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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
MARRIAGE STA
TISTICS FOR S. D.
Records Show Girls Chances De-
crease After 20--Men'S
After %

Pierre, Feb. 8. The superintend-
ent of vital statistics has issued his
preliminary bulletin on marriages
in South Dakota for the year 1907,
1t shows a total of 1890 such cere-
monies having been performed. a
record of over twelve for each day
of the year. The ages of the brides
ran from fifteen to sixty-nine years,
two being of the former age, and
three of the latter age at the time of
their marriages. Twenty appears
to be the most popular marrying age
for the girls, 500 of the total num-
ber giving that age. Nineteen was
close second with SOP, and 499
were eighteen at the time of their
marriage. The average age of the
brides was 23.S years. The ages of
the groomS ranged from eighteen to
seventy.three, the average being
2S.2 years, with the greatest mum
ber taking brides at twenty-three,
465 having married at that age. The
figures received by the department
show that the chances for women
marrying decrease after they
pass twenty, and that of the
men goes down the scale after they
pass twenty-three. There were
scarcely any i'll mated pairs in re-
gard to age, being a strong contrast
to the returns of year ago when
many old men took very young
wives.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
One on Central

Woman's proverblal desire to
fix" everybody who doesn't do just
the right thing by her was humor-
ouslv illustrated at Huron the other
day A certain lady had been an
noyed for sometime by the telephone
service she was receiving, by lack of
promptness in answering calls, and
by being cut off in the midst Of her
orders for household supplies.
One day not long ago it was inn
possible for her to get satisfaction
from headquarters, and patience at
last ceased to be virtue. Cutting
the wires, she unscrewed the instru-
ment from the wall and, taking it
under her arm, carried it to Central
and made a few remarks. What she
said was plenty pointed. For f.
days she did without phone, but
Central promised to be good, and
another instrument was installed
She is now getting better service.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
EAST SIDE
From WpssIpgton Enternrisel

From washington Enterprise
Mr. Samuel Moat in company with
Alex Ross, Jr left Monday night for
the west coast country to investigate
"the lay of the land" out there.
J. C. McVay returned Tuesday
evening from Mitchell where he
had been taking in the poultry show
He is enthusiastic over the fine dis
play of birds shown there.
Invitation are out for the mar
riage of Miss Elizabeth Warren to
Mr. Guy Earl McElrath which will
occur at the home of the BRIDE on
the 18th inst.
Mr. Lou Borkhuis and Miss Tilly
Olesole stole march on their friends
and went down to Huron and were
married one day last week. The
young couple are now residing on
the Mass farm in Gilbert township.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
BATES

Mr. Richard Spain accompanied
his brother Will to the Springs Fri
day.
Mr. j. U. Miller recently purchas-
ed 40 hogs of Jas. McMulln.
MIR Robt. Hall, a former resident
of Rose Hill twp. came up on the
stage from Washington Springs to
visit friends in Bates and Rose Hill.
The prayer meetings are we'll at
tended by the young people, the
house being well filled every Thurs
day night. which is an encouraging
feature of the work.
Mr. Peder Peterson will have a
sale about Feb 2Sth, after which
they will make their home with their
son Alfred, who is living on the Jen-
sen farm.
Miss Mamie McMullin is teaching
in the absence of Mr. Whitton, who
is attending the teachers meeting
at Miller.
The north school closed Tuesday
in the absence of the teacher, Miss
Agnes Peterson, who is attending
teachers meeting at Miller.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
FLAX GROWING
BENEFIT TO SOIL
Broken Sod Becomes Reservoir to
Preserve Moisture

