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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
VermiIIion Wants Depot.

Vermillion.-An official of the Mil
waukee railway company in Vermillion
comforting with local residents in re-
gard to their petition that the railway
and larger depot building, which would
be in keeping with the growth of the
city. A site now has been selected.
and It is believed work on the new
structure will commence in the near
future.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
Inheritance Tax.

Over twelve thousand dollars of In.
heritance tax Will come to the state
treasury through the recent work OF
Tax Commissioner Preston, who has
that phase of taxation in his charge.
This will come from the estates OF
Nils Hanson and John T. Campbell,
In the Hanson estate the tax Is $2,.
058.3S on an estate valued at over
$4,000, In the Campbell estate. the
value of the property was fixed at
$476. 262.51. and the tax amounts to
$11,362.S6. Mr.. Campbell died at For.
eston, Ill, September /.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
Victims of Irichonosis-

Wallace.-The dread disease trichi.
nosis has appeared in the family Of a
farmer living some miles from here
and has created alarm, although there
have thus far been NO deaths and all
those affected are believed to be be.
You'd danger. Six of the seven mem.
bers Of the family were affected. The
only member Of the family to thus far
cases are the result Of eating raw
pork which had not been cooked sui.
~fciently.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
To Stop Train BEATING Evil,

A bill making it a misdemeanor for
any person to steal, or attempt to steal,
a free ride upon any train in South
Dakota, will probably be introduced
into the legislature, looking towards
the solution Of the L. W.. w. problem
which might again confront the state
next year. Texas has such a statute,
and it is claimed it has resulted in the
l. w. w. staying out of hat state. At
present a person stealing a ride is sim.
ply a trespasser.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
NEWS OF SOUTH 20

A dog poisoner got busy in the west
part of Huron. and as a consequence
ten dogs. all valued highly by their
owners. are no more.
The electric light proposition at Les
teryille carried by a big majority,
there being as votes cast in favor OF
bonds for lights 10 ~ opposed.
= c. Caldwell. attorney general OF
South Dakota, has removed from HOW,
ard 10 Sioux Falls. where he will prac.
tice his profession in the future.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
CAR GOES IN DITCH.
n. RINDERS FATALLY HURT NEAR
MITCHELL ON HIS FIRST
RIDE.
HAPPENINGS OF THE STATE
What Is Going On Here and There
That Is Of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout South Da-
kota and Vicinity.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
notwithstanding to Mitchell
with a new automobile purchased in
Sioux Falls, Harry flinders, son of a
farmer near here. received probably
fatal injuries when the lights on the
machine went out while climbing a
hill, and it plunged over an embank-
ment.
Two other men, including flinders
father, were riding in the car, but es-
capped injury when the machine turned
over. One of the levers on the car
p%unctured flinders skull, permitting
some of the brains to ooze out.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
"Punch Board" Gambling Device.

That a punch board is a gambling
device and the operation of the same
a violation Of the laws of this state
against gambling is the ruling of the
state legal department. 1t is held that
such a device is not merely a "stimu-
liant to trade" as the rewards are in
varying value, and that the use Of
them Is the very essence of gam
bling"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
Birds Farmers Friend.

Vermillion.-The birds of South Da,
kota are among the best friends the
farmer has. for they live on insects
which damage crops, said DR.. Craig
s. Thoms in al address at the Uni.
yersity OF South Dakota. He espe'
cially urged the protection Of blue
birds. robins. wrens. ~woodpeckers,
starlings and goldfnches.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
Nearly Burned to Death.

Sioux Falls.-Mrs. Matt Thome. wife
OF a farmer living heal Turton. was
badly burned and had a narrow escape
from being burned to death when her
clothing caught fire as the result OF
a can of gasoline being tipped over on
a redaot stove. Her clothing was
nearly all burned from her body be.
fore assistance arrived. She was ter.
ribly burned. and II is feared she may
not recover
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
Fire Loss in Dakota.

Fire loss in the state in September
was $1S,332. with insurance 4,035.
The fire loss for October shows a ma
terial increase, at $50. PIG, with insur-
ance upon the property damaged at
s490, 2S5. The heaviest Increase was in
fires from unknown causes. which
went from $5,94S in September to ST.
GIL in October.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
Road Building.

Miller.-The engine and grader pur.
chased for road Improvement through
out Hand county have been placed
in winter quarters. Much road build.
ing was done during the season just
closed. and the good work will be
continued mex, spring, the purpose be-
ing to make the public highways of
the county among the best improved
in the state.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
Recruits Are Few.

