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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
Hand County Stockmen
Attend Hmon Sale

Several Hand county stockmen were
in attendance at the NTH ~semi-annual
sale OF the South Dakota Shorthorn
Breeders Association, which was held
at Huron last Thursday. Several head
of STOCK were entered at the sale by
Hand county breeders and were sold
for fair prices. The average price
brought at the sale was 1910.
Breeders of exhibited cattle and
those purchases from the this county
are as follows:
Emir's King, purchased by Earl
Swab, st. Lawrence, sold by G. r..
Barkley,- Sioux Falls, $225..
Red Gondolier, purchased by Frank
Lyon, Huron, sold by Fred Belau,
Rockham, 1920.
Marshal's Gem, purchased by Frank
Lyon, Huron, sold by Fred Belau,
Rockham, $3.50.
Golden Lutlan. purchased by o. S,
Wenger, Huron, sold by Wilson Brown
Rockham, 1910.
Roam Sultan. purchased by o. i,
| Glazier, Huron, sold by Wilson Brown
Rockham, $3.50
Victoria Maid, purchased by Dave
Nelson, st. Lawrence, sold by V. d,
Fairchild, Hurley, $410.
Fair Maid, purchased by Frank Lyon
Huron, sold by l.. e. Gibson, Rec
Heights, $500.
Azalea's Leader, purchased by Will
liam Borchard, Mansfield, sold by e,
w. Carr. St. Lawrence, 5000.
Roam Goods End, purchased by l.,
Brandmire, Huron, sold by L W. Carr
St. Lawrence, $3.50.
S~unnyside Dale, purchased by r,
NJ. Brooks, Lake Andes, sold by Will
liam T. Beck, Rec Heights, $3.50.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
Bruce peDwelI

Bruce Penwell, the nineteen year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. w II. Penwell
of Glendale township, died Saturday,
after a brief illness.
He had been at Brookings attend,
ing school and was returning home
when taken sick. He was too i'll TO
be removed to his home on the farm
and arrangements were made to care
for him at the ID. A. Lewis home in
this city, where he died.
He enlisted in the Student Army
Training Corps at %Brookings from
which he was discharged at the sign
ing of the armistice.
He leaves to mourn his loss, besides
his parents, three sisters, Lucian,
Electa and Marian, a younger brother
having preceded him a little over a
year ago.
Services we're conducted Sunday at
the Lewis home and interment made
in the G. A. r. cemetery,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
THIRTY.EIGHTH YEAR
COMMERCIAL CLUB
BOOSTER MEETING
Organization Work of Two Projects
Started By Club Have Been
Completed

The Commercial Club met IN reguld:
session Tuesday evening when reports
of committees on building projects
were heard. Two committees report
ed the organization work as complet-
ed.
The pavilion committee reported
that a site had been purchased and
that funds to the amount specified had
been subscribed and that more was
available IL needed.
The other committee to report was
the one on paving. Petitions have
been signed up for seven blocks, two
on Main street and five on East second
street. It's now time for East Third
to get busy.
The hotel committee was not ready
to report as not all of the plans and
estimates have been received, but ex-
pect to have everything together in
a few days, and will be ready with
their report.
A committee was appointed to see
what could be done about a permanent
hospital. There is no question but
that something along this line is need
ed, as is demonstrated at the present
time, and at other times during the
past year.
Short talks were made by citizens
who have returned from trips in other
states, about conditions as they found
them, who stated that South Dakota
was conservative when it came to i'm
provements.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
UTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1919
WAR VETERANS
TO ORGANIZE
A National Organization Composed Of
All Soldiers Of All Wars

