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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
BUFFALO BILL SPEAKS.
Takes Stand In Favor Of Presidents
Plan of Leasing Range Lands.

Takes Stand In Favor of Presidents
Plan of Leasing Range Lands.
The range leasing advocated by the
administration is the only solution to
the problem that is facing the West
to-day, is the assertion of Col. William
Cody, Buffalo Bill" Col. Cody has
taken a firm stand In favor of the pres
ident's efforts to bring about the range
leasing. Col. Cody declares that un
less this policy is carried out the free
range will be a thing of the past with
in two years. Il like the leasing
scheme" he said, because it gives the
little stockman a chance and limits
the number Of sheep or cattle to be
pastured on the range. The sheep
men often jump out of a state when
they know the tax collector is coming,
and this habit has simply ruined the
range in the small c~attlemen's country.
Sooner or later everybody will see that
Roosevelt is right on this leasing"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
State News of Interest
SMILE AND PUSH THEIR MOTTO.
Oeadwood Business Club Secures a
Convention and Is Goinn After More.

~ SSSNf 80 @
Convention and Is Going After More.
Just to show what they can do for a
starter for the new year, members of
tie neadwood Business club, which
recently adopted the Denver motto of
Smile and Push have just secured
two conventions for that city and are
after more. At a meeting of the club
held just about New Years it was de-
cided to advertise the fact that Dead
wood has just acquired some hand
some buildings and improved civic
conditions and wants to entertain.
Boosting along the lines that proved
SO successful in Denver was actively
commenced. The club sent a delega-
ton composed of Messrs. e. w. Mar
tin, w. S. Elder, G. V. Ayres and H. b.
Schlichting to Pierre to start the ball
rolling with the result that they Sc.
cured for D%eadwood the 1908 conven-
ton of the State Federation Of Com
mercial clubs. Then the club got busy
among its Black Hills friends and
when they went to the meeting of the
State Horticultural society at Water
town, Deadwood was chosen for the
next meeting. At the meeting of the
precinct committeeman of the Repub.
licaR party, Deadwood was selected
for the county convention which will
be held here March "a. 1t was also de-
cided to send delegations to every
meeting where there is the slightest
possible chance to secure a convention
for this city and some extensive
pamphlet advertising will shortly be
done by the club.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
DANCING BY THE MILE.
Partisan Professor Studies $500 Pu-
pills and Breaks Into Figures.

Partisan Professor studies ZOO Pu-
pills and Breaks Into Figures.
At the last meeting of the Paris
Academy Of Teachers, Authors and
Professors Of the Dance, Prof. M. e.
Giraudet, who is all three. broke out
into figures. He read a statistical pa
per on the requirement of the art
of dancing, which he said was based
on observation of $500 pupils. These
are some of the questions that he un-
dertook to settle:
What is the number of steps, beats.
d~emi-beats, movements of the feet and
turns necessary to each distance?
What distance is travelled in each
What speed should the various dam
ces have?
What time and how much study are
required to acquire perfect proficiency
In dancing?
He found that six and one-half hours
was time enough to become complete
master of the ordinary waltz with the
reversing movement. He considers
that 1t should be danced to very slow
muSlC, anu that III LHc thiCC otVPS
which go to each bar Of the music
a distance of two feet six inches
should be ~traversed-
The speed should be forty-four
bars of music a minute, involving real
ly 1872 movements Of the feet and
twenty-five complete e 1ns OF
the dancing couple. The duration OF
a dance should not exceed six min.
utes. The pupil should be proficient
after about sixty-fve trials, involving
1880 bars of music, 51,480 steps,
$3.50 turns, and a distance danced
of about $3.50 feet, more than seven
miles.
The ordinary waltz, without re.
yersing, may be learned in about four
hours and ten minutes, with about
1000 steps, 1000 turns and a dis
tance travelled of 2S,500 feet, or about
five and a half miles.
Only an hour and forty-fiye minutes
Is necessary to acquire the mazurka.
It needs 14,490 steps, 1.207 turns and
about 1885 yards or about two miles
dancing.
The polka is another easy one. 1t
needs twenty-eight practice dances Of
four minutes each to bring perfection.
This means 5000 steps. 1900 revolu.
lions and q distance of Is, 800 feet, or
Approximately two and a hail miieA
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
ICE o A V A