Pierre Capital. This paper has
been trying to ger our land owners
and business men to realize that we
should boost the flax growing indus
try. Not one year in the ten past
has there been a season that flax
would not do well on sod. Every
acre broken and put in flax crop be-
comes producing acre for some
other crop in following years, and
thus we soon get SO much cultivated
land it will take some one else not
now here to take care of the crop
growing.
Last year A. J. Kendall came here
from Brookings and purchased lot
Of land. He had 200 acres broken
and put into flax. He secured 10
bushels to the acre. This year he
has come out again to start early and
break 200 acres more. This means
that Mr. Kendall will have 400 acres
broken sod in two summers. This
broken sod becomes lake in one
respect. While not a body of water
visible to the naked eye. it becomes
reservoir inasmuch as it will alb
sorb readily two inches more water
during rainfall than so much prairie
sod would. Two inches of rain COW
ering 400 acres means stream of
water 2x4 inches ten thousand miles
long, or nearly one half the distance
around the world. This is what we
want to do in this country. We
want more preservation of moisture.
We get moisture enough. but we do
not keep near what we could. Every
agent for eastern land owners should
endeavor to get each one of these to
break at least small portion and
every one else is interested in getting
more people to buy goods. The flax
crop. The land owners will take
care to get other crops afterward.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
Grippe Germs From Mars

Weather Prophet John &. Busby,
of independence, Iowa, advances a
theory to explain the presence of the
grippe germ, which has the merit of
novelty at least. He says the native
habitat of the grippe germ in the
planet Mars, which is now very near
the earth, and the germs have leap
ed through the intervening space
He agrees with some other great
scientists that Mars is peopled by
human beings like ourselves who, he
would infer, have suffer ed recurring
attacks of the prevailing nalady fol
years. Huron Herald.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
The Hidden Hand

All Of the old timers of Miller and
st. Lawrence remember how Rolls
old opera house-rink was filled to
overtlowing the night the Hidden
Hand" was played by home talent.
The following notice of the play and
players appe ared in one of our local
papers after the performance:
A full house greeted this popular
drama at the rink last Friday even
ing. The inducements for a large
house were two fold, viz: the OBJ
ject of the entertainment and the
talent displayed in the cast of char
acters. The play is an old one,
with which nearly all are familiar,
and we need not eXaggerate parti-
Gle to state that very few if any per-
sons in the audience Friday night
ever saw it presented in a more per-
feet or entertaining manner. The
majority of the players have appear
ed many times before on the Miller
stage and need no reiterations of
their ability to perform, while the
new players earned splendid repu-
tation in single play. Mr. Barthol-
omews characterization of Black Don
aid was fully up to the standard of
professional work. His dark COM
plexion and deep voice especially
fits him for this representation.
Miss Mamie Shields displayed more
ability than ever before as Capitola,
the newsboy, and the beautiful
young heiress, while Clarence KNAPP
pen as "nigger" Wool kept the
house in continual roar. Clarence
does the negro business fully equal
to many older professionals. Harry
Shields appeared as the old Judge
and the negro Pomp. His banjo
and solo for Wool and Pit-a-Pat
miss Eva DUNN occasioned consid-
cradle fun. John Pusev is to be con-
graduated on so admirably filling the
part of old Hurricane. Harry Saw
yer played Capitola's lover
as though he was not an entire
stranger to such a part. J. II. Cole
represented the greedy Col. Lenoirs
and Walter Porter his son. The
other parts were equally well taken
by Mrs j. M. Templeman, Will
Green, Mary Johnson Mettie Law
renee, Myrtle Willett and G.. C.. Fire
stone. The general verdict is that
the Hidden Hand" show was the
best entertainment ever presented
to Miller audience. The play
would have drawn a good house the
second night. The Miller orchestra
furnished their usual good music"
The above is an unpredjudiced
statement of this great drama which
was PLAYED by old timers to old
timers years ago in Miller. Mr.
Vocht now offers you an opportunity
for seeing the dramatization of this
popular story presented by an array
of talent especially fitted for the
various parts Monday evening Feb,
18th, at the opera house.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
STEEL RAILS
TO CHICAGO
6. & N. w. Sends Gang to High
more to Continue Work of
Laying Heavy Rails

The Chicago a. Northwestern rail-
road company have renewed their
work on this stretch of track, work
ing east from Highmore. They have
sent oyer two hundred cars of sew
enty-two pound steel to Holabird
and a large gang of laborers went
west Saturday to begin replacing
these rails with the heavier ones.
Roadmaster Pagan, of Huron, has
charge of the work.
When this work is completed the
G. q N. w. will have one of the
smoothest roads in the northwest,
stretching from Chicago to the
Black Hills, and will be prepared to
run heavier and faster trains.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
I. NORTH HAND

