The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03
at Pierre.

Pierre. Jan lS- arrived here last,
edneSdav over the Northwestern,
the vnc railroad that runs INTO
Pierre it doesn't run any farther
stops right here. Pierre is therefore
The jumping of place There's where
Pierre is unlike Rome all roads ted
TO Rome.
a good many people use language
when talking about the Northwest.
ern Il. r., but / ca.'t say anything
against the Northwest I've rot 4
pass over it. Just The other dap a
friend sald be wanted 10 go east the
worst way an! / told him to taEa
the \. w. r. L.
Pierre is a little larger than Sisse-
Ton IN matter of population, but 1t
Covers tnore territory, The land Up
her. isn't Very valuable, so they laid
the town cut aioag generous lines.
The town is located on the Missouri
river. on either side of which for
miles and miles loom up great. bar
rcn. rugged hllls. almost devoid ot
vrgetatl0n, aud after looking ut them
| uon' l. blame Y. $. senator Martin
for introducing j bill to give the set
tiers $40 acres for q homestead M
stead of GO. as it looks to me as if
it would take two pretty huskY men
To even RAISE Il disturbances ca these
bills. by the way. speaking of .,iar-'
TINS bill. or the Martin Gamble bill
as II is Known. the sen ttc ana mouse
auncurred in a jaIat resolution 10 the
United States senate f"cOruHGcudlug
This liIl ammendlng the home
stead law so that land west of the
river should BE slplsct To homestead
+ III tracts Of $40 acpas. Tbs home
stenders mast live on the land 5 years
and put On at least $500 worth of
improvements. ODe difference be
tween Pierre and slsseton is the fact.
, that there ism l. 50 many BOXERS here.
They have several kinds of weather
down here. The day | got here The
thermometer vas cavurtng about,
around 80 degrees below 2elu ana that
night the wind whlstled Gown The
gulch and around the hotel like Tie
vail of IA damned soul. At least it
seemed 10 HE that way. tho my lot
! has not been cast among damned souls
since the late election. The rent
day the weather came up smiling,
acting as il 1t wanted to snow hut
might rain, and that night there was
no wind. all was still as tie breast
when the spirit has departed. he
moon peeped DER the dark proved
hills and pierced the tissue of deecy
clouds. No soOnd was heard. except
now and then the snore of the sepa.
tor in the next room as Ii broke in
upon the deatnly silence
Pierre has natural gas wells, and
flowing wells Of bot water, and one
doesn't have to be very imaginative
TO figure out " here the next place TO
Pierre is located
The water which they give you to
drink here comes from these Moving
wells, The source OF which are cyi-
IDENTIFY ii. he digestive apparatus of
the earth, it taste, like sulpher and
acts like HI. This IS "A city OF mag
,i!lrcnt heights, every thing is hIgh.
But the highest Of these is board.
There is Very LITTLE excitement IN
| the legislature at present anu the old
timers sag this sessioa has developed
less excitement than usual So far
things at the state house have moved
a long like the silent. oeagenous flow
of goose greese.
IL is expected that more life will
be injected into the proceedings the
| last 20 days of the session. Among
the questions that may interest the
legislature Will be the capital Till.
the appropriation bill and the prl-
mary election bill.
Pierre, lam. 30-'lcLeod wrlling
from Pierre 10 his. paper. the Ahcr-
deem News. handles the PRIMARY cleo
sion proposition without gloves. He
shows that the alleged petltlon, for
submission of the Richards Primary
! f,,,r, :.