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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
WAS BEST AND BIGGEST FAIR
PROVES AN IMMENSE SUCCESS
IN SPITE OF DIsAeREEABLE
WEATHER.

st. Paul, Sept. 10.-The 1907 Mime
sofa state fair closed Saturday after a
most remarkable record. 1t vas the
best and biggest fair ever held in the
country, the only drawback being the
weather, which was the worst Of, the
season In some respects. There were
only two days of the six which were
at all favorable, and the way the PEG.
pie turned out in bad weather, espe.
cially on st. Paul day, was the best
| possible evidence Of the merit of the
exhibition and the permanence it has
| attained.
The attendance for this year vas
| approximately 10, 900 less than it was
a year ago. This decrease was prin'
cipally or the opening day, the fig
ures for this year being 82,049, com.
pared with $3.50 for Monday a year
ago. Monday was a gloomy day, and
while the weather did nothing but
threaten, 1t was sufficiently %unfavora'
BILE to keep many people away. Tues
day was also gloomy and held down
the crowds by about 5000. Wednes.
day was another poor day, being more
fitful, but the record for the day was
broken. Thursday, Old Settlers day
brought GU the second best attend
ance Of the week and showed the best
gain. 1t was the only pleasant day OF
the fair.
st. Paul day was the banner day Of
the week. 1t rained cats and dogs for
a time, but the citizens turned out In
spirited support of the institution,
there being only 1000 less attendance
than a year ago.
|. 1t was dark and gloomy Saturday,
but the total attendance of the day
reached fully 10000, as compared with
26,466 a year ago.
Although the weather kept down
the attendance and likewise the re.
ceipts, the fair was a financial sue
cess. Secretary C.. N. Cosgrove said
that the managers would feel fortu'
hate If the weeks undertaking netted
a gain of $4,000. 1t is confidently ex
pected that this years fair will clear
at least 100000.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
NEED SCORES OF TEACHERS.
oaiarles Are Raised TO Discourage
Matrimony.

With the opening Of rural schools
but a few weeks away, county superin-
tendents are confronted by a dearth
81 teachers which In ONE cases
amounts almost to a famine. Superin-
tsndent Of Schools %Jorgenson Of
Brown county is short forty teachers,
only thirty applications having been
received while seventy teachers are
required. The same condition is said
TO prevail in other counties Of the
state. and county boards are becoming
seriously alarmed at the outlook.
While Cupid undoubtedly has made
sad havoc in the ranks of the teachers,
be is not solely to blame for the pres
emit situation. Supt. Jorgenson at
tributes the shortage to several
causes: First, the raising Of the stand
ard necessary for a teacher to attain,
many teachers who hitherto have been
holding t~hird-grade certificates being
unable to qualify under the new re-
luirements. Another cause is the rails
Ing Of the age limit of teachers from
seventeen to eighteen years. But the
greatest reason for the scarcity, un-
doubtedly Is the fact that many of
those who hitherto have been engaged
In teaching married. Numbers Of
young women have come here from
Eastern states to take positions in the
schools and the prosperous young
farmers have been quick to discover
the fact that they were extremely de-
sirable material from which to make
farmers wives, and are wasting no
time in gobbling up the choicest Of
them.
As the result Of the scarcity, many
Df the township boards are Offering
higher pay for teachers than ever be-
fore has prevailed in Brown county.
Teachers holding second-grade certifi-
Gates r being offered $50 and $55
per month, while the holders of third
grade certificates can command from
$50 to SIS. The salaries heretofore
prevailing we're $45 and $40 for second
and third-grade teachers, respectively.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
COMPANY MUST PAY UP.
important Decision In Case Against
Mutual Cash Guaranty Insurance
COMPANY.

important Decision In Case Against
Mutual Cash Guaranty Insurance
Company.
In the case of E. d. Smith VS.. the
Mutual Cash Guaranty Insurance com
pany, which came to the supreme
court from Faulk county, the lower
court is affirmed in holding that an
insurance company cannot set up a
plea Of over insurance as a defense
against payment, when an agent of
the company himself set the values
on the property on which he IA writ
ing a risk. A policy Of $4,000 was
written on a building, stock Inc fix
lures of the mercantile business of
Smith at Seneca in Faulk county in
May of last year. In November the
store was burned with a total loss.
The night of the fire Smith was in
Redield, but the company set up pleas
of incendiarism and over insurance
when his claim of loss was presented.
The incendiary plea showed no founda-
ton, and 1t was proven in court that
the agent for the company set the val
ues or the property, even reducing
that Of the building at the request Of
Smith, and accepted the fee for the
policy, and on his showing the court
says the company is barred from set
ting up over insurance ss it's defense.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
News of the Northwest
CAN'T PAY FOR HORSES.
State Has No Fund Set Aside for
Chambers Claims.

