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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
FRANCHISE is DECLINED.
Man Who Is Granted Light and Power
Rights Changes His Mind.

Aberdeen's hopes for the immediate
construction of a new electric light and
power plant have gone glimmering,
and unless another franchise is author.
lied it may be some years before an
other lighting system is installed.
Several weeks ago the city council
granted a franchise to G. f. Freehauf
of Crescoe, Iowa, covering the on
struction of a 100000 plant and its
operation for a period of twenty-five
years. Freehauf has just written to
decline the franchise on the ground
that the provisions are too drastic. He
was in Aberdeen when the award was
made and expressed himself satisfied
with the TENS and it was expected
there would be no delay in the work of
construction.
The matter now is open to anybody
else who wishes to come here and con-
struct a modern plant, and it is more
than likely the council will eliminate
some of the drastic provisions to
which exception has been taken in the
Ireehauf ordinance. In the meantime
there is a movement on foot to organ
ize a local company of capitalists to
carry out this much-needed improve
ment. The city has decided against a
municipal plant.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
SHORT CUT TO BLACK HILLS.
vorth-Western Extension Will Be
Ready for Operation Oct. IS.

N'' ~
Ready for Operation Oct. is.
The Pierre-Rapid City extension Of
The Northwestern will be ready for
operation Oct. Is. The line will short
en- the distance between ST. Paul and
the Black Hills by about 800 miles and
will prove an important factor in the
commercial relations of the two.
The Missouri river cities have the
best entrance into the Black Hills at
present. The present route from ST.
Paul to the Black Hills is through
Omaha, making a journey from ST.
Paul to Deadwood about twenty-eight
hours. With the cutoff the running
time will be cut down to about twenty
hours.
Besides placing ST. Paul on a better
train service, as compared with Oma-
ha, rates, both passenger and freight,
will come down about the same ratio,
so that there will be every opportun-
ity Of st. Paul jobbers to gain a better
trade entrance into the Black Hills
after the extension is in operation.
The new and old mileage to the
Black Hills are as follows:
Present-St. Paul to Omaha, $40
miles, and Omaha to Deadwood, 500
miles; total, 93S miles.
New-St. Paul to Pierre, 427 miles;
Pierre to Rapid City, 165 miles, and
Rapid City to Deadwood, A miles; to-
tai, 636 miles.
The Minneapolis jobbers already
have made arrangements to take a
trip over the extension. They will go
On a special train, leaving Oct. IA, and
will be gone five days.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
WANT PROOF OF CONSPIRACY
Federal Grand Jury Hears About the
"littie Black Book"

Minneapolis, Oct. All day yeste;
day the members Of the federal grand
jury listened to witnesses who were
supposed to know something about
the %so-aclled little black book" which
catalogue houses dealing in lumber
and manufactured articles claim has
been used by the lumber trust in
an effort to ruin the mail order bust
ness. AS far as can be learned little
progress towards finding out who is
responsible for the book has been
made. Fully fifty witnesses will be
heard before the jury closes it's inves.
tigation.
R. Waterman of the Waterman.
Hunter company, which was forced
out of business in Minneapolis last
summer, declares that his firm was
ruined by the effect of the little black
book" The sudden increase of re-
quests for expensive catalogues which
finally swamped the company is be
lieved to be due to the book.
But what the jury is trying to find
out is who wrote the book and whai
charge can be made against the as
thors. The book is so worded that It
gives no hint of any conspiracy to in.
jure the small catalogue houses. Or
the other hand it starts out with a d!
rect appeal to the retailers, who Incl
dentally buy directly from the big
lumber firms, to meet the competition
Of the mail order houses for their own
sakes. They are exhorted to watch
the catalogue prices and advertise
their own prices as low or lower than
the mail order houses offer.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
woMAN's SENSE OF HONOR.
Her Special Code for Conduct Toward
Her Husband.

