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traveller. in 1735, and from Carthe- genia by C. Wood. who procured 1t iE Jamacia. Ulloa speaks of the punl' mel of a sword" being made of it.
 Ninety-five per cent of commercial platinum has come hitherto from the Ural Mountains of Russia, which up to 1907. produced 6.OoO.0o0 ozs. CTroyl crude platinum, to which we may add Is million ozs. stolen by the miners and clandestinely sold. In 1906. i2o platinum placers were exploited, em' ployiug 6.20o men. who washed 1,SS6,. 900 tons of alluvium with an average of 0.09 ozs. crude platinum Der ton o' gravel. The Ural r'atinun market is in the hands of English and French companies. Russia does not consume much and about S0To of the whole platinum output goes to England and France. The whole Ural output is about 5000 900 ounces annually. The United States is the greatest con. sumer.
 The minine Industry.
 Exceeding high price for platinum that prevailed in 1906 and 1907 stin' ulated research for new productive To- calities all over the world. and in this country the United States Geological Survey took the matter up and tested the black sands of the Pacific coast and Oregon. which contained cOnsid- erable platinum. Platinum is found in the clean-ups of placers, especially on the Pacific coast. An interesting re- suit of the geological research was that they traced the source and ori- gin of the alluyial platinum to cer- tain dark-green volcanic rocks called peridotite-
 To show how small! is the pTodac- tion of this metal in the United States, in 1904 it was onfy 200 OZs. Troy. and in 1905 SIS oZs.: the increase being due to the work Of the survey and the increased attention paid to the black sands of the Pacific coast The price of platinum per ounce in the United States has varied from SEQ to S3S
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 EsCh.. Q. S. A.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
CAMPAIGN FOR
MORE DAYLIGHT
Movement To Set Back Clock and
Start Business Two Hours
Earlier

Washington, May 17.-President
Taft today promised to take up with
the cabinet tomorrow the interna-
tional question of more daylight.
A delegation from Cincinnati rep
resenting the National Daylight
association called upon the president
and requested him to take the ini-
tiative reform movement directed
against the clock.
The idea of the movement IS to
begin the day two hours earlier in
the summer and give longer hours
for afternoon and evening recrea-
ton. 1t is proposed that on May |
the clock shall be turned back two
hours, the readjusted time to re-
main in effect until October |. 1t
was explained to the president that
little progress could be made in the
change desired by the association
without the support of the national
government
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
twenty Eighth Year.
HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 'o9
Ten Graduates Make Their Bow
To Public Next Thursday

Friday, May %, closes the present
school year, and at that time ten
graduates will finish their connec-
tion with the Miller schools. Thurs
day. May 27, has been selected as
Class Day, and on that evening the
members Of the class will give an
entirely original program at the
opera house to which the public is
invited. The program will consist
of music, class history. class proph-
ecy, class poem. etc.
Friday, May 2S is Commencement
Day proper, and that evening pro-
gram will also be rendered at the
opera house, consisting of the class
address, music, and presentation of
diplomas.
The members of the class of '0c
are, Misses Mae Walsh, Katherine
Catalan, Elizabeth Halloween, Floy
Corbett, Vera Kenyon. Ethel. Etts
and Ethelyne Berry, Will Saltmarst
and Russell Bard.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
GLENDALE

Mrs 0. K. Stevens is fast recover
ing from the effects Of being thrown
from a buggy in a runaway a few
weeks ago.
Paul Drew, of St. Lawrence, is
working for G. B. Taylor.
Government surveyors have been
at work in this neighborhood since
last Tuesday.
L. L. Porter is breaking with his
steam plow in northeast Mondamin.
G.. II. Porter and w. +. Deardorff
made a business trip to Huron last
Saturday.
w. w. Cotton, of st. Lawrence,
made a flying trip to Glendale this
week.
Mr. and Mrs E. II. McCool visited
at Oren Stevens Sunday.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
REE HEIGHTS

