The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-06-08
HERE AND THERE

The Clionians The Cllonian
Entertainers VIII appear at The opera
house here "Wednesday evening, June
goth. The company is made up If
three ladies, L. Hester Thorpe vocal
list, ANNA V. Nelson. pianist, and
Wllhelmlna Nissen. reader, and
come nlgnIy recommendede from
Pillsbury Academy, at Owatonna.
Good Time Coming The com
mttce who have the preparation for
the Fourth of July celebration in
hand. are hard at work and by the
time the happy day arrives viii have
everything in readiness TO give visi-
tors to the city the time of their
lives Negotiations have been open
ed with the weather man and it is
hoped that it viii be possible TO
have the regular Fourth of, July
thunder storm postponed for a few
days. so There will be nothing TO
interfere with everyone having a
good time.
Encampment The annnaI en-
campment of the 9TH Division of
the Gi. A. r.. will be held at the
Agency on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week. In addl-
tion to other features, there VIII be
addresses by prominent men from
various parts of the state and good
time is PROMISED. Resides the "boys
of '6l." there will be the veterans of
the Spanish war, the militia and a
number of scouts who served on the
frontier.
Crow Lands Open-The opening
of the Crow Indian reservation in
Montana is scheduled for July 2nd.
Registration Will begin June l4th at
Billings, Montana, and will continue
for ten days. There are about
40), 900 acres of this land t4 be irrl-
gated by the government and the
irrigation canals have been i'm course
o. construction for the past two
years. The irrigated land is estlmat-
ed to be worth SIS to 1925 per acre
and will be subject to entry under
the homestead act and the National
Irrigation Jaw. Hundreds of people
are already on the ground, the rail :
roads will make special rates, and
fully 100000 are expected before the
drawing opens.
Flag Day Next Thursday June
l4th will be Flag Day and the pat
rlotic American will unfurl Old
Glory to the breezes and pay homage
to the stars and stripes. In Sissetor
the day Will be celebrated with q
basket picnic in the grove at john
| Larrabee's known as the Enrigh1
farm. The G.. A. r. and all comrades
will have lunch served with hot
coffee furnished by the w R. g. a
II o'clock. A program Will bt
rendered by different schools. com
mencing at half past ten O'Clock
A. z. Wampler Will have charge q
the music
| MORNING PROGRAM
Song. Star Spangled Banner
Prayer .................R Rev. Dunn
Address ....,.,.,.........,....... Kew. Millet
AFTERNOON
| History & Origin OF the Stars and Stripe
| Song.... Columbia; the Gem of the Oceai
| Recitation. Vera Spackmal
| Son9...... .......................E Emma Schlnld
| Recitation. n......................,W Winnie Hogan
| song .......................... ...John Larrabe
| Recitation.. Observation-Disclosures. Harold Schmid
Song.... -. Battle Hymn of the Republic
| Recitation. .,.................... Tena Stran
Song ............,............. Goodwill Schoo
Recitation. ........ Alice Mussete
Song ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .........Lynn Pincon
| NecltdtiOfl. Marcus Slfan
| Recitation Observation-Disclosures. Oscar Stran
| song ...................' America
Benedlctlon ........................Re Rev. Milet
Everybody cordially invited to at
tend.
Library Meeting "A meeting o
the library board was held Tuesday
evening. The report of the librarian
for May was received and showed tha
the circulating library and reading
room is being used and appreciated
by large number of people. Th
books are all listed and ready 70
circulate One cent day fine will
be charged for books Kept over tel