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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
MANY Students Enrolled.

Enrolment at the University Of
South Dakota for the regular session
has reached a total of 535. For the
same period Of enrolment last year
the total was 461, and in 1914 the
number of students enrolled at this
date was 374.
AS the total enrolment for the entire
school year of 1856 was a little
than 900, Q proportionate in
crease this year would mean a total Of
about 700 students.
The total cost of running the Uni
verSity of South Dakota for the school
years 1856 was $195, 1880, but from
this total must be taken the fees
charged students and the income from
East Hall, a dOrmitory which boards
about One-third of the students en-
rolled. The net cost of running the
university last year was therefore
SIS, 1893. This lean a per capita
cost Of $292.98 which the state of South
Dakota is investing in every student
on the campus of the University Of
South Dakota. These figures do not
include interest on the investment in
land and building, wear and tear, tax
es, or any OF the items usually figured
in arriving at commercial cost.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
MILLIONS IN BOTTLE CAP
Jewish PeddIer Staked Savings on
Baltimore Mans Invention, and
Made Much Money.

How many persons, h~ouseholders or
others, who have had occasion to re-
move the little tin caps from catsup or
other bOttles-beer bottles, for that
matter-ever gave a thought TO the
little wrinkled edge affair that keeps
the contents from the air and holds
1t in its original form? It's Il good
guess that not N in q thousand. It's
an unpretending little affair, but it has
"A most interesting history, SO far So
results count.
1t was upward of a quarter of a cen>
fury ago that a man named Taintor of
Baltimore bethought himself of the
cap and succeeded in bringing it TO Il
successful demonstration. He was II
poor man, and it was uphill work try
ing to interest moneyed men in his in
vention. A travelling jew peddler of
jeWlery and "~nicknacks," by the name
of F~riedenwaldt, became interested,
took his years of savings, amounting to
some 5000, from the bank, and in
vested in the invention.
Years went by and the peddler lived
to see factories all over the world re-
sulting from his investment. Good
Judges assert that more than $4,000,
600 dollars was divided among those
interested in the simple little device.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Educators to Meet.

Watertown.-The thirty-fOurth an
nual session of the South Dakota Edu-
cational association will be held at
Watertown on November q, % and
30. All Round Table sessions will be
held Monday forenoon of the opening
date. With the excellent train connec-
tons Sunday night and Monday morn
ing it will make it possible for all
who desire to be on hand in time for
the Round Table sessions $50 Mon
day morning. The main speakers for
the general program are Congressman
s. D. Tess, of Ohio, and DR.. c. d.
Strayer, of Columbia university.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Roasting Ears and Pancakes.

When the Golden Bantam has bee,.
oiled ten minutes in water, to which
mas bcsa added a heaping Tablespoons
full Of sugar and q good pinch of salt,
pour the water off, ard, while the corr
is steaming in the pot under cover,
proceed as follows:
To a pint of flour add two rounding
teaspoOnfuls of baking powder and q
pinch of salt; bring to a batter through
the medium Of an egg, two-thirds of
a cupful of cream and a cupful of wa
ter beaten together; when griddled to
a fluffy brown, seat yourself at the
table with the Golden Bantam to your
left, pancakes to your right ana q CO.
pious hunk of good country butter i'm
the center. After literally doping both
pancake and corr with outer, add a
sprinkling of salt to the corn, bite one
glorious nipping Of the Golden Ban.
tam, Immediately add a wedge of pan
cake, close your eyes and forget all
mundane things, including the lovely
wife's hands, which prepared the eats,
and any other such things so frequent.
" connected with culinary editorials
n this column. Just saturate with
orn and pancake.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Foster Parents win Suit.

Sioux Falls.-The South Dakota
Childcen's home, as the result or a
court contest, has lest out in the fight
FOR custody of the 14-yeaT-old adopted
acn Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred MINER, OF
Lead. The court decided that the boy
should remain in custody OF his foster
parents, who promised the court that
the boy would be placed in the Cath
olic sisters school at Sturgis for a
period of one year. The boy was
adopted from the children's home
when but nine months old. A few
weeks ago the Miners had a family
row, which resulted in the arrest OF
MINER on an assault and battery
charge. At about this time Mrs. Min
Ter advised the children's home to take
custody Of the roy, but before an at
tendant Of the home could secure the
lad the Miners had adjusted their
domestic difficulties and Mrs. MINER
had changed her mind about giving
up the boy. Then the matter vas
carried into court, with the result
stated.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
State Officers Get Trip.

