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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-20
First pub. Aug. ld-lasU puDASept. y, 1901.
NOTICE OF MOkTGAGkaALE.

DEFAULT having been made in the con
~ dltlons OF II certain mortgage Containing
u power OF sale, executed ana delivered by
Casper Kennedy, IL singls man, moruga.or. to
Geot ge 4. koth oi the city OF kock island.
state OF lIlllois. mortlaste. lat.d The slst
day OF October l9ul, ana died for record IN the
otflc3 OF the ttegteter OF Deeds OF hobtrls
county, south DaHula, on the 21st day of
October 1901. at 5;2J o'clock p. m, and re-
corded In Buok 81 OF Mortgages. on page 8,
morugaglng the follow ug described real e.,
tale, situate III the county OF Roberts, stale
OF south Dakota, To wit:
Inc east half of the northeast quarter te4s
OF nea) of section thlrly-lwo 1927. ana the
northwest quarter OF the northwest quarter
tnwi4 OF NV of section thirty three (33D.
all in township one hundred twenty six. Q26,
north, of range titty-One t5l) west OF the 5th
Principal Meridian, CONTAINING one hundred
twenty acres. more or less, according to gov
eminent survey thereof. 10 secure the pay
ment of Sixteen Hunured Dollars. SlG0O. j ac-
cording to the terms and conditions of one
certain promissory note and i've interest
coupons described in said mortgage. and
which mortgage and notes secured thereby
were on the 9Th day of November 1901 as
signed by said George f. Roth to Rock Island
Savings Bank, Il corporation of Rock island
in the state of ILLINOIS. by an instrument Of
assignment which was recorded in the Office
South Dakota. on the 29th day OF November
1901. at 2;lo O'Clock p. m. in book 90 of mort
cages. page 4l5, ana by said Rock Island Saw
1907, to First National Bank OF Sisseton,
South Dakota. by on instrument of assign.
ment which was recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Roberts Counts, South
Dakota, ON the 18th day of August 1907, at
$40 O'Clock "a. m, in Book So of Mortgages.
at page 2O and winch sand mortgage and
notes are now owned by said First National
Bank of Sisseton, South Dakota; which said
defaultconsists in the failure to pay the in
deoteoness secured by SAID mortgage. and
amounts to the sum OF Sin Hundred Thirty,
thlee Dollars and Thirty-eight cents, now
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would be to buy the estate, put 1t in the
hands Of trustees and preserve It forever.
Mr.. Crunden. don't you think the town
ought to buy the property? Don't you
think the corporation ought to provide
half the money at least?"-- 80
Has the corporation the power?'
They might dedicate portion to the
public-make pleasure park of 1t. They
could dedicate all the meadows on the
western side without iniuring u.s." and Sir
John put his hand in his pocket. lust
glance at this" and he brought out the
auctioneers' catalogue. "Messrs. Griggs
have sent me an advance copy as a com
pliment." -,
Yes, 1 have seen it." --.--... $500. :
Really! l. didn't know they had sent
any others. Mr.. Crunden. I make
out of my wits almost. 1t is really too in
fernal." i.
Looks worst on paper. p'r'aps."
Mr.. Crunden. can't we put our heads
together and do something? Do help US
with your weight and influence, and your
knowledge Of business matters.
am trying to get up meeting / am
doing all ! can, but time is so short Air
Crunden. l make no secret I am in
earnest-bitterly in earnest-when I say
the thing is COMPOUNDED nightmare to
me. My dread is, we shan't be given
time-they may sell by private treaty be-
fore the advertised. date. Fellows
have been down from London going over
the ground. There was a fellow with a
red tie and white hat who meant
business-sort of surveyor-from one of
these land companies. I believe that fell
low in the red tie meant to make a re-
porting bid the minute he. got back to
London" t.s' stf
| Go be Continued Next Sunday, i
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sense-but it'H do you good to tell me-
Father, rm ashamed Of myself to be
SO stlly-and you'n never understand"
.1"Oh, yes. / SHALL
"WeIl-you don't know how good he is.
Mother liked him. Dick adored him
Worse luck!'
HE was good influence for Dick. He
tried to keep him straight He warned
him against Mr.. Lardner-and all the
Others"
''oh. Lord!"
