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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-11

EORF MORGAN is f"rty-"he nun
u dred feet above sea level, they
say and at Denver another thousand
feet had been added Monday saw
us in Denver and i'm the evening we
were in "A crowded car on the Colorado
Southern Ry. 1t seemed as il every
body else, like ourselves, was going
somewhere. A Fort Collins resident
said we would find it the worst road
we had ever travelled upon: that the
cars often jumped the track, just for
variety. Which would make it a
trlte worse than the "hay train" that
accommodates Slsseton people, We
left Denver behind. az length. but
found ourselves stopping at every
hamlet, To say nothing of Cross roads
where not house was i'm sight. The
Rockies Were on our LETT generally,
but now aud then we seemed to be
plunging straight into them. Here
the train flew around the curves i'm a
lOllicking style. and then hr ii INT up
with a bang beside some ,lnu.l sts-
tion. A body must pertorce smile,
though one wondered the while if
the next moment the ears might not
jump the track, just fui fun. But
we arrived at IOVeland In safety and
there met the Others i'm whose COM
pan, we were To make the trip ur
the mountains. About nine O'Clock
the next morning, we were on our
way. The packing of our various be-
longings had been IA work of time.
anc when completed would not have
been considered work of art hy an
experienced packer. Bu after all.
''what'S the odds so long rs you're
happy" And we had every reason
t" he happy The long cherished
dreams OF some vt the party were
~" finding fulf1lment.
For the first six miles we had IN
StructiOns to walk the horses. which
was done. though Dick and Jeanne
rhafed under the restraint. and their
drivers felt like fretling, too. We
had leisure Lu gaze and gazc upon the
MuMntaiuS. with snow caps here and
there. WehSter's dictionary wuuld
fail tn describe the panorama spread
before us-LOng's peak being in The
distance. Words are indeed feeble
things, when one r!,id> these
mighty works nf he Almighty Gre
atnr Bits of ,nc p~almi>t'S words
lualru through lnr lnind: IL Will
llfi up mime eyes unto The, hills from
whence c,,lnrlh mF help. aud ..bc-
fore lhe maintains were, brought
forth: from everlasting In eve,ia>t-
ing Ia everlasting. am God. Aud
u en- the grand hy.. n of the Nanduis
mount alnptrs:
For the strength 3f The hills we bless thee.
Our God, our fathers God
Whri we entered he canyon
through which flows Thompson
rlver. (Alas. that it, had no more
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-11

poetical name) the scenery became
more and more wild and grand. No
wonder we were at loss to find
words To express our admiration.
Far above ones sight, almost,N tow
cred the everlasting crags, and be-
meath the foaming, dashing torrent.
we were on the county road from
LoveIand to Estes Park. the road
which cost thirty thousand dollars
10 bullu. No one was surprised,
when we saw how much blasting in
the solid rock had been to form the
roadway. And thereby hangs an in
teTcsting tale. Boulder county was
having all the travel by way of Lyons.
jealousy that this should be the case
brought about The construction of
tins thirty Thousand dollar roadway.
Now Lcveland has large share of
the travel, which is something quite
worth while during the summer
months. For many and many a team
passes over the road daily, and most
of the outtltting is done in Loveland.
We crossed the roaring river seven
seven or eight times on bridges that
are good and strong, as they need to
be. Every now ard then "turnonts"
have been made, allowing teams to
pass each other. and by continual
Watching of the road ahead we had
h' dlilicuty except once. Some frisky
young man came tearing down the
way rushed headlong by us, catching
our wagon curtain in IA tug and tear
ing il badly Did he apologize? Not
AT all iIr only 9"rc on, to repeat
the lnlpolllrnrSS 10 the next people
he might meet
Whrh "" mad still Seven miles to
go. We lett the county road and 81 art
ed out on untried roads indeed And
such roads as we found the last two
miles. all rocks. with corduray bridges
in between. We mean to stay ON
here forever in order TO savessourselves
from gong over the like of such roads
again. During the day we had ex-
perlenced more than one mountain
shower which quickly passed over,
but the last mile or so was by no
means dry. Real watery ram
fell upon us and we finally drew
up hef"ra.knapp's cabin IN the wet
test kind of a ram. We were glad
enough for the shelter, glad Of sup
per and glad. indeed, tor our beds.
SO there Wree some very thank ful
fu!<s WHO spent their first night IN
lte Rockies. eight Thousand feet
above the level OF the sea. We were
lulied to sleep 10y the patter of the
ram upon the roO.. the sOughing of
the wind in the pines and the rush
uf the brook near which our cabin
stands. It, speakes to us by night
aud by day, and these are its wo.ds:
Men may come ana men may go.
But 20 on forever
Mrs. w. X. MORRIS
Knapp's Ranch, Estes Park, Col.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-11

