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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19

1T was that the French and American
engineers struggled against appalling
odds for years. You cannot realize
that out of this single stretch OF the
canal 5000. 900 cubic yards of earth
have been dug and that another TO- |
100000 will be taken out before tie
canal Is pronounced complete. But
begin your day with a climb down the
long flank OF an earth slide" 70 the
bottom OF the cut, and then try to
scramble out again. II you succeed
In either of these ventures, yoii will
have found at least one way of COM
Ing to an appreciation Of its stipend
Gus proportion. and what the digging
OF Culebra cut mean to the men who
have almost finished digging 1t.
Down In Crlebra cut, where giraffe
like drills are boring into the bed
rock Of the isthmus, and long dirt
trains are Gathering away with what
remains Of the foundations of Mount
Culebra and Gold Hill. one is literally
overwhelmed by the magnitude OF
this, the canal-diggers' greatest ac-
complishment. At the bottom Of the
cut you gaze toward the crest Of Gold
Hill. towering into the sky, a thou
sand feet above. Up there, where
Balboa is said to have climbed to see
both the oceans, the tall palm rec
are bending to the breeze, but here
the workers arc sweltering In the dead
heat of the midday sun, far down in
the foundations of the earth. ,
At the Bottom Of the Cut.
II you go down to the Panama canal
this winter, go down into Culebra cut.
Try there to make yourself heard
against the din Of the steam hammers
and drills; against the incessant dull
thunder Of the dynamite blasts;
against the crunch and bite of the
steam shovel; against the scream OF
the locomotives and the crazy clatter
Of the dirt cars. Dodge about the
labyrinth of tracks. to escape the ten
mile-an-hour onslaught of the buster
ing engines, as they make their way
toward the sea, hauling their strings
OF laden cars; get close beneath n
Of those long-armed steam shovels
which swings it's tons of rock and dirt
in every direction with such seeming
recklessness. At last lose yourself
among the swarms of human ants who
are shoveling away the soft dirt that
has come down the long slope Of
Mount Culebra In one OF the Slides
that one so often reads about.
After all this, IL you are not fairly
staggered at the immensely of the
accomplishment of our engineers, then
you are of stuff less impressionable
than the isthmian rocks. For Culebra
cut is the masterpiece of the $500, 000.-
900 canal job; it's completion will rep
resent the ultimate fulflment of the
work. The locks and gates at Gatun,
Miraflores, and Pedro Miguel are won-
derful, In that they represent the
largest of their kind in the world.
So also is the Gatun dam, which has
made possible the impounding of the
dirty Chagres river water in the Gatun
lake, and which has made out Of an
entire countryside an inland sea. But
Culebra cut transcends them all. Hers
Is not merely the largest thing OF it's
kind. Here the Continental Divide.
the rocky backbone of the Americas,
has been carved through, after defy
ing all the efforts of the French for
twenty years. A mountain has been
hewn away.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
IN DENIAL.
District Attorney Says He Will Not
Resign His office.

Mitchell.-An unauthorized state
ment was sem to the outside press ear
ly last week p%urporting to be the atti-
tude Of United States District Attor-
ney Wagner with reference to his res
igation from his position, it being as
serted that he would resign in a short
time in order to give President Taft a
chance to appoint some other Repub-
lican to the position before he retires
next March, in order to continue a Re-
publican in office. Mr.. Wagner's term
does not expire until April. Concern
ing the story Mr.. Wagner authorized
the following statement: Il cannot
see where the correspondent who SEN
out the story got any foundation for
it. / am not going to resign before my
term is out, nor have l had any such
idea in mind at any time. The dispatch
may have Leen sent out simply to
L a little worry in the Democratic
ranks, but it was sent out without my
knowledge or the authorization of my
friends"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Loses Wheat Crop WAGER.

