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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-16

J. 0dgen Armour, the big meat
packer Of Chicago says that the gov
eminent car. have the whole works.
himself, his plant, and all his hun.
dreds Sof employoes--no exemptions
will be asked for, That is a positive
brand Of patriotism worthily express
"a, but 1t cannot be an exact example
for all men, It Is possible that J.
odgcn could get along for a ear or
two IL he did not have any men to help
harvest his crops!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-16

Governor r. o. Lowden, OF Illinois,
has set an admirable precedent. lie
served an ultimatum upon Illinois
coal operators to fix a reasonable
price. or the state would do it for
them, Hc then appointed q prominent
state judge to see that they got busy.
That governor has the right slant
The Northwest would like TO see him
run things down at Washington for
a few days.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-16

Deadwood Tim esCongrassman
Madden's recent exposition ia the
house Of deadly parallel between
lood-prices in london ard II Wash
ineton HIS prompted The Federal
Trade Commission 10 call upon Score.
tafy Rel8eia 70 call his commercial
attaohe Al tha Enibassy IN London to
rall upon tho hotel-kcepers OF that
city % call upon the provision deal-
efa of England % mud out Why food
cheaper ID London than II Is IN
washington This II an example OF
Il bs1rtau III eireumlocation 1T its
best us worst. II shows the
maxja for Investigator which, pos
S<ases c<Sfy branch of the admins
tratlon ala the waste Of time, cifor>
and money which Al I,svolved III the
Inp>t sIn,nIs III operations.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-16

Incipient outbreaks against the war
in this country are entirely futile and
will accomplish nothing but to get the
perpetrators into trouble. This is the
history Of practically all countries
when they are at war. A government,
backed by all the official power of a
nation, and supported by a great ma.
jority of its loyal citizens, is in dead
ly~earnest. They have the power to
compel obedience of any small minor
ity that may oppose. Under such con
ditions the sensible thing for any per-
son who is opposed to the wal to do
Is to keep still and abide by the will
Of his government. II is an establish
cd fact that the United States is at
war, and this fact supercedes all other
facts, reasons or causes. The man
who opposes it is simply butting his
head against a stone wall, which is a
foolish trick, under any circum-
| stances.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-16
Aug. 1913
Notice OF Hearing Petition for Letters
of Administration

VI aAAbb
State of South Dakota, County of
Hand, SIS. In County Court.
In the matter of the estate of James
M. Lloyd, deceased.
The state of South Dakota sends
greeting to Ned J. Lloyd heirs at
law and next of kin of James M.
Lloyd, deceased, and to all to whom
these presents may come.
Notice is hereby given that Ned
]. Lloyd has filed with the Judge of
this court, a petition praying for
Letters of Administration of the
estate of James M. Lloyd, deceased,
and that Saturday the first day of
September 1917, at two o'clock p.
NJ, of said day, being a day of a spec
ial term of this court, at the Office
of the county Judge at the Court
House in Miller, in the said county of
Hand has been set for hearing said
petition, when and where any person
interested may appear and show
cause why the said petion should not
be granted.
Dated at Miller this 18th day of
August, A. ID. 1917.
II. G.. ANDERSON,
Judge of the County Court.
Attest: w. L. MORROW, Clerk.
John Pusey, Attorney for Petitioner,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-16
nrIann 0r c0NGREssMEN

Pierre Dakotan-If plans now under
come to a head, congressman will
devote their time after adjournment TO
Chautauqua work enlightening the
whole country as TO war conditions.
A campaign OF education VIII be inau-
gurated and President Wilson will
also take the field and do his "bit."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-16

Government officials state that VIC
must raise FIVE billions of dollars TO
add to the seven billions already yot-
ed by Congress. When Congress
reached it's billion mark Speaker Reed
stopped criticism by his CRIPPLE re-
mark that "This is a billion dollar
country" One lone billion would
hardly be pin money now.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-16

A current newspaper report says
that war casualties under present con-
ditions amount to only" one in thir-
III killed, and only" one in 6fty lose
a limb. From tho numerous requests
for exemptions reported, many fellows
think they might be the "only."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-16
PRICES OF LAND roo LOW