We are pleased, in this section, to
hear of the work inaugurated in
Miller, through Rev. johnson and
his helpers. 1t is 10 be hoped they
will have great success.
Mr. Bellin. of Spring township is
seriously i'll. DR.. Mitchell, of Orient
is in attendance.
Mrs Donald Mckay of the north
county line, is now recovering from
her sickness which has been of sever
al weeks endurance.
Mr. and Mrs A. Hilman of Park
attended church in Orient. last Sun
day
Mr. A. Sebring of Park has been
quite sick since his return from his
trip east.
The families Of Webster Davis,
and Walter Rudd Of Park are both
having siege of the measles.
Mrs II. u. Rudd, OF Park is having
severe attack Of the grip.
This section is just delighted that
new lumber yard is to be opened
in Orient,
Miss Elsie Noble has commenced
to board near her school.
Miss Struiff commenced her
school in the Milbourn neighdorhood
again last Monday. 1t had been
closed little time on account of
sickness in the school district.
tFrom Orient Argus,
VIM. Dring arrived back from
Port Arthur, Texas Wednesday.
Mrs Dillon, of Indiana, a sister of
Mrs Leander Anglin. arrived. some
time ago for an extended visit.
Birdetta Alley has returned from
trip west Of the river to Lennon
where she has taken homestead.
Mr. Wirtz who paid S25 an acre
for home in Howell informs us
that on taking an annual inventory
of his expenses and profits Jan. 1st.
he had made as much money as he
did in two years in Iowa.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
Republican County Convention

A delegate convention of republi-
can voters of Hand County, S. ID.
will meet in the court room at Mil
Ter, on Tuesday, the oath day of
March, 1908, at l:30 o'clock p. NJ,
for the purpose of selecting seven (7)
delegates to the Republican State
Convention to be held at Huron, on
the 7th daypf April, 1908. The ra-
ito of representation as fixed by the
Republican County Committee, is
one delegate for every six CO. votes
or major fraction thereof, cast for
Coe |. Crawford, republican candi-
date for governor, at the last gen.
eral election.
The representation to which the
several precincts will be entitled un-
der this call is as follows.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
Church Announcements

Preaching service each evening at
7:30. Song service one half hour.
No services of any kind on Mondays
except the last week of the meet
ings. Afternoon service Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday of this
week only, at 2::30, and young peo-
pies service conducted by Mrs
johnson at o'clock of same days.
On next SUNDAY afternoon at 2::30
a meeting for men OILY. Mr. For
sythe requests us to say that he
wishes to have a few more men in
the choir. Be kind enough to report
| to him at once.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
X, P.'S INSTALL
AT HlGHMORE
Local Lodge Sent Delegation ia
That City Monday Night


The Knights of Pythias of this Sec
tion of the state installed a lodge at
Highmore Monday night. Grand
Chancellor Warren, Of Lead, was
present, besides large visiting dele
cations from Pierre. Blunt, Huron.
and Miller. Fifteen members were
initiated into the new chapter, and
following the initiation, an elaborate
banquet was served to the guests.
The Knights who attended from
this city were S. V. Christ, John
Pusey, Porter Cree, +. f. Furman,
John Schmidt. V. B. Ledman. A. b.
Catalan, and N. l.. Cass.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
s1OlNT MEETING
". St, AT COURT HOUSE
Hand County School Officers
And Teachers State Supt.
Present

