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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
RECOGNIZE VALUE OF SALT.
Scientists Now Are Practically Urani,
nous In Their Appreciation Of
the Humble Mineral.

The preventative, the cleansing and
the soothing effects of salt have been
known for ages. To. this extent, and
with some recognition of existing prac-
tees, the use of saline solutions in
British military hospitals, noted in a
cable despatch, is not new. The in
terestfng points are In the evolution
of salt TO the position of a sole heal
ing agent, and in the method of ap-
plication by a constant stream which,
in a single flowing, washes the wound,
guards 1t from infection and con-
tributes healing power.
An ancient and common household
article thus s%upplants, after the initial
d~isinfecting, the highly scientific,
antiseptic appliances of the day.
This elaboration of an old remedy
recalls to mind the medical stir which
followed in 1901 the publication from
the University Of Chicago, by DR..
Jacques Loeb and Prof. d. J.. Lingle,
OF the theory that a solution Of COM
mon salt In the blood, neutralized by
calcium and possibly potassium salt
solutions, was the Of the
rhythmic beating of the heart. All
doctors had known Of saline injec,
tionG to stimulate the heart. Those
who hesitated over the new PROPOSE
ton admitted the physiological i'm
porianoe of salt and it's ability, after
a hemorrhage, 10 supply the de-
ficiency il circulation until new blood
is made.
Inland people Of old esteemed
saline springs as gifts OF the gods.
Chips of salt were anciently used as
money, and the mineral stood, as
many passages In the Bible testify,
for high religious symbolisms. The
sharing of salt represented in other
days a sacred pledge of friendship.
A precious and essential quantity in
our daily living, though but casually
regarded on the grocer's bill for sup
plies, salt may yet be revealed in a
more intimate relation to life itself
than daring scientists have guessed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Found by Deputy Sherjffs

Dsadwood.-Through the publicity
following an accident, in which he was
a member Of the party, near Beulah,
Wyo., George d. Mcclellan. formerly
a well known resident of Lead, who
for two years has been a fugitive from
justice, was caught by deputy sheriffs
at Belle Fourche as he brought in the
body of Asa Gardner. the North Da-
kota banker, killed in the auto wreck.
Mcclellan is wanted to answer a
charge of .embezzlement from the Seth
Bullock camp, Spanish War Veterans,
Of which he was treasurer two years
ago. At that time he skipped his
bail, was caught in Omaha, but per-
suaded the police there to let him go
before the sheriff from here arrived.
He has since been in North Dakota.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
SOUTH DAKOTA BRIEFS.

The Rosebud Pioneers picnic held
pioneers will meet at Gregory next
year.
The first case of ~infantile paralysis
to develop this year in Lake county
has made it's appearance at Nunda, a
4-year-old girl being thu victim.
Mrs. Will Heaton of Academy found
q rattlesnake in a hens nest. She pin
toned the rattler to the nest with a
pitchfork and then called for help.
Fourteen candidates for the sister
hood received their final vows at
, Presentation academy at Aberdeen
and took the veil of the Benedictine
sisterhood.
The Kimball Graphic suggests that
the authorities of that town decorate
the wooden traffic policemen recently
set in the streets of Kimball with pots
Of everblooming plants.
Aberdeen club women have petition
ed the city authorities for a more
thorough inspection OF milk sold in
that town, with monthly publication
of the report of the inspectors.
The new Congregational church at
Happy Hollow in Mellette county was
dedicated and the cornerstons for the
church of the same denomination at
White River was LAID. These are the
first Congregational churches in Mel
lette county, and the Rev. II. C. Van
~Valkenburgh will be in charge of both
congregations.
A nuInber of Brown county men
owning land along the James river
have formed ar organization for the
purpose of draining the soil to avoid
the overflow which does much damage
to crops every wet year.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
BIG BOND ISSUE URGED TO
MEET BORDER EXPENSES

Washington, Aug. IA bond issue
Of $130,000,00 to meet extraordinary
government expenditures due to tn,
Mexican situation vas Unexpected!
recommended to Congress by a ma
jority of the Senate finance commit
tee with the concurrence of the Treas
ury department.
The bond issue is urged in the re
port Of the finance committee Demo
Gratis filed in the Senate on the $2O5,
000,0 600 bill. In addition t.
the proposed issue and the revenu,
bill the finance committee assert,
that a further appropriation Of $50,
600, 900 will be necessary to defray tn,
expenses Of operations in the Mexi
al emergency If conditions on tn,
border continue as they now are aftel
December 81, 1885,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
WouId-Be Teachers Fail.

