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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Belle Fourche Men Good Boosters.

Aberdeen.-Belle Fourche, the city
of the irrigation project in western
South Dakota, is represented at the
builders meeting by E. A. Cade, Of the
Cade-O verpeck Land company, and H.
o. Cooley, secretary Of the Belle
Fourche Commercial club, and also of
the South Dakota Federation of Com.
mercial Clubs. They are scattering
invitations broadcast to attend the X.
p. grand lodge, which meets in Belle
Fourche June 1920, and the South Da-
kota bankers convention, which meets
there June 1927. One of the features
of these conventions is to be an auto
trip over the 10000 acre irrigation pro-
ject, as guests of the Belle Fourche
Commercial club. Mr.. Cooley states
that the whole irrigation project is 81
per cent complete, and that there is al
ready stored in the huge reservoir
10000 acre feet of water, that is, water
enough to cover 10000 acres to a
depth of one foot. Many of the dele.
gates to the builders meeting are ex-
pressing a desire to go and see this
mammoth enterprise. Belle Fourche
is the only city in the extreme west.
ern part Of the state which is repre-.
sented.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Caves in Western Australia.

Wonderful caves have been discov-
cred in Western Australia by the Hon.
J. ID. Connolly, the colonial secretary.
While visiting in the southwest he ex
plored the Moondine cave, four miles
from Karridale, and found it to be OF
surprising beauty. II have" he says,
"seen all the other caves in Western
Australia and also the well-known
Jenolan caves of New South Wales,
but | say without hesitation that the
Moondine, which is to be known in
the future as the Coronation cave, far
excels the whole of them. After four
hours exploration, two large beautiful
chambers, which it is proposed to call
King George and Queen Mary, respec.
lively, were discovered. Each Of them
is far superior in beauty to any cavern
In Australia. / am certain from the
conformation of the country that a
cave will be found to contain still more
beautiful chambers"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
APPRAISAL IS HIGH
STATE WILL REAP A NEAT SUM
FROM SCHOOL LANDS
AT SALE.
HAPPE NINGS OVER THE STATE
What 10 Going On Here and There
That Is Of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout South Da-
kota and Vicinity.

Pierre.-At appraisal prices placed
on state school lands in the southern
part of the state for the sales which
will begin April 1 and continue
through the first half of the month,
b permanent school fund should Sc
cure a large sun if there is any buy
ing, as the general range in all the
counties runs from $40 as high as $50
an acre with the level near the $50
mark. In Dawson county the range
is from $50 to SIS an acre; Douglas
county, from $40 to $50 an acre; Char
les Mix county. from $40 to SIS, the
low rate being on the rough lands of
which the Missouri river bluffs show
a considerable acreage in that county.
In Hutchinson county the range Is
from $45 to SIS; in Hanson, from $45
to $50; in Lake, from $35 to $40, and
in Miner, from $40 to $65, the general
level in that county showing less varia-
ton than in any of the other counties,
and ever valuations. In Bonhomme
county the range is from $40 to SIS
an acre. The general average in Au-
rora county is from $40 to $55 an acre,
but it is probable that one section in
that county will be offered at the min
imum price of $40 an acre, as several
towns desire to purchase this section,
which is now largely swamp, and
make a lake and park of it by the use
Of artesian water. They have raised
a subscription fund for this purpose
and will likely be given an opportu-
nifty to secure it for hat purpose.
These figures show a decided differ
ence from the rush of sales of school
lands at $40 an acre, which cleared
most of the state tracts up in the older
counties of the state.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Webster VIII Entertain Educators.

Webster.-Webster will, on April A
and 5 next, entertain the Northern
South Dakota Educators association
at a two days meeting. The conven.
ton will come during the spring va,
cation, and 1t is expected between 400
and 600 teachers will be in attendance.
The Webster Commercial club has
taken charge of the arrangements, and
will list all rooms in town where the
visitors may be entertained, and has
placed a maximum price of 81 a night
for a double bed, so the educators
may secure lodgings as low as SO
cents a night. DR.. George w. Nash,
president of the Northern Normal and
Industrial school at Aberdeen, has
been secured tc deliver his lecture on
the Passion / .ay at Oberammergau,
in order to help defray the expenses
of the gathering, guaranteed by Web
ster citizens, such as printing. hall
rent, etc.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
TRIBE HAS ADOPTION DANCE
Writer Tells Of Curious Ceremonial OF
Taking a Child Into Shawnee
Family.

