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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
] IAN A RAJ FORD EDITOR
FIR. william A. Radford win answer

Mr.. William A. Radford win answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST or all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building. for the readers OF this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor. Author and Manufacturers, he
is. without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A.. Radford. No. IFS West
Jackson boulevard, Chicago, ILL.,, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
The one subject on the mind of ev-
eryone these days is the high cost of
living. and that leads us to remark
that there are singular ideas current
on the subject Of the cost of home
building. 1t is not strange that this
should be so. For the bizarre and the
eccentric invariably attract attention
that the orderly and the sedate may
not receive. Perhaps the most singu-
lar of all notions with regard to the
cost of house, is that a beautiful home
can be acquired at the most moderate
conceivable cost, If one did but know
how to do it. Doubtless we would all
get rich if we could; and while the
crop of m~illionaires has been abun-
dant in America in recent years, none
will dispute the fact that there are a
few LETT who do not come in this cate
CORY, and therefore the mere knowing
how to do a thing is not nearly 81 i'm
portant as actually doing it.
The clamor for small homes of mod
crate cost, yet equipped with every
modern attraction and convenience,
will not down. 1t is a delusion quite
as widespread as the former notion
that the earth was fiat, and it 10 quite
as difficult to get rid of, Very few
people can actually point TO such
dwellings as really in exist nee, but
immense numbers will tell you posi-
lively that the thing can be done.
The trouble with the small, cheap,
but very attractive house proposition
Is the fact that the conditions under
which houses are built are not under
stood or appreciated. The actual cost
of building by no means represents the
total expenditure that will be required
in any building enterprise. There are
a great many essential matters that
enter into the cost of a dwelling that
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
Baltic to Have Electric Light.

Baltic.-The granting of a franchise
for electric lighting by the voters OF
Dell Rapids, brings nearer the reali.
zation of a dream CT that modern o n
venience to this little burg. The pow
er will be generated at the dam here,
and carried to Dell Rapids. Election
will be held here soon to vote on the
question of a franchise, and will I'M
doubtedly carry, Notwithstanding that
the granting of a franchise to Mr..
Drawer by Dell Rapids and a right OF
way petition for pole planting to the
Sioux Falls Light and Power Co." has
very much the suspicion that it is the
big trust after all that is getting the
power and the franchises.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
Aberdeen Wants Traffic Bureau.

Aberdeen.-At the regular monthly
meeting of the members of the Com
mercihl club of Aberdeen, held at the
club rooms, the report of the traffic
bureau committee carrying with it the
recommendation that a traffic bureau
under the expert supervision of a traf-
fc manager, who understands his bust.
ness, be established as soon as posi-.
BILE, was unanimously adopted. Two
new members, Judge L. w. Crofoot
ana A. F. Milligan, were appointed as
members of the committee and their
advice will be sought when the traffic
bureau is to be organized.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
State Treosurers Sued.

Sioux Falls, S. D.-The report OF a
special Legislative investigating com.
mittee was made public, recommend.
ing to Gov. Byrne that suit be brought
against two former state t%reasurers 10
recover SIPS. 900 interest on bank de-
posits, alleged to have been collected
by them and appropriated to their own
use. Former Tt sasurer c. H. Cassill
and the estate of former Treasurer
Kirk Phillips are involved. The con.
tention of the committee is that in.
terest on these funds is property of
the state, although the law does not
specifically so hold.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22

