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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-16

Took up matter of Bridge pc
titions and the following motion
made and carried:
That the Auditor be instructed
to advertise for bids to be
opened at o clock p. m, June
18th, 1907, for furnishing all ma
terial and labor and building all
bridges both steel and wood and
doing all repair work that may
be required and ordered by the
Board of County Commissioners
of Hand county during the rest
of ensuing year. Each bid must
be made per lineal foot of bridge
and must be accompanied by
complete plans and specifica-
tions and also by a certified
check filed in separate envei
ope for $4,000 drawn on some
solvent bank in Hand county
and payable to the Board of
County Commissioners as a
guarantee that the bidder will
enter into a, contract with the
county in case his bid is accept
ed: otherwise the check is for
fei.ed to the county. The board
reserves the right to reject any
Or all bids.
On motion p. H. Coquillette
Justice Quarterly Report,
$l37.70, State VS.. James Brady
was reconsidered and allowed,
Constables fees S6l.7O; Justice
fees S1.7O, total 500. 40.
On motion bridge petition Of
Carleton township for $4,000
assistance to help build bridge
between e sec. 10 and ne
% granted, same to be paid as
soon as bridge is completed and
approved.
Mrs. w. j. Stewart. washing
carpet TOR court room $1.OO.
II. j. Bushtield, expenses for
atfidavitts in case OF State W..
Continued to last pagel
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-16
RIVAL TOWNS
ON NEW ROAD
Phillip or Midland to be MetrOp-
oils?
Tuesday

Following the statement recently
published that Phillip was to be the
G. & N. w. town comes an advocate
for Midland, IN the Sioux City Jour
nal, which says:
The Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
way company proposes to make a
town of Midland, S. d. Midland is
located forty miles west of Fort
Pierre on the Northwestern, and is
the objective point of the Bonesteel-
Gregory extension. The develop
ment of this future junction town
has been placed in charge of a
Northwestern auxiliary, the Western
Town Lot company.
Midland is described as being stu
ated in the valley of the Bad river,
in Stanley county. with the river on
the south anu Mitchell creek on the
east. Along the river there are
groves of ash, elm and cottonwood
and the land slopes gently back from
the streams. Underlying the site
of the city is said to be an inexhaust-
able supply of excellent water.
A fine steel bridge has been built
across Bad river at Midland and a
wooden bridge spans Mitchell creek.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-16

Lincoln Neb. May IA Snow began
falling in Lincoln and over most of
eastern Nebraska at 8 o. clock this
morning with indications favoring
heavy fall. Temperature is 5 de-
gree above the feeling point.
Kansas City May IA At Concordia
Kas., snow followed the rain this
morning with temperature of SO
degrees prevailing.
Omaha, May 14.-Snow fell in sew
|eral different sections of Nebraska
last night and continues falling today
end indications for tonight are for
st over the entire state.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-16
SPRING LAKE

Measeles seem to be the order of
the season around Spring Lake.
Rev. Swartwood is visiting with
his son Lee and family.
Miss Effie Forbes of Lyman Co.
came to visit her sister, Mrs Arthur
Parmely.
Misses Hazel and Mabel Vinegar
were happily surprised last Saturday
by IL of their little friends coming
in to help celebrate their 18th birth
day.
Mrs Donahue is spending few
days with Mrs Peter Geiver.
Dan Phillips and family, Mr. and
Mrs Arthur Parmely and Miss Effie
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-16
NORTH HAND