New York.-The adoption dance Is
one Of the ceremonial dances of the
Shawnees. This is quite different from
any one Of the festive dances. They
come many miles around and camp;
their faces are painted and their per-
son are decorated with beads.
They dance all day and night with
gut eating. A bonfire is built In the
center of the camp and they dance
around this. The fire is kept burning
about the same all the time. This
serves also as their light.
The adoption dance is rather quiet,
more SO than the other dances. The
women do most OF the singing, says a
writer In the Red Man, and sing very
low. They dance around in a circle
In twos. The men dance together
front, and the women together In
The rear
The two leaders In front are usually
he one who are adopting the child.
They carry tin pals; In these are rub
her balls, which bounce and keep time
With the drummers. This is all the
music they have to dance by. If a
large crowd Is assembled they may
lave two or three drums,
At these dances good order is kept.
No drunkenness Is allowed. The dance
s In a grove, and If n does not be-
have decently they tie him to a tree
'or the rest of the dance. After the
lance they have a great feast which
asts all day. and visitors, and all 9TH
srs who attend the dance, are invited
70 partake of the feast.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28


rhages which would last for weeks and I
was not able to sit up in bed. ] suffered
q great deal with my back and was 80
nervous l could scarcely sleep at night,
and l did not do any homework for three
years.
"Now I can do as much work 40
any woman Of my age In the county,
thanks to the benefit ] have received
from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. / recommend your remedies
to all suffering women. Mrs. MARTHA
L. HOLLOWAY, Odd, Va.
No other medicine for woman's Ills has
received such widespread and unquali-
fed endorsement We know Of no other
medicine which has such q record Of
success as has Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. For more than 80
years Il has been the standard remedy
for woman's ills.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia Z. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(c~Onfidential Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held I'm strict confidence.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Wife Finds His Body.

Belle Fourche.-On going to the
woodshed in the rear of their home
here. his wife found the still warm
body OF Edward McCumsey, a well
known early day cattleman of this sec
ton. with a bullet hole through his
heart. investigation showed that he
had shot himself with a rifle, with sui
cidal intent. Temporary insanity Is
the only known cause. He was Al
years of age. and leaves a family.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Killed the Wrong Hen.

Aberdeen.-"Dollar," a pet white
hen owned by the o. NJ. Carr family at
Bison, met IN untimely death last
week, at the age of ten years. In the
spring of 1901 the Cars purchased
an incubator and set it with So eggs.
OF the so but four eggs Matched chick
ems, and of the four, three chicks died.
Dollar proved TO be the survival Of
the ~fittest, and lived and throve. Next
year Dollar" now grown into a fine
young pullet, commenced to lay, and
proved extremely valuable as an egg
producer, and pullets Matched from her
eggs have also proven good egg ma
chinese much so that the Carr
family grew greatly attached to the
little white hen, and kept her on from
year to year, until she became a great
pet, wandering about the house as
freely as a cat might do.
But last week an elder sol of the
Cars, who had been away attending
school, came home, and his mother, in
honor of the event, decided to have
chicken for dinner. The young man
was delegated to go to the chicken
house and kill two hens for the meal.
He had forgotten about Dollar" and
when he saw a fine white hen, seized
her and chopped off her head. When
he returned to the house and the dis
covery was made that Dollar" had
been beheaded, there was general la
mentation. Dollar" wasn't eaten. On
the contrary. she was given an appro-
pirate funeral and is greatly mourned.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28

