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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-12-11
MOST FRAGRANT OF FLOWERS
Of the Lilac Stands Unmatched
for Sweetness.

When the lilacs breatts. sodors OF
Araby become fetid and sstringent in
comparison. When the i!acs breathe.
their odorous breath carries the fra
GRANGE of the distillation Of a genera
tion Of life and love thar they have
gathered to themselves, where they
have bloomed by the garden wall or
against the porch pillar, The old
home-wonderful in the vividness Of
ity memories and associations-ls Gre
ated by the picturing of beauty and
tenderness that the fragrance Of the
blossoming lilacs brings to the mind.
One sees the path through the garden
winding down to the clump of lilacs.
The faces OF other days are framed
IN the pictures that fancy creates
through the magic Of the lilacs.
The panicles of bloom r in full
flower and the blooms will be hailed
with joy by the multitudes who have
In their feelings the sentiments TO
which lilacs appeal. They are a medi-
tative and reflective kind OF flower.
They come so quietly In the spring.
They bloom forth so abundantly and
magnifcently. They sing their con-
cert to the airs Of April and cause the
four winds of the heavens to become
their survivors to the JOY Of man
kind.
The IiIacs are the softest and most
persuasive of all tlnts, those of laven-
der and purple, with some of driven
Wilderness. How wonderful their
beauty, the assembling of the blossoms
and their disposition upon the branch !
How full of artl How exquisitely
Dresden Is the lilac as ii swings in
The breeze! And every lilac bush is
a product Of years of growth, and that
growth goes on ~perennially until one
and another generation Is laid he
heath the sod, end the lilac has heen
Entrusted with the cherished memories
Of youth and maturity and age-passed
out Of life.-Baltimore American.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-12-11
Misunderstanding.

1.-The Germans are always being mis-
understood, and this misunderstanding
is always to the poor fellows disad-
vantage"
The speaker was Adolph Junck, the
millionaire dye Importer of Duluth.
Il know a German motorist." he
went on. who arrived one June eve
ming at a crowded country road house.
When the clerk told him the house was
full. he said desperately:
cant you at least give me a bum
die Of hay somewhere
"sThere amt a thing left. mister
said the clerk, but a bit of cold mutton
stew"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-12-11
DEMOBILTzED DICTIONARY

Home Sector-A. e. Islands for
an eternity in France.
Alarm clock-The civilians bugler
can be smashed with a hammer with
out fear OF court martial.
Bacon-Piece of meat nc longer
manufactured from Ford tires.
Parma building where livestock
exclusively is lodged; seldom uSed
here to house extra weekend guests.
Bed-Paradise on earth; has
to be left unless occupants wants to,
Carpet-apparatus to hang clothes
or so that they will not get dirty from
the floor.
Civilian-A person in store clothes
who gets up when he feels like it does
what he wants to all day, and goes to
bed when he good and pleases; the
newer variety SHES at a recruiting
station.
Coiiar-a linen band that goes
around the neck to keep it smooth.
Conductor-Man in uniform who
neither gives nor returns salutes.
Cook-Person who really knows
something about it; no longer d form
er plumber.
Dinner-A meal brought in and not
scrambled for: often eaten sitting on
a chair.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-12-11
Improved Farm for Rent

3p0 acres, 1870 under cultivation.
house. big new barn, artesian well, IL
miles from Miller on graded road.
Share or cash rent. Renter must buy
the cattle, hogs, horses, chickens.
grain hay, fodder and ali farm ma
chinery now on place. Possession
given at once and for a term of years.
Cal! and sec us at once.
Coquillette & McCool.
Miller, s. D.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-12-11
come 10 MILLER, and we can use
wheat that will test as low as 80 lbs.
II sound and dry.
Paul R~Ossbach, Mgr.

