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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
PULP OODfOR YEARS TO COME
Neither Present Nor Coming Generation
Need Worry About Supply
In West.

Appleton. Wis, Sept. 10. - The con.
gressional committee appointed 10 In
vestigate conditions In the paper mill
and pulp industry, with a view to as
certaining whether or not the tariff on
wood pulp should be removed, devoted
practically the entire day yesterday
toward obtaining an approximation OF
the available pulp wood in the Middle
West. Every witness placed on the
stand testified that there is no danger
Of scarcity Of wood for many years to
come. Perhaps the most important
witness of the day was William s.
Taylor, president of the Pulp Wood
Supply company of Appleton, which or
g%anization furnishes pulp wood for
twelve of the paper mills in the Fox
river valley.
Wood VIII Be Cheaper.
Our company buys about 1850
cords of pulp wood annually, about 90
per cen being spruce, most OF which
is purchased in Minnesota, and about
on per cent DSluS uSllIoSh, III vi
which is purchased in Wisconsin"
said Mr.. Taylor. Neither the present
nor the coming generation need have
any worry about the supply Of pulp
wood in the Middle West, for there are
millions upon millions of feet availa-
BILE" ......
Mr.. Taylor stated that at present his
company is paying $7.25 per cord (. o.
b. Duluth, Mimi, and declared that
the price Of wood during the coming
year is likely to be much cheaper than
it has been for some time.
Charles Smit, president of the Mena-
sha Woodenware company OF Menasha
testified that within six consecutive
townships only a few miles north of
Appleton there are at the present time
more than 5000, 000, 900 fet of standing
timber, more than one-third of which
is hemlock, which Is used in the manu-.
facture of pulp. Mr.. Smith is consid-
cred one of the best authorities on
timber acreage In Wisconsin, and his
testimony startled even those who be-
lieved themselves conversant with
conditions in this section Of Wiscon.
sin.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
KERMIT LIKES THE WEST.
Young Roosevelt at Huron on Way to
Cheyenne Reservation.

SiiSJS'iiS fSSS' ~
Kermit Roosevelt, son of the presi-
dent, spent a day at Huron last week
In company with United States Mar
shall Seth Bullock. They were going
to the Cheyenne Indian reservation
for a few days hunt. Referring to
the proposed trip of his father to
Africa, young Roosevelt stated that
he expected to accompany his father,
but the matter was not yet fully de-
cided. He has visited this locality
before, and in answer to question as
to what he thought of South Dakota
and her people, he said:
Il am certainly well pleased with
what | have seer here; in fact, at no
point have l been more impressed
with the wonderful development of a
new country than here. I was here
two years ago, and 1t seems almost in,
credible hat such a change could be
wrought in so short a time. l am
surprised at the number of young PEG,
pie here, and can readily see what
prompts them to come to a new coun'
try. There are opportunities for
them hat cannot be had in the East,
and l wonder that so many continue
TO remain in ~congested cities"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
SHERIFF WAS BETTER MAN.
Desperate Horsethief Tries to Over
power Sheriff kempker, in Which
He Failed Signally.

He Failed SignalIy.
r. B. Mitchell, the horsethief on
fined in the Clay county Jail at Yer
million, attempted to overpower Sher-
if Kempker for the purpose of making
his getaway. But the officer was a
little too quick for him, and in future
Mitchell will not receive many favors.
The manner in which the prisoner
sought to put the sheriff out of bust
ness shows that he is desperate as
the time approaches for his trial.
Upon pretext of having a headache,
Mitchell was allowed to go out into
the jail yard to get a little fresh air.
Sheriff Kempker sat down to guard
him. In a few minutes Mitchell said
that there was something in the Jail
he wanted, and he entered to get it.
The next thing Sheriff Kempker knew
his prisoner was running towards
one hand and the leg of a table in
the other. The contents of the bottle
contained ~carbolic acid for the most
part. Kempker did not have time to
draw his revolver, SO sudden was the
onslaught, but by a quick move he
succeeded in knocking the bottle of
poison from his opponents hand, and
before he could strike Mitchell was
backed up against the Jail wall and
the sheriff's fingers were clutching at
his throat.
It was a narrow escape for the Of
ficer, and although he has been
keeping close tab on Mitchell in the
past, his vigilance in the future will
be even greater.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
That Was the Question.

