The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-27

80 mechanics and 113 clerks and &C
countants The following table gives
the average salary received by each:
First Second Third
Five Five Five
Years. Years. Years.
Teachers :. $320.5S $413.47 $526.59
Doctors 80. 1,S1G.03 2,27S.55 2,74O.n
Lawyers ...1,2SS.6s 19S2s2 2,531O3
Preachers =. S9O.11 1,O16.77 1,16S.64
Mechanics 773S7 S00S7 10000
Clerks and ac-
countants 774.56 11O572 1,365.24
The 319 teachers consist of 5S col
lege graduates, so normal graduates,
81 high school graduates and SO non
graduates. The following table gives
comparison of the earnings of the
teachers of the state:
First Second Third
Five Five Five
Years. Years. Years.
College gradu-
ates s55s.o5 s679.74 ss14.47
Normal gradu-
ates ....... 321.07 1866 57o.05
High school
graduates :. 215.o3 31416 1860
Non-graduates 1917 223.43 29489
1t is shown by the above table that
the college graduates begin to earn
more money earlier than the normal
graduates. Ten of the 319 teachers
held life diplomas, 81 state certificates,
grade certificates, and 20 held none at
all. The report of this committee
shows a great scarcity of male teach
ers in the state, due, the report states,
on account of the small wages paid
for this kind of work The sum OF
s1,303.S 24.37 was paid during the year
1904 to the teachers of South Dakota.
Lead is now cit yof the first class.
The wards are to be increased from
four to six and the councilmen from
eight to twelve.
A chicken with gold nugget worth
$3.50 in it's crop was sold on the mar
ket at Deadwood. 1t came with ship
ment from Hay Springs, Neb.
The state board of regents of edu-
cation has selected W. II. Powers of
Huron college as librarian and assist
ant instructor in English at the agri-
cultural college during leave of alb.
sence granted r. e Kerr.
The stockholders of the Reservation
State bank of Sisseton, at their annual
meeting. elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: President, r. o.
Pearson; vice president, James Ross;
cashier, A. d. Paulson. After declar-
ing dividend handsome surplus re-
manned to the credit of the bank.
The stockholders of the Storla Tele.
phone company, at their annual meet.
ing at Letcher, elected officers as fol.
lows for the coming year: President.
M. Cahill; vice president, S. @. Payne;
secretary, L. f. Thompson; treasurer,
j. e. Wilson. The company controls
over fifty miles of telephone line.
The following officers were elected
ioA lhS CiodlhE, SCal dt tlS dllIludl
meeting of the members of the Free
man volunteer fire department: Chief,
Frank A. Zickrick; assistants, Gott-
lob Haar, David Willwein; secretary.
Andrew j. Waltner; treasurer, j. j.
Wipf.
James e. Wells, an attorney of Brit.
ton, S. D., dropped dead at Mitchell as
the result Of heart disease He came
here to argue a case before Judge
Smith. Messrs. Abbott and Phelps of
Britton took the body home. A coro-
ner's inquest was held. Mr. Wells was
an old settler, being among the first in
Brown county. locating at Columbia
No clue has been found to the iden.
tity of the two strangers who held up
and robbed N. l.. Helm, agent of the
Milwaukee company at Baltic. The
robbers secured about 5000 in cash be.
longing to the railroad company.
Agent Helm is unable to give a good
description of the men, and this has
handicapped the authorities in appre.
nending them.
Announcement by the government
that in the distribution of money re.
ceived in the cesson of portion OF
the Rosebud reservation minors under
Is years will not receive money, has
brought out a storm of protest from
the Indians. The tribe met and start.
ed four chiefs off to Washington ia
protest. Secretary Hitchcock, how.
ever anticipated them by asking Agent
McChesney to come to Washington in
their behalf, and he has gone. The
government asserts the elders will
waste the money Of the minors If it ID
paid before they are of age.