Rapid City.-It is said the two re-
cruiting officers who spent two month";
.aeh at Rapid Cits and Sioux Falls
recruiting men for the South Dakota
eeSiment Oh me border. only succeeded
n enlisting seven men altogether.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
Rate Hearing at Pierre.

The state railway commission has
fixed December 10 as the date for the
general hearing on intrastate freight
and classification rate at the Offices
OF the commission in this city. A
request was filed to have this hearing
continued, but the same has been de.
MED.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
Cannot Have Depot.

Saranac.-Rscently 1t a an.
nounced that the depot OF the Milwau'
kee railway company at this place was
to be abandoned and moved to anoth.
or town on this line. The local PEG.
pie carried the matter to the state
board Of railroad missioners
which now has entered an order re.
curing the railway company to retain
the station at its present location.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
Will Ask for Railroad.

Wheeler. Charles Mix county
boosters expect to renew work or a
railroad project which has for it's OBJ
ject a new line crossing the Missouri
river at Wheeler. just as soon as the
war IL over.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
What Judge Mccoy Spent.

Judge j. H. Mccoy has filed his ex-
pense account for the late election
with the secretary of state, showing
that his nonpartisan campaign cost
him Scoops.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
Small House Laid Out in Manner
That Makes It Coy and
HomeIike.
SPECIAL FEATURES IN DESIGN
Arrangements That Do Not Add Ma
terially &c the Cost Of Construction
Will Be Appreciated by the
Observation-Disclosures
Interior.
By WILLIAM A. RADFoRp.

paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufactures. he
is. without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
avenue, Chicago, ILL.,. and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
1t has been said that one way to
Judge the character of a man Is to ex-
anime the house he lives in. Al
though a liberal discount must be al
lowed in the application of such a
principle, there is undoubtedly seine
truth in the statement, especially when
house built from plans of his own Sc
lection. The least that may be said
in this respect Is that the foresight of
the man is indicated by the manner
In which the house meets the needs
of his family. Comfort and conve-
nience r the qualities which are
most appreciated, but there are a vast
number Of considerations which af-
feet these qualities and which must
be accounted for In the selection Of the
house design.
One of the most common errors
made by the mar who is undertaking
the task Of selecting a design for his
home is that Of overestimating the
size Of the house which he requires.
In the first place, the larger the house
the harder 1t is to make it seem cozy
and homelike. The man Of moderate
income who must ask his wife to keep
up the house without assistance is not
taking her into very deep considera-
ton If he builds . house which is a
great deal too large for the needs of
the family. Further, with the same
investment the smaller house may be
fitted up with a number of features
having convenience and comfort as
their direct purpose, the cost Of these
features being absorbed In the cost of
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
Goes to Florida.

Deputy State Auditor Chris Hir-
ming left for st. Augustine, Florida.
to represent the South Dakota de-
partment in the national association
tf auditors.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
Deuced Bore.

Latest Illustration of Life at the
Union League Club: Three members
are in the smoking room. One is read
ing a novel, Another is smoking a
cigarette. The third is ruminantly
biting the head of his walking stick.
A motor car passes up Fifth avenue.
The man with the novel looks up and
watches the car until 1t has disap-
peared. Then he remarks: Packard -
and goes on reading. Ten minutes
later the car returns down Fifth ave-
nue.. The man with the cigarette
watches it until 1t disappears and then
remarks: 'Lozier," and goes on smok-
ing. The man with the walking stick
rises. "My world" he says. 81 shall
resign from the club. hate these
arguments. New York correspond
ence in the Cincinnati Star.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
the Proboseis of Ferdinand
Of Bulgaria.

If the nose of Cleopatra had
been shorter, as Pascal, the French
philosopher, has said, the whole face
of the earth would have been
changed. But" adds a writer in
Cartoons, chat an inch or two, or
even three, in the matter of the king
of Bulgaria's nose is all the same to
the cartoonist will be evident from a
survey of the great gallery of carica-
lures which this monarch has in,
spired.
"The cartoonists have done moth
ing-except immortalize King Fer
dinand's nose. There have been IA
nous noses in history. Cyrano de
Bergerac was blessed with one. Fer
dinand's nose, however, threatens to
go laundering down the halls of
time. His nose for centuries to come
will be held up as a model for young
men. 1t will be accepted as a stand
ard-as something that a nose should
be. 1t may even become classic, like
Col. T. RS teeth, or the kaiser's
mustache.
MANY cooks have been required to
make this broth, but they haven't
spoiled it. They have taken Ferdi-
nand's nose and developed its posi-
bilities. To them it has assumed the
proportions of bridge, or even of
42-centimeter muzzle. They have
caricatured Bulgaria's monarch as
goose, an elephant, dog, a bird of
prey. Perhaps the greatest exagger-
ator is Rata Langa' of PAsino,
Rome"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
Ocean Eats Away the Land.

