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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
Tho Aae of Lead.

We are wont to speak of this era
rs the age of iron," and there is no
gainsaying that industrially speaking.
iron is a precious metal"
Nevertheless. few people realize
how useful, if not absolutely neces-
sary, to modern civilization, is that
other metal, lead. Soft, yielding,
pliabie, it is not much like it's sister
metal, but those distinguishing quail
ties are what give it such prominent
place in the arts and industries
Modern plumbing, requiring many
turnings and twistings, but withal
tight joints, would be almost impos-
sible without lead pipe. Tho great
est civilizing agent in the world-the
printing arts absolutely dependent
on lead. Hand-set type, linotype
"slugs,' monotype type all are
made of compositions of which lead
is the chief component-to say moth
ing of the bearings in the presses as
we'll as all other kinds of machinery
In which "babbitt" metal is used.
Solder is another lead product
what field of usefulness that one
form opens up.
Then there is the most important
use Of all to which lead is put-paint,
that necessary material which keeps
our houses looking pretty vi inside
| and out-and preserves them from
| decay
How many of us thank metallic lead
for the comforts of paint? Yet the
| best house paint is nothing but me-
tallic lead corroded by acid to a white
,, powder known as white lead" OF
| course, there are many limitations Of
white lead" some of which are sold
as white lead and some which are
offered by the name of ready-pre-
pared paint under the familiar pre-
tense that they are lust as good" as
| white lead. But all good paint is
made of the metal. lead, corroded and
! ground to fine white powder and
mixed with linseed Oil.
White lead is also used in the coat
ing of fine oil cloths and for many
purposes besides paint.
Red lead" is another product of
metallic lead and is what is known as
an oxide of lead, being produced by
| burning the metal Red lead is the
best paint known to preserve iron,
steel or tin, and is used largely in
painting metal structures, such as
| skyscraper skeletons, mills and
| bridges.
There are many other products of
the metal lead, such as litharge,
orange mineral, ETC., which are es-
sential to many of the arts in which
| we never imagine that lead would be
| of the least use.
Verify, we live In an age of lead
| as we'll as of iron.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
CHILDREN MIX "DoPE."
Mother Who Is "Drue Fiend" Loses
Offspring She III Treated.

The children's hame at Sioux Falls.
which cares for the forlorn, abused
and friendless children throughout
the states Of Wyoming and South Da-
kota, has an ally where it least would
expect to find one. A recent case
came up before the county Judge of
this county where two of the chief
witnesses for the home and the chill
dren were women of the slums.
II do not consider the mother fit to
have charge of the children, and J
am not a good woman myself" said
one of them in response to a ques-
ton.
1t was largely through the efforts
of these wome~, who were distressed
at the surroundings amid which the
children were being brought up, that
the case was brought to the notice
of the authorities.
The mother was a dope fiend and
ha dlived in part of the town known
as Cooke HILL because all of its
residents were devotees of the fatal
drug The children even were taught
to prepare the dope for their mother,
and were not comfortably clad or
cared for in any way. The matter
went on for time, and then the two
women complained.
'These little girls have no future
before them, if they remain here"
one of them said 81 would not want
a daughter of mine brought up that
way"
The girl in question was given into
the custody of Miss Allie Jewel, the
travelling representative of the home.
This is the first case that has ever
come up in this court in which the
witnesses who asked for the removal
of the children to better surround
ings were women of the slums.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
HEAT KILLS five AT DULUTH
HEAD OF LAKES SUFFERS FROM
UNUSUAL WEATHER CONDl-
TlONS.

Duluth, Sept. 11.-Five deaths as a
result of excessive heat occurred here
yesterday and thermometers along
the principal streets registered 50 de
Srees in the shade from p. ~. until
shutdown.
James Pierce, a pioneer citizen, was
at work on the Northern Pacific dock
when he was stricken. An ambulance
carried him TO his home, where he
died few hours later.
The other deaths were those of in
fants living in the thiclly populated
West end.
The proverbial cool lake breeze that
almost always blows off Lake Supe-
rior in the evening was lacking last
night, and local people experienced
something previously unknown at the
Head of the LakeS-weather too hot
for sleeping.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
THREE BIRTHS TO ONE DEATH.
Average Nearly Is Reached in South
Dakota.

