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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
AN AUTO ROADWAY
ENTIRE ROUTE TO BE MARKED
BY PAINTED PosTs-WoRK
WILL BE DONE JUNE 9.
HAPPENINGS OVER THESTATE
What is Going on Here and There
That Is Of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout South Da-
kota and Vicinity.

Burke.-It becomes increasingly evil
dent day by day that June 9 will be a
day of great activity in the territory
between Norfolk, Neb., and White
River, S. ID. On this day active work
will be done along the entire route of
the Omaha-Rosebud-Black Hills Seen
ic highway-especially in the territory
mentioned. On May rs the entire
route was marked by mean Of paint
ed posts, so that no tenderfoot tourist
from the east will have to stop to in
quire the way, nor be in doubt as to
which course to pursue at a cross
roads. The posts have a three-inch
stripe in black at the top, then an
eight-inch stripe of yellow.
On June 8 probably 5000 men, with
teams, traction engines, scrapers, road
drags, and all other necessary para
%phernalia, will be at work on the high
way between Norfolk and White Riv-
er, a distance of nearly $50 miles. The
most of this route is in naturally good
condition. and the work of the crews
will be devoted to the few places
where it is needed, the idea being to
make the entire route as nearly a per-
feet boulevard as possible. Culverts
and bridges will be placed where nee
essary, grade will be widened and
chuck holes abolished.
The work is in charge of the leading
business men in each community, a
boss having been selected in each
town through which the route is to
pass, whose duty it is to organize an
army with which to make the road
perfect in his district on that day. 1t
is therefore safe to say that on June
10 a first class automobile road from
Omaha to the Black Hills, running in
practically a direct line, will be ready
for the use of the public.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
Without Food for Days.

Aberdeen.-Exposed to the April
weather and storms and without food
for days. H. b. Briner. a homesteader
near Wibaux, Mont, was brought
home to Aberdeen, where it is expect
ed that he will ultimately recover
from his horrible experience. Briner,
formerly of Richland Center. Richland
county, Wis, took up a claim twenty
miles southwest of Wibaux three years
ago. After spending the winter in
Aberdeen with his sister, Mrs. ID. T.
Wegner, Briner left for Montana April
s. No word was received from him
and in May Mr.. Wegner went in search
Of him. Briner was found four miles
from his claim. He had been wander
ing about the Montana Bad Lands for
many days without food and living on
water alone. He had wasted away
from 1870 pounds to a mere skeleton of
a man weighing less than 100 pounds.
His limbs were swollen and he was
without shoes, having taken them of
and being unable to get them on again.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
Mystery Feature in Death.

Oldham.-Friends in Kingsbury
county may make a demand for an
investigation by the proper officers
of the United States government of
the mysterious death at sea of An
drew Jacobson, a pioneer farmer OF
Kingsbury county, who after a visit
at the old home in Denmark was re-
turning to the United States and
South Dakota. Jacobson was accom-
panied on the journey to Denmark by
Soren Peterson and wife, who lived
near him in Kingsbury county and
were old friends. They took passage
on a steamer, and the second day out
Jacobson was taken suddenly i'll and
died about two hours later. The Pc
tersons were aware that Jacobson had
considerable money on his person
when he sailed, but after his death no
money was found. 1t is further
charged by Peterson. who has reach
ed his home in South Dakota, that the
officers on the boat were reticent as
to the cause of ~Jacobson's death and
would not permit Peterson to see the
body. The officers of the boat sent
the remains of the dead man by a pass
ing boat back to Denmark for burial.
The dead mar was a pioneer settler
in South Dakota.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
WASN'T GOING INTO DETAILS
F~our-Xear-oId Had His Own Idea of
Propriety of Not Airing Strictly
Personal Affairs.

One little four.year-old boy who
doesn't live far from Central park
west, New York, has as his particular
playmate a little girl of about the
same age. The children frequently
spend their evenings together, and the
other morning the girl anne to the
fence and called him.
Alton" she cried, come out and
play"
Atoms mother heard the call and
said to him:
Tell her you can't come over just
now because you have to take a
bath"
So Alton went to the front window,
Elizabeth" he called, Il can't come
ove now"
Then he turned back to his mother
and added:
Il don't fink the rest of it need be
saided."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
Birth Of Twins Follows TripIets.