The United War Veterans, a Nation
al organization, has been formed to
include in its active membership all
veterans of the Civil War, Spanish
War, and World War.
The objects are: To unite in fra
ternal bonds, through national, state,
and foreign organizations, all soldiers
and sailors of the United States; to
perpetuate Memorial Day as establish
| ed by the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, and to preserve from neglect the
graves of Our Nations Dead; to Sc
cure employment for and to assist our
comrades, their widows, orphans and
dependent relatives; to promote loyal
ty, mutual aid and cooperation among
them in all lines of ~endeavor; to Sc
cure from Congress and other iegis-
lative bodies the enactment of laws
beneficial to the welfare Of cur COM
rades, and to secure employment for
those who have returned to civil pur-
suits in consonance with laws which
prefer honorably discharged soldiers
and sailors for government service; to
provide and establish homes for orp-
hans and dependent children of u
comrades; and to inculcate the prin-
ciples of universal liberty and justice
to all mankind of loyalty to u coun-
try, reverence for its institutions, ODE
dience to its laws and to ~disconten-
sentiments.
The organization consists of active
members, called comrades, and in ad-
dition thereto an honorary member
ship consisting of persons who per-
formed distinguished or faithful ser
vice or engaged in efforts for the re-
lief of disabled and suffering soldiers
and sailors, or who to a conspicuous
extent became interested in promoting
the moral welfare and physical COM
fort of troops in camp or in field, or
who are honorably discharged soldiers
or sailors of any of the Allies of the
United States in the World War.
1t urges that members of other pa
triotic organizations continue their
memberships in such organizations,
but join the United War Veterans in
addition, in order to have one united
organization of ALL soldiers in ALL
wars. e
Women honorably discharged from
military or naval service, and the
mothers, wives, daughters, and sisters
of all soldiers and sailors living or de-
ceased, who served in the Army, Navy
or Marine Corps in time of war, are
eligible to the Auxiliary.
The National Headquarters are at
Kalispell, Montana. The Commander
in-Chief is Commandant Of the Mon
tana State Soldiers Home
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
State Officers Appraise
Hand Co. School Lands

State Auditor, Jay Reeves, NJ. A.
Adams, Deputy Land Commissioner,
and e. Jacobsen, assistant in the land
office, were in Miller Saturday APP
praising the school land in the coun-
ty. The appraisement ranges from
$25 to SIS dollars an acre, with an
average of about $50 over the county,
The sale will be held at the court
house on Wednesday, April 10Th, COM
-mencing at 1000 o'clock a. m.
The land offered at this sale in
cludes some of the choicest land in
the county. The new terms of sale
make the purchase of school lands
desirable. Ten per cen is payable at
time of sale and 3 per cent each year
until paid. See display adv in this
issue for further information.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
Good Program Selected
For 1919 Chautauqua

Splendid music and strong lectures
will again feature the program of the
Vawter Chautauqua circuit this sum-
mer, according to ]. II Rohde, field
manager for the Vawter people, who
was here Tuesday presenting the pro-
gram and discussing details with the
local Chautauqua committee, consist
ing Of Pres, j. w. Coquillette; V,
Pres, II. X. Schroeder; Sec'y G. r.
Richardson; Treas. f ID. Greene.
Among the musical numbers which
seemed to stand out from the rest of
the program were the Montague Light
Opera Singers, the Hussars, and the
Belgian Orchestra.
The lecturers at the chantauqua
will be Hon. Cyclone" Davis, who has
been heard on the platform here be.
fore, DR.. Holton Ira Jones, william
Forkell, Raymond v. Tolbert.
The dates selected for this years
c~hautauqua are July 10 to IA inclus-
i've.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
LETTERS FROM
HAND CO. BOYS
Soldier Boy Takes Trip Up The
Rhine
Coblenz, Germany,
March 8, 1919.

"di,h y, iS|v'
Dear Folks:
Well this is another Sunday and as
/ am not very busy this afternoon
thought / would write you a few lines.
/ was out on a vacation yesterday. l
went up the Rhine river on a boat
forty-five X. 4. II was a very interest
ing trip, lots of old castles all along
the Rhine. The weather has been
very good here. Have some rain every
few days.
l am in Coblenz this afternoon. We
had to work this forenoon. | guess
we did not get enough done through
the week SO had to finish this fore
noon. They seem to have cars here
by the thousands Some days we put
out ten cars and that is only one day
as we call It. Uncle has more cars
than most people imagine, They are
mostly Dodges and Ford, but they
have some other makes too.
Well | guess that is all the news
that know of except | sent you a
picture of our unit and part taken by
American photographer. He will send
my order to the states, and the picture
will be mailed to you. You will prob
bly, get it I'm q month from now.
Maybe six weeks, he said a month but
maybe longer. l have a receipt for 1t
in case you don't receive it. sup
pose you can find my picture in it
without any trouble. This leaves me
all o. X. and hope it will find you the
same. Goodbye from
Virgil Allen, M I G. X. u. $40
A. p. o 927 A. T.. +.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
Payment on Victory Loan
Divided In 6 AIlotmenis