DakOId.
The summary of the vital statistics
report for the year ending June 80,
1906, the first year of the operation OF
| the bureau in the state, shows that
there were 9,769 births in South Da
kota reported to the registrars. OF
these, 5,066 were males, and 4,703 fe-
males. This is an average of 22.4 to
the thousand of population. There
are $3.50 married women under forty
| five years old; 1888 out of each 1000 of
| these young women gave birth TO a
child during the year. The families
reporting births, reported an average
of 3.5 children to the family.
| There were 3,644 deaths, averaging
So to the thousand population. The
average in the United States is 1872.
The chief fatalities were heart dis
ease, 1922; pneumonia, 295; tubercu-
losis, go; premature birth and con-
genital disability, 265; old age 254;
cancer, 1870; diorrhoea and enteritis,
1876; apoplexy, 10S; typhoid, rs; men,
nights, 10. There were 26S deaths
from violent causes: 43 drowned, SO
suicides, 5 murders, "a gunshot, %
killed by horses, Is in railroad acct
dents, % by burns and scalds, in
mines, and the remainder unclasSified.
The average age of death was thirty
three years. Those who survived
early infancy lived to an average of
fifty-five years. Those dying from old
age averaged seventy-nine years.
Of the 295 victims of pneumonia,
died in July. in August, 5 in Septem-
Der, 10 in October, IS in November, IS
in December, 30 in january, As in Feb
ruary, ~ in March, AZ in April, 81 in
May, and IS il June. tuberculosis
took 270 persons, an average of $50
to the hundred thousand, against POP
in the registration area of the United
States.
There were 4.141 marriages, the
men averaging 2S.2 years and the
women 23.S. Six girls of IA, seven
teen of Is and forty of 16 We're mar
ried. One boy of Is, two of 16, one of
| II and fourteen of Is are reported.
The oldest man was seventy, and the
oldest woman seventy-one years old.
There were sos divorces, only 1872
of whom were known to be residents
of the state.
Statistics by Counties.
The following is the list of vital sta
tistics Of the state by counties for the
| first year of the operation of the vital
| statistics:
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
CAR FAMINE lMPENDs.
Railroad Men See the Signs in South
Dakota and Work Like Trojans.

Every effort possible is being made
by railroad men to prevent a car
famine when grain shipments from
South Dakota set in. Representa-
tives Of roads operating in the state
are making a tour of each division
inspecting cars preparatory to put
ting into service every one available,
or that can be made so. That all
roads will be taxed to their utmost
capacity is already apparent, and the
fact that elevators have been cleared
as nearly as possible of their sur
plus grain, and in many cases en-
larged, will materially aid in caring
for grain until shipments can be
made.
There is a disposition on the part
of the farmers not to hold grain
longer than it can be gotten to mar.
ket and reasonable prices secured.
The vast amount of money that will
come into the state by reason of the
immense grain crop will enable farm.
ers to cancel their obligations and
make additional investments in farm
lands.
The past year freight traffic on all
lines within the state has been enor.
nous, and bids fair to continue in.
definitely. This and the fuel ship
ments into the state are likely to in.
terrupt grain and cattle shipments.
and this is being guarded against as
much as possible by railway officials.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
FAIR TO HAVE WEDDING.

A novel feature for the county fair,
to be held in Aberdeen the first week
In October, has been decided on by the
fair association. 1t will offer prize
of $50 to the couple that will wed in
public. The offer is open to couples
outside the state, and If several appli-
cations are received, the choice will
be determined by ballot The associa-
ton is booking several strong attrac-
lions and the fair is expected to prove
one Of the most successful held In this
state.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
BleAMY CASE ALL SETTLED.
Prof. Frye Divorced From First Wife
and Remarries Second.

Chicago, Sept 9.-The wife of
Prof. Charles H. Frye, at one time
head Of the Cook county normal
school and who recently returned to
his home, after an absence Of thirty
one years, was yesterday granted a
divorce from her husband. Mrs
Goddard of Hurley, S. D., declared
that, twenty years ago, she had been
married to Frye under the name OF
Goddard, without knowing that he had
a wife in this city.
Frye, who was in Jail, facing a trial
for bigamy, was given his release
after the granting of the divorce, and
in company with Mrs Goddard start
ed for Hammond, Ind, to be married.
The laws of Illinois forbid the mar
riage of divorced people within one
year from the time of granting the di-
vorce
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
SEATS ILLINOIS LAND.
Oats Yield In South Dakota-HaiI Hit
the Field at That.

