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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
New Playhouse for WATERFOWL.

A deal was contaminated at Water
town whereby E. R. and o. H. Rich
ards secured possession Of the lots ad.
joining the postoffice block on the east
and will begin at once to erect a brick
building to be used for vaudeville. NJ.
Doner has the contract and will have
the building ready to use by July l.
1t will be one story and basement, 5Ox
100 feet, with s~iXteen-foot ceilings,
and will be constructed of Watertown
sand-lime brick. The building has
been leased by Bacon & Drake of
Grand Forks, n. D.. for a year from
the time it is ready to occupy, who
will conduct continuous vaudeville.
The building will be erected at a cost
of $4,000 and the consideration for
the lots was $4,000.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
News Of the Northwest
ISN'T GENT TO ASYLUM
Man Who Urged on Preslden. Claim
TO Consulate Ia Examined.

s'@'' ~ StSSa VII S10sss
to Consulate ls Examined.
Dressed in the uniform of the Saliva
ton Army Benedict Stuhlmiller, an
old-time resident of Pierre, last week
faced the county insanity board, and
wept with Joy when it decided that he
was not a subject to be sem to the
asylum. He shook hands with every
one in the room and expressed him
self as ready to stay in Pierre from
this time on.
Some time ago Stuhlmiller Joined
the Salvation Army and has been
working in Chicago and other Eastern
cities. He applied for a consulate in
Cuba, and on receipt OF a letter &C.
knowledging the receipt of his applica-
ton, he decided that he had been ap-
pointed.
He went to Washington, where he
persistently urged upon the state de-
partment and the p~resHaSnt his claims
to the place. He was arrested and
sent back to his old home at Pierre,
where, after an investigation, it was
decided that he need not 60 to the
asylum.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
BELIEVES HE is A SHEEP.
Fourteen-Year-oId Herder Becomes
insane and Walks Sixty Miles.

y w. .
insane and Walks Sixty Miles.
Only fourteen years old and insane
from sheep herding, believing that he
is a sheep and is being chased and
hunted, is the plight of a o Of 10
seph Jupiter, a sheep owner, whose
ranch is about sixty miles northwest
of Fort Pierre. The boy left home
with the terror Of pursuit and walked
or ran all the way into Fort Pierre.
where he was taken charge Of. His
father missed him a short time after
he left home and started to hunt him
up, finally tracing him to Fort Pierre,
where he arrived some time after the
son had been taken care of. A hearing
of the county insanity board will be
held or the case, with the chances in
favor of the child being sent to the
insane asylum. Insanity is a fate
which often overtakes the herders
who are out alone with the sheep for
a long time, but it has w before
been known to affect one so young as
in this case.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
Eik's BUTTON CHARM TO CUPID
Secures Witness to Swear to Groom's
Identjtv.

If Charles f. Brennan, a plumbing
contractor of C%rookston. Mimi. ever
was thankful that he was an Elk. it
was one day last week. for by virtue
of his membership in that fraternity.
he was helped out of his dirost eN-
tremlty and enabled TO we'd the girl of
his choice.
MIR. Brennan's bride WAS Miss Jessie
Cutten of Evansville, Mimi Whether
TO the match or for other reasons they
decided 10 so to Aberdeen to have the
marriage ceremony performed.
When MIR. Brennan walked into the
office OF the clerk of courts for his
Incense. he was taken aback to find
that he could not obtain the precious
document without some person swear
ing to his identity. Brennan was an
entire stranger and knew not a soul i'm
town except his prospective bride. He
so informed the clerk. but that official
was obdurate and refused a license
unless the applicant was properly
identified.
AS he stood on the sidewalk medi-
tatinG upon the necessity of informing
his iance Of the complication which
had arisen and a possibility of a neces.
sary retracing of their steps, he was
accosted by a stranger who slapped
him heartily on the back and greeted
him with Hello Bill
Brennan saw that the stranger was
wearing an Elks' button and then for
the first time he remembered that he
also had such a button in his button.
hole. Brennan told his new found
friend the difficulty in which he was
placed and it did rot take long for the
latter to satisfy himself of the identity
of the Crookston man. Together they
then repaired to the clerks office, Sc
cured the necessary legal documents
and the marriage speedily was per,
formed by Rev. c. +. Bronson. The
newly welded couple al once took a
train for their future home i'm the Red
river valley.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
TO WELCOME BISHOP.
o'Gorman Will Be Given Reception on
Return Home.