Two half section improved farms at
a bargain. about $4,000 per acre less
than what other like improved farms
in same neighborhood have been sell
ing for These farms are located on
good graded roads and only 2 to 2h
miles from st. Lawrence. They are
bsrgains. For further particulars see
r A. Altenow, st. Lawrence, s ID.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-12-11

!. 81 the time of year when we must
ask you to attend to the settlement
Of your account with us. We have
unusually heavy obligations to meet
and must look to the money from our
outstanding accounts to meet these.
We will greatly appreciate prompt
settlements.
Yours truly,
Botsford Lumber Co.
r. J. Weber, Mgr.
The Miller Roller Mills can use all
the good sound dry wheat that win
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-12-11
The State Rural Credit Farm loans

The First National Bank of Miller,
South Dakota, announces its willing
ness to assist farmers in procuring
these thirty year. 54 per cen loans.
optional after five years. Call and
we shall be pleased to explain the plan
to you.-Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-12-11

fle Rural Credit Board offers the
hest fla m loan Liberal amounts, long
time, low rate, easy payments, and you
get all the money you borrow, no
commissions nor fees allowed. The
Citizens State Bank has the blanks
and will help you with your applica-
tions.-Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-12-11

A factory has been started In swe
den for extracting oil from schist, thus
adding n more to the number Of sub
stitutes already on the market. Large
quantities of alum schist are found In
the district. yielding benxine and cfld<
ALA
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-12-11

The largest and best line of face
creams, complexion powders, and tot
let water in town.
Collins & Shaw.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-05
AIM TO UPSET
US. GOVERNMENT
Senator Wadsworth Charges
Russian Bolsheviki With
Activities

Washington, Nov. 5.-The Russian
Bolsheviki "have availed themselves
of every opportunity to initiate in
the United States a propaganda aim
ed to bring about the forcible over
throw of our present form of Gov
ernment," Chairman Wadsworth, of
the Senate Military Committee, has
been informed by Assistant Secre-
tary Phillips in letter made public
at the State Department.
The Bolsheviki, Mr.. Phillips said,
have at their disposal large quantities
of gold, partly revenue of the for
mer Russian government and partly
a reserve belonging to the Rumanian
government, and it is considered inn
portant not to give them means
through commercial transactions to
bring this gold into the United States
where it could be used to sustain
their propaganda of violence and
unreasons."
Mr.. Phillips said that while there
was no blockade of Petrograd as far
as the United States was concerned
no licenses for the shipment of goods
to Bolsheviki Russia were being is
sued. This policy of nonintercourse
| he added, could not be continued
after the proclamation of peace
without additional legislation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-05
Legion Delegates
Are Arriving For
Annual Convention

New York, Nov. 5.-Advance
delegates from every state in the
Union will assemble in Minneapolis
this week to consider the tentative
program and other important pre-
liminary matters for the first annual
convention of The American Legion
which will be held in Minneapolis
next week on November 10, IL and
-. The convention will be called to
order at 10 o'clock next Monday
morning by Henry d. Lindsey,
chairman of the National Executive
Committee. 1t is expected that at
least $500 delegates, representing
approximately 100000 former SOL
diers, sailors and marines, now
members of the Legion, will attend
this convention, the purpose OF
which is to establish the Legion'S
I permanent organization and deter
mine its future policy.
The business before the conven'
| ton will be of vital interest, both tC
! ex-service men and women and tc
the country at large. The program
will include the election of perma'
nent officers for the ensuing year
the adoption of a permanent consti
tuition and policy of organization
| location of National Headquarters
membership questions of eligibility
nomenclature of post, state and ma
tional officers, and many other ques
tions of organization nature.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-05
GAS|N THE STOMACH
IS DANGEROUS
Recommends Eaily Use of MaEnesia
To Overcome Trouble. Caused
by Eermenting Food and
Acid indigestion.

Gas and wind in the stomach ac-
companied by that full, bloated feel
ing after eating are almost certain
evidence of the presence of excess
sive hydrochloric acid in the stom-
ach, creating so-calIed "acid indises-
tion.
Acid stomachs are dangerous be-
cause too much acid irrltates the
delicate lining of the stomach, often
leading to gastritis accompanied by
serious stomach ulcers. Food fer
ments and sours, creating the dis
tressing gas which dlstenus the stom-
ach and hampers the normal func-
tions OF Tie vital internal organs
often affecting the heart.
1t is the worst of 1oIly to neglect
sucn serious condition or to treat
with ordinary digestive aids whlch
have no neutralizlng effect on the
stomach acids. Instead get from any
druggist u few ounces OF Bisurated
Magnesia and take a teaspoontuI in
quarter glass OF water right after
eating. This will drive the gas, wind
and Uloat right out of the body.
sweeten the stomach, neutralize the
excess acid and prevent its formation
and there Is no sournesS or pain
BIsurated Magnesia Tin powder or
tablet form - never liquid or milky
is harmless to the stomsn1, inexpen-
sive to take and the uest form OF
magnesiu for stomach purposes. It
Is used by thousands of people who
enjoy their meals with no more fear
of Indigestion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-05
Communists Gain
Throughout Poland