This end of the county is well sat
isfied with the change in the time
table on the c. M. & st. Paul r. R.
at Orient. The train now comes
daily at 1:30 p. m. and stays one
hour.
Kelley and Pagel have washing
machine that runs with water from
the artesian well. Any one. that has
the water in their home, can hitch
on the machine and 90 ahead.
Henry Weissler of Howell was in
town Saturday.
Henry Kramp of Fairview twp,
was in Orient on business last week.
Considerable complaint in this
part of the county about damage
done to trees by mice during the last
winter.
Three prairie schooners passed
through here on Saturday. Their
destination was "beyoud the river"
The party was made up of young
people who are going to make filings
west of the Missouri.
Mrs Geo. Mckay has been sick
during the week.
Merl Davis of Park who had to
quit school because of failing eve
sight, caused by whooping cough,
has been fitted with glassed. and has
resumed his school duties.
Walter Rudd, of Park, twp, was in
Orient on business on Saturday last.
There are eight or ten steam plow-
ing equipments working in this end
of Hand and the very southern end
of Faux Co.
Mr. Dobson and Mr. Gleieck, of
BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, are visiting
the Coolers and Mobiles of Orient
twp. They are taking a good look at
the country and say we have good
one."
The new home for the Orient Ar
gus will be soon completed, and will
be more commodious, and be better
fitted for printing and publishing
house.
Father Reilly is holding a cate
chism class on Friday afternoons.
Geo. Dill and Porter Hall were
scprrying around on Monday, round
ing up cattle for the Dill ranch in
Harrison twp.
Jake Duckeck brought out large
herd, of cattle from northwest of
Redfield, to pasture on his ranch in
Alden twp, last week.
Archy MOBILES family have arrived
from Burlington, and are now set
tied in their home in Park twp.
Mrs Orrin Hall and Mrs Am.
Watson of Park drove to Orient on
Friday last.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-16

Forbes spent Sunday afternoon at A.
V. Winegars.
Mrs A. Frahm is visiting her
daughter Mrs Elmer Bailey, in Hol-
den twp.
Hugh Geiver is able to be out again
and will soon go back to Wessinnton
to attend to his interest in the livery
barn.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-16
SOCIETY LACKS
COMMON SENSE
Pointed Philosophy of Juliet v
Strauss

have come to the conclusion, not
a very original one, perhaps, that the
keynote of our existence is common
sense, and that the reason why so
many lives are like sweet bells jan
gled out Of tune" is that there is
never enough Of this invaluable COM
modify to go around.
Common sense consists chiefly in
going ahead and minding ones bust
ness, not to the entire exclusion of
the neighbors or the disregard of
society, but keeping in view the fact
that ones own family and household
is the important thing to him. There
are very few of us who can do more
for the world than behave ourselves
and bring up a respectable family.
Come to think of it, this is a good
deal, and more than many people ac-
complish.
Of all things utterly devoid of
common sense, that which we call
society is most so. There is no tell
ing just how far contrary to common
sense this element will go if allowed
to take its own road, and all for the
reason that common sense people,
being gifted with that most lovable
quality, reticence. will set back and
let it go on with its fads and its fool
ishness, to the serious detriment of
moral conditions and the complete
demolition of that sociability and
hospitality that characterizes new
countries before the thing called
society gets footing.
Sometimes, in a country neighbour
hood or quiet streets in town, one
comes across home in which their
is absolutely no social ambition; a
placid sort of stability seems to gov
ern the establishment, there is abund-
ance of good things to eat and com
Portable things to wear. The in
mates of the home are deeply affec-
tionate to one another and filled with
kindly interest in the welfare of the
neighbors They are not ardent
church people or club people, but
somehow their fires burn brighter,
clearer, their coffee smells better,
there is a sort of radiant cheer about
their kitchen. The men sit in the
kitchen while the women get break
fast, and they pop corn and crack
nuts around the fire in win
ter evenings. There is tone in
their voices as they address each
other that would wiring the heart of
a homeless man to hear.
When have visited a home like
this | have come away humbled at
the realization of the superiority of
coiilinon-SetlSe people over those
whose lives are warped by petty am
billions and silly striving, how simply
they have adjusted themselves to
the secret of existence! Kindness,
bodily comfort, simple acceptance of
life's mysteries, love of daily labor,
in the quiet accomplish
ment of manifest duties, without as
piratlons to seemingly higher"
things. When will the blinded
world see things Alright, and why
has God given some people the
knowledge that He has denied to SO
Juliet V. Strauss, in Chicago
Journal
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-16
Herman Matter Dead

A phone from Orient yesterday an
nounced the suddend death of Her.
man Matter, "a prominent pioneer
settler of Spring twp, and former
county commissioner. Mr. Matter
had been in Orient the day before,
apparently in usual health. No par
ticulars were contained in the phone
message. He was about 80 years of
age, and was a brother of Rev. Franz
Matter, pastor of the German Lutb-
eran colony that has resided in Spring
twp since 1888. He was prominent
in the affairs of northern Hand coun-
ty, had represented his district three
years on the Board of County Com
missioners, and esteemed by all who
knew him. 1T is understood the fun
eral is set for tomorrow, Friday, af-
ternoon.
A business letter to K. f. Waite,
brings news Of the death of Z. r.
Butterfeld, at Seneca, H., on March
9th. Mr. B. was an early day set
tier OF st. Lawrence. where he was
prominent in the affairs of town and
county. He was a veteran of the
civil war and was probably 62 years
of age.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-16
MEN TO SHAVE
WITHOUT RAZORS
London BARRIERS Aghast at Out
come of a Test With Paste

