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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-06-17
Horse Chestnut.

II was sitting on the bootblack's
stand" said the s~tory-teller, when
the parade came along, the grand
marshal riding a big bay horse at its
head. Well, just as the head Of the
parade came opposite me, II stopped
The grand marshal's horse wouldn't
go another step"
Recognized you as his long lost
half brother, | suppose" said one OF
his listeners maliciously.
Think you're smart, don't you?
Well, III tell you. anyhow. 1t was
pride that made that horse stop
nothing but pride. He wanted his
shoes shiDed."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-06-17
Wheat Crop Great.

Huron.-It is estimated by the
weather and crop bureau at Huron that
the 1915 crop of spring wheat will be
As. 500, 900 bushels, an increase owe
1914 OF 10, zoo, eco bushels. These fig.
ures are secured by a forecast of June
for this year, while the figures OF last
year are taken from the final produc.
ton.
Further it is estimated hat the 1913
crop of winter wheat in South Dakota
will be 1920, 900 bushels, as compared
with 966. 900 bushels last year. 1t is
estimated that the 1915 crop of oats
will be As, 700, 900 bushels, as compared
with A ,165 900 for last year. The bar.
ley crop for 1915 in the state is esti.
mated at II, 100, 900 bushels, as com
pared with 49, $50, 900 bushels last
year.
considered better at this time than an
average of the ten years before. The
prospects for the hay crop now is bet
ter than for the average of the past
even years. The condition of alfalfa
and pastures is better than for the av-
erage in ten years.
Prices on June l are shown to be
in excess of the prices prevailing on
June /, 1914.
1t is estimated that the winter wheat
crop for 1915 in the whole country
will be $4,000, 900 bushels, nearly TO-.
coo 900 bushels below last years
yield. The forecast for spring wheat
throughout the country shows that an
increase of CO. 600, 900 bushels over
1914 is expected.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-06-17
Gas Fumes Kill Gophers.

White.-While. the newspapers are
printing columns of advice to farmers
as to how to get rid of gophers. which
do untold injury to crops, and some
counties are paying bounties for the
killing of these animals, a farmer liv-
ing near White has adopted an effec-
tive and simple method of Kidding his
farm of these little crop destroyers. He
carries a bottle of gasoline and a sup.
ply OF cotton batting around with him
when he works In one of his fields.
When he observes q gopher run int
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-06-17
Not to Blame.

A large map was spread upon the
wall and the teacher was ~instructing
the class in geography.
Horace" she said to a small pupil.
when you stand in Europe facing the
north you Lave on your right hand the
great continent of Asia. What have
you on your left hand?"
"A wart," replied Horace, but I
can't help it. teacher brooklyn
Eagle.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-06-17
Perfect Vision.

you big mutt" said the batter, as
the umpire called the third strike,
that was a foot outside. What's the
matter with your eyes?"
Nothing at ALL" replied the arbI'
traitor in chilling tones. Il can see
from here to the clubhouse. and II
don't see you over there in five min
utes it'll cost you fifty dollars"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-06-17
EcZEMAS AND RASHES
Itching and Burning Soothed by cutl.
cura. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. Relief,
rest and sleep follow the use of these
supercreamy emollients and indicate
speedy and complete healment in most
cases OF young and old, even when the
usual remedies have utterly failed.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. KY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-06-17
Oh. That LASH

Tommy had watched the high-hatted
and frock-coated ~ringmaster for some
time. He was particularly interested
In the way he handled the whip with
the long lash.
We'll, Tommy" said his father,
what do you think Of that fellow"
The whip cracked again as Tommy
replied: I'm glad he isn't my father"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-06-17
Banks to Pay Dividends.

Pierre.-Dividends of % per cent
will soon be paid by the state bank.
ing department to. former depositors
in the Security State bank, of Faux.
ton; the Farmers and Citizens State
bank, Of Bryant, and the Bank of Viii.
low Lakes, all of which have been in
the hands Of the department for set
Element OF affairs for some time.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-06-17
ThouQhtful Old Soul.

my dear, I've an idea" said old
Mrs. Goodart to her caller. You
know we frequently read of the sol
diers making sorties. Now why not
make up a lot Of those sorties and
send them to the poor fellows at the
front?"-Boston Evening Transcript.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-06-17
HOW WOMEN
AVOID
OPERATIONS
BY Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Cleveland, Ohio My left side
pained me SO for several years that

expected 10 nave 10
undergo an opera
ton, but the first
aottle / took Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound relieved meof
the pains in my side
end ! continued its
use until / became
regular and free
from pains. ! had
asked several doc
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-06-17
Lost TO Sioht,

How annoying. The English and
German accounts Of the latest battle
don't agree"
What can you expect? Truth and
Veracity dug themselves in when the
first shot O. the war was fred"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-06-17
Perkins to Improve Roads.