Practically 60 per cent of the appli-
cants for teachers certificates at the
July examinations failed to secure the
coveted authority to take up the work.
Out of the 1896 applicants, there were
951 failures. Second grade certificates
were issued to 1872, third grade to 294
and four primary certificates were
granted. Superintendent Lugg gives
as the principal reasons for the large
percentage. of failures that under the
c%redentiel system of ~reissuing certi.
ficates to the older and more expert.
enced teachers the percentage OF
young and inexperienced applicants
grows.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Farmer 90 Years Old.

Pierre.-The planting and cultiva-
ton of eight acres of corn with no
agricultural implement except a gar
den hoe would be a task which would
make the average man want to quit
the job in short order. But that is
the record OF a 50-year-old woman in
Roberts county, who is marketing
green corn from such a field. The
fact hat she is a Sioux Indian prob
ably had something to do with her
~untlagging efforts to secure a crop by
this means Of cultivation. The wom-
IN is Mrs. Lydia Shorfoot, one of
the old squaws of the Sisseton reser-
walton, who hoed corn with bone hoes
long before the time of the coming OF
the whites to this part of the north
west.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Wartime "kjd.0

"Kids!" Another word consecrated
by usage and recognized by lexico-
graphers. The term embraces all the
lads and l~assies, urchins, hobblede.
hoys, chits and little ones, but some
how 1t means more than all these.
writes Maurice Donnay in Cartoons
magazine.
In 1870 I, too, was a kid. How did
! look upon the war? What memories
do l retain Of 1t? / was a 9 year old,
and went to. school at the Vanves
lyceum, which was then the "Lycee
du Prince Imperial" 1t was In July.
and the war had just been declared.
AS it happened, Father Michaut held
his class in history on this historic
day, and not because of this, but
simply because we had arrived al
Charles VII. he related to us the glo.
rious adventure of Joan of Arc.
Among us was one pupil who re-
manned l~istless. Questioned, he re
fused to answer, and our venerable
professor vas hurt. 1 still remember
his reproachful tones.
mo. ! shall not punish you" he
said. "One does not punish young
Frenchmen who are not interested in
Joan of Arc. Rather one pities
them"
We didn't understand very well why
Father Michaut had suddenly be-
come so grave and reproachful, but
we felt that there was q depth of
meaning in his words. This meaning
we realized better later on.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
To Build Church at Dixon.

Dixon.-At a mass meeting Of the
members of the local Catholic church
it was decided to erect a church build
ing. which it is intended shall be one
of the finest structures of the kind in
the entire Rosebud country. Within
a few minutes more than $1,000 in
cash was donated to the building fund.
The church extension society of the
national church is expected to make a
liberal donation to the building fund.
Work on the new church building will
commence at once and be pushed to
completion with all possible speed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Potatoes Are Minus.

Aberdeen.-The disquieting feeling
seems growing around here that this
year may see a shortage OF potatoes
Many raisers are finding that fields Of
potatoes with magnificent tops are
minus the necessary spuds. This is
attributed to the heat wave during the
blossoming period, which prevented
the plants from setting. The plants
which were not blossoming during the
hot spell set tubers and these have
grown to good size. 1t is believer
that many raisers figuring Oh a gooo
yield will be disappointed, as there are
no indications above ground of The
crop shortage.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Echo From San Francisco.