London Daily Mail: Scores of ex-
cited BARRIERS forced their way into
room at the Canon Street hotel re-
Gently to witness an exhibition of
razorless shaving. They were stirred
into tense excitement by seeing a
deft operator remove stubby three
days growth with the edge of match
box.
The razorless shaving exhibition
was reallya Press view, organized
to show how by covering a beard of
any age or growth with the paste
made from the "Rozorless Shaving
Powder" it was possible to remove
such beard with the edge of a paper
knife or other articles. The paste
it was explained makes the beard
brittle, in which condition it can east
ly be broken off.
At ten minutes past three the six
persons to be shaved mounted the
little platform and walked to their
chairs with the gloomy depressed air
of codemned persons going to their
execution. There were two men
wearing neckerchiefs, who with a
weeks growth on their chin, had
apparently been recruited from the
street; there were also a fair mus
tached young clerk, two British
workmen, and portly middle aged
man with bushy -whiskers. who
looked the picture of highly re-
spectacle butler.
The lathered men lay back for ten
minutes, having their photographs
taken and listening to banter, and
then the operator with the bone
paperknife began to scrape the paste
off the first victim. The bristles
came off with the paste. The man
got up from his chair clean shaver,
and the BARRIERS in the gathering
were aghast. Then came the turn
of the other men. They were shaved
with the following articles:
The back of a lady's comb.
A postcard.
A shoe horn.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-16

Another company has been organ
lied at Huron to build a city line,
and extend it a few miles north to
Lake Byron.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-16

Tacoma. Wash, Special Engin-
GERS known POSITIVELY to be in the en-
p1oy of the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad are running surveys between
Tacoma and Seattle. Several boxes
of survey tools and instruments were
shipped to Tacoma by the Chicago
naud Northwestern eight weeks ago.
ffhe name of the Chicago & North
western was stamped plaily upon
these boxes and the local transfer
company charged the storage ac-
count to the road.
The last of these surveying appli-
Nances was taken out of storage today.
She Northwestern has twenty engi-
neers and surveyors employed in the
immediate vicinity of Tacoma. They
are divided into four parties each of
which is engaged in running a line
in a different direction with Tacoma
as the point from which the survey
radiates. One of their lines almost
parallels the survey made by the
North Coast railroad on the tide
lands.
Another dispatch from Helena,
Montana, tells of Northwestern activ-
ity in that vicinity and still further
information comes that the Rapid
City and Northwestern, now running
from Rapid to Mystic is in reality
Northwestern enterprise and will be
at once extended from Mystic though
the Wohming coal fields to connect
with the Sheridan line which for
years has been gradually feeling its
way coast ward.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-16
COAST LINE
THROUGH MILLER
Northwestern Preparing for Such
Traffic

Pierre, May 1.-THE Northwest
ern Railway improvements in the
city are practically all planned, the
yards which will be located in East
Pierre, call for eight miles of track
age in addition to what is already in
here. They will build a repair shop
50x120 feet in size; a round house
with ten stalls, on basis of extern
sion to forty; an under cut coaling
chute; and number of smaller build
ings necessary to handle the business
of the year. A seventy foot steel
turn table will be placed for the use
of the service here. All the build
ings are to be built of brick with
concrete foundations, and will be
heated with a central hot air heating
plant, and will have power system
of their own.
The new track from here west is
being build evidently for heavy
traffic from the manner in which it
is being ballasted, and laid with
heavy steel, and while it is not GER
tain, it is rumored that the Mime
apolis coast trains over the system
will be sent through here instead of
by way of Omaha. Such change
in their line would releave the heavy
traffic over the Union Pacific across
Nebraska, and give the Northwest
ern longer run on their own tracks
instead of over the leased line.
Whether that plan will be CARR
ed out or not, everything which is be-
ing done here is on a scale which
provides for future extensions of
their plans, and the tracks being laid
also indicate the expectation of
heavy traffic over the new line.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-16

