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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04

there will be considerable smut,
Which will reduce the yield somewhat,
IN some instances by about one-third.
AS wheat is seldom free from smut,
this Is not causing much excitement
among the grain men of Doland and
other towns in that vicinity.
Some of the farmers residing in
the southwestern portion of Brule
county report that blight has APP
peared in their fields of macaroni
wheat, this being due to the excess
slvely hot weather about week ago.
Some blight is reported in some other
varieties, but not nearly so much as in
the macaroni.
In the neiahborhood of Britton it
is now the belief that with the IA
vorable weather of the past week all
danger of black rust is past. Black
rust injured wheat IN the vicinity OF
South Shore last year. but this year
rust has not put in an appearance,
and farmers are of the opinion that
their crops will escape the plague
this year if present crop conditions
continue
A great deal of macaroni wheat
was this season sawn in various To-
calities. This variety OF grain is do
ing we'll in general and promises a
large yield. One of the finest fields of
macaroni wheat in the northern part
of the state is owned by r. F. Suther-
land, living near Leola, Mcpherson
county. 1t STANDS over five feet high.
and has large we'll fielled heads.
Rudolph Liebig, residing near
Frankfort, has quite large area
sown to macaroni wheat. 1t stands
about five feet high, and in addition
to having we'll filled heads is as thick
as it can stand on the ground. 1t is
expected to yield from thirty to forty
bushels per acre.
c. S. Owens, who lives near North
Vile, has field of macaroni wheat
which he estimates will yield twenty
five bushels to the acre.
The harvesting of the ordinary va
riety of wheat will commence in the
greater part of the state next week,
while fields of late sown will not be
ready to be cut until about the mid
die of August. Small grain in gen.
eral throughout the state is in good
condition and will yield well.
Corn has been making rapid prog
ress and is practically certain to pe
a good crop if frosts hold off as late
as usual.
The rank growth of all kinds Of
small grain is causing an unusually
heavy demand for binder Irvine, and
dealers in all parts of the state are
working early and late in order to
supply the brisk demand.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
piTcHlNG IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Joint Meeting Of Clay and Yankton
County Boards.

The boards of county commissioners
of Clay and Yankton counties held at
Vermillion a most important joint ses-
sion last week. The new ditch law
governed the proceedings. The meet
ing was on joint ditch petitioned for
in Clay and Yankton counties. The
forces which secured the passage OF
the law last winter are the same as
those interested in the proposed ditch,
and in fact it was principally for the
purpose of draining this particular To-
cality that the movement was set on
foot
The petitioners ask for three bitches
all heading in Yankton county and
running in a southeasterly direction
into Clay county. They will be known
as the Clay creek, the Mecllling and
the Gayville bitches. The first is the
longest and largest of the three, being
fourteen miles in length and having
width of forty to sixty feet and a
depth of from six to ten feet. This
ditch will be supplemented by laterals
which will be constructed later. The
other two bitches will not be so long
nor so large, but even the smallest of
them will be a gigantic undertaking,
and the whole Will probably represent
an outlay of half million dollars.
While the expense in construction
is enormous, yet the benefits to be de-
rived therefrom will much more than
cover the cost. Millions of acres of
fine farm lands which suffer yearly
or periodically from the floods arising
from the waters of Clay creek which
heads in Turner county and is twenty
miles long, will be given ample pro-
lection from inundation. Crops will
be a certainty. Lard which has been
used for hay alone for years will be
cultivated. Values VIII more than
double and the counties and the state
at large will be benefited.
The next step in the proceedings
will be the viewing of the proposed
bitches by the two boards of county
commissioners. The boards will then
meet at Vermillion on Aug. l to de-
eide whether or not they will employ
surveyor to make the necessary plays.
1t is thought that there will be no
hitch in the proceedings to that end.
w. M. Vincent of Union county has
been retained by the board to do all
the engineering and the survey work.
The proposed route is the one recon-
mended by the government expert,
who made a detailed Typographical sur
vey of the entire Missouri river bottom
from the James to the Vermillion river
and from bluff to the waters edge.
The future proceedings in this under
taking will be closely watched by all
in the southeastern part of the state.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
MORE LAND FOR SETTLERS.
Utah Indian Reservation Will Be Op-
ened AUG %.

