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Show i J ; v - '' ." . : i - - THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH, UTAH aKW- mmm GOOD ROADS AID PROSPERITY Instance Cited of Virginia Community Where Great Progress Has Been v, . "-, ;, CLOCKS Little clocks, big clocks, fancy clocks, alarms. Ours go right, stay right and are reasonable in price, "a BOYD PARK , JEWELERS VOYD PARK BLDG, Accomplished. 16 MAIN STREET That ijood roads are closely related to prosperity there is no question of doubt. Only a few years ago this section of Virginia hud but one macadam road, one creamery, which went to the wall, and a mere Imnaful of d dairy cattle,, writes C. C. Conger. Jr., of Virginia in the Practical Farmer, tine not familiar with the many blessings good roads bring about might wonder in what way good roads would affect creameries and cows. Let-upure-bre- d take, for instance, Rockingham county, and see Just what good roads did in this section in the dairy business alone, to say nothing of the prosperity good roads brought about in various other Previous to our good roads tire Ways. one creamery, did some business during the summer months, when .the diri roads were at their best, but business dwindled to nothing during the winter months, because farmers could not get over the roads to deliver their milk. The creamery Anally closed down for the lack of milk. About this time' a mere handful of progressive farmers began a movement for better roads, calling a meeting at a little village centrally located' in the county. The attendance was good, and a great deal of good roads" enthusiasm was aroused. if was the first step iu better roads that gained impetus by leaps and bouiidS.. Today, in a few short years, we have a network of fine" macadam roads throughout the entire county. Following good roads came creameries. '.They sprang up over night like mushrooms, till today the county is dotted with creameries, the sight of which does not look much like closing down for the lack of milk, particularly during the early hours of the day, when auto trucks are pouring in from the country, bringing milk from every nook and corner of the county. Pure-bre- d cows came, with the creameries, till today scrub stock no longer dominates our farms. Ask any farmer why he disposed of his scrub cows, replacing them with pure breds, and he will tell you the creameries did it. or foll information .writ pure-bVe- -- MnRKlSONfMKRltif. When Yon Think FORD Think s ; . r 1 In dairy--. is astonishing. We are striving for more wealth and prosperity by building still, more good ing. alone roafo Experience has taught us that s, wealth and prosperity go handiln band. good-road- ' RQHD .MARKERS AID TOURISTS Trunk Highways Designated by Num-- , her t Correspond With Ohe on Official Map. Since the adoption of a standardized system of highway markers by the state of Wisconsin, five other states and England have followed the model plan. Each of the state trunk highways is designated by number to respond to the number on the official road map. Markers have been placed at close Intervals carrying the number shown on the map, making it easy for the tourist to reach the roost re mote villages In the state. AUTHORITY ON ROAD TRAFFIC William Phelps Eno, Graduate Yale College, la an Expert on Highways. of William Pheips Eno of Washington D. &, a graduate of Tale college, in the class of 1882, is an authority on traffic regulations, 'having highway been closely Identified for many years with the working out of the traffic problem in large cities in various parts the world. 4B SOUTH Davidson-Lak- e Co, dealers WAS. 1694. Mfg., Tea & Coffee Roajter Ptekan ipd Importer. SHIPPERS OF FURNITURE AT REDUCED FREIGHT' RATES Write for our freight rates and how to pack your ?oods for shipment. M. A. Keyser Fireproof Storage Go Salt Lake City Utah. Let us save you money. CLEANERS & DYERS. Service. We pay Insured. Work guaranteed. Price list on request postage. Myers Cleaners & Dyers. 