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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12
Sec'y Retail Merchants
Assn Boosts Advertising

Aberdeen.-That the South Dakota
Merchants association was formed to
be of benefit to the buying public, is
the statement of x. U. Berdahl, secre-
tary of the South Dakota Retail Mer-
chants association, formerly of Aber-
deem, now located ar Sioux Falls. in
an interview in the Rapid City Jour
nal last week.
MIR. Berdahl stated also that news
paper advertising Is one of the best
means of boosting business, and quot
ed the experience of a Lennon bust
ness man who found business much
better after a year of advertising.
THE best advertise ng," says Mr.
Berdahl, "is that which reaches the
largest number of possible purchaser
in the most intimate way at the Least
cost per person." An d with that stat,
ment he added a spe ciai END lorsemen
OF advertising in n'swspape rs which
go into the homes as reguiai ly as an!
other trusted FRIEND of the ( amily, &C
cording to the Rap I'd Ciy journal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12
State Sheriff Forces
Arrest GA During Year

Pierre, Oct. 6.-During . the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1922, agents of
the state sheriff's Office made 624 ar
ests, the annual report of State Sher-
if j. C. Shanks shows. The sheriff
stated, however, that owing to the
small force which the Office was en-
abled to employ many complaints
from various sections of the state had
to be neglected, and recommended
that en- appropriation sufficient to
provide an adequate force of officers
beSmade by the legislature.
The report states that the period
covered was remarkably free from Or
ganized crime, although the number of
law violations by individuals was very
numerous and varied and kept the
small field force working at high pres
sure during the entire year. There
was but one case of assembled law
lessness, which occurred in July and
August, 1921, when a iarge number of
men claiming membership in the In
dastrial Workers Of the World appear
ed in the state. AS many men As
could be spared from other work were
sent to railroad centers in the state
with instructions to board trains and
maintain order among the men.
Big Balance
The total appropriation for the de-
partment was $37,58S, of which 49,
1857 was expended during the fiscal
year, the balance Of $2,409.43 revert
ing to the state treasury.
Eight special agents were employed
in field work, one special agent and
one stenographer employed in the Of
fee.
Fines imposed upon convicted per-
sons, according to incomplete reports
from justices of the peace and clerks
of court aggregated 5000. 95. Bonds
forfeited amounted to 1905. Fees col
lected s253.S4
During the year the department was
called upon, the report states. to in
vestigate violations of the prohibition
laws, bank r%obberies, store robberies,
automobile stealing, criminal syndi-
calism, murder and unlawful opera
ton of automobiles upon the public
highways.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12
Established
Record Low Death Rate

Washington, Oct. "a record low
death rate was established last year
in the registration areas OF the United
States, according to an announcement
tonight by the Department Of Com
merce, which gave the 1921 rate as
III per thousand population against
1871 in 1920. The infant mortality
rate for 1921 also decreased from 1920,
according Il the statement, which
ave the rate for 1921 as rs per thou
sand, and SO per thousand for the
previous year. The registration areas
include a population of 0 ,,425, 900.
The birth rate for 1921 was 24.3
per thousand against 1871 per thou
sand in 1920. The department show
ed 1,7j4,261 births i'm the registration
areas for the year. The total number
of deaths was S25. 511, of which 1884,
SIS were children under one year of
age.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12
Deuih Curve At Selby
Takes Two More Lives

Two men were killed and two more
seriously injured when the Stutz car
in which they were riding turned over
and rolled down an incline four miles
east Of Selby late Thursday afternoon.
The dead are Hubert st. John, of Mar
~tinsville, Ind, and Otto Holtz, of Mil
waukee, Wis, Samuel Moen of 'Wini-
fred, Mont. and J.. B. Hearam of
Condo, s. D., were both severely in
jured when thrown from the car.
The four men, all young, were trav-
cling at a speed of about 35 miles per
hour, when the sudden turn in the
road, which claimed the lives Of Mrs.
j. ID. Mechanic and her II year old
daughter of Whitefish, Mont, last
week, doomed up. The rapid motion
of the a made 1t impossible to slow
up. The a left the grade turning
over several times and stopping bot
tom side up after rolling 40 or SO
feet.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12
Trouble Overcome In Test
Oil Well AT Standing Butte