Berlin, Nov. 5. The Vorwaerts
says it has received information in
dicating that the Communistic move
ment is rapidly gaining strength
among the wage earners of Poland.
Lack of employment and shortage of
food are stated to be the chief con-
tributory causes. The food situation
still continues serious, it is alleged,
despite the supplies received from
America.
According to the most recent fig
ures, the number of unemployed in
Warsaw is fully a hundred thou
sand. In Lodz and other large in
dustrial centers it is reported that
the ranks of the workless are con-
stantly increasing.
The growth of communism has
been greatly accelerated by the re-
turn of late of a number of Polish
communist leaders from Moscow
who have proved very apt pupils of
Russian methods.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-05
Plenty of Coal
For Pittsburghers

Pittsburgh, Nov. 5.-Fears that
Pittsburgh would be compelled to re-
turn to heatless days and lightless
nights were dispelled by r. w.
Gardiner, commissioner of the Pitts
burgh Coal Operators Association
in a reassuring statement to the
public.
Mr.. Gardiner said 10000 tons OF
newly-mined coal was now at Mo-
nongahela river wharves and before
the strike was called operators haC
greatly increased shipments tC
wholesalers in this. He could see
no reason, he said, why domestic con
sumers should be deprived of coal il
order that railroads, public utilitie:
or manufacturers should be sup
piled.
Reports from the Pittsburgh min
| ing district indicated that very little
change, If any, had taken place il
| the situation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-05
GAS SIGNAL ALARMS FOR
BATTLE FRONT WERE MADE
BY THE LOCAL PIPE WORKS

telligence to carry important dis
patches in their beaks.
1t was also found that the lighter
the receptacle. the surer was the
pigeon of arriving safely at it's
destination. OF course, the raising
of pigeons could not exactly be
taken by a Pennsylvania firm under
u war contract, but the Keystone
State simply had to get into the
business somehow or other, with the
result that to-day Pennsylvanians
may have the satisfaction of know
ing that every aluminium receptacle
, to be tied to a pigeons leg to carry
messages was made by Gey.
! Many Opitai Glasses
| . The announcements are made pre-
| liminary to State History Week, No
vember SIS, and as an illustration
of the nature of material desired
ton of the commemorative stock
of war accomplishment.
The total output for the Sigma
Corps of the Army and Navy De
partments from the Pittsburgh Plat
Glass Company works at Charlero
had reached S1,S451s optical glasse
when the armistice brought genera
! cancellation of contracts. The tota
was divided as follows: Navy or
ders, 12.03S1a; Signal Corps, %,
$50; Signal Corps (aero branch)
, 9,457.
Prior to the outbreak of tn
European War, the Pittsburgh Plat
: Glass Company had never attempte
the manufacture of optical glass. II
: first shipments. on all orders, bega
in February. 1917. The first l
: months total shipments reached IS
527, and during 1918, the shipment
= totaled 299,S9S.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-05
Reichstag Building
Has Been Renovated

Berlin, Nov. 5. = The Reichstag
building has undergone a rigorous
renoyation and has been pronounced
again fit for Parliamentary occupa-
tion. The work occupied nine
months. In ridding the great gilded-
domed edifice of all traces of the
revolution the largest calibered
vacuum cleaners, the most powerful
of disinfectants and the deadliest of
vermin eXterminators were en-
ployed.
While in addition to the damage
it had undergone, the building con-
tanned so many unpleasant reminders
of the days when civil war was
| waged in Berlin the National AS.
sembly had reasonable excuse fol
prolongipg its sojourn in Weimar
But now that disinfectants and YER
min-eXterminators have completed
their work such excuse no longe
! exists.
The shortage of hotel and lodg
ing house accommodation, however
is likely to prove embarrassing t
those of the returning legislators VIII
have neglected to secure quarters i
| advance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-05