Bison.-Perkins county is going to
take advantage of the provisions OF
the bureau OF good roads and rural
engineering, department of agriculture,
which allows any county which is GO
ing to put in permanent roads, the use
of an engineer free of charge to lay
out the roads and superintend their
construction.
The necessary blanks have been Sc
cured and turned over to County Audi
tor Nicholson, and correspondence has
been entered into between the county
officials and the bureau.
The county officials feel confident
that this is the wisest step that could
be taken in the matter of road con-
struction, as such an engineer would
be unbiased in his opinion, and would
lay out a road where II would give the
largest number of people the best
service.
Active work of road construction
will be taken up this year,
its hole he saturates some of the bat.
ting with gasoline and places ID in the
hole, covering II yer with earth. The
gas fumes penetrate the hole and in
variablv kill the gophefs.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-06-17
The Trouble,

Did you see where the Anglo-Ger-
man knight in London was told he
could not resign his ~baronetcy?"
Yes, that was not a title he could
surrender"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-06-17
Drink Oenison's Coffee.
Always pure and delicious.

It's usually too late for congratula-
lions when the happy couple have
been married more than a week.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-06-17

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL You
Try Murine Hys Remedy for Red, Weak, watery
Eyes and Granulated Eyelids; No Smarting-
Just hye comfort. Write for Book OF the Rye
By mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-06-17

AS a rule the hired girl knows a fam
lily skeleton when she sees one.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-06-17
At the Dance.

Have you learned any new steps,
mo, but I've stepped on a lot of new
:eet."-Life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-05
THE FLAG IN BELGIUM.

A report from Liege says that when
ever the American flag : seen in the
streets Of tina, city the people take OF
their hats.
The flag stands for something be-
sides power in Belgium. Probably
seven .enths Of these who thus Go
homage 10 the rag know little or noth-
ing OF she history OF the rag and the
nation i. represents. They DO net
know that it is the flag Of country
that covers a continent; that counts
100. ooo.oao people and Il perhaps the
1a,ght;es, nation on the face q ne
earth in point Of force aid possi7ii'-
ties Of military power were it 10 secs
such -re-eu, inerce. To them the AMER
icen Sag is not q war flag hui the syn
hol o. hat brotherliness and charity
which heard me cry OF me Starving
across the waste % waters ana sent
rescue and relief Belgium has seen
war flags. battle banners, the suidons
Of power and conquest. Her people
take of their RATS 20 those only in
fear. Bu. the salute 70 tbs American
flag comes freely from grateful hearts
ana IS the signal OF confidence and
gratitude.
Ii is good hearing. Thai IS what
the flag should stand for. peace, char
ity, brotherhood. That il does STAND
| thus does not cheaper it as the sym BOZ
Of strength and courage. Men have
died about it as brarely as men ever
died under any flag that ever ioated
and shall again II just occasion re-
/ quires. From Bunker Hill to FL Caney
its war record is clear. But II STANDS
! for something even greater than any
victory Of war when Belgium salutes
| il as the flag Of just nation, 2 char
liable and kindly people. representa-
tive OF the new citizenship and the
greater dem ocracy.
See il gainst the blue. Take pride IN
It. 1t stands for more than the flag J,
| any other nation that lives or has liTed
| since the world began.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-05

greater psoportion of lawyers than q
any other calling.
Lawyers eravitats naturally toward
politics; they represent, In the aggre-
gate, perhaps the nnoat generally we'll
informed of the professions. and good
lawyers are desirable In any lawmak-
ing body.
Even II the lawyers there were all
Of the nrst rank, Mr. Mayors objection
would hold. TOO many cooks spoil the
BROTH" and too many lawyers are
likely to spoil laws.
Besides. this preponderance OF law
yer prevents congress from having at
hand much practical knowledge which
It should have in order to formulate
wise legislation.
We should have manufacturers. mer-
chants, physicians, ministers, wage
workers, contractors, all branches OF
industry In which our people are en-
gagged. adequately represented in con-
greDs. That would mean more practt-
cal legislation.
Under the most favorable circum-
stances. there will be relatively more
lawyers In our congress and legisla-
lures than members Of any other cali
ing. Yet we might effect q distinct
improvement by sending better law
yers and men more representative Of
the constituencies which elect them
Chicago Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-05
LIMIT OF ABsuRDITY.
[Des Molnes Tribune.l