Leola.-The birth of twins to the
wife of VIM. KritZman, a Hebrew med
icine wagon driver, whose home is in
a village some miles north of Leola,
is worthy of more than passing men,
ton. The couple were married in
1907. and on July 8. 1908. the first chill
dren. in the form of triplets, came to
gladden. the Kritzman home. The
triplets were all boys. Two years lat
er, to the same month and day, anoth-
er heir appeared in the house Of Kritz-
man. The twins just born to them are
boys. Thus they have had born to
them six boys in a period of four years
and about ten months.
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the grasses are as beautiful as they
are transitory, the word suggests both
the beauty and the brevity of that
which depends upon the caprice of a
ruling power.
The long-horned cattle are the larg-
est and most formidable animals on
the island, therefore the military on
the island are known as "the horns of
the land" The symbol is used as
the Bible uses it, to denote strength,
power and confidence.
Our word hypocrisy means under
the mask" and refers to the mask
worn by actors in the Grecian theater.
The Madagascar word for hypocrisy
means becoming good by spreading a
mat"
The clay floor of the house is COW
cred by a mat, which when soiled is
not removed, but covered by a clean
one Often there is a layer of four or
five rotten mats on the floor, each one
dirtier than the one above it. When
a stranger enters the house a fresh
mat is spread for him to sit upon,
and all looks nice and clean. But I'M
derneath is all n of dirt. The
house has become clean by spreading
a mat" The man who is all clean
outside and dirty within is a hypocrite
who has become good by spreading
a mat"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
Loss an Illusion.

James c. McReynolds, who inves'
tigated the tobacco trust for the gov
eminent, thereby bringing on a LOT
Of things. says that just after he
started p%racticing law in a small
town down In Tennessee, a few years
ago, a stout billsman came into his
office one day and announced that h.
desired to sue a neighbor for $4,000
damages.
1.-TWO years ago. he stated, che
called me a hippopotamus."
"Tmo years ago!" echoed Mercy
nolds. why didn't you sue him
sooner"
We'll, subj" said the injured party
until that there circus come through
here last week ! thought all the time
he was paying me a compliment
Saturday Evening Post.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
AT LEAST GOT RID OF IT
Defendant Had Not Strictly obeyed
Courts Order, But Neither Was
He In Contempt.

Murray L. Pennell, a defendant In
the Indianapolis dynamiting case,
caused a little diversion In court pro
ceedings while under cross-examina-
ton. Pennell had been vigorously
chewing gum while on the stand.
IF you'll take your gum out of your
mouth we'll get along faster-we
wouldn't be wasting so much time"
said United States Attorney Miller.
Yes, take your chewing gum out of
your mouth" commanded Judge An.
derson.
Pennell sat in the witness chair ap-
~paYently not making any effort to obey
the order of the court.
What, don't you hear the order7'
asked Miller, after there had been 81
lence in the courtroom for fully a min.
ute and Pennell had made no visible
movement.
81 swallowed It," mumbled Pennell.
Court proceedings were suspended
while Judge Anderson spun around
twice in his swivel chair and hemmed
vigorously.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29

Safety Block System Being Installed
on Milwaukee Road.


Aberdeen.-The Milwaukee road is
busy installing an electric safety block
signal system at a cost of $500, 900 be.
tween Aberdeen and Minneapolis
along the route of the new dcuble
tracking for the purpose of preventing
tail-end collisions. The system pro-
vldes for two-mile blocks and is work,
ed automatically by the contact of the
train on theralls. When a train en-.
tiers the block the signal flashes dan
ger" remaining al hat signal until
the next block Is reached, when the
caution" signal is flashed until the
train reaches the second block. at
which tune the clear light is dis
played.
Construction crews are busy all
along the line from Summit to Min
neapolls grading for the new double
track. The principal point of activity
is the l2-mlle stretch between Mil
bank and Ortonville, where a change
in the line is being made. Two steam
shovels. one grading machine and
Ito horses. together with several hun
dred men, are employed along that
portion OF the road. Steel gangs are
at work between Summit and Twin
Brooks. The concrete ~pedestals for
the block signals are all in between
Aberdeen and Groton. Bronze grass
is being sown along deep fills and
cuts, the heavy sod from the bronze
grass preventing the washing away
of the sides OF the fills.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
scaIped by WAGON Wheel.