Gov. Byrne has appointed delegates
from South Dakota for the civilian RI
file team of this state to attend the na-
tiOnal shoot. which is held in Jackson
vile Fla, on October 20 and following.
The government this year appropriated
& sum of money to pay for this shoot,
and the sum given South Dakota vas
Gl.400. which will pay the expenses OF
the team. Those appointed from
Pierre are J. l.. WinSfield. state bank
examiner, captain; p. J. Murphy. rail-
road commissioner; Charles b. Sough,
". J. Harris, F. A. Lucas. Henry NJ.
DER, state engineers. From Water
town, George A. Abbott; from Mitch.
ell, E. H. Crosby; from Lead, J. d.
Thomas, o. Il. Junkin and Albert Wells.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Prize Pin RaiSer.

OTion b. Howell, of Bristol, won first
prize in the South Dakota pig raising
contest which has been conducted dur
ing the past season by w. NJ. MAR, Su-
perintendent of boys and girls clubs,
extension division Of State college.
Young HCwell's pig put on 211 pounds
of pork at a cost of $6.62.
Other prize winners are in the or
der mentioned: Wayne Williams,
Highmore; Vernon Wurtz, HighmOre;
Frank Mullner, Ordway; Halla Zuck,
Raymond; Alfred Ladwig, Bryant;
Raymond BrOckway, Elk Point, and
John Schocpp, Henry. OF the 24O boys
entered in the contest IA finished.
Prizes were presented to the winners
by the Morrill, Packing company Of
Sioux Falls.
1t is noticeable that the highest
places in the contest went to northern
South Dakota, which was at one time
considered to be a wheat country only,
showing hat the corn and live stock
belt has successfully Travelled north
ward.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Business Men Win.

Deadwood.-Local business men who
deal with outside milkmen have won
the first round in an interesting case
in the circuit court. Several weeks
ago a milk pasteurizing plant was es-
tablishCd here and the city council
passed an ordinance making it unlaW-
full for citizens to use any but pas
teurized milk. Other business men
went into court seeking an injunction
TO restrain the city from enforcing
the ordinance, to which the city attor-
ney demurred. Judge MCGEE heard
oral arguments and Overruled the de-
murrer on the ground that the city or
dinance conflicts with the state stat
utes on the subject Of milk qualifica-
tons. The city will have thirty days
in which to answer the original suit,
which is brought by c. r. Wagner,
Owen II. Colwell and n. p. Nissen, who
seek the right to purchase milk where
they choose 50 long as it ome up to
the state standard.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
TWO Music Scholarships.

The University of South Dakota,
along with other leading American uni.
versities, has been designated !" the
Presser Foundation Of Philadelphia as
the recipient of two scholarships in
music. The scholarships for 1867
have been awarded to Miss Jessie Dish.
now, Seattle, Wash, &100); Miss
Martha Findahi Nermillion, s, D..
$3.50, the scholarships to be available
to both students while doing resident
work in the College of Music at the
University of South Dakota.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
An ENORMOUS WORK
EXT TENSION WORKERS OF STATE
COLLEGE HAVE BEEN EX-
TREMELY BUSY.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital City, the Various
State Institutions and from
Many Different Parts OF
the Sunshine State.

PIERRE
The extension workers of the
South Dakota State college during the
past year addressed more than 10000
persons at ASP farm meetings, made
Alas separate visits TO farms, wrote
GAGS letters, mailed out 39,174 cir
%culars, travelled 54,37O miles on bust
ness, received 6,147 Office and tele-
phone calls, and vaccinated 9.0S7 ami
mails. This is only a small part of the
enormous amount OF work done by
twelve county agents, a number OF
whom did not serve during the entire
year, by seven specialists, three OF
whom were appointed recently and by
two project leaders. There are TWEEN
ty-two members in the extension divi-
sion, including the director.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Girl Prefers CHARGE.