Of three languages-Manchu, Mon
golian and Chinese-with a record of
the reign. Covering it is a lovely cell
ing of square panels with a device of
three lotus leaves, gold, IN a deep
blue ground. Smaller buildings, for
necessary Offices, flank this one at a
suitable distance SO that it's dignity Is
not impaired.
This is but the beginning Of the
approach to the sacred burial place.
A little beyond-higher up the hill
is a great gateway, piercing centrally
a lofty wall Of immense thickness,
built of cool gray brick, and above the
portal a gate house with triple roof,
tiled and decorated like the building
just below. Passing through, under
meath, you enter a large inner rect
angular court, perhaps. to hazard a
guess, 60 yards broad by some 200
long, entirely enclosed by the same
massive wall through which you have
just entered it. In the center, ear
the further end, approached by a
broad flight of stone steps, is a tenn
Pile, gorgeous like the outher build
ings, in which the emperors of the
Manchu line were wont to do ever
ence to their ancestor. On the top
of the wall beyond it, corresponding
with the gateway at the lower end, is
another triple-roofed building, contain
ing a massive tablet erect on a plain
stone pedestal, bearing in the three
languages the name of the deceased.
Immediately behind is the actual
tomb, al immense dome-shaped
mound, with a single tree growing On
the summit. 1t is of sun-dried earth,
caked and smooth and almost white.
1t stands in a large crescent-shaped
area enclosed by walls similar to
those Of the great rectangular court
and connected with its two upper cor
ners by the points of the crescent.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22

cient gate house remain. Covering
a much larger area beyond it's limits
is the outer town, with a feeble, ruin
ous wall of crumbling mud. Both are
filled with the close-packed multitu-
dinous industrial activity and hubbub
of Chinese life, with loungers also not
a few, and half-starved pigs innumer-
able, the only s~cavengers. 1t is not
till you pass into the central city that
you meet, among the signs and shop
fronts, some that make their appeal
direct to the foreign customer
"Shoesbootsfactory," Democratic Ho-
tel" Ming Tao, tailor: Every king
dom fashionable"
imperial MausoIeum.
An hour or so after you have LETT
the city you gradually approach a
finely wooded ridge with a steep slope
to the plain, and above its sombre frs
stand out in contrast the glowing
roofs of the imperial mausoleum. A
great rectangular area, fully half a
mile in length, enclosed by walls,
runs from south to north up the face
Of the ridge. In the center of the
bottom wall is a richly decorated
gateway, whence a broad avenue or
professional road, paved and f1anked
at the lower end by sculptured ami
mals-horses, camels and the like
ascends the hill, bridging the gullies
that intersect its track. Here and
there the ascent is so steep that il
breaks into a flight of steps. On the
more level plateau at the top is a
timber building ~gorgeously painted
with intricate designs in many colors,
double rooted, the tiles Of rich i'm
perial yellow. Within, supported on
the back of a colossal tortoise of mar
BILE, magnificently sculptured, is a
massive fiat pillar or tablet of great
height, its face inscribed in the script
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
sAcRIFlcEs LIFE.
Pioneer Farmer Of k~inasbury County
Victim Of Accident.

Notwithstanding his life be.
cause he refused until too late to per-
nit the amputation of one Of his legs.
which had been shattered by an explo-
sion OF dynamite, Torgien Peterson, q
pioneer farmer Of K~ingsbury county,
died in the hospital to which he was
taken after receiving the injury. Him.
self and son were engaged in stalking
down a gasoline engine, preliminary to
commencing the work of drilling a
we'll, utilizing pieces of old piping for
stakes. One of the pieces of piping,
unknown to the father and son. had
been charged with dynamite, and 1t
was exploded by the blows upon it
while it was being driven into the
ground. After refusing to consent to
the amputation of the injured limb
for several days, Peterson finally
agreed and an operation was perform
ed, but it was too late, death result.
ing a few hours later.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
Red Heads, Read This.

II may be ~consoling to light-haired
and ~redheaded people to read that out
of 165 patients at an English insane
asylum only one has red hair. and only
four have light hair and complexion.
1t used to be supposed that a pale
complexion specially marked tendency
to mental excitement and brain disor-
der. The statistics. however. show
this to be an error. What Is true OF
men is also true of women; they are.
with one exception in fifty. dark haired
and dark hued. II is sometimes the
case that the hair turns white with in
sanity. Probably the error arose from
this fact. The reason why dark people
are more inclined to mental disorder
has not been explained.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22

