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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-30
Obituary

Orient Argus:-Mrs Mary J. Diens-
lake, wife of M. M. Dienslake, died
at her home in Orient, S. D., July
9th, 1914 at the age of GA years.
Her death was sudden and due to
heart failure. She leaves a husband,
a brother and a sister to MOURN her
loss.
She was born in New York state
but moved with her parents to
Michigan where she spent her girl
hood. She was married to William
Dodge in Else, Mich. with whom she
moved to Park Township. So. Oak.
in 1883. Mr. Dodge died at Balaton,
MINI.
She was married to Mr.. Nj. M.
Dienslake in 1897 and for a few
years resided on the farm near Orient
and then moved to Orient where she
and her husband have lived until hei
death. AS a wife she was kind and
af~fectionate and was true to the re.
sponsibilities resting upon her. She
loved her home and her friends and
those who knew her as a neighbor,
knew her as a true friend.
A short service was held at her
home in Orient on Sunday. July 18th
after which the remains were taken
to the M. f Church where the re-
gular funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. C. +. Wilcox. Her re-
mains we're laid to rest in the Orient
Cemetery.
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WILD CAT SEEN
NEAR CITY LIMITS
Johnny Coke, at the Marsh Farm.
Gets q Shot at Him

Considerable excitement was Gre
ated about town Monday by a report
that John Coke had seen a wild cat
in the Marsh barn yard, adjoining
city limits on the south. He reports
that he got his gun from the house
and retul ned in time to see the ami
NAL scooting across the pasture to-
wards the Winters grove. He fired
at the fleeing cat, which jumped in
the air, as if the shot passed under
it, and then a into the grove.
A posse of town men and boys vas
soon organized to go out and beat up
the brush, and adjoining cornfield,
but nothing further was see of the
bob cat. Mr. e. l. Hull. living just
across the road from the Marsh
place, also saw the wild cat in his
chicken lot quite recently. Prof.
Evarts, of the city school, also re-
ports having seen a bob cat just south
of town while he was driving. After
the town posse returned Clarence
Curtis says that he tracked the cat
in the road dust from Winter grove
west to the Miller Bros. farm.
The above evidence seems to es.
tablish the fact beyond a doubt that
a bob cat has wandered up from the
Missouri river timber, or come from
some of the timbered gulches in the
hills. The wild cat is not very dan
gerous unless cornered. in which
case he will fight with great fury.
This wild cat excitement brings TO
mind another hunt for the same kind
of game about seventeen or eighteen
years ago. Word came to town that
there we're several wild cats in Mer-
ritt's grove, or the Maloney gulch in
the Washington Hills. One day
two or three town hunters
went on a hunt after them. They
re turned with the carcasses of three
bob cats, and swelIed up with the
hunters pride of success. 1t was
learned afterwards that some Wess-
ington hunters had beat them to the
game, and that they had bought the
dead cats IN Washington. One of
these animals was stuffed and exhit.
cd in j. d. Fitzgerald's drug store.
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Death of Mrs, Banning

Mrs B. F. Banning died Saturday
at her home in Holden twp. at the
age of 65 years. Death came after
a lingering illness of several months
during which time she was a constant
but patient sufferer from cancer.
Funeral services, attended by a large
number of friends and neighbors,
were conducted Sunday afternoon at
Sunbeam church. Rev. Corts o~ficiat-
ing and interment made at the Sun.
beam cemetery.
Mrs Banning was among the pio-
neer settlers of Hand county having
come here with her husband In 81
and has passed through all the trials
of a new country on its road to de.
velopment. They filed on govern
ment land in Holden twp, where
they have since resided.
She leaves to mourn her loss, her
husband, ard one son G.. f. Banning,
two daughters Ida, and Pearl. having
died some years ago.
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Obituary