Minneapolis. April MAY 10 will
be the date of payment of the first
installment of the coming Victory
Loan subscriptions, it was announced
today by Theodore void, governor of
the Ninth District Federal Reserve
bank. Payments, which will be in six
instruments, will end Nov. IL.
The schedule for instalment pay
ments will be May 10, 10 per cent;
July Is, 10 per cent; Aug. IL, 90 per
cent; Sept. 3, 20 per cent; Oct. Z, 20
per cent, and Nov. IL, 20 per cent.
instruments will include accrued inter-
est. Full payment car be made May
20 or any payment date if the first
instalmcnt has been met. Payments
in full may also be made with the
application, Mr.. Void said.
While no quota for the ninth dis
trict has been announced yet by the
treasury department, it is expected
to be as large as the Fourth Liberty
Loan allotment, which was $210, 000,-
900. Announcement of definite figures
on the quota and interest rates is
looked for within the next few days.
Officials of the Central Victory Loan
organization today completed the de-
tails of the Minneapolis parade which
will take place Wednesday. Mean
while. A. G. Furber of the committee
is in Chicago consulting with traffic
experts to make an itinerary for the
20 whippet tanks OVER the district dur
ing the coming campaign.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
German High Court to Try
Germans Accused Of Crime

A Berlin dispatch reports that the
German government will create a
court of investigation for Germans
accused Of crime during the war.
Ex-Emperor William and the form
er Crown Prince, Friedrich William,
will be tried by the high court created
by the German national assembly.
Former minister Alfred Zimmerman,
General Ludendorff, Admiral Tirpitz,
Chancellor Won Bethmann HolIweg,
and Foreign Minister Won Jagow will
also be tried by the teuton court.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
CITY Will Hold Election
On Tuesday, April 18th

The regular city election will be
held on Tuesday, April 18th at the
regular voting precincts ofsthe city.
There is to be elected at this time
a mayor, an alderman for each of the
three wards, a city treasurer, city JUS
tice and police justice.
This will be the first opportunity for
the new voters to use the privilege
which they won at the last state cleo
ton. All women voters who desire to
vote and are not registered on the
poll books will have to swear their
votes in on that day.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03

In addition to the above one alumna
did some work during the early part
of the year.
3. Number neither absent nor tardy:
One, Laura Weibfen.
A. Number tardy, on Is representative
days:
A. M SO. +. NJ. SO.
Average number tardy per half day
5 plus.
5. Number absent, same L. days
A. NJ. 131. p. NJ. 116.
Average number absent pee taf day
8 plus.
The large number of absences Is OF
course due in part to the "fiu' cpl
demic; but aside from that i is still
tltogether too large. AS for the large
number Of t~ardinesses, there is simply
no excuse for them. Parents who ex-
pect their children to do good work
and to keep up their interest will see
to it that they attend regularly and
get to school on time.
Industrial conditions during the
past year or two have beer abnormal.
Demand for help Of all kinds has been
insistent and wages have been cores
pondingly high. These conditions a
not last. AS labor becomes more plen-
tiful, wages will drop and competition
will be restored. The question will
then be, not only who will get the
vacant jobs, but who will be able to
hold his job? Is 1t reasonable to sup
pose that a boy or girl who dropped
out of school in the first, second, or
third year of the high school course,
will stand as good a show of getting
or keeping a job as a high school
graduate? Now more than ever before
II will be the boys and girls who have
been carefully and thoroughly train
ed for life who will get the desirable
positions and who will succeed. The
boy or girl who is ready and willing
to give up a job for the benefit of
| returned soldier boy and to return to
school in order to prepare for larger
and better service is showing a fine
spirit of loyalty and patriotism.
Miller. S. d.. s. A. Jordahl.
March 81. 1919 City supt,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
NUMBER 70
MOVEMENT URGED
Supt. Jordahl Gives Report on Atten-
dance Of Miller High School

