The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-06-01

CUT court at Miller, charged with the
larceny of Sam Roberts team and bug
gy.
More than 1000 persons are expect
ed to attend the Faulk County OLD
Settlers association, which meets al
Faulkton, June 16.
Fort Pierre will attempt again this
year to put on grand Fourth of July
celebration, with representations OF
the waning Wild West
A farmers union has been organized
at Brtton as branch of the Ameri-
can Society of Equity. 1t starts with
a membership of twenty.
A farmers union has been organized
at Britton as branch OF the Amer
lean Society of Equity 1t starts out
with membership of twenty.
BY practically unanimous vote the
citizens of Carthage have authorized
bonds in the sum of 50 goo for the con
struction of d new schoolhouse.
Andrew Rekdahl of Chamberlain
disappeared from his home several
days ago and not the slightest trace of
him has been found. He is eighty
two.
Mrs. Frank B. Parks of Belle
Fourche is offering a reward of 500
for the body OF her husband who was
drowned early this month in the Little
Missouri
Henry Carson, 2 homesteader liv-
ing one mile east Of Dallas, commit
ted suicide. He was single and thir-
ty-five years old. He shot himself
through the head.
The First National bank of Council
Bluffs, Iowa. and the National Bank of
Commerce of ST. Louis have purchased
a controlling interest in the State
Banking & Trust company of Sioux
Falls.
Lightning struck large barn own
ed by Thomas Mcclure of Vermllion,
burning the building, six valuable
horses and three cows Loss, 50 1000;
insurance, $500 in f. A. NJ. of Clay
county.
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DR.. ]. S. Moore of Mitchell died sud
denly of heart failure, having been
sick less than an hour. He was the
assistant adjutant general of the state
department of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
Lead has put the taking OF the
school census into the hands of the
women. Miss Carrie Volt, the clerk
of the school board, had as her assist
ants fourteen young ladies. The work
Is completed, some of the girls having
finished their sections in the short
time of three days and a half
The Tuesday club of Faulkton has
begun the work of improving the city
park which has been neglected for a
long time. Assisted by the city coun-
Gil, the club has planted the park with
shade trees and work is being done in
grading for lawn and setting out
shrub trees.
Condo has baseball nine composed
of bloomer girls, all of whom are stu
re IN thc
game with a school boys team from
Groton the girls won after an exciting
contest. The blomer girls may decide
to tour the state and play boys teams
In the different towns.
More than 1000 persons are expect
ed to attend the Faulk County Old
Settlers association, which meets at
Faulkton, JupEe Is. The program
committee is hard at work on the pre-
iminary arrangements and this years
meeting Is expected to be one of the
most successful in the history of the
association.
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Prof E. c. Woodburn, for two years
principal of the Elk Point high school,
has resigned to accept a similar posi-
tion at Canton. Miss Nell Hasson of
Elk Point has been elected to take the
place of Miss Jessicas Hoffman, resign
ed, and Miss Hazel CAN'T of Sioux City
will succeed Miss Luvern Wood. All
the other teachers were reelected
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Two more banks have been added to
the state list, bringing the total num-
Der to fifteen SO far this month Those
incorporated are: Hyde County State
bank at Highmore, with capital of
$4,000: incorporators. L. A. Hen
bricks, Ida G. Hendricks, Canton:
Fred Hofmeister, Freeport Ill.,; John
Spaller, ST., A. J. Cole. Britt, Iowa.
Farmers State Bank of Selby, with a
capital of $4,000; incorporators. N. P.
Gutz, George NJ Nicholson, Selby;
Fred Gutz, Poberoy, Iowa