The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08
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der, Hand county is arranging a big
exhibit of products for the state fair
at Huron.
G. M. Giddings of Aberdeen shipped
a carload of wheat to Minneapolis
which graded No. l Northern and
topped the market on the day it was
received, bringing s1.O3
Two separators belonging to A.
Lindstrom of Aberdeen caught fire in
the harvest field from sparks from the
threshing engine and were burned
The loss is placed at $500.
A threshing machine belonging to
Ole Ringsrud blew up near Elk Point,
causing damage of about $25 bet
Smith, the engineer, was painfully
though not seriously scalded.
Aug. Baum of Cavour was held up
at night and robbed of 5000 in cash
and several articles of value. Sheriff
Young has arrested two believed to be
Implicated in the holdup and has them
In custody here.
The two-year-old son of William
Scharff, living near Ferney, was
drowned in a watering trough which
stood in the yard. The child was tod
ding about the yard and fell into the
trough, which contained sufficient wa
ter to drown him.
Quite little land is changing hands
in Aurora county, and in most cases
at an advance of IS over the price paid
in 1904. The Plankinton hotel is be-
ing raised up eighteen inches to cor
respond with the grade which has
been established of late.
The contract for building the new
power plant of the Consolidated Power
and Light company of South Dakota,
at Puma, has just been awarded to
Phillips & Bartlett, whose bid OF $22,-
600 was the lowest made. This does
not include the iron work.
Extensive arrangements are being
made for the Roberts county fair, to
be held in Sisseton Sept. 20 81 and
%. The association race meet takes
place at the same time, and the liberal
purses hung up are sure to attract
try.
Ten bids were presented to the state
capitol commission for the contract
for building the foundation of the east
from $4,000 to $6,OS6. The lowest
bidder, G. Lepper, formerly of Sioux
Falls, now of Minneapolis, was award
ed the contract.
Prof. j. E. Todd of Vermillion, state
geologist, has made an examination
of the two new artesian wells at Aber-
deem and reports the pressure in both
to be 24O pounds to the square inch.
He was inclined to be somewhat skep-
| tical of the reports of the great power
of the wells. which had been sent out
from Aberdeen. but after the test
stated they had a greater pressure
| than any other artesian wells in the
world.
The investigation of the remains of
Harold Freeman, boy who died in
Walworth county in August, 1904, and
concerning whose death many rumors
of foul play had been circulated, re-
| vealed that his death was due solely to
natural causes. The boys body was
disinterred and taken to Chicago for
analysis, in order to set at rest the dis
quieting rumors that had been circu-
lated or to bring the guilty persons to
justice if there proved to be foundation
for the allegation of foul play.
S. H. Jumper, William Wallace, A. c.
White. ]. L. Zietlow, G. F. Easton, F. ].
Macarthur and c. N. Herreid have in
corporated the Aberdeen Street Rail-
way company, which is organized for
the purpose of establishing street rail-
ways in Aberdeen. The present plans
contemplate only the construction of
lines from the corporate limits of North
Main street south to Twelfth avenue,
| thence north on Kline street to Second
avenue to Pennsylvania street, thence
| north on Pennsylvania street to First
avenue, thence west on First avenue
to Main street. The length of the
proposed line is four miles, and the
company expects to commence work
as soon as spring opens next year,
provided the necessary franchise is
| obtained from the city council.
Judge Garland of the United States
court at Sioux Falls has imposed fine
of $50 upon Clinton M. Burger Of
Kingsbury county, who pleaded guilty
to an Indictment charging him with
having violated the provisions of the
Lacey act, otherwise known as the
! national game law. by shipping game
out of the state. Burger was indict-
ed some time ago by a federal grand
jury under the name of d. c. Brooks,
the name used by him in making the
shipment. The shipment contained
fifty prairie chickens and was made
Dec. 3 of last year from Manchester
by express. Burger was remanded to
the county Jail in Sioux Falls pending
the payment of the fine. He has rela-
tives in Kingsbury county, and hopes
to secure from them the necessary sum
to pay his fine.
| The prices which are being paid for
sheep in the vicinity of Pierre by feed
ers from Minnesota and Iowa points
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