Pierre, Oct. 10.-After several
months of vain effort on the part OF
the drillers at Standing Butte test oil
well in Stanley county, to clear out
tools which had stuck at the bottom
of the well, a new and apparently
more experienced crew has been Sc
cured. They announce that they have
the trouble cured, and will resume
drilling within a few days.
The well is the deepest test we'll
yet sunk. AMI Il Is hoped that the drill
will be sent deep enough before win
ter to show just what can be expected
in the way of oil possibilities In this
part Of the state.
A new drilling rig has sheen landed
at Lennon to continue the tests in
that section, and the Blunt people are
getting things in shape to resume
practical drilling work on their pro-
ject.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12
Convicts Found Guilty
OF Assault Charge

Sioux Falls.-"Guilty Of assault
with intent to kill as charged In the
information"
This verdict vas brought in by the
jury in the case of State of South Da-
kota VS.. Joe Forman, Joe Teel and
King. The decision was reached after
the jury had taken n ballot. The
case went to the jury at about 4:3O
and shortly afterward the verdict was
returned.
A general feeling prevailed that a
decision would be quickly reached and
Judge Medin ordered that the accused
men be held in the court room until
$50 o'clock. The verdict apparently
made little impression on the men.
They were taken back 70 the p~eniten-
tiary following the rendering of the
verdict c. J. Morris, counsel for the
defense, moved that a stay of judg-
ment be granted which the court ap-
proved.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12
by REV. 7. j. SIMONS

honesty and sincerity demand enlight-
who has been a great harm in the
world has been so because he has not
at the same time he struggled to do
good, had a great desire for the know
ledge that would guide him in the dis
charge OF duty. Openness to enlight-
eminent Is the guarantee OF the right
kind OF conviction. But OF course,
again, the sense of duty must guide
in the action on the truth. Following
out this line Of equipment and one is
coming into position to exercise au-
thority legitimately. IL the world
were run on this basis its troubles
would be largely over. Prosperity
and happiness and contentment would
prevail.
In the exercise of authority two
things fundamentally have weight.
One of them is speech. 1t may be as
the barbarians make their r
poisoned and therefor deadly and have
no right in the exercise of authority.
Again they may be harmless and not
| winged and therefore not get any
| where-go astray. And these are not
the instruments OF authority. They
may be winged and not barbed and SO
not get hold. The words of authority
stick and go deeper and deeper as they
are contemplated. They are like the
quilts Of the porcupine that when
they are stuck into the nose of a
dog by that inoffensive animal, they
stick and the more the meddlesome
canine works to get them out the
farther in they go. IL the action is
persisted in they may go clean
through the dog. So are words that
are about important things and are
from a sincere personality. They
stick and make themselves felt
through the whole being. No wonder
the multitude on a certain occasion
were astonished at the words of Jesus.
HE taught them as one having au-
thority."
The other thing that has weight
! Is example. Words may be harmless
and winged but not barbed unless the
one that utters them sets an KAN
pie in consonance with the character
of the words. How potent is example.
So after all 1t is the character In the
making of example that insures one
the right to be heard and followed.
II one would be fitted to be Of the
most use in the world in position of
/ influence let him example after the
iawless character who set the perfect
example and who had 1t said OF him
never man so spako."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12
Post Office Department
Issues New II Cent Stamp

A new IL cent postage stamp bear
ing the portrait of former President
Rutherford B. Hayes and commem-
Grating the Tooth anniversary of his
birth has just been issued by the post
Office department.
The new stamp is the first of a new
series to be issued to replace the last
series issued in 1912. The new stamp
first placed on sale Wednesday,
In Fremont, o., in connection with the
Hayes centennial celebration at the
birthplace of the former president.
The same shape and size Of the
present series will be continued in the
new stamps. The IL cent stamp Is
printed in peacock blue ink. The
former stamp was green and bore a
portrait Of Benjamin Franklin.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12
CONCERT BY HIGH SCHOOL
GLEE CLUBS WE'D. OCT. Is