State Has No Fund Set Aside for
Chambers Claims.
In old territorial days the Legislature
passed a bill providing for payment
by the territory in cases OF horses
which were killed by order OF the
health authorities on account of CLAN
ders. But the session which passed
the law stopped at that point and
made nc provision for supplying the
funds for carrying it into effect.
The state board at several times
has discussed the ACCESSIBILITY of max
ing a levy for the purpose, but no ac-
ton EVER has been taken.
While John l.. Pyle was attorney
neral and a member of the assess.
nent board, he gave the board his
views of the law as unconstitutional,
as class legislation, and that no legal
levy could be made for the purpose
proposed.
Several legislative sessions have
dallied with the question but never
have reached the appropriation stage,
among them being the session Of last
winter.
The bill failed and there Is no mon
ey for payment of any such, claims,
although the residents of the state are
evidently of a different opinion, as
numerous claims for payment under
the law are coming to the office of
the state auditor.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
STUDENTS GET PARDON.
Young Men Who Confessed Crime AZ.
ter Revival Service Leave Cells.

Ter Hovivdt SeTNtCC GeaNV SSU~
r. G. Buschwiler and e. 8. Jordan.
two former students of the South Da-
kota university at Vermillion, were
released from the ~penitentiary through
executive clemency, Gov. Coe I. Craw-
ford having ~pardoned them.
Buschwiler and Jordan while stu
dents at the vermillion university
made up their minds that West hall,
one Of the university buildings, and a
number of old, dilapidated shacks In
he city had outgrown their usefulness
and should be destroyed. They APP
piled the torch and the buildings were
burned to the ground. 1t generally
was believed In Vermillion that the
Tres were of an incendiary origin, but
suspicion never pointed to the two
students.
Later, during the course OF a revival
meeting, the two college students were
converted. They talked the matter
over between themselves and made up
their minds to make a confession.
When the confession was made public
IL caused a sensation throughout the
city, and especially In college circles.
The two young men went into court,
pleaded guilty and told their story.
They were sentenced each to five
years Imprisonment. On April s, 1906,
they entered the doors of the peniten-
tiary to pay the penalty for their mis-
deeds. Hardly had the doors Of the
prison closed on them when a move
nent was started for their pardon, and
after having served sixteen and a half
months Of thsir sentence, they again
were free men. They departed for
their respective homes.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
OLD RALLY.
Senator kIttredge Talks on the Pan
anna Canal Project,

$3.50
The usual good time was enjoyed by
cid settlers and others at the annual
reunion and picnic of the Union Coun-
ty Old Settlers association, held In Elk
Point. The old settlers turned out as
never before. Many came from the
cities in nearby counties, including
Vermillion, Yankton, Akron, Harvard
en-, Westfeld, Sioux City and Penca.
The Elk Point cornet band opened
the exercises with martial music, after
which the address of welcome was de-
uvered by e. G. Ericsson of Elk Point,
followed by a response by Mrs. Ed
ward Tollefson of Richland. w. II. H.
Fate of Richland then spoke of the
trials and adventures of the pioneers
Of the early days. The forenoon pro-
gram was then closed with an address
by w. p. Chamberlain of AVIAN, gener-
ally known as the South Dakota poet.
A basket dinner was partaken at noon
on various lawns in the city by the old
settlers and the visitors.
The afternoon exercises opened with
the annual address by the president of
the old settlers association, B. Wilson.
Senator A. B. Kittridge was intro
duced and spoke on "The Panama
Canal" Following this was a good
ball game at the city park between the
Elk Point and Akron teams. Elk Point
won by a score of 10 to 2. The bal
ance of the afternoon was taken up in
various outdoor sports. The evening
program was concluded with a band
concert, moving picture show and q
big dance at the opera house.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
rs sss, 100000 BIGGER.
Notable Increases Are Reported In
South Dakota Property.