A light team being driven across the
river between Pierre and Fort Pierre
went through into about ten feet of
water. The driver seized two small
children who were riding with him
and jumped to the sound Ice as the
wagon sunk. A force OF ice cutters
rushed to his assistance with ropes
and saved his team and part of wagon.
The accident happened on a road on
which several closed hacks loaded
with passengers had Travelled just q
few minutes before.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06

1t has been found necessary to trans
fer to the state reform school at Plank
linton five boys who with a number Of
others were brought from the slums OF
New York city several years ago by
oharitably disposed persons and placed
in a school at Turton. Sphinx county.
which is designed especially for the
physical and mental training Of such
boys. The Ave boys mentioned ex-
pressed a decided preference for GRIM
inal pursuits. but 1t is thought the ad.
ditional training they will receive at
the reform school may yet transform
them into usefu; citizens.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
PEOPLE WHO DISAPPEAR.
Love Affairs and Family Differences
often the Reason.


Women do not disappear so much
as men, said Mr.. Hartley, an inter-
national detective, who was inter-
viewed in reference to a mysterious
disappearance which Is now attracting
much public attention.
when a woman goes IL Is usually
a love AFFAIR. Either the parents OBJ
ject to the man, or there is some 9TH
er cause. And 1t is important to re-
member what cunning schemers
women can be. Even quite young
girls may be wonderfully clever In
keeping things from their parents.
During the course of my work I am
very skeptical of women for this rea-
son. A girl might arrange for her
meet her, and it would be a very sim
pie matter for her to give her friends
the slip In a crowded street. OF
course, very often we get cases OF
sudden loss of memory happening to
people who are in the best of health
1bN E'AiA buI N talSiN liz I'LL
occur to a young girl, and where the
tendency does exist the family or
friends usually know Of 1t and keep
watch accordingly. Again, il is pos
sible a girl does not like the pros
pect of going home after she has
been away for a holiday. and some
n with whom she was In touch
might assist her In carrying out a
plan of her own.
Disappearance are very common
not only In London but in Paris and
New York, but the public seldom
heard of them. Not only girls but
old men and others disappear. Gen.
orally these are not cases of kidnap-
ping; they had to do with family or
business matters, and as the families
as a rule did not wish the police to
know the circumstances they en-
ployed private detectives. Thus the
outside world does not get to know
of half of the disappearance and
their causes.
Crime sometimes enters into these
sudden disappearance. p cool head
ed man of the world who has COM
mitted theft or felony either in busi-
, ness or private life will ltake 1t into
his head to disappear and make q
, fresh start In life somewhere else. A
few years ago a gentleman whose
family was high In the socia world
| vanished. He had been suspected OF
robbing his brother-in-law during a
| period OF pressure in the latter's bust
ness. The victim knew that IL he in
| formed the police his brother-in-law
would stand in danger of being prose
cuted, SO he handed the case over
to me. 1t was proved that the man
had actually been robbing him right
and left, but for the sake of his wife
he was allowed-and even assisted
to disappear.
"A husband walked out Of his fiat
In Marylebone n day and he was
not heard of. His wife searched for
three months herself, then came to
me. She knew her husband could
not have endured hardship or adven-
ture, because he was physically una
BILE to do much for himself. 1t was
a troublesome case, but eventually /
found the husband in a nursing home.
What had happened was that the
mans parents were strictly living
people, who did not go to the theater
and did not drink stout. They did
not think their sons wife-who did
those things-was good enough for
him, and they chose this means OF
getting him away from her."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
MiLL OWNER MISSING.

Sheriff Stewart OF Meade county Is
busy seeking James McGarr. a well
known and prosperous saw mill man
who for years past operated his plant
on Stage Barn canyon near Piedmont.
An employee has started suit. and has
levied on property belonging to Nc.
Carr, who has been missing since Dec.
10. The sheriff desires to locate him
in order to notify him Of the suit. II
Is thought he went to Minneapolis &c
visit q brother.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
SHY AT MAIL ORDER IDEA.
South Dakota Business Men Reject
Part Of Resolutions.

