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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-12-16
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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
THRESHING RIG
PULLED IN

The Aberdeen News of Monday
reports that one big threshing rig
had pulled in at that place ard quit
work, because, the owner said.
after riding a whole day in an auto
in a locality where no threshing had
been done. farmers refused to con-
tract with him to do their work.
He said they all preferred to be free
to engage the first rig that got to
them, and that he could not afford
to make a long pull without some
assurance of getting a good share
of the work in that nejghborbood.
In some localities it is reported
that individual farmers have offered
premiums to get their t~hreshing
done. This unusual year appears
to have upset conditions and estab-
lished customs in many particulars.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
DAIRY FIGURES IN
HAAkON COUNTY

Philip Review: The Review has
tried to obtain figures that will
show the amount of cream checks
cashed in the banks of the county
during May, June, July and August.
These are only obtainable. however,
at two of the banks. but they show
the extent to which the industry has
reached, The First National, of
Midland. in the four months cashed
S25. 8l9 25, the First State Bank, of
Philip, $21. 090.7 70. The other three
institutions have probably handled
as large an amount Of checks. There
is no doubt hut that approximately
Sl10. 900 represents the income to
the dairymen Of the county in those
four months.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
FauIkton Wins Over Miller

The Miller high school foot ball
eleven met defeat in their first game
PLAYED at Faulkton Saturday after
noon. the final score being Is to 0.
The game was staged during a driz.
zling rain which made playing diff.
cult and if there was any advantage
IN being on home ground the ad.
vantage was decidedly on Faulkton's
side. judging from the score. The
bows made the trip in autos and
were unable to return until SUNDAY
on account of the heavy condition OF
the roads. They we're accompanied
by several of the high school girls,
who went along as rooters, and
Coach and Mrs Richardson. Faux
ton will play a return game on the
local field Saturday, Oct. 23rd.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
ALL DAY SERVICE
AT LIGHT PLANT
Beginning Today Light and Power
Juice Goes Day and Night

The installing of the new engine
at the Light and Power plant, which
is to give Miller and St. Lawrence
practically continuous service, is at
last accomplished and the new ser.
vice will begin today. City light
engineer w. E. Mcdowell and his
assistants have been busy for the
past two months installing motors
at the mill and elevators and extend.
ing lines to st. Lawrence.
Electric irons have been in use in
Miller for a couple of years, and
many homes are now being equipped
with electric washers and sweepers
On Tuesday A. E. Conner, at the
Sexauer elevator, made the first U.s.
of his motor by loading a car OF
oats for shipment.
In the course of time the man,
gas engines now in use about towr
will be succeeded by electric motors
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
SOUTH DAKOTA is
SECOND IN CROPS
North State Few Points Ahead
In the General Average

Sioux Falls Press:-South Dakota
stands second of all states in the
union this year in the percentage
above average of it's general crop
conditions, as reported by the bur-
eau of crop estimates of the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington.
Using the figures of the crop OBJ
servers for October 1st as the basis
of its calculations this bureau finds
that South Dakota this year is 30.9
points ahead of a 100 per cent or
perfect average general crop yield.
The bureau expresses it as the com
post condition" of crops and uses
the figure 100 as indicating the
average crop. South Dakota's
composite condition" is given as
1909. Our neighbor on the north
leads all states with 1889. Mime
sofa is placed at 1l2 5, while Iowa
six-tenths of a point below average.
Kansas ranks third with 1877. A
fortnight of reasonable warm Eeath-
er at the right time this fall would
easily have placed South Dakota at
the top of the list. for corn, which
suffered more or less throughout all
the Northwest because of cold and
RAINY weather, is one of this states
heaviest crops. The reason North
Dakota is eight points ahead of
South Dakota this year is that the
state devoted its efforts more to the
crops that prospered exceedingly
this year everywhere. Corn is not
at all a big feature of North Dakota
agriculture and such corn as was
raised there faired not as well as IN
the parts of South Dakota that raise
this crop regularly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
LESS THAN HALF
~Tf1RESHING DONE