114 E. Broadway. Quality. Cloches return MONUMENTS. Write for catalog. Standard Marble & Granite Co.. 117 W. Broadwry. For a real good place to eat. follow the crowda to SHAYS CAFETERIA Opposite Post Office. Down the marble stain By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN. 1SE and fall of the Miller empire! Who was the Miller? Where was his empire? How did it rise? What made it fall? Well, hunt around in the encyclopedias and books of reference and the following, in Whos is Who In America, 1916-17- , you are likely to find anywhere: Miller, Henry, stockman, b. Bracken heim, Wurttemburg, July 21, 1827. Came to United States 1847. m. Sarah Wilmarth Was Sheldon July 10, 1860. butcher in Washington Market, went to San Francisco 1850; N. Y 1847-5worked in meat market 1850--1 ; started on his own account 1851; with Charles Lux, started 0 in cattle business 1857. They acquired acres in California, besides other lands lot1' 0 Oregon and Nevada, and at one time had cattle and 100,000 sheep. Mr. Lux died "dzmr&R&g&zJiHD' along the river and more than once used armed The state supreme court sustained cowboys. most of his water, rights. Miller began the building of his empire by purchasing 1,700 acres near Gilroy, about 75 miles south of San Francisco. Later he expanded this to 30,000 acres and made it his home ranch. As profits accrued, he put the money back Into land, cattle and sheep. By 1886 the operations of the partners had reached their peak. They owned about 800,000 acres in California and had large holdings in Oregon and Nevada. I once thought that I", should own the whole state of California, said Miller, about 1905. I would have owed half of it, had I not made the the-mos- t and the business was incorporated, Mr. Miller retaining large interests. Home, 2101 Laguna st. Office, 1314 Merchants Exchange building, San Francisco. This is the Miller and this was-hi- s empire. It rose because Miller had genius the genius of taking pains and an aim that refused to be diverted. It fell because Miller died October '24, 1916, and it is against public policy that the vast estate should be allowed to remain intact: It is therefore being broken up and sold piecemeal to the highest bidders. The foregoing biography or autobiography, rather is said to have been written by Henry Miller himself. It may be the truth and nothing but the truth, but it is far from being the whole truth. Anyway, it is a bit skimpy as the life story of a penniless German boy immigrant who required a million acres of land and accumulated r fortune of $40,000,000. It can hardly be said :o give much of an idea of the processes by which r butcher boy could leave behind him the largest rrea of land ever assembled under one ownership in this country. And it Is eloquently silent of the methods by which he survived and prospered while other Range Barons and Cattle Kings toppled from their thrones' with the coming of the homesteader and the farmer.,' In short, there is considerable to be read between the lines of Henry Millers laconic autobiography. Well, to begin with the beginning, Henry Miller was christened Heinrich Mueller. He was the son of a cattle dealer and got seven years of schooling. At fourteen he went to work for his father. He got ten thalers for his first year's work. Thereupon he left home. He went to Hollnnd, then to England and arrived In New York at twenty. He had saved enough as a butcher to be able to buy a passage to San Francisco when the gold stampede set in. He reached there with $6 and went to work at his trade. He never wasted a minute In looking for gold. He saw there was more money In feeding those who found gold. , i Cuttle were plentiful In California ; under the Mexicans the export of hides and tallow had been the chief business of the region. Land was plentiful, too. Under the land lows ii could be had vent t it iu Hr right way. for a song. So Miller took io himself a partner. Ivarl Luchs, ano'lier young German immigrant, and started out to acquire cattle and land. Charles Lux figures only incidentally in the story; Henry Miller was the empire builder. . Miller got his cattle by buying them and raising them. Miller also bought much land as the years went e on. But Californians say that In his early years Miller got land In various ways besides direct purchase. Cowboys filed homestead claims to sell out to him. One story is that he mounted a boat on a wagon and drove over thousands of acres in the San Joaquin valley, later acquiring much submerged land, over which he rode in a boat." Miller, of course, did not overlook the importance of water, though irrigation in those days had not been dreamed of by Californians. He acquired riparian rights along the San Joaquin river, wherever he could by homesteading and by purchase. He also secured water rights in other ways. One of these was the patenting of miners inches for mining purposes ; the process served equally well for watering stock and irrigating land. Later many attacks were made on his water rights. He kept lawyers under retainer all