The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-04
George Clark, the Corona banker,
was in the city Monday

AHuit" DlelO represented EN- ny
ton was 10 the city Monday.
Mrs Dan Peterson, of Wilmot. Wis
tied the family of Cha>. FolkeStad
the first OF the week
Harry All,ngham is doing stunt
OF carpenter WORK at the village of
Peever this week
Hon. John C. Perkins, state iusur-
ance commissioners returned to
Pierre Tuesday
John A. Munro, the real estate
hustler. of Wllmot, had business ..at
at the court house Monday.
Frank Hicks returned from the
Red River Valley of North Dakota,
last week. where had been buying
cattle for the FIT. Slsseton Cattle Co.
Frank says seeding Is only just start
ed in the valley and much OF the land
is So wet the farmers cannot get on
to it to seed.
We acknowledge a pleasant call
Monday from Mr.. FREQ Evande:. of
Harmon township. He was in town
to get the assessors books for his
town
Smoke up Select or Vedora
cigars best in the market. made by
LndQuist & Nelson's Milbank
factory.
Some body has been stealing the
packing out from around the journals
of freight cars in the yard here. This
tranmen discover it before leaving
the yards, the car journal is liable to
burn Off and bad wreck result.
Dave Sinclaire says he will bring
them up a barrel of "dope" if they'll
only let the cars alone.
Wool sacks and wool Irvine can be
obtained at our office for customers.
We will also pay the highest market
price for wool. Being it to us.
| Sullivan Lumber Co. Slsseton. (2r
Matt Opitz, the merchant and
1 banker. of Peever. was in the city
Tuesday.
Among the transients IN the city
Tuesday the reporter noticed Oscar
Slmonson, the genial wheat buyer
for the Independent Elevator Co.
Mayor Rickert returned to the
city Monday from a TWO weeks So
journ in the country where he had
been uperintending his farming
operations and the putting up Of a
large house and barn on one of his
farms. During his stay on the faflu
the mayor acquired d Seal-brown
complexion and an appetite like d
hired man.
We note with pleasure, the fact
that our esteemed fellow townsman,
| Count" Edgar NJ. Bennett, has been
selected to deliver the Grafton of the
day at the 18th OF May celebration
at Peever: Miss Ruby Bennett will
rendea several instrumental selec.
tions on the piano. The people OF
Peever are to be congratulated.
An insane man named Andrew
Haakenson, of Hartman township
was brought before the insanity
board Monday and adjudged insane
He was committed TO the care OF the
sheriff pending the arrival of the
hospital authorities.
A bill has passed the lower house
of congress and has beer agreed to by
the senate committee, amending the
Indian allotment or Sevetalty bill
giving the secretary of the interior
the right to issue to such indians as
may be shown to HIM to be worthy. {
title in fee simple to their lands
This bill, should 1T become law
would be of great benefit to TIL!
county
Very few of our people who use
nursery stock are aware of the fac
that we have nursery right here a
home. yet such Is the fact. Mrs, G.
A Kivlely just northeast of town ha
the neuclu> of fine nursery and car
furnish hardy varieties Of trees ant
shrubs as we'll as many kinds o
berry bushes The editor had thu
pleasure of a visit to this embroy
nursery and was very much sur
prised to see what a good lot 0
hardy young nursery stock Mrs. XIV
ely had growing In few years sh
expects to be able to furnish mos
anything in nursery stock.