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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
NO NEED OF FULL LEVY.
Assessment Increase is Big-Tota
Will be $3.50, 100000.

Will be $3.50, ZOO, ooo.
With general assessments of the
state practically doubled in the last
ten years; railway property doubled;
and other corporate property increased
many fold in that time, the total as
sessment Of the state will be shown
to be about $500, O00, 900 when the
state assessment board completes it's
work this year.
The last week has been devoted to
railroads, and with the new laws as
a basis, the exact figures will not be
completed for several days, but the
increase will abe some where between
20 and 25 per cent over the assess
ment of last year on that class of
property, bringing the total some
where near SIS, 000, 900.
The counties have returned an in
crease of about 500 O0, 900 over last
year on general property, when the
total was left at $20G, 600, 900, and other
corporate property will bring up the
total to close to the figure named.
With such an assessment it hardly
will be necessary to make a full 4-mill
levy, as the regular 2 mills will bring
a revenue Of a $500, 900, and with the
added l 34 mills voted for a Irvine
plant fund the 4 mills will be burden.
some and the treasury will receive
enough from the 2 mills that a small
additional levy ought to meet all
claims without the full 2 mills.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
SOUTH DAk0TA'S BIG STATE FAIR
Exhibits Promise to Be More Numerous and Interesting
Than Ever Before-Amusement Program thu Best
Ever Seen in the Northwest.

Preparations for the great state fair
at Huron, Sept. 9-13, are being rapidly
pushed forward. The management
promises the best exhibition ever held
in the STATE. and urges citizens Of
South Dakota to be loyal to the home
fair, to exhibit, visit and urge others
to attend.
Ten thousand dollars in premiums
will be offered; $4,000 in prizes are
offered in the race program. Free at
fractions have been provided at a cost
of $4,000.
The live stock exhibit will be the
largest ever gathered in the state.
The agricultural exhibit alone will
surprise all, as 1t will surpass that Of
any state in the Union.
Fifty picked members of the state
militia will police the grounds under
Adjutant General Englesby.
The Fourth Regimental band Of 80
pieces will furnish music the entire
week. Their dress and appearance
and class Of music rendered will alone
be worth the time and expense Of Wis.,
iting the state fair.
The amusement program will be the
largest and best that has ever been
witnessed in the Northwest. A few
OF the features herein enumerated:
Joe Joker, king Of guideless harness
horses, races without driver, hopples
or sulky, The greatest and most
wonderful Exhibition ever witnessed.
The three great Anestos, comedy,
triple bar bounding act. This is I'M
doubtedly one of the best acts in the
business.
Delbaugh and Meyer in a novelty
act, consisting of Roman rings and
the human elevator. This act at pres
ent is playing the large Eastern parks,
and is brought to our fair under heavy
expense.
Loisett novelty aerial act, Pollard,
one of Americas greatest jugglers,
and all of the above performers are
world renowned and stand alone in
their professions.
Cowboy relay race.
Running three miles each day for
four last days for a purse of $3.50.
Rider changing horses at the end of
each mile. This race will be extreme.
ly sensational, and one of the strong
entertainment features of the fair.
The citizens of Huron have ar
ranged for an evening entertainment
on the streets of the city during the
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
HOUSES IN BIG DEMAND.
Hundreds Built in Last Few Months
Isn't Enough.

Hundreds Built in Last Few Months
Isn't Enough.
In spite of the fact that more than
100 dwelling houses have been erected
in Huron durin gthe last few months,
the demand for comfortable residences
does not diminish. The Commercial
club and the investment and loan
companies are doing their utmost to
relieve conditions and secure homes
for the large number of people COM
ing to this city to reside. The cree
ton here by the Northwestern railway
company of an immense r%oundhouse
and shops brings to the city a score
or more of families who will make
Huron their permanent abode. Be-
sides this, a large influx of citizens
from eastern and southeastern states
creates a demand for homes never be-
fore experienced here. The house
situation at this time is serious, but
is likely to be relieved soon by the
erection of additional buildings.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
CUPID RoBs KITCHENS.
Domestic Help Cots Scarce at Dead.
wood.