in his brought to this section Q W. CAPITOL COFFEE 80,-00- Ask "him what brought the creameries, and .he will tell you better ioads. JVhlle milk has slumped somewhat at times In this section. It has never baited the dairy business, and farm-en- r are now reporting fair profits in dairying. The wealth that good roads 52 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 800,-00- - oldest VutahS 1887 old-tim- , ' v mistake of buying In .Ote.yon and Nevada, and ;1ny"son, "if he Tiad lived,, could have bought the other half. ) It was in 1886' that Miller and Lux had 80,000 cattle and 100,000 sheep. For years their annual sale of meat had averaged $1,500,000. They had organized water companies, had laid out town sites and had built'towns. They had constructed roads and irrigation canals and ditches. The ranches were famous as models. Miller spent most of his time in their inspection. Each for ranch had a foreman, with three cattle, sheep and farming. Every group of ranches had a general manager. There was a general superintendent of the sheep interests. But nobody ever doubted that Miller' was the boss. At each ranch was a bedroom for the boss, kept In perfect order for his coming, which might be night or day. He usually traveled In a buggy behind he frequently drove a fast team; at eighty-fiv- e 50 miles in a day.fed well men were and well lodged. Millers He was libThe superannuated were pensioned. eral and he demanded efficiency in return. He gave his foreman practically a free hand; the man who made good could have anything within reason. Order, neatness, cleanliness were Millers watchwords. At one ranch he became interested d chicks. On his next in a flock of The rats got em," said visit he asked for them. Rats are a sign of decay, rethe foreman.. marked Miller. Shortly afterward that foreman , was looking for a iob. Charles Lux died in 1887. Thereupon the business was Incorporated. Miranda Lux, his widow, estate. The ether took half of his mlllion-dolla- r half went to four brothers and sisters of Lux In Germany, and another brother, Henry Lux of San Jose. Henry Lux died In 1902, leaving hla fifth share to his three children. Miranda Lux left a son by her first husband; he left a widow and a son. By and by these .claimants began to press Miller for an accounting and for larger dividends. resented this The autocratic old empire-builde- r Interference and took his battle Into the courts. J. Leroy Nickel, His only ally was his who' had married Nellie Sarah Miller. ' Millers first move was to allow the California corporation to lapse through nonpayment of license fees. He then reorganized a $12,000,000 corporation under the. laws of Nevada. .After much litigation, in 1910, he agreed to a five mlllion-dolla- r bond issue through the Bunk of California to enable him to purchase outright all the Interests of the 27 heirs of Charles Lux in Germany and the United States. This gave Miller absolute control of all the vast property. The next five years were practically a continuous battle In the courts over boundary claims, water rights and other matters. Upon the death of Henry Miller in 1916 at Gilroy a new struggle began. When his will was filed for probate it was found that the bulk of the estate had been transferred to a trust created In 1913, In which he held a life interest and of which his daughter and her husband were trustees. The entire estate was estimated at $40,000,000, and federal and state authorities Immediately began proceedings In an attempt to collect inheritance tax on the full amount instead of on the compara- -' tively small estate set down In the will. The federal government claimed $4,000,000, and California claimed $3,600,000. The amount claimed in taxes by the federal government Increased rapidly by penalties. In April of 1918 the claim was nearly $7,000,000. That year there was a decision against the estate ; the property was ordered seized and sold at auction. An Injunction was granted by a federal - newly-hatche- A- judge to allow Nickel to appeal. Iu October o 1918 the estate paid $2,500, 000 to the federal government under protest ; the remainder of the federal claim Is still in contest. A compromise was effected by the estate with the state of California by the payment of approximately $2,000,000. Of late there has been a strong popular demand for the breaking up of the vast acreage. It was in response to this demand and also because of difficulties of management that an order of sale has been made by the management of the estate. The