Hudson.-The authorities Of Lincoln
county have been called upon to take
action in a distressing case, that of
Joseph Battraw, a well known farmer,
who has preferred serious charges
against a young man who for some
time had resided in the neighborhood.
His name has been withheld from the
public pending his arrest. Both the
young woman and the man she &C
cuses have been prominent in the So
cial affairs of the community where
they resided and the developments in
the case have created a sensation
among those who know them.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
STATE

The members OF the German Evan
gelical church at Garretson have pur-
chased an up to date parsonage.
The Garretson council is now wrest-
ling with the bids for the additional
equipment to the electric light plant.
The Hutchinson County Breeders as
sociation will hold its fourth animal
show and exposition at Memo next
Tuesday and Wednesday.
The prairla chicken season is over
in South Dakota, and the birds may
again enjoy life unmOlested by the at
lacks of the sportsmen.
William Gabert of Stratford won
fret prize for bringing the largest mum.
Der of sons to the fall festival at Alb
erdeen by rounding up ten of his male
offspring and taking them to the fes.
tival.
The tour of the state by Mrs. Will.
lam Jennings Bryan in the interests Of
equal suffrage has attracted much at.
tention, and in each Of the towns
where she has spoken she has been
greeted by very large audiences.
South Shore is boring for gas, or
oil. The drill is down 600 or 700 feet,
and there was great rejoicing at one
time last week when a report was cir
culated hat gas had been struck. 1t
proved to be a false alarm, however.
A Minnehaha county junk dealer
now travels from town to town in a
big automobile truck, buying junk-a
pronounced advance over the old style
dilapidated one-horse rig that used to
be associated with the junk business.
Reed Payne, a former resident Of
Webster, is terribly afflicted. He is in
the Hughes county hospital at Pierre,
partially paralyzed and unable to
speak or to write. He makes desper-
ate efforts to speak, and apparently has
something On his mind that he desires
to impart. He has been absent from
Webster for several years, and no one
knows where he came from to Pierre,
or whether he has a family or rela-
tlYeS somewhere.
l.. Z. McKern, a Trip young man,
became mentally unbalanced and was
aiken to Olivet and lodged in the
Hutchinson county Jail until he could
be taken to the state hospital for the
insane at Yarkton. During the night
McKern tore his bedding into strips
7rd tying one end of the ~improvised
rope about his neck and the other to
tie bed, s~trangled himself to death. He
left a note to the marshal of Armour,
s. d., stating he preferred to take his
w life to being buried alive, or
boiled alive.
A gratifyingly large number Of
South Dakota newspapers show, in
their sworn statement to the govern
ment, that there is no Indebtedness on
their printing plants. Despite the high
cost Of print paper, and the discrimina-
ton against the printing business
shown by recsnt state legislatures of
South Dakota, the newspapers of the
state appear to be keeping out of debt.
The Blum. Advocate is another
South Dakota newspaper advocating
the adoption. by the next session OF
the state legislature, Of the Iiorrens
. system Of lad titles.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Wealth From Waste.

Efficiency of any industry or bust.
ness may largely be measured by the
extent to which by-prOducts are uti,
LIED. That word by-prOducts means a
thing which is obtained in the process
of manufacturing something else. For
instance, n is a by-product OBJ
tanned in the production of milk or
beef, and the efficiency of q farm bust.
ness may be measured pretty accurate.
ly by the way in which this by-produc
is utilized.
1t often happens that whether n
business renders a profit or a loss de.
ponds upon the extent to which by.
products are saved and put to use. 1t
is claimed that many meat-packina
businesses would not pay q profit tc
their owners if it were not for the
money made out of the by-products.
Many of us know farmers who have
lost money because they failed to use
the manure in the most effective man.
ner possible.
Many important manufactured prod
ucts which we find common in the
stores and homes today were one time
let go to waste as untitled by-prod.
uctS of some factory or business. Gas.
oline was only n few years ago q by.
product which was a burden on the
hands Of the refiners of kerosene, who
dumped it into the streams until pre-.
vented by law from doing so. And
now we learn that q thing which was
Once Il nuisance as well as q wasted
b~y-product may go further than any.
thing else toward the solution of our
problem of where to get potash with.
out depending on other nations for it,
as we have depended upon Germany in
the past.
The dust occurring in cement mills
and blast furnaces has been found to
be rich in potash Of a quality which
makes 1t available as fertilizer. And
now some oc the more progressive
mills are saving their dust and max
ing money ont Of it. And because of
the value CT this dust 1t will now pay
to use certain grades of raw materials
in the manufacture Of cement and iron
which formerly cost more to- handle
THAI the product was Notwithstanding
Business.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19