Because Dan Cupid has Invaded the
ranks of the domestic help in Dead
wood m%atrons are nearly frantic with
despair. The work of the little love
god has been so thorough that there
is hardly a desirable housemaid or
cook left in the city, and appeals to
outsiders have proved futile.
A glance at the marriage record for
July shows that a large per cent Of
the brides were domestics employed
in the houses here. Still other girls
who are regarded as the most skillful
of help and regular "household treas
ures" have served notice on their en-
ployers that they, too, are going to be
married. Each day the newspapers
contain new want ads for domestic
help, but the answers are few.
1t is an actual fact that the best
families in town are seriously con-
sidering giving up their homes for
flats rather than continue to worry
over the problem of how to get a
servant.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
TO LOOK INTO PRESERVE.
Pinchot Says Black Hills sportsmen
Plan Will Be Investigated.

Pinchot Says Black Hills sportsmen
Plan Will Be stigated.
If the plans of some of the sports
men of the Hills carry, there will be
within the next year a game preserve
in the Black Hills. Fol years the an
nual game season during which hunt
ers may shoot certain species, has re-
suited in great slaughter of grouse
and deer. 1t was cen that measures
must be taken to overcome this or
the game in the Hills would become
depleted. Last year Congressman
tin took up the subject at Washington
and later transferred it to Congress-
man Parker, his successor. The lat
ter has just been notified by Chief
Forester Clifford Pinchot thatthe for
est servicedepartment has decided to
investigate the proposed preserve,
twelve miles west of Custer, and make
a report. If this report proves favor
able, Mr.. Pinchot feels sure that con-
gress will appropriate the necessary
amount for the preserve next session.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
NO WINkING AT LAW.
Citizens Are Surprised at East of En-
forcement of "Dry" Statute,

AS a result of the closing of the sa-
looms at Mitchell, one man who under
took to fill a long felt want by selling
on Sunday in a stock yard is now a
fugitive and, should he come back,
will be prosecuted. Others have been
guilty of violating the new law, but
as they did 1t with no criminal intent,
claiming ignorance, nothing will be
done with them. The law is a sur
prise to many, and the temperance
committee has decided to publish it
for the benefit of those who would not
Intentionally violate it, before starting
legal proceedings against any one. 1t
is unknown to most Of the people. The
temperance committee has offered $50
reward for evidence to convict viola
tors. Under the law a town that
votes dry" will have strict prohibit
tion If any one cares to see that it is
enforced.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
A Weak Defense.

THAT is no defense at all" said Sen.
emotional insanity at a dinner. What
you have just said, sir, is as weak q
defense as the young automobilist's.
The young mans father said to
him:
"Look here; I am ashamed Of you.
You spend all your time choo-chooing
around the country in a motor car
"Not all my time, father said the
youth gently. Only half Of it,
"'And the other half?' asked the
Modified old man.
""That is passed underneath, sir.
with a monkey wrench"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
ONLY TWO KEEP PHONES.
Charge for Use Of Long Distance Calls
Causes Boycott Against Company.


Belle Fourche citizens are up in
arms ove the action of the Nebraska
Telephone company in commencing to
charge for the use of their long dis
lance telephones. Heretofore this
service has been free. AS a result of
the Indignation, eighty out of eighty
two telephones in this place have
been ordered out by the users, who re-
fuse to even answer rings. Only the
two banks, whose business requires
the presence and constant use of the
long distance wires. have suffered
their telephones to remain.
Further, the citizens intimate that
unless the company takes off it's
charges, the boycott will be made per.
manent. and a e company will be
organized with an automatic telephone
system. The residents claim that in
charging for the use Of the wires for
long distance talks the company has
violated its agreement with them.
They say they were to pay a regular
rate for the telephone in the city with
the long distance talks free. The com
pany denies this and maintains that
1t is too expensive to keep up repairs
on the ton lines unless a charge Is
made.
At Deadwood fault is found with the
company for the same reason, and the
Business club has called a meeting
to discuss the question. The Dead
woodites are not SO radical as the
local people, preferring to register a
kick with the company. Merchants
there ere willing to pay for the long
distance talks that their customers
may have with them, providing that
the customer is not charged himself.
This probably will be arranged.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
COUNTY ERASE DEBT.
Hanson Now Has Only 5000 to Pay
on Bonds.


