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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-06-30
Indians Will Celebrate

Sisseton Indian Agency-The Sioux
Indians belonging at this agency in
order to show their patriotism have
decided to hold a rousing Fourth OF
July celebration, but instead OF being
satisfied like the whites to celebrate
only one day, they will commence
their celebration on July l and keep
it going steadily until the evening OF
July 8. 1t is expected that about g.
900 Sioux Indians from this and OH
er reservations of North and South
Dakota will be present from start to
finish and aid in the unique and long
drawn-out celebration.
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Will Build Temple
Observation-Disclosures Of Speal

Observation-Disclosures of Spear1sh
Lodge No. Is, A. F. & A. M. have for
some time felt the necessity for a
temple OF their own In which to hold
lodge and social sessions and have
agitated the question to a point where
a committee was appointed to make
an estimate OF the cost Of such a
building financing OF its erec-
ton. Upon a report of the commit
tee the lodge decided to build on o lot
they have owned here for twenty years
The building will cost approximately
$19>000.
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EMPLOYERS Aid Fund

Lead-After much urging by many
Of the employees OF the company, n
consideration of plans, superintendent
T. J. Grier of the Homestake Mining
company has issued a statement rela
tive to the proposed Employees Aid
Fund. Under the old plan when I'M
ion and non-union men worked to-
gether, the company deducted one dol
lar per month from each mans pay
check for the benefit fund for acct
dents and death and sickness among
employees or members of their family,
and on this fund the Homestake Hos
pital was conducted. In his state
ment he urges all those having OBJ
jections to the plan to file them before
June rs and they will be considered.
The offers to furnish offlce
room, bookkeeping and other clerical
help, do all the work in connection
with the fund and charge nothing for
its services, the funds to be applied
solely toward the relief Of employees
along similar lines as formerly. The
company also offers to contribute a
good sum to the fund monthly. The
plan is to be placed in the hands OF
a board of directors representing the
company and the employees.
Placer Mining In The Hills
Deadwood-Placer mining along
Rapid Creek and the other small
creeks in Pennington county and some
in the southern portion of the Black
Hills, is to be more than usually a
feature Of this summers mining. For
a number of years the summer yield
from placer mining in the Black Hills
has been in the neighborhood OF $10,-
600 and from present indications this
figure will be swelled this summer.
The Mystic-Castle Creek Mining &
Hydraulic company, with headquarters
in Denver, has contracted for a dredge
and is putting in a spur from Mystic
to the placer ground. The company Is
amply provided with funds and ex-
poets to accomplish considerable nv
draulic dredging during the summer.
The superintendent is Howard Evans
of Denver, a nephew of VIM. f. Evans,
the Denver Tramway magnate and it
is reported that the latter and some
of his friends are financing the
scheme.
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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,

DFBHi VI tiANNs
Company's Certificate of Authority.
Whereas. The National Insurance
Company, a corporation organized un-
der the laws Of Connecticut, has filed
in this office a sworn statement exhibit
ing it's condition and business for the
year ending December 81, 1909, con-
formable to the requirements Of the
the laws OF this state regulating the
business of insurance; and,
Whereas, The said company has filed
a duly certified copy of it's charter,
with certificate of organization, in COM
pliance with the requirements of the
insurance laws aforesaid;
Now, Therefore, | o.. 5. Basford, Com
missioner of Insurance of the State of
South Dakota, pursuant to the provi-
sions of said laws, do hereby certify
that the above named company is fully
empowered, through it's authorized
agents, to transact its appropriate bust
ness of Fire, Tornado and Hail In
surance in this state, according to the
laws thereof, until the 2Sth day of
February, A. ID. 1911.
In Testimony whereof, / have here
unto set my hand and official seal at
Pierre, this 3rd day of February, A. ID.
1910.
(Seal) o. S. Basford,
Commissioner of Insurance.
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Wintergreen Kills

Aberdeen-The ~4-year-old daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Drisco is dead
as the result of swallowing a quantity
Of Oil Of wintergreen. During the aft
ernnon a woman caller was at the
house, and the little girl opened he"
handbag. which contained a small bot
tie of oil Of wintergreen and drank it's
contents. The act was undiscovered
until she was taken violently sick.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-06-30
Report On School Fund

The state land department has just
completed the June s~emi-annual ap-
~portionment OF the income fund to the
schools Of the state, and for this pay
ment the total SEM out is $4S3,O1S.72,
which is at the rate of s2.96 for each
school child in the state, and is 81
cents greater on each child than any
other apportionment which has ever
been made by the department. The
amounts which go to each county are:
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Totals 80. 26,273 2o,335 ALAG
Congressional Vote