Mr. Ramey's new barn shows UP
nicely with its new coat of red paint
put on by Wenrick and Mooney.
Mr. Mooney IS both a painter and
paper hanger.
Messrs Ramey and Craig are put.
ting in concrete Easements for new
houses north of the track. Mr. Gage
is building a fine house south of
town just out of the city limits.
Ole Bros, of Miller, are doing the
work, as soon as they finish that
they will commence Will Gardner's
new house.
MrWenrick's new house is ready
for plaSterlng.
Rec Heights is booming, and don't
forget it.
Mr. Jonn Gorder. of Wisconsin;
has purchased the Richmond hotel
and with his family took possession
last week, and will conduct a first
class hotel.
Mr. and Mrs Richmond have had
charge of the hotel for nearly six
teen years, but age and poor healt.l
compel them to take a rest from
such hard work.
Steam breakers are seen in all
directions, and hundreds of acres
will be broken
Robt. Waring and wife visited at
Fred Sieman's over Sunday. While
setting up some machinery, Bob
had the misfortune to get a piece of
steel in his eye. causing intense pain.
He took a trip to Highmore Monday
afternoon, where a physician re-
moved it.
Miss Emma Puffer returned Sat
urday night from two weeks visit
with relatives in Sioux City. 1t was
her first visit to the city, and she
enjoyed it very much.
Rev. C. l.. Starr is at Sioux Falls
this week attending the state asso-
citation of the Congregational church.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
Penalty For Starting Fire

Sioux Falls Argus. "A dispatch
from Washington to the Argus Lead
er brings the news that a warrant
has been sworn out for the arrest
of young man, now in Indiana,
whose carelessness in starting fire
is alleged to be responsible for a
disastrous prairie fire which recent
lv swept over the country in that
vicinity. Barns, stacks of hay, and
and buildings were burned at a
great loss, and the farmers who lost
so much desire to have an example
made of the young man 20 whose
alleged carelessness the fire was due,
If convicted, he is liable to imprison-
ment in the penitentlary, and if
financially responsible, could be
made the victim also of money
judgement for the damages sus-
tanned.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
REALTY TO STATE
IF NO HEIRS
Atty-Gen. Clark Calls Attention
To the Provisions of Chap
ter 1O4

Pierre, May 15.-Attorney Gener-
al Clark is sending a circular letter
to county judges over the state, call
ing their attention to the provisions
of Chapter 104 of the laws of the
last legislative session. This chapter
provides a specific manner in which
the state may proceed to secure
property which has been escheated
to the state, where there are no
heirs to an estate. There has been
a statute in existence for many
years providing that such property
shall come to the state, but there
was no specific manner of procedure
in such cases provided for. The pro-
visions of Chapter 104 provide a
specific manner of action. placing
the duty in the hands of county
judges, and the attorney general is
calling their attention to the matter,
to find if there is any such property
in any of the counties which has not
been looked after.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
SCHOOL NEWS
OF THE CITY
High School Commencement

Plans for the high school COM
mencement are about perfected,
although there are many little de-
tails yet to be arranged. The Bac-
calaureate sermon will be given at
the Presbyterian church next Sun
day morning. On Thursday evening
of next week will occur the Class
Day exercises. A small admission
fee will be charged on this evening
defray expenses. On Friday even
ing of next week will occur the
regular Commencement address and
exercises. The exercises Thursday
and Friday evening will take place
at the opera house.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
OVER 1000 MILES
OF NEW BRANCHES
Milwaukee Building Feeders For
Coast Line

Chicago, May Reconstruction
on branch lines, which will add more
than 200 miles to the Pacific extern
sion of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul railroad. will soon be under
taken by that road.
The territory to be subdivided
heretofore has been controlled by
the Hill lines. The activity of the
St. Paul road in the opinion of rail
road officials will mean a substantial
cut into the traffic volume now en-
joyed by the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern lines.
Surveying parties working in the
interest of the Hill, Hartman and
st. Paul roads are racing neck and
neck through untapped country of
the Northwestern states, laying out
competitive routes, closely followed
by picked construction gangs in
charge of the most experienced en-
glneers in the employ of these Dads,
Every energy is being bent to
have the new lines IN operation as
soon as possible. Engineers who
have been to work nearly year on
the Pacific coast extension of the ST.
Paul road, together with several
surveying parties. instead of being
given a respite from their arduous
work upon the Pacific coast exten,
sion main line, have been hurriedly
dispatched to this highly competitive
| territory to hasten the work there.
New branches planned by the ST.
Paul road at this time are:
From Wakpala, S. D, westward
for $50 miles through the Cheyenne
Indian reservation.
From Wakpala northwest $50
miles through the Standing Rock
reservation.
From Missoula, Mont, north to
Fernie, B. C.. 240 miles.
Southward to a vast fruit raising
country in Idaho.
From Beverly, on the Columbus
river, $50 miles from Han1ord.
Wash. and from Tacoma 100 miles
west to GraY'S HarhOr.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
TWINE FACTORY
ATPENITENTIARY
Something About The Process By
Which Twine is Manu-
faCtured