On Wednesday evening, October the
eighteenth, the Miller High Schoo,
will present the second annual con.
cert by the two glee clubs and the
orchestra. This concert will be given
in the Opera House and will begin
promptly at Sis. The program will
be interesting and varied, NTH num-
bers especially appealing to every
person in the audience. Admission
will be 35c and soc. Following is the
program:
l.. Orchestra -
a. March.
. b. Patriotic Overture.
2. Boys Glee Club
a. 1ivi-Cavalier.
b. John Browns Baby.
3. Reading-Madelyn Lowell.
4. Orchestra
a. Flower Song.
b, Raymond Overture.
5. Girls Glee Club
a. Wanderers Evening Song. =
b. Birth of Joy.
6. Reading-Walter futile.
z. Octette from Boys Glee Club
a. We Meet Again Tonight, Boys,
b. A Freckled Frog.
8. Orchestra
8. Xylophone Solo-Genevieve Dunn.
10. Girls Glee Club in Group Songs
Good Night"
IL. High School Song-Both Glee
Clubs.
Star Spangled Banner.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12
Rev. MacLean Returned To
Miller By Conference

Rev. A. C. MacLean returned Tues
day from washington Springs, where
he had been in attendance at the 38th
annual conference of the Methodist
church. Rev. MacLean was returned
to the charge in this city by the on
ference.
Other appointments Of interest are
the reappointment Of Rev. II. e. Tar
Teton to Hot Springs; Rev. j. HI. Kear-
ton was changed from Arlington to
Canton; Rev. w. A. Johnston will
succeed p. K. Neundorf at st. Law
renee, Rev. Neundorn going to Clear
Lake. !
The next meeting of the conference
will be held at WATERFOWL.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12

CARROTS Rainbow Melody Boys
were headIiners on Davidson Bros.
radio program at Sioux City. Mon
day evening, October End, broad
casting an orchestra program of
seven numbers. Mr.. Garrett was
director of the Miller band during
the summer. and the other mem
bers of the orchestra, Messrs.
Disch, Timm and Bunk, were also
members of the band. Miller
friends congratulate the boys on
their success.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12
SEN. STERLING
HERE FRIDAY
Hear South Dakota's Senior Senator
AT Opera House October 18th

The Republican campaign will open
In Miller Friday evening az 800
o'clock when Senator Thomas e. Ster-
ling, senior senator for South Dakota.
will address an audience at the Miller
Opera House.
Senator Sterling is we'll known in
this vicinity and will no doubt be
greeted by a large audience. A COR
dial invitation is extended to all vot-
ers and especially to the ladies to be
present at this meeting,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12
Summer Flees As Mercury Falls

The FIVE yard leap from warm
bed to cold clothes, favorite indoor
sport, was INDUCED in. in many
households Wednesday morning,
when people woke to find the
mercury way down, and a distinct
chill in the air when noses were
poked out from under the covers.
A chill wind blowing during the
day brought visions of heavy
woolens and empty coalbins. No
killing frost has been reported.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12

Yankton, s. d., Oct. Mrs. JOS
eph Papik OF this city has a family
bible dated 1913. or 81 years after the
death of Martin Luther. 1t was print
ed at Prague, Bohemia. by Samuel
Adams, and is probably one of the
oldest bibles in the state. 1t is a large
affair of 10x15 inches and five inches
thick. fully illustrated and in the Boz
hemian language. 1t has come down
in the family for many generations.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12
EXAM FOR RURAL CARRIER

An examination for rural mail car
rier at Washington will be held In
Miller, ON November nth. according
to an announcement issued by the
Civil Service Commission.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12
RAIN BREAKS DRY SPELL

The first rain since the slight sprin-
kle on the night Of September End.
fell Friday Of last week, rain falling
nearly all day. A decided drop in
temperature has been noticeable since
the rain.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12
Andy Lockhart to Speak mt Miller

Andy Lockhart, Nonpartisan candi-
date for Congress against Royal G.
Johnson, will speak at Miller, October
81, at 8 p. m. He will discuss the
of the grain market, the
Es -Cummins railroad bill and the
Federal Reserve Bank. Don't fail to
hear this great orator, one OF Amer
very best.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-25
Race Horses Held
at LeWistoWn on
Account Of Strike