who desire a sensible, ordinary like
ness and those who, being photo
graphed often, go in for more or less
fancy effects, that Is, follow the fad
Of the day, and, mayhap. go in for
creating fads.
The latest fad Is to be taken" In
bed.
1t began a year ago In Paris, several
scenes in successful plays showing
the heroine, fetchingly gotten up. on
her couch. Or, 1t may be a revival
dating from a century ago, when
French beauties, having been powdered
curled and b~ed-jacketed within an
inch Of their lives, received their
friends and posed and fiirted to their
hearts content In a day when man
ners were at their zenith, and the per.
feet courtier was the hero among
men.
We shall hardly take to receiving In
bed. One very good reason Is that
most of the men are engaged in the
morning, either professionally or In
business. Another is that the girl of
today Is a doer rather than q poser.
Happily, she prefers to be up and do
Ing, golfng. motoring or working for
some cause, rather than languidly pos
Ing in silks and laces, while her
friends come in and pay sentimental
compliments. But even this will not
prevent femininity from taking a lit
tie flyer thitherward, and being photo
graphed in her most fascinating noe
turnal get-up.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Lost Time.

The late Sylvanus Miller, civil engi
neer, who was engaged in a railroad
enterprise in Central America, was
seeking to give the matter point. He
asked a native: How long does II
take to carry your goods to market by
muleback?" Three days." was the re
ply. That's the point said Miller,
"With our road in operation you could
take your goods to market and be back
home In one day" Very good. sen
or" answered the native. But what
would we do with the other two days?'
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
An Early Taxlmeter.

The taximeter cab is not an inven-
ton of yesterday. Such a vehicle was
known to the Chinese ages before the
Christian era. Now we learn from a
Paris contemporary that the Emperor
Commodus possessed a similar car.
riage, Commodus, some will remem
Der, was the worthless son of a cele.
brated father, the emperor known as
Marcus Aurelius, through his "medita-
TONS" Commodus came to an untime-
ly, II not unmerited end about 1872 A.
ID. He posed as Hercules and was the
hero of about 700 gladatorial contests
with defenseless opponents. His reign
lasted only a year, and his successor,
Pertinax, sold his belongings at auc-
ton, and one of the lots, we are told,
vas a carriage which as it moved
marked at the same time the space
covered and the time so occupied.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Commission Plan Killed.

Springield.-At a special election
hello in this city the proposition to
change to a commission plan o: gcv-
eminent was defeated by a majority
OF rs. This was a disappointment to
many. but the voters did not seem to
get the right idea of the advantages
OF the plan. 1t Is the intention of
those who are interested in the com
mission plan OF government to spring
the question again a o as posi-
BILE.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
ANNUAL FADs IN PHOTOGRAPHY
Innovation of Having Ones Likeness
Taken In Bed Probably Revival
Of Style Century Ago.

Paris, France.-Yet they come!
What? Why, the Photographic fads.
One season everybody is photograph.
ed with a baby. Another, it's dogs.
Last year photographic folk were
prone to stand before windows into
which the light streamed, and, In.
deed. that fascinating fad holds yet.
Minor tendencies. such as back views,
profile views. OF full, face, come and
go. Naturally photographing people
divides itself into two sorts; those
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Bonesteel Merchant Fails.

Bonesteel.-John Harms, a pioneer
merchant of this city, placed his af.
fairs in the hands of Charles G. Hayes,
trustee, for the benefit of his creditors,
and Mr.. Hayes assumed control of the
business. The stock will invoice
about $4,000 and the embarrassment
will be but temporary, it is thought.
Depressing times, overstock and too
liberal accommodations to customers
forced the assignment.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Bookings Census.

Brookings.-Eighty members of the
Commercial club of Brookings took a
census of the city Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday. The population is
$3.50, a gain of 40, or about 10 per
zen during the past is months, the
best gain of any town in South Dako-
ia In the same length of time.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Snow in Black Hills.

Deadwood.-To date yer 102 inches
of snow has fallen here during this
winter, the most severe in the mem
DRY Of man in the Black Hills. This
fall only applies to this locality, and
further up in the Hills around Port
land and Terry. 1t has been still heav-
Ter, over eleven feet having fallen,
and there now being five feet on the
level, which has not been affected by
the few days Of thaw 80 far expert
enced here. Sleighlng since October
IL has been continuous.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Ice Gorge Delays Trains.