Down in Missouri Judge Wallace
was addressing a meeting of prohibi
tionists in n Of the prohibition hot
beds of the state. Eyes, friends" he
said: IF I am elected governor Of
Missouri, I'll keep this state dry when
and where the laws says it shall be
dry! There will be no half way
"Hold ont" cried a man in the
Anybody can keep st. Louis
dry"
Just then the Judge purposely over
turned the ice water, and during the
confusion he drifted from the subject
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
GOOD MONEY IN cRoPs.
Settlers In Westrn South Dakota
Hav Had a Successful Year.

'aN TAU d SuCCcSSIut year.
The uestion Of crop raising west
OF the river and in the Missouri valley
is one which is Of interest in view of
the many statements which have been
made in past years as to the section.
In that line a few notes collected from
local papers over the section show the
following returns:
JEFF Carr of the mississippi ranch"
on Cheyenne river, reports 80 bushels
of oats to the acre, on disked grounds
and As bushels on plowed ground. He
secured SO bushels of rye to the acre,
and his corn is practically matured.
j. Anderson, on Antelope creek,
Stanley county, reports that 25 acres
of mixed crops on spring breaking
netted him SIG an acre. He tried
winter wheat on a f~ive-acre tract of
ground broken last year and got 25
bushels to the acre
Andrew Braunersrauther, lear Muir
do, got IS bushels of wheat to the
acre and 70 bushels of oats from an
acre and a half. VIM. Yarosh, near
the same place. got Is bushels of
wheat and As bushels of oats per acre.
Harry B%ickford, neal Highland, re-
ports $50 an acre from his oat crop,
with 70 bushels to the acre.
Albert Baat, neal Murdo, secured
1000 bushels of speltz from 65 acres,
at the prevailing price, bringing him
$3.50 an acre on land he bought for
$12.25 IN acre.
w. c. Gigg Of Mcclure got So bush
els of speltz an acre OF s acres after
pasturing 20 hogs on 1t for three
weeks. Rush Anderson, near the
same place, reports 25 bushels of win
ter wheat to the acre, which he sold
at 81 a bushel.
The corn yield in the vicinity OF
Kadoka, in Southwestern Stanley, is
reported to be from 30 to 60 bushels
an acre, and practically all matured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
In and About the State
HEARST STATE TICKET NAMED.
DR.. r. c. Warner Heads lndepend.
ence League List.

VI n, y. warner HeaoS lnoe
ence League List.
That the new Independence party
will make a fight in South Dakota,
and place upon the ballots by petition
a full congressional and state ticket,
including presidential electors, is the
announcement which was made at
Sioux Falls by H. w. Diffenderfer,
national committeeman for Oklahoma,
who is here for the purpose of organ
izing South Dakota. Omitting the
presidential electors, the ticket of the
new party in South Dakota will be as
follows:
For Congress-LOuis V. Schneider
of Salem, w. 8. Bray of Lead.
Governor-Dr. Rodell c. Warner of
Mitchell.
Lieutenant Governor. c. Bonnie
of Lead.
Secretary Of State-Sanford G. Don.
aldson of Yankton.
Attorney General-George w. Lat.
tin of De Smet.
Auditor-Henry w. Smith of Sioux
Falls.
Treasurer-Daniel Ellison of Crooks.
Commissioner or School and Public
Lands-A. A. Gleason of Chamberlain.
Railroad Commisisoner-Walter B.
Dean of Yankton.
1t is further announced by Mr.. Diff.
fenderfer that Thomas L.. Hisgen,
nominee of the Independence party
for president and Mr.. Hearst will visit
South Dakota on Oct. IA, and will
speak at Yankton and Sioux Falls.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
RESCUED BY AN INDIAN.
Red Man Finds -Seven-Year-oid Girl
Wandering Alone on the Prairie.

Wandering Alone on the Prairie.
Becoming homesick while visiting
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Cihlar, at Wagner. Charles Mix coun-
ty, Mamie Olivia, the seven-year-old
daughter Of Mrs. Swatek of Tyndall.
quietly left Wagner and bravely start
ed out to make the long walk to Tyn-
dali so she could see her mother.
When her absence was discovered
her grandparents and the citizens of
Wagner in general were greatly
alarmed. She was last seen about the
middle Of the afternoon, and when her
absence was discovered a search was
Immediately commenced. The first
searching parties failing to find any
trace of her, posses Of Wagner men
started out in various directions on
horseback and in carriages, continu-
ing the search throughout the night
and until the following afternoon,
when the little w%anderer was found at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Ku-
ca, about ten miles southeast of Wag-
ner. ...
1t developed that the little girl had
started out with the intention Of walk
ing to Tyndall, which is an adjoining
county, but had been overtaken on
the road by darkness. When every
thing indicated that she would have
to pass the night in the solitude Of
the prairie she was observed by an In
dian, who took her to his home.
Upon discovering that she could
talk Bohemian, he took her to the
Kuca home, where she was found the
following day by searching parties, as
stated.
The brave little girl was not alarmed
to any extent by her experience. Her
disappearance and the uncertainty as
to her fate nearly cost the life Of her
grandfather. He is a victim of heart
trouble and the anxiety occasioned
by the strange absence of the little
girl brought on an attack OF heart
trouble, which was of so serious a
character that for some time be was
in a dangerous condition. .
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
WORK WEST or RIVER.