The final report on all classes Of
property in the state after the work
Of the board of equalization has been
footed up shows the grand total as
sessed valuation of the state as $780,.
640,077. OF this the largest part is
farm land, that class of property
standing at $50, 000, 900, and all other
property in the state, including cor
porate property, at 500. 000, 900. There
has been an increase Of s3S, 900, 900 for
the year, Of which s27. 5000 was on
farm lands.
The detail of increase Of lands
shows an increase OF 3.29 per cent In
the acreage; 1884 per cent In the av-
erage price per acre and a total in
crease OF 20.54 per cent In valuation.
In railroads there has been an In
crease of S.11 per cent In mileage;
an increase Of 1894 per cen per mile.
and a total increase of 44.70 per cent
In valuation.
The difference n all classes Of prop
erty between this year and last year
Is:
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
TO REFUND WARRANTS.
Sioux Falls 10 Planning to Get Rid Of
$4,000 Burden.

The board of education Of Sioux
Falls Is planning to refund $4,000
worth Of floating warrants which now
are outstanding. When the PROPOSE.
ton first was agitated a few years ago
and something like $500 had been ex-
pended, the bonding company which
was the successful bidder for the pro-
posed refunding bonds refused to &C
cept them, claiming that many Of the
warrants which 1t was intended to re-
fund were illegal for the reason that
more warrants were issued each year
than a levy had been made for. Profit
ing by that experience the board Of
education during recent years has
kept within the levy, so that all the
present floating warrants are legal. 1t
is probable that a special election
soon will be called for the purpose Of
voting upon the proposition of refund
ing the present floating warrants.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
WOMAN SLUGS INTRUDER.
Man Who Frightens Girls Goes Down
and Out.

Man Who ~Frightens Girls Goes Down
and Out.
When "Frenchie" O'Brien entered
the home Of Mrs. Belle Morley at Rap
i'd City, and, It is alleged, insulted
her, he was treated to a surprise that
he will not DON forget.
Mrs. Morley is small Of stature, but
not lacking in pluck. When she heard
the intruder badly frightening some
girls in the lower part of her rooming
house she investigated. Then O'Brien,
it Is charged, turned his tongue on
her.
Whack! O'Brien fell to the floor
from a singing blow in the mouth
from a six-shooter welded by the land
lady, and in a trice she grabbed his
legs. and with the assistance of n
of her roomers hauled him to the po-
lice, to whom she turned him over.
When given his choice "Frenchie" left
town rather than face Imprisonment
and Mrs. Morley.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
~cHURcHMEN MEET.
Episcopal Missionary Sessions AZ
Yankton.

The triennial convention of the mis-
sionary district Of the Episcopal
church in South Dakota was held at
Yankton last week, with Bishop Hare
presiding. Assistant Bishop Johnson
and a large delegation Of ministers
and lay workers, men and women,
white and Indian, are present. In their
triennial addresses both bishops spoke
on church progress in the state and
the live issues of the day.
Rev. A. W. Bell Of Mitchell was
elected secretary of the diocese for
three years, and j. w. Campbell OF
Huron was reelected diocese treas
urer. Other officers chosen were:
Registrar, Dean Cornell; examining
chaplains, Rev. Ed. Ishely, Rev. Cleve-
land, Dean Cornell, Rev. Mckay, Rev.
Sparkling, dean of Black Hills deanery;
Rev. Ashley, dean of Niobrara dean
cry.
Miss Mary P. Peabody Of Sioux Falls
was chosen president Of the woman's
auxiliary; for clerical members, chap
ter Of the cathedral, Ashley, Tragftt,
Sparkling, Clark, Montgomery; lay
members, Smith Of F%1andreau, Fowler
OF Aberdeen, Gilman of Yankton and
r. E. Cone.
Reports of the officers showed a very
satisfactory condition of the diocese.
Resolutions adopted extend loyal
greetings to Bishop Hare and extoll
the awakening of the public con-
science on the divore evil, and the con-
vention pledged itself to do all in it's
power by right ear to educate the
people of the state on the evils Of d.
vorce, and censured the recent use of
the referendum by which the change
in the present law was postponed two
years after legislative action had been
taken.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
GUILTY OF ILLEGAL GRAZING.