Mr. Merret S. Hurd died at his
home Sunday July &c, 1914, at the
age of GA years 5 months and %
days. The service was held at the
home at one o'clock. The service
was conducted by H, ID. Seastrand.
of st. Lawrence.
Mr. Hurd was born in Vermont.
Wis, Feb. A, 1851. He moved with
his parents to Paoli, Wis, where he
spent his early life. There he was
united in marriage to Miss Elite E.
Cooper. of Paoli, Wis. After a few
years they moved to Huron. S. d ,
in 1885, and there they made their
home for 20 years. Nh Hurd held a
high and honorable position in Hur-
on, afterwards they moved to South
Hand where he remained till the
time of his death.
There we're born to them five
children, two girls and three boys,
four of whom still survive with their
mother to mourn their loss.
He has been a devoted Christian
for the past twenty wears. a member
of the Methodist church. For some
time he has been afflicted with heart
trouble and suffering severe pain,
yet he was always happy and cheer,
full, locking ahead to those mansions
prepared for the people Of God in
song, scripture and praise.
In the early eve of July 26, he
gently fell asleep to awaken in the
arms Of Him who never sleeps.
Our hearts went out IN sympathy to
the bereaved ones as they stood
around the opened tomb. We laid
his mortal remains away and his
spirit has taken its flight to God.
Who gave it and Who doeth all
things well. There it will be awak.
ened on that day when Jesus comes
again. Let all be ready to meet our
Savior and loved ones and join with
them in prayers. Thus encouraged
I'VE can say with the past, but no,
that look is not the last; we yet may
meet where seraphs dwell. where
love no more deplorc the past nor
breathe that whitening word fare.
WE'LL" Mr. and Mrs j. c. Corbln.
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Harvest Hands Defrauded

Aberdeen papers report that the
oyer supply of harvest hands in
South Dakota have been sent here
by employment agencies in cities as
a means of getting rid of them and
have defrauded many of the men in
doing so. In one instance a laboror
showed a letter from Wichita, Kan
sas, supposed to be from the Com
mercial Club at Yankton, asking for
men and guaranteeing them work
for les DAYS at So a day. The men
say they paid $3.50 to the agency
for this guarantee and started for
South Dakota only to find they had
been defrauded.
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HAND COUNTY
CORRESPONDENCE
Interesting Items From Various
Twps.
Rec HEIGHTS

Rev. f. Z. Swartout returned from
his vacation and gave us two good
sermons Sunday.
Miss Mckay from Orient visited
Margery Gardner over Sunday.
Some of the Maxwell children and
grandchildren are visiting at the old
home in Spring Hills.
Harvesting is about oyer in the
near vicinity, and farmers are well
pleased with the results though
threshing will tell the story. Some
say their wheat is some what injured
by rust.
Ben Graham returned from west
or the river last week, and states
that the drouth has destroyed all
crops and grass.
Mrs Freeman is having an addition
built to her house.
While attending the C~hautauqua
at Miller, we were we'll pleased with
the platform manager and when he
said he was born In Salem, Ill.,, Mrs
Fred Furman and myself decided he
was all right. for Ill. is our native
state, and Judge our surprise when
we received our old home paper pub
lished in Kendall Co. to see the pict-
ure of Mr. Messenger, and read he
was a candidate for representative
on the republican ticket from Kane
and Kendall Co.'S we have since
learned that he is a resident of Au-
rora, Kane Co., where we resided
four years before coming to S. Oak.
We sincerely hope he will get the
office.
Editor Stratton was in town Friday
in search of a picture of Rec Heights.
Editor Waterman and family spent
Sunday in Orient visiting relatives.
Let everyone attend the play given
by the Miller people next Saturday
night.
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IRE

When the fire bell rings the first
thing to think Of is your own n.y.
drant. Shut it off. so that the fire.
men may get all the pressure.
The next thing to remember is to
shut your hydrant off at 1000 o'clock
P. M.
The third thing to remember /:
that if you don't comply with city
laws in regard to the use of water
the city authorities will be forced to
put you on a water meter, and you
will have to pay for every measured
drop-which means three to five
times the price you pay now.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-30
BOLD BANDIT
ROBS 3 DEPOTS
Section Boss Shoots Him in the
Leg