Sioux Falls.-a homesteader and
rancher living lea Bison, was the vic.
tim of a unique and distressing acct
dent, when he was partially scalped
by the wheel of a wagon in as scien-
tific a n as could have been done
with a scalping knife in the hands
of a Sioux warrior. He was hauling
a load of lumber when he lost his
balance and fell to the ground. One
of the wheels struck his head, tearing
loose the scalp from a point near his
left eye back ove the head nearly to
his neck. When found by other trav-
ers along the road, he had managed
to crawl back on the load. When the
wheel struck him il must have moved
his head or his skull would have been
crushed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
Married in Prison.

Mitchell.-A peculiar wedding took
place in the sheriif's office at the court
house, when Perry Goodner, alias Har-
ry Brown, was married to Miss Laura
Siberling. The couple have been liv.
ing together as man and wife on a
farm four miles north of this city for
the past two years, and there was not
the slightest suspicion that the people
were other than they represented.
Goodner came here from Rensselaer,.
Ind, from which place he fed under
the charge of grand larceny, and the
officers there have been on track of
him ever since. Goodner was finally
traced to this city, and Sheriff Berry
made the arrest of Goodner on the
complaint of the Indiana authorities.
Miss Siberling came to the city and
suggested that they get married. A
license was secured, Goodner was
brought up from his cell, and Judge
Herbert of the municipal court per-
formed the ceremony. Sheriff Hoover
reached the city from Rensselaer,.
and returned to that place with Good
ner in his custody. Goodner's wife
returned to the farm and said that she
would be able to take care of the
crops and harvest them when they
were lady in the fall.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
LANGUAGE FULL OF POETRY
Natives Of Madagascar Use Single
Words That Tell a
Story.

The language Of Madagascar is held
by linguists to be one of the most
fertile in poetical expressions. Many
OF its single words are full of poetry.
One of the native names of the island
is THE land in the midst of the NOV
ing waters" The sun, which for one
half the year is a blaze Of unclouded
light, is called the EYE of day" A
river is a mother of waters" and
the capital the mother of towns"
Those who dwell on the wooded
plains are "the people under the
leaves" The word for glory and honor
means "the flower of the grass" AS
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
OLDEST COMMUTER IS DEAD
j. T. Terry Made Almost Daily Trips
Between New York and larry
town for 60 Years.

New York.-John Taylor Terry, one
OF the oldest merchants of New York
who died recently in his ninety-second
year, is spoken of in obituary no
tees as probably the oldest commu-
ter in the world" He had a record
Of almost daily trips by train between
his estate and Tarrytown and New
York for more than sixty years, and
during that time he was a command
ing figure in financial and commercial
affairs of the city.
He started his career as a clerk in
the importing and banking house of
e. ID. Morgan in 1882, and became
a partner Of Governor Morgan Of Civil
wal times.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
Whistled for a Liner.

After running the whole 900-foot
length OF the Kronprinz Wilhelm with
a heavy suitcase in each hand just as
the big liner pulled out recently, a
young man sank down at the end OF
the pier, exhausted, and gazed a mo-
lei after the ship. Then he put his
fingers to his lips and whistled long
and loud. The ship did not stop.
"She don't know your voice." said
Q sympathetic b~ystander.
How Independent those big ships
are" s~oliloquized the belated one.
He had got stuck in the tubes, he
said.-New York Mail.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
ODD Fellows to Meet.

Rapid City.-Watertown was select
ed as the next meeting place by the
grand lodge of Odd Fellows by a large
majority. Officers for the ensuing
year we're elected as follows: Grand
Master. s. E. Wilson, Hot Springs;
deputy grand master. Chas. Barrett
WATERFOWL; grand warden, Harvey J..
Rice. Huron; grand treasurer. Geo. w.
Snow. Springfield; representative. two
years, A. e. Clough. Springfield; grand
representative, one year, ]. M. Pat
ton, Sioux Falls.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
Prescriptlon caused ExpIosio,,

Spencer.-E. S. Hartenstein. a drug
gist, narrowly escaped a serious and
perhaps fatal accident when a stran-
ger went into his store and asked to
have a prescription compounded. II
appeared suspicious to the pharma.
cist, and after he had filed the bot
tie Y became SO hot that be had TO
place it in q dish of water to cool.
When the party returned for the bot.
tie. the pharmacist shook 1t twice and
Immediately the contents exploded.
scattering the fragments of the bottle
over the room, and the liquid spatter
Ing over the two men.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
Be Happy Today.