''SSSHh'o'' WI
Return Home.
A reception is TO be given Rt. Rev.
Thomas O'Gorman. Catholic bishop of
South Dakota. upon his return to
Sioux Falls in the near future from
Rome, where he visited for some
weeks and where he received high
honors al the hands of the pope. Pre-
liminary arrangements for the recep-
tion We're made at a meeting OF the
members of the local council of
knights of Columbus.
The various councils of The Knights
of Columbus throughout South Dakota
Will send representatives 10 the reccp-
ton to be rendered Bishop O'Gorman.
and the affair will be made one of the
most important in the history of the
Catholic church of Soutl. Dakota.
Bishop O'Gorman departed from Liv-
erpool on Tuesday of last week upon
his return TO the United States and
South Dakota. From the fact that he
bears a message from the pope to
President Roosevelt. and that The
length of his stay in Washington is
indefinite, nothing is vet known of the
exact date he vii, return to Sioux
Falls.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
KNIGHTS CONFER DEGREES.
Twin City Deputies Have Part Ir
Columbus lnitiatory Work.

The Watertown knights of Column
bus, assisted by large delegations from
lodges IN cities within a radius Of sew
enty-five miles and all the grand
knights OF the state, has just confer
red the anniversary in%itiatory work
on a class of sixty-three. A prize team
was present to confer the third degree
work, as were also District Deputies
Nightingale, Roe and Shuetz of the
Twin Cities. 1t vas the largest gath
ering of the kind ever held in the
state. The initiatory work was start
ed at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and
continued until 10 o'clock in the even
ing. The local lodge rendered an
elaborate banquet, Rev. Father
O'Meara Of Watertown presiding.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
To Erect Soldiers, Monuments.

The members of e. S. McCook post
G. A. R., Of Hurley and other citizens
Of that place are meeting with good
success in the raising Of funds for the
erection of a monument in the Hurley
Park. Those in charge Of the project
expect to raise a total Of about 81, 200.
The monument will be of granite or
bronze. When the monument is com.
pleted and ready for dedication thou.
sands Of old soldiers from the south.
ern part of the state will participate
in the dedication exercises. which will
be Of an elaborate character.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
Pertinent Query.

Mr.. Brown is daffy on the subject Of
scientific problems, but his wife has
no sympathy with him in this direc-
ton.
The other evening he laid down his
paper and remarked to his wife:
That's odd"
WHAT" she inquired.
Why, the statement that It would
take 100000 years to pump the sea
dry at the rate of 900 gallons a sec
ond."
She thought over the statement pro-
foundly for a few seconds, and then
%innocently asked:
Where would they put all the
water?"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
ydia E. Pinkham' vegetable Compound
Scathino.

At a dinner of the Beach Club at
Palm Beach, Oakleigh Thorne, New
York's noted raconteur, told a story
about a theatrical manager.
The day after the production of a
new melodrama,' said Mr.. Thorne,
this manager wrote his leading mar as
follows:
Dear Sir-Your performance last
night was so bad that fourteen dead
heads have written me demanding that
their names be stricken from the free
list"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
DUEL IN MINING CAMP.
Winfield Guthrie is Shot Dead b
Ganrna MalLiIla

Winfield Guthrie is Shot Dead by
George Melville.
Helena, Mont, May 14.-Meager de,
tails have been received here of a ia.
tai quarrel between two we'll known
mining men operating in the Bald
Butte district, about thirty miles west
of Helena, in the heart of the Rocky
mountains.
1t is stated hat Winfield Guthrie
had a dispute with the wife Of George
Melville. Melville was advised of the
affair and securing a gun started in
quest of his man. They met in the
center of the mining camp. and a flu
sillade began which resulted in the
killing of Guthrie by Melville.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
FINDS OLD CHECKS.
Receiver of Defunct Bank Discovers
Old Letters.

Seymour, Iowa. May IA. = Letters
containing money. checks and drafts.
which have lain unopened for years in
drawers and p%igeonholes, have been
discovered by Receiver Fry, in charge
of the defunct Farmers and Drovers'
bank. Some of them date back as far
as six years, and the checks contained
in them are too old for collection.
have since died o gone out of bust
ness.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
MAY GET COAST TRAINS.
Northwestern May Run Trains t
Twin Cities by Way of Pierre.