The county vote on congressman
shows that the voters sliced the pro-
gressive nominee for that office, then
turned back to Vessey, progressive, for
governor, Burke has a total of $685..
and Martin 81, 9O1. The progressives.
Thorson had 2S.222, and Schrader
26,72O. Burke's majority over Thorson
is 5,O32. and Martins majority over
Thorson 3,67s. BY counties the vote is:
Thar
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-06-30
STATE VOTE
IN COUNTIES
A Complete Summary Of the Vote
on Governor and Congress-
men by Counties
SOME
The List Shows How the Factions
Swung the Vote According to
Personal Preferences

Pierre, June 2S.-The vote for gov
ernor by counties Is shown by the Of
hcial u at the following figures.
Of 1926 over Egan. and a plurality Of
6037 over Elrod.
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This apportionment was made on a
school population of 1eS,1S2, an in
crease of 1882 owe the apportion-
ment OF last June, and 1t is 81 cents
per capita larger than for any other
apportionment ever made.
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Teeaas.. - s.254 1901 1922 2s.72o
Other Returns.
Judges Of the supreme court-E. G..
Smith 1870; j. H. Mccoy 42,l5a
Circuit judge. second district-Jo-
seph w. Jones. s.2S4; H. II. Keith
1sos.
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ANNUAL sTATEMFNT

For the Year Ending December Sist.
A. ID. 100
ArroNR eE'q FIRE INsURANCE coMe
PANY
Organized under the laws OF the State
of Connecticut, made to the Commits
South Dakota Pr suant 70 the laws
thereof. President. James Nichols; SEQ.
rotary, b. r. Stillman; incorporated
!, 1871. Home Office, 80 Pearl street,
1. CAPITAL STOCK.
Amount of Capital paid up.
Ledger Assets Gas per bal.
ance December Slst OF
III. IN L.
Total Premiums Colner han
perpetuals) ........... 5,60S,325.01
Gross interest and rents S35,5S2.6S
Profit on sale or maturity
of Ledger Assets ........ 51,0lT.22
From all other sources. S.42l.lo
Total Income $500 s,s4s.Ol
III. DISBURSEMENTS
Net amount paid for losses So, 1850, 1883
est or dividends ......... $50. 100000
Commissions or brokerage. 9S2 ,32S.7O
Salaries, fees and ell other
charr of officers, clerks,
pioy : s4s,sO2.S4
Rents, lilCluulnB dlllOunl loE
company's own occupancy l2,266.6S
Repairs and expenses (other
than taNes) on real es-
tate 5,1S5.S1
Taxes, licenses and insur-
ance department fees. 2Ol PASS
OF ledger Assets ........ 17,1S6.25
All other disbursements. 80. 21S,OOS.5l
Total Disbursements ....s4,9 55, SS3.66
Balance SIS, 800, 792.45
". LEDGER ASSETS
Book value of real estate
unincumbere ...........S AGO, 03S.SS
Mortgage loans on real es-
tate, first liens ........... 662, $4,000
Book value of bonds and
stocks excluding interest 6,5S7,S9O.2O
Cash in company's Office. l,540.17
Cash in bank ............. 4O4,I ll.42
Agents ALLIANCES .......... 7~S3,377.6S
Total ledger assets $500. IS, 900, 1924
NON-LEDGER ASSETS
Market value of real estate,
over book value .........$ lOl,148.S9
Market value OF bonds and
stocks over book value. S49,927.3O
Gross Assets So 1851, S6S.64
DEDUCT ASSETS NOT Admitted
Agents balances ..........$ 23,l6l.39
Total ....... .......... 23,16l.39
Total Admitted Assets. . . .sS,32S, 1928
". LIABILITIES
Net amount of unpaid losses
and claims ......,.,.....S 5O2,S35.Sb
Total unearned premiums. 4.6S5,577.2S
All other liabilities ........ 30O,0 100000
Total amount of all liza
bilities, except capital. . ..$5, 4SS,4 13.24
Capital actually paid up in
cash l,OOO,O OO.OO
Surplus over all liabilities. 2,S40, 294.01
Surplus as regards policy
holders 3,s40,Z94.Vl
Total SO, 1928, 1925
VI. RISKS AND PREMIUMS.
In force on the 3lst day
of December Of previous
year .................$ 995, 292, $4,000
Written or renewed dur
ing the year ........ . 1926, S74.00
Total 1,746,4 99, $500
Deduct those expired and
marked off as termin-
ated ....... 1873, $1,000
the year .......... 1881 ss, $4,000
Deduct amount REIN
sured 210, 2eS, g37.00
Net amount in force..s S21 ,O29, $500
BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH
DAKOTA DURING THE YEAR 1909
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Total Disbursements :.