He that hath so many causes of JOY,
and so great, is very much in love
with sorrow and peevishness, who
loses all these pleasures, and chooses
TO sit down upon his little handful of
thorns. Enjoy the blessings of this
day, IL God sends them: and the evils
of 1t bear patiently and sweetly; for
this day only is ours. We are dead 10
yesterday and we are not yet born to
the morrow. But II we look abroad
and bring into one days thoughts the
evil of many, certain and uncertain
what will be and what will never be
our load will be as intolerable as II
is unreasonable.-Jeremy Taylor.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
CRAP FUNDS GO TO HOSPITAL
Union Hill, NJ. j., Police Turn Over
Cash Seized In Raids of
Eleven Years.

New York.-The North Hudson hos.
pital, Union Hill, N. j., received a do
nation of $11, mostly in nickels and
pennies, recently. 1t was subscribed
by the crap players of Union Hill, but
it was not a voluntary offering, they
having been 'frisked" of this amount
by the Union Hill police in the past
eleven years.
AS the stakes were taken from the
gamesters they were deposited in a
glass box in the police station. Chief
Wallum found 1t was nearly full the
other day and then decided to give
the money to the hospital.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
WEDGED AS HE FLEEs FIRE
Firemen Are Compelled to Use Axes
to Release Fat Medical Officer
From Serious ~Predicament.

London.-Called to a fire at the
Friendly Societies Medical institute.
Yarmouth. fremen saw the corpnlent
resident medical officer, DR.. James
Anderson, at the window of a third
floor bedroom, which was in flames.
The escape was run up. but SO tightly
was the doctor wedged in the window
frame that the frame had to be bro
ken with axes before he could be re-
leased. He is now In a hospital.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
Not So Polite az Il Looked.

when the tall woman struggled W
the aisle and grasped a strap. Twelve
men were seated on each side, but
not one arose and offered her his
seat. At last a small boy touched
her on the arm.
You can have my seat, lady"
called the youngster.
Thank you" said the tall woman,
seating herself in the vacant space;
that was very polite of you"
NO" replied the boy, 1T wasn't
politeness; there's chewing gum all
over the darned seat"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
Killed by liuhtninu.

Hot Springs.-Spencer Wigton, the
l5-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Wig
ton, residing on a farm in Fall River
county, was instantly killed by being
struck by a bolt of lightning. The
boy and his father were engaged in
hauling anu from a barn when the
lightning struck and tore out the end
of the barn and killed the boy.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
City Grass Is Different.

A remarkably Interesting fact was
brought to light by Lord Redesdale be-
fore the advisory committee Of the
King Edward memorial fund for Lon
don, which was discussing the lay
ing out of Shadwell market site as q
pleasure garden. 1t vas curious, he
said, that grass brought from the
country withered away in London, on
the other hand, grass from London
grown seeds f1ourished. That is a
striking example of what scientists
call adaptation to environment.-Lon-
don Globe.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
Rooster In Mother Role.

Fort Pierre.-As an addition to the
list OF unusual animal incidents noted
In various sections of the country,
Charles Millet, living nea- here, pre-
s~Sts the case OF "a rooster @ his
fam which is successfully and indus
triously %mothering several little chick
ems. orphaned in an accident. 1t re.
CURED some effort at first, to reconcile
the rooster anu the chickens to the ar
rangement. but now the rooster han
dies the job as naturally s.s any hen on
the place.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
To Build Orphans Home.