When the remnants of the paste
had been washed off, the faces were
free from the slightest suspecion of
beard. True, the process seemed
rather lengthy and elaborate; true
one of the men mentioned that his
face smarted little. But the re-
suits were indisputable.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-16

Huronite: That their is something
doing on the Northwestern these
days is evidenced by the pile drivers.
cXcavators and other ponderous ma
Chimes passing through here daily.
1T will be but a little while now until
work will be going on in full swing
on the shop Improvement here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-16
OFFICIAL RECORD
OF COUNTY BOARD
Meeting of Board of County Com

| S'iiPS. AiuipSi Y, biibSil, DuiuCItS,
Wheaton, Burdette and Holden, Hol-
den, Miller, Alpha, Howell, River
side.
On motion board adjourned till 8
O'Clock a. m. May Z, 1907.
Board met as per adjournment
members present, Bailey, McMurtry.
Andrews and Scott
Claims Allowed
M l. Almond, for II loads of
VII l........ :. $500. ..........S ~ on
0 II Collins, paint and wall
paper for Jail and supplies
for Co, ............... 81 81
O II Collins, medicine for
Brown, poor person ...... IL IS
w A Beach q Co., for "a as
SCISSORS books ........ 1863 %
Margaret Duthie, to postage
and freight and express. -. 5 35
Mrs + II Furman, board of
Mrs Burger from Mich 4th
TO May 9th, nine weeks at
S4 per week .......... 36 90
Hammond Stephens Co..
supplies for Supt. ... 3 25
j f Kelley & Co., county
supplies, .,............. 54 4S
G p Livingston, drayage
from Feb. 26 to May LIST. -. 8 so
Henry Erb, for summoning
jurors and mileage, $246 So,
summoning witnesses 70 so,
6 days attending court "a 90,
6 days. attending court Depu
ty Sheriff SIP 90, day draw
ing jurors S4, statutory fees
SIC, total .,......... 3S2 35
Miller Electric Co., arc light
and meter rent and light for
Mrs Berger for Mch. and
April acknowledgements. % 81.
w 4 Morrow, for taking off
transfers and copying AZ as
SCISSORS, books, $42 and post
age and express 81 10. .. 40 10
News Printing Co.. county
supplies ..............-.. w
VIM Price for days inspect
ing tanks and cattle at S4
per day .,............-.. "a 90
A l. Steadman, painting, pa
pering and repairing Jail
living rooms. ....,.... % 10
st. Paul Book & Stationery
Co.. supplies for Supt ~ 3 35
E Fl Schmieter, postage and
express for Mch. and April z 90
w S Thomas, jurors and
witness certificates. 49,. 572 70
W 5 Thomas, express. ..S 55
w NJ WEIGH Co., supplies for supt Is Is
Wolf Bounties
a Dahlman, young wolves, /
Old wolf. ... .......... 10 80
Chas Enger, , old wolves. !. -. 800
G l. Mccarthy, . old wolves. 80. 90
II Slender, old wolf. ... 25OI
Frank and Joe Weiseler, old
and young wolves. ....... $50
School Loans
Alkaline Luedke, application for
school loan on northeast / l4-l15-67
for $50, granted.
Frank Beranek, application for
school loan on northeast IL and
southeast ] 2l-loa-7o for ssoo, granted.
Il Q Teller, application for school
loan on southeast ! 12-ll3-6s and south
west lS-Il3-5S, 1850, granted.
O Dean. application for school
loan on west of s-ll4-66 for $1,000,
granted.
) ) Roberts. abatement of penalty
and interest on personal tax of Chas
Sechler in ll2-67 for year 1888,
granted.
II Fullerton, refund of personal tax
in HOES, $l0.9I. for year 1906, as same
was assessed and paid in 1906, on
motion laid over.
Clyde Dowler, blowing and har-
rowing in court yard ~. ...S 400
Peter Johnson, refund of s3.l7 inter-
est on tax on southeast 8. 1896, for
years l902-3-4-5. as same was errone-
ously charged, granted.
III Bushtield. salary for April s 80 90 |
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-16

Huron Herald: The steam shovel
left at 5 o'clock this morning for the
Blunt gravel pit where it will get
out the necessary material for gravel
ing the track between that point and
Hiphmore.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-16