The state commercial clubs selected
Deadwood as the next place OF meet.
ing. The resolutions presented by the
committee did not meet the approval
OF the members, and were altered In
a number of places. principally where
they attempted to condemn the cata.
logue houses and the parcels post,
those subjects being held to be out.
side the province of the organization.
President Rice appointed the stand.
ing committees for the coming year
and matters of finance and representa-.
ton Of clubs were referred to the
committees appointed on those sub.
jests.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
SAYS GUILTY; ONLY FINED.
n. A. Jones, Brewery Agent Indicted
for Endorsement, Is Released.

tOT GIIbCz<iCffiCfthy 10 nCiCdSSos
Howard A. Jones, agent of the John
Gund Brewing company, against
whom a dozen or more indictments
were returned by the grand jury at it's
sitting last March, was released from
custody in circuit court at Huron and
all charges Of embezzlement against
him were dismissed. Mr.. Jones was
tried on one Of the indictments and a
verdict Of guilty returned. An appeal
was taken to the supreme court and a
new trial directed. Friday afternoon
Mr.. Jones asked the privilege of with.
drawing his plea of not guilty and en-.
tered a plea of guilty to the charge
upon which a plea had been taken.
The application was allowed, and after
entry Of a plea Of guilty, the court
imposed a fine of 500 and the pay.
ment of costs OF these actions to the
amount Of $500. Payment was made
and Mr.. Jones was released from Gus.
tody.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
rhr,shers Elect ofhcers,

At the midwinter meeting OF the
South Dakota T~hreshers' association
at Huron the election of officers took
place, with the following results:
President, B. F. Lyons of Redfeld;
vice president, A. c. Pattee Of Lake
Preston: treasurer, Hugh Sweeton OF
Hitchcock; secretary, w. N. Farmer
OF Huron. Arrangements have been
made for a state organizer, whose
duty It will be to organize subassocia
tions in each county in South Dakota
Plans foT the Icz. meeting, 70 Be
held in June, are being perfected.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
STEPS ON TONGUE; FALLS.
Aged Farmer Who Tries to Adjust
Harness May Die Of Injuries.

ss~SS way 80
John Groesbeck. an aged farmer e.
siding in Sanborn county, was perhaps
fatally injured as the result Of a mis-
hap while driving a team of mules.
While going along the road n Of the
check reins came unlocked, and with
the object of righting matters Groes-
beck stepped down IN the tongue Of
the wagon. However, he slipped from
the narrow tongue and fell to the
ground at the mules heels and direct
ly in front Of the wheels Of the wagon.
His fall frightened the mules, and
they started to run. Groesbeck's face
end head we're severely cut, two Of his
ribs were broken and his shoulder
blade was seriously bruised. His con.
dition Is critical.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Crushed by

New York. Feb. 4. - David Barrie,
Sir Thomas Lipton's representative in
this country when the Irish barvnet
raced Shamrock l. and Shamrock II.
for the Americas cup, was killed by
falling IN front Of a locomotive which
crushed him.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-28
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Christina Metsker Of South
Bend, Ind, was found not guilty of
the murder of Carleton Morgan. OF
South Bend whom she shot April 10
in front OF the home of Mrs. Mae
Green in Cassopolis, Mich. The YER
dict occasioned a remarkable demon
stration in the courtroom.
Walter S. Farmer, prominent mer-
chant of Colchester, Ind, was indicted
on q charge that he is responsible for
four fires which burned one-quarter
of the business section of Colchester.
Thomas w. Harvey, former teller OF
the defunct Enterprise National bank,
was sentenced at Pittsburg, Pa, to
seven years in the penitentiary.
Taft was Endorsed by Republican
conventions of California, Oregon,
Washington, Montana, North Dakota
and Alaska.
Socialists in convention at Chicago
nominated Debs for president.
Gov. Allen Gard of Lanao Province,
Philippine Islands, who was injured
by Moro bolomen recently, is not
dead, as has been reported.
1t was reported in Washington and
Chicago that Federal Judge Grosscup
would resign to practice law
DR.. Arthur l.. Kilbourne Of Roch.
ester, Mimi, was elected president
of the National Medico-Psychological
association at Cincinnati.
Gov. Hughes formally declared that
he would not accept nomination for
the vice-presidency.
Republicans of Michigan and Idaho
instructed their delegations for Taft.
H. Heath Bawden, professor of
philosophy at the University of Gin
cinnati, was asked by President G. w.
Dabney to tender his resignation be-
cause of his private views on mar
rage.
A son was born in Florence to the
Countess Montignoso, ex-Crown Prin-
cess Louise of Saxony, now the wife
of Signor Toselli.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-28
GENERAL NEWS,

