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Light Drauoht-

Senator Penrose was discussing
Philadelphia need of a deeper chan
mel in the Delaware for ships.
You know" he said, how often
ships get stuck in the mud of the
Delaware now. Actually, to traverse
that difficult stream with impunity,
YOU need as light draught as they re-
quire on the Cape May thoroughfares.
amazed at the way We skinned
through creeks but an inch or two
deep, said to Cape May skipper one
day:
81 suppose, captain, that you think
nothing of sailing across these mead.
ows when there's been heavy fall OF
dew"
Right you are said the captain,
though occasionally we have to SEND
a man ahead with a watering can.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-03-07
CHILDREN TORTURED.
Girl Had Running Sores from Eczema
Boy Tortured by Poison Oak
Both Cured by Cutlcura.

Last year, after having my little
girl treated by very prominent ply
stefan for an obstinate case OF &C.
zema, resorted to the Cuticura Rem
edies, and was so well pleased with
the almost instantaneous relief afford
ed that we discarded the physicians
prescription and relied entirely on
the Catieura Soap, Cutieura Cint-
ment, and Cuticura Pills. When we
commenced with the Cuticura Rene
dies her feet and limbs were covered
with running sores. In about six
weeks we had her completely well,
and there has been no recurrence Of
the trouble.
I'm July OF this year q little boy
in our family poisoned his hands and
arms with poison oak, and Ia twenty
four hours his hands and arms were
a mass of torturing sores. We used
only the Cuticura Remedies, washing
his hands and arms with the Cuticura
Soap, and amounting them with the
Cuticura Ointment. and then gave
him the Cuticura Resolvent. In
about three weeks his hands and
arms healed up. So we have lots Of
cause for feeling grateful for the Gu
ticura Remedies. We find that the
Cuticura Remedies are valuable
household standby. living a. we do
twelve miles from q doctor. Mrs. Liz
ne Vincent Thomas, .Fairmont. Wal
den's Ridge, Tenn. Oct. IL, 1905"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-03-07
OPEN UP MILLION ACRES.
Land for the landiess Released In
Trip County.


The Bonesteel chamber of COM
merce has received a telegram from
the South Dakota delegation in con-
gress, stating that the bill opening
Trip county TO settlement had
passed the senate and that it will be-
come a law in "a short time. This
means. that about 100000 acres of
choice agricultural land will be
opened. q. ts
A. f, Kull. secretary OF the Bone
steel chamber of commerce, has just
returned from weeks tour of Trip
county and says the land there is
better" on an average than that Of
Gregory county. Bonesteel will, no
doubt, be designated as one of the
places of registration, and great
rush is expected the coming summer.
A few prospective settlers are al
ready here awaiting the opening
which will, no doubt, take place some
time next fall, when Bonesteel will
again he the busiest town in the
Northwest. T.
The, Northwestern railroad has COM
pleted the Bonesteel extension as far
as Gregory, and the preliminary sur
vey has been made across Trip
county, and it is expected the line
will be pushed TO connection with
the main line from Pierre to Rapid
City the coming summer.
Trip, like Gregory county, abounds
with springs of pure soft water, and
the surface of the land is gently roll
ing except along the creeks and the
White river. The soil. is of a rich
dark loan, and where it has been
farmed by the Indians produces abun-
dainty.
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WHAT WESTERN CANADA DoEs
Satisfactory Yields Of Wheat and
Good Prices.

Dundurn, Sask., Sept. 80, 1906.
Mr.. w. II. Rogers, Canadian Govern
ment Agent,
Indianapolis, Ind.
My Dear Sir:
When you were at our place in July
| promised to write you what my
north quarter made per acre. Yor
will remember it was all sown to wheat
Well, | finished threshing yesterday
and received from it an average OF
43A bushels per acre-testing 64h
pounds per stroked bushel. The wheat
is the best sample l have ever raised
so uniform and even in size. You
may know it was good sample when
| tell you that have already sold 1000
bushels of 1t for seed to my neighbors
This year has been my best effort in
farming during my life.; My wheat
totaled $3.50 bushels and my oats
nearly 5000.
III you remember / pointed out tc
you half section lying just west of
our house and joining my upper quar-.
ter on the south. which said should
have in order to make one of the best
farms in western Canada. l am very
glad to be able to tell you that l now
own that half section. My ambition
now is to be able to market 10000
bushels of wheat next year. II some
of those good, honest Hoosiers could
have been with me during the last two
weeks and could have seen the golden
grain rushing down the spout into my
wagon and then could have seen 1t in
great piles in my granaries, feel sure
they would have been forced to
| acknowledge there is no better farm.
ing country in the world than this. !
may just say that have done all my
farming with eight head of horses and
one hired man except during harvest
| and threshing. This year / proved to
my neighbor that the Hoosiers, when
once woke up" can raise grain equal
to the best Minnesota farmers. His
best yield was 421a bushels per acre,
so you see "old Indiana" is holding the
ribbon this year
Yours very truly.
N. Z. BAUMINK.
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To Finish Extension.