Little children who played on the
beach last summer would be surprised
If they should go back to the same
place in a few years to find it quite
changed. Old, Ocean Is not satisfied
with the shore as it is. and he keeps
pounding at 1t all the year round, but
hardest in the winter. Down near
Baltimore the ocean sometimes comes
80 feet farther up in a year. At Rock.
away Beach, Long Island, the coast
line has moved back a mile in 20
years. At certain place on the At
lantic City beach the ocean took 76
acres away from one owner and put sc
acres on another mans shore land, all
in ten years. Orchards and even for
ests disappear before the onward
marching sand.-From John Martins
Book.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
DAME RUMoR LAYS KINGS LOW IMMoR1ALlzua KINGS NOSE
But Monarehs Have Contracted the
Habit Of Rising From Reported
Deathbeds.

We do not know whether towards
die many times before their deaths,
but kings certainly do, remarks the
London Times. Rumor is always
busy with these-interring and dis
lnterrlng them. The emperor of
Austria has died or been near death
twice since August, 1914, and the
kaiser has just recovered from the
second deathbed dressed for him by
rumor since the war began. Nine.
Bernhardt died once, just before APP
pearing triumphantly in London,
and minor persons such as generals
and princes have fallen right and
left under the darts of flying fame.
All of them have recovered. But
rumor is still aiming her paper ar
rows at some of them.
When she tires of doing this, how
ever, the capricious lady makes for
Berlin, and, returning (ostensibly)
through Geneva, with copy of the
'Vorwaerts in her hands, she an
nounces riots and threats against
those same kings and kaisers she is
always trying to kill. Great crowds
and leagues of Germans have been
planning revolutions-"an uncon-
firmed report from Zurich" 1t
seems to be supported by the Geneva
correspondent of a Paris paper which
says that, just before dying, the kali
ser struck his generals in their faces,
declaring that they had betrayed
him. Something from The Hague
made this more precise by recognize
able quotations of the war lords ut
terance in husky German. Then sud
denly an official telegram revealed
the war lord once more at the front,
killing instead of being killed. :
In fact, another rumor! 4
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
BIBLES FOR WAR PRISONERS
Great Britain Sends Tons Of Tesla.
ments, Gospels, Etc, to Prae-
tically Every Center.

Eleven tons of Testaments, gos.
pels, portions and copies of the
Psalms have just been dispatched
from Great Britain by the British
and Foreign Bible society for the
prisoners of war in Russia.
NTbere were 81 cases, containing
over 100000 Volumes" the secretary
of the society told London Daily
Chronicle representative, "and the
cost of printing them alone was well
over 81, 900. The volumes are print
ed in Polish, German, Hungarian
and Bohemian. He had no stocks
of sBch works in this country, so we
had to make zinc photographs Of Is
editions which we had and print
them from those reproductions. The
cases will travel free over the Swed-
ash state railways"
Already similar Testaments and
Gospel portions, printed IN English,
Russian, French and Armenian, have
been distributed among the prisoners
ofsthe central powers, to the number
of well over 100000, and fresh sup
plies are still being sent.
<In addition to this" added the
secretary, cover 100000 volumes
have been distributed, the greater
part free, among the wounded in all
the hospitals at home and abroad,
and among the troops at all points.
They have gone to practically every
center, to the western front, to Gal
lipoli, Malta, Egypt, Cyprus and the
Persian gulf"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
CAN'T FIND HERMIT's HEIRS
Eccentric English Landowner Died,
Leaving Large Fortune and
No VIII.