Aberdeen.-As the result of a wager
on the result of his wheat crop this
year, w. E. Burton, one of the most
extensive and prosperous Brown
county farmers as we'll as one of the
very early pioneers of the county, will
take his wife for a two months trip
through Canada to visit her parents
and other relatives and friends. This
fall when the reports of wheat going
from Is to 80 bushels to the acre be-
gan to come in, Mr.. Burton doubted
the v~eractiy of the reports and wag-
cred his wife that if his wheat aver
aged 25 bushels to the acre he would
take her to Canada. When the har-
vesting reports were turned in it was
found that his wheat had averaged a
fraction over 20 bushels to the acre.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Girls "Put One over" on Boys.

Aberdeen.-The girls of the third
year class Of the Aberdeen high school
odtnumber the boys nearly two to me.
At a meeting of the class to discuss
plans for the annual class dinner, the
girls took a base advantage Of their
numerical strength, and proceeded to
vote things" on the boys. AS a conse-
Quence the boys were placed on all
the committees to prepare and serve
the banquet. And then, as a climax,
the girls limited the appropriation
from the class treasury, to be expend-
ed for the banquet, to the sun of SO.
The boys of the third year class are
unanimously of the opinion that equal
suffrage would be a bad thing for the
country, but express a determination
to show the girls that a crowd of boys,
with so, can serve a pretty good feed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19

looking about him when a small. warm
hand was cuddled into his and d
child's voice said:
Please take are of me till nam,
ma finds me-I'm lost!"
1t was a little girl, and on her face
was both q smile and a look of en-
treaty.
why, Of course" replied the out,
law, pressing her hand and drawing
her back a little. 80 you came here
with your mother after Christmas
things and got separated?"
That's 1t, only l think she ran away
from me so that l shouldn't know
what Santa Claus was going to bring
me tomorrow night"
81 hope it will be something nice"
"Oh. 1t will be. Are you buying
something for your little girlf"
Moo"
Maybe she's dead?"
Il don't know"
The girl looked up and noticed the
grave expression on the outlaws face,
and cuddled closer to him and said:
I'm sorry II l have hurt you. Nam.
ma says l talk too much. I've just
thought that maybe you arc not mar
ried at all?"
Il guess that's pretty near It." re-
piled the outlaw as he tried to laugh,
but made poor work of 1t.
We'll, Il you haven't got any little
girl l haven't got any papa. What
you going to buy.
why, whatever you say?"
but not for me?"
yes, for you. Well select some.
thing, and then when your mother
comes I'll ask her If she'll let you have
it."
81 hope she will. You look to be
such a nice man that she shouldn't re-
fuse. l picked you out as the very
incest man that CAME along" -
Thank you," said the outlaw as he
felt his heart grow big. Now, then,
about this doll. Real hair, eyes that
wink, pink shoes and almost as big as
you are. She'll be a sister to you"
And how much is it,"
"Only ten dollars"
"My, but can you pay that much! II
you can you must be rich"
But you see l have no little girl Of
my own"
That's so. Isn't Christmas nice?
Do you know-there's mamma over
there! Let me run and tell her"
The outlaw turned his back on the
crowd and gritted his teeth and
winked his eyes. He had been hit
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Killed on Way to Ohio.

Huron.-W. w. Thomas, who left
here with several carloads of stock,
implements and household goods last
week, expecting to locate on a farm in
Ohio, was accidentally killed in Chica-
60. At Hyde Park he alighted from
his train and was struck by a passing
locomotive, death resulting in a few
hours. Mrs. Thomas and a daughter
were visiting friends here awaiting
the arrival of Mr.. Thomas and goods
in their new home.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19

MITCHELL. p. Anderson, residing
near Armour, was accidentally killed
while driving home In his farm wag'
on. The road had been recently work
ed and a high grade was made, which
Mr.. Anderson was not aware OF. The
wagon tilted and he was thrown from
the seat, f%racturing his skull and injur-
ing him internally. The team went
home alooe aad & search was begun
for the missing man. He was found
lying at the foot of the grade and
taken to a farm house near by. A few
hours later he died. He was 3S years
I'D and leaves a wife.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Killed hx Own Gun.