on Bonds.
Hanson county is practically out Of
debt, and by the first of the new year
all of it's bonded Indebtedness will
have been cleared up The biggest
portion of it's debt was paid up a few
days ago, when $4,000 in bonds were
taken in payment for the new court
house, which was erected five years
ago. AT that time the bonds were sold
to u twenty years, with the privi-
lege Of payment in five years at the
option Of the county. The commits
sioners. several years ago, started a
fund with the idea of paying the bonds
within the shorter period. and their
expectations fully were realized when
sufficient money was secured to take
advantage OF the option. This leaves
the county in debt but 5000, which
becomes due Jan. 1, and the money
will be on hand to meet the last Of
tho bonds. Hanson county will then
be out Of debt, and it is showing that
few counties in the state can make.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
STRANGE FUNERAL DIRECTIONS.
Man Who Wanted Books In Hic Coffin
Burial Robe Of Scarlet Silk.

Sir James C%olquhoun, whose recent
ly proved will contains a direction that
his body should e dressed for burial
in evening costume, was one of the
men who have made unconventional
arrangements for their interment.
One of the most singular OF these
testamentary directions was that of
John Underwood of Whittlesea, whose
body, fully dressed, vas placed in a
green. coffin. Under his head was
placed a copy Of Horace, his feet rest
ed on Bentley's Milton" Bentley's
Horace" was placed beneath his back
and on his right and left sides were a
third Horace and a Greek Testament.
Mrs. Margaret Cousins of CuXton, in
Kent, made her last journey attired In
a flaming dress of scarlet silk, and q
coal newer Of Tong, near Leeds Zone
Jack Hustler), was laid to rest with
his head pillowed on a lump Of coal
and with his pipe and tobacco by his
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
a News of Interest
FINDS cu7LAss ON RANGE.
Sword 10 Believed to Have Been Car
ried by Early Explorer.

Sword 10 Believed to Have Been Car.
rled by Early Explorer.
A. w. Drew, a rancher residing on
Antelope creek, in the northwestern
part of South Dakota, in the great cat
tie range region of the state, made a
curious find" in the form of the blade
of an old-fashioned sword or cutlass.
The blade has the appearance Of
having lain where 1t was found for a
period of seventy-fve or n hundred
years. 1t is wider that the ordinary
sword blade of the present day and
has a greater curve. The handle is
gone, but the blade shows there were
four rivets there at one time. Near
the handle end the following inscrip-
ttion was stamped: III. Gilpin, "a"
Whether this was the name of the
maker or the owner is merely a mat
ter of conjecture. 1t is the opinion of
some that the sword was lost by some
of the exploring parties which crossed
the continent in the early part of the
last century-perhaps some of the AS
toria parties.
The blade was evidently madt of the
finest steel, as it has a good temper
even now, after having laid out and
being exposed to the elements for no
man knows how long.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
STARTS WEDDING RECORD.
If August Keeps UP the Pace 1t Will
Outsrip june.

Outsrip June.
August is proving quite an attract
i've month for weddings in Mitchell,
three having taken place since Satur-
day night, and if the same rate is kept
up during the month August will have
June trimmed. William B. Hite and
Miss Luella Johnson were married
Sunday afternoon by Rev. H. B. Will
kfnson at the home Of Charles Phil
lips on the South side. Saturday even
ing Perry Brown of Sioux City and
Miss Bessie Clark were married BY
Rev. A Craig Eowdish. The third
couple were Charles o. Robinson Of
Hanson county and Miss Amy Knowl-
ton Of Ressalear, Ind, who arrived
here Saturday afternoon. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. H. S.
Wilkinson of the Methodist church.
Frank Cormley went to Vermillion his
morning to be married and H. E. Bun
ker will be married in Sioux City.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
OFFERS $500 FOR "p:e."
Anti-License Advocates Form Leaqu
to Keep Out Liquor.