SA'@ 'SiSi at i''ass
A little earlier in the season. when
hallstorm swept through his mann
moth field of oats, Edward Trainor.
farmer living in the vicinity Of
Spencer, was greatly discouraged over
his oat crop. But he feels better
now, for his hail-swept oats has turn
ed out better than raised on the $3.50
per acre land of his relatives in Illi-
nois.
They recently wrote that their oats
went twelve to twenty bushels per
acre. Trainor believed he could beat
this, even with the oats which had
been damaged by the hail, and, ac-
cordingly, cut and threshed what
oats remained in the field. i.
He now is in a position to inform
his Illinois relatives that he threshed
an average of twenty-one bushels per
acre from a field of oats that had
been riddled with hailstones, thus
beating the yield of the higher-priced
Illinois land on South Dakota land,
acre.
Had the hail not struck the oats,
Mr.. Trainor is confident he field
would have aggregated seventy-five
bushels per acre.
The papers in Lyman county are
giving grain records to prove that the
countr ywest of the Missouri river is
all right as farming section W. c..
Roster, who is located near Kenne-
beck, reports threshing fourteen acres
of wheat which measured out TWEEN
ty-one bushels to the acre; N H.
Schooler, who lives near Oacoma, re-
ports counting 1913 stacks of grain
from one point, with machines yet
working in that vicinity About
Presho, wheat is turning out fifteen
to thirty bushels to the acre, and
oats thirty-fve to seventy bushels,
and these facts are pointed to as
evidence that the farmer in Lyman
county is all right and bound to take
the place of the stockman, who has
so long held undisputed sway.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
HOW MANY OF us7
Fail to Select Food Nature Demand,
to Ward of Ailments.

A Ky. lady. speaking about food.
says: Il was accustomed to eatina
all kinds of ordinary food until. for
some reason, Indigestion and nervous
rrostration set in.
After l had run down seriously nv
attention was called to the necessity
OF some change in my diet, and dis.
continued my ordinary breakfast and
began using Grape-Nuts with a good
quantity Of rich cream.
In a few days my condition
changed In a remarkable way. and
began to have a strength that I had
never been possessed of before,
vlgor of body and a poise of mind
that amazed me. 1t was entirely new
in my experience.
MY former attacks of indigestion
mad been accompanied by heat flashes,
and many times my condition was dis.
tressing, with blind spells of dizziness,
rush OF blood to the head and neural.
gic pains in the chest
Since using Grape-Nuts alone for
breakfast have been free from these
troubles, except at times when 1 have
INDUCED in rich, greasy foods in
quantity, then would be warned by
pain under the left shoulder blade.
and unless I needed the warning the
OLD trouble would come back, but
when finally got to know where
these troubles originated 1 returned
10 my Grape-Nuts and cream and the
pain and disturbance left very quickly.
L am now in prime health as a re-
suit OF my use of Grape-Nuts." Name
given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek,
Mich.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
BIG FISH IN HOLLOW LOGS.
Great Catches of Catfish Made Riqht
in a SaWmiIi.

Great Catches Of Catfish Made Right
in a Sawmiii.
AT this time of year the men who
are working in the sawmills along the
Mississippi River are somewhat puz.
zlec TO decide precisely what their oc-
cupatioH is. Sometimes they think
they are mill men and sometimes they
think they are fishermen.
Catfish seem to be the 'coons and
'possums of the river world They
take to the hollow logs, which they
find among the RATS tied I'D near the
sawmills.
In June the men who work the logs
up to the carriages which take them
to the saws begin to watch for hollow
specimens. When they find one OF
that sort they are pretty sure of big
catfish hiding inside.
At Burlington a large number Of fish
weighing from three to ten pounds
each have been taken in this way
during the last few weeks One black
catfish weighing thirty eight pounds
was caught about two weeks ago.
The prize was an immense blue cat
fish, four feet in length and weighing
fifty -eight pounds. The sawmill fisher
men were not prepared for such big
fellow and he jumped clear through
their net. He would have escaped to
the water but for Il man with a can't
hook, who despatched the prize. The
fch nattad his canton "a whom ho bod
been dressed and cut into steaks.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
HIS SAVINGS STOLEN.
Minor Had No Faith in Banks and He
is Robbed