DeS MONIES 1GlCune.J
Relying. evidently. on the precedent
este blished in the Kelley case IN Des
Moines. Judge in Maiden, Mass. has
just discharged a man who while
drunk assaulted and seriously injured
a policeman. He exonerated the Of
fender with the ehi.er e.ctum that a
policeman should expect certain
amount Of risk in the line OF duty. and
that a drunken man should not be con-
sidered 70 have a malicious intent in
his acts.
This leads the Philadelphia Public
Ledger. apparently with the Kelley
case IN mind, 10 say:
In the new voca bulary OF kindness to
the criminal is the excessive use OF
ancohoiic beverages to blot out the
very name OF crime? Is this the "twi-
light state" which has just secured a
verdict Of not guilty for man who
killed another in fit Of drunken rage
Ours is indeed a tender hearted gen.
Grafton.
The conclusion is altogether errone-
Gus. II the generation were tender
hearted there would be some thought
for the victims of the murderers who
fit themselves for commission Of their
crimes by getting drunk. The victims
as in the Kelley case, are completely
forgotten. as rule. and sympathy onl,
appears to be felt for the murderer
who should be held accountable for the
crimes that he knew perfectly well
liquor was likely to cause him to COM
nit The influence Of liquor should
add to, not excuse. the Nervousness OF
crime.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-05
NO SUCH ANIMAL.

Following list of farm sales which
run from $40 TO 1919 per acre land
company handling northwestern lands
has the nerve 10 insert the assertion
that just as good farms as these may
be bought OF this company IN a north
west state for $50 TO $50 an acre. The
ad follows the list of farm sales in
northwest Iowa newspaper.
It is shrewd appeal to human ma
ture. We are naturally ba-ga!n hunt
ers. Somebody tells Us rne story Of
how Iowa sarmlands sold for 80 an
acre and supplements Il with the s11g-
gestion that other lands offered today
at low prices are as good And desir-
ing TO believe it We take hold.
But it isn't so. Grant that the lands
advertised are worth $50 20 $50 an
acre-ir is poor land nowadays that is
worth less-the fact stands that no
body can buy anywhere or earth as
good land as Iowa farmland az $50 70
$3.50 an acre. Further there are no
tar1nlands anywhere that equal those
Of Iowa That's the reason Iowa farms
are selling from the $3.50 marx on up
towards $500 an acre.
Judge Emil Mcclain went to the
ooast. He had beooEne convinced that
iit was the place for him TO pass his
days. But Judge McCla4n came back.
He was able 20 get back Some Of
those vino went haven't got hack yet
Some Of them desire 20 stay. Some Of
them are able to buy climate with
Iowa 1noney and are entirely satisfied
It's q good and pleasant country. But
IL isn't Iowa and lacks Iowas oppor-
| tunities and Iowa's crops and lot u
material benefits bestowed Dy Iowa
upon thoEe who here inhaoit- McClaip
came back and told mis- reasons for
coming. And they are good and suf-
fcient reasons for a man who Is still
sy,oG-se a=a5 s-ehiils young mans OPP
portun;ty.
These lands IL the northwest are
not lacking in opportunity. Men go 70
them and succeed. But they are not
Iowa lands. The Iowa farm is in the
center OF the rainfall that makes corn
and oats. They raise more TO the acre
and they touch the big markets at The
right distance There amt no sch
animile" as a farming country equal
to Iowa
Don't believe - Give the nortnwes,
lands their due but when any one teill
you he can sell you land as good a.
Iowa lands for one-Hfth OF theprice OF
an Iowa farm just remember that nsz.e.
advertisement which Offers 70 sell Z
lsold watch worth $50 Tor ss.s2.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-05
Topics of the Times