And he was good to me-bringing ME
sweets in boxes. playing with me and
Dick. acting things together - and I
couldn't help loving him. No one could"
Mr.. Crunden grunted loudly.
so" said Lizzie. latter Dick was gone.
and he never came again. I worked him
into all my dreams. You don't know how
girls dream-they can't help it. The more
I read and learned. the mora l dreamed.
That's the worst of books-they're SO I'M
like life. In books nothing makes any
bridges every gulf. That's all.
father. Don't be angry. I'm not fool
really; it's only "a silly drean-of what
might have happened. quite naturally, If
If had lived in Hill Rise." And Lizzie
once more burst into tears.
Old Crunden mad, GESTURE Of despair,
got up and walked about again.
II tried not said Lizzie. drying her
eyes and shifting "but I'd no work to &C.
cupy me. If I'd only rad work to do: If
you'd still been in busin SIS. and I could
have really worked for you-as a clerk
or baokkeep2r-r, al work ell day long-I
could have prevented myself. - But.
father, it's nothing at ala dream. You
forced me to tell YOU. l wish l liadn (
told you"
TIN glad you told me. And is that all
about it %
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Yes" -.-..s..
ION your honor there's no more to it ?
No secret meetings. no letters?'' ., a.f
Noon my honor"
you've just been pining for my lord
as he rode by your window-and dreaming
den endeavored to laugh cheerfully.
well. well; what next? Ha. ha, 1t is a
good joke. really. You'll get over it, my
giri-you and will laugh at it together.
There-there-'
Just then the electric bell ringing
sharply, interrupted Mr.. Crundens af-
fected cheerfulness.
pered. as she rose hastily. "Ill CO." and
she hurried away to hide her. tear-stained
face and red-rimmed eyes.
Front door belk' said Mrs.. Price, conn
ing in from the kitcaen passage.
Mr.. dtunden put his finger to his mouth
and crossed the room on tiptoe.
wait. I won't see any one he. whis-
pered. Say I'm busy. No. best say I'm
not at home" and he placed himself. in
side the threshold of the passage. Now
answer the be!l.'' =
Then Mrs. Price opened the lobby door.
and voice was heard outside asking
court eously. as Mr. Crunden at kome?'
'Oh, Lori said Mrs. Price. st piping
back. ''Oh, yes; at home to y 2u--l m sur
If he isn't at hcme to any one else" and
she dropped a curtsey, drew back further
to make spacious entry fer the august
visitor, and in aw ,struck tones announcs d
his name and title.
"Sir John Vino mt. sir" !. <- s..t,
How do. Crunden," said Sir John, Of
ferins his hand. '1s.s Ge,.s -
Tim nicely, thaak you,. str" said
old Crunden. shaking taads.,..- !. 1...s q
Can you spare me- few minut IS for
q chat about this most disturbing husi-
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located near the center, as are the Protes-
tant and Catholic chapels. All of these
buildings are in an unfinished state, but
the legislature has provided for their COM
pletion and the work is progressing
rapidly.
About the industrial buildings are the
cottages Of the boys who work there,
and the tougher, less hopeful cases are
assigned to these buildings.
The farm colonies are located on either
side OF the industrial group, but widely
separated At the city plant as many as
285 boys have been housed in a building
15O feet long and AZ feet wide, with work
and recreation limited to a space 200 by
400 feet. At Industry only twenty-five
boys live in a cottage, and the minimum
distance of each cottage from another is
400 feet: in many instances the distance
that separates cottages Is not less than
LOCO feet.
The whole tract is divided into farms
each group having Its own cottage, with
matron and supervisor in charge. Each
farm has its own stock-horses, swine
cattle, sheep and poultry-and in the
care Of these. in the free, out-of- door life,
many boys develop a splendid growth and
vigor.
Each colony also has its own garden
products, and there is friendly rivalry
between colonies to see which can produce
the best crops. At least fifty acres are
assigned to each colony for cultivation.
While the boys may not leave their own
farm without permission, within the limits
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ness?"
"What-wha-what?" old Crunden STAN
mered. "What-you-mean-si
The visitor nodded toward the white
bill that decorated the wall.
This most troublesome sale'
"Oh-ah. yes. of course. Just so.
Won't you sit down. Sir John?''