Mitchell.-Ernest F. Gerbach, who
resided on a farm nea Amherst, S. D.,
met death accidentally. Gerbach pick.
ed up his gun when he started for the
field, and in some manner the gun was
discharged, the shot tearing away a
portion of the left side of his face.
Gerbach was found when the owner
of the farm went out to see why no
had not gone to the field. He had
just bought a farm and intended to
take possession of 1t this winter.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Dental Meeting at Huron.

b Huron.-The ~Huron-Watertown Dis
trict Dental society held it's annual
meeting in Huron last week, regular
business being attended to, officers
elected and papers read by a number
of members. Following are the officers
for the coming year: President, DR..
w. F. r. Whorton, Huron; vice presi,
dent, DR.. E. II. Wilson, Miller; secre,
tary-treasurer, DR.. S. w. Ullom, HUI
ron; district member Of tie executive
board of the state society, Dr.. C. Z.
Stutenroth, Redfeld. The next dis,
trict meeting will be held in Redheld
or the second Tuesday in October,
1913.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Made IL Work.

A week before the Christmas holi.
days an undergraduate wished to start
home. thus gaining a weeks vacation
on the other students. He had. how
ever, used up all the absences from
the lectures which are allowed, and
any more without good excuse would
have meant suspension. In a guam.
dairy he hit upon this solution; he
telegraphed his father the following
MESSAGE
shall I come home at my leisure or
straight homer"
The answer he received was: "Come
straight home"
An exhibition OF the telegram to the
professors was sufficient.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Girl and the Game.

A young man took a young woman
friend to a ball game for the first
time, and In his superior knowledge
he asked her after the first inning
was W IL there was anything about
the game she would like to have ex-
planned.
"Just one thing" said the sweet
young thing. Il wish you would ex-
plain how that rheumatic bushleague
relic in the box ever gets the ball
over the plate without the aid OF an
express wagon"
And in the silence that followed
all that could be heard was the faint
chugging of the young mans Adams
apple working feverishly up and
down.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Child Burned to Death.

Sioux Falls.-The 2-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bridge
man, who live on a homestead in
Trip county, lost her life in a prairie
fire which swept an extensive region.
The Bridgeman home and all their
household goods were consumed by
the flames. Both Bridgeman and his
wife were badly burned while trying
to save their little daughter, but man.
aged to escape with their lives.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Philip.=Keen interest

Philip.-Keen interest is being
shown in the forthcoming Jennie
Brice trial, on the docket for an Eve
ming at the Grand opera house. This
mock trial is based on the serial now
running in Everybody's magazine, and
the local promoters are sanguine Of
capturing one of the many liberal
prizes offered by Everybody's. The
box Office receipts and such prize
money as may be awarded will go to
the Ladies' Aid society of the Presby-
terrain church, a wide awake organiza-
ton which takes an active part in 10.
cal affairs.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19

Love may always be right, but It
can be SO Influenced as to be SEEM
tngly a mistake. The marriage took
place and Fred Dillingham; was ostra-
cized. He was not kindly welcomed
in the other stratum. If there is q gulf
between the rich man and the work
ingman the latter resents intrusion
as much as the former. There was
love, but after a few months 1t was
Influenced from both sides. Both hus-
band and wife were made to fear that
a grave mistake had been made. They
fought away the idea and sought to
hold their love, bit that brought irri-
tations and vexstions and eliminated
in misunderstanding and quarrels.
After two years there was a separa-
tion. Neither really desired 1t. 1t
was what the gossips had predicted,
and what they strove to bring about.
when the young husband turned his
back on wife and infant a year old
and went put into the world as a
w%anderer. The wife went back to
her fathers cottage. but not to strug'
gle with poverty. The husband been
generous to her.
Five long years, and Fred Dilling'
ham had not been heard Of. AS an
outlaw without a family, whom should
he write to and why? At three years
of age the child. who had been named
Patty. wondered in her childish way
why she hadn't a papa. At five she
demanded to know. At six she stood
before the embarrassed mother In in
d~ignation and threatened to go out
and find one.
And at last the wanderer had re-
crossed the sea and headed for his
home. He was tired and weary and
lonely. Home? But he had none!
He had left 1t when he left wife and
baby. This struck him like a sudden
blow, though he had all along realized
s. IN a general way. &c home-1o
wife-no child! That was why he
had left the train and taken lodgings.
He had no place to go. With money
in his pockets. he was a tramp.
And to know that Christmas was at
hand. and to hear the Jingle Of sleigh
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Seek Bullock's Place.

