEGE FOR SIOUX FALLS.
ToIand's Business University to be
Established in That City.


Established in That City.
Sioux Falls is to have a new busl-
ness college. F. ]. Toland or La
Crosse, Wis, was recently in Sioux
Falls and made arrangements to open
an institution to be known as "Toland S
Business University" Mr.. Toland Is
well known as one of the most success
full business college men in the coun-
try.
The top floor of the Peck block has
been leased for a number of years and
the work of remodeling and decorat-
ing has been completed and everything
is in readiness for the opening of the
school on Sept. /.
The Toland universities are famed
for the extent and beauty of their
school catalogues. They give COM
plete information about the courses OF
study and all other matters pertaining
to the school.
Prof. Fair will be the local manager
of the Sioux Falls institution.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
Period of Deepest Sleep.

The period of deepest sleep varies
from 8 to 5 o'clock. An hour or two
after going to bed you sleep very
gradually lighter, and 1t is easy
enough to waken you at / or 2 o'clock
But when 4 o'clock comes you are in
such a state of somnolence that II
would take a great deal to rouse you
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
MAD STEER ATTACKS BOY.
Lad Is Nearly Killed Before Rescuers
Arrive.

Confined for several days In an iso-
lated stall In the Highmore stock pens
a steer from the Western ranges went
mad, and nearly killed little Ralph
Winans, who was playing about the
stock yards with some boy compan-
ions. The steer suddenly attacked the
boy, knocking him down, trampling
upon him and threatening to gore him
with its long, sharp horns. The cries
OF the lad attracted the attention of
his father, who with a neighbor hur.
ried to the scene, and, after a desper-
ate fight with the maddened animal.
finally succeeded in rescuing the boy
alive, but badly hurt.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
RURAL SYSTEM PLANNED.
Telephone Line at Bancroft Will Bene
fit Farmers.

A new telephone system is to be con.
structed at Bancroft. all the material
already having been ordered. The
new system will be connected with all
the farmers lines in this vicinity, anil
thus hundreds of farmers will be
brought into direct communication
with their market point. The new
system also will be connected with
lines running to all the leading towns
of this part Of the state.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
FALL IN SLEEP FATAL.
Somnambulist Plunges Downstairs
and Skull Is Crushed.


The body OF Martin F sor :
br~icElH~er who was kille &C AberGeen
y falling dowr----.J at the lodging
house where he stayed, has been taken
to Cherokee, Iowa, by his stepson, Ray
Keller. 1t is believed that Erickson
fell down the stairs while walking in
his sleep, as he is said to have been a
somnambulist. His skull was crushed
at the base, and it is believed he died
almost instantly. There was no evil
dence that the man was intoxicated
and everything points to his sobriety.
His roommate did not know he had
left the bed until awakened in the
morning and told that Erickson's
clothes indicate that he did not strike
the stairs in his descent until he hit
the bottom.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
GET MORE FOR scALPs.
State to Give About rs Cents on Dollar
This Year.

The wolf bounty apportionment last
year was about SIS cents on the dollar
and with theclaims so far filed and the
estimates of those yet to come in, the
apportionment will be in the vicinity
of IS cents on the dollar this year.
The apportionment will be made on
Aug. l, as soon as all the claims filed
with the July meeting Of county COM
missioners have been presented.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
is TRAVELLING MINIS DAY.
Sept. 10 is Set Apart on State Fair
Program.

Thursday, Sept. 10, has been desig-
mated as travelling mems day at the
state fair at Huron. c. A. Keller, a
travelling salesman, is in charge Of the
program, a feature of which will be a
street parade. Various attractions are
being provided and the occasion will
be one of interest and m%erriment.
Commercial travellers fcom all parts
of the state will be present, as will
also many from Minneapolis, st. Paul
and other large cities.
The w. C. T. U. of Huron has com.
pleted a building on the staot fair
grounds to be used exclusively as a
rest room. 1t will be neatly furnished
and in charge of ladies of the organiz-
alton, who will give attention TO the
comforts of visitors during the fair.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25

The finishing touches are being Tut
onto the new two and one-half story
residence Of ]. A. Stransky at Puk-
wana. This Is the largest dwelling in
Brule county and is thoroughly mod
ern in all its appointments. 1t will
cost $4,000 to $40, 900.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
Four Hurt In Collision.