Changeable weather, with fire.
quent rains. continues to delay
threshing. The only real detriment.
aside from the inconvenience of de.
lay. grain men say. is to the shocked
grain now being threshed between
showers. The long exposure to the
weather has )ightened the grain and
lowered the grade. The stacked
grain, of course, will be better quail.
lty for having been stacked.
It is estimated that more than
half the grain of Hand county is yet
to be threshed, with about Is to Is
per cent Of that still in the shock.
This is very probable, because some
townships have done practically no
threshing vet.
One of the big farms to finish up
recently is the G.. H. Carroll farm,
southwest of town, where LIS, 900
bushels of wheat was the total yield
with an all-round average of 20
bushels per acre.
j. F. Dynes, of Holden twp. re-
ports close to $1,000 bushels of
grain. He also has 14O acres of
corn which he estimates at close to
80 bushels per acre.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
DEATH CALLS
ARCHIBALD COON

The Washington Times report is the
death of Archibald Coon, a pioneer
settler of the Washington Hills in
Southeastern Hand county. He
was well known by the older citizens
of this locality. The Times says:
"The news of Mr. Coon's death
came as a great surprise to the COM
munity Tuesday. While he had
been in rather poor health for the
past several months. yet he was able
to be around until just a few DAYS
ago when he took a severe cold, due
to exposure a cold rainy day when
he was trying to gather his crop Of
onions.
Archibald Coon was born on Dec
ember 20, 184l IN the state of New
York At the age of II he removed
with his parents to Green Lake,
county, Wisconsin. When only 20
years of age he was married to Miss
Mary l.. Marvin. Eight children
were born to them, four diving in
childhood. With the big rush of
homeseekers. Mr. Coon and family
migrated to this point in 1883 and
filed on a homestead on top of the
Washington Hills where he has made
his home ever since, going through
all of the hardshlps of pioneer life,
but sticking to it until he came to
enjoy the hard earned fruits of his
toll. Besides the sorrowing wife he
leaves four children to mourn his
loss, Mrs Ed Wells and Jaw E Coon,
both reside here, and Henry, Of
Wyoming and Owen. of Idaho. To
these the sympathy of the commun-
ity is extended,
Mr. Coon was a loving husband
and father, a good neighbor and
honorable in all his dealings.
Funeral services were held at the
home Wednesday afternoon and the
remains brought here for inter-
ment."
LATER: Word reached Miller
Sunday that Mrs Coon passed away
at her home on Saturday. No par
ticulars were learned.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
FLOODED CATTLE
ATTRACT BUYERS
One Bull Brings $500, And One
Cow $3.50

Fifty-four head of cattle brought
$1,000 at public auction one day last
week on the j. H. Bevington ranch,
a few miles southwest of Rec
Heights. This sale of pure blood
Polled Herefords brought buyers
from several states who were will
to pay big prices for these fine ami
mails. One buyer from New Mexico
took ten head.
The highest priced animal. how
ever. was a bull sold to o. w. Bow
den. of Spring Hill twp, this county
for $500. The highest priced COW
went to a Sphinx county man at $3.50
MI Bevington has demonstrated
that he knows how to raise and sci
these high-class cattle. He moved
to his present locality a very few
years ago with but a small start in
the white face cattle.
They were good ones. however
and he has made the most of his or,
portunity. In addition to this
cleanup of his surplus cattle, hi
has also produced over 5000 bushels
of grain this year.
The following Millerites autoed t
the sale, and report both an enjoya
bic trip. and a pleasant surprise al
this very successful sale: E. F
Waite, Geo. Richardson, Jas. Bard
j. w. Heltibridle, j. I. McCullen
Jack Wilson. G. H. Carroll, A.. P
Cooper, G. M. Waters, w. j. Hal
bower and S. V. Christ.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
WELSH SINGERS
PLEASE AUDIENCE