! Utah Indian reservation will be
thrown open to the public for settle
ment Aug IS, 1905. Individual regis
1 at Grand Junction, Colo; Nernal,
Price and Provo Utah, and close Aug.
IL. Drawing, to determine the order
IN which selections OF land may be
made, will be held at Provo, Utah,
commencing Thursday. Aug. II. APP
plications OF those drawing numbers
at Provo, from / to so inclusive, must
be presented at the land Office at Yer
nal, Utah, Aug. IS, and will be con-
sldered in their numerical order dur
ing the first day. Applications of
holders OF numbers so to 100 inclu-
sive, must be presented the second
day, and so on until all numbers have
been disposed of. Between the time
! OF registration and the drawing at Pro-
vo, applicants will be given a certifi
cate permitting them to examine
lands. All applications for entry must
be made individually and cannot be
! made by agents or representatives, eN-
SNpl III easy VI IOuOldDlS uISCHdISSu
soldiers and sailors. who may submit
proofs of their qualification through
agents of their own selection. No per-
son, however, will be permitted to act
as agent for more than one soldier or
sailor. Reservation reached only by
Rio Grande system; summer tourist
rates to Grand Junction, Colo; Salt
Lake, OF Ogden, Utah, available for
this business. Stopovers both going
and returning at all stations west OF
Colorado common points. Homeseek-
ers excursion tickets to Mack, Colo;
Greenriver, Provo, Price and Dragon,
Utah, will be on sale July l8 and Aug.
| and IS
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
MOSQUITO PLAGUE.
Making Life a Misery for Both Man
and Beast.

The story sent out from Pierre re-
garding the plague of mosquitoes in
Hand county is correct, but last week
has shown new developments, in that
the sTarms have Increased and to live
is almost impossible. All through the
day, unless there is breeze which
makes the pests settle in the grass,
the air is full of them and they light
on persons by the hundreds.
The little five-year- old daughter of
Henry Blddle, living near Miller, was
so badly bitten that her parents were
forced to take her to a physician
! for treatment. Two farm hands from
the western part of the county were
taken to the hospital in Pierre, so bad
ly were they bitten by the mosquitoes.
Farming operations are, on some
days, forced to be suspended because
of the swarms of mosquitoes which
light on the horses, causing the ami
mails to become unmanageable.
James Croll and wife, of Miller
were driving to their farm ten miles
north when they were surrounded by
great horde of the pests. The hors-
es backed Off a grade and nearly broke
away. They were forced to return to
town.
Many cases of very bad blood pois-
oning are reported among children
where they have unwittingly scratched
the stings made by the mosquitoes.
,, Farmers are going about their barns
wearing wells or nets. Cattle race
about the fields all day in vain at
tempts to get rid of the biting foes
| The heavy rains of the spring, which
filled all the low places with water,
are the cause of the swarms of mos
quitoes. The stagnant water is the
breeding place of the pests and not
until the pools dry up will there be any
relief from the yoracious creatures.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
CROP SITUATION IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Early Predictions OF Large Crop Borne Out by
Rvst in Isolated iieids