Ann Arbor, Mich, July %. - Four
persons were injured, n seriously,
yesterday, when a car collided with a
heavily loaded passenger car on the
Detroit, Ypsilanti. Ann Arbor q Jack
SON trolley line.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25

The home of County Commissioners
Warren Osborn of Yankton, was en-
tered and some clothing was stolen
to the value of about $50. There Is 40
clue to the thief. The affair was dar-
ing and was perpetrated at 4 c'c,cck
In the afternoon.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-25
WILL DRILL 1900 FEET.
Apparatus for Well Digging Received
at Indian School,

The Norbeck & Nicholson outfit, to
sink the deep well at the government
Indian school, has arrived at Pierre
after delay In securing the material
required for the work, and the drilling
will be pushed as rapidly as possibl.
The contract calls for a well 1900 feet
deep, with greater depth IL demanded,
and it is expected to settle the ques.
ton OF gas deposits below the artesian
basin with this well.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-12-21
DOUGH-.

Dough ia made OF wheat real es-
tate, oil, literature and magazine
articles. But dough made of wheat
is no stickier than any other.
Dough Is the prior fact to bread.
motor cars. steam yachts and collec-
tons or old books. Is the stafr of high
NE 1t embitters matrimony and pur-
Veys the lovely scandals we read
about II gets girls sent OF to col
lege and fitted to be something more
spectacular than mere wives and
mothers. Il eurseth them that go in
for Il, but not unto the third and
fourth generation. We are too good
spenders for that
It is from dough that the dowdy,
the dull and the dotty derive distinc-
lion otherwise denied.-Puck.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-12-21
THE PRODUCING POWER OF THE
NEGROES.

People who speak about the Negro
in a disparaging manner invariably
comment upon the loafng. dissolute
elements. rather than dwell upon
the Industrial contingent that ac-
cording TO even Hon. John Sharp
Williams constitutes eighty per cent.
of the entire population OF this tru-
ly remarkable race.
In this connection the report of
Hon. James Wilson, Secretary Of Ag-
riculture under date OF Nov %,
1907 is especially interesting when
analysed in connection with Bulle-
tin s, Of the United States Census
Reports. It's Information may be
dry 10 the average reader. but il will
be found no less interesting TO those
OF us, who are interested in our IA
cial welfare and industrial progress.
Our figures were compiled on the
basis OF the per cents. set forth In
Tables rs and n in the United States
Census Report, Bulletin s.
The Negroes OF this country in
the classification of Continental Unit
cd States produced during the fiscal
year of 1907 (94.45s,osD ninety
four million. four hundred and eight
ty-eight thousand and eighty-four
bushels OF corn valued at ($39,s50,
000) thirty-nine million, nine hun
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-12-21
DIR. THIRKIELD AND THE NEGRO.

"A little learning IS a dangerous
thing.
Drink deep. OF taste not the Pierian
spring;
There shallow draughts intoxicate
the brain,
And drinking largely sobsrs us a
gain. Pope.
We cannot understand how any
OF our contemporaries. actuated by
patriotic motives can ascribe to Will
bur Patterson Thirheld, d. D.. Ii.
D., the recently installed president OF
Howard University any desire to low
er the standard OF the curriculum
OF Howard University or to waver
zone jot or title" in his position
relative 10 the need of a higher educa-
ton for the Negro.
We have before us his inaugural
address delivered at Washington, D.
c. Friday November 18th. 1907 and
IL win richly repay a perusal. No
where in this dissertation. philippe
Grafton or whatever high designation
you choose to call 1t do we find a