The first conviction secured by jury
in the federal court at Deadwood last
week, was that of Robert Edward
Bale of Rapid City. Bale, who is a
stockman of prominence, violated the
federal law in regard to grazing on
the forest reserve near Custer and
s~ixty-seven head of his cattle were
found on the reserve a year ago. After
a brief trial the jury returned a YER
dict of guilty with a recommendation
of mercy. The prisoner is likely to
escape with a fine.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
TO GET ~INTERURBAN.
Clay County Is Sure TO Have Limo
Within a Year, II Is Said.

There Is every probability that IN
i%nterurban electric railway will be
running through Clay county within
another year. The people in the north
end of the county are talking of moth
ing else, as they have been assured
that the road is a certainty.
A man named Gross, with %headquar-
ters at Sioux Falls, Banker Smith of
Dell Rapids, and a man from the East,
whom it is announced is easily a mil
lionaire, passed through that part Of
Clay county in an automobile last
week, and all along the line gave out
the information that an electric road
was III sight.
Little trouble was experienced in
gaining right of way for the road,
which will run from Brookings to
Sioux City, via Sioux Falls.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
Preparations are being completed

Preparations are being completed
for the annual fair of the Lyman Coun-
ty Fair association, which Is to be
held on the recently acquired fair
grounds on Medicine creek, near
Presho, Sept. 10 to 10, inclusive.
Prizes will be given for poultry, live
stock, produce and vegetables of all
kinds, as we'll as for needle work,
painting, cooking, weaving and other
things. including children's exhibits.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
INJURED TOT Is PLuckY.
Ties Kicking Horse to Buggy and
Drags Vehicle Home.

Ruby, the ei%ght-year-old daughter of
L. p. Renaus Of Liberty township,
Beadle county, was kicked and Sc
verely injured by a horse. She, with
her sister, a year younger, was driv-
ing a horse hitched to a buggy, when
the animal began kicking, striking
Ruby on the forehead, inflicting a very
serious wound. The children un-
hitched the horse, tied him to the
back Of the buggy and, taking hold of
the shafts, pulled the buggy to the
house. more than a mile distant.
Physicians say the child will recover.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
LAND IN DEMAND.
Many Inquiries About Lower Brule
Reservation.

Pierre, s. D., Sept. 10. The In.
quiries being received at the local
land Office in regard to the lands on
the lower Brule reservation, which
are to be opened for settlement early
in October, are SO numerous that it
has been found necessary to employ
another clerk to care for them. This
land lies but twelve miles from Pierre.
The tract to be opened contains 55,-
600 acres. The registration to be the
first week in October and the drawing
Immediately after, with acceptance of
filings as fast as the claimants secure
their numbers.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
TO DEDICATE BUILDING.
County Bar Wants Federal Structure
Ceremonies Soon.


Ceremonies Soon.
The handsome new federal building
in Deadwood, erected at a cost Of
more than 5000, 600, will Don be dedi-
Gated. For some time past parts Of
the building, the postoffice and other
departments have been occupied, but
no formal dedication has occurred. A
meeting of the Lawrence County Bar
association was called and the ques-
ton discussed. 1t was decided to ask
that the ceremonies take place as soon
as possible and Judge G. G. Bennett
was appointed a committee of one to
confer with the federal authorities and
learn their wishes. Some govern
ment officials from the East may be
there on the occasion of the dedica-
ton of the building.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
NO GRAFT IN DITCH WORK.
Auditor Persons Denies Reported Il
rigation Misconduct.

rigation Misconduct.
r. S. Persons, auditor Of the treas.
ury for the interior department, was
in Pierre last week On a tour on which
he was looking over the different irri-
CATION projects unner government
control. A part of the trip was made
in company with Secretary Garfield.
While discussing the class of work
he took occasion to deny the recent
statement sent out from Belle Fourche
in which he had been quoted as alleg.
ging that graft existed in any of this
work. He denies any interview on any
question at Belle Fourche, or making
any such statement at any place to
any person, "as n such condition ex-
lists"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
CITY MAY CHOOSE PAVING.
Special Tax May Be Levied Even II
Residents Oppose Selection.

oPCS'a' taA "sy oS @SS'So SSSU ~
Residents Oppose Selection.
Judge MCGEE of the circuit court It
Deadwood has just decided in favor Of
the city In the injunction proceedings
sought by property owners who we're
opposed to brick paving. AS a result
workmen were put at work at once by
Mayor Adams tearing up the city
streets. preliminary to paving. The
main point at issue in the injunction
was whether the city had the right to
levy a special tax for brick paving
when some Of the property owners pre-
ferred macadam, which they alleged
was cheaper and more durable. They
now threaten to take the case to the
supreme court.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
Montana Pioneers.