Reports to the Sioux Falls Argus
Leader from all parts of the agrlcul-
.ural portion of the state in regard to
crop conditions for the most part are
favorable and bear out early predic.
-ions that South Dakota will this year
case one of the largest crops in it's
history.
While there is a great deal of talk
Of rust on the part of grain experts
cesiding outside the state, the ap-
oearance of black rust in the wheat
fields OF South Dakota is by no means
general. Only isolated fields appear
as yet to be affected, and even in
many of these it is claimed the grain
IS not seriously affected.
However, the rust talk has caused
general alarm among the farmers of
the state, who have hopes that the
rust visitation will not again become
general and cause the damage it did
last year, when the estimated yield
Of 50,OO0,000 bushels of wheat in the
state was reduced to an actual yield
of only about 23,000,OOO bushels be-
cause black rust appeared in tho
fields a few days before the grain
was ready to be cut.
1t is expected that developments
during the present week will definite
ly determine whether or not black
rust will once more become general
in the wheat fields of the state. Day
IS one OF the counties in which rust
has appeared again this year, but thus
far only few fields are affected. Even
In the affected fields the rust has de-
veloped only on an occasional stem of
the grain.
The farmers of Day and the few
other counties where the rust has APP
peared. figure that with favorable
weather conditions until next week
the grain will be out of danger and
will yield better than for several
years.
In the vicinity of Volga wheat is
not as badly affected by rust as was
at first supposed. While no one in
that locality is claiming big crop of
wheat, it now seems to be the general
opinion OF those who have examined
the wheat fields that there will be
sair crop after ALL
A careful inspection of the wheat
felds in Brown county reveals the
fact that there absolutely is no foun-
dalton for the report recently circu-
lated that black rust is prevalent in
that section of South Dakota. Condi-
tons there, as in many other parts OF
the state, indicate a bumper wheat
crop unless there is a decided change
soon.
While there is no indication of rust
In the wheat fields adjacent to Doland
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
NO MORE HEADACHE
GENERAL WEAKNESS AND FEVER
DISAPPEAR TOO.
How n Woman Was Freed from Troubles
That Had Made Life Wretched for
Many Ienrx.

The immediate causes of headaches
vary, but most of them come from poor
or poisoned blood. In annmia the blood
is scanty or thin the nerves are i,nper-
fectly nourished and pain is the way in
which they express their weakness. In
colds the blood absorbs poison from tAe
mucous surfaces, and the poison ir.itates
the nerves and produces pain. In rheu-
matism, malaria and the grip, the poison
i'll the blood produces like discomfort. In
indigestion the gases from the impure
matter kept i'll the system affect the
blood i'll the same way
The ordinary acknowledgements Mt best
give only temporary relief. They deadcn
tho pain but do not drive the poison out
of the blood. DR.. Williams Pink Pills
! IN the contrary thoroughly rene1, the
blood and the pain disappears perma-
nently. Women in particular have found
these pills an unfailng relief in head
aches caused by anamla.
Miss Stella Blocker recently said: "Dr.
Williams Pink Pills did me great deal
of good. I had headache nearly all the
time. After had taken three boxes of
these pills became entirely we'll"
How long had you suffered ?" she
WIS asked.
For several years. I can't tell the
exact date when my illness began for it
came OH by slow degrees. 1 had been
going down hill for many years.
"Did you have any other ailments?'
81 was very weak and sometimes L ilad
! fever. My liver and kidneys were af-
fected as we'll as my head"
How did you come to take the rem
edy that cured you?"
81 saw i'll southern newspaper a
statement of some person who was cured
of IL like trouble by DIR. Williams Pink
Pills. My physician hadn't done me any
good, so l bought box of these pills.
After had taken one box l felt so much
better that kept Oh until became en-
tirely Well"
Miss Blocker's home is at Leander.
Louisiana. DR.. Williams Pink Pills are
sold by all druggists. Besides headache
they cure neuralgia, sciatica, nervous
prostration, partial paralysis and rheu-
Glatism.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
Voice From Arkansas

Cleveland, Ark, July 31st-(Spe-
ciaD-Nearly every newspaper tells of
some wonderful cure of some form
of Kidney Disease by the Great Amer
lean Remedy, Dodd's Kidney Pills,
and this part of Arkansas is not with
out its share of evidence that no case
is too deeply rooted for Dodd's Kidney
Pills to cure.
Mr.. A. E. Garlic, we'll known and
highly respected here, tells of his cure
after nearly quarter of a century's
suffering. Mr.. Garlic says:
II want to let the public know what
think of Dodd's Kidney Pills.
think they are the best remedy for
sick kidneys ever made
II had kidney trouble for % years
and never found anything that did me
so much good as Dodd's Kidney Pills.
l recommend them to all sufferers"
There Is no uncertain sound about
MIR. Carlile's statement. He knows
that Dodd's Kidney Pills rescued him
from life of suffering and he wants
the public to know it. Dodd's Kidney
Pills cure all Kidney ills from Back.
ache to Brights Disease.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
Peril Of the Handshake.