Special to The Tribune.
Lewistown, July 24.-Six race horses
that should have been in Wyoming are
still at the fair grounds here as a re
suit of the strike. and will doubtless
remain here for some time. IT was in
tended to ship them Saturday morn
ing over the Great Northern. en- route
to Casper for the Wyoming circuit:
The cars were fitted up with feed
and everything was ready for the start
when orders came to reject the ship
ment. the Burlington not caring to take
the responsibility of handling them un-
der the circumstances. though the
Great Northern had no objection to
taking them for its short haul. The
horses are Nabob. owned by James
Covall: Bert Cody, owned by II. A.
McCoach: Pauline Halls. owned by
Roehl & Melchert: Gypsie Greenwood,
owned by Earl Eastman: Tillie H.,
owned by NJ. A. Shower. and Crit j..
owned by Frank Herman. They were
scheduled for the meets at Casper.
Lander. Sheridan, Douglas and Powell.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-25
FARMERS MAY ASK
VILLAGERS To HELP
IN WHEAT FIELDS
Striking Shopmen Unwilling to
Harvest; Expect Strike
to End Soon.

Helena, July 24.-(By The Assoclat-
ed Press.)-MOntana, to save its 49,.
wheat harvest of 81 100000 bushels
may have to resort to the expedlent
used during the wal time OF appealing
to t~ownspeople to help in the fields
according to c. D.. Greenfield of the
division of labor Of the state agricul-
tural department.
The harvest will be, it is estimated
second only to the $4,000, 600 bushel
record yield of 1915, and the number
of additional harvest hands which will
be needed is estimated at $500 at a
minimum.
Replies to a questionable sent out
by Mr.. Greenfield to officials of strik-
ing railroad shop craft organizations
have stated that all the men willing to
work. in the fields are already there,
or that they expect a settlement any
day and are unwilling to leave the vi
cinity of the shops.
Letters to labor agencies IN Wash
ington and Oregon have brought to Mr..
Greenfield replies that a shortage of
men exists there for both the forests
and the harvest fields.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-25
GRASSHOPPERS CURE
FOUND BY FARMERS
IN PARASITE FLY
Miles City Man Says Extermi-
natOr of Pest Making
Appearance There.
Special to The Tribune.

special TO Inc Tribune.
Miles City, July 24.-That a parasite
fly is making it's appearance in south
eastern Montana which is n deadly en-
envy to the gr%asshopper is the state
ment made here by +. l.. tFarmer}
Williams, ~well-known rancher and
prominent agriculturist in the Tusler
district, just east of Miles City.
There is no use experimenting in
exterminating g~rasshoppers in eastern
Montana" says Mr.. Williams. For
every disease there is a cure, if we
find it. Hoppers are destructive. but
no more so than the parasite, which
preys on them and which is spread by
the parasite fly. which is something
like the ordinary house fly"
Mr.. Williams. formerly identified
with the government experiment sta
ton at Walla Walla. Wash, declares
that poison bait made of bran. arsenic
and molasses is effective in thickly pop
ulated communities. but that in the
widely scattered farming communities,
where farms are surrounded by waste
lands; there is no other method Of get
ting rid of the hoppers except by using
the parasite, as to poison them after
the manner in use would be prohibitive
as to expense.
1.-THE parasite fly was first tried out
in southeastern Washington and south
Idaho IS years ago, and grasshoppers
are few and far between there still.
The parasite fly is still a barrier
through which the hoppers cannot pass.
T. - 49, s~e 1a%1 -, thn oa0cnp 10 lab
for much relief from this source, al
though the fly has already made its
appearance" he continued.
Some of the flies have appeared in
my fields and unless we have a general
invasion of hoppers the grain is safe.
In another 10 days We will have it
cut and in. shock.
In Washington, the experiment sta
ton handled the work of hopper exter-
mination and expenditures for several
years, as is now being done in Montana.
While remedies were found. there ap-
peared to be no absolute cure until the
parasite fly was resorted to. Flies
we're collected and held. They were
given an opportunity to multiply under
favorable conditions and the result was
a vast army of natural forces set to
work to rid the country of the hopper
menace with gratifying results.
The hopper moves about n great
deal after sprounting wings. The par
asite fly usually remains near the place
where Matched. This would insure an
ever-ready menace 10 what hoppers
survive the winter. Once started. they
will continue to remain and expand"
Serving the hoppers with bran poi
son is merely q temporary relief meas
ure. SAYS Mr.. Williams. The fly once
established in a community is a per-
manent cure. he adds.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-25
The HQskin Letter s. ' : Rs:2=
ARE LITTLE TOES sUPERFLUOUs?