Romance surrounds the search now
being made for the heir of Swad-
lincote man named John William
Wilson, who died intestate two years
ago, leaving big fortune, the Lon.
don Chronicle states.
Wilson was the last member of a
family which settled at Swadlincots
when it was a small village, whereas
now it is an important pottery and
mining center.
From his mother, who died many
years ago, he inherited a large
amount of land, including the main
street of what is now the town Of
Swadlincote.
With the growth of the town this
land became of great value, and as
shops, banks and houses sprang up,
Mr.. Wilson sold sites at large figures
and amassed a fortune.
lie retained a large tract Of
ground in the center of the town,
which for many years has been let TO
showmen and others, who visit the
town in great numbers.
Despite his wealth and the large
and intricate business dealings which
it entailed, Wilson could neither read
nor write; and with an equally &C.
centric brother and sister, he lived in
a two-roomed cottage, lighted at
night by only candle. The three
lived an almost hermitlike existence.
Except for a tramcar ride to Burton.
on-Trent, they seldom went outside
le house.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
With Shell Accompaniment.

This extract is taken from a letter
from a private in an English regi.
ment at the front: 81 woke up this
morning with The Tales of Hoffman,
coming from outside-one of our chaps
has still stuck to his violin, though
heaven knows how. There he was
standing in the open, playing as coolly
as at home, amid the shrek OF shells
overhead"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
We CAN CLEAN EN- ALL.

European Tourist tell you one
thing. America is far behind Eu-
rope in watering places.
Yankee-So?
European Tourist-It isl Take
England: She has her Bath; France
has her AK les Bains; Germany has
her Baden Baden. What's the Unit
ed States got?
Enthusiastically night Stan
ford Chaparral.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
A BAD POLICY.

81 see where a candidate says he
is going to keep running for a GER
tain office until he gets it."
"He's making a great mistake"
GLOW SOP"
"You can poster man until he
pays back borrowed money, but you
can't make him vote for you that
way"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
MORE SARCASM.

"You say the car was going fifty
miles an hour when it turned over?"
eyes. / can't imagine what caused
the accident"
"Then you are unlike most speed
maniacs.'
"What do you mean?"
Haven't you Imagination enough
to blame the car, the road, the land
scape, the weather, or, in fact, any
thing but YOURSELF"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
10th and Main SITS.
DEMoRALIzINe TRAFFIC.

"a man is not always to blame for
being jaywalker."
81 don't see what excuse he can
offer"
81 might suggest nifty pair of
white kid boots with fur around the
tons"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04

II verify believe that inanimate
things sometimes enter into the spirit
Of a festal occasion" Il know it.
Last night, when | was going to
blowout my automobile chimed in with
a couple of its own."-Louisville Cour.
ier-Jourial.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
BOTH ELEMENTS.

Bill-Ever see him roll a ciga-
rette?
Jill-No.
"Well, he does it like lightning"
swell, 1 know they smell like
thunder"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
sAFETY-FIRsT MOVEMENT.

"He was on fire with love when he
called on her."
well, what happeneda"
''Her father put him out"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
p GETTING BUSY.

I'D like to know when you wor-
ship me, as you say"
81 suppose, dear, it is in my Idol
Moments"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
Well! Well!

Mrs. Joax-'I nearly tainted on the
crowded street car coming home" Mr.
JOax-"So close in the carr" Mrs.
Joax-"No; a man offered me his
seat"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
EXCEPTION NOTED.

at is wicked to pay anybody hush
money"
"Even when man gives his poker
winnings to his wife?"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
Wise Widow.

BLANK married a rich widow, but
they don't get along very we'll.
What's the trouble. her disposition?"
Yes, her disposition to handle all her
money herself" - Boston Evening
Transcript.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER.

Lady of the House-Why did you
leave your last place?
Belligerent Cook-Why did your
last girl leave hers1
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
NO SUCH AsPERsIoN.

"Isn't there a great deal of esprit
de corps in that organization?"
"Not bit of it. Every man Jack
in it is on the water wagon"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
TOO SHARP FOR HIM.

"Why did you refuse when Brown
suggested burying the hatchet?"
Because l believe the cuss had an
ak to grind"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
The Old Lady AGAIN.

Mrs. Kawler-"Well. after counting
awhile young folks will get married.
you know" Mrs. Blunderby-"True.
Cupid. the god of love. must give way
to Hyphen, the god of matrimony."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04
WHY Not?

AS long as fools are so much luck.
Ter than angels, why shouldn't they
rush in?-Puck.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04

The geographical origin of wheat is
a mystery, lost in the dim past
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04

Philadelphia produces yearly about
so, 900, 900 yards of carpets.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04

More than 800 kinds of fish have
voices audible to human ears.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04

"Why are you angry with your
husband"
"He's just as mean as could be.
Although he knew he was going into
bankruptcy, he never told me before
hand, so l could have ordered a
whole lot of things"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-04

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