Perhaps on no other occasion, eX.
cept on their former visit to this
city, has a Miller audience been
given the opportunity of hearing
such a musical treat as was present
ed at the opera house Wednesday
evening by the ROYAL Welsh Male
Quartet. Many music lovers had
expressed regret at not hearing
them, when they appeared in Miller
last March, and on this second visit
they were greeted by the crowded
house which they so richly deserved.
Their program consists of a variety
of music sufficient to suit all tastes
and both individually and collective
ly thay showed themselves to be
masters of their art.
An interesting feature of their
program, at least where they are
making return engagements, is the
story. by one of their number, CT
their rescue from the ill-fated Lusi,
tania on May 7tb.
Mr. Williams does not pretend to
be an orator but in a straight for
ward way brought home to the
audience a realization of some of
the horrors of that event. Three of
their number we're lost and SIX were
among those rescued. This quartet
which is now Of a two years tour
of America, returned in June and
are going over the route which they
so recently covered as members of
the Royal Welsh Choir.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
ROYAL o OF
BRIDE

Big Stone Headlight: 1t is stated
that Mrs Gait, the lady who is to
marry President Wilson. is a native
of Virginia. and is a direct descend
ent of Pocahohtas in the ninth gen
Grafton. a fact of which she is very
proud. Supposing the newspaper
statement to be true, and that she is
very proud of the fact OF her distin-
guished ancestry a BRIEF examina-
ton Of the basis of her pride might
prove interesting. Pocahontas was
in the ninth generation back of her.
In the first generation back she had
two ancestors. her father and moth
er. In the second, she had four, the
respective parents of her father and
mother. In the third generation she
had eight ancestors; in the fourth.
16; in the 5th, so; in the sixth. Ga;
in the seventh. 1913. in the eighth.
256; and in the ninth, SIP ancestors,
one of whom was Pocahontas.
The lady's part in the blood of
Pocahontas, then, is one 5l2th.
Pocahontas was said to be the
daughter of an Indian Of some lead
ership among his tribe. The Euro
peans who first landed in America
had no convenient way of express
leadership SO it could be understood
back home except by calling the
leader king" Hence the tradition
has come down that Pocahontas was
of royal blood. and it appears
the leading lady in the public eye in
Washington at present has a 512th
part of that royal blood. People
who have been somewhat familiar
with "royal" blood among the alb
origines will please be polite enough
to preserve a decorous demeanor.
while the eastern newspapers put
the loud pedal on the royal blood
that is to enter the White House.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
NORTH HAND
From Orient August

At 500 o'clock on the morning of
Tuesday, October 18th, in the Cath.
Ole church, Rev. p. A. Lauer off.
ciatiDg. occurred the marriage of
Miss Grace Conway, eldest daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs Martin Conway, of
this place. to Mr. Martin M. Diens.
lake, a long time resident. Only
the immediate family were present.
Shortly after the ceremony. MI
and Mrs Dienslake left via auto for
Aberdeen from which a wedding
trip to the Panama Exposition, and
other western and southern points
was begun.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
NEWS OF
HOME AND FARM
Personal and Local Notes of In
terest
WEST HAND
(From Rec Heights Review

More lumber has been unloaded
from the cars at Rec Heights during
the past three months than for three
years previously, and the same is
true of the lumber sold by our dealer
Everybody is building or making
some improvements and this thing
is just beginning.
W. i. Gardner called Tuesday t.
make his crop report. On his Al
acres east of the townsite, his Dur.
UNI wheat threshed out 1889 bushels
or something over 81 bu. per acre.
which sold for SO cents on the loca
market. Jas. Johnson put in tie
crop and has half the results. MI
Gardner figures that he clears abou,
$500 an acre for his rental, which
will compare favorably with rentals
in states where land is five times
the price it is here.
Three fine residences are going uI
in Como-at Albert Kelly's, Thos
Puffer's and j. S. Puffer's.
The western part of Rec Heights
township will look different wher
all those new buildings are finished.
There will be a big new barn fol
VIM. Beck, a set of buildings on DR..
Rector's place. set of buildings or
the Stockman place, ditto on Ernest
Speakers farm, which with Davis
sons & Clemens big new barn and
Henry Lauzon's new buildings will
cause a change in the vacant look
the landscape has always had out
that way. 1t is rumored that c. w.
Konklin will improve his land out
northwest.
Andrew Kindschi received two
cans of fish, Young perch and bass,
rs of each, from the government,
which he is placing in a pond or
Wolf Creek on the old DR.. Smith
ranch, where he resides.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
HOLD
DISTRICT MEETING