Sioux + talls, May 1S.-The twine
factory at the state penitentiarv is
running every day at about half its
capacity, the output being limited
by the number of skilled laborers
that are available to work in the
new plant. New men are being
broken in, and when there are
enough to run the plant to its full
capacity, 5 tons of twine will be
turned out every day. At present
the plant is turning out $500 pounds
of twine day.
The building in which the plant is
located is substantially built, con-
tanning two stories and boiler room
basement. The boilers have capaci-
ty for furnishing power, heat and
light for the entire penitentiary
and the old power house will be dis
continued
no" iNine is Waue
Twine is made from two classes of
raw material, MANILA and sisal,
This fibre is shipped in bulk and run
through nine machines before it is
ready for the weaving room. These
machines break and comb the fibre
and reduce it to the proper size to
weave into tWine. 1t then goes into
the weaving room, where the pro.
cess is very simple, consisting simply
in twisting the strands Of fibre into
twine, There are fifty spinning ma.
chimes on the upper floor of the
plant
The manila fibre is superior tc
the sisal, but the latter is popular
among the farmers who imagine
that it is not attacked so readily by
crickets. 1t is a coarse twine and
makes 500 feet of twine to the pound
while the MANILA makes $50 feet to
the pound. The MANILA comes
from the Philippines and the slsal
from Yucatan.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
Railroad RumOrS

Pierre, May l5.-At a meeting of
the stockholders of the Duluth,
Pierre & Black Hills railway COM
pany held here last evening, the Off
GERS selected were: George w. Saw
yers of Minneapolis, president; A.
M. Vert of Pierre, vice president;
L. G. Scott of Minneapolis, secretary;
John |. Newell of Pierre, assistant
secretary; and w. w. Cole of Mime
apolis. treasurer. The Minneapolis
men are all officers of the Minneap-
oils & St. Louis railway and it is
generally rumored that the company
will take UP the grade between this
city and Aberdeen and make an
operating line of these. Mr. Saw
yers, the new president, is general
council for the Minneapolis & St.
Louis.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
NORTH HAND

The Thompson Bros, of FairvieW.
had the misfortune TO lose their
barn and horses by fire on Sunday
afternoon. The trouble came from
the explosion of a gosoline stove
which they were using for domestic
purposes.
Herman Gross, of Harrison, drove
to Orient Saturday.
Miss Blue and Miss Whythee, of
Harrison were in Orient Saturday.
Elder Davis and wife visited at H.
G. Rudd's Thursday,
D. V. Hall, Mrs Hull and Porter,
of Spring, were in Orient Saturday.
Mr. A. Sebring, and Ethel and
Inez Sebring, of Park, attended
church in Orient last Sunday.
Wickers, Blatchfords, Houdeks,
and Peterkays were delivering hogs
last week at Orient.
Carrie Matter, of Spring, attend
ed Catholic church services at Orient
on Sunday.
Walter Rudd, Of Park. was doing
business in Orient on Saturday.
G. w. Rudd, of Miller, was in
Spring during last week. He re-
turned home on Saturday by the
way of Howell.
Annie Eggerling and her father,
of Fairview, drove to Orient Satur-
day.
Joe Echenbaum, of Howell, went
home for visit Sunday. He is
working for Joe Struif.
Henry Eggerling. of Fairview,
drove to Miller Friday, returning
Saturday.
Joe Costin, of Dyersville. Iowa, was
visiting at August Shaefer's last
week.
Martinmas Bros. marketed hogs
at Orient last Saturday.
Mrs John Weiss. of Tennis, drove
to Orient last Saturday.
Joe Bird, of Howell, who has been
breaking for DR.. Mitchell of Orient,
has quit the job for a time. Too
dry.
Hogs sold on the market in Orient
Saturday for S6.25.
Mike Allen. of Center Spring, one
of the newcomers, is breaking for
flax.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
SCHOOL LANDS
AT $42 AVERAGE
Sale of School Lands i'm Eleven
Counties