The visitor was self-possessed, pleasant
hammered. easily gracious: he laid down
his hat cane. and with a quite I'M
consciously patronizing smile accepted the
chair which the host had pushed forward
for him, The host was embarrassed fur
| ried. nervous; his gray hair was dis
| ordered. his face flushed. his movements
were awkward and abrupt.
You. no doubt, have been thinking of
Fiji Rise?''
Yes, sir; I have been thinking a lot
about it
| Mr.. crunden said this over his shoulder.
He had gone to the parlor door, opened it.
Hooked through into the other room and
then closed the door again. Now he
went to the passage door, opened and
closed that.
| Il have. sir-thought much.''
Won't you sit down also?' said Sir
John, very pleasantly. II come to you
for help Mr.. Crunden. l am sure you
Will aid us. l consider we are all threat
ened-I mean the whole town will suffer
If we don't save Hill RISE
do you think SO, sir?''
II do. indeed. / have been sounding
everybody; all seem agreed. This is a
act as one man."
And what should the one man do, Sir
john"
| We'll" and Sir John BOXED rather
blank for a nom mt. that's not so easy
] to say. The real way out of the difficulty
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"Mr. Vincent
Old Crunden dropped her wrists. drew
back, raised his arm and shook a
clenched fist above his head.
Vincent! Mr.. Jack vinceutr' And he
laughed bitterly. ''Why-in the name OF
reason?"
"Because-I can't help it,
why can't you help It? Why? Be-
cause he lives at the very top Of Hill
Rise. Have you fallen under the spell,
too?" And gesticulat1ng violently, he
walked about the room. HE is idle, dis
solute--"
mo, MOI"
Good for nothing-but because his
father is baronet." and old Crunden
bowed low. as If to an invisible pres
ence. Because he rides q cock horse.
kisses his gloved hand to every wench he
passes"
"No-never!'
ped in his furious pacings He is one of
those who set my boy wrong. II he
comes philandering after you"
He DOESN'T
But you've been meeting him on the
sly"
''Father." cried Lizzie Indignantly 81
haven't spoken to him for eight years
Dick"
When You were a child-but you didn't
fall in love with him them"
Yes. did
You must be out of your senses. You
must be mad
IT only wish was dead"
There. there" and Crunden came back
don't cry. Come. come" and he sat down
again and spoke very gently. "Conflda
IN meas though / was your mother. Tell
me all about it It's nonsense-utter non
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myself. Lizzie. your mother blamed me.
1t broke your mothers heart-she was
never the same afterward, and she told
me on her deathbed to be careful with
you. - That's what I've been thinking
OF very often iately-your poor mothers
You've been too good to me-"
Nov. what are your dreams? If
they're impossible, they're beyond me; IL
not, I'll spend my last penny to make you
happy. can't say more. !"
Why don't you answer?'
Lizzie had turned away her head She
pushed back her chair and was about to
NO" said Crunden. sternly; stop
where you are! You are all have left /;
you and / must understand each other
Wen have no more mistakes. Tell me
the truth. What are yeu. pining for?''
Father can't tell you"
And say you shall"
He had spoken very sternly. even rough
ly. and now he stood over her and
grasped her wrists to hold her In the
chair.
"Father-don't-please
'Is it love? Show me your face! Is
that It? Sick Of love-are you' Well
She had brought her face down to his
hands and would not raise 1t.
Father. let me gor' -
Answer mel
''Then-yes."
'Oh-I can't"
WHO is It? Answer met
She had begun to cry. He could feel
her tears on his hands. He stopped over
her to catch the whispered words
Father, it's hopeless--quite hopeless"
That's for me to judge, not for YOU
Who is 1t? - What? ! can't hear"
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HILL RISE.
Continued from Sixth Page.)

Father will you believe 1 am grateful
II say it?''
Go on
Then l WISH" said Lizzie, with a sob,
you had spared all the expense-and
Drought me up as a working girl-never
taught me to read and write, never
taught me to dream. but sent me out as
q servant to work-work-work without
time to dream. as do now all day long -
What do you dream OFF,
Utterly impossible things"
And your dreams make you I'M
happy
"MiserAbiy unhappy-sometimes."