Flute says that he objected
to their taking the same
and his boy, about 13 years
OF age, attempted to hold
one Of the horses, and, he
says, Colby Knocked the
boy down; he, Flute, went
into the house, got his gun,
and when Colby saw him
come out of the house he
pulled a revolver and shot
at him once. Flute then
shot Colby through the
lungs at such close range
that he must have killed
him instantly. After the
shooting, Peterson who had
no gun, started to run, and
Flute then reloaded his gun
and jumped into Peterson S
buggy and gave chase, ov-
taking him about a quarter
of a mile away i'm the wheat
field and shooting him in
cold blood, one shot taking
effect in the legs, one in
the shoulders and one in
the neck. Flute then went
into Peever and gave him
self up. A revolver with
one empty cartridge was
found near Colby's body.
Flute was brought here
fby Sheriff Minder and was
lodged in Jail, and the bod
les of the murdered men
were brought up about IL
o clock last night and taken
to Cahill's undertaking es-
tablishment.
In a short time after the
word OF the tragedy had
been received, knots of de-
termined men gathered on
every corner. At first there
was a strange hush pervad
ing the town, and then as
the full import of the crime
became realized strong
talk of lynching was in
dulged in and it was pre-
dicted that the sheriff would
never be able to land his
prisoner in Jail. 1t was only
BY strategy that he did get
him there. Several times
during the night groups of
men filled the court house
square, but they were final
ly convinced that the muir
derer had been taken to
| Milbank.
(Coht,nued on Page 5.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
TOO HIGH TO CLIMB.
Famous Mountain Ascender SAYS Mt.
Everest Is Impregnable.

Dr.. W. II. Workman of Massachu-
sets, who has the record for q mountain
ascent, thinks it is doubtful if the top
of Mount Everest. the highest summit
in the world, ever will be reached. DR.
Workman on August II. 1908, reached
the height of 1884 feet on the side of
Pyramid peak among the Karakoram
mountains of the Himalayas. As the
pea kis q, 800 feet high. DR.. Workman
climbed within about 1900 feet of the
top. DR.. Workman said on the eve of
his return to Europe:
Some optlmiSts look to see the high
est peak on earth conquered in the near
future. l do not feel sanguine about
it. Practically nothing is known of
Mount Everest, for no white man ever
of nearest approach to it i'll height l
tances. The technical difficulties they
present appear to me to be great.
III l could have placed a camp on
Pyramid peak at 1900 to $4,000 feet,
there is little doubt that l should have
reached the top the next day, but l
could not induce the coolies even by of
fers of twelve times the usual wages to
carry the camp to that altitude. When,
with my two white assistants. | had
reached the height of 3d. 1874 feet. we did
not for q moment entertain the idea of
attempting TO reach the summit and we
could not have regained the camp that
night A night in the open in that alti-
tude would have meant certain death
from cold, to say nothing of the danger
of fatigue"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
Stacking Alfalfa.

Throughout the western half of the
United States alfalfa hay is commonly
stored in stacks in the field. Alfalfa
stacks will not shed water as readily
as stacks of grass hay. In the arid re-
gions there is little danger from rains
during the season Of storage, but in
humid climates it is necessary to store
the hay in barns or else cover the
stacks with large tarpaulins, or they
may be topped with grass. Otherwise
the percentage Of waste is very large,
In any case there is likely to be some
waste, for which reason the stacks are
made large, thus reducing the proper
tomato amount Of waste. In the al
falfa regions of the West the stacks
are as high as the hay can be handled
easily and may be 200 feet or more in
length. The size of the stacks is then
limited chiefly by the convenience in
bringing the hay from the surround
ing field
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
NEGRO BLEACHED IN JAIL.
Many Plead Guilty to Crap Shooting Be
fore Being Questioned

y new horror has developed from the
distressing conditions in the Macon, Mo-
jail known as The Ruins 1t bleaches
negroes white. When he first detected
this, Sheriff Graves smiled at it, but he
doesn't see the joke now. He has got a
full house of Senegambians, ostensibly
held for crap-shooting but in reality
taking treatment for their complexion.
In moment OF careIessness the sheriff
stated that when he took Frog Eye"
Davis down for a couple of years So
journ at the pen, the warden had asked
him whether the prisoner was ''colored
or plain
The Macon officer looked closer at the
man with whom he was parting. and for
the first time observed the mulatto' 5
complexion had lightened SO as to make
his race in doubt. The SLOUGH hat hid
the kiniy locks, which had been unaf-
fected by "The Ruins"
On arriving home the sheriff noticed
Lacy Williams, a One-year man, and
George Poe, a chicken expert, had
turned distinctly pale under no more eX-
citing cause than the darkness. When
the news got down to the Alabama coal
camp the southland negroes began plead
ing guilty to crap-shooting, even before
they were questioned about it. The
sheriff let fifteen come in and then
closed ND ShOD,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
Rare Bird in Northern Waters.