Pierre, S. D. May l5.-The sales
of school lands this year brought a
total of 1864 ,161 .96 to add to the
permanent school fund, selling at an
average of $42' per acre for raw
land. In these same counties i'm
proved lands bring $40 to $25 per
acre higher. according to the class
of improvements.
The sales by counties were; AurO-
ra, 664 acres at an average of S39. l6;
Charles Mix, 2,416 acres at $44.65;
Clark, 3,477 acres at 1928; Day,
!, $50 acres at $3S.02; Douglas, S61
acres at $46.70; Gregory 5,238 acres
at $39.75, Jerauld, 320 acres at $39.37
Miner, | ,480 acres at $4O97; Mime
haha, LILO acres at $5l.72; SanbOrn,
so acres at $40; Sphinx, 3,2l8 acres at
$45.23. This is general average of
$42 for the sales over the whole
state. With the rest or the landS OF
the state sold at anywhere near the
average for this year, the total
school fund will go over 500, 900, ,0CC
and will bring a revenue which viii
practically MAINTAIN the schools OF
the state without local taxation.
The state will this year distribute
over $50O,00 to the schools as the
income from the permanent fund
and the money received from leases
and in future years will increase that
sum. Some of the schools of the
state are now being maintained
through this fund, and the number
will increase each year as the
amount of the fund increases, anc
in each such instance there will bt
no local taxation for school purposes
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
TO ORGANIZE
NEW COUNTY

Pierre, May Ex-Governor Vessey
has issued his proclamation fixing
Tuesday, July l3 as the date for an
election for the organization of Cor
son county, which was created by
the last legislative session out of the
territory between Perkins county
and the Missouri river in the north
ern part of the state. The election
is for the selection of county officers
and a temporary county seat, This
will probably mean a fight between
Morristown and Wakpala for county
seat honors.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
WoonsOcket vs.. Miller

The high school track team have
secured date with the WoonsOcket
team Saturday, May p, the contest
to be pulled off in this city. The
girls basket ball team will accom-
pany the boys and will play the local
team Saturday morning at the
grounds in the school yard. Then
in the afternoon the track teams
will pull off their meet at the Fair
grounds. According to the records
that both teams have made already
this season, they are very evenly
matched, although the Miller boys
are confident of victory. 1t is hoped
that there will be a large attendance
to encourage the boys in their work.
The Miller high school athletic
team decided, at the last moment,
not to attend the high school meet
at Aberdeen last week. The reason
for abandoning the trip was not
given. The Woonsocket team is
expected to contest with the locals
here next Saturday.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
LAND RULINGS
BY SECRETARY
In South Dakota Case Rejects
Contest For Non-Contin-
u0uS Residence

Washington, May 15.-In his deci-
sion in the land contest of Mitchell
VS.. Moon, involving a homestead
claim in Lyman county, South Dako
ia. Secretary Ballinger has, 1T is said
by those who have been following
such decisions closely, reversed the
policy of former Secretary Garfield
as to the requirement that entrymen
shall reside continuously on the land
In this case the entryman had
been on the land for about fourteen
months, during the last eight of
which he had made some improve
ments and started cultivatlng, going
on his claim probably three or four
times a week. The contest was Sus-
tanned by the local officers and the
commissioners of the general land
office on the ground of non-contin.
uouS residence.
The secretary, however. reversed
the decision or the lower officers and
dismissed the contest. He stated
that while the residence and cult,
walton probabl y would not be suffi-
cient to permit of the acceptance of
final proof, it was sufficient to show
good faith on the part of the entry
man and contest against the entry
could not be sustained on the ground
of abandonment.
Under the Garfield administration
Of the interior department, entry.
men were required to reside contin,
uously on their holdings, and the
smallest detection from that rule, il
is said, was held to be sufficient
ground for cancellation of the
entry.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
SPRING LAKE