Thursday afternoon, March 27,
back-to-school meeting was held In
the opera house at Miller. The in
tention was to get together as many
as possible of patrons, teachers, pu-
pills, and those who have recently left
school. The high school and grades
were dismissed at $3.50, to give teach
ers and pupils a chance to be present.
The attendance of patrons was m as
large as desired, but many of those
who are most vitality interested In the
welfare of our schools were there.
The first number on the program
was a song by the high school girls
glee club, under the direction of Miss
Brake, principle of the high school.
A very interesting and instructive
address on the back-to-school drive
was delivered by Miss Eleanor Hun
ter, of the %children's bureau, United
States Department of Labor. Miss
Hunter. who is a graduate from We'll
lesley College, has been a member of
the research department of the Chi
cage school of civics and ~philanthro-
by and for some months vocational
advisor for handicapped children in
the Chicago public schools. She has
also been actively engaged in the adj
ministration OF the child labor law in
Chicago.
Miss Hunters message was OF vital
interest to school patrons in general
and 10 every parent pupil, and teach
err in particular. She gave us a brief
history of the movement, emphasized
the object sought, and discussed the
training, health and money value of
education. She gave statistics to show
that the boy who drops out OF school
at Ia has a smaller earning capacity
than the one who stays in school till
he is 16; while the latter will be far
out-stripped by the boy who stays in
school till he is Is.
The following information about
conditions in the local high school
may be of interest:
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
Sam Cericks

Sam Cericks, a laborer in the rail
road yards in Miller, was found Sun
day morning in a bunk car at the
railroad yards in a serious condition,
and was Immediately removed to the
emergency hospital which was started
in the city hall Saturday. His condi-
ton grew rapidly worse and Tuesday
afternoon he died.
Those making Investigations found
that he had no known relatives in this
country and the remains were buried
here on Wednesday in the G.. A. II.
cemetery, services being conducted by
Rev. II. +. Tarleton
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
Rebekahs Meet ut Huron

A number of members of the Re-
bekah Lodge of Miller attended the
semi-annual district meeting held at
Huron last Friday night. Among
those attending from here were Mrs.
Geo. Dornberger. Mrs. VIM. Clay, Mrs.
Saml Douglass, Mrs Trip. and Mrs.
Arthur Palmer. Mrs. G. A. Dornber-
ger had the honor of winning two of
the prizes offered for the most per.
feet work. and Mrs. Douglas read a
very excellent paper on Friendship"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
Costs $500 to Return
One Boy From Overseas

Four liberty bonds will pay the fare
from France of n American soldier.
Four hundred million dollars will
bring all the boys home.
This is the estimate of army auth
critics of the cost of bringing each
man of the A. e. F. from the battle
fields of France to his own family
doorstep.
When the fighting stopped Novem-
Der IL with the signing of the arm
istice, the A. T. F. numbered an even
1000, 900 men.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
Wilbur

The family of Mr.. and Mrs. II. r.
Wilbur of Rec Heights, have been
soarly stricken by the influenza, three
children having died a baby about four
months old, and two daughters, one
about three and the other about four
years old, and according to reports
the mother and remaining child are
very low. The father is also reported
to be sick.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
DAY DREAM
OF THE PAST
Flight and Fancy Of a Former Citizen
Of Miller