The management Of the agricul.
tural college will work tho western
part OF the state pretty thoroughly
with farmers institutes this fall. They
have fixed dates for such meetings
at about twenty-five places for Octo.
Der and November, the work reaching
from Lemon on the north down
through Butte, Stanley and Lyman
counties, the last to be at Reliance
in the eastern part of Lyman. In this
tour they will cover practically the
whole of the state west of the river,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
Disappointed.

At a dinner of a legal association
held in Washington not long ago one
of the speakers told of a farmers son
in Illinois who conceived a desire to
shine as a legal light. Accordingly
he went up to Springfield, where he
accepted employment at a small sum
from a fairly well known attorney.
At the end of three days study he
returned to the farm.
Well, Bill, how'd we like the law
asked his father.
ut amt what it's cracked up to be-
responded Bill gloomily. 'Tm sorry
learned it,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
Stabbina ARRAY.

Jasper, Mimi, Sept. pa serious
stabbing ARRAY occurred here last
night. One Carpenter accused Rich
ard Nelson of stealing $40 from him.
Nelson called his accuser a liar, and
Carpenter without further p~rovocation
stabbed Nelson three times in the
chest and then kicked him. Carpen-
ter is In the local lookup awaiting the
outcome of Nelson's injuries.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
Fatal Row over Money Matters,

Waukcsha, Wis, Sept. 20.-Mrs. Au-
gusta Crabow, wife of julius Crabow,
a blacksmith at Calhoun, was shot
three times and perhaps fatally
wounded, and her daughter Olga Sc
riously wounded by John Smith, an
employe OF Grabow's with whom he
is said TO have had some misunder-
standing regarding money matters.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
FAMILY

HoIlanders Abandon Farm In South
Dakota and MysteriousIy Disappear.
A family Of H%ollanders who had
rented what is known as the Rudolph
Miller farm, in the northern portion
Of Union county, were the principals
In a mysterious disappearance. The
members of the family were last seen
by a neighbor, whom they asked to
Look after the chores on their place,
stating that they might not come
back. Since then nothing has been
seen or heard of them. They had
good crop this season, and apparently
were doing well and prospecting, so no
reason is known for their leaving the
countr in so peculiar a manner
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24

Articles Of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary of state for
a new bank at Mobridge, to be known
as the Farmers State bank. 1t is
capitalized at $4,000. The incorpo-
rators are N. L. Nelson, Clarion,
Iowa; e. p. Peterson, Des Monies,
Iowa: B. j. Olsen. e. e. Empy and
william Benoist of Mobridge. the lat
ter being one Of the prominent mixed
bloods on Cheyenne River reserva
tion.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
GAVE WRONG MEDICINE.
seVen-Year-oId Girl Is Killed by Mis-.
take of Her Aunt,

take of Her Aunt.
Audrey Beatrice King. aged seven,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin King
OF Ben Clare, a small town east of
Sioux Falls. is dead as the result of a
mistake being made in giving her
medicine.
Mr.. King is the depot agent of the
Illinois Central railroad at Ben Clare.
The child was fretful during the night
and a sister of Mrs. King gave her a
dose of medicine from a bottle which
she supposed was intended for the
child. Instead the bottle contained
medicine for Mrs. King, of which NOR.
phine was n Of the principal ingre-
dents. and before the mistake was
discovered 1t was too late I o save the
unfortunate little girls life. She was
an only child.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
LAWRENCE CO. PROSPEROUS.
Dry Farming Brings Good Returns in
the Black Hills Country.


