The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-10

habit of dropping in on them when
they are not expecting him. The first
thing he looks to is his own room,
which is set aside in all his houses
for his own use exclusively. If that
is all right he looks to the kitchen !;
ii that is all right he looks to the
yard, to see IL there is any waste or
any negligence, whether it is kept in
good order or ont, and if it is not,
there is trouble.
He is now SO years old and he is
pursuing the work with just as much
enthusiasm as when he began fifty
years ago. He used to say, half in
fun, that he intended to buy all the
land in California; later he said he
would have half of it, but his son
would have the other half. But his
son died and he pursued his way,
buying land for the cattle, buying cat
tie for the land, cattle, sheep, pigs
everything he could turn into money
He is one of those men who is of
no particular use to the world, but
who is gathering up an estate that
by and by will be of use to mankind.
He is eccentric in his methods; for
instance, he was robbed of 5000 in
Pachico Pass three or four years ago
by a Mexican. He told the Mexican
he was a long way from home and
asked him for a little of the money
as loan to pay his expenses home
The Mexican gave him back a 500
piece. Three years afterwards he
saw the man on the street in Han
ford and offered him the $40, saying:
az borrowed this from you once" The
Mexican answered, 81 never saw you
before" 'Oh, yes, you have. I Dor
rowed $40 from you in Pachico Pass
three years ago" And he made him
take it.
He simply illustrates the POSSIBLE
ties that were before men in the gold
en- state in the long ago. He had an
iron constitution, nothing could weary
him, he could ride horseback all day,
and day after day. He began his mar
row life in circle with but one OBJ
iect and that was to acquire land and
to acquire stock to feed off that land,
and he succeeded wonderfully. 1t is
said he has accumulated $4,000, 900,
and probably that is true, but we
never heard of his founding a school.
OF picking up poor boy ana edu-
eating him. His character is shown
In one little instance. A vaquero
asked him for job. Miller replied,
yes, he had one vacant. The cowboy
asked, whats in it?" Thirty dol
lars. thirty days and thirty nights"
was the reply. When he trusts man
he let's him buy property on his own
account. One of his foremen told the
writer in the Worlds Work that he
had acted for years under the instruc-
tons, Buy anything you see that will
make money, cattle or sheep or land"
He drew checks for hundreds of
thousands of dollars in all against
Mr.. Miller's account for things Mr..
Miller had never seen or passed upon.
He bought 100000 sheep for Mr. Mil
Ter in one year. Sometimes he would
meet his chief in Oregon, sometimes
in Nevada, sometimes in California.
Once they met in Bakersfield in Cali
fornia. AS they parted Mr.. Miller
called him back and said: by the
way, II you see any good land for
sale, buy it. have a little spare
money l want to invest" How
much?" was asked. Then he an
swered, About sSOO,OOO-yes, a little
more than that"
Going back over his long life at SO
wears of age, if he were sensitive
man the little good he has done in
the world would worry him, but it
does not worry him at all; he did not
start out to do good to anyone ex-
cept to Henry Miller, and he is just
as intent on doing favors for that man
as he was in the start. When his will
is left it will be a curious thing to
read. because all his life his belief has
been that all a man needed in the
world was brains and energy and he
has had very little patience with peo-
Pile who could not come up to his