Sometimes cyniCs have questioned
the sea serpent story. Eighteen feet
of The backbone Of a South Dakota
sea serpent which lived thousands of
years ago, may be seen at the museum
Of the University of South Dakota. w.
II. Over recently finished arranging
the vertebrae in order in a long case
for exhibition. The South Dakota
sea serpent was much longer than Is
feet, as the size Of the bones indicates
that more vertcbrae fitted On each end
of the backbone as restored.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Safe Crackers to open"

Sioux Falls.-ThOmas Perry, Harry
Dean, Thomas Dawson ard w. b.
Franklin, four alleged yeggmen, who
were arrested at GarrotsOn, were given
terms in the Sioux Falls penitentiary.
Three of the defendants were convict
ed during the present term of circuit
court and the fourth entered a plea Of
guilty. Perry and Dean were given
terms of two years each. Thomas Daw-
son was given a term of II year and
eleven months, while Franklin, who
pleaded guilty, was given a term OF
one year and ten months.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
BATTLE WITH A JElLYFlSH
Creature to Pieces With
His Hands.

In the wake of the man-eating sharK
has come the ferOciOus jellytiSh-a red,
tentacled terror that attacks swimmers
and Stings them until they are almost
frantic with pain.
mis- is not a matter Of ievity. Will
fred Tuthill. an eXpe:L swimmer, had
an encounter with one of the singing
jcllytiSh One afternoon while swim
ming in the bay at Greenport, Long
Island, and was badly Stung, says the
Brooklyn Eagle.
Mr.. Tuthil's account of the incident.
corroborated by witnesses, indicates
that the iellytish is one of a species
common in the same waters which are
ordinarily infested by the ~man-eatinG
shark. Mr.. Tuthill said he had bathed
in practically eyerdy body of water
that touched the United States and in
some other seas as well, but that he
had experienced anything like
his battle with the jellyfish before.
81 was swimming on my back in
deep water, talking to two of my
friends who were coming along be-
hind" he said. "Suddenly it seemed
rs if a hundred needles were thrust
into my face. | turned over, almost
blinded by the pain, and found myself
all entangled with the thing.
''The turning movement of my body
had brought the jcllyish right on top
of me, with his tentacles trailing along
my right side. The pain was excru-
ciating. l tried to fight it off, and rs
7 had nothing but my hands to do it
with, there was nothing to do but tear
the fish to pieces in handfuls, which ]
wrenChed off and flung away.
Every time l touched the thing and
every time that it came in contact with
me, l felt as if l were being burned
with a flame. I finally got free, almost
exhausted. Two men who had seen
the beginning of the struggle put off
in a boat, and when they came near
enough one of them thrust an oar
through what was left of the jellyfisi
and put an end to It."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
First Shipment of seets.

Belle Fourche. The first carload of
beets to leave South Dakota was
shipped from Nisland to the Great
Western Sugar company at Scottsbluff,
Neb. It is estim"ted that ' e 100
cars will be shipped from the Belle
Fourche territory this season, for the
onnage and the saccharin test of the
experimental average received here
this year is proving very satisfactory
to the sugar company.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Salaries of Pastors.

MltcheI.-That the salaries of Bap-
fist ministers in South Dakota are
keeping up with the soaring high cost
of living, was shown in the annual
state convention Of the church here,
when DR.. S. p. Shaw, of Sioux Falls,
presented figures to show that their in
come is now a third higher than seven
years ago. During this period the de-
nomination has gained 2,909 in mem
Hership. During the past year four
new churches have been organized
and a number of new ones built. The
current expenses were $7&,231.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Rrown Found GUILTY..