An event which vas not without its
regrettable aspects was the recent
wrecking Of che beautiful buildings
and monuments Of the exposition at
San Francisco, which were erected
only about two years ago, says Popular
Mechanics Magazine. Despite any de-
sireto preserve them that admirers may
nave had, the temporary character of
the buildings made their demolition
advisable. Many of the fine monu-
mental structures, such as the "Arch
of the Rising Sum-" surmounted by a
group entitled "The Nations of the
East" we're thrown to the ground by
exploding charges Of dynamite under
them.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Beet SUGAR Factory.

Belle Fourehe.-It is asserted on
positive authority that a site for the
million-dollar sugar beet factory that
the Great Western Beet Sugar com,
pany, of Denver, has been investi,
eating here has been selected on
ground adjacent to this city. Several
officials of the company were here and
returned to Denver after arranging
for the shipment of 100 carloads of
sugar beets, raised here this year as
a test, to the Scottsbluff, Neb., fac,
tory. The beets are bringing IS a
ton on board the cars. A weighing
house and scales are to be put in on
a siding four miles from here and
definite announcement of the intention
to build the refinery is looked for
soon.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Doll Nearly Causes child's Death.

DeSmet.-A celluloid doll nearly
caused the death of Helen Crane, the
little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w
Crane of this city. The child Will,
playing opened the door of a kerosen
stove and stuck the doll into the fame
Instantly the celluloid doll exploded
and became a mass of flame and the
fire was communicated to the clothing
of the little girl. Fortunately the
mother was able to reach the little anc
extinguish the fire before she vas ia
tally burned. The girl sustained {
number Of bad burns.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Eiuht for a Station,

The people of White Butte, in Per
for the location of a station on the
Milwaukee line for their town. Sew,
eral hearings have been held in regard
to the matter, and another date has
been set for September rs to attempt
to adjust the differences between the
people of the town and get a station
established to allow them some of the
benefits of the railway which passes
through the town.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Dies In Turkef.

Pierre.-Col. E. p. Farr, Of the state
~treasurer's department, has received
news Of the death VI his sister, Mrs.
Julia Farr Parmalee, at Harpoot, Tur-
key, where she had been a missionary
for nearly fifty years. Mrs. Parmalee
died June 81, but or account of the
war conditions in that part OF The
world, the news did not reach Der
relatives in this country until the
present time.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Turk Loss at suez, 1000 Men.

London, Aug. 21.-In the recent on
erations around Katia. east of the Su
ez canal, the losses sustained by the
Turkish force we're estimated at abou,
5000 men, including prisoners, or vir
tually one-half the force. according tc
a further report on the Egyptian op
erations given out by the war office.
The report says: THE pursuit O,
the enemy was maintained until the
18th and. it is possible to form 9
more accurate idea of the enemy's
strength and losses. The enemy force
amounted to probably $1,000 men.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
WHY WOMEN
Write LETTERS
To Lydia E. Pinkhan Medi-
cine Co.

Women who are well often ask care
the letters which the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co. are continually Publishing,
gonuine2" care they truthful"
"Why do women write such letters Z "
In answer We say that never have We
published q fictitious letter or name.
Never, knowingly, have wo Published
an untruthful letter, Or one without the
fuf and written consent Of the woman
who wrote IL ~.
The reason that thousands Of women
ron all partSof Tho country write such
grateful letters to the Lydia z Pink
ham Medicine Co. is that Lydia E Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has brought
health and happiness into their lives,
once burdened with pain and suffering.
It has relieved women from some Of
the worst forms of female ills, from dis
placements, Inflammation, liberation,
irregularities, nervousness, weakness.
stomach troubles and from the blues,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Worthinu liuht Plant.

Worthing.-The town council has
granted to William F. Donahue, a local
capitalist, a franchise to install and
operate an electric light system in
Worthing. The franchise is for a pc
riod of 20 years. Construction of the
plant will commence as soon as the
material can be placed on the ground
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
liuhts at Wentworth.