Edgemont. - Six transcontinental
Burlington trains proceeded from here
after SO hours delay to traffic caused
by a severe washout two miles west.
The flood waters of the Cheyenne riv.
er formed an ice gorge 80 feet high
and half a mile wide, washing out a
NIL in the track. This ice gorge is
several miles long and another might
take out the bridge here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Perpetual Worth.

why was It you never married
again. Aunt SallieT inquired Mrs.
McClane of an old colored woman In
West Virginia.
Deed, Miss Ellie" replied the old
woman earnestly. dat daid nigger's
wuth noah to me dan a live one /
gifts q pension ."-Lippincott's
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Natures WORKINGS.

II you are looking for the original
blown bottle Cold Proposition, find the
man that always yelled Fill 'em up
again" in the days when he was young
and In his prime. He is the one genu-
inc Tight Wad. II you need help, for
the love of humanity as well as your.
self, keep away from him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
MORE CHURCHES CONSOLIDATE.
Baptist and Christian Churches In
Black Hills Come Toaether.

Lead.-Two more local churches
nave joined the movement to consoli.
date Protestant churches as far as is
practicable, in the Hills. Members OF
the Christian and Baptist churches
nave decided to unite, following a
joint recommendation by a commit.
tee appointed by each church to in.
vestigate.
Each church retains its own invid.
ual1ty and each makes certain conces.
sions and the members are to be gov.
erned by a committee selected equal,
iy from both churches. although the
consolidation does not go as far as did
the n last week between the Pres
byterians and Congregationalists.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
MINE PROMOTERS PLIGHT.
After Serving Sentence In Jail, Prison.
er Is Taken West for Trial.

Deadwood.-Dr. H. r. Muggley, min.
ing promoter, and well known through
the west, was released from the Law
renee county Jail, where he served a
six months sentence for obtaining
money under false pretenses, and was
at once taken by Sheriff Jack Henry
OF Los Angeles to that city to answer
similar charges and also charges of
forgery. Sheriff Henry declares that
Muggley also has charges of the same
nature hanging owe him at Sacra-
mento. Cal, and will be taken there
when he is through with his Los An.
geles difficulties. Muggley is we'll ed.
ucated and widely travelled.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
prInee Beetles shakespesre.

London.-In the hope of making a
good public speaker out of his heir.
King George has ordered the prince OF
Wales to recite portions of Shake
,peare's plays to his mother.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Auctions HE Mustachs.

M%urrayville, m.--George McAllis-
Ter sacrificed his long, silky mustache
or ten dollars, auctioning 1t tn the
highest bidder to boost the building
And Of the local Methodist church.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Operate Twice on Girl,

Baltimore, Md.-Elizabeth Quinn,
ICED IS months, has undergone two OPP
srations for appendicitis during the
asst six days.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Appeal.

Stella-What Is the matter?
Cholly-I wish you'd tell your faith
er he's gotta quit kickin' me aroun'.--
New York Sun.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28

First Countryman-Here comes the
sheriff to seize your farm.
Second Countryman-He can't. It's
In my wife's name.
First Countryman-Yes; but your
wife has eloped with the hired
man.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Its Species.

TOMMY want a water dog, ma"
Mrs. Comeup-"Then git your pa to
buy you q Of them ocean grey.
hounds"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
NJ Maintenance.

After a dirt road is constructed
the simplest and the best way to main
tain it in good condition is by means
Of the King road drag. The best
drag for the purpose is a substantial
adjustable steel drag. Every road
district should have some responsible
party use the drag after every rain
an all main travelled roads.
There will be a great deal of road
construction work done in South Da
kota during the next few years. And
the above points as briefly stated are
vital both to good construction and
maintenance. If followed out, they
will produce good results with the
minimum outlay of money.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
CRITICAL Time
OF WOMAN'S LIFE
From 40 to so Years of Age.
How 1t May Be Passed
in Safety.
Odd, Vail am enjoying better
health than ! have for 20 years, and I

believe / can safely
say now that ! am .
well m / was
reared on a farm and
had all kindso of heavy
work to do which
caused the troubles
that came on me 10
ter. For Ave e a
during the Change Of
Life l was not able
to lift a pail Of wa
Ter. I had hemor-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28

II a man is honest he doesn't have
to use q megaphone to advertise the
fact.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
Sand May Be Substituted.