The formalities are strictly observed.
Your pass is scrutinized by the guard
fans at the gate; you are well accom-
panied by attendants, who unlock II
lock again the many doors and watch
you closely in the treasure house.
Fine Memorial.
For this fine memorial of the past
is not an empty shell. It's ~pageantry
has gone, but tokens of imperial state
remain. You enter a hall aanking the
main courtyard. Cupboard after sup
board Is opened in the long wall
wooden and highly Northumberland
its contents are produced for your in
.spection, a case Of jewels, including a
notable string of large pearls, a yellow
imperial robe richly embroidered
beautiful pictures on silk rolls, and so
forth. Weapons-swords with jew
eled hits of jade and finely ornament
ed scabbards, a most interesting an
tiaue helmet, a saddle with its hand
some trappings, and many things be-
sides. Porcelain. too, Of the Ming dy-
nasty and later, stacked on dimly-
lighted shelves III miscellaneous va
riety and profusion. These beautiful
buildings house a rich museum.
The palace Is in the heart OF the
inner city. The tombs lie far
outside and many miles apart. They
are those of Nurhachu, the founder OF
the Manchu dynasty. who died In
1927. and of his son and successor,
Tai Tsung, who died in 1914, just be-
fore the Manchus supplanted the Ming
dynasty and made themselves masters
of Pekin. Nurhachu's burial place is
ten miles or more from the hotel by
a road indescribable when the loose
alluvial soil Is dry, and impossible for
wheels when 1t Is wet. 1t Is a matter
of a wood two and a half hours to
reach it with all conditions favorable.
You drive straight through Mukden
from the west, and out into the coun-
tryside beyond, SO that you have
plenty Of variety. There Is an inner
city, rectangular and symmetrical.
confined within high massive creme
lated walls OF brick. In which the
gates are still closed at night. though
above only one Of them does the an
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
Accidental Death,

Rapid City.-The body of Pat Cum.
a few miles west of Edgemont across
the state line in Wyoming. Cumnius'
body lay on it's face and there was a
bullet wound in the abdomen. A 3S.
caliber revolver lay on his ride side
and the holster for same law on his
left. From all indications It Is sup
posed that he accidentally discharged
the revolver in removing it from the
holster.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22

UKDEN, sacred city of the
Manchus, home of their dy-
nasty, and consecrated by the
12 tombs Of the first two rulers
Of their line, is little fire.
quented by the tourist. The comfort
able Japanese hotel at the station
some three miles west Of the town
has few bedrooms. though these are
being added to, and they are chiefly
used by business men whose affairs
bring them hither for a night. The
through traveller to Picking, who must
change at Mukden station, from the
South Manchurian railway ~(Japanese)
to the Chinese government line, takes
a bath at the hotel, If there is time,
and hurries on. Yet there Is much
to see, and a two-days' stay can be
in addition to the city itself, which
to the visitor new to China is fasci-
mating Though dirty, are the old
Manchu palace and the two great
.tombs.
The gorgeous palace, within a
walled Enclosure, is diminutive com
pared with that of Pekin. 1t is by
mo means ruinous; indeed, for China.
1t is kept up with some care. Here
and there a yellow tile from the gate
house root has dropped away and
broken on the stones below. 1t is not
replaced, but It would be an offense
to carry off the fragments. The i'm
perial coutrayrd is Uttered with hay
and rubbish like an untidy farmyard;
but it is commercially free from or
dure. In the large audience chamber
. the richly carved and gilded thrones
are hung with dust sheets, though
pigeons fly among the brilliant tim
bers Of the painted roof or nest with
in the canopy, and the floor is strewn
with their droppings and feathers.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
Why the Wise Are Early Risers.