Command of the great Atlantic
feet of battleships passed to Rear Ad
miral Charles Stillman Sperry, who
succeeded Rear Admiral Thomas:
The conference of governors al
Washington on conservation of the
nations natural resources ended after
the adoption of declaration of CO.
operation and suggestion that the
president call the conferees together
again in the future.
Five suits in action of debt aggre
eating $1,750,000, and for damages OF
$150,000, were begun by Attorney Gen
eral Stead and Gov. Deneen of Illinois
against the sureties of former state
treasurers and one former state aud
itor, for fees retained during their ad
ministrations.
The handsome Catholic church and
parish house at New Coeln, Wis,
were destroyed by fire.
President Roosevelt laid the corner
stone of the new home of the Interna-
tional Union of American Republics
in the presence of a throng of emf
nent persons.
The church and school of the I'm
maculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin
Mary in Cleveland, o., were complete
ly destroyed by fire.
Seven mine workers were instantly
killed and more than a dozen injured
in an explosion in the Mount Lookout
colliery at Wyoming, Pa.
Charles NJ. Krogh, an Omaha archi
tect, tried vainly to kill his wife at
Beatrice, Neb., and then committed
suicide.
Miss Carrie AIDE, who said she was
going to Washington to kill President
Roosevelt, was arrested as insane at
Louisville,
Nearly every building in the village
of Barrytown Landing, N. Y, was de
stroyed by fire.
Practically the whole population OF
the village of Belleghem, Belgium, sci
upon and killed a man who was caught
in the act of robbing the famous
chapel of the Virgin.
f. H. Smythe of Beloit, Wis,
wealthy retired farmer, committed
suicide on a train.
One man was killed, another wal
dangerously wounded, and a thirt
suffered broken bones when three
men shot up the town of Hanna
Okla.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-28
,OOOOOCOOCOOCOOOOOOOOOOCCS
NEWSN0TES|
| FOR The )
Most Important Happen {
ings of the World {
Told in Brief. !
IN CONGRESS-.

The senate substituted the Aldrich
currency bill for the Vreeland bill
passed by the house, and passed it.
The house passed the military acad-
envy appropriation and omnibus pub
lie building bills.
The Vreeland currency bill, agreed
upon by the Republican caucus, was
put through the house under special
rule by a vote of 1874 to las. Fifteen
so-called insurgents of the majority
party, voted with the Democrats, who
went on record solidly against the
measure.
The great sundry civil appropriation
bill, carrying a total of about $780,
100000, was passed by the senate.
The further consideration of the
Brownsville affair was postponed by
the senate until December 16 next.
The senate passed the house bill re-
storing the motto In God We Trust"
on coins of the United States.
The house agreed to the conference
report on the naval appropriation bill
and it went to the president for sigma
ture.
The senate passed the post office
appropriation bill.
Republican members in conference
adopted an emergency currency bill.
The house, by agreeing to senate
amendments, took the final congress
sional step to stop betting at the Ben
ming race track.
The senate passed the agricultural
appropriation bill.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-28
Mcpherson After BootIegaers


Des Moines.-Imposing sentence
upon James Logan, colored, who
pleaded guilty to "bootlegging" liquor
at Enterprise, coal mining town
eight miles northwest of the city,
Judge Smith Mcpherson of the United
States court, took occasion to adj
monish Logan and future offenders
that he proposed stopping the traffic.
Judge Mcpherson, addressing Logan,
said he had tried imposing fines and
It had not brought satisfactory re-
suits. II have tried to be as lenient
In the past as was consistent with
the duties of Judge" said the court,
hoping those who, violate the law in
this disreputable business would
take warning and abstain from fur
Their offending. But l suspect fines
are inadequate, and in future / shall
substitute terms of Imprisonment,
coping for better results. Perhaps
Imprisonment at Fort Leavenworth
may have more salutary effect.
Fines may be paid and forgotten, but
a term in prison at hard work will
abide in the memory of those who
pay the penalty. Hard work under
duress by this class of offenders, in
my opinion, is the severest penalty
that can be imposed. Therefore, Mr..
Logan, it is the order of the court
that you be committed to the military
prison at Fort Leavenworth for the
term of fifteen months. When you
have served out the sentence I APP
prehend you will return a better citi-
zen, having more respect for the
laws of the state and of the United
States"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-28
Can State Law Be NuIIified.