Despite the unusually hot, dry sum-
mer crops of wheat and oats in Law
renee county are remarkably good
this fall. On the dry ranches where
there Is no irrigation, the wheat crop
will average better than twenty bush
els to the acre and oats not less than
t~hirty-five per acre, Corn is looking
fine, and most Of 1t is already out Of
the way of the frost. Another week
without frost will see the entire crop
safe. The fruit crop, except for some
apple ranches, is largely a failure,
owing TO the late spring freeze, while
the hay crop is ample for home con-
sumption. Potatoes and vegetables
all show good crops, and the farmers
of Lawrence county are prosperous
this year.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
FATE DRIVES TO SUICIDE.
Affections Derange Mans Mind and
He Kills Himself.

Lisbon, N. d., Sept. 20.-Abe John
son, sixty years old, an old settler and
prominent farmer, committed suicide
last night by shooting himself. He
was temporarily ~deranged by grief
caused by the death of his wife in an
insane asylum a few years since and
the burning to death of his son VIII
liam in the Hines (Minn.) fire on Feb.
"a last. He is survived by three
daughters and two sons.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
YOUNG WOMAN MISSING.

Frightened From House by Drunken
Men, She Completely Disappears.
Fargo, N. D., Sept. 19.-Miss Laura
J. Larson. a young lady homesteader
Of Balfour, is missing. She went to
spend the evening with an aged Mrs.
Arneson. Some intoxicated men came
to the place and frightened her SO
badly she fed in the night time and
her relatives and the officials have
been unable to locate her.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
Corn CANNING BEGINS.

Arlington, Mimi. Sept. 20.-The can.
ming factory at this place is canning a
large amount Of sweet corn at the pres
ent time. The warm weather Of the
past several weeks is rapidly ~ripening
the late corn. and a very fair sized
pack may be expected.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
DUCK FRESHMEN IN POND.
Sophomores vietors in Unique Tug at
Coo College.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sept. 20. - In
the presence OF thousands of specta-
tors the s~ophomores and freshmen of
Coe college pulled off their novel class
scrap yesterday afternoon, the scene
being a big pond containing much wa
ter and more mud. Eighteen men
were chosen from each class and with
college professors as referees, the
sophomores succeeded after twelve
minutes in dragging every freshman
on the line through the pond, the CO.
eds cheering wildly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
News of the Northwest
500 TO TAKE GREAT WEsTERNS
Report Has n. G. Burt Recommending
Sale Of Road.

st. Paul, Sept. 20. - A report was
current in high railroad circles that
II. G. Burt, in his report to the English
stockholders of the Great western
system, has recommended that the
system be sold to the Canadian Pa
cific-Soo interests.
A. B. Stickney. former president or
the road and now n Of its receivers.
said that he was not officially cogni-
zant of the report. but he added that
the consent of the 500 road would be
necessary to make it public, II such
recommendation were contained In It.
Mr.. Burt's report at this time. Mr..
Stickney said, was a preliminary one.
and his final report to the stockhold-
ers Is not to be made until about the
middle Of next month.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
Bolt Starts Fire.

Cloquet, Mimi, Sept. 20.-Lightning
struck the Catholic church here, set
ting the building on fire. and it was
Sut.ed before the department could
check the flames. The loss is about
$4,000. The church was one of the
finest in Northern Minnesota.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
WIFE BEATER is MURDERER.
Commits Suicide After Fatally Wound
Ina Wife.

Billings. Mont, Sept 19.-WiIiam
Mccain, a rancher living near here
shot and fatally wounded his wife yes
terday and then comu ipted suicide
McGann has had trouble with his wife
for some time and recently was found
guilty Of beating her. The dificurre
of the couple are said to have been due
to well founded jealousy on the part
of the husband.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
Forest Fire In Pennsylvania.

Williamsport. Pa, Sept 19.-Exten.
sive forest fires are raging in this part
of the state as q result Of drouth. II
Is impossible to estimate the losses,
as the fires are beyond control and
spreading " hundreds Of acres.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
NEGRO HOLDS POSSE AT BAY.
Another Suspect in Fatal Hold-up a
New York Mills, MIMI, Arrested.

New York Mills, Mimi, Arrested.
Wadena, Mimi, Sept. 20.-One me-
gro suspect in connection with a hold
up and fatal shooting here early yes
terday morning was arrested yester-
day at New York Mills and another Is
surrounded in the woods lear that VII
lage. He has kept the posse back with
a drawn revolver, but 1t Is believed
that his arrest will o % be effected.
A party of harvest hands returning
from South Dakota I'm a box car were
held up by two negroes and a white
man who entered the car.
One man from Iowa, whose son re-
sisted the desperadoes, was shot twice.
in the arm and abdomen, by one OF
the negroes. He Is at Staples mortal
ly wounded.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
WILL GO TO SAN FRANCISCO.
South Dakota Delegates Named BY
Governor.