The c. & N. w. depots at Miller,
st. Lawrence and Vayland were
broken into and robbed Sunday af-
ternoon by a we'll dressed fellow
who appeared to be alone and was
caught later in the day at Wolsey,
The burglar was seen leaving the
Vayland depot. going east, and as
the agent was away, the section boss
was notified. The section boss took
his nan and a shot gun and followed
on their hand Ear. They found the
robber in the washington depot
alone. He appeared to be both
reryy and resourceful, as he grab
bed the section helper, swung him
between himself and the gun, and
ducked out of the door, The Sec
ton boss ran after him. and took a
flying shot at him. The burglar
stopped and pulled a real gun on
the section boss. who mentally re.
marked to himself, mo, thanks"
and lodged out of sight, The burg
lar thus got away and went Oh to-
wards the east. When caught at
Wolsey he was at a Doctors Office
having some of the sec. boss shot
picked out of his leg.
From the local office he succeeded
in getting a number of tickets but
no cash. while at st. Lawrence he
found something like SEQ AMI a
small amount at Vayland. Deputy
Sheriff Erb accompanied by Agent
Csss went to Wolsey Sunday
night and brought the robber to
Miller where he is lodged IN jail.
The Young fellow was taken be.
fore Justice Heltibridle Tuesday,
and gave his name as John Meow
an, of New York City He is a slen-
der Young fellow. about twenty one
or two years old, very well dressed
had white face and hands, and had
no connection with the numerous
harvest hands see about the towns.
He was put under 81, 900 bond and
trial set for Monday.
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How The Vote Was Won"

This bright and humorous little
one act play, with a cast of ten peo-
pie, will be given for the benefit of
the Hand County Equal Franchise
League, Friday night, July 31st, at
the opera house. A few of the seats
are reserved at SOC and all the rest
will be Csc and 25c.
Following is the program for the
entertainment preceding the play:
Claire De Live Mcdowell
March Wind.
Miss Dorothy Rossman
Song, Jest, Perfume and Dances
(from Romeo and Juliet. .Gorenod
Miss Elizabeth Christ
The Littlest Rebel -. Edwrad Peple
Miss Carolyn Waite
The Woodpigeon 80. Liza Lehman
The Startling ..-.....
Miss Christ
Miss Elizabeth Halloween at the
piano.
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From Our Exchanges

st. Lawrence News: Word was
received here that Miss Clara Pitzer
was married to Mr. Jesse Reynolds,
of Madison. a prosperous young
farmer, on July A. . Miss
Minnie Moore, of Wolsey, formerly
Of this place, vas married ON July 4
to a Mr. Cheasiey. at Huron .
9 l. T. Jarmuth, accompanied by
Rev. G.. Isaac, left early Monday
morning in his auto on a trip to
Yellowstone National Park. They
went by way of Mobrldge and will be
gone about three weeks.
Washington Times:-Henry Biddle
of Miller has secured the contract
for grading the Black & Yellow Trail
from this point to Miller and work
will be begun Immediately after har-
vest. Hand county has purchased a
modern road grader which will be
used in the work. This will be an
other link in the chain of good roads
through the state. Homer
Fisher and VIM Butler returned
from Barnville, Mimi last week
where they had been working. They
say that that part of Minnerota is
very wet and that they like S. ID.
better, even if it is some bat dry
| at present. = y II. A Pierce
went to Huron Saturday morning to
close the contract with John Nelson
for the construction of the new bank
building. Work will be begun with
in a short time now. and according
to the contract the building is to be
completed and ready to move into
by November 18th.
Orient Argus:-Miss Katherine
Eggerling left on SATURDAYS trair
for Bird Island. Mimi. where she
will visit with relatives for some
time.
Rec Heights Review. o. Cages
grandmother. Mrs Mary j. Bard
and his uncle, w. H. Smith. both OF
Bcyden, Iowa. arrived here Tuesday
Mr. Smith departed next day, but
MRS Bard will remain for a longer
visit. Mrs S. Nicholas was
here from Miller. this week visiting
her Children. Mrs Grace
Gunnison and little daughter from
Carpenter, arrived here Wednesday
noon for a visit to her parents, Nh
and Mrs w. II. Maxwell.
Highmore Bulletin IS Saturday
evening and Sunday the Highmore
Experiment Farm was visited by
some very distinguished visitors from
Russia who are making a tour of the
United States to look over crops ano
conditions and find better grams to
grow than they are already growing
They made arrangements With MI
Morrison, of Highmore station, fol
various seeds to be sent when ripen'
| ed.
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PROF. w. K. DAVIS
LEAVES BISMARCK
Former Miller Teacher Receives
Touching Farewell From
Indians