Hibbing, Mimi, Sept. 11.-Because
he had little faith in banks, Anton
Berwick. an Austrian miner, is now
mourning theeipss of $500 which he
had accumulated as the result of three
years OF hard work on the range.
Berwick had hidden the money in vari-
Gus secret places about his cabin, and
on going last night to make another
deposit he discovered that the money
hidden in that spot had disappeared.
In great alarm he searched the other
hiding places, only to find that they,
too, had been looted.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
FLIES SPREAD TYPHOID.
Excavations for New Buildings Be
lieved +o Aava Ijncovered Canine

Excavations for New Buildings Be-
lieved to Have Uncovered Germs.
Hibbing, Mimi, Sept. 9.-Flies, &C
cording to Health Officer D. G. Rood,
are responsible for an epidemic of ty-
phoid fever which is raging in mild
form in this place. About dozen
cases have been reported to the
health officer, who has taken vigorous
steps to prevent the further spread
and to stamp out the existing cases.
1t is thought that the germs of the
disease have been brought to the sur
face by the large number of eXcava-
lions for new buildings which recent
ly have been made.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
DAN PATCH BREAKS RECORD.
Great PAGER Clips ono-ouarter of Sec


st. Paul, Sept. 11.-Dan Patch, l: So
That is the story. The champion
PAGER made a trial Saturday afternoon
on the Minnesota state fair grounds
track against his Memphis record OF
1:55 Ia, and he won.
The Hamline track now has the dis
tinction of holding the fastest harness
mile record of any track in the coun-
try, and a Minnesota horse made the
record, for Dan Patch is owned by M
w. Savage of Minneapolis. When Dan
Patch finished he came along strong
and showed no indication of firing
He will be campaigned the rest of the
season, and the chances are that the
record of 1:55 fiat will not stand in
much danger.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
One Dies; Fifteen Born.

Elk Point, S. D., Sept 9-The vital
statistics report of Union county for
the month of August shows that there
were fifteen births and only one
death. There were only three mar
rage licenses issued during the
month. which is the smallest number
issued during one month for some
time.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
MANGLED BY SEPARATOR.
Man Falls in Front of Machine and
Meets Death

Webster, S. d., Sept. 11.--While
experimenting threshing operations
on his farm, six miles north of here
Edward Olson, welltodo farmer,
met with fatal accident In some
unexplained manner he fell in front Of
the separator and was terribly man
gled. Almost the entire front of his
face and chest was torn off and phv-
sicians attending him say there is no
possibility of his recovery.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
JOHN sELLNER KILLED.
His MansIed Body Found on c. G. NJ.
w. Track Near New Uln

New Ulm, Sept. 9.-The body OF
John Sellner of SLEEPY Eye was found
between this city and Essig beside
the track of the North Western rail-
road terribly mangled, parts of it he.
ing scattered for some distance 1t is
supposed he was attempting to steal
a ride to his home from this city and
fell from the train. In the past year
nine persons have been killed in this
county by the cars because of their
own risk and carelessness.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
DOES FEAT AT FARMING.
Farmer, Single-handed, Performs Big
Agricultural Task

Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. "a. r.
Beaver, prominent Charles Mix
county farmer, SO far as the amount
Of, work accomplished without assist
ance is concerned, holds the South
Dakota record, so far as reported, for
this season. He put in a crop which
yielded him 1,725 bushels of wheat
and 900 bushels of oats, and in addt-
ton planted sixty acres of corn, which
will yield him not less than fifty bush
els to the acre. OF course he had to
secure help when harvest commenced,
but all the work of putting in his
crop and cultivating it was done by
him without assistance.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
PREPARE TO OPEN LANDS.
Navigation Inspection by Engineer
Davenport Also Goina On.