Governor.
Gov. Crawford has appointed as
South Dakota delegates to attend the
nineteenth annual session of the
Trans-Mississippi commercial, which
meets at San Francisco Oct. 6-10:
John Hunter, Deadwood; Dan McKin.
non, Madison; Glib Diziewanoski,
Woonsocket; w. H. Roddel, Brook.
ings; A. c. White, Aberdeen; A. C.
Ringsrud, Elk Point; VIM. ]. Wolfe,
Lake Andes; F. B. Roberts, Milbank;
j. E. Plat, Clark; Ernest May, Lead;
II. d. Walrath, W%atertown; C. b.
Billinghurst, Pierre; William Waible,
Huron: T. w. Dwight, Sioux Falls;
II. P. Packard, Redfeld.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
Injured In Merry-oo-round.

Spring Valley, Wis. Sept. 20.-Misn
Ida Chase of Jersey vas seriously in
jured In a merry-go-round accident.
One ankle bone Is broken and she has
suffered commissions almost continu-
ously since the accident.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
Eoidem,e.

Spring Valley, Wis. Sept. 20. - An
epidemic Of typhoid fever is raging
through the town of Gilman. a few
miles from here. Two deaths have oc-
Cured and several cases are in q
critical condition.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
GROUND TO DEATH.
Aetland Man Is Cut to Pieces by
Thresher's Cylinder Teeth.

V'Shidtu WAN 10 Sbt " TiCCCS ny
Thresher's Cylinder Teeth.
Arlington, S. d. Sept. 20.-Charles
Cronland, a young farmer living near
Hetland. while tending the separator
of a threshing machine, climbed on
top of the machine To remove some
bundles which had become clogged.
He slipped and fell into the cylinder.
His leg was drawn into the machine
its entire length, the cylinder teeth
becoming imbedded in the %vertebrae
of his back and stopping the motion.
1t was necessary to cut the mangled
leg from his body to release him. and
he lived only about ten minutes after
being taken away.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24

Neenah, Wis. Sept. 10. - For the
first time In the history Of the Eastern
wisconsin Methodist conference, there
are no applicants Tor positions as pas.
eors in the various churches Of the dis.
trict.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
NoRMALs ARE ovERcRoWpep.
Presidents Are Authorized to Limit At
tendance,

tendance.
st. Paul, Sept. 20.-Normal schools
of the state are becoming so over
crowded that the presidents of the in
institutions were authorized by the
normal board to take steps to
limit the attendance. There are $50
pupils at the st. Cloud school, which is
more crowded than any of the others.
There are toe many pupils for the
buildings, the equipment is too limited
and there are too few teachers. No
will be admitted this year at st.
Cloud unless the class leaving in Jan.
uary reduces the number below 500.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
HANGED FOR MURDER.
Slayer Of Minnesota Homesteader
Paws Penalty for Crime.

Winnipeg, Sept. 20.-William Paul
of Pinewood, Ont, near the boundary,
who murdered his companion. Henry
Schelling. a Northern Minnesota
h~omesteader, on Dec. 6 last year, was
hanged at Kenora, Ont, yesterday
morning. Before death he left a con-
fession saying that he killed Schelling
with q pair of skates in the heat OF
passion. He met death without flinch-
ing.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
TOWN MARSHAL KILLS SELF.
Jumps From Stump While Hunting
and Gun 10 DISCHARGED.

Wausau, Wis, Sept. 20.-John Duer.
stein of Marathon, while hunting rab-
bits yesterday, jumped from a stump.
His shotgun butt hit the ground and
both barrels went of, the charges en-
tering his abdomen. Another hunter,
George Lang, fornd him. and he was
taken to the village, where he died,
He was marshal and street commits.
sioner Of Marathon and was fifty-six
years old.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24
TRAIN KILLS INDIAN.
All of Mans Limbs Are Cut of and
His Skull is Split. o.

His Skull Is Split.
Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. 20.-An
Indian was killed while driving on the
railroad track -four miles south of the
city. The horse was nlso killed and
the buggy demolished. The body was
mangled beyond recognition, the arms
and legs being cut off and the head
split. No clue to his identity has yet
been secured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-24

The threshing season In North Da
kota is a short n this year.