Bismarck. N. D.. July 27.-Not
far from the site where Bismarck
now stands, not so long ago, General
Custer and a little band of Indian
fighters rode out from the gates of
old Fort Abraham Lincoln, rode out
and never returned. They fought
in the middle of a circle of Indian
rifles. converging on them, until
every man of the heroic little band
lay silent on the ground.
There are pioneers alive today,
who remember the horror of that
incident. remember the days when
the Indian and white man held for
each other a red glowing hatred that
it did not seem possible would ever
wane.
But time. the universal healer, has
changed that spirit, and Yesterday
on the platform of the Northern Pa.
cific depot in Bismarck was enacted
a little drama which told palmer
than words that the Ratchet is bur-
led. and buried deep.
For yesterday on the platform an
old full-blood Indian, one whose an
cestors may have galIoped in blood
frenzy around Clusters CRYING band,
wept or the shoulder of a white
man, while his comrades stood ST.
lently about, with Jumps in their
Threats and tears in their eyes, try
ing to conceal their emotIon-for
the Indians are not a race given to
much demonstration.
The occasion for this incident,
which deeply touched those who wit
messed it and especially the recipient.
was the going away of w. R. Davis,
who for the past sever years has
been superintendent of the Indian
school In this city. Mr. Davis was
the first superintendent of the school
and has earned the respect and re-
gard of every Indian in the school.
They were all at the depot plat
form when No. 8 pulled in this af-
ternoen, every pupil and every en-
ployee of the school was there. snx-
ious to pay to their friend that final
mark Of respect and love. And 1t
speaks much. both for the progress
of the last 25 years, and for the adj
ministration of Mr. Davis, that they
were there, and that a stole old In
dian so far gave way to his emotion
as to weep on the shoulder of the
once-hated white man.
Mr. and Mrs Davis will go first to
Ipswich. S. ID. where they will visit
with relatives. Mr. Davis will prob
ably then go east for a time after
which they plan to take up their
permanent location in the west. near
Seattle. :.
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Forged a Check?

A young fellow giving the name
of Mcdonald, was pinched at Rec
Heights yesterday for offering a
check on a Highmore bank for So. Is.
The check was signed Thomas Ben
net" the name of a farmer living
southwest of Rec Heights and was
presented at the Rec Heights bank.
The young fellow was brought to
Miller and appeared before Squire
Ober.
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Women on Long Auto Trip

Miss Mabel Wood. County Supt.
of Hyde county, and Mrs S. w.
Pollard. wife of the Congregational
minister of Highmore have just re-
turned to Highmore from an extend
ed auto trip covering a distance of
more than $500 miles.
The ladies left Highnore about
two months ago in a Ford runabout
with Grand Rapids, Mich, as their
objective point. They made the trip
going, through Iowa and Illinois and
returned over the Black and Yellow
trail from Chicago.
They report a pleasant trip with
little or no engine trouble and the
entire trip home Of 1900 miles was
made without any tire troubles, com
ing from Detroit IN six days.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-30
Run Over By q TAX

A. W. Johnson. of Inland two.
was brought to town one day last
week in frank Abbot's auto. on &C.
count of an accident which bruised
him no considerably and broke one
rib. Johnson was u%nhitching his
team from a hay rake. and forgot
one tug. The team started and
pulled the rake over him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-30
AUSTRIA AT WAR
WITH SERVIA

War against Servia was formally
declared by Austria Tuesday. The
immediate cause, or reason, or ex-
cuse, was the recent murder of the
heir to the Austrian throne by Ser
Wan students. Austria made de
nanls upon Servia which were re-
fused. Russia and Germany may
both be drawn into it.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-30
Hurt in a Well

Merl Hammil came into town
Tuesday with a young brother who
had been hurt in a well they were
digging. The hoy was let down in
the hole by rods to remove a stone.
The rods were pulled up a few feet
out of his way when the connections
broke. Luckily he was standing up
right, and the rods passed down in
front of him MASKING one toe.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-30
Prices in Advertising