+, ancient Greeks. our ideals of physical
| perfectionA balanced on the inside of
, the foot, mainly on the great toe. She
/; submits pictures of statues illustrating
| this point. Other dancers interested
in the same subject have submitted
evidence that the Greeks balanced on
| five toes, throwing the weight toward
the outside. So the controversy re-
mains unsettled.
English Expert Against Toe
A British anthropologist. F. Wood
! Jones, seems to believe like the Bri-
| fish that man has little use for
! the outer toes. He says that usually
it is but a poor thing; it's nail is i'll
| de vcloped, and at times no nail is
present. 1t is particularly liable to
| that circulatory disturbance which
manifests itself in chilblains. and not
uncommonly it seems in a poor state
of nutrition. Most people possess but
little power of movement in it and
it's skeleton shows that its atrophic
condition has affected the bones and
Joints, for the last two %phalanges are
often fused together, making it short
of a joint as compared with the rest
of the toes. Very commonly its axis
is not straight, and the toe is bumped
up and also bent laterally.
All of this, the anthropologist says,
might carelessly be laid to the re-
suit of wearing shoes. He belives
that shoes are not mainly RESPONSE
BILE. He points out that in barefooted
races the stumpy fifth toe is not IN
usual. His. conclusion is that man is
trusting to his first digit and that all
the others are undergoing a process
Of comparative atrophy; that man is
tending towards the development of
a foot which is unique, a foot in which
the first digit is the dominant and in
the end perhaps the sole surviving
member.
The British student of feet does not
seem to have gone into the health side
of the matter. He is reporting a ten
dency. Anyway. anybody who wants
to have a few toes amputated can get
a variety of opinions and advice. Some
doctors will say that in the long arun
the loss of the little toe would be as
inconvenient as the loss of the little
finger. Others cheerfully think that
the operation is merely hurrying along
a job that nature is going TO do anyhow
in n few million years.
1t is doubtful whether American
women will follow the society lights
Of London, Paris, and Rome in this
latest fashion in operations. The
Americans are said to have less diff
Guilty in wearing narrow shoes. In
fact, some of the troublesome shoes
are American made, and presumably
are such as American women are wear
ing. though the narrow shoe is not
conspicuous here at present. Sport
clothes dominate in the shops. and on
the street. and sport shoes with their
broad lines and low heels are generally
sensible. The narrow pointed shoe
may return rs Il passing fad. But the
mi who hastens to have herself
cut down to fit the shoe might do
well to consider that doctors. anthro-
! biologists. and dancers haven't yet
agreed that toes are superfluous ap-
pendages.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-25
Five Children Hurt
In Two Automobile
Crashes at Billings

Special to The Tribune.
Billings. July 24.-In two automo-
bile accidents here Saturday. only the
children concerned were injured.
Three brothers. driving a buggy
through the streets after arriving from
a nearby farm. received painful cuts
and bruises when their rig was struck
by an automobile driven by William
+. Thomas, n local musician. Both
rear wheels of the buggy were torn
off. and one of the boys. Willard Hash
was thrown completely over the horse
His two brothers, Ely and Robert
Hash, were picked up in a dazed con-
dition. The horse was uninjured. In
police court Thomas was fined $40 for
driving without lights.
The small son and daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. T. A. Schneider were bruised
and otherwise hurt when the automo-
bile driven by Mrs. Schneider collided
with a car driven by Guy Rose. The
automobiles were badly damaged
Neither of the drivers vas hurt.