al An unusually interesting meeting
gswas held yesterday at the court
nahouse, in which 66 school officers
J. and 62 teachers OF Hand county
D participated. State Supt. Usturd
g and his assistant, j. T. Olander.
swere present and took part in the
y Jmeeting.
r The. morning session opened at
J ten a. m. The pupils of the inter-
mediate department of the st. Law
renee public schools favored those
present with some lively songs.
Mr. Ira j. Cree's paper on '"The
Teacher and the State" was well
prepared and showed clearly to the
teachers the influence which they
may and do unconsciously exert over
the rising generation. Miss Mamie
Telller's paper on ''The Mission of
tho Country School, was excellent
and should have been heard by all
the school officers in our county as
well as all our teachers. An effort
will be made to have both the above
papers printed in our newspapers.
The discussion, Length Of terms
in Rural Schools was interesting.
The idea brought out in this dis
cussion was that the pupils in the
country districts are entitled to just
as good advantages as the city pupil
and that our country schools should
have at least eight months school
each year.
Miss Anna May Pu5ey gave read
ing which was enjoyed by all,
Things to be considered in hiring
teachers was discussed in by T. H.
Kintigh, Geo. A. Mckay and Chas.
Sanger. These officers seemed to
feel that the first thing to be con-
sidered is the character of the teach
er and second the scholarship.
AT the afternoon session the court
room was filled with people and an
interesting meeting was held.
The Misses Halbig furnished the
audience with instrumental music
and excellent vocal selections were
rendered by Ernest Reber of the
Miller city schools and the evange-
list singer, Mr. Forsythe.
State Supt. Ustrud's stereoptican
lecture on THE Public School and
It's Surroundings consisted of
series of pictures showing the be-
ginning of the public school in our
state and leading up to the condi-
tlons at the present time. He gives
this lecture in behalf of the country
boy and girl. in the hope that he may
in this way be able to bring about
better conditions in our country
schools.
Supt. Ustrud was assisted by the
Chairman of the State Board of Ex-
aminers, j. Fred Olander. Mr. Olan-
der also discussed the Shortage of
Teachers" and answered questions
relative to points in the School Law.
Miss Jessie Moncur told the Off
GERS and teachers the value to the
teacher" of the Teachers District
Institute
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
HURON OFFICE
DISCONTINUED
Department Orders Land Busi-
ness Transferred to Pierre

Inc huron land district has been
ordered discontinued after April 1st,
and the records and business of the
Office ordered transferred to Pierre.
Register Blake has received the fol-
lowing notice ordering the district
discontinued:
Notice is hereby given that the
president of the United States, by
executive order dated January IL,
1908. has, in accordance with the
provisions of sections 224S and 2252
of the revised statutes of the United
States, and by virtue of the authori-
ty therein given, ordered that the
Huron land district in the state of
South Dakota, be discontinued and
the lands, business, and archives of
of said land district and office trans
ferred to, and consolidated with, the
Pierre land district, with offices at
Pierre, South Dakota.
In pursuance of said executive
order the land Office at Huron, South
Dakota, will be permanently discon-
tinued at the close of business hours
on March 81, 1908, and its business
and archives transferred to, and
made part Of, the land office at
Pierre, South Dakota, on April /,
1908.
The Huron land district was es-
tablished in 1882 and the land office
located at Huron on October 9th of
that year. At that time this part of
the state was almost entirely unset,
tied and from the east line of Beadle
county throughout to the Missouri
river was an unoccupied territory.
Settlers began coming that year in
great numbers and through the eff
forts of Frank Pettigrew, then del
egate to Congress from Dakota, the
district was created and the land of
flee was located at Huron.
George B. Armstrong of Chicago,
was appointed Register and Robert
Lowery of Davenport, Iowa, was ap-
pointed receiver and those now re-
siding in Huron who witnessed the
opening of the land office on that
October morning twenty-siX years
ago will never forget the scene.
Third street was literally packed
with settlers waiting to file on gov
ernment land and the filings have
continued from that day until nearly
every quarter section in this great
district has beeh settled upon and.
final proof made.
Messrs Lowery and Armstrong
were succeeded in office by w. N.
Mcfarland of Chicago and Ezra w.
Miller, of Elk Point, S. d., who held
office through the first Cleveland adj
ministration. They were succeeded
by James Mcdowell, of Highmore,
and o. w. Bair, of Huron, who in
turn were succeeded by John M.
Davis, OF Huron, and Austin ID. Hill,
of Miller, under the second admins
tration. President Mckinley, to
succeed these gentlemen appointed
G. A. Blake as register and John
Westdahl as receiver. Mr. Blake
was reappointed register at the end
of his first term and Mr. Westdahl
was succeeded by Harvey j. Rice of
this city. Mr. Blake being the only
man to receive a second appointment
during the history of the office and
he has served as register ten years
TODAY.
The order for discontinuance of
the office came into his hands just
ten years from the time he first took
the oath of office for register.
Huronite.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13

LincOln's birthday, Feb. II. was
made legal holiday in this state by
the last legislature. 1t was observed
by only few of the business houses
of this city Yesterday.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13