Big Falls, Mimi. Sept 9.-Settlers
Of the Big Fork valley are jubilant
over the prospective opening of elev-
en- townships of government land To-
Gated from five to twenty miles from
This place.
United Estates Inspector of Surveys
Van Wrinkle is here with a corps OF
engineers and cruisers inspecting tie
government surveys of the unopened
townships, which We're surveyed two
years ago.
Another matter of Importance l.
Northern ltasca county is the federal
inspection of the Big Fork river to as
certain the possibilities of developing
naVlgation. Engineer F. Davenport
Of st. Paul is conducting personal
inspection of the Big and Little Fork
rivers and soon will report his find.
lnes to Washington.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
No Rain. Yet River Rises

Pierre, S. D.. Sept. 1.-THE Missouri
river is showing a queer freak for this
time of year, with rise of two feet.
No heavy rains have been reported
from the country up river, and river
men are puzzled to account for the ac,
ton of the stream at this time.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
Artist Found Dead.

Calumet, Mich, Sept civilian
Marks, aged fifty, an artist for Les.
lies Weekly for many years, and one
time a fellow worker of Thomas Mast,
the cartoonist. was found dead in bed
in his room. He evidently died of
heart failure.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
Watterson to Greet BRYAN

Louisville, KY, Sept. 8.-Senator E
w. Carmack of Tennessee and Henry
Watterson. editor Of the Courier-Jour.
nal. will speak at the welcome to be
given w. ]. Bryan on the occasion OF
the latter's visit here Sept. -.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
BARN BURNERS ACTIVE.
Gang Destroys Number of Buildings
Filled With Crops.

Lake City, Mimi, Sept. 11.-Appar-
entity there is an organized gang Of
barn burners operating in this vicin-
ity. A number of valuable structures
have been set on fire and destroyed
within the past week and an effort is
being made on the part of the authori-
ties to run down the miscreants The
large barn on the farm of Mrs. Wise,
west of here, was burned Thursday
night. All the hay and grain on the
place were destroyed. Loss, $4,000.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
EXPLOSION in Gas 1anka,

Toronto. Sept. 11.--While cleaning
out a purifying tank in the Consum-
ers' Gas company's yards the gas L.
nited and an explosion resulted. Four
teen Of the workmen were badly burn.
cd.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
TRAGEDY AMONG BROTHERS.
Maniac Kills One and Other Shots
Are Heard.

Steele, N. D., Sept. 9-Emil Schelt-
gen, who lived twenty-seven miles
northwest of Steele, was shot dead by
his brother Lucian last evening. Four
brothers lived together and Lucian
was insane. A man who brought the
news here said he heard the sound OF
two shots after leaving
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
FARM BUILDINGS BURNED.

Loss of $4,000 on Bacon Farm Near
Grand Forks.
Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 11.-Fire
which started in the horse barn on the
Bacon farm, a mile and half north
of here, got beyond control and de-
stroyed every building on the place.
causing a damage estimated at $15.-
600, which is partially covered bv in
surance.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
Curtis Jett,s Trial POSTPONED

Cynthiania, KY, Sept. 1.-THE trial
of Curtis Jet for the murder of James
Cockrill, town marshal of Jackson, in
July, 1902, was yesterday continued
until Dec. II, 1906
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
FOUND DEAD I'M A DITCH.
Farmer Apparently Fell From Wagon
While Drivinu Home,

Osnabrock, N. d., Sept. 1.-THE
body of Ole S. jacobson, who lives at
Mona, Cavalier county, was found ~
ing in the road ditch and about six
north of here. Jacobson had been to
this place for load of lath and start
ed home about midnight. 1t is pre-
sumed that he fell asleep and foil Oft
the wagon.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
OLD CAPITOL is COW STABLE.
Chicaeoan Denounces Wisconsin for
Lack of Sentiment.

Lack OF SentIment.
Platteville, Wis, Sept. 9.-Jenkin
Lloyd Jones, who with other Chica-
goans is travelling over the country
by team. denounces Wisconsin for
permitting the old territorial capitol
at Belmont to be used as a COW stable
He says it is disgrace to the state.
Mr.. Jones urged his hearers to start a
movement to rescue the historic
building and preserve it for the state
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
ATTACKED BY A BULL.
South Dakota Farmer Has Marrow
Escape,

Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. Liver
Hanson, farmer living about twelve
miles north of Sioux Falls, while at
work among his cattle, was attacked
by bull belonging to the herd. One
of his arms was broken, shoulder
was d!slocated and he was badly
bruised about the head, body and legs.