Balance
". LEDGER ASST
Book value of real estate
unincumbered ........... /;
Mortgage loans on real es-
tate, first liens ..........
Book value of bonds and
stocks excluding interest
Cash in company's Office.
Cash in bank
Agents balances ....,.....
The Washington herald., 1910-07-10
OUR AMERICAN PEERAGE
Another Issue of the Ever-wecome who's Who" Proves
of Interest

life is compressed into them that what
one sees depends upon the observer. and
no two see alike. To one, the volume in
stantly suggests the age of actresses; 10
another, the degrees of scholars; to a
third, the decoration of an artist; to q
youngster, choice OF career; to an omit
ted celebrity, assassination; to a harassed
Journalist, a joyful short cut. To some
OF the people in its pages the volume
has suggested stranger things than these,
and this aspect, I take 1t. is the true
one; for the book must be what the
people are.
It would sound graceful to protest that
Who's Who is more absorbing than the
widest romance. 1t is nos. Who's Who
is not work which one would pluck
from the library shelf TO carry out to the
lawn seat You are not assured that you
viii enjoy reading 100 pages OF Who's
Who: but you might wonderfully profit
by them. Suppose, therefore, we pass by
the great and notorious names and Pc
ruse the lesser. for here
Fame seeks ont those It never sought before,
And some that once it sought Il seeks more.
An Abundance of seIf-reveIation.
Vanity is the cheapest Of human pas
sions; we give ourselves away for nothing
It would seem inconceivable that man
could tabulate the bare facts of his life In
such way as to betray this foible, but
defective eyesight precluded university
education" apologies a minor author
and a capitalist had Quilt probably the
most expensive hotel1 IN the metropolis
''Phya" is not a given name. It means
Marquis. as a diplomat TO an eastern
country is at pains TO explain. on pre-
fixing It to his name
A singer. as is natural. records that she
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Not long after our British grandparents
had stopped painting their bodies blue.
the most prominent citizen OF the island
resolved that list of all the other prom
inent citizens would be useful, II not en-
PERTAINING. This was simpler In 1856 than
It is in 1910. The prominent citizens then
were those left alive and. judged even
by our standards, they were the people
who had "done something" The Doons-
day Book was no more a social register
than Who's Who. The blunder came
later Instead of keeping the list down
10 date. It was much easier to put in
the names of the children OF the original
signers. We have the result: Burke's
Peerage is misleading, If not wholly use
less, seys the Boston Transcript
once a hero, not necessarily always a
hero. AS often as the tabloid hall Of
fame makes its reappearance between
red covers. we are reminded that fame
money. and wives are exactly alike
easier to have than TO hold. Among H.
0oo heroes and heroines competition IS
somewhat keen. Said one OF these very
Who's. 'It doesn't amount TO a hang 70
be In Who's Who, but it's awful to be
left out" Indeed, the distinction is a
bit negative Nobody knows you are IN
the volume until you die suddenly or get
into the divorce courts. Still. 10 have
been in once and not to have held down
the Job would go far 20 extinguish
career. Seven hundred and six careers
have been so blighted In the present is
sue.
The keynote OF chastened pride is
sounded for the profit OF the $500 new
immortais which the volume has added.
To turn these closely printed pages Is as
walking in a city street So much human
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sound is San Francisco settlement
worker who has been making himself a
big brother to boys. He is one OF the
youngsters; he has lived only twenty-six
years: he is not married. and the I'm
preston one gets is that he has been too
busy in behalf of other folks to think
much about himself. one way or the
other. His name is James Edward
Rogers II ouriousIy happens that an
other instance OF the same sort Is from
one OF the busiest and one OF the most
valuable women in Chicago. Yale made
her an A. NJ. last Wednesday, but that
is somewhat beside the point In an esti-
mate OF Jane Adams.
So there are the great super-great,
the near-great, and the would-be-great.
To these add another group: Those who
regard their careers with amused sur
prise tinctured with helplessness. They
happened Hartford contributes a ply
stefan who is a practical seaman and
holds a masters certificates; on whaling
voyage to Iceland two years. Specially.
nervous diseases" A graduate of Will
Jams College and the Harvard Law
School plunged in as police reporter on
the Minneapolis Journal; operated dis
pdtcu pOdb OulSiN0 EtEt Arthur Nhct
Nogi's army lay ia wait, and now Cor
should one say ''at PRESENT. manufac-
lures steel castings. 4 Cincinnati man
