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Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical ======================================================== Vol II, pg 678-681 ARTHUR MILLER In this commercial age character and attainment are to a large extent judged by business success. The standard is a good one, since commercial prominence is gained only through hard work, alert judgment and a discriminating mind. A man in whose business career these qualities have been dominating factors is Arthur Miller, vice president and general superintendent of the Russell-Miller Mill Company, with offices in the Security building. Mr. Miller was born in Sussex county, England, in 1852. His parents were Henry Charles and Margaret (Freeland) Miller, likewise natives of that country. They came to the United States in 1869 and located at Winona, Minne­sota, where the father lived retired, having achieved financial independence. His demise occurred in 1880 and his widow survived him until 1890. To their union four sons and four daughters were born. Arthur, whose name introduces this review, is a twin, and the twins are the youngest members of the family. In the pursuit of his education Arthur Miller attended the public schools of Eng­land. In 1869 he came to the United States with his parents and engaged in milling in Minnesota City, Minnesota, under the name of Miller & Ellsworth for three years. He then entered the employ of various mills throughout southern Minnesota and was thus active until 1882, when he went to Valley City, North Dakota, and became asso ciated with his father-in-law, John Russell, in the flour-milling business, as Russell & Miller. In 1884 they purchased a mill at Bismarck, North Dakota, and the following year they established one at Jamestown, that state. In that same year they incor­porated the business' as the Russell-Miller Milling Company and this enterprise has grown to be one of the largest institutions of its kind in the Northwest. The main mills and grain offices are located in Minneapolis and they have two mills here- "A" Mill, which was erected in 1907; and "B" Mill, erected in 1919. They also have two mills in Montana and seven in North Dakota, and Mr. Miller devotes his entire time and attention to his multitudinous duties as vice president and superintendent of the business. He is also associated with the Occident Elevator Company. While residing in North Dakota Mr. Miller was interested in banking but he lately disposed of his financial interests there. In 1878, at Preston, Minnesota, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Miller and Miss Clara A. Russell, a daughter of John Russell. Mr. Russell, for many years senior member of Russell & Miller, was a pioneer of Minnesota and Dakota and he was prominent in financial, grain, milling and land interests in the Northwest. He retired from active life in 1887 and spent his remaining years in San Diego, California. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Miller the following children have been born: Jessie who is now the wife of J. S. Clapper; Edith, who is the wife of H. C. Buffington of Springfield, Illinois; Leslie F., who married Miss Harriet Rowley of Billings, Montana He was formerly manager of the mill at Billings, but is now western manager of the company and makes his home in Minneapolis; and Arleigh Russell Miller, whose death occurred on the 3d of January, 1919, at the age of thirty-three. He left a widow who was, before her marriage, Miss Ruth Barker, and two daughters, Barbara and Arline. The political allegiance of Mr. Miller has always been given to the democratic party and he is a firm believer in the principles of that party as factors in good government. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons and he is a Knight Templar and a member of the Mystic Shrine. Socially he is identified with the Interlachen Country Club, the Minneapolis Golf Club and the Minneapolis Athletic Club. Mr. Miller finds recreation in the great outdoors and he spends much of his spare time in motoring and playing golf. He is held in high regard in local business circles, the policy and methods he pursues in the conduct of his business being such as to recom­mend him to the respect and esteem of all who have transactions with him.