big tracts will be cut up Into parcels of 20 acres and up. One of the biggest of the holdings contains about 550,000 acres; It is a stretch along the San Joaquin from Madera north. The Buttonwillow ranch near Bakersfield contains 155,000 acres, of which 50,000 acres are under cultivation. There are 20,000 acres of orchards In the Santa Clara valley. . Henry Millers will was drawn for the future; the real distribution of the estate will not take place 'until the death of his three grandchildren, Beatrice, George t and- - Leroy Nickel. The latter, the youngest, recently graduated from college. The immediate life estate in the trust went to Mrs. Nickel and her husband, who has taken a leading hand in the management since Miller's death. They were to share and share alike, after paying $255,000 in bequests to surviving relatives of Miller and his "wife and $30,000 to employees. Immediate bequests to charity included a fund of $15,000, the proceeds of which were to be distributed on. Christmas to the poor of Gilroy, and a similar fund of $25,000 for Millers native village of Brackenheira, aqd $10,000 to the San Francisco Home for Incurables. Fifty thousand dollars is to go to San Francisco charities on the death of J. Leroy Nickel. Upon the death of the three grandchildren, the trust is to be dissolved, a new distribution among heirs will take place, and bequests of $30,000 to Las Animas hospital, Gilroy, and $500,000 for medical research will go Into effect. Incidentally, the Lux school for girls In San Francisco was founded under a bequest In the , will of Miranda Lux. Like many autocratic mdn Henry Miller was : Feed generous. Every ranch had these orders no comes ask and who man along, any hungry shall at night arriving stranger Any questions. have food and lodging for himself, and feed and stable for his horse, without charge. Anyone needing meat Is welcome to kill a calf or a sheep, use and is not to be provided It Is for his own ' ' sold." MilMany Interesting stories are told of Henry foller The Now York World Magazine gives the foreto ranch his letters, from excerpts lowing men: I can stand severe losses where unavoidable, are but losses due to carelessness and inattention unbearable." Always compare costs with results. "Comfort Is as necessary as feed for stock. A man eant do Justice to his employer on an empty stomach ." There Is a class df people not made to no The instant they have a Jingle in prosperous. ruined their pockets or a dollars credit, they are and lose their bearings. . There is hope for a drunkard, but none for a , man. lazy, slovenly The New York Times gives this story of Henry seem to Indicate that he had Miller, which would of humor. sense a lively Miller In the Pacheco pass a Mexican whom revola of him the at from point $200 took knew ver. The ranchman gave up the money willingly, was a but pointed out to ,tlie Mexican' that he need a little for Ion" way from home and would the robber lend him traveling expenses. Would over a double eagle. handed bandit $20. The In town, Three years later Miller met the Mexican him $20. handed and street, the on him stopped I owe you that, he said. I borrowed It from you three years ago! Whatever may be said of the methods of thl German butcher boy Immigrant In acquiring land and water rights and of his ambitions contrary to denied that he achieved public policy, it cannot be a fame that will last a long time in California. In fact, with the functioning of Ills charitable beIt looks as if the quests half a century from now, name of Henry Miller will never be forgotten. RUBBER STAMPS & STENCILS. Seals and ear tags also made. Send for samples, price etc. Salt Lake Stamp Co.. 65 W. Broadway. BOUGHT. Send us your cream v' Western Creamery Co.. 244 W. Fourth South. CREAM MUSICAL of every Write INSTRUMENTS description on very easy e. Salt Lake. termfc Daynes-Beeb- POULTRY BOUGHT. for best results ship poultry, eggs and game to Fulton Mkt. Correct Write for prices. weight. Prompt returns. )LDSMOBILE DISTRIBUTORS. Cars & tanks. Used car bargains. A E. Tourssen, 447 S: Wain.' Piston Rings cure your motor troubles. 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Nothing will relieve more quickly and it will cleanse the mouth and uveeten the breath. It is used for tore throat as well as fof sores , i.f v!l kinds, as It is antiseptir'and one . f the safest and cneapesj germicides cnown. If it seems to make the gums . little sensitive after using, rinse the outh with a weak solution of baking one-hal- oda. o |