has combined music and medicine. APP
parentIy unable TO get clear OF either.
What busy clergyman was this: He
taught school: was drawn into the grain
and grocery business: became business
manager of q college; took UP the pub
fishing business; was elected president OF
the college whose finances he had admin
istered; entered the ministry, and ended
as a bishop. For convenience we may
give Washington as the address Of "a
soldier" Greater convenience OF title
would call him q soldier OF fortune. He
studied In Yale, Berlin, and Leipzig.
served with the British army In India.
Egypt. South Africa, and in recent years
has lectured Another at present Is a
theatricais manager, but this does not
necessarily imply that he will be one
long. BE has been, according TO his au-
tobioSsaphy, a miner, cowboy. brake
man, clerk. politician, reporter. and actor.
Not without surprise one reads mer-
chant or provision dealer after names OF
potahles. and sseayehes for the title TO
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Horse killed under him." says one. Or.
First u S. army officer on the captured
Confederate breestworks at the bloody
angle" Pennsylvania general came
in for the gallant and meritorious,'' be-
ing also C-wounded in face). Later,
serving against the Indians. he was. as
tells US ("severely wounded in foot'O.
The clergyman was also a Pennsylvania
who wrote author. :" followed by the titles
Of ffty-five books. On recovery and close
scrutiny, II is possible to make out that
the author" wss the superintendent OF
a religious publishing house; also. that
the titles smacked Of sermons. What he
said went with the printers. Another
clergyman describes himself IS world
wide traveller" and author OF Eternal
verities." This description is tolerably
complete For local flavor, several Mid
die Western notables. or even New
Workers. name, under Clubs the Har-
ward Union. A pork packer entered
Yale, but did not complete his course,
yielding TO request Of father that he
should return and relieve him of some OF
his business cares"
These things speak for themselves. Sem
fences are set down here with only the
thinnest saive Of anonymity. For acute
hero-worship. take Who's Who. Heroes
are not at their best telling how they did
IL. II only explorers and naval officers
could remember that Reading along In
its pages is to realize that as often as the
writer drops the catalogue style for the
narrative. he betrays himself.
Not So Conceited.
Let an exception OF two be recorded.
He was honored by President Roosevelt
and performed some important work. He
did it. said nothing and went back to his
regular occupation. He does not describe
himself as diplomat" educator" or
even 'publicist" He says (as very few
dol that he is business man" OF his
education Montgomery High School,
University Of Alabama 0eft In junior
Year,; Howard College 0eft in senior
year," And so on in meager details
which nevertheless somehow convey the
conviction OF a solid man who knows
himself for his worth and for no more
than his worth: neither secrettvs nor
boastful. His name Is Charles HarrIng-
ton Scott
Another man whose story has the game
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sions. This ought TO have certain valae.
Young men anxious to succeed" as the
veil is. should consult Who's Who for
next steps. At least. their success would
be equal to that Of their models. the only
question being whether anything sue
ceeds like success. and what we are will
ing TO pay
6till. these Inevitable titles. these medals
Of distinction. these IF. R. SIS" and
Mem. Roy. Goes grow less impressive
at the fftieth reading. After all, what is
the mae like? one would Ike 20 know.
To omit the obvious comments on the
current volume OF Who's Who would DO
TO ignore the new system OF cross-ref-
erences by families convenient though
not very importantly and the educational
figures by which we may ponderousiy
prove either the value OF the worthless
ness of university education. for one OF
the beauties OF the volume IS that by it
one can prove anything
Has Various Virtues.
None Of US would be so Grass as 10 deny
that we could do without this book For
various virtues We are bound to prize 81,
however much we may wish st could tell
us more-eould tell US. indeed. whether
this or that man was really worth know
ing
It is common mistake to confuse noto-
riety With usefulness. It is not worth
while 80 argue this point; the thing IS
true and no more need be said. The
quarrel with Who's Who, therefore, IS
this: It seeks cut and blows the breath
OF publicity on some hundreds OF people
who were working quietly and usefully.
You supposed that they were being held
up 10 banter for their photographs a
short while back. They were not; they
were being allowed to show for themselves
that they are far more admirable doing
their work than claiming the credit for
IL. & was seen that a few were big
