The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-05-06
81 YEARS AGO
IN MILLER PRESS
A Bit of Ancient History 10 Show
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of snow fell at Miller. affecting run
ming of trains for a day or two.
Prior to this it had been a wet. cool
spring. The snow quickly disap-
peared. Every depression was a
lake, and every draw a running
stream. 1t looked as if Hand coun-
ty was as well or better watered
than Iowa.
The Press records show that lS1
immigrant cars we're set off at Mil
Ter in about 40 days. The people
were coming in so fast that there
were few accommodations for them
, in this new town. One item reads:
"Scarce-coal. lumber, provisions.
tobacco. Land agents-plen,y."
The Presbyterian church tounda-
ton is about completed.
School commenced Monday, May
6, with 40 pupils, Miss Mary M.
Morrow teacher. To-day Miller has
a $50. 900 school building, 10 teach
ers and about 240 pupils.J
Miss Eunice Reeves is now in
charge of the postoffice stationary
stand. (Mrs J. H.. Warke.)
G. B. Porter and Fred Gerhardt,
of st. Lawrence, were at Miller.
Charley is making a popular land
lord. (Mr Porter is now an invalid
in the Pierre hospital, and Mr. Ger
hardt is either at RedfeId or Plank
inton.)
A. d. Hill is putting up a two
story building, corner Broadway
and Second St. for J. p. Cuttings
drug store. Now the Pauly build
ing J
w. I. LaFollette, deputy sheriff
of Aurora county, called at this OF
flee yesterday. He had tracked a
horse thief to Sand creek in the
Washington Hills and there lost the
trail. MANY times this occurred in
the Hills near the place of Levi
Haines, who called himself horse
thief Haines." Sheriff LaFollette
was a brother of Senator LaFoIlette,
Of Wisconsin,
Henry p. Fitzgerald, of Attica,
Iowa. has become a citizen, and is
assisting his brother, j. d. CHenry
died some years ago at Blunt
DR.. r. L. Smith. county school
superintendent. was before the coun.
ty board Saturday. looking after the
interests Of schools. Our schools
have a faithful champion IN the
doctor.
L. w. Thompson & Co., is the
name of the new firm who bought
the Jewett and Thorn grocery last
week.
John Bahr was in the Press office
Monday, and reports having lost
$40, supposed to have been stolen
from his room in the st. Lawrence
hotel. where he slept with a stran-
ger (Mr Bahr lives in Carleton
twp
A $1,000 steam plow will start to
breaking prairie near Howell this
week
j. B. COlgrove has been awarded
the mail route between Miller and
Aberdeen. (After the building of
railroads the route was shortened
to Redfeld, then to Burdette. and
finally discontinued
The portly form of John King, of
st. Lawrence. was to be seen on our
streets Monday. He will come to
the county seat once in awhile. (Mr
King is still a prominent citizen of
st. Lawrence. We believe he was
about the next settler after Chas.
Sheppard. section boss of what was
then called Siding 81
Everybody build sidewalks, if you
can find lumber enough to stretch
boards along single file. Uoday
Miller has some six miles of cement
walk
The gulch formerly known as
Adams Gulch. has been purchased
by j. P. Campbell, This famous
bit of scenic beauty. some eight
miles southwest of the city, is now
owned by H. w. Woodruff. 1t con
sists of a well timbered gulch in the
Rec Hills.
The noted Indian chief. Sitting
Bull, accompanied by $50 of his fol-
lowers. bucks. squaws and dogs,
was in Pierre last week. The Pierre