The general belief seems to be that
were Des Mo!nes to go dry legislative
pages would have 70 wear boots.
The Iowa City Daily Press. entering
upon its serenity fourth year. says
When the Capital Reporter. from
which the Press took its rise, first saw
The light, John Tyler was president Of
the United States. Iowa Was Z terri
tory and Iowa City was 2 Struggling
frontier Village The Republican is
enc year older.
Theodore Roosevelt mas cut GU,
drinking coffee. Ahem, Does Teddy
s;ill doctor his milk
II Sundays meetings .esult IN the
abolition Of the Des Moiues saloons
that little matter Of a $4,000 free
will offering viii look Ike 100 10 /
shot Looping home in front.
And while making things clear 70
car English friencs 1t might be well
70 have few words with shippers who
forge nan!tests. Greedy ard law evad-
ing shippers might easily indie blaze
that would result in disc stroug con-
fagration. This country is simply
looking for its right, not seeking ;rou-
be
The biggest fool Of all is the fellow
Sr. s~yc NJ
United states money and get away
with IL
The proposition u spend s5o, DOC, 900
buying and chartering ships is likely to
meet rough weather. And propositions
like that are not built 10 resist storms.
President Wilson Ii TO come to Iowa
according 10 announcement made by
Committeeman Wade. Iowa will be
glad TO see him and show him around
Another termz Sorry but Iowa has
aiaSs ether arrangements.
! Ir. Connolly Should have stayed out
Of the cloak room and voted on the
| Hobson amendment It was n lame wa,
! Of duck4ng. Vc!lnsr's fooiishness abou
Lincoln as a bartender whatever
eise may be said Of 1t has a suggestion
Of sand that the Connolly hedging
| lacks.
| Copper for cartridge making 4
neither food nor clothing. We can AZ
/ ford IN kAen fte fighting material
we may have m opsn market for corn
cotton and meat
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-05
CONCEIVE IF YOU CAN.
Isioux City rribune.l

ISiouX CITY Tribune.J
Suppose-just suppose Brit
tin would tell this nation to take a
long jump for itself. that the British
admiralty office would continue to do
as she pleases with international COM
merce. What would this country do
with its crippled navy?
There ia no danger Of such thing.
but If there were we would cut the
most pi,eous spectacle Of ali the ages.
Imagine our battle fleet-with eighty
units of it now in the dry docks-sail-
ing out to give battle. loaded to the
guards with grape juice and Josephus
Daniels standing on the bridge leading
the marines in singing Nellie Grey
or The Old Oaken Bucket"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-05
rnr elataAl sus,ness elfUAIlsx.

While the situation In general - in
vested with post-holtday aspects. IL -
evident that buyers are inquirins for
supplies and some statesmen who were
in for the Christmas holidays have
a gain started out. but travellers will not
generally take up visiting until next
week. 1t is conceded that they will ind
light stocks on the shelves Of final dis
tributers. recent cold or wet weather
having helped to move heavyweight
goods. barring. Of course, at the south.
where 1t Is probable that burdensome
stocks are being carried. Demand for
army supplies for use in Europe con-
tinues good, and export cotton is NOV
ing in relatively large volume. but in
small relative value because prices are
low, and holding of supplies by south
ern growers is conspicuous. Exports OF
cereals show a temporary slump from
previous heavy levels. hampered ma
terially as they are by prohibitive
vessel room being acute. In purely in
dustriai lines the tendency is TO work
slowly until after the first of the year,
when assumptions Will be in order. bu.
the rate Of first may be quite raoder-
ate. OF course plants working on army
supplies are being rushed TO capacity
Higher prices for plates, shapes and
bars, better specifications on low
priced contracts that expired in De-
cember. with general expectations OF a
looseIing up on the part of the rail-
ways during the current month. en-
courages the steel Industry Machin
cry markets reflect good export husi-
ness. some improvement Il. domestic
demand and enlarged inquiries, to
which most faith is pinned for better
development II the near future. Coal
is in good request for domestic use,
but the customary shortage expe--
fenced as this season Of the year is con-
spicuous BY Is absence. probably be-
cause he railways have found Il easy
to move supplies. Trade in steam coal
IS rather quiet. ana demand for hlm-
Der IS dull. ou, inquiries are more nu-u-
er0us. oei. particularly the foreign
product. is scarce. and the wants of
those manufacturers who have large
army contracts TO fiji for England and
France have created a boom IN secure.
and pulled woods. prices FOR which have
advanced IL cents a pound 70 90 cents.
and talk o. 81 pound for the latter is
interior cereal growing districts have
improved, but as q general proposition
payments are slow remittances from
the south being very poor. In fact.
some wholesale interests ere paying
much attention to the virtual forcing o.
payments, in consequence OF which
business mortsiitles. particularly of
small traders. are far more numerous
than at this time in any previous year
At the same time, the number engaged
in business has greatly increased. and
on the basis OF relatives tire failure
record Is not SO unfavoraole as sur
face indications suggest. Money IL
easier. but demand il slight. Stock
market operations present holiday as
poets, with reactionary tendencies up
permos.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-05
Tobacco.