enough not 70 betray vanity. But the
average-and a very good average-wers
mixing beneflcent service with labor for
their bread and butter, ana not able 70
classify motives.
This is not 10 say that WHO'S Who ia
vicious book: what II does say IS that the
daily lives Of these big and little heroes
is pleasanter reading than their own ac-
counts Of them. Anybody can talk i
takes man TO hold his tongue.
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was presented with valuable brooches
and bracelets by Queen Victoria" An
other diplomat refused the appointment
to Greece to stay in South America A
Western journalist imparts that, as can
didate for clerk of tho Appellate Court,
he received the largest vote ever given
any Prohibition candidate In that coun-
ty.'' Silent sympathy goes out 20 the
unknown dead who have had TO dwell
with some OF these living celebrities
Cynthia started life as a teacher OF
geology. That was back IN the seventies
This was TO have wasted her sweetness
She next appears as soprano soloist In &
metropolitan church choir. AS an In
spector OF customs for the government
she made many important seizures. -
She now writes good cheer articles for a
journal that shall be nameless. A capt.
talist catalogues his investments and adds
that he owns more than 10000 acres of
stock farms and once ran for mayor
Another, a woman publicIst, lectures on
total abstinence and frequently speaks
before Congressional committees" Who
would be rash enough 10 admit the au-
thorship OF seveuty-five Sunday school
books7 A dear old lady In spite of
every precaution, these pages cannot
avoid lending themselves to the ends Of
advertising, says young army officer OF
himself, writing a work on sign Ian
guages.''
Some Odd JuxtaDosftfons.
Invented a substitute for whalebone,"
cries Sunday school worker. We re-
main uncertain whether he is eminent
for his Sunday school or the whelebone
substitute. An educator describes her
self as teacher OF her own method. pat
ented and known as the Ump-tum Method
Of Expression A woman journalist con-
fdes, Divorced. Began newspaper work.
doing 'spI' almost at once" Or this
thoughtful parenthesis Of q Western uni
versity president: Frequently gives nd
dresses on Negro and Indian problems
The preface explains that all soldiers
above the rank Of colonel are included
regardless. From reading most Of the
military biographies one infers that the
soldiers did not read the preface For
pOmpous condescension, the generals lead
Gallant and meritorious conduct is a
part OF the routine OF their antobiogra-
phies. They ays conddlpg as % wounds.
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kept up among the cadets themselves.
A liar or coward is Stunned by all his
comrades, and student guilty OF con-
duct unbeeoming en- officer and a gentle
man has his connection with the army
at once cut short
From what has gone before,s Il may be
seen that the system presented by Pro-
feSsor Holden. and which is enforced at
the Military Academy. possesses advan-
tages that no other can supply. The
moral obligation entered into, and which
transforms the man IN single day or
hour, is the oath OF ONCE administered.
an obligation paramount, immediate. and
continuous
At a conference OF the head master OF
the great English public schools one of
the speakers severely arraigned the ira
ditional educational methods the schools
were forced to employ in order TO pass
boys as officers into the service. milf
tary correspondent OF the Pail Mail Ga
zette, criticising the Sandhurst and
WOolwich methods. declares the British
3utfprities admit that West Point Is in
advance OF anything in England. He
describes the democratic and severely
competitive system in vogue there, say
ing: Education at West Point is serious
AApANA6AUES1 ilAu al extension
OF attachments. Its principle Is con-
trolling education. together with the
knowledge OF how 20 make use OF e.
Like all exceptionally good education, It
is enormously costly, perhaps the most
expensive in the world But IN many
ways IL IS said to be by far the best.
An exhaustive comparison of West Point
with our own military colleges, as edu-
cational mediums. is to the disadvantage
OF our institutions"
Glass Grading Necessary.
It has long been a mooted question
whether the class grading Of cadets at
the time they leave the Academy should
be accepted as evidence Of ability that
shall determine success in after-life II is
cestain that at no other institution In the
country is class standing such an ac-
curate gauge of scholarly attachments IN
the course OF study pursued, as at the
United States Military and Naval acade-
mics. There are however numerous In
stances where, IL the course OF study
were more extended in point Of time, the
ultimate grading Of class members would
be materially altered
It Is well understood that at all insti-
Introduced IN thsss pages with the consent Of
the Proiess1.