The Dakota Central, which several
years ago constructed a line from
Sioux Falls TO within thirty miles of
Watertown and then abandoned it be-
cause the Milwaukee threatened to
construct parallel road, announces
that 1t is about to complete the ex-
tension. The road, which is an indie
pendent affair, is said to have ar
ranged a traffic agreemnt with the
Illinois Central and Minneapolis e.
st. Louis railroads, 1t is said that
eventually the road will be continued
on to North Dakota. 3
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-03-07
HARNESS RAPID CREEK.
Charter for Light and Power Plant
is Granted


3. A charter has been granted to the
Dakota Power company, for the pur-
pose of using the water of Rapid creek
for "a light and power plant l.. A.
Richards of Rapid City and several
associates of his in New York, own
a right of way for several miles along
the creek. The company is ready to
begin work at once, and will put up
a plant that can furnish from two to
three thousand horse power, accord
ing to the growing need of the com
munity. There is already great de-
mand for electric power by the manu-
featuring companies The average fall
of Rapid Creek is fifty feet to the
mile, although there are places for a
distance of several thousand feet
where the fall is from one hundred
and fifty to two hundred feet to the
mile.
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backaches, and my general health was
affected when | began using them. My
feet We're swollen, my eyes pulled, and
dizzy spells were frequent. Kidney
acsion was irregular and the secre.
lions highly colored To-day. how.
ever, l am a well woman, and | am
confident that Doan's Kidney Pills
have made me so. and are keeping
me we'll"
: Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. n. Y.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-03-07
Papa's Habit,

Visitor Ito little whichever, my
boy, I'm afraid can't wait to see papa
any longer, as have to go and see my
uncle"
Aren't you going to take anything
with you?"
No, my boy. Why?"
We'll, papa always takes something
with him when he goes TO see his
uncle"
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Confronting the Condemned.

Il have" said lawyer, as he en-
tered his condemned clients cell,
good news at last"
"A reprieve?" eagerly asked the
prisoner.
NO, not a reprieve, but your uncle
has left you $4,000 and now you can
meet your fate with the satisfying
feeling that the noble efforts of your
lawyer in your behalf will not go unre-
warded."
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JUST HiNTED
Passenger Was Getting a. Little Tired
.2.T:of Ethel. -.

Passenger Was Getting Little Tired
,SSTeof Ethel. ..}.S&,
The trgf6 was crowded, In one com.
partment a dignified, midale aged gem
tleman was trying to read Among
the passengers was lady With very
sprightly little girl. who had blue eyes,
a head of blisteiIng gold and an in
quisitorial tongue. She asked the dig
nified gentleman innumerable ques-
tons and played with his watch chain
The mother fairly beamed upon him.
He was becoming nervous, and turn.
ing to the lady said:
Madame, what do you call this
sweet child?"
The mother smiled, and replied.
Ethel"
Please call her, then"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-03-07
PAYS TAX II YEARS OLD.
Sioux City Man Eases Conscience by
Squarins With County.

An interesting case of conscience
money has just come to light in Union
county County Treasurer Webber
recently received an inquiry from a
man in Sioux City asking him to state
the amount of his personal tax. He
added that in 1890 he lived in .Vir-
ginia township, had left the county
without paying his taxes and that
now, though poor, he wished to be
honest. Mr.. Weber replied that the
tax amounted to 1898, with interest
of 1871. The treasurer suggested
that if he would pay the tax he be-
lieved the commissioners would re-
NIT the interest. II few days a
draft was received for the whole
amount.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-03-07
HAS FAITH IN NICHOLAS.
Former Ambassador Meyer Says
Cars Rule Will Continue.

New York, March 3. = Emperor
Nicholas will continue to rule Russia
in spite of all upheavals and internal
strife, is the opinion Of George Won L..
Meyer, late American ambassador to
Russia, who arrived here yesterday
on the steamer Teutonic. Mr.. Meyer
said that conditions in Russia, both
political and social. are vastly Inn
proved over those Of year ago.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-03-07
Three Killed in Wreck.

Guelph, Ont, Feb. 2S.-The Chicago
express on the Grand Trunk was
wrecked here. Three persons were
killed and every passenger suffered
NOR or less severe injuries. The en-
tire train plunged over a thirty-foot
embankment.
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DECIDE IN FAVOR OF PERKINS
Contributions to G. o. p. Fund Not
Criminal Offense.