With 1917 crops running all the
way from 20 to so dollars per acre, it
might not be out of place to again
mention that Hand County land is
worth more money than it's owners
are asking for il. in other states
where gross productions reach such
values, land is worth more than 500
per acre. Is the difference in other
benefits real or imaginary? 1t usually
consists in a greater population, more
resources, more development, and
greater conveniences of life than the
newly settled localities possess. In
the early years of South Dakota's
settlement, the question of distance
from market was an important one.
Today that has been largely overcome
by increased transportation facilities,
and the products OF this and other
states have a countrywide market.
The questions OF resources and con-
veniences of life have also been large
ly overcome in the first generation OF
development. About the only tangible
difference remaining is the large area
of practically vacant land. If there
was an improved farm on every half
section of land in Hand county, pro-
ducing no more than our present
farms produce, land would be worth
practically as mitch here as it is in
older Iowa or southern Minnesota,
That this one lone handicap is being
slowly overcome is apparent to any
n who investigates the growth here
of the past few years, and learns OF
the great demand for improved farms
both to buy and rent.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-16
State Fair Exhibits
Now Being Gathered Up

County Fair Manager J. II. Van
Loon is now arranging 70? Hand
county's exhibit at the stat, fair next
month. The exhibits he particularly
wants to fill up his collection are
Yellow dent corn.
White dent corn.
Calico dent corn.
Yellow Flint corn
White F1iny corn
Squaw Flint corn.
Watermelons.
MuskMelons.
Pumpkins.
Squashes, white and yellow.
Rutabagoes.
Leave word with Secretary of the
Commercial Club or John Van Loon,
Mgr.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-16

Lawrence county has an organiza-
ton that gathers up old shoes to send
to Belgium, where the thrifty Belgians
repair them and get a lot Of good YEA
out OF them. Not a romatic enterprise
perhaps, but a mighty sensible one.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-16

Huron merchants are arranging for
a cooperative delivery system, and
IN commenting upon this departure
state papers predict that win be be
come general. Yes, It's a~'proper inn
proyement. Miller has had it for ten
years
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-16
First Whcat Grades No. /

Manager Thomson, at the Equity
Exchange, reports the first 1917
wheat brought in. 1t was five sacks
from the Jacob Weber farm. Pleas
ant Valley twp, tested 62 lbs and
brought $2.40. Mr.. Webber places
his so acre field at 20 bushels, or $4S
per acre at this price.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-16
:. l6t2


For Pleasant Valley School Dis
trict No. 49,, of Hana County, South
Dakota. for the year beginning July
!. 1916, and ending June 80, 1917, as
ascertained upon settlement with the
Treasurer OF said district.
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand July 1.
1916 Observation-Disclosures 1882
Received from all sources 20644S
Total receipts .. 2432.S0
EXPENDITURES
For teachers wages 10000
For all other expenditures $. S56.5S
Total expenditures ... s 1868
Balance On hand June 80,
icAf .ssk.s @*.... 9fO%A4
Total to balance receipts s 2402.S so
sSais balance on hand, $446.22 is
deposited In the Hand County State
Bank, located at Miller. South Oak.
Dated this 10th day Of August,
f9I7.
X. b. Cotton Clerk Of school District
Board.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-16

No service at Presbyterian church
next Sunday except Sunday School at
t1:45. All come.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-16

w. s. Battersby is enjoying a visit
from a brother and sister from Iowa.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-16
AnVTRTIsING RATES

Disuiay adys., per inch, ! time. l5c
Classified advs, per line DC
Readers among locals per line. l0c
legal notices, per sauare..Legal rates
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-21