Sioux Falls.-What is known as the
Hauges synod. a religious denomina.
ton which has many members in
South Dakota, has decided to estab.
fish an orphans home in the state, and
Rev. j. A. Quello. a representative OF
the synod, now is in South Dakota
tor the purpose Of looking over the
field and selecting the town where
the new institution will be located. I,
is believed some town in the south
eastern part of state will be selected.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29

began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and now | am strong
and healthy. Mrs. ALICE DARLING,
RID. No. z, Box "a, Pentwater, Mich
adWhatAnotherWoman sayss
Peoria, nl.-"I had such backaches
that / could hardly stand On my feet 1
would feel like crying out lots of times,
and had such a heavy feeling in my right
side. ! had such terrible dull headaches
every day and they would make me feel
so drowsy and sleepy all the time, yet 1
could not sleep at night.
after l had taken Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a week began to
improve. My backache was less and
hat heavy feeling in my side went
away. / continued to take the Com
pound and am cured.
"You may publish this If you wish"
Miss CLARA l.. GAUwITz, R.R. No. d
Box 60, Peoria, I'll.
Such letters prove the value of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for
woman's ills. Why don't you try It'll
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
Suicide Wipes Out Family.

B]uefeld, w. va-Tbe-. suicide. of
Albert Lily. Jr, in his home near here,
wiped out a family Of four m Ii25 days.
His father, Andrew Lily, Sr., died six
days after the suicide from heart fail
ure. Two days later came the meth
er's death and last the death Of his
sisrer within four days. Physicians
said parents and daughter died of
grief.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
WOMAN COULD
NOT WALK
She Was So Hl--Restored 10
Health by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Pentwater, Mich. IA year ago I was
very weak and the doctor said ! had 8

uSpiesSo
ment. ! had back
ache aud bearing
down pains 80 bad
that / could not sit
in a chair or walk
across the floor and
! was in severe pain
all the time. l felt
discouraged as ! had
taken everything I
could think of and
was no better. I
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29
Just as Effective.

Wigg-Oh, I'm tired of life. Have
you a pistol you can lend me?
Wagg-No, but | can let you have a
chatting dish.-Philadelphia Record.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-29

A man without an aim in life Is like
q dog that has no wag in his tail.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-26
THE SUN STANDS STILL
DARKIES STATEMENT ONERTTRN
ED BY ACTUAL CALENDAR
FACTS.

a negro pr, acher Rev. Jasper of Rich
mOnd Va. once made the remarkable
statement that has become world famous
DE Sun DO Move" He bases his state
ment on the Bible account Of the battle
of AjalOn when Joshua commanded the
Sun and mOO to stand still and they
delayed their going down until the bat
tie was ended.
Bible students have given quite a lit
seeking to reconcile the Bible statement
with physical fact.
This was one Of the prominent points
through which Bob Ingersol attacked the
inspiration of the Bible. Another was
Jonah and the whale.
His Jonah and whale stand has been
exploded al last. For the first time since
Jonah'S time a big fish" has been found
that is more capable of swallowing a
MAJ alive or dead.
Soon there will be mounted i'm the
Smithsonian Institute at Washington
the skin -four inches thick and the
skeleton Of a big fish. ~forty-five feet in
length. that weighed 80 600 pounds and
when killed had the remains of a 1900
pound fish in its belly. lit had sufficient
mouth and throat space to swallow a
hogShcad or ten men bound together. 1t
was caught off Florida. rec ntly after
n thirty nine hours battle on the brinv
deep.
1t Is the biggest fish that has ever
been caught and is known to be a deep
: Il fish that had been so wounded as to
be unable to get back to his natural
depth, by some underwater upheaval.
Now the negroes statement has been
overtlrn d. for. SO far as we are con-
cerned. the 81 stands still"
When it gets at its furtherest point
south it turns back and comes north
again. At the exact time between the
southern and the northern journey that
ii makes the turn, we say it stands still
that's the reason W. call it the solstice.'
This occurs December 81.
Lots of folks are standing still. very
still. and to them the Contest Man wish
es to say that about the time the sun
stands still forty of the subscribers to
The Herald told or new will each one
get one of the forty cash prizes ranging
in value from 5000 to So. 90.
Then why stand still any longer?
Put YOUR still time i'm action.
Get into tn, circle. That is get into
the circle count. 1t costs yOu nothing.
You cannot lose and you may win. You
have forty chances to win and no chance
to lose.
Remember the contest closes at mid
night Saturday, December 6.