The question whether a federal
court by inaction may nullify the
acts of the state legislature is the
preplexing question which is con-
fronting the state board of railroad
commissioners. The Chicago Great
Western road, which is now in the
hands of a receiver, is the bone of
contention.
Farmers along the right-of-way of
the road have called the boards at.
tention to the fact that the road has
not constructed hog-tight fences along
the right-of-way as is required by
law. The road has been notified, but
replies that inasmuch as it is in the
hands of a receiver it can take no
steps until the federal court au-
thorizes such an expenditure of
money.
The railroad commission has re-
piled in turn, that it believes that the
inactivity of the federal court in the
matter does not except the road from
the regulations of the state concern
ing its operation. If the matter is
still left in allegiance the question
will be placed in the hands of the at
torney general.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-28
OBITUARY..

Mrs. Emily e. Woodley, famous civil
war nurse whom Lincoln commits.
stoned a captain, died in Philadelphia.
Smith w. Ketchum, prominent
business man of Detroit, died sudden,
ly in Buffalo.
Former Congressman ]. H. Rowell
of Bloomington, ILL.,, is dead.
Mrs. Helen E. Moses, national presi-
dent of the Christian Womans Board
of Missions, died in Indianapolis.
Ri. Rev. Ignatius F. Horstman,
bishop of the Catholic diocese OF
Cleveland, died at Canton, @.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-28

So many persons have patronized
the free public library in the Jewish
district of Brooklyn, New York, that
work on the new building for it has
been stopped, and architects are draw
ing plans for a much larger building
than was originally designed, says the
Youths Companion. On Washing
tons birthday, when the men have a
holiday, the temporary library was
crowded all day, and waiting line
was formed outside. So long as immi-
grants are so eager for learning as
this indicates, they will not endanger
ADaerican institutions.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-28

The Bank of Africa shareholders had
a meeting in LONDON not long ago, and
the opinion was expressed that the
prosperity of tne institution depended
largely upon the disposition of Ameri-
cans to buy diamonds. OF late Amer
leans have preferred to spend money
at home. This may be little rough
on the Bank of Africa, but on the
whole 1t is rather commendable, as
showing a disposition to further do.
nestle interests. And the whole affair
is another indication of the extent to
which the old world is relying upor
the new for gaining wealth.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-28

II the Chicago woman who drank to
tntoxication in order to give her hus
band an object lesson had first con
suited some one with common sense
she would have learned without the
aumiliating experience that morality
Ices not thrive on that kind Of teach
ing, and perhaps have saved herself
from a divorce scandal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-28
D ~ 6
Must Not Water Oysters.

Must Not Water Oysters.
State Dairy and Pure Food Com
missioner Wright says that his de-
partment Is going to put stop to
the practice of watering oysters. He
says:
when 1t is known that oysters
wholesale at $1.40 per gallon and
are sold at retail at SO cents the
quart, it is apparent at once that the
water and ice added is a real adul-
iteration, and that the dealer is sell
ing water at 35 cents per quart un-
the name of oysters. There is no
longer any excuse for this practice
because there are now in use spec
tally prepared packages for handling
oysters without the addition of ice
directly to them. A good many of
the wholesale firms are now selling
their oysters in gallon or larger
cans, the cans suitable for packing
in ice in convenient sized box or
other homemade receptacle.
'The fact should not be lost sight
of that the ice added is oftentimes
far from clean and wholesome, and
that the practice referred to is an
unsanitary one as well as illegal I'M
der the food statute"
During the past year the dairy and
food commissioners department has
successfully prosecuted $40 cases I'M
der the pure food law and thirty-five
under the dairy law as follows:
Adulterated catsup 10
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-28

Penny-in-the-slot machines for sell
Ing gas are so popular in London that
there is almost famine in copper
coins in that city. The British mint
Is coming four tons a day in an at
tempt to supply the demand. In 1907
1886 tons of pennies were taken from
the automatic gas meters. AS the
meters are opened only once in three
months, it can be seen that the
amount of coin taken out of circula-
ton by them is considerable.