! over the cost of production. On this
tasis, therefore, there Is difference
of 1899 a year in favor of summer
fallow.
This, 1t may be said, applies equ-
ally to the other important crops
rye, oats and barley. Rye Is today
the principal crop grown on the dry
farming lands OF central Oregon, but
wheat may yet outrank 1t. Winter
rye is the only type now grown, but
1t frequently is sown in early spring,
and under those circumstances. will
succeed on nearly all soils and under
nearly all climatic conditions in CEN
trail Oregon where any grain crop VIII
succeed Delay of one or two weeks,
however in seeding often results In
failure. When sown in the fall, win
ter rye is adapted particularly to the
valley silt loans and to the plateau
fine sandy loans where there is usu-
ally a winter covering OF snow. For
feeding purposes. the value of rye
grain is probably not as great as that
of wheat, barley or oats. but, never
theless. it usually sells on the mar
ket for about the same price per
pound as wheat. AS a hay crop for
wintering stock from the range. good
management may result in making II
worth to the feeder as much as 81 or
IS a ton.
In the production of pounds OF grain
per acre. oats may be expected to rank
second to wheat. under average condi-
tions upon fallowed land. AS a mar
ket crop or as a feed crop for fatten-
ing meat animals, however. oats do not
have as high a feed value as wheat
Winter oats will not survive the ordi-
nary winter. and spring oats are best
adapted to the valley silt loans. An
average yield OF about 30 bushels per
acre may be expected on summer fall
lowed land.
Barley. says the bulletin, is prob
ably less adapted to central Oregon
dry farming lands than wheat, oats or
rye. IT does very well where the soil
is usually quite moist and in seasons
|ot abnormally heavy summer rainfall.
Barley, like oats. should in general be
grown only for feeding on the farms
where produced.
AS has been pointed out, it is not
profitable TO grow any OF these grains
consecutively on the same land. Some
rotation, therefore, is necessary to
profitable returns. The simplest one
is that in which a grain crop is fol-
lowed by year of fallow. This plan.
however. does nothing to maintain the
fertility Of the soil and, where possible
II Is advisab bile for this reason TO in
clude nitrogen gathering crops like
peas and sweet clover. Alfalfa can
not be included in short rotation, be-
cause it should be kept on the land
for several years once a stand has
been tablished.
A three-year rotation which has
certain advantages consists Of sum
mer following one-third of the land
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-21
Timely Information AS to Pay and
Requirements of United States Army

branches as indicated in paragraph
1856 A considerable number of pro-
visional second lieutenants are lso
required. CSee paragraph 1877 and
following.
1856. Avenues for entering the ar
my. Officers for the reular army are
graduates from the West Point mill
tary academy or those who have
passed examination for provisional
second lieutenant (See paragraph 1877
and following), or such reserve Of
ficers as may be assigned. The en-
listed men of the regular army are
volunteers or those assigned rom
the selective draft. (See paragraph
1874 and following
Enlistments on or after May IS
are for the period or the emergency.
and it is the policy of the war de-
partment to treat enlistments from
April /, 1917, on the same basis.
1856. The regiments added to the
regular army to bring it up to war
strength are
Engineers. regiments, organiza-
tion completed.
Cavalry S regiments, organization
completed.
Field Artillery II regiments. or
ganization completed.
Coast artillery. 10000 men. list
fun.
Infantry. % regiments G,96a
each). organization partly completed.
Several thousand recruits were re-
quired for the Signal Corps. Ginclud-
ing aviation). quartermaster corps
and medical department (sanitary
I forces). These lists have been filled
, except for specially qualified men.
In addition to the recruits needed
to fill the 27 new infantry regiments
about $4,000 men were required to
bring the 81 infantry regiments au-
thorized for peace times up to the
war footing
Recruits over the 300. 900 regular
forces are needed to fill vacancies in
order that the war strength may be
maintained. Men may consequently
enlist in the regular army even after
the authorized strength has been
reached
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-21