Mr. A. M. Caulk has sold his farm,
and will look over Nebraska and
Oklahoma with view of locating.
Miss Carrie Hershman, of Wolsey,
is visiting her sister Mrs Winsell.
Peter Geiver and Amos Vinegar
have their corn all planted.
Mrs Smith and son Floyd, who has
just returned from Washington.
visited w. J. Morrow's Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs Mary Bailey is spending a
week with her mother, Mrs Frahm. .
Mr. and Mrs A. V. Vinegar made
a trip to Gam Valley last week.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
INVENTION TO
PRODUCE RAIN
Wisconsin Farmer Claims Patent
That Works Through Ether
On Clouds

Muskegon, Mich. May 17.-That
he can break any long continued
drought with ease and that by means
of ram making machine he is able
to produce precipitation when the
land requires it, is the statement of
James II. Anderson. well known
farmer of Egelston township. who
claims that much of the heavy rains
here during the past month are due
to experiments he has conducted.
When one first nears the Ander-
son farm veritable forest of tall
poles can be seen. At the end of
each of these square of fine wire
netting. supported by copper and
steel bars, which are connected to a
wire which runs to the ground, is
placed, and it is from these squares
that the current is projected into
the air. setting the ether waves in
motion.
Anderson says that the problem
of inducing rain under certain con-
ditions is very simple and that when
clouds carrying moisture pass over
any particular locality, all that is
necessary is to set the ether waves
In motion. rain following shortly
afterwards. Anderson is a veteran
of the civil war and says that the
rain following heavy canonading was
what first set him to thinking,
By means of gigantic induction
coils and immense accumulators.
Anderson projects an electrical cur
rent consisting of thousands of volts
into the air. The secret of his in
vention lies in his ability to project
this current from the screen in such
way as to set the ether into mo-
ton, and this he says was only ac-
complished after years of unremit-
ting labor. The slight vibratory
motion, as it reaches the clouds. is
supposed to bring about the desired
precipitation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
WIFE MURDERER
SHOT BY POSSE

Pierre, May l7.-Bill Lansing, a
homesteader on the county line be-
between Stanley and Lyman coun-
ties, killed his divorced wife by
choking her with a towel and then
crushing her head with a hammer.
A posse IN searching for Lansing
found him barricaded in his shanty
on his homestead defying them to
attempt to take him. After a short
battle, in which a number of shots
were fired from the house and by
the posse, Lansing was riddled with
bullets and found dead in the shack
when the possee entered.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20

The annual pest of dandelions is
beginning to appear on the lawns
about the city, and the fight for
their determination should be begun
Immediately. A solution of two
pounds of sulphate of iron in a gal
Ion of water is claimed to be the on
ly sure method of spraying them.
But a jack knife AMI a nimble hack
is also a sure cure.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
Surveyors at Work

A gang of surveyors arrived in
Miller last week and began running
a line south from a point near the
c.. & N. w. track four miles west of
town. What their purpose is no one
about town seems to know. 1t is
given out that they are working for
the state, but some think it is a
railroad survey.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
LITTLE QUAKE
IN MONTANA

Great Falls, Mont, May 15.-Ar
earthquake shock was felt here to,
night. 1t was also felt at Choteau
Havre, Wagner and other points,
showing that it prevailed generally
over northern Montana. While nc
serious damage was done the shock
was sufficient to throw things from
shelves.
Helena, Mont, May 15.-At 9:15
p. m. an earthquake shock lasting
several seconds was felt. The only
damage reported is that of a resi-
dence in which a 40-foot front wall
was thrown down. The wall was
ten feet high and two feet through.
The earthquake which shook Mon
tana and North Dakota Saturday
was distinctly felt in the western
part of this state. Different points
in the Black Hills report three dis
tinct shocks, moving furniture about
the rooms, etc, although no serious
damage was experienced.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
Notice

Notice is hereby given that the
next regular teachers examination
will be held in the Miller high school
building. Thursday and Friday.
June 10 and IL, beginning at nine a.
m. on the opening day.
BY order of State department.
Margaret Drthie,
23-t4 Co. Supt.