Following the example of the resi-
dents of some of the other towns in
which no license of saloons carried
at the regular municipal elections last
spring, the business men and other
residents OF Alexandria who are op-
posed to the liquor traffic have or
ganized a law and order league, and
have determined to enforce no license,
which carried at that place at the last
municipal election by a majority of
81. In the effort to discourage those
who might be tempted to conduct
blind pigs" the members of the
league have authorized the officers of
the organization to offer a standing
reward of 500 for evidence that will
result in the conviction of any one
who attempts to sell liquor in Alexan-
dria. ,
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16

entire week Of the fair, consisting OF
five big open air attractions, abso.
lutely without price. The principal
streets will be illuminated with thou
sands of incandescent lights, and will
present most beautiful spectacle.
Special rates of one fare for round
trip on all railroads.
Special trains have chen arranged
for from WATERFOWL, Pierre, Aber
deem, Sioux Falls and Canton, Yank.
ton and Chamberlain via Mitchell.
The Huron Commercial club will
see that all are properly cared for. A
new 125 room hotel has recently been
opened to the public.
Don't forget the date, Sept. 8 to 10
inclusive; begin to plan your trip tic
the South Dakota state fair now. and
make the week of Sept. 8 a week OF
pleasure and sightseeing.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16

The board Of managers of the ma
tional Soldiers home at their meet
ing in New York selected DR.. E, F.
West as governor and surgeon for
Battle Mountain sanitarium. DR.. West
has been surgeon for Mountain Home
branch at Johnson City, Tenn, for the
last live years, and is reported to be a
man Of splendid executive and profess
sional ability. He is thirty years old.
and is to be married to a Virginia
woma on Aug. 20. With his bride
he Will arrive at Hot Springs on Aug.
2s to assume charge of the ss%nitarium
on Sept. l..
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
USED BY THE DOCTORS.
Ninety Per Cent Of the Drugs Pre-.
scribed Are Patent Medicines.

Despite the opposition Of physicians,
especially of those whose experience
has been neither far reaching nor
profitable, to patent medicines, nine
ty per cent of all drugs that physi-
clans use are put up and compounded
BY manufacturing concerns,-are, in
fact, patent" medicines just as truly
as if they were advertised in the
newspapers.
The average doctor knows little or
nothing Of pharmacy and is, there
fore, glad to depend on the very medi-
cines, which in public he condemns.
just as he is obliged in many cases
to depend on the diagnosis of the pa
tient himself, even while publicly de-
crying what he calls "self-diagnosis."
How rapid has been the growth of the
professional use of patent" or "pro-
prietary' medicines is shown In al
article written for the journal of the
American Medical Association for
September 30, 1906, by A. jacob, NJ.
D., IL. d. He relates that $4,000 pre-
scriptions, compounded in several
drug stores were carefully examined.
From 1850 to 1870 no prescription was
found for patent" or proprietary"
medicines. In 1874 but n prescrip-
ton in 1900 called for ready-to-use
remedies. Between 1876 and 1880 the
number calling for patent" or pro
prietary" medicines equalled two per
cent of the total. This increased to
5 per cent in the period between 1880
and 1890. In 1895 it was 10 per cent.
in 1898 it was Is per cent, and in 1902
1903 was from 20 to % per cent.
DIR. Jacob says that in a large
| store he was assured that 70 per cent
of the prescriptions were for patent"
or proprietary" medicines, and this
probably is approximately the correct
proportion at the present time. Flom
this it would seem that if the patent"
and 'proprietary' medicines are good
enough for physicians to prescribe in
seven cases out of ten they are good
enough for family use in cases of
necessity and where the symptoms
are we'll known and as easily under.
stood by the people as by the doc
tors.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
is OPENED.
Largo Number OF Teachers Attend
School at Armour 6 n

Largo Number o. Teachers Attend
School at Armour, S. D.
A teachers institute opened at Ar
mour last week with a large attend
ance, and from the outlook at present
bids fair to be one Of the most sue.
cessful Institutes ever held in Doug.
las county. An able corps Of instruct.
ors have been engaged and Includes:
Conductor, Prof. Samuel Weir of
Mitchell, v~icepresident of the Dakota
Wesleyan university; instructors,
Prof. ]. w. Jacson, superintendent Of
the city schools; Miss Della Conley.
principal of primary schools of Mitch.
ell; Mrs. G. B. Strang. primary teach.
er of Armour. and Prof. H. D. Schiller,
professor Of music of Chicago. Social
features have been provided for every
evening during institute week.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
AFLAME; FLIGHT IN VAIN.