WASHINGTON. Sept. 2O.-The fu-
ture OF the dry lands of central Ore
gon lies in the combination of grain
With stock, say specialists in the U. $.
Department OF Agriculture. The total
area of this section is about 26,O00,00
acres, of which probably 100000 can
be irrigated eventually. OF the re-
nrainder approximately 100000 acres
can be dry farmed. and the rest fitted
only for range. Under these circum-
stances, says new publication of the
u. $. Department of Agriculture, Far
mers' Bulletin 500, 1t is probable that
the day OF the small stockman-farmer
In this section Is at hand. The ranges
must be brought under control so that
they can not be destroyed by Overgraz-
ing and in connection with some sys-
tenn Of control or rotation grazing,
dry farming must be employed to grow
grain for the winter feeding and the
finishing of stock, If this is done. CEN
tral Oregon should produce many
times as much wealth as 1t has in the
past
AS the average annual rainfall in
this section is about IL inches, which
usually is sufficient to produce crops
on good. well-farmed soil the princi-
pal drawback to crop production Is
not lack OF moisture but the frequen-
cy of summer frosts. The frost-free
period is seldom more than 40 TO 90
days. Under these conditions, ii has
been found that winter wheat Is the
best yielding grain crop on the soils
adapted to its culture. Rye. oats and
barley follow in tho order named.
From the standpoint of yield and
value when cut for hay. however, rye
must be placed before wheat.
Winter wheat is particularly adapted
To the valley silt loans and the pla-
teau fine sandy loans but only in To-
calities where snow lies on the ground
throughout the winter and where
frosts do not occur too regularly in
late June and July. Experience has
shown that II is not profitable to grow
wheat on the same area two years in
succession. Some rotation should be
adopted which allows the land year
of fallow between wheat crops. This
is true Of spring wheat as we'll as win
ter IT the Harney Experiment Sta
ton. for instance. spring wheat grown
for four years continuously yielded on
an average 6.5 bushels per acre. which
meant it was estimated a net loss Of
$1s5 a year. When the same land
was summer fallowed every second
year the average crop was 1913 bush
els. v hich meant, making all the ne
cesar allowances. net gain OF
G257 Der acre. On 32o- acre farm
this would mean that the Yields from
continuous cropping would bring the
farmer $52s les sthan 1t cost him to
produce the crop. On the other
hand. II he cropped half his land each
year and allowed the other half to lie
in fallow. his returns would be S4ll
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-21

each year, cropping 1t to grain the fol-
lowing year, and sowing some other
crop on the stubble the following
spring. AS the stubble land may be
double disked, this scheme makes
plowing necessary only once in three
years. On the other hand, few crops
will make IA profitable yield in average
years IL they follow a grain crop Rye,
field peas and possibly sweet clover,
do best under these circumstances.
Peas have the advantage Of being not
only a leguminous crop which adds
nitrogen to the soil, but also culti-
waited crop. and cultivation will help
in the production of good yields of the
grain crop that follows.
In planting any kind Of grain it is
important good seed should be Sc
lected This must be of variety
which is adapted to the soil and cli-
matte conditions of the region and
which possesses earliness and hardi-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-21
Grain Raising Plus Stock Growing
Offers Success for Dry Farm Region

ness. A few additional cents per acre
for good seed, says the bulletin, usu-
ally will be returned many times In
the value Of the crop. 1t is also very
desirable to adopt the precaution of
treating seed grain with a formalde-
hyde solution in order to make certain
that it is free from smut. The usual
strength OF the solution is As gallons
of water to j pound Of 40 per cent for
maIdehyde. A full discussion of this
treatment for grain smut is contained
in Farmers Bulletin 5O7. a copy of
which may be obtained by applying to
the Department Of Agriculture, Wash
ington, d. c. Care should be taken, it
is said, that the formaldehyde be of
standard strength such as is supplied
in sealed bottles, and that the grain
should not be allowed to become infect
ed again after treatment by using
sacks or drills which have not been
disinfected with the formaldehyde.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-21


There is no provision at present
for parcel-post service between our
forces in Europe and the United
States or its possessions.
Private kilograms to be cabled to
mem bers of the American Expedi-
tionary Force in Europe will be ad-
dressed "Amex-force, London with
the addressee's name and the off
cia designation of the unit to which
he belongs appearing as the first
words of the text.
Under no circumstances should
the location or station of a unit be
designated in the address or body of
telegram.
Examples are given as follows:
A telegram to Captain John e.
Jones, Medical Corps United States
Army Base Hospital No 10, Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces, would BE-
in the following form:
Amexforce. London.
John B. Jones. Base Hospital
Number 10:
Have followed your instructions.
MARY JONES.
Or, for Private H. K. Smith, Com
pany K. Forty-seventh United State
Infantry.
Alnexforce. London,
John r. 10 Cmfwy mfwy fksarb
H x. Smith, co. X. Forty-sev-
enth L. 5. Infantry:
Will not change address.
JANE SMITH.
To comply with European censor
ship regulations all messages must
be written in plain language (Eng-
lish or French). or in an information
al code, and must be ineligible to
the censors The use of two codes
or languages or of combinations OF
code and plain language in the same
m Message is forbidden. Code language
may be used only in full-rate mes
sages
Codes authorized by the British
censorship are:
A b. c. 5th: Scott's 10th; Western
Union; Leiber's; Bentley's complete
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-21

