The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-20
SNAP SHOTS

COULD every day OF our home life
be pas. ed a, II it were TO he QUE last.
what a change would there be! Is
that too near the millennium?
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The STANDARD Is tor harmony 90
an equitabl basis but does not be
lieve N sacrificing principle TO get
that result.
"UNDER God the people rule, and
it is up to the people to show few
demdgogues of Roberts county that
they propose TO do ii stunt al ruling
themselves. Out with bosslsm.
LAST year South Dakota shipped to
market 33, LA carloads OF live stock.
This would make II solid train OF
freight cars 225 miles long, reaching
from Aberdeen to the stock yards az
Sioux City.
In is amusing to hear the leaders of
The insurgents who have lived oil
from political pap for years and who
have now ID machine of their own
which they desire To work of on the
people, it is amusing we say To hear
them pratt about the "machine.'
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ALFRED HORIZON for year, con
mected with the Milbank Review has
purchased the Volea Tribune and will
take possession of the same May st.
Mr.. Horton is newspaper man to the
manor born and will give the people
OF Volga Il newspaper as is a news
paper. SEN, us an *" Horton.
BRUCE HERALD: During the SEES
sion of the last legislature, Senator
Gamble was strongly opposed to sub
mittlng the primary law TO a vote of
the people. Wonder where ne stands
now? Perhaps if he would read his
letters over again, he might get some
Eight on the subject, which would be
OF benefit to him as well as his in
Surgent friends.
SOUTH DAKOTA has 4,O3l school
seating capacity for l34.9l1 pupils.
The annual expense of conducting
the common and high schools of the
state is about $2,3O0,000. a half
million of this is secured from the in.
terest upon the school funds, and the
remainder is raised by direct taxation.
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THE Call has had very little to say
about Senator Gamble since the
Argus-Leauer published the letters OF
the senator advising the legislators
.at Pierre last winter to ignore the
petition for the new primary law.
In fact there Is a painful silence
among the 'sboxers" all over the state
relative to Gamble just at present.
That was a pretty BITTER dose. Lead
Daily Tribune.
In the report of the last meeting
of the county commissioners appears
this legend:
Frank McNulty, salary for tlrsl
quarter 1906 and expenses, $3.50.
Maybe Patsy isn't getting salary fo
"a stenographer, that period is $3.50
at anxious public would like to know
what $50 expenses represents. VIII!
not publish just what there expense
are? In the mean time, taxes keel
going up like SKY rocket. If yo'
do not believe II, compare YOU ta!
receipt with that OF last year.
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MosHER of the News Is forced, b.
circumstances over which he has n
control without stopping his salary
to take position regarding tn
recent ATTEMPTED sell out of the Re
publican party that is directly or
,posite to his personal interests ant
wishes but being mere hired man q
the Boxer Banking Syndicate b
must, perforce, sneeze when A.
Norby coughs. It would be ludicrous
IL the spectacle were not 50 sad (fo
Mosher) to witness Mosh goin
through his stunts Of tricks dog a
the command of his master NorbI
s.l[osher lay down, /" says Norby an
and Mosher Immediately assumes
xecumbent attitude, 'sMosher 10
oyer,n Over goes Mosher. 'Moshe
piay dead,'' ssMosher sit up again an