"Ah,''
Lizzie sobbed again wiped her ewes
hastily. shifted once or twice as she put
her handkerchief away. and then came
back from the window and laid her hands
on her fathers shoulder.
Father, i oughtnt to have said it.
Don't notice what 1 said. am very
grateful. really
sit down. Listen to me: 1 have made
one great mistake-about your brother
Dick
You didn't understand him.
And he didn't understand me He
despised my work. But blame myself.
He was led astray by Others Well. /
might have saved him. 1 let him 60 i
wanted him to have his lesson, and then
come back and we'd start fair again.
l never thought of his dying be-
6ere We could make it up. - blamed
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the best home" some of them have eyer
had. The seyerest punishment that. can
be inflicted for violation of rules is being
deprived OF correspondence or visits with
their friends OF participation in the games
of foot ball. base ball and coasting.
The location of the hospital is most
admirable, and from every side a COM
manding view of the country may be had.
1t is here that the boys are taken for
bath. inspection and physical examination
upon arrival at the school, and they are
detained here until all danger of trans
uniting any contagious disease they may
have brought with them is past before
they are placed in one of the cottages
The resident physician has pleasant
quarters in this building and a separate
dining room. The operating room is well
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equipped with appliances for alleviating
suffering, and both oculist and dentist
have regular and stated days for vista
ton.
The wards are large. light and admirably
ventilated. and. while the patients are few
under the wholesome regime, it is safe
to assume that few of the boys have ever
had such care and attention in their
homes as they receive here.
The education of the boys is well. looked
after. Instruction in the common school
branches is given by teachers who go to
the cottages. One teacher has two cot
tages. going to one in the morning and
the other in the afternoon. The work
done is of necessity largely individual
OF those committed to the school the
large majority of the boys are American
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OF that farm they go and come in perfect
freedom. 1t has been shown by expert
ence that 1t is unwise to allow the groups
to intermingle.
~
The interest taken in the boys by their
supervisors and matrons has been so
marked in various instances that boys
have asked II they could not remain at
the school when parole was granted them.
Everything is done to cultivate the home
atmosphere-the cottages are exceptionally
light, airy, cheerful and homelike. The
large sitting room, which is the school
room In the day time, becomes their
gathering place in the evening when work
Is done. and they may read, visit or play.
their various games in peace and comfort.
The dining room adjoins the sitting
room. the boys and their caretaAers hay-9
ing their meals at the same time and In
the same room, but at separate tables.
All the cooking is done by the boys. under
the supervision of a matron except the
breadmaking-the bread being supplied
from the central bakery for the entire
plant.
The individual kitchen teaches the boys
furnished once a month from the central
storeroom for the entire months USE
Another advantage Of the individual
kitchen Is the opportunity 1t affords to
practice cooking In variety Of ways.
which adds to the attractiveness of the
dietary.
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The question Of food Is an important
one, as good, wholesome, well-cooked
food keeps the boys healthier, more cheer
full and more Emenable to discipline.
The boys dormitory is located on the
second floor, and consists of one room
equipped with twenty-five single iron
beds when each cottage has its full quota
1t is large. light. airy ana splendidly
ventilated. The lavatories on the same
floor afford every facility for cleanliness,
and boys are required to battle regularly
under direction of the supervisor.
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born, as is the case In most inland cities.
Only about per cent are foreign born.
The school receives boys between the
ages of twelve and sixteen who are con-
victed of any offense, and boys from nine
to sixteen who are guilty of felonies. The
average term of detention is one year, but
boys are required to report to a parole
officer until they reach their majority.
OF the 267 who were committed in 1907
121 were sentenced for stealing, % for
burglary, Is for disorderly conduct. 80 for
being ungovernable and IL for vagrancy. .
The various other commitments were for
everything from arson to truancy. The
boys ranged in age as follows: Under 10
years, L; under IL, 81 under IL, 2: under
IS, %; under IA, 46; under Is, n; under
16, 105. Seventy-one of the boys had
brothers who had been arrested.
Concerning their parentage, AZ, of the
boys were fatheriess, 81 were motherless
| and 20 had lost both parents. The par
ents of 80 others were separated.
't
Naturally school of this kind could not
be established without meeting criticism.