Woman Runs Across Prairie Until Fa.
tai Burns Overcome Her.
Mrs. Henry Dahlstrom, wife of a
homesteader residing in the western
part OF Lyman county, lost her life
as the result Of an explosion caused
by pouring kerosene on some live
Goals while starting a fire in the cook
stove, The explosion set fire to her
clothing. In a moment she was a mass
or flames, and in her excitement and
fright she darted from the house and
started on a wild run across the prai-
RE. When found her clothing was
entirely burned from her body. She
lived several hours after the horrible
accident.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
Correct.

A short time ago the government
inspector was visiting one of the regi-
mental infant schools at Aldershot,
and was questioning a class of small
boys on Scripture history, when the
following conversation took place:
Inspector-Where did John the Bap-
fist live?
Small Boy-In the desert.
Inspector-Quite right. Now, what
do we call people who live In the
desert?
Small Bay-Deserters, sir!
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
Groundiessly Scared.

"Mr. Richly. l have a very great
boon to ask of you.''
"Now, look here. young man, before
you go any further I'd like to have you
understand that never lend money,
and l don't know you we'll enough to
lend you money if l did, and"
But l wish to marry your daugh-
teri"
ooh, why didn't you say 50! Take
her and be happy"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
GETS RESERVE FUND,
South Dakota Receives $2,752.23 as
Her Share.

Her Share.
The state has received from the
general government $2,752.23 as it's
portion OF the forest reserve fund,
which amount goes to the different
counties Of the state in which the
forest reserves are located, and by
them 1t is applied to the road and
school funds Of such counties, on a
basis OF 80 per cent to the road funds
and 10 per cent to the school funds.
The counties which get the benefits
are Lawrence, Pennington, Custer,
Meade. and Butte, the one coming
from the Mac Hills reserve, with
small payments from the Cave Hills,
Short Pine and Slim Butte reserves.
the three being in Butte county, and
the general reserve in the other com.
ties named.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
MAN PAST SO; BRIDE is.
Romance Begins When Girl Is In He,
Childhood.

ChlIdhood.
Mr.. L. o. Gale and Miss Juliette
Thomas were married at Mitchell, the
ceremony being performed by Rev. F..
c. Drown of Woonsocket. an uncle Of
the bride. MT Gale is past the age of
fifty years and the bride has barely
reached her eighteenth birthday. For
the last six or seven years Mr.. Gale
has taken a deep interest in the well
fare of the girl, sending her to college
to secure her education in music and
other essentials. Mr.. Gale is the own
er of the Gale ttheater and has consid-
cradle business property in the bust
ness district of Mitchell. Just before
leaving on a wedding trip, lasting at
least two months, he resigned his po-
sition as president of the corn palace
committee.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
TO HOLD RATE HEARING.
state Board Notifies Roads Of Meet
ing to Be Held Auo, 29.

The regular monthly meeting of the
state board Of railroad commissioners.
TO be held atthe headquarters Of the
commissioners in Sioux Falls on Aug.
~, will be n Of the most important
ever held by the board, for the reason
that at that time the movement for
the reduction Of passenger rates in
south Dakota will be inaugurated by
the board.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16

"A wreck on the Andover-Harlem line
of the Milwaukee six miles south of
B%ritton, resulted in two passenger
cars, 4 a of machinery and an oil
tank leaving tho track. No one was in
jured. Spreading Of the rails caused
the accident.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
Was Prominent Bushes. Man.

st. Paul, Aug. 13. = John Foley of
Foley. pioneer railroad contractor,
lumberman and business man, died
yesterday morning at st. Joseph's hos.
pital of anaemia, from which he had
been suffering acutely during the last
three weeks. Mr.. Foley was SIXTY.
Eve years old.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
Eorueries Break Bank

Stockholm, Aug. II. = The Credit
Bank Of Stockholm suspended yester.
day. The action of the directors is at.
tributed to the extensive forgeries by
q nobleman anG an army officer.