DeaGwood.-OUt over Twelve hours,
the jury in the second trial of the state
against Arthur Brown, Of Hot Springs,
a young married mar charged with a
statutory offense against ~15-year-old
May Duff, of Oelrichs, returned a YER
dict of guilty. The case was brought
here from Fall River county on a
change of venue and the two cases and
contingent expenses have cost that
county around $4,000, the jury having
previously disagreed. Nearly half a
hundred witnesses were su~bpOenaed on
both sides and nine attorneys were en-
plOyed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Alfalfa Growers ORGANIZE.

The alfalfa seed growers of this sec
ton completed their seed growers
marketing organization, with A.
Howes, of Hughes county, president;
w. Fl. Spencer, Of Sully county, vice
president; County Agent Underwood,
of Hughes, secretary, and County
Agent Valentine, of Stanley, treasurer.
A board Of directors representing
Hughes, Sully, Stanley and Lyman
counties was selected. The association
will have headquarters and a ware,
house at this city.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Church May Share in Estate.

Sioux Falls.-ThrOugh a reversal
by the state supreme court of the cir
cult court in this city, it is expected
the Congregational church society in
Sioux Falls will receive about $4,000
which was bequcathed it by the will Of
N.s. Mary c. Hanson, who died in
Sioux Falls a number Of years ago. The
will. in addition to the church and 9th
or requests, left $40 TO a daughter by
a former marriage, who contested the
will.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Final Butter SCORING.

The sixth and final scoring Of the
1916 butter contest being conducted
under the auspices of the State Butter
makers association will be held in the
State college creamery on October 26.
An average of fifty-four contestants
have entered in the five scorings al
ready completed. Seven contestants
are within one and three-fourths points
Of the highest average score.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Wheat Brines Good Price.

Philip-William Settler, a homestead
err living in the Ash Creek district,
marketed here two wagon loads of mac
aroni wheat for which he received
$1.4O per bushel. The wheat yielded
80 bushels to the acre. sc the crop
gave him a return of s42 an acre. The
land on which it was raised is valued
about $25 an acre.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Meetjno in January,

The annual meeting Of the South
Dakota corn and grain growers will be
held in Mitchell, January 1926. The
new program and premium list show
more liberal prizes and more special
encouragements for amateur grain
growers. DR.. John c. Written, OF the
University of Missouri, and an early
graduate of State college, will speak
on the ideals OF the plant breeder. NJ.
F. Greeley, Of the Dakota Farmer, and
many other prominent South Dakotans
will be On the program.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Boat Capsizes with Hunters.

Dallas.-Jack Meister and Robert
King, members of a hunting party at
Dog Ear lake, narrowly escaped drown,
ing when the hunting boat they were
using capsized. They were compelled
to stand for over an hour in cold water
up to their chins until rescued by 9th
err members of the party. They lost
two valuable guns.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
A Wagner girl who - but Is year

A Wagner girl who IS but Is years
see the world, and ran away from
home. Her mother telephoned the
Yankton police to be on the watch
for her, and two stalwart policemen
met her at the train and persuaded
her to take the next train for hone.
Jack Lorraine, a Huron man, was
found lying unconscious on the street
by a poiicemaa. He had been slugged,
but could give no reason for being
attacked, az ie had no money or val.
rablcD Os any description on his per-
scr.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Sncialists Come Cefnre.

In the order of rotation of party
tickets on the ballot, which was pub
lished last week, there is an error. the
Socialists ticket coming before the
prohibition ticket, the socialists hav-
ing cast a greater number of votes at
.tioniStS.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Window smasher at Highmore.

Sioux Falls.-A mysterious Jack.
the Window ~Smasher." has commenced
operations in Highmorc, and the Of
fcers are making every effort to cap
ture him. The unknown commenced
operations by smashing the windows of
several business places, including a
pool hall and the office of the High
more Herald, a weekly newspaper.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-19
Record Price for Farm.

Toronto.-J. II. Lunde, a member
of the board of county commissioners,
has sold his farm near here for the
record price of s110 an acre. The
purchaser was an Iowa man. He also
purchased another farm adjoining the
I undle farm, for which he paid 500
an acre. Spot cash was paid for both