A writer in Pail Mall Magazine says
that a we'll known American warder
said to him: 81 have been III prisons
for men and in prisons for women.
Discipline in the former is child's play
compared with the latter. AS soon as
a man realizes there is no use in re-
sisting he gives in. But the women,
even when we put them in straight
Jackets, always manage to eXtricate
at least n finger and to agitate that
in a rebellious manner!"
In the matter Of conduct toward
husbands and consideration due to the
better half" there is an especial code
Of honor. 1t has the stability that
sanction by women of all countries
gives it, but it does not resemble any
cod that a man would observe toward
another man, nor which a woman
would employ toward any human-ex.
cept her husband. This code includes
the right to search pockets, consult
notebooks, open letters, read those al
ready opened. 1t includes the right to
counts, to use on self the money in.
tended by the master of the house for
paying bills. This system is not fire.
quently practiced, perhaps, and less
frequently admitted, no doubt, yet we
remember one newly married
who announced as a little triumph:
when | buy myself something I don't
like | just sell it to the housed"
The peculiar Indulgence which the
conjugal state seem to call for as re.
CARDS the weaker sex in matters of
honor more or less delicate was thus
strikingly summarized by a philan.
%thropist accustomed to all sorts and
conditions of people. Among the poor
whom she visited there was a woman
who in a fit of rage or jealousy had
killed a a In relating to me the
case the philanthropist concluded sad.
ly: Eyes, she killed him, and he
wasn't ever her %husband!"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
Straw Causes Abscess.

John Kruse, a resident Of McCook
county, has just recovered sufficiently
to leave a Sioux Falls hospital, after
an unusual experience. A monster
abscess formed on his neck without
any apparent cause and for a time
threatened his life. 1t finally was de-
cided that it would be necessary for
tim to enter a Sioux Falls hospital,
where it was discovered that his
trouble was caused by a small straw,
which had lodged under the mucous
membrane of his throat. This caused
an infection which resulted in the
formation of the abscess. The removal
Of the straw resulted in the speedy
disappearance of the diseased condi-
ton.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
SAID TO BE SIMPLE
EASILY MIXED RECIPE FOR KID.
News AND BLADDER.
Tells Readers How to Prepare This
Homemade Mixture to Cure tho
Kidneys and Bladder and
Rheumatism.

Get from any prescription pharma-
cist the following:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-halt
ounce; Compound kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Shake we'll in a bottle and take q
teaspoonful dose after each meal and
at bedtime.
The above is considered by an emf
nent authority, who writes in a New
York daily paper. as the finest pre-
scription ever written to relieve Back
ache, Kidney Trouble, Weak Bladder
and all forms of Urinary difficulties.
This mixture acts promptly on the
eliminative tissues of the Kidneys, en-
Aiding them to filter and strain the
uric acid and other waste matter from
the blood which causes rheumatism.
Some persons who suffer with the
Affections may not feel inclined to
place much confidence in this simple
mixture, yet those who have tried it
say the results are simply surprising,
the relief being effected without the
slightest injury to the stomach or 9th
cr organs.
Mix some and give it a trial. 1t
certainly m highly recommended.
1t is the prescription of an eminent
authority. whose entire reputation, it
is. said, was established by it.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
TRANSFORMATIONS.
Curious Results When Coffee DRINKING
Is Abandoned.

1t is almost as hard for an old coffee
topper to quit the use of coffee as it is
for a whisky or tobacco fend to break
OIL, except that the coffee user can
quit coffee and take up Postum with
out any feeling of a loss of the morn
ing beverage, for when Postum is we'll
boiled and served with cream, 1t is
really better in point of flavor than
most of the coffee served nowadays,
and to the taste of the connoisseur it
Is like the flavor of fine, mild Java.
A great transformation takes place
IN the body within ten days or two
weeks after coffee is left off and
Postum used, for the reason that the
poison to the nerves-caffeine-has
been discontinued, and in it's place is
taken a liquid food that contains the
most powerful elements of nourish-
ment.
1t Is easy to make this test and
prove these statements by changing
from coffee to Postum. Read ''The
Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs. THERE'S
q Reason"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
THE NEW SCHOOL LAW.
Term Of Compulsory Attendance May
Be Shortened by School Board.