The following article taken from a
San Diego paper will be of interest
to all residents of Miller, who were
here in the early days. One " old
timer" who was closely associated
with Mr. Miller, says that the article
has a shadow Of truth" as to his
early activities in Miller, but let the
reader form his own opinion:
&c. j. Miller, residing at 1850 TWEEN
ty-third street, and for the last 10
years active in the civic welfare of
San Diego, has the unique distinction
of once having built a town of his
own. just as he wanted 1t.
The fact that he finally left 1t when
big enough and we'll able to run itself,
is his tribute to San Diego climate and
investment opportunities, he confess
ed, in telling the experience yester-
day to a group of friends. Although
it has continued to grow, 1t still re-
tains his name over the welcome arch.
In the first place, in order to have
a town of his own he had to get the
land. He did so, and invited fellow
residences. They came. They had to
have groceries, SO he opened a groc-
cry and general store. And he also
became postmaster, so they would
have mail delivery.
Gets All Going
Then il was a lumber yard, a hotel,
a hardware store, a furniture store, a
bank, a newspaper-he started and
operated them all in their succession
of need, and, having gotten each go
ing, sold il to some one else and turn
ed to the next institution required for
a thriving town. As for water supply,
which should have been mentioned
with the purchase of the original
townsite, he obtained that by sinking
an artesian well, one Of the first of
the hundreds now schattered over
South Dakota.
All business going good in the new
town, the next step was to gain all
the recognition possible, and an i'm
mediate step was to capture designa-
ton as the county seat, which was
done. and Miller remains the county
seat of Hand county, South Dakota.
Now and then, although busy with
other business, Miller felt called upon
to take a hand in the politics of his
town in order to keep II In line with
his Intentions. Once he took a turn
at city clerk, and another time in
the county treasurer's office; but his
most urgent call was as justice OF the
peace. Some of his townsmen who
had come rushing in became disturb
ing, according to his story of the af-
fair, and he had to become justice
of the peace in order to exert the will
of the majority officially.
Son in Navy
It was quite natural, therefore, after
explaining himself in San Diego's
climate and his savings in San Diego
properties, that he gradually became
involved in San Diego's civic affairs.
His daughter became a teacher in the
city schools, and he was drawn to
interest in the city schools and city
library. His on, Earl Fl. Miller, join
ed the navy when the "a broke out
and is now a lieutenant in the naval
aviation service, which f%urthered his
interest in making the city a whole
some place for sailors and soldiers.
And now he is into the race for coun-
Gil"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
Meat Industry Released
By Signed Proclamation

Washington, April 1.-The meat
packing industry which has been I'M
der federal license since October. 1917,
was released today from food admin
~istration control by a proclamation
signed by President Wilson in Paris.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
Old Clothes For Refugees

Bring old clothes of all kinds to the
Red Cross Rooms at Churchill's store
in Miller, the first week of April
The Government helps the refugees
with food; but they need clothes bad
ly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-03
INFLUENZA WAVE
APPEARS AGAIN
Six Deaths Reported During Past
Week-Number Of Cases I'm
County

During the past week quite a large
number of cases of influenza have de-
veloped in the city and county, re-
sulting in five deaths at this time.
Mrs. Beatrice Albertson of this city,
Bruce Penwell, of Glendale, Sam Ger
les, city, and three children of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. r. Wilbur, of Rec Heights.
There are still a number of very. sick
people but most Of them are reported
as improving.
Mrs. Beatrice AIbertsOn
On Friday afternoon Mrs. Beatrice
Albertson died at the Vanderbilt hotel,
where the Albertson family were stay
ing until they could move into their
home. which they had recently pur-
chased in this city. Mrs. Albertson,
with her family arrived in Miller about
two weeks 20 from Iowa, and she
was taken sick the next day, pneu-
monia quickly developed, and with
other complications, the fight was too
great, and she passed away after
ly two weeks of sickness.
Deceased was AZ years of age, and
leaves to mourn her loss, her husband,
Mr.. Chas. Albertson, and two-year old
son, Ralph, who were sick at the same
time and are now reported as slowly
improving, and three sons grown to
manhood, Louis, Lawrence, and Maur-
ice
The family were all present during
her sickness and death except Louis,
who is a member of the U. S. marines
and was stationed in New York and
who did not arrive until after the fun
eral.
Services were held Sunday after
noon, conducted by Rev. r. e. Tarle-
ton, and the remains laid to rest in
the G. A. II. cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12
BUILDING CODE
NEEDED TO KEEP
PROPER LINES
Residential Sections in Dan
ger of Impairment by
Lack of Laws

With the increasing development OF
the building trades more and more at
tention is being given to the lack of a
proper building code. Attention is par
ticularly directed by real estate men
to the failure in some cases of proper
building restrictions along Front street
especially. and in other residential Sec
tions. Occasionally an owner of prop
erty will build upon sidewalk line
generally adopted by other buildings
in the same locality.
"The principal asset of the River
Front boulevard" said a progressive
citizen to-day, ''is the maintenance of
the Front street line a proper distance
east of the sidewalk or building line.
The future attractiveness of the River
Drive depends almost entirely upon the
establishing of a definite building line
so that the open spaces back of the
sidewalk are preserved as necessary
setting to the driveway along the river"
Unless some definite steps are taken
to provide building restrictions of this
character through the adoption of a
building code it is feared that serious
impairment of the river frontage and its
picturesque character may follow.