The first specimen of the fulvous tree
duck ever killed north of British, French
and Dutch Guiana was shot few days
ago by Phil Locke of Aberdeen, near
Gray's Harbor. The bird has been
stuffed and is now in the possession of
the hunter who killed it, and is priced as
rare trophy by him.
The creature is much like the Ameri-
can wood duck, recognized as one of the
most beautiful of birds. In color it it
light brown on the breast and beautiful
notified brown on the back. In shape
it is much the same as the American
wood duck, but is considerably more
leggy.
The bird is believed to have been
driven north from South America by
some storm which it encountered while
out at sea. The bird was probably car
ried out of its bearings by the gale and
finally landed near Grays Harbor, where
1t was killed by Locke.-Seattle Post
Intelligencer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
Poultry Pickfngs.

The smaller the poultry quarters the
cleaner they must be kept
The best breeds will not be profit
able if they are mismanaged.
Provide nests where they are handy
for hens and handy to gather eggs
from.
Poultry is the cheapest and most
economical and best meat raised on
the farm.
Are you giving your poultry the at
tention you give the other stock or
just allowing it to shift for itself?
Coarse food promotes digestion and
helps to keep the fowls in a healthy
condition. Feed as much Of it as pos
sible.
Do not simply throw the water out
Of the drinking vessels and put in
fresh water, but wash the vessels
thoroughly every time you change the
watnr.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
OLD MAXIMS MENDED.

Reconstruction is the thief of time
but the man who leaped before he looked
doesn't believe it.
Might makes right-but the burglars
jimmy didn't keep him out of prison.
Beauty unadorned is adorned the most
but few men believe it after a season
at the seashore.
Judge not that We be not judged-but
you need not cease electing judges on
that account; they sometimes prove to
be useful.
A fool and his money are soon parted
but the fact does not differentiate him
from a wise man, for the latter holds
his money only a few years at most.
Charity begins at home-but some pco-
pie are mistaken in thinking that there
is law compelling it to stay there
San Francisco Call.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
BROKEN LEG WINS BRIDE.
Romance Springs from Accident and Good
Nursing by Sweetheart.

Richard Hungler, formerly of Cincin-
natl, now rejoices tLlt he had what he
once considered was the misfortune of
breaking his leg twice within eight
months. AS a result he recently married
Miss Rose Goetzinger, the organist of
All Saints Catholic church at Chi
cago. The romance began in March.
when Miss Goetzinger, daughter Of
a Chicago coal dealer, was on her
way to visit friends. She was crossing
the railroad tracks at Twenty second
street when she heard cry. Attracted
by it, she looked down the tracks and
saw man lying on the ground. On run
ming up to him she discovered that he
had broken his leg while jumping from a
moving train. Miss Goetzinger tele-
phoned for an ambulance. When
Hunger finally left the hospital she in
duced her father to give him employ
ment in his coal yard. Hungler went to
work driving a wagon. He saw little Of
Miss Goetzinger until he had what ap
pears to him the good luck to break lis
leg again. This time instead of being
sent to the hospital Hungler was taken
to the Goetzinger home. There he was
nursed by Miss GOetzinger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
Cheap Potato Pit.

Select slight elevation for position.
Dig pit 10 feet long, feet wide and
21a feet deep. Get three 6-inch poles,
10 feet long; put two, one above the
other, at back of pit. Get sixteen 4
foot poles, 6 inches in diameter, and
twenty 7-foot poles, 6 inches in diam
eter, for roof. Make frame for door
2 feet wide and feet high; set in cen
ter of front. Put your 4-foot poles,
eight on each side, nail through door
frame and set two stakes each end to
hold poles in position, one above an
other. Then put your other 10-foot
pole on top, resting center on door
frame. Notch all 7-foot poles so as to
fit each end on front and back; then
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
New Fence Post.

The old-time fence-post has served
its purpose for so long that it is about
time it was improved. 1t has always
seemed natural that in erecting fence
post hole should first be dug in the
ground and the end of the post insert
ed in the hole, the remaining space be-
ing filed up again. A California man
thinks this method antique and cum
bersome and has invented an exceed
ingly simple plan, which entirely elm
mates this procedure. By the use Of
his method the initial digging of the
hole is entirely unnecessary. The bot
tom of this post is spiral in shape,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
How to Prune Cranes.