There's going to be big debate one
Of the days on the subject OF tobacco.
Tobacco Is having what may be called
an inning just now, especially on &C.
count of the war, but we may expect
some protest later.
The cigaret has figured as prominent-
~ In the accounts from the trenches.
tho very little thing, as tbs 42-centi-
meter siege gun. In q statement OF
supplies OF good things sent forward
to the troops in camp tobacco Is sell
dom omitted. Battle pictures show
soldiers smoking while they shoot and
with shells bursting over their heads.
Nurses are depicted handing out Gig
arets and cigars to the wounded and
tho convalescent. Tobacco Is never
neglected item in the commissary and
in the Red Cross supplies.
The German crown prince in telling
the folks back home to hurry forward
needful things. has an often and as ear
nestly begged for cigars as for socks.
and he has just followed the example
OF his grandfather. the crown prince OF
1870, by sending q pipe with his photo
graph to every soldier In his army. It
Is not always easy to get matches in
the trenches. and it u not always easy
&c keep them when secured, especially
when the trenches are wet. To get over
this difficulty the Germans have in
vented = self lighting cigar.
The war has been hard on absinthe
and vodka They have been banished
as nuisance and . mischief in camp
and on the battlefield but 1t seems to
have been conceded on all hands that
nh hAln - tlyl Dnp
haps q great many people felt that II
this were not actually true. still the
soldier ought not to be deprived Of any
thing that affords him satisfaction or
comfort. and certainly the world has
not been SO neutral In any respect as in
the complacence with which 1t has
watched the tobacco 30 forward to all
fronts.
But tobacco has secured a more inn
portant standing than that Of luxury.
A Swiss commission has made an in
vestigation Of the effect Of tobacco on
the army. The Swiss troops have had
to do no fighting. but they have had
some rather grevious mobilization.
camp and maneuver experience. Tho
commissions verdict IL that the Swiss
soldier who smokes displays much
greater endurance than the non-smok-
er. He Is more cheerful and bears
hardship with more equanimity.
There is a claim. dating back to our
civil war, that tobacco is a prophylac-
tic, that 1t protects against disease.
The present war may furnish further
data on this point. The latest testi-
mony ID that offered by New Jersey
man who was 1oe years old last Tues
day. and he attributes his immunity to
disease to the use Of tobacco from the
time he WAS boy.
The enemies OF tobacco will surely
have q word after the war Is over.
They are 50 good natured that they
| would not want to take up the tobacco
question now with the soldier when
| he has 80 many other troubles They
are considerate enough to wait until
| the troops get out Of the trenches. But
little Robert Reed" is a full grown
man now. He has abided by the reso.
luton he made while boy and he VIII
| speak UP after whiie.-Omaha World
4 Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-05
Sacrifice and Reward.

from Henrik Ibsens dramatic poem
Brand" translated by Ole .. Lien
Marshalltown, Iowa-l
How long will duty's struggle iasts
1t must go on till life Is ending,
And Your career on earth is past
Till all your sacrifice is brought
When you are free in deed and thought
And have attained will uneendins
Till weak and sickly doubts must fai'
At the demand to give your all
What must be lost?-Your modern goo
Your sham. deceit and Sunday show
The golden chains that drag You ION
And keep you bending Ger the sod
And the reward? Ne. thoughts OF puT-
iIy,
Determined will. the souls security:
a sacrifice like one Who gave
Himself to torture. death and grave
A ccroWn of thorns YOU may attain.
Il is your sole reward and gain.