The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06
H. G. KESSINGER ON
TRIP TO So. OAK.
Manager of Recent Chantauqua
Pleased With Miller and
Hand County

anu surrounding states nave heard
the call of the Great Northwest.
The country around Miller and
Hand county. South Dakota, is new
country. The "old settlers have
been there only a little oyer thirty
years. Most OF them went there
without a dollar. Today it is hard
to find real, downright, desperate
poverty in the whole country. Of
course, there r poor people there.
but in the town of Miller, every man
woman and child has enough TO eat
every day and a place to sleep every
night. This year the published fig
ures show that South Dakota has
more automobiles according to her
population, than any other state IN
the Union. Over one half of the
people of each Chautauqua program
we've from the country. Some mo-
tored for twenty or twenty-five miles
in order to attend the assembly.
Miller is a beautiful little city, the
county seat of Hand county, about
twenty six hours ride from Chicago.
The city can best be remember
ed by the mystic number, three. 1t
has three banks, three newspapers
and three hotels. The population of
the city is about 1900; of the county,
about 5000. This year they have a
bumper crop and everybody is happy
and optomistic, although last year,
when they started their Chautauqua,
they had a crop failure; yet the
Chautauqua was well attended and
made expenses -something remark
able for the first year of any Chau.
tauqua that put on a big, expensive
program such as the Miller people
demand.
Most of the people on the program
are well known to the patrons of the
Litchfeld = Hillsboro Chautauqua.
Lou j. B~eauchamp and Col. George
w. Balm, the two Grand Old Men
of the Platform. we're among the
lecturers appearing. Beauchamp
told how to Take the Sunny Side of
Life, and the night that Col. Balm
lectured upon the subject IF | Had
My Life to Live Oyer" will never be
forgotten by the people of Hand
county. Beauchamp has appeared
twice at our Home Chautauqua, and
Colonel Balm a number of times, and
will lecture again this year at the
Lltchfield- Hillsboro assembly. He
is 70 years young. and has been on
the platform for 40 years. He has
helped thousands of young people,
all over America. to better lives,
Among the musical organizations
on the program were the Apollo
Concert Company and the Metropol-
ltans. The Apollos will appear at
the Litchfeld- Hillsboro Chautauqua
again this year. They are versatile
entertainers as well as artists. The
three gentlemen of the company
compose most of the music they play
and MI Holmes is author of a large
number of popular selections, which
have been published by prominent
publishing houses.
Miss Beulah Trultt, of the Metro
~politans, is considered one of the
best young readers on the Chautau-
tauaua platform. She is a former
Hillsboro girl. Her father at one
time was editor and publisher of the
Hillsboro journal. Her sister, Mrs
Elias Day. is one of the great read.
ers of the Lyceum.
North Dakota is a Prohibition
State and South Dakota is going
dry" The Miller people voted out
their saloons at the spring election.
The thirst.quenching parlors closed
the last day of June. the day before
the Chautauqua opened. and the vol
ces of weary thirsty souls taking
their last dram could be heard long
after most folks were in bed.
For the fourth time the people of
South Dakota will vote on the ques-
ton of Woman Suffrage this fall.
The women. encouraged by the re-
cent victory in Illinois, expect to
win this time. Thew had a head
quarters tent on the Chautauqua
ground and received a great deal of
encouragement in their work.
These Hand county people are
proud of their county and of them
selves-and they have a right to be.
Although a little shy on rain some
years, they have as good land as you