Term Of Compulsory Attendance May
Be Shortened by School Board.
The new school law of the State of
South Dakota which has just gone into
effect has made some sweeping effects
in the matter to which it pertains, es-
pecially in the organization Of sys-
TENS Of the public schools of the state.
The subject of compulsory education
received considerable attention, max
ing the parents or guardians RESPONSE
BILE for the attendance of pupils in the
schools between the ages of eight and
fourteen years for the entire year or
term during which the school is held.
1t is in the power of the board Of edu-
cation to reduce the time to sixteen
weeks, twelve of which must be con
secutive. The fine that parents or
guardians are liable to is not less
than $40 or more than $40 for each vi
olation of the compulsory law. The
law also fixes the mount of high
school tuition which must be paid by
the district in which an eighth grade
graduate resides, at not to exceed 50
per month for those taking such high
school instruction.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
HANGS; HORSE is "DRoP."
Rider Attaches Rope to Tree and His
Neck; Then Starts Animal.

With the arrival of the body of
young Shelby Reed of Wasta in Rapid
City further particulars of his tragic
death became known. Reed, who was
twenty-three years old, was employed
on his fathers ranch near Wasta. 1t
was noticed that he suddenly became
morose and shortly afterward told his
uncle he was going to Rapid City. The
next day a riderless and saddled horse
was found and a search for the rider
resulted in the finding Of young Reeds
body hanging to a limb of a tree in a
n~eighboring gulch. Investigation
seemed to show that Reed had ridden
his horse under the limb, and after Sc
curing the noos about his neck had
dug the spurs into his animals side
and was swung off to his death. His
neck was broken by the fall, which
could not have been but a few feet, as
he stood on the horse.
Reeds family are at a loss to &C.
count for his suicide, except to surmise
that 1t was due to %oyerwork.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
HOG IN STREET CAUSES FIGHT.
Officer and Owner Both Fined by
Judge at Edgemont.


Hogs wandering in the streets of
Ardmore has led to some rather IN
usual legal complications. The local
justice of the peace declared the ami
ma a nuisance and ordered its re-
s%traint, but it's owner failing to act,
the hog was tied in the officers yard.
Its wne came to the rescue with a
butcher knife, but was stopped by the
officer producing a loaded gun. In the
mix-up that followed, the hog was cut
loose, the owner placed under arrest at
the point of the gun, a fist fight indulg-
ed in and the face of the arrested man
cut with the stock of the gun. A com
plant was sworn out for the justice
and Judge Goddard Of Edgemont fined
the officer SIS and costs, which amount
ed to over $40, while the owner was
given a verdict for So damages caused
by the hog.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
LuMREsmEN PLANNED BOOKS.
Details of Secret Meeting May Be Ex-
posed by Grand Jury.

posed by Grand jury.
Minneapolis, Oct. 4.-That lumber.
men held a secret meeting in Minneap-
oils some time last winter and shortly
afterwards the little black book"
which has been causing the catalogue
houses or the Northwest so much trou-
BILE during the past summer, was is.
sued, is the testimony believed to have
been given before the federal grand
jury. A score or more of witnesses
are yet waiting to be heard before the
jury will decide upon the course to
pursue in fixing the blame or punish
ing the authors Of the alleged con.
spiracy.
The story of the secret meeting Of
the lumbermen in Minneapolis is being
circulated slowly about the city, but
the witnesses themselves appear to
know little about it; in fact the wit
nesses are SO firmly fixed with the
idea that they are dealing with a very
serious matter that they are obeying
the instructions of the federal attor.
neys and are not talking about the
subject outside the jury room. even
among themselves.
But the is persistent that Ger.
tain lumbermen, whether Of Minneapo.
lis or not, met at a certain restaurant
in Minneapolis some time last winter
and there talked over the plans for
crushing the mail order houses that
were eating into their profits. Short
ly after this there is said to have been
another meeting in Chicago, at which
about 900 men were present. Then in
a short time the order was given to
print the book.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
American Humor.