6; 3rd Ward 9.
The primaries in the several pre-
cincts will be held on the 10th day
of March, 1908. from 3 until $50
O'Clock p. NJ, as provided by law.
Dated at Miller this 10th day of
February, 1908.
T. j. Dunn, G. ID, Hoskin,
Secretary. Chairman.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-26
READY FOR WHISTLE
All Arrangements Completed for
the Great Road Race Under
the Y. M. C. A, Auspices
SOME FAST TIME Is EXPECTED

All arrangements were completed last
night for the annual road race under
the auspices of the Y. NJ. c. A. and
fourteen runners trained to the second
will start for the annual fve-mile grind
at half past nine O'Clock tomorrow
morning. The start Of the fve-mile
race will be from the front of the Y.
NJ. G. A, building and the boys will
finish there. The judges named to of
iciate at the start and finish of the
race are L. III. Fox, Otto Scholer and
Walter Burke.
The race will be ruy regardless Of
the weather conditions and it will be
strictly under the rules of the Ameri-
can Amateur Athletic Union. Runners
who attempt to interfere with other
contestants in the race will be forced
to take full penalty under the rules.
Rigs in which spectators are riding are
asked to keep to the sides of the road
as the runners must under the rules fol
low the road over the entire course
Chief of Police O'Hare will have a
large force of his officers scattered
along the course to make an effort to
| keep it clear for the runners and the
last stretch of the race will be closely
guarded by police officers. The finish
will be on the east side of Main street
50 that the runners will not be forced
to make. the turn to reach the Y. M
9. A. building proper
All pace-makers will be forced to
drop out at Park street and the referee
of the race VIII be on the grounds to
receive any complaints Of fouling imme-
diately after the race is run. The con
testants must be ready to start at $50
or they will be left at the post.
The following numbers have been as
signed for the various runners entered
for the race:
|, 0. Christensen; 2, Thos. Boyle; 8,
II, Pierson; 4, f. Carney; 5, A. Rasmus
sen; s, O. Gustafson; 7, 7. Tolton; s.,
E. English; 9, W. Fonk; TO- D. Under
holm; Il, T. Fonz; 70, E Turkleson;
-, 3. Steinmetz; IA, F. Meyer.
The referee for the race will be Les
ter Morse and the starter and clerk of
the course D. R. Fogwell. The judges
about the course will be as follows:
Park and Balm Avenues, J. Widdowson;
Balm and Durkee avenue, J. Stratton;
Durkee and Deming, ] Healey; Deming
and Chicago, D. Kent; Chicago and
Prairie, I. Haag; Prairie and West, A.
Hansen; Depot, E Isermann; West
Main and Grand, ?. Munroe; Grand and
Union, A. Wood; Turning point, M
Kent and F. Morse; finish, L. H. Fov,
lotto Scholer, Walter Burke.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-26
MAY CHANGE LAWS
Foreign Life Insurance Companies
Will Appeal TO the New
Legislature
OUTLINE SOME AMENDMENTS


Despite the statements of representa-
tives of foreign life insurance com
panies that no attempt would be made
by the outside life insurance companies
which withdrew from the state on the
taking effect of the legislation passed
by the legislature Of 1907, plans are
already being made by some of the com
panies which withdrew from the state
to ask changes IN the laws which they
claim will enable them to return.
Some OF the companies which re-
manned in the state will also ask
changes in the laws which will allow
them to conduct all lines of their bust
ness here. Thus some of the remain
ing companies are very anxious that
the law which forbids both partici-
pating and a on-participating bust
ness to be done in this state by the
same company shall be repealed, and
they will ask that this law be modi-
fed so that both classes of business
can be done, provided separate ac-
counts are kept of the two classes of
business.
The Aetna and Prudential companies
are among the number who are very
anxious to see this prohibition on both
participating and non-participating
business off the statute books.
The New York Mutual Life Insur-
ance company will, it is said, ask a
modification of the law regarding the
reports on past dividends on semi
tontine policies. on the ground that it
cannot comply with the present law
and, if this is passed, it will also re-
enter the state, Modification of the
expense law will also be asked.
Under the belief that none Of the
companies is barred by the laws if
they really want to comply with them,
it is, however, said to be extremely
unlikely that any changes will be
made by the legislature in any of the
laws.