The semi-annual meeting of Re-
becca lodges within this district was
held at the Odd Fellows Hall in this
city last Friday afternoon and even
ing. Twenty-Five delegates attend
ed from out side. representing the
hedges from Hnron, Ladelle. Wolsey
Washington and st. Lawrence.
At six o'clock the local members
served a banquet to the visitors and
local Odd Fellows and a number Of
the delegates returned hume on the
evening train. The next meeting
will be held at Huron in April 1916.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
DAY
A

Whereas, the newspapers of the
State of South Dakota, at the re-
quest of various citizens. extended a
large amount of publicity to secure
the observance of special days, such
as Arbor Dav, Mothers Day. Clean
up Dav, Rooster Day. Seed Corn
Day, Go to-Church Day, etc, and
Whereas, it is unseemly and be-
meath the dignity of self-respecting
citizens of the best state in the
Union to accept courtesies of this
character without making some at
tempt at showing a proper apprecia-
ton Of them, in order to relieve our
friends of any possible elnbarass-
ment and to give them an opportun-
ity to restore to themselves their
self-conscious equality as co.operat-
ing citizens of the commonwealth.
Now, therefore, /, Irwin ID Aid
rich as acting president Of the South
Dakota Press Association, do herebv
proclaim
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21Sr
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
l.
IN CELLAR

One of the principle business
streets of Sioux Falls was the scene
of a catastrophe Saturday evening.
when a two story brick building
tumbled into an excavation being
made adjoining it for the new six
story Security Bank Building.
The danger vas discovered short
ly before the crash came, and work
men, who were endeavoring to
brace the doomed structure, barely
escaped with their lives. The lower
floor of the building was occupied by
the Mutual Film Company and
thousands of rolls of films were de-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
GOOD PROFITS IN
RAISING SHEEP

Perhaps the most valuable ship
ment made from the reservation
country since h homesteaders
came, was made from the Isabel
station of the Milwaukee railroad
last week. when the Tidballs and
Smiley. sheepmen operating near
Isabel, shipped three train loads of
double. decked cars of lambs to the
Clay Robinson company, Chicago,
The value Of the three train loads OF
lambs was IN the neighborhood OF
$65, 900.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
STORM DAMAGE
IN

Denison. Tex. Oct, 18.-Hundreds
of thousands Of dollars worth of
damage was done to crops. and rail
ways we're destroyed in some sec.
tons Of north central Texas and
southern Oklahoma as the result of
of floods resulting from yesterdays
rains and high winds. The corn
crop was entirely ruined in some
places, and thousands Of bales of
cotton were destroyed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
PROTECT HOGS
FROM CHOLERA
Recommendations From Experts
on Hog Cholera