Helena, Mont, Sept. 10.-The TWEEN.
ty-fourth annual meeting of the Socie.
ty Of Montana Pioneers will be held at
Billings Sept. rs, and it is expected
that the attendance will be the largest
on record, In recent years at least.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
Farmer Commits Suicide.

Osakis, Mimi, Sept. 10-Ole. larson,
aged fifty, a farmer living west of this
village, committed suicide by hanging.
Dependency over the death of his
wife last spring is given as the cause.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
Is STRENUOUS DRIVER.
Man on Binder Works From 6 a. M. to
8 p. m. With No Dinner Hour.

Charles Halbig of Miller holds the
banner for running the binder this
harvest. He sat on the machine ten
days, including two Sundays, not go.
ing to the house for a regular dinner,
taking a lunch, driving from 6 in the
morning until 8 at night, changing
horses in the forenoon and in the af.
ternoon.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
Killed by Train.

Benson. Mimi, Sept. 9. - Ole A.
Nelson, a farmer living near Apple
ton, was run over and killed by a st.
Paul road passenger train 1t is sup
posed that he failed to hear the ap-
preaching train.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
Chicken Is Bad.

Manson, Iowa, Sept. 10. = Twenty
members of a wheat ~threshing crew
north of Manson were poisoned by
eating chicken sandwiches. A num-
Der are desperately sick, but the ply
sicians believe all will o
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
Church Cornerstone.

F~aribault, Mimi, Sept. 10.-The cor
%ner-stone Of the new lions church Of
the German Evangelical association
was laid yesterday afternoon with i'm
pressiye ceremonies.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
URGES GASOLINE DANGER.
State Fire Marshal Asks Chiefs {,
Make Rluid Regulations

"oNS 1870 hSSuiatioHS.
Fire Marshal Craft is sending out
a letter of warning to fire chiefs all
over the state, cautioning them in
their Investigations Of the storing and
handling of gasoline. In the letter he
reports s~ixty-nine fires in the state
since July l. Of which eight have been
traced to the careless handling Of
gasoline. The city Of Huron reports
five fires, three started from gasoline
explosions.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
MANY e MISSING.
Flock Tended by Man MysterIousIy
Killed is Found Depleted.

The young man who was SO mysteri-
ously killed and whose body was found
near his wagon In the Slim Butte
country recently. had, 1t is said, only q
few dollars on his person and a little
book In which was written the name
of Patsy Rhyn, supposed to be his
name. After counting the sheep.
which were terribly scattered. It was
found that 100 head were missing.
Whether this loss had anything to do
with his death is not known. The
young man came recently from Nom
treal, where his folks reside.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12

The total increase over last year ls
s3S, 213 ,60S. The heaviest increase In
railroads was at terminal points.
Though this was hard to get In detail.
as there are none but approximate fig
ures to work from on former years,
when all the railway assessments was
ON straight mileage.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
Think Flrebues Burned Barn.

Medford, Wis, Sept. 10.-The large
sale barn Of Joseph Bauer was COM
pletely destroyed by fire. The loss is
about $4,000. 1t is thought the FIRE was
of incendiary origin.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
Train Jumps .rrack

Helena, Ga, Sept. 10.-By the deraiI.
ment of an east-bound Seaboard Air
Line passenger train at Wilcox creek
1--we persons were seriously injured
and many others slightly cut and
bruised.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
SAFES CRACKED.
Postofice at Annandale Among the
Places Robbed.

Annandale, Mimi, Sept. 10-Cracks-
men successfully opened the safes of
Klatt Bros. & Miller and the postofice.
At the former place they secured only
about 16 cents in small change and
at the latter $40 in stamps and SIS In
cash.
The alarm was given shortly after
2 o'clock in the morning and a posse
Immediately gave pursuit. The rob-
bers were seen in the woods two miles
east of the village.