Albany, n. Y, Feb. 2S.-The court OF
appeals decided in favor OF George w.
Perkins, vice president of the New
York Life Insurance company and a
member OF the firm Of j. P. Morgan &
Co. in the matter of the charge OF
grand larceny made against him in
connection with the payment OF funds
Of the New York Life towards the Re-
pnhlican national campaign in 1904.
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and other kidney ills,
will find comfort in
the words of Mrs.
Jane Farrell. of G0e
Ocean Ave, Jersey
City, n. j., who says:
Il reiterate all |
have said before in
praise of Doan's Kid.
ney Pills. / had
been having heavy
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-03-07
TAKE HoNDuRAN TOWNS.

Nicaraguans Get Two Without Trou.
BILE and Fight for Another.
Managua, Nicaragua. March 8. -
Forces of the Nicaraguan government
have captured without resistance the
Honduran towns Of Conception and
Maria. They took possession of the
town Of Corpus Christi after hard
fighting. No details of the engage.
ment at the last named town. have
been received here.
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Notions.

There is little romance to, be deriy,
ed from finding hair in the butter,
even when ii is golden hair.
. Most of the mans troubles exist in
his mind, but great many in the
form of |. o. us exist on paper.
he is young will at least have some
thing TO talk of when he grows old.
While the way of the transgressor
is hard, it is rarely so until he is found
out. - ~
Convention is fence which is miles
high to some people and less than a
foot high to other people.
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WITH THE L LAWMAKERS
Work Accomplished by the State Legislators.

With The l4euLSnd..t -oECILJf db
sent when the senate met Monday,
Senator Dudley was selected as pre-
siding officer, and a call of the senate
was Immediately ordered. The ser
geant-at-arms rounded up one poor
lone Democrat, McCullen, and when
he was hauled in and gave his explain
alton an eXoneration was denied by a
tie vote.
Bills passed were the Galveston
plan of city government; providing for
appeals from boards of equalization:
a number OF new bills were introduced
through committees, none of special
Importance. Goodnen secured the in
PRODUCTION and final action of the sen
ate on a resolution asserting to GER
tain endowments for the state agri-
cultural experiment station, on which
action Immediately was demanded to
secure the funds through congress.
After a tilt in the house between
Fitch and Browne, an adverse report
on raising the age OF consent to eigh-
teen years was turned down and the
bill placed on the calendar for action,
failed in passage for lack of majority.
Kriebs secured demand for a report
of the apEortionment committee on ap-
portionment bills Tuesday. The prin-
cipal bills passed by the house were
to give county judges committing
powers as magistrates and giving
county courts jurisdiction in criminal
cases in all counties with 10000 or
more population.
The joint judiciary committee are at
work on a bill TO create two more SUI
preme court districts and two new
judges and will probably introduce
their bill Tuesday.
The appropriation committees are at
work attempting to secure a joint gen
eral bill to be presented in both
houses, and expect to get them in by
Thursday.
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place than another, with freight rate
differences Goodner. Dillon and To-
bin opposed the bill. which was sup
ported by Robertson, Dowdell, Byrne
and Massey. and while il failed as an
emergency bill ii went through with
the emergency clause off by vote Of
% to 10.
The public printing committee in
troduced a bill for a state printing
commission to establish plant. and
at the same time resolution for a
CONSTITUTIONAL amendment to levy a
tax for the purpose of establishing the
plant.
The only house tangle was over the
Price 2 1-2-cent rate bill. which was
defeated on the committee report after
il had been advocated by Price and
Van Osdel and opposed by Glass.
Satire, Issenhuth and Hare. The house
passed a number of house bills, prin-
cipal of which were: To include drugs
in the provisions of the pure food act;
providing for compulsory education of
Indian children; authorizing the board
of regents OF education to select two
sections of state land west of the
river for experimental farms.
The house defeated the senate bill
to provide for uniform life insurance
policies, but notice of reconsideration
was given.
The house bill TO require railroads
to equip their engines with self dump
ing ash pans was defeated by vote
of AZ to "a on a motion to indefinitely
postpone.
The appropriations committee is at
tempting to hold the appropriations
below two and a quarter millions. The
situation will require special 2-mill
levies for both years.
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rwlcE-ToLD TESTIMONY.
4 Woman Who Has Suffered Tells
How to Find Relief.