Phrase Code (not including the oil
and mineral supplemental; Broom
halls Imperial Combination Code;
rubber edition; Myers Atlantic Cot
ton Code. thirty-ninth edition; River
side Code. fifth edition.
In case of code message the
name of the code must be designated
when the message Is filed.
Every telegraph message must be
signed. The surname alone may be
used. but such a signature as John, -
MARY Mother" etc, will not oe
passed.
Attention is called to the fact that
there are three classes of service
avaiIable-full rate, deferred rate,
and week end rate.
1t Is the intention of the war de-
partment to detail an officer spec
tally to care for army mail matters.
The Regular Army.
1874. Men needed. About $4,000
recruits were needed on July 80 for
the regular army IN the various
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-21

Continued from page IA.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08
SEND SUPPLIES
FOR HOSPITALS
SERVICE NEAR WAR
FRONT

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 5. -
The establishment of a hospital sup
ply service under the Red Cross COM
mission in France, of which Major
Grayson NJ. p. Murphy is the head,
was announced by the war council
of the American Red Cross today. An
appropriation of 100000 has been
voted by the war council to establish
this service and provide it's first
stock of supplies.
This step marks the further cen
tralization of relief activities in
France under the Red Cross. How
to coordinate all tie military hospi-
tails maintained by American and
other foreign societies and individu-
ais, and to provide them with the
supplies and materials they needed
at a minimum cost, was one of the
first problems undertaken by Major
Murphy on his arrival in Paris.
Several warehouses are now be-
ing established by the Red Cross
commission throughout France as a
part of the new hospital supply serv-
ice. Here drugs, medicines and
surgical instruments will be avail
able for all hospitals in the depart
ment in which the warehouse is To-
Gated. Orders can be filled prompt
ly without even awaiting approval
from Paris.
AS director of the new hospital
supply service the war council is
sending to France Stanley Field of
Chicago, a son of the late Marshall
Field. Assisting Mr.. Field and in
charge of the various warehouses
will be business or professional men
volunteering their services for the
period of the a Five of these
have already been selected and are
now on their way to report to Ma
jor Murphy. These men are:
John Woodward of the Curtis Pub
fishing company. New York City,
Todd T. Lewis, a broker, of Minna-
appolis, Mimi; Kennard Windsor, a
member of the stock exchange of
Boston, Mass; J. Sheldon Tilney of
New York and Russell Armstrong,
also of New York.
AS an operating force for these
warehouses, Major Murphy has ask
ed the Red Cross to recruit in the
United States a force of 500 men
over military Men of expert
ence in the building of warehouses
and the handling of stores are pre-
ferred.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08
ASSESSMENT NOTICE
silver Pick Consolidated Mines
Company

Location of Principal Place of Bust
ness and Location of Works, Goldfield.
Esmeralda County, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the Board of Directors. held
on the 22d day Of August, 1917, an as
sessment (No. 1875 of one and one-half
Il 1-2) cents per share was levied upon
the capital stock of the corporation.
payable Immediately in United States
gold coin, to the Secretary. at the Of
flee of the Company, Room 265 Russ
Building. "a Francisco. California
Any stock upon which this assess
ment shall remain unpaid or the 22nd
day of September. 1917. will be delin-
quent and advertised for sale at public
auction, and unless payment is made
before. will be sold on Monday. the 29th
day of October. 1917. to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with the
cost of advertising and expenses OF
sale.
BY order of the Board of Directors.
CHARLES D. OLNEY.
Secretary.
office Room 265 Russ Building. San
Francisco. California.
First pub-Aug. rs. 1917
Last pub-Sept. %. 1917