On mOtiOn board ADJOURNED Til /
O'Clock p. m, May Z, '07.
Board met as per adjournment,
members all present.
John Costigan, clerks lees Tor
April term court, and clerks
fees TO May 8, 1907 $500. 1868 10
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-28

Artificial gas, the goth Century fuel
lott
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Coty,Isisea, 1904, PaeA. ". y

voting and 9 being recorded as pres
emit
The house substitute went at once
to the senate and was disagreed to by
that body and the whole proposition
went to conference on the Goth of
June.
The conference committee made a
full report to the Senate on the 2Sth
of June. The matter went over by
common consent until the 10Th, when,
after full debate, the report was final
ly agreed to. Within two hours after
that, the conference report on this bill
was agreed to in the house, the writer
of this article at that time occupying
the chair as speaker pro tempore. The
bill was signed by the speaker, the
vice-president and the president on the
30th day of June. And in this manner
the pure food bill became a lava
law universally regarded as one of the
most salutary and beneficent ever
enacted by the American congress.
JAMES E. WATSON.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-28

it is only at the last stages that the di
sease is apparent from outward sourc
es The tuberculine test is the only
way TO distinguish the disease and gen
orally speaking dairynen are willing
to submit their COWS to this IT is
thought that If there are cases of tu-
berculosis among the cattle of Wayne
county, they are very few. The gener-
al health of the animals is good and
as far as Richmond consumers are con-
cerned, there is no occasion for fear
along these lines; not for the present
at least.
inspector Has Trouble
DR.. Hoover, since he has been in of
flee, has found it a very hard matter
TO keep an accurate trace of all the
dairymen furnishing milk to Richmond
consumers, owing TO the fact that the
smaller dealers are constantly chang
ing, establishing new dairies and drop
ping out of the business, and therefore
he favors an ordinance passed by
council, which would require all dairy
men to secure a license when they in
augurate their concerns. In this way
Dr. Hoover could keep an accurate
trace of all diaries and at the same
time keep d better tab on the animals
producing the milk for local consump-
ton
Local dairies might be in a far worse
condition than they are at the present
time, but there is still room for i'm
provement. 1t is believed that in the
course of the next few months they
will be of the best in the state.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-28
DR.. Charles Marvel Shows
How Grocerymen Could
Help to Fight Disease.
CONDITIONS OVER COUNTY.
HEALTH OFFICER FEELS THAT
THEY COULD NOT BE MUCH
sETTER-A MATTER OF PRIDE
ENTERS IN.

1.-THE diaries, the butehering estab-
which furnish food for the people of
the small towns of Wayne county. are
in good condition and could not be
bettered tt. any great degree, as far as
l know stated DR.. Charles Marvel,
county health officer, who is in close
contact with such conditions all over
the county. He has watched closely
the manner in which the dairies are
conducted and especially those which
furnish milk to the smaller towns;
he has inquired into the sanitary con-
d;tions of the Strengthening establish
ments and butcher shops and finds
them good Owing to the fact that he
has no authority TO do so, and there
are no inspectors in the smaller butch
ering establishments, there is no in
spection however and this is probably
the greatest weak point in the fight
for pure food throughout the county.
The honor of the butchers and the
honor of the dairymen, all of whom
are relying upon the people OF the
smaller towns for their living, is de-
pended upon, and as general rule
there is not as much danger of plac-
ing contaminated meat on these mar
kets as there is in a town the size or
Richmond The quality of cows furn-
ished TO the smaller butchers in the
smaller towns is good. As far as de-
termining in advance the presence of
tuberculosis, this cannot be done, but
at the same time the smaller towns
people have as good inspection as does
Richmond in that the city livestock
inspector. here has no. right to eXer-
else and condemn post mortem. Meth
err do the smaller butchers of the coun-
ty have post norton examinations.
The establishments wherein the small
Ter butchers do their slaughtering are
in fair condition, in that not as many
animals are killed in these places and
the offalI is not SO great. Such as
there is however is cleaned up thor
oughly and disposed of Immediately
after the killing processes are com
pleted. The condition of the butcher
shops in q sanitary way is good and
every precaution is taken to keep
them so. So far as the butchering
business is concerned, the conditions
over the county are as good as any
where else and the very same sources
by which disease is communicated
and transmitted to the meat, are