DR.. Valentine Nalpasse, French
doctor living in Constantinople, has
started a crusade with the object Of
abolishing the handshake, and sub
stituting in its place the "Temenah."
which is the Oriental form of saluta-
ton. According to DR.. Nalpasse, the
hand contains over $4,000 microbes to
the square inch, and in shaking hands
these microbes are conveyed from one
person to another. He suggests in
place of the ordinary form of greeting
that the "Temenah' be universally
employed, which consists in placing
the right hand on the heart, on the
lips, and on the forehead, signifyihg.
Thou has a place in my heart, on my
lips, and thou art always in my
ughts-London Chronicle.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
SHOWS AN INCREASE IN VALUATIONS
Fifteen Counties Show Great Gains in Weath-Doy County
Growin2-Webster Makes Largest Gains.

Returns from fifteen counties of the
state to the state auditor for assess
ment purposes show a total valuation
of $50,928,728. The same counties last
year returned a valuation of S4S,9S6,-
766, or gain of approximately two
million dollars for this year.
The state board increased these re-
turns last year to $50,691 1874, making
the net gain on the counties reporting
about a quarter of million dollars.
At the same rate for the other coun-
ties of the state the gain for the year
on county returns will be about seven
million dollars, but the net gain over
the figures as left by the state board
last year will be about million dol
lars increase for the whole state,
which will not give any great amount
of relief so far as coming to the state
general funds are concerned.
The Day county official figures give
that county population Of 1884, an
increase of 1880 in five years. OF
these 7,449 are mades, and $685. fe-
males; 1889 are foreign born. OF
the towns Andover has 307; Bristol,
4SS; Lilly. 1877; Pierpont, 3OS; Waubay,
$40; Webster. 1918; Webster has
gained 4l2 since 1900 The growth
: in population has been four-ffths in
the towns.
The superintendent of the census
returned to the county auditor the en-
tire census of the city of Pierre, for
the reason that the residence of the
individuals enumerated is not speci-
fed. The rule is that the residence
of every Individual shall be so spe-
officially set forth that the work of the
enumerator may easily be checked and
verified. If person is reported liv-
ing at certain street number it is
easy to discover if the report be true.
In the case of Pierre the city enumer-
ator will be called upon to make good.
The census bureau has compiled the
agricultural returns from Union coun-
ty showing that the county has 1858
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04

The conviction of Jones was based
purely upon circumstantial evidence.
He was found guilty of the murder
in June, 1897, of celebrated Mis-.
souri, river character named Henry
Van Roden, who was known as Dutch
Henry" The old man was a veteran
of the Civil war. Later evidence in.
d1cates that Van Roden was killed by
cattle "rustlers," who, to cover their
own tracts, through friends and &C.
completes had the crime fastened upon
Jones.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
Broken Axle Causes Wreck,

Chicago, Aug. IA broken axle of
a wheel of the smoking car caused the
wrecking Of the California special on
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad at Lamont last night, when
one man was killed outright four per-
sons fatally injured and score of 9TH
CIR passengers received severe injuries.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
General Store Rurns.

Cokato Mimi, July 30.-Early yes
terday morning the building owned by
Isaac Neimi of Calumet, Mich, and oc-
cupied by Mike Jokela as general
store, was damaged by fire. The loss
will be about $4,000; insurance $500 on
building and $500 on stock.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
RELIC OF A FORMER FLOOD.