Philadelphia, Nov. 5. - The
achievement of the Harrisburg Pipe
and Pipe Bending plant, of Harris
burg, in making signals for eas
alarms on the battle front. was
made public to-day by the Pennsyl-
Vania War History Commission as
an example of Pennsylvania's indus
trial part in the great war.
To insure gas alarm signal loud
enough to be heard over the roar of
artillery or rattle of machine guns,
it was found that the horns needed
a cylinder and air compressor to get
the full sound capacity. Pennsyl-
vania came forward at once and
every cylinder used for these impor-
tant instruments was made by the
Harrisburg concern.
The achievement of the Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Company in supplying
the Army and Navy with great
quantities. of optical glass for binoc-
ulars. telescopes, gun-sights, peri
scopes, cameras and other optica
instruments necessary to moderT
| warfare was made public.
Receptacles for Pigeons Legs
Thomas a. Gey, of Norristown
made aluminium receptacles fo
messages tied to carrier pigeons
| legs.
When America entered the war i
had neglected the training of tn
pigeon as a dispatch bearer on tn
battlefront. During the balance o
1917 and 1918, however, the Wa
| Department sought to atone for it
neglect. When it came to trainin
the pigeons. it was discovered tha
it was necessary to provide a re
ceptacle for the message, none O
the birds having quite sufficient in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-05
Fortune Seekers After Gold
Finds in British Columbia

Vancouver, B. c., Nov. 5. - Stories
of marvellous gold finds have come
from the newly discovered gold fields
in the Copper Lake Region, 65 miles
north of LIE Pas, Manitoba, and also
at Contact Bay, about 200 miles east
of Winnipeg. One man recently
came into lie Pas, it is said, with a
canoe load of sacks filed with gold.
He wanted the gold made into bricks.
Stampeders are rushing to the new
fields and Winnipeg stores are doing
rushing business Quitting expe-
ditions.
The story of the gold find itself
sounds like an old Klondike tale.
Jacob Cook, an Indian prospector,
while on his way to his cabin on
Copper Lake, tripped and fell over
rusty spur of quartz. Angered by
the fall he struck the spur with his
pick and saw evidence of gold.
Within few minutes he opened up
streak four inches wide and several
feet deep which assayers declare is
almost pure gold.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-05
kEENEY DEFENDS
MINERS ACTION
District President of West
Virginia Men Writes
to Wilson

Charleston w. Va. Nov. De
Tending the loyalty and intense pa
triotism of the West Virginia Miners
C. f. Keeney president of District
No. II. United Mine Workers, in 4
letter to President Wilson made pub
lie here, declared that the miners
did not receive "a just compensation
sufficient to afford our families a
decent living"
Mr.. Keeney quotes figures from
the Department of Mines showing
that the wage increases granted the
miners since 1916 amounted to so
per cent while the increase in the
selling price of coal was 1886 per
cent, and the cost of living increased
from II to S5 per cent in one year
from 1917 to 1918.
Referring to the hazardous occu-
patton of the miners, Mr.. Keeney
said the death rate was higher
than that of the American EXpe-
dictionary Forces"
Mr.. Keeney, in conclusion, said:
Gas God reigns, we will not see our
employers revel in wealth. even
though they blind the public, and
face the dreadful ordeal of winter
in the mines without a just COM
pensation sufficient to afford cur
families a decent living"
The first move on the part of the
coal operators toward bringing about
resumption of work in the union
fields of West Virginia came yester-
day when the Kanawha Coal Opera
tors Association passed resolutions
placing themselves and their prop
critics at the disposal of the state
and Federal Government to be used
''as may seem best in the crisis"
There was unanimity of opinion,
expressed by the score of operators
present, that the miners did not de-
sire the siX-hour day or the five-day
week." D. c. Kennedy, secretary OF
the association, said.
Four mines in the unionzed New
River coal fields were reported to be
in operation today by 7. L. Lewis
secretary of the New River Opera
tors Association. He said these
mines had an annual output of ap-
proximately 10000 tons and EN-.
ployed several hundred men.
Mr.. Keeney, district president OF
the mine workers, announced that
two mines at Big Creek and Stone
Branch, in the unorganized Guyar
field, were closed to-day "out ol
sympathy" for the strikers. He said
about $50 men had quit work. al
though the operators had offered
them $40 day to return to work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-05
$4,000 Men Out
in District No. z