In those places where gravel can
not be obtained except at a high price,
sand car be used with black loan and
clay. But the sand in order to pro-
duce good results must be thoroughly
mixed with the dirt. This a best
be done by first using a disk harrow
then a common harrow. Enough sand
must be used to produce a brittle sur
face that will not stick to wheels in
wet weather. After the sand Is mixed,
then use the road roller and pack
the roadway. A thin layer of sand on
the top will then produce a good road
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28
PuIverize the Sod.
Finishing Touches.

Then finish the roadway with a grad
er, making the center of the twenty
foot roadway 6 or Z inches higher than
at the edge and construct a browning
surface. Also make a gentle curve
slope clear to the gutter. This will
practically produce a ~thirty-eight foot
rdiveway from gutter to gutter.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-28

load will seek the center of the road
way at once instead of the usual GUS
tom of trying to avoid newly On.
structed roads. One steam roller own
ed by each county would be sufficient
for all road work in that county.
Top-layer Of Gravel.
Another very important factor in
connection with good road construc-
ton is a layer of gravel for the sur
face. 1t does not matter whether the
road surface is constructed of black
loan or clay, it becomes intensely
stickey in wet weather. Hence a COW
ering of gravel should be put on
wherever possible. This need not be
more than eight feet wide and about
four inches thick in the center and
somewhat thinner at the outer edge.
Hence a load of gravel should cover
approximately twelve feet of length Of
roadway.
After this gravel Is put on it should
be run over with the steam roller at
once. This will produce an ideal road
surface on most Of the prairie roads.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-04
THE INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM
AND RECALL

With our compliments and good
wishes to the esteemed Estero AIneri-
can Eagle, We wish to say that plac-
ing Mr.. McDuffie as hailing from
South Carolina instead of Georgia,
the Chevalier Bayard from Maryland
instead Of Delaware; Judge Lindsey
from Kansas rather than from Colora-
do, is just a little habit of ours for the
reason that every little movement
has a meaning all it's own "
1t is our barometer.
We have often written what We
have, perhaps, conceitedly regarded
as very profound suggestions on ques-
tons of great public moment, subjects
on which we had devoted a great deal
of time LABOR and anxiety, yet. so far
as we could observe, they failed TO
produce a ripple on the sea of
thought, but whenever we slipped
into them misquotation from the
Bible-and there was never a neces-
sity for our doing so, for a concord
ance is always on our table-or
would say that the venerable John
Smith was from Georgia, when in
reality he was from South Carolina,
We never failed to get a response. The
barometer had accomplished its pur-
pose.
SO far as the matters under discus
SIGN are concerned it mattered not A
particle whether McDuffie was from
Georgia or South Carolina, whether
Bayard was from Delaware or Mary
land or Lindsey is living in Colorado
or Kansas, the matter We desired to
stress was that with all of Judge
Lindsey's influence he failed by per-
sonal appeals to get public spirited
men interested in the initiative"
and was compelled to finance cam
paign to get signatures to the amount
of eight per cent. Then We ventured
to ask if that form of wildcat govern
'ment should De SuDverted for our own,
which has borne good and perfect
fruit for more than one hundred
years?
Our esteemed contemporary says
that on this subject We have been
smoked out of our hole by the Mari
anna Leader.
We desire to say further that we
have never formed the habit of hid
ing our political opinions under a
bushel.
In dealing with public matters we
have always regarded the democratic
party as conservative and tolerant.
and Immediately after the civil war
it adopted as a prefix to its historic
name the word Conservative" in CD