Many make failure Of grape grow
ing by not knowing how to prune, says
L. A. Goodman. The right idea is to
keep the sprout that comes from one
or two years old wood. Keep this
principle ever before you. To get bear
ing wood, cut sprout to two or three
buds and next year use these for bear
ing wood. Every year grow a sprout
or shoot for bearing wood for next
year. First prune for spurs to get
bearing wood, and next prune for this
years crop. When you cannot get new
wood where you want it, cut the whole
vine to the ground and renew.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24

similar to an auger, being partly in
serted in the ground, is turned round
and round until sunk sufficiently deep.
To more easily accomplish this a dunn
my post, with a double-handed lever,
which first bores the hole in the
ground, can be used. The post shown
which first bores the hole in the
IN the Illustration is made Of two parts,
Along one side of the top portion is
vertical row of prongs, to which an
equal number of wires can be attached
by clamping the prongs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube Is infamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when 1t Is
entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by Ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an inlamed con-
dition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hairs Catarrh
Cure Send for circulars, free
f. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Take uaIrs Family Pills for constipatlon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24

Every mother possesses information
which is of vital interest to her young
daughter.
Too often this is never impaired or is
withheld until serious harm has result
ed to the growing girl through her
ignorance of natures mysterious and
wonderful laws and penalties.
Girls over-Sensitiveness and modesty
often puzzle their mothers and battle
physicians, as they SO often withhold
and conceal the symptoms which ought
to be told to their physician at this
critical period.
When a girls thoughts become slug
gish, with headache, dizziness or a dis
position to sleep, pains in back or lower
limbs, eyes dim, desire for solitude;
when she is a mystery to herself and
friends, her mother should come to her
aid, and remember that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetab BILE Compound will at
this time prepare the system for the
coming change, and start the menstrual
period in young girls life without
pain or irregularities.
Hundreds of letters from young girls
and from mothers, expressing their
gratitude for what Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has accomplished
for them, have been received by the
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co., at
Lynn, Mass.
Miss Mills has written the two fol-
lowing letters to Mrs Pinkham, which
will be read with interest:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:- First letter.
HT al Init ffaop eofc Il
have dizzy spells, chills, headache and back
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
~
The Horses AGE

The age Of horse cannot always
be told by looking at its teeth, says the
London Tit-Bits. After the eighth year
the horse has no more new teeth, so
that this method is useless for a horse
which is more than eight years old. AS
soon as the set Of teeth is complete,
however, a wrinkle begins to appear
on the edge Of the lower eyelid and
another wrinkle is added each year. SO
that to get at the age of a horse more
than eight years old you must count
the teeth plus the wrinkles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
Wakes with ParalYtic Stroke.

Prof. A. G. Wightman of Randolph
Macon college, Ashland, one of the most
conspicuous young educators in Virginia,
was aroused at 4 o'clock in the morning
with a realization that the symptoms of
paralysis were upon him. Being a thor
ough student of physiology, he knew
what to expect, and, awakening his wife,
he talked freely with her as the disease
crept slowly but surely upon his body.
AS he finished his last words of con-
seriousness just before his brain was at
tackled he was cheerful and resigned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
Kind of Cows to Keen,

I have no particular choice as to the
kind of cows to keep. This is q good
deal like man getting a wife--it de-
ponds largely on the kind he prefers.
If you are going to keep COWS exclu-
sively for butter, the Jersey, Guernsey
and Holstein are desirable breeds. If
you are going to take into considera-
ton the value of calf, which seens
quite necessary in our State, the milk
ing strain of the Shorthorn meets the
requirements as we'll as any. The only
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
Feed Horses Less When Idle.

Feed Horses Less When Idle.
In an exchage Andrew Stenson SEN
sibly says: The horse not only requires
less feed when idle than when at work.
but is actually injured if the ration is
not reduced on days Of idleness. Some
feeders Of high standing reduce the
feed of their work horses on Sundays
and holidays, in the belief that even
one days feeding of working ration
while the horse is at rest is injurious.
1t is now the belief of all who have
thoroughly studied the subject that
idle horses are fed too heavily as a
rule. But no fixed ration can be
named, since the food requirements of
individual horses differ so widely.
Close observation will enable the feed
er to adapt the quantity to the needs
Of each animal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
Avoid Haste in CuIIiug.

Because eve is in poor condition
and generally i'll looking is no reason
why she should be culled, for such are
usually the best Of mothers and are
the ones that raise big lusty twin
lambs. After her lambs are taken
from her she will soon flesh up.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
GRATEFUL TO CUTICURA.
of Raw and ScaIy Humor, Itching
Day and Night for Many Months.

Day and Night for Many Months.
L do wish you would publish this
letter so that others suffering as l have
may see it and be helped. For many
months awful sores covered my face
and neck, scabs forming. which would
swell and itch terribly day and night,
and then break open, running blood
and matter. l had tried many rene
dies, but was growing worse, when
started with Cuticura. The first appli-
cation gave me instant relief, and when
had used two cakes of Cuticura Soap
and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment,
l was completely cured. (Signed) Miss
Nellie Wander Wiele, Lakeside, n. Y"