northwestern May Run Trains to
Twin Cities by Way of Pierre.
While it is not so announced. il is
rumored that as Don as the new track
is completed the ST. Paul coast trains
Of the North Western road will be sent
by way of Pierre instead Of by way of
Omaha. The trackage is evidently be
ing put in for heavy traffic, and heav-
Ter rails are being substituted all
along the line in this state. All the
buildings at Pierre are being con
structed of brick and concrete, and all
on a basis of future extensions of the
improvements. The yard plans call
for more than double the trackage
that is going in low.
The plans for the improvements to
be made by the North-W Western road
at Pierre have been finished and show
what the company expects to do. The
plans for h present are for a ten
stall round house, constructed on a
basis of extension to forty stalls: re-
pair shops, 50X120 feet in size; an
Sil NodillS cnule, ana a NUMBER
of smaller buildings necessary TO
handle the business of extensive
yards.
The new yards are to have eight
miles of %trackage. which will be in id
dition to the yard DON now used
there. lThere will be a complete sew
er system and heat from d cent? ii lot
air heating plant. Che totll improve
ments will be put in at an estimated
cost of a quarter million in,iars.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
TWO DROWNED IN RIVER.

Third Saved From Similar Fate by
Football Star.
La Crosse, Wis. May 14.-Ventur-
ing out in a skiff on the Mississippi
while 200 people upon the shore
watched in awe, the waves dashed to
whitecaps by a thirty-mile gale, v.
Van Camp and Rosa Wright were
drowned, and f. o. Ellsworth. who
went with them escaped only by cling.
ing to the capsiZed boat until George
Miller, former University of Wiscon-
sin football star, arrived in a launch
and rescued him.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
PATENTS.
List Of Patents Issued Last Week t
Northwestern Inventors.

Reported by Lothrop & Johnson.
patent lawyers. 9l1 Pioneer Press
building, ST. Paul, Mimi: Alois Bauer,
Cleveland, Mimi, th%illcoupling; Louis
o. Beaudette, Mendoza, Mimi, lifting
apparatus; Elmon d. Harding. Monte
video, Mimi. display rack; Henry r.
Henke, Wacouta, Mimi, stakeholder:
Geo. w. Kellogg. Grand Forks, N. d..
grain door; Lorenst C. Kyllo, Fari-
bault, Mimi, %conveyor; Arthur
Munich, st. Paul, Mimi, toolholder.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
now.s I'hiar

We Offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case Of .atarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F.. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned. have known +. j. Cheney
for the last Is years, and believe him perfectly hon
Orable in all business transactions anu financially
able to carry or; any obligations made by his frm.
WAIDIN9, KIENAN d. MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, q.
Hairs Catarrh Cure ia taken internally, actinA
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price IS cents pss
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
PRIZE FIGHT
Officers Appear at the Ring Side a,
FARGO.

Fargo. N. d., May 14.-Chief of Po-
lice Wade and Capt. Dahlgren of this
city prevented a prize fight near some
old warehouses on the West side. Hor-
ton Adams, a negro, and Frank
O'Hara. white, We're to fight for the
state championship. The ring was
prepared and a crowd assembled when
the officers appeared. The same ON
testants had been warned by Mime
sofa officials against fighting at Dill
worth earlier in The day.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
Inqham Gets State Bank.

Stanley county is to have another
bank, which has been organized at
Ingham. The bank, known as the
State Bank of lngham, has been incor.
porated by e. j. Spencer of Ingham,
R. w. M%athieson of Philip, z. G. Fisch.
er, G.. E. Sumner and c. l.. M1llett Of
Fort Pierre. 1t is capitalized at ST..
500.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17

The inducements to adopt Natures per
!ect Laxative. Garfield Tea, are many!
1t is made wholly OF simple Herbs and is
guaranteed under the Pure Food and
Drugs Law; it overcomes constipation.
regulates the liver and kidneys. purifes
The blood and brings Good Health.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
Hurt by BURSTING Wheel

Hudson. Wis, May 14.-Frank Gel
ger, an employe at the Omaha railway
shops, was badly injured while oper-
ating an emery wheel. The wheel
broke and pieces struck him in the
chest and arm, inficting serious
wounds.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
STORE AND HOUSE BURN.
Two Fires Cause Damage at Sisse
ton.

Fire broke out in the department
store of Fl. c. Mankelkow at S~isseton
and a $4,000 stock was badly damaged
before the fire was got under control.
1t was fully covered by insurance.
The residence of Mrs. MCGOWAN
cought fire from a defective f1ue and
was totally destroyed. There was $500
insurance.
The Peever Mercantile company's
fire. loss was adjusted at SIS, 600.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
Killed by Enaine.

Mason City, Iowa, May 14.-As H:
A. Scott stepped from a passenger
train he was struck by a switch en-.
CINE. Both legs were severed and he
died three hours later.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17

on a legal fiction will produce only .
fictitious righteousness.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17

1t isn't difficult to form a fairly good
Idea of what people think Of you by
what