Aberdeen.-True Child and Harry
l.. Candy are both aspirants for the
position of United States marshal,
which will be vacant in the spring of
1914 upon the expiration of the term
of Seth Bullock, personal friend of
Theodore Roosevelt, who has been
holding down that position since
Roosevelt was president.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Clothes Save Laborer,

Aberdeen.-Jim Jemis, a Greek Ia
borer for the Milwaukee, was run over
by a coal car, n pair of trucks pass
ing over his left arm and leg, but
breaking no bones. His miraculous es-
cape was due to the fact that he wore
four pair of trousers, three suits Of
underwear, three pair of sox, a sheep
skin coat, jumper, two vests, sweater,
shirt and two undershirts.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19

santa Claus.
1t went back FIVE years. He, the son
OF a railroad magnate, had dared to
fall In love with the %blue-eyed daugh-
ter of a locomotive driver on his IA
theirs ROAD man whose face and
hands carried grime-who dwelt in a
~cottage-who had no society outside
OF daily toilers. And he had dared
stand before the father who thought
himself specially created and say:
Father, / going to be married"
"Well?"
ITO Gladys Davis"
Never heard OF her"
The daughter Of n of our en-
gineers."
There was a moment of painful sus-
pense and then the storm broke.
"You shall not! You are either a
fool or a lunatic to think Of 1t. An
engineers daughter! Think of your
mother-of me-of your sister-the
disgrace! You must have lost your
senses!"
But l am to marry her." was the
steady reply.
81 say no! II the jade has trapped
you into an engagement buy her off.
The father must use his influence or
take his discharge"
But We love and are promised to
each other"
In the next half hour the father
stormed and cajoled. If the son in
sisted on such a marriage he would
be cast out by the family; he would
be ridiculed eve by the common peo-
pie. And the magnate ended up with:
Fred, l will have the engineer call
ed up here and give him a check for
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
An Assurance.

Don't you think a holiday IL more
cheercul whea thece e q sasge samQy
gathered about festive boardT"
II do" answered the sardonic per-
son. "A large family is a glad assur,
ance that there Ia not going to be
enough turkey left to supply the menu
for the next few days"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19

bells and catch the shouts Of children
on the street-to wonder IL his child
still lived, and to wonder further what
old Santa Claus would bring her-why,
the man cursed the fears he could
not keep back.
A quarter of an hour later the out.
law was down on the street. He
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19

would mingle with
the throng. He
would enter the
stores under the
evergreen branch
es and look about
him-aye, make a
purchase and be
Santa Claus to
s o m e &c y e d
child on the street.
He was an out
law, but the world
should not crowd
him quite to the
edge. He was al
most smiling as
he crowded his
way into a big
store, and he was
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19

a thousand dol
lars and tell him
that this non
n must end"
I'VE shall be
mar r e d t b r e e
days from now"
was his answer.
In reply to that
the father point
ed to the door, and
the son bowed and
passed out to be
son no longer. He
had o n that
had been left him
by an aunt, and
the father could
not threaten him
with poverty,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Copyright.

ND 1t had come to
pass that on this
day before Christ
mas a man not
old in years sat In
his o at a ho-
tel in a strange
town INC feit him
self Of all the
world the most
lonely. High and
low, rich and poor,
mingled In the
procession of hap
py shoppers with.
out. He alone had
no thought for
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19

hard. Three or
four minutes pass.
ed and then a
hand pulled at his
and a voice said:
please, Mister
nice man, tell me
your name, that |
may introduce you
to mamma. !
think she will let
me have the doll"
The outlaw turned
and gasped and
his face went
white.
"Gladys!"
Fred"
"You here!"
"And you!"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
No Need.

