Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-09-17
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Died-Paer Anderson Miller,
at his home near Pioneer, Ore
gon, of heart disease, Thursday,
morning, September 9Th, 1915,
aged 61 years, 6 months and 1
day. Mr.. Miller was born in
Sweden, March Sth, 1854. He
came to America in 1882 and has
remained here ever since, with
the exception of one year, which
he spent at his home in Sweed-
en-. In 1887 he was married to
Miss Marie Nelson and they
made their horne at Pioneer
when it was still Benton county,
and have lived here continuous
ly for the past twenty-eight
years. For the past 81 years
Mr.. Miller has been connected
with the railroad as an employee
most OF the time as a foreman
of the section. To the people
who passed over the c. & e.
railroad Mr.. Miller was a famil-
lar figure. For 81 years he was
at his post doing duty. He had
the respect and confidence Of
the railroad officials and of all
who knew him. He, with the
help of his wife, had accumula-
ted quite a large amount of prop
erty. He owned about 500
acres of land and had just fin
ished moving his house to a
beautiful location and was just
changing it into a beautiful
modern bungalow style of build
ing when death came sud-
denly and took him away. P. A.
Miller was a friend whom you
. could depend upon. He had
positive convictions, but when
convinced he was wrong he al
ways yielded. He was gener-
Gus to a fault and strictly hon
est. / don't think any worthy
person ever appealed to P. A.
Miller for help in time of need
but that he got assistance If it
was in his power to do it. He
was one of the charter members
of the Elk City lodge of Odd
Fellows and continued to be up
to the time of his death one of
its strongest pillars. His place
will be hard to fill. He will be
missed. He was taught in the
Lutheran Church and became a
member at an early age and has
ever since clung to the faith. He
leaves a wife and two children,
a son and daughter, Wallace and
Lille, both grown and present
at the funeral. Rev. Davenport
preached the funeral sermon at
the cemetery and the burial SER
vices were conducted by the
Odd Fellows. Chester Dixon
acted as noble grand and ID. B.
Ramsdell as chaplain. The
beautiful ritual of the order was
read in a very clear and i'm
pressive manner. The funeral
services were largely attended
by members of the order, neigh
bors and railroad officials. New
port, Yaquina and Elk City
lodges were all represented.
Thirty Rebekahs and Odd Eel
lows went from Toledo. The
casket and for several feet
around was. literally covered
with floral offerings. One piece
especially noticeable was the
three links beautifully woven in
moss and covered with beautiful
flowers. This work was done by
Mrs. Chester Dixon. The min
lister very beautifully brought
out the character of Mr.. Miller
in his sermon as husband, faith
er, neighber, citizen and mem
ber of the great order Of Odd
Fellows.
The public school of New
port opened Monday morning
with the following corps Of
teachers present: Prof. e. J..
Ortman, formerly of the public
school of Sutherlin, as principal; {;
Prof. Calm, Miss Chase and Miss
Booth, teachers in the high
school; Prof. Colmon teacher
in the Sth grade; Miss Mary
Whitney, 7th grade; Miss Moore,
teacher in the 9th grade; 9Th
grade teacher not yet employed; /;
Miss Florence Smith, teacher in
the 4th grade; Miss Lottie
Smith, teacher in primary grade.
About $50 pupils enrolled the
first day and II is expected this
number will, in a short time, be
increased to 300. The trustees
viii try to make this the best
school Newport has ever had.
The board of trustees are, o. F..
Jacobson, Charles Saunders and