James M. Miller Biography


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				JAMES M. MILLER.  

	James M. Miller, proprietor of the Gregory County News, published 
at Dallas, was born at Espy, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1879, his parents 
being M. R. and Ida (Hughes) Miller. The father was in early life a 
mate on Joseph Stickney's private yacht and later he engaged in boat 
building, developing a good business in that connection. Both he and 
his wife are still living.  

	Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, James M. 
Miller enjoyed the advantages offered by the public schools and by the 
State Normal, while later he pursued a special law course in the 
University of Pennsylvania, thinking to make the practice of law his 
life work. Following his graduation he opened an office at Hammond, 
Indiana, where he remained in practice for two years but at the end of 
that time turned his attention to the newspaper business. This was not 
entirely a new experience for him, for while going to school and also 
while in the practice of law he had engaged in newspaper publication, 
but after two years devoted to law practice at Hammond he concentrated 
his entire time upon newspaper work and was the owner of various papers 
in Pennsylvania before he determined to establish a home and seek his 
fortune in the west.  

	Mr. Miller dates his residence in South Dakota from February, 
1910, at which time he purchased the Colome Times, which he owned and 
edited until the 2d of April, 1915, when he removed to Dallas and 
established the Gregory County News, the leading newspaper of Gregory 
county. He has a very complete and modern newspaper plant with linotype 
machine and the latest facilities to further the work of producing a 
thoroughly modern and progressive paper. He is now preparing for the 
publication of the Rosebud Farmer, which will be a monthly paper of 
twenty pages devoted to farming interests in the Rosebud district, the 
entire second story of his building to be devoted to the agricultural 
journal.  

	On the 29th of May, 1907, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to 
Miss Maude Buzby, a daughter of Jefferson P. and Ida (Ewan) Buzby, of 
Wildwood, New Jersey. To them have been born two children, Rebecca and 
James. Mr. Miller is of the Episcopal faith and politically he is a 
republican but is inclined to make the policy of his paper independent. 
He recognizes what can be accomplished by a live, up-to-date newspaper 
in a growing community, for such a paper is both the mirror and the 
molder of public opinion and has marked influence in stimulating public 
thought and action.