High buildings, sir!" remarked
an American contemptuously. why,
in England you don't know what
height is. Last time was in New
York it was a blazing hot day, and 1
saw a mar coming out of an elevator
wrapped from top to toe in bearskins,
and l said to him: Why are you muf.
fed up on a broiling day like this?'
WAL he said, you see, l live at the
top Of the buildin', and it's so high
that it's covered with snow all the
year round!'"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11

So reioiced We're they over the ar
of the first babe born in that sec
.ion of the country that the residents
and %ranchers in and about Lennon
have showered it with gifts, some even
driving in from the range to express
their congratulations to Mr.. and Mrs.
b. Rogers, the parents of the boy
child. Lennon was founded less than
year ago, and the country round
about is fast settling up, so young Mr..
Rogers will be a pioneer of the north
ern half Of Butte county.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
EXTEND PHONE SYSTEM.
Independent Owner Plans to Invade
Whole Of Black Hills.

Independent Owner Plans to Invade
Whole Of Black Hills.
Chris Jensen, the owner of an indie
pendent telephone system that ope-
rates through the southern Hills and
into Nebraska, now is in the northern
Hills ~endeavoring to arrange for the
establishing OF n Independent line
of telephones connecting both the
southern and northern Hills. The re-
cent dispute between the Nebraska
Telephone company and It's patrons
over the charges is believed to have
opened the way for an independent
company that will take in practically
the whole Hills. 1t is understood that
Mr.. Jensen is amply backed financially
If he car induce the merchants and
others Of Deadwood to support him in
his efforts.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11

a heavy and extensive prairie fire
is reported to have burned north OF
Midland, destroying thousands of acres
of grass and taking many prairie
shacks of homesteaders and stacks o
hay. The loss of the buildings means
hardship in getting out lumber to re
build at this time of the year, and the
loss of hay means practically the los!
of winter fodder for much OF the
stock.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
INHERITANCE TAX STATUTE VALID
Court Says Tax Is Not Upon Property, but Upon the Privilege
Secured by Law to Heirs, Lesatees or Donees, and
Is a Constitutional Provision.

the provisions of the law the taxes be.
come due on Sept. %, 1906, and inter
est on the same since then at the rate
Of 6 per cent.
IF paid on or before Sept. % nc
interest will be required, and a S per
cent discount will be allowed. Under
the decision of Judge Bailey the
amount of the church tax is about
$225.40, while the inheritance tax the
city will have to pay amounts tc
about ST ,074.4S.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
Barley Yields s45 an Acre.

AS he lived twenty-five miles from q
railroad, Adam Mohr, near Miller, last
year decided he would not haul his
barley to town for the price then Offer
ed, so he has held it until now and is
getting 95 cents a bushel. or about $45
an acre, as it yielded forty-eight BUSH
els to the acre. This crop will bring
twice as much to the acre as the land
would sell for.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
Fire at Deadwocd.

Incendiaries whose motive is not
known caused the destruction in the
night of the residence of Mrs. Anna
Gibson, one of the old-time settlers Of
Deadwood. Mrs. Gibson was in Den
yer visiting her daughter and had left
all her belongings in the house un-
guarded. When the firemen reached
the house it was toe far gone to save
it. The police are Investigating.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
Seven More Graft indictments,

Harrisburg, Pa, Oct. 4. = Seven
more graft indictments in the capitol
prosecutions were returned by the
Dauphin county grand jury yesterday.
Every man named in the prosecutions
has now been indicted and there are
still twelve cases't to be considered.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
SEEKS MISSING FRIEND.
Letter From South Dakota Town is
Only Clue.

Only Clue.
w. P. Apen of Bushnell Ill, was in
Huron Monday in search of Charles
BLY,, also of Bushnell. Mr.. Apen states
that about June Is Mr.. BLY, left his
home in Bushnell to go to his brothers
place, about half a mile distant from
his own. He failed to put in an ap-
pearance at his brothers, and search
at once was instituted for him without
success. In September a letter was
received from him bearing date and
postmarked "Carndon, S. D., Sept. r."
Mr.. Apen went to that place, but fail
ed to locate his friend, and since then
he has been securing the country look
ing for him. Up to this time no trace
of the missing man has been found.
Mr.. BLY, was strong and healthy and
aged fifty-two years.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
PATENTS.
List Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.

Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & Johnson,
patent lawyers, Oil Pioneer Press
building, st. Paul, Mimi: Edgar l..
Arnold, Alexandria, Mimi, steam boil
er; Carl j. Austad, Peterson. Mimi,
Gate latch; William Hoppe, F%reeport,
Mimi, hay carrier; Jacob Saari, An
Mandate, Mimi, hinge; Joseph M.
Spindler, %Shakopee, Mimi, vending
machine; Thomas Brennan, Jr., ST.
Louis Park, Mimi, lever; John B..
Bushnell, Minneapolis, Mimi, porta-
BILE elevator; Clark e. Twamly, Alex
andria, S. D., seed corn tester.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
Russ is Brouqh Back.

Sheriff Trathen has arrived at Dead
wood from Kansas City, Mo-, with w.
H. Russ, who, it is alleged, recently
f1oated a number Of worthless checks
in Deadwood and Spearfish. Russ was
working at his trade as ha%rnessmaker
in Kansas City under the name of
Charles A. Williams. He returned
without requisition papers.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
Child ScaIded to Death.

New Richmond, Wis, Oct. a The
~six-year-old daughter of Louis Sorin.
ger of Deer Park was scalded to death
by upsetting a pot of boiling coffee on
herself.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
His Handicap,

You're always in debt! You ought
to be ashamed of yourself"
ooh! don't know! If you were in
my place you'd probably be in debt,
too"
What placer"
cable to get credit"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
Twenty Acres Sell for $500,

The state land department has sold
a tract of twenty acres of Taylor
land" near the city of Madison for ST.
500. This was taken at a much lower
valuation at the time the Taylor prop
erty was turned over, and the present
increase in price of land in the state
will help out on such tracts yet held
by the state.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
With Some Assistance,

Eyes, l heard about Dick and Min
clipping. Dick got a rope for her and
she climbed out OF the window"
That's true, except about the rope.
Minis father furnished that for her."
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11
The Question.

"a New York woman lived to be 1O7
years of age, and she accounts for her
longevity by saying she ate onions at
every neal"
How young did her husband die?"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-11

There is mighty little fighting in the
world compared with the big talk
about it.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-12-14
WHY SHOULD WE ENvYa

When we grieve over our dead, we
-<a-:--ax-rS-1fx0utd Observation-Disclosures
if we could turn back and have them
again, faults and all; but memory
tells sometimes of hours as sad as
those of a death watch when the
mourned ones were living.
We envy those who by study have
stored their minds, and think if we
had opportunity we should do as they
did and astonish the world by our at
tainments when leisure comes, we
are tired, or bored, or idle from habit
or find ourselves without ambition.
We envy beauty, manner, style,
position beauty finds others more
beautiful, manner is unconscious or
is palapable affection, style is in the
eye of the beholder, position is COM
parative.
Why should any one of US envy
any other human being? No one is
entirely satisfied, no matter how ex-
alted the position, how great the abil-
ity, how rich, how beautiful. The
ruler of great nation does not know
but the bullet is nodded that will end
his life, the ablest breads overstrain
worse than death the richest knows
that fortunes wheel is ever turning
the perfection of beauty looks in the
mirror for lines and blemishes.
Every heart knoweth its own bit
terness. A woman whose sorrows
were beyond belief, whose home life
was torture, whose every moment
was spied upon by hirelings, sat for a
moment alone in her carriage, when
a poorer woman, so far as money
counts, stopped to speak to her. And
this was her greeting: IF there is
a woman on earth l envy, it is you.
l don't know anybody else who has
so happy life as yours" Because
of her social training, the unhappy
one smiled back her thanks and was
glad that she could hide her many
sorrows.