Johnstown. Pa, Nov. 5.-Presi-
dent John Brophy. District No. .,
United Mine Workers, has reports
from the district board members
which show $4,000 idle miners IN
the district. he said. This number.
is larger than the union membership.
Three nonunion operations of the
Berwind White Coal Company near
Houtzdale, employing 600 men, are
shut down and 400 to 500 nonunion
men IN the Punxsutawney field quit
work. Many nonunion mines, Brophy
claims, are showing reduced produc-
tlon because of disorganization.
operators in the Central Pennsvlva-
MA held, particularly in Somerset
county, say they have no fear the
strike Will spread. A fight between
strikers and mine guards, with no
serious consequences, was reportad
To-day at the Kelso mine, in North
ern Somerset county.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-05
Prohibition Changes
New York Hotel Life

New York, Nov. prohibition
enforcement has humbled t h e
naughty hotel clerk in New York.
A week ago he told out of towners
with his loftiest and most distant air
that there were no accommodations
left for the night. Now he all but
goes into the street hunting for pros
pective guests. Hall rooms, rooms
and baths and whole suites have
been available for the past four
nights, hotel proprietors announced
to-day because of prohibition"
A typical night scene in any
Broadway hotel hallway now is said
to be chambermaids carrying more
bedding to whatever guests there
are, instead of the "old time" bust
ling activity of bell hops rushing
here and there with trays of liquor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-05
Major Hines to Get
Coal to Military Posts

Washington, Nov. 5.-Major Cen
eral Frank T. Hines. chief of trans
portation in the War Department,
was appointed by Secretary Baker as
a representative of the department
in the matter of insuring a supply
of coal to military organization and
posts in the United States.
General Hines has been instructed.
the announcement said, ito present
the needs of the army to the Rail-
road administration" whenever coal
shipments intended for a camp have
been Communicated or the usual
flow of fuel interrupted through
other causes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-05
Sets $4,000 as
Price For Hulls
| of Wooden Ships

Philadelphia, Nov. 5.-Announce-
ment is made that the Emergency
Fleet Corporation has fixed $4,000
as the price for the 3,500-ton Ferris
type wooden ship hulls the Govern
ment intends to sell. Nearly 200
wooden ships, mostly of the Ferris
type, are to be sold. The price ap-
plies to the hulls now in the moor
ing basins in their present state of
completion, and is an the bare boat
basis. Equipment on the vessels
will also be sold.
ITO purchasers of hulls, who so
DESIRE" the announcement said. I'VE
will sell equipment at such prices
that we estimate Ferris hulls can be
finished as steamers for S230,000. or
s65.71 per deadweight ton, which
should be attractive in view of the
present prices for completed vessels" "
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-05
Snobbery War Is on
in Witham, England

London, Nov. 8. = DR.. Charles p.
knight has began an avowed war on
snobbery in Witham, reputed to be
one of the most exclusive places in
Essex, through the introduction of
dancing classes for young and old.
This winter all Witham will be
dancing" DR.. Knight declared. II
believe we are defeating class dis
tinctions. We have here the daugh-
ters of Wears and medical men and
they are dancing with shop and fac
| tory girls, soldiers and others. Clan
| ishness cannot survive that"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-05
Mrs. Preston Gibson
Sued by Her Mother

New York, Nov. 5.-Action to OBJ
tain possession of furniture loaned
to her daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Rog-
ers Pratt Gibson, who recently mar
ried Preston Gibson, playwright and
author. has been started by Mrs.
Anne r. Benjamin, who obtained a
write of replevin and served it on
Sheriff Knott. This temporarily
transfers the control of the furniture
to him.
. The argument on the writ will be
heard in the Supreme Court. Mean
while, the furniture is in the Harlem
storage warehouses, where Mrs. Glib
son placed it before her marriage.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-05
Will Seek Release
of III British Subjects

London, Nov. 5,-The foreign of
flee is preparing to open direct nego-
tiations with Soviet Russia for the
release of III British subjects held
by the Bolsheviki.
1t is authoritatively denied that
Great Britain intends to discuss any
other subject with the Bolsheviki.
The London Daily Herald, the
labor organ, on Monday said it had
learned on good authority that Great
Britain was favorably considering a
proposal for a conference of Soviet
Russia with the Entente allies.