1t is a curious fact in psychology
that nobody a stay at the same
mental and physical level for twenty
-four hours together. In the morning
you are more matter-of-fact, for in
stance, than later in the day.
1t is in the morning that the pest
brainwork is done, too-brainwork Of
the sort that requires industry and
clear thinking. And 1t IL about eleven
in the morning that your body reaches
its highest point of energy. IN other
words, you are stronger, though al
most imperceptibly, at eleven in t..a
morning than at three in the after
noon. You reach that highest point
twice in the day, for about five in
the afternoon the muscular energy has
risen again. But from five inward
1t declines steadily all through the
evening. and on till between 200 and
800 a. m.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22

do not enter into the architects
charges. There is the land, for the
first thing, the bare price of which
may be a considerable item, while the
cost Of identifying 1t may be consid-
cradle. The cost OF furnishing also
must be taken into consideration. All
these items, and more, make the cost
higher than the figures given by the
architect. 1t is no wonder, therefore,
that the handsome small house, the
g~ood-looking little house, the attrac-
tive small dwelling. is a rare and quite
unknown quantity when the lowest
possible cost is placed upon it.
One does not need costly embeliish-
e strung. as it were, around the
house to beautify 1t and adorn 1t. This
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
Saw Mill plant Burns.

Rapid City.-Fire which started IN
the boiler room and spread with
amazing rapidity. completely destroy.
ed the large saw mill of the Lamphere,
Hinrichs Lumber company in this city
The fremen succeeded in saving the
planning mill and other buildings. as
well as the 5000, 900 feet OF lumber In
the yard. The mill had a capacity OF
$1,000 feet per day and the loss Is esti
mated at from 100000 to $4,000. In
surance was carried for $4,000. The
company announced that they would
'Gtuild Immediately.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22

Will be contented when he possesses
a wellbuilt home. Building materials
are high in price now. and will remain
so. II any man intends to build a
home. he may as well begin now. for
materials will be no cheaper.
The little house here shown Is as
low In cost as any design that could
be selected. 1t Is artistic and pleasing
to the eye, and presents the aspect OF
coziness to the beholder. 1t is 25 feet
wide and 80 feet 6 inches long. 1t can
either be built Of frame, or plastered
OH the exterior with cement mortar.
1t has a living room IA by IL feet. In
which a fireplace is provided to add to
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
Plenty of Cash.

Aberdeen.-While in Aberdeen, True
Childs, who has large business inter.
ests in the Faith country, states that
the residents Of northwestern South
Dakota are prospecting because they
are 'going in" for dairy and beef cat.
tie, hogs, corn, alfalfa and ensilage.
There is plenty es ready money in
that country, for a p;ominent mercan
tile firm at Faith that started a thirty
days sale, took in $1,700 in cash on
the first day of the sale.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
Eirst Floor Plan.

experiment has been tried time and
again, with disastrous results. But n
does not need good materials and
well-drawn plans combined with good
taste; and good materials command a
price.
Now. every man who can possibly do
so should build a home. 1t is the nor
NAL aspiration Of the normal man; but
tho purpose of these remarks Is to en-
able him to go about the enterprise,
rot with the notion that he will get
his home for little or nothing. He will
pay the price; and. having done SO. he
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
The Hom.stake Hospital.

Lead.-From the annual report OF
the Homestake hospital here for the
year 1913, it is shown that the staff
of doctors made 14,271 professional
calls at the homes OF operatives OF
this company ard received at the hos.
pital ~dispsnsary 32,076 calls for ex.
aminations, dressings, prescriptions,
etc, while DR.. John Freeman, the
chief surgeon, certified 1,105 medical
and surgical cases for relief by the
Homestake aid fund.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
invisible Audience.

So that concert artists may not be
discouraged by the indifference or
audiences. Chevalier Arrigo Bocchi
has planned a new scheme OF light
ing at st. James Hall Great Portland
street. London, England. Lights will
be focused on the stage. the audi
forum being in a state Of s~emi-dark-
ness which will shut out the audience
from the sight OF the performer.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
Aanex Made President.