The thousands of women who suffer
backache, languor, urinary disorders
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-03-07

Anti-treating took probably its last
round with the other anti" company
at this session by going down to de
feat for lack of one vote in the senate
Tuesday.
The senate started with a long cal
endar and rushed through a number of
both senate and house bills, one of
them of general interest. A bill was
introduced to increase the supreme
court to five members, but it does not
provide for the increase until the cleo
ton Of 1908.
The Price 2 1-2-cent passenger rate
bill came in with majority and minor
ity reports. The house has taken &C
ton, but it will iprobably never get
any farther Bratrud attempted to
Overturn an adverse report on his bill
TO create state board of deposits to
select the banks which shall receive
deposits of state funds, but failed in
the effort and the bill is dead.
Smith of Minor attempted to turn
down the committee report on his uni
form textbook bill, but fell down in
the effort. Bratrud tried again to re-
verse the report on his bill providing
for selection of text books at different
dates in different counties, but after it
was denounced as a book company bill
he met with another defeat. WOoley
next tackled an adverse committee re-
mort on his bill to divide taxation be-
tween mortgages and mortgaged prop
erty, but ran against the same stone
wall which had stopped the others and
had to retire.
Graver secured reconsideration of
the bill raising the age of consent to
eighteen years, which was defeated
Monday, and the bill passed,
The same action was secured on the
senate bill changing incorporation
laws.
The only bill of Importance passed
nv the house was the senate bill Gre
ating a state board of osteopaths.
The governor sent the name of
Charles Hopkins of Aberdeen in as in
spector of hotels, under the provisions
of the bill creating that office.
The senate resolved itself into a de-
hating club at the opening of Wednes-
DAVIS session and continued so all day.
II killed the bill to repay North Caro-
lima the money secured on the Shaffer
bonds; placed the divorce bill on the
calendar, and passed the anti-discrim-
nation bill The North Carolina bill
had the right of way on committee
adverse report, and the report was OPP
pcsed by Dillon in speech of nearly
an hour. Byrne, Goodner and Lincoln
opposed the return of the money, and
the adverse committee report was
adopted by a vote of % to Is, which
kills the bill.
The favorable committee report on
the divorce bill which requires a
years residence in the state and three
months in the county before bringing
suit. with all hearings in open court
was next on call, and was fought by
Dillon, Goodner and Dudley. Dowdell
and Lothrop championed the favorable
report, which was finally adopted after
the unfavorable minority report had
been voted down by vote of % to 10.
The next fight was on the house bill
to prevent discrimination in trade. 1t
is aimed at the Standard Oil and the
lumber business Of the state, and pro-
hibits selling at higher rate in one
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The senate bill to place the law de-
partment of the railway commission
under the attorney general and give
the governor the appointing power
for the scale inspectors was pushed
through the house Friday. The same
bill has been killed twice before as a
house bill, but mustered the neces-
sary votes to get through on the third
trial.
Glass opened for the bill, and declared
the necessity for such a law was in
the fact that the present attorney for
the commission was selected and
placed where he is by the railroads
and in further response to remarks by
Browne, said that every member OF
the commission since 1897, with one
exception, had been selected by the
railroads, and after selection they had
been elected.
The senate bill to make the secre.
tary of the state board Of agriculture
ex-officio commissioner of immigra-
llOl ldlltu lOl loth vi lht iSduiiN WI
votes to carry il as an appropriation
measure.
The senate bill to provide state aid
for high schools did not meet with
house approval, and went down with
only thirty-five votes in its favor. In
the forenoon session of the house
Gov. Crawford presented his first veto
81 70, hn rnnnrHc nf the
state historical society evidence III
court. and at the afternoon session
Glass presented a bill to cure the de.
fects noted by the governor.
The referendum petitions for the
county local option law to be present
ed to the people at the next general
election were filed in both houses by
State Secretary Wipf.
In the house the senate bill for the
government of cities by the Galveston
plan was favorably reported, and the
senate reported favorably on the bill
to provide revenues for the state edu-
cational institutions by direct levy IN
stead of appropriation.
In the senate the bill to authorize
towns to construct telephone systems
was opposed by Mundt of Lincoln,
who attempted to amend it TO make 1t
practically imperative, in which he
failed. The bill passed.
The senate defeated the house bill
to provide for appointment instead or
election of city assessors, and passed
a bill TO limit saloon licenses to one
for each 800 inhabitants in town.
The larger telephone interests had
a harpoon thrown into them by the
house Saturday in the passage OF
house bill 270 after a vain effort TO
substitute senate bill 26S The motion
to substitute brought Glass to his feet
with radical speech, in which he
charged that the senate bill was drawn
by representatives of the Dakota Cen
trail and was perfectly satisfactory 10
them, while the house bill was intend
ed to curb that monopoly. Browne OPP
posed Glass in favor of the substitu-
ton and cited the actions of the CIVIC
Federation of Huron on the bill as mis-
leading and false. Horribly, Carley
and Simonson stood for the house Dill
on the ground that they thought the
Dakota Central needed curbing. The
bill passed after the substitute had
been disposed of.
The banking committee returned an
unfavorable report in the house on the
bill to make 10 per cent the highest
contract rate of interest in the state.