"why doesn't that old mlIionaire|
timber up by taking gymnasium exer-I
cises?"
"He doesn't need them. He gets
enough agile practice lodging his
taxes"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19

And this is our daughter?"
Our Patty. Father was discharged
from the road and moved over here
to take another run"
1t was the next day, and Patty was
sitting on her fathers knee and the
happy mother was wiping tears from
her eyes, when the child said:
Say, mamma, / just picked him out
as the very incest man in all that big
crowd, and l didn't make any mistake,
did l? Don't anybody sit down on my
doll and give her a paint"
~S
EsgAH3aYss"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
lu1re eETUN NEARING corpLrr7os

YOT less than q $1,000 Americans.
so the rough and ready esti-
mates have It. will go south
. during the four winter months,
heqinninp with the first Of De
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-05-16
Farmers Educational
and Cooperative
Till Union Of America
Matters s Especial Monentto
the Progressive Apieuhurist

Too many circus days make a
weedy cornfield.
Dead seed ears will never produce
bumper corn croptt
Nine times out OF ten, bad luck is
nothing more than shiftlessness
The southern farm boy is showing
the way to grow more OF all crops
on an acre.
There Is nothing like aiming high
or pulling the trigger before the gun
gets wobbly."
You won't need silo until Sep
tember. but 1t is none too early to
begin to plan II
Farming is not all horse shoes; q
farmer doesn't succeed or fall be-
cause Of luck"
Borrowing may be the result OF
necessity at first, but 1t soon becomes
habit with some people.
There Is nothing better than soy.
beans to take the place OF that catch
Of clover you didn't get.
A thick coat OF manure on the corn
land means warm coat for mother
and the girls next winter.
Isn't 1t about time we quit trying
to find out new things and. instead.
spend our energies in doing as good
as We know?
There are great many more fools
in the world than wise men. but the
latter manage to control things pretty
much their own way.
The farm workman who is always
afraid he will do more than he is paid
for. Is not going about 1t in the right
way to get more pay.
A farmers capital consists OF good
health. strength and good soil, but
unless he mixes plenty OF common.
sense with them his returns will be
disappointing.
We know man who Is always tell.
Ing his boys that holidays lead to idle
ness and crime. yet when this man
was boy himself he never missed q
chance to- run away to go to the
circus.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-05-16
Weigh the Hay.

But few farmers weigh the hay Civ.
en- to stock. 1t is true that to weigh
hay for each COW every time a herd
is fed Is tedious. but by weighing a
quantity few times one will be able
to come close enough to estimate the
quantity in feeding. The object should
be not to overfeed. A great many
nonproducing animals receive more
than they require. although they may
consume It Ten pounds Of hay day
should be sufficient for an ordinary
horse that is well supplied with grain
The amount allowed cattle should de
pend upon circumstances. Cows civ
Ing milk will consume and utilize
more than steers.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-05-16
CROWN PRINCE sHIRKs DUTY7

The article attacking the crown
prince for neglect OF military duties,
which is attracting great attention.
being reproduced in many leading
newspapers, appeared originally in
Der Tuermer. monthly review, &C.
cording to a Berlin dispatch. 1t was
written by Herr Guenther Won Vie.
brogge, a retired officer.
The article observes that up to the
time when the kaiser appointed his
heir to the colonelcy OF the famous
Deaths Head hussars at Danzig last
September the crown prince had never
done any military service worth men.
tioning. 1t was hoped that the com.
mand would at last fill the prince, In
whose veins the blood OF SO many
warriors flowed. with genuine en-.
thusiasm for the profession OF arms.
up to the present, however," con.
tinues the article. "the hopes aroused
by the transfer to Danzig have re-.
mained unfultlled. The crown prince
Is absent far too much on leave. In.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-05-16
Training Horses.

It Is an easy matter to train q horse
to move promptly and step quickly II
you commence right when you firs,
handle him.
In raising horses for market the
first thing taken into consideration
should be the class Of horse that will
bring the most money.
A spirited horse holds his head high
without a checkrein and NO checkrein
In the world can make a broker. down
horse look like . spirited one.
A nne spirited horse may often
have q bungling gait or lack Of en-.
durance from bad feet. which will
hurt his value very much and too
often II ID all the owners fault