Peculiar Collection Of Logs and Drift
Uncovered.
Up Bad River Valley near the ranch
OF George Mathieson, on the side Of
high steep bluff, collection of large
logs and driftwood have been a source
of curiosity to the residents of that
section, the curiosity being as to it's
manner of its getting to it's location.
While 1t was suggested that it might
have been carried here by high water,
this theory did not find much following
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
Two Are Killed on Launch.

Charleston, w. Va, Aug. LIN an
explosion of gasoline launch at Mont.
gomery Robert and Otto Huddleston
were killed and two others narrowly
escaped death. The latter were Elmer
Smith and John Morrison, who swan
ashore after the explosion.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04

The closing chapter in one Of the
most sensational murder cases in the
history of South Dakota is the grant
Ing by Gov. Elrod of pardon to Lam
bert B. Jones, life prisoner in the
Sioux Falls penitentiary. His mother
has for several months resided in
Sioux Falls, and the meeting between
her and her liberated son was an af-
fecting one.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04

as 1T was estimated to be not forty
five feet above the bed of the stream.
But since the flood the first of the
month it is certain that the material
was left by some former flood as the
water in Bad River reached within five
feet Of this drift This would indicate
that at some time in the past Bad
river has been at even higher stage
than when it did its damage July 4.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
SOUTH DAKOTA CENSUS.
Returns Are About CompIeted-Wi!!
Reach Estimate of 450onO

Unofficial census returns taken from
the registers show a toal white popu
lation of o,507, with an estimated
addition of 1864 Indians, making .
total population of ass. l07. The com.
pleted returns will change these slight.
ly and when finally completed will MOI
be far from the estimate of 400, 900
made by Commissioner Robinson just
after the figures began to come in.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
Man Ends Life With Acid.

Yankton, S. D., July 3O.-Fred Crit
nth, aged twenty-four and unmarried,
committed suicide here by drinking an
ounce of carbolic acid in the tender
loin district Griffith came here from
Sioux City yesterday.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
Reuinnina Early.

"My husband is one of those never
give-up men, asserted Mrs. June
Bridey, proudly.
"Already?"
ALREADY what?"
Refusing to give up. We were mar
ried a year before my husband began
to get stingy." Post.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
The Latest Trust.

Murky Mike-Why does dey call dat
hobo De Snow King?
Idle Ike-Never heard of his lay?
He's de smooth guy what organized us
into snow shovelers union. 'corpo-
rated it in Jersey, melted de snow to
water de stock, and retired in two
weeks as rich promoter to star
s'loon and enter ward pol tics
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
For Supplies, Etc,

"Of course, kodak camera takes
pictures said he.
"Of course it does" replied his wife.
What are you driving at, anyway"
Il was just going to remark that it
also takes money" = Philadelphia
Press.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
GRATEFUL TO cu1IcuRA.
For Instant Relief and Speedy Cure Of
Raw and scaly Humor, Itching
Day and Night-Sutfered

81 wish you would publish this let
ters. so that others suffering as have
may be helped. For months awful
sores covered my face and neck, scabs
forming, itching terribly day and
night, breaking Open and running
blood and matter. | had tried many
remedies, but was growing worse,
when l started with Cuticura. The
first application gave me instant re-
lief, 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. "
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
One Hundred Persons FAN in Lake.

Madison. Wis, July 30.-At Monona
Lake, where w. ]. Bryan spoke yes
terday at the Chautauqua, crowded
boat landing broke down, precipitating
100 persons into the lake, but all were
rescued without serious injury.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
What Shed Do.

What will do if my bathing suit
should happen to shrink"
"If it shrinks any smaller than it
is now you'll probably be arrested. =
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04

Some men have queer ideas regard.
ing the 1avors that should be shown
them.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04

Men do not have high opinion of
the man who is constantly talking
about women.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04

Cheyenne reservation ..... 2.SS
Pine Ridge reservation. ........ 80
Rosebud reservation ................. 30
Standing Rock reSerNati ion ... 81