Wentworth.-Good progress is being
made in the work of arranging for the
stringing of wires from a central cleo
trio light plant at Colman to Went
worth, so the people Of this place car
be provided with electric lights. Ir
order to secure the service from Col
man it was necessary to obtain a mum
Der of farmer patrons on the road be
tween Colman and Wentworth.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Must Not Occur Again.
The President replied:

Inc PRESIDENT replied:
ALLOW me to acknowledge the re-
ceipt Of your telegram of August Is,
and to say in reply that | hold to the
principle of arbitration with as clear
any one, but that unfortunately there
is no means now in existence by
which arbitration can be secured. The
existing ean have been tried and
have failed. This situation must never
be allowed to arise again, but 1t has
prevent its recurrence. but no means
can be found offhand or in a hurry or
In season to meet the present national
emergency. What / am proposing does
not weaken or discredit the principle
OF arbitration. II strengthens it, rath,
er. 1t proposes that nothing be con
coded except the eight-hour day, to
which the whole economic movement
Of the time seems to point, and the
immediate creation Of an agency for
determining all the arbitrable elements
in this case in the light, not of predic.
tlOiS vi lOiSSdStSJ DuL vi cSIdDllSueC
and ascertained facts. This is the first
stage of the direct road to the discov
cry OF the best permanent basis fol
arbitration when other means than
those available are supplied"
There were no outward develop
ments pending the arrival of the addi
tional railroad executives to whom the
president sent invitations yesterday
Louis w. Hill, president of the Great
Northern, and several other western
railroad presidents will arrive shortly
Representatives Of both sides are pre-
pared to remain here until the ina.
word is spoken and a strike declared
or averted.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Robbery at Hudson.

Hudson.-During the absence from
home of Mayor Baumgartner and mem
bers of his family the dwelling wa
entered b. an unknown burglar who
escaped with a small sum of money
which was secured from a trunk. The
authorities thus far have been unable
to secure a clew to the thief.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Aberdeen Wants Bank.

A~berdeen.-A committee consisting
of five men will be sent from the Alb
erdeen Commercial club to the hearing
of the federal reserve board in Sioux
Falls, August 80, in an effort to locate
the federal land bank here. Sioux
Falls is the only other city in this
state petitioning for it.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Burned by Gasoline,

Philip.-Burl Blanchard, a promi
nent homesteader and rancher of this
vicinity, vas badly burned by an ex
plosion of the cylinder Of a large gas
oline tractor on which he was work
ing. The gasoline is supposed to have
been ignited by a blow torch which
he was using.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Raise Hemp Near Aberdeen.

Aberdeen.-The high price and pros
pective shortage of sisal, the standard
hemp for Irvine, led a harvester con
pan with local quarters to plant 81
acres hear the city as an experiment
At present this Kentucky hemp is
from five to ten feet high and will be
cut in two weeks. 1t looks like a prac
tical crop.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Biu Cream Shipments.

Philip.-This place claims the dis.
tinction of being one of the chief
cream shipping points in South Dako,
ia. During a period of 80 days an ag-
gregate of 1900 cans CT cream were
shipped from here to various central
points.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Propitious Time.

MI. Jobson, you will have to wait on
u customers with more alacrity.'
I'm sorry, sir. 1 worked so hard in
my garden this morning that / m tired
out"
rs your garden doing wellT"
"Oh, yea, sir. I'm growing some of
the finest vegetables you ever saw"
"Hum- A garden reduces the cost
Of living. In that case. / presume you
can stand q slight reduction In your
salary."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24

Flandreau.-Voters of F%iandreau al
a special election defeated the propo
sition to issue bonds OF $4,000 for the
Improvement and extension Of the mu
dicipat w~aterworks system.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
DON'T LOSE ANOTHER HAIR
Trest Your Scalp With cuticura and
Prevent Hair Falling. Trial Free.