The Alexandria Herald has boost
ed its advertising rates to Is cents
ar inch, and they are too cheap at
that. No county seat newspaper in
a town the size Of Alexandria, when
the paper is as good as the Herald
should sell its adver Using space for
10 cents an inch. And no weekly
paper in South Dakota can afford to
sell its paper to its subscribers for
81 a year.-Aberdeen News.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-30
SUFFRAGE COLUMN
BY SUFFRAGE COMMITTEE

A newspaper n day last week
gave as an inducement for voting
for a certain candidate. the fact that
the candidate had promised to re-
tain IS his deputy the very compel
ent young woman who now holds
the position. An inquisitive woman
asked why that should be any reason
for voting for a man and was an
swered that the present deputy was
so efficient it would be a mistake to
allow her to leave that office. which
is an important one in the county.
Why. then, not make her the officer
instead of deputy was asked. Oh.
she is not eligible, was the reply.
| Now isn't that about as logical as
some of the arguments we hear
against woman suffrage? Here is a
woman who cannot vote and there
fore cannot hold the office. doing
the work which the principle is
elected to do and receiving a smaller
salary than the man. simply because
she is not a qualified elector, And
the funny part of it is that some
women are content to go right on
doing a mans work and allowing
him to receive all the glory and
most of the salary.
Suffrage victories come thick and
fast these days. The National Edu-
cational Association is the latest or
%ganization to unqualifiedly endorse
votes for women. and on heels Of
that news comes word from Harriet
Taylor Upton, Ohio's wonderful
worker. that her state will be among
the campaign states this fall. The
Ohio initiative petition is the largest
eyer filed, containing 264, 900 names.
A lot of women who have let men
bamboozle them into thinking they
have been on a little pedestal for
some time back. are just waking up
to find that where they really haye
been was on the shelf.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-30
CITY CHURCH
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRESBYTERIAN Church

A. p. Cooper, pastor
1890 a m. Sermon:
HAS a m Sabbath school
The lessons are interesting. come
and join a class.
S:00P M sermon.
We want you to come.
We aim to begin all services at
the minute appointed. BE on time
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ST. AIMS Church

~ III StiuiISh
Services on LIST, 3rd, and 5th Sun.
days.
Masses at $50 and 1890 a, m.
Evening services 7:30 p. m. sun
days.
Week days, Mass at s o'clock.
Holy DAYS. Masses at 6 and $50
a, m.
Confessions, Saturday evening at
Z p. m.
Those desiring instruction in the
Catholic Doctrine will call at Priests
residence on Monday and Thursday
evenings. Father Duguay, Pastor.
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Christian Church

lords Day School at 10 o'clock a..
m.
Communion service at Ii o'clock
a, m.
Christian Endeavor at $50 p. m.
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Methodist Church Services.

Preaching next Sunday, by the
pastor at HOO a. m.
S. S. at 1000.
Epworth League devotional meet.
ing at ZOO p. m.
Evening service at 500 m
Prayer meeting every Thursday
evening
All are invited to attend.
j. Fl. Kearton, Pastor.
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Card of Thanks

We desire by these few lines to
thank all who so kindly assisted in
the sickness and death of our loved
husband and father.
Mrs Hurd and family.
Arizona republican., 1914-10-16
Naquin Leaves Phoenix

With his decision to make Fl Pas1 the headquarters for the Velie car in New Mexico, Arizona and West Texas, Arizona loses one of the live motor dealers. Originally located in Globe, where he started handling the Overland line, Naquin finally landed in Phoenix, from which point he ad- ministered his big territory for a year. After getting the Velie agency. he became racing bug, and has not been without a speedster for over three years His record in the A. A. A. is high, as he has entered several sanctioned races, and won firsts, seconds and thirds. His first race was the GlObe-Phoenix trial, which he won in 1911 He finished third last year in the Fl Paso- Phoenix race, after leading to Bisbee
 C. F. Naquin, his son, who is in the Phoenix high school, and was to have been one of the aspirin Coyote griddists, leaves today for Fl Paso to join the family.