Some have harshly characterized it as ar
| rant folly to attempt to care for de-
| linquent boys, whom they refer to as con-
victs, on farm in the open country.
where there Is nothing to prevent their
escape but the surveillance of the Of
fcers, and a railroad close at hand with
trains passing frequently during the day
and night. AS matter Of fact most OF
! the boys could have gone had they 80
desired. although some of those who have
| been thus tempted have returned volun-
tarily and have been glad to resume their
| work under such pleasant conditions.
1t has also been suggested that New
York state was going into the business of
| farming. with boys to do the work instead
| Of hiring men. but to all these criticisms
| the management turns smiling face.
and, with a capable and efficient superin-
| tendent. Prof. Franklin H. Briggs, invites
careful and prolonged scrutiny. convinced
that a visit to the school will repay the
visitor and send him away persuaded that
a happy solution of how to reform the
| delinquent boy is here found.
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49, wELvE miles south Of the city
of Rochester. N. Y. in the
beautiful valley of the Genesee, |
% +baro &c located "a school for de-

49, WELVE miles south OF the CITY
of Rochester N. Y, in the
beautiful valley of the Genesee,
there is located a school for de-
linquent boys, whose ages range
from nine to sixteen years, and for whom
the state of New York is trying plan
of reformation quite unlike that Of any
other institution.
The State Industrial School in Rochester
was opened nearly sixty years ago. and
was known throughout the state as the
Western House of Refuge, but as the
character of the work and methods OF
reformation were altered a change OF
name was thought desirable and upon
removal to the country is was incorpo-
rated under the title state Agricultural
and Industrial School,
The new school represents the best
thought of those who have given much
study to methods of dealing with the
Juvenile delinquent, and an effort has
been made to eliminate entirely the prison
idea and substitute for it home life under
normal and happy conditions
The old school in Rochester, occupying
q tract of twelve acres, was inclcSed by
a stone wall twenty feet high; military
and instruction in various trades well
established. Within these walls from five
to eight hundred boys were confined for
periods ranging from a few months to sew
eral years, and subjected to close surveil-
lance day and night.
Their religious as well as secular educa-
ton was wen looked after. yet to the
boys 1t was a prison, and many a boy
felt the gloom of the gray stone walls.
and went out into the world with little OF
no incentive to right living.
A greater contrast between those days
and the present cannot we'll be conceived
The new site at Industry covers a four
observation-disclosures tract of land. and the
buildings for the boys are scattered over
the beautiful rolling uplands. the cot
tages at the two extremes being two and
q half miles distant from each other.
The tract Of land is nearly three and a
half miles in length. Near the center
Is the group Of Industrial buildings, where
provision Is made for laundering black
smithing. printing, painting carpentry,
tailoring. etc.
The large administration building Is also
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That comparatively few OF the boys run
away from the school is proof positive of
their being happy and conteuted. and the
statement is frequently heard that 1t is
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-02-28
THE FENDER is A GREAT, HUM
RIIC

In an article entitled "The Needless
Slaughter by Street Cars in the March
Everybody's, John P. Fox write:
even the small expense involved in
adopting better tenders seemed to loom
large in the eyes of some managers, for
a successful fender manufacturer once
told me of street railway president
who, admitting that the fender which he
had in use on his cars was not the best,
still said: DO you think am going to
pay SIS for your contraption when l can
satisfy your railroad commission with
one that costs only $Io?'
"The too frequent attitude of railway
managers seems to be that fender is
a bother and they. will put up with any
sort of n,akeshift OF the prevailing type
of American projecting fender, General
Bancroft once declared: The fender is
"a great humbug. 1t might under some
conditions, if person were thoughtful
enough to step between the rails and
wait until the fender picked him up, be
of some SERVICE But such conditions
rarely happen. Almost everybory is
caught by the fender or side of the car
and is sucked in, so to speak, by the car
and under the wheels.
The fender as applied to some street
cars is a great humbug, and the fender
which fails to lift or pick up the unfor-
tunate on the track is as vicious "con-
traption" as could be devised to mislead
the unwary. The cars to which are ap-
Piled these "contraptions" are more dan
gerous and deadly than the cars unpro-
vided by tenders. and this is an all i'm.
portant subject, as well as "fre escapes
which are fire escapes and which should
enlist the closest aud most careful con,
sideration of the mayor of the city oi
Shreveport.