For aandcaff. itching. burning scalp.
the cause Of dry. thin and falling hair,
Cutieura Soap and Ointment are most
effective. Toush spots Of dandrufr and
ftchiag with Cuticura Ointment. Then
shampoo with Outicura Soap and hot
water. No treatment more successful.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept. 1.
Boston. Sold eveatwhera-Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Child scaIded 70 Death,

Java.-Martha Kruger. ~3-year-oid
daughter OF John Kruger, a farmer
living about ten miles from Java. was
sca]ded to death by falling into a pail
Of hot water.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
TELLS OFFICIALS HE HAS NOT
ABANDONED PRINCIPLE OF AR
slTRATIoN IMPORTANT DE-
vElOPMENTS SOON.
WILSON SENDS TELEGRAM
DEFENDING HIS PROPOSAL
Declares Means Must Be Found to
Prevent Recurrence of Situation
Hill and Other Western Railroad
Presidents to Arrive Shortly
Employees Await Decision.

Washington, Aug. %. - President
Wilson, after a week of conferences
with ranking officials of the railroads
and leaders of their employees threat
ening a nationwide strike, is believed
by all parties 70 have brought the
situation to a point where decisive de-
velopments may be expected within q
few days.
While the negotiations took no ac-
tual forward step, the President re-
piled to the contentious Of the road
officials that the principle of arbitra-
ton would not be endangered by his
plan for putting the eight-hour basis
investigates its ~practicability.
Holds to Arbitration Principle.
In a telegram made public at the
White House the President declared
he held firmly to arbitration as a prin-
ciple and that his plan strengthens
rather than weakens It. He also said
that some means must be found to
prevent the existing situation from
ever arising again.
Meantime the road officials who
have tentatively refused to accept Mr..
Wilson's proposal, continued confer
ences among themselves. The labor
leaders marked time awaiting a def
mite decision from the employers.
The Presidents telegram defending
his plan was In reply to an appeal
from George Pope, president of the
National Association Of Manufacturers
urging mat the principle of arbitra.
ton be preserved in the strike negotia-
lions.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24

II your boss rs dissatisfied. just men,
ton the fact to him and perhaps he
will permit you to resign.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24

Many a man with n will Of his w
has a codicil added to 1t by his wife.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
Sold.

1--WE sold our pup"
what did you self him for?"
"Why. er-he bit holes In the car
pet."-Punch Bowl.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-24
possible for any woman who


Is we'll and who
has never suffered
tofeaize how these
poor, snffering wo-
men ticel when re-
stored to health;
their keen desire to
help ether women
who ara sui ering as
they did.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-01-03
SYNOPSIS.

On the day of the eruption of Mount
Pelee Capt. John Hardin of the steamer
Princess rescues five-year- Annette
Ilington from an open boat, but Is forced
to leave behind her father and his COM
panions. Ilington is assaulted by Her
get papers which Ilington has managed
to send aboard the Princess with his
daughter, papers proving his title to and
telling the whereabouts of the lost island
of Cinnabar Ilingtons injury causes his
mind to become a blank. Thirteen years
elapse. Hernandez now an opium Snug
gler, with Ponto, Inez, a female accom-
was Ilington, come to Seaport, where the
widow of Captain Hardin is living with
her son Neal and Annette Ilington. and
plot to steal the papers left to Annette
by her father. Neal tries for admission
to the Naval academy, but through the
treachery of Joey Welcher is defeated by
joey and disgraced. Neal enlists in the
navy. Inez sets a trap for Joey and the
conspirators get him in their power. An
nette discovers that heat applied to the
map reveals the location of the lost is
land. Subsequently in a struggle for its
possession the map is torn in three parts,
Hernandez, Annette and Neal each secur-
nado in search of her father. The crew
mutiny. and are overcome by boarding
party from U. S. Destroyer Jackson, led
by Neal In Martinique Annette and Neal
are captured and taken to a SmugglerS'
cave to be blown up with dynamite. but
are rescued by a sponge diver. Inez FORCES
Identification papers for herself as An
nette are again captured, carried to the
Sun City and Annette is offered as sac
rif1ce to the sun god. They are rescued
by marines from the Albany.