Sioux Falls.-At a business session
of the fifteenth annual convention OF
the South Dakota Bar association the
following officers were elected for the
coming year: President, Judge Dick
Haney, Mitchell; vice president, Fred
erick A. Warren, Flandreau; Perry F,
Loucks, Watertown;w secretary, j. II.
Voorhees,, Sioux Falls; treasurer, l.. NJ.
Simons, Belle Fourche.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22

the cheer of the occupants. At the
right of this room Is a chamber IL feet
long and 9 feet 6 inches wide. The
kitchen and dining-room are combined
in a room f3 feet 6 inches by II feet q
inches In size. The bathroom is 6 by,
8 feet in dimensions. On the second
floor is a chamber Is feet by z feet q
inches; and back of this is a storage
room Is feet by 4 feet 6 inches.
In the building of this house, the
design will be much enhanced by the
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
Law Husband Act in O~peration,

Seattle, Wash.-Louis r. Bedford,
formerly secretary of the Democratic
state league and candidate for ap
pointment as warden of the federal
penitentiary of McNeil's island, was
sentenced to six months at labor In
the county stcckade under the lazy
husband act. He will earn $3.50 a
day, the wages to be paid TO his wife
and children.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
Seed to Be Given Farmers.

Mitcheil.-Hardy alfalfa seed, Sc.
cured on the wind swept steppes OF
widest Siberia at a cost to the state
of South Dakota Of over 81 a pound
will be distributed free to the farmers
Of the state by the state experiment
station. News of the distribution to
be made was announced here by A. e
Hitchcock, president of the state board
of regents.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
Makes Use Of Baseball Bat.

Carter.-Using a baseball bat as a
weapon, Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Mengel
quelled a riot among a number oil
drunken Sioux Indians here and
brought order out OF a situation which
for a time threatened to result in loss
of life.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
Elk Point Wants electric LIGHTS.

Elk Point.-1he city council has
taken final steIs to enact an electric
light ordinance, and will call a special
election, to be held February II, %
which time the proposition of issuing
bonds for insta ling and operating a
municipal electric light system will be
submitted TO tho voters.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22

Peter Wattula, aged so. and Her
man Wattula, his nephew, aged Is
both unmarried, were found dead on
the formers farm. five miles northeast
OF Hecla, asphyxietion by gas from 0
coal stove apparently being the cause
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22
An Alibi.

Patience-"A Mr.. Stout claimed
that Peggy's dog bit him."
Patrice-"And what vas the out
conner"
why. Peggy said It was impossible
as her dog was q vegetarian"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-22

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ter fat $50; total solids 1915;
bacteria per cubic centimeter 1884,
OOc.
r. d. Hewitt, inspection, so; but
ter fat 81 20; total solids 1921; bac-
terra per cubic centimeter 10000.
R. 5. Hall, inspection 81 u; but
ter fat Al %; total solids 1874; bac-
terra per cubic centimeter 1S3 900
F. VI. Matheney, inspection, 90 u;
butter fat $50; total solids 1872;
bacteria per cubic centimeter 1884,
.0OC.
Mrs. d. w. Purvis. inspection
1919.
Mrs. Roller, inspection 81. No
milk.
Mrs. Close, inspection 61k No
milk.
Considering the hot weather the
milk supply is holding up fairly
we'll
If the city council has any recon-
mendations to make to this depart
ment they will be gladly received.
Respectfully.
H. F. Watt,
Sity Health officer.
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TELEGRAPH BULLETIN

Cablegrams for continental Europe
generally are subject to delay. The
language used should be that of
country of destination or plain Eng
lish, so that the meaning will be
clearly apparent to military officials.
Steamship companies are too oc-
cupied with other matters to under
take delivery of kilograms to parties
on board outgoing or incoming ships.
kilograms for steamship passengers
should be addressed in care of hotels
or other places, to which the tele-
graph company may make personal
delivery.
Postal Telegraph Commercial Gable
System, A. F. Joyner, Mgr.
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THE CASE OF l.. l.. CANTELOC

The case of l.. J.. Cantelou, Clare
don, Texas, is similar to that of many
others who have used Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rene
dy. He says, after trying a doctor
for several months and using diff
ferent kinds of medicine for my wife
who had been troubled with severe
bowel complaint for several months,
l bought 25c bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. After using the second bot
tie she was entirely cured" For sale
by all dealers. Adv.