Don't assume, because there has
been less hog cholera this year than
last, that this arch enemy of the
farmer has been vanqu'shed. He is
only sleeping. Here and there
through the land spasmodic out
breaks of chlorea are appearing.
The green ri season is at hand.
when the digestic apparatus of hogs
is disturbed and they become more
subject to an attack of cholera.
Hog chlorea is like fire. Its visits
are unannounced and unexpected.
You pay insurance money to protect
you against fire loss and you do not
wait until your buildings start to
burn before finding an insurance
agent. You anticipate the possibll-
ity of such a loss and protect your.
self with an insurance policy.
Since cholera does come at irregu-
lar intervals, why not insure your
hogs? Inocculation with good anti
hog cholera serum is the best insur.
ance policy.
Several years ago the annual hog
cholera loss was one to stagger the
human mind. The loss mounted
way up into the millions of dollars
annually. Scientists began to de-
vote their time to study and they
discovered that hog cholera was a
scourge similar to typhoid fever in
the human body, and that it was
caused by the existence of a germ in
the blood of the hog. The germ
was shown to be easily transferred
from one point to another, subject
ing every herd in the neighborhood
for miles around to the disease.
While scientists succeeded in dis
covering the nature Of the cholera
germ, all they know is that 1t is a
living organism capable of growing
and reproducing within the system
of the diseased hog. They discover
I'd that this organism could not be
killed by ordinary antiseptics, that
1t lived for many months in refuse
around the yard; in fact, they learn
ed that it was a most elusive germ
to fight.
After many experiments it was
found that the only way to beat this
germ vas to render the hog immune
from its attact by the process of
vaccination as human beings have
been rendered immune from the at
tack of smallpox, and as they are
now being rendered immune from
typhoid by vaccination
Thus developed the hog cholera
serum.
Hog cholera serum is a fluid made
from the blood of immune hogs
which is injected into the veins of
other hogs.
Hog cholera virus is blood from
diseased hogs containing the active
virulent hog cholera germs. The
injection of just the serum is a pre-
ventitive measure which renders the
hog immune for about a month or
SIX weeks. The proper injection of
virus and serum at the same time, is
known as the double treatment and
renders him immune throughout his
life.
The only way to insure against the
attack of hog cholera is the use of
good serum and virus. and that
serum is not a cure for sick hogs,
but a preventative which should be
given to hogs before they are expos
ed to the disease. The time to vac
clnate hogs is before they are sick.
If this cannot be done, vaccinate as
early as possible after they show
signs of sickness The earlier they
are vaccinated the smaller the loss
will be. Serum Is The Best In
surance.
DR.. G. H. Sessions, M. d. w..
Deputy State Veterinarian.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
PRICES PAID
FOR So. OAK. LAND
Improved Farms Are Now In
Demand

Parkston, The record price for
farm land in this vicinity was set
when B. A. Faust of this city sold
his farm adjoining the city limits for
SIPS an acre. This is the highest
price that has been paid for farm
land here.
Chancellor-About seven years
ago S. c. Sletten purchased a farm
of l60 acres near here for $50 an
acre. This was the bare quarter.
He has just sold the farm for $40
an acre. After purchasing it he
made extensive improvements or the
land in the way of buildings, butthe
price at which he sold it will give
him a good profit for his seven
years investment. and in addition
he raised good crops on the farm
each year that he owned it,
Dell Rapids-Chris Olsen closed
the sale of his 54-acre farm adjoin-
ing town on the northeast last Mon
day, to T. j. and d. j.. Maher, for
$4,000 net cash. This also includes
six and a half lots in block CT. on
which r located the house barn,
granary. machine shed, garage. etc.
This is without doubt one of the best
places in this section, and the build
ings are all new and firstclass. Were
the commission. which the purchas-
ers pay, added to this, the sale
would top $500 an acre, which again
sets the record for South Dakota
farm land sales.
1t was only last summer that for
ty-six acres adjoining this same land
sold at $225 an acre. which was then
the high record so far as known.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21

WihHSSUtu IIs SOutH OdkOId Y
In the Minnesota-S South Dakota
football game played at Minneapolis
last Saturday the Coyotes failed to
score against the Gophers and the
game ended in a score Of 10 to 0.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
RECOGNITION DAY,

and | call upon all good citizens to
pay up their subscriptions to the
country newspapers on that day,
and | especially urge all citizens who
have been benefited by the public.
ity given to the preceding special
days named above, to pass the word
along. and give active assistance in
making Recognition Day as success.
full and as widely observed as any
special day in the year.
(Signed) Irwin D.. Aldrich,
Acting President
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-10-21
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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-03-18

bases for some dyes and for high ex-
plosives, previously controlled by
Germany.
The effect of these two discoveries
on the growth of industries in the
United States will be vast. Professor
Rittmann proposes, on behalf of the
government, to patent the processes
he has discovered to prevent any mo-
nopoly, the patents to be dedicated to
the people of the nation.
Thus King Gasoline may continue to
reign as producer of power in city
and country of our land. and with
scope increased. The establishment
of dye industries promises a measure
of national safety and of incalculable
import. The comforting thing about
these discoveries is that the new
source of supply in botn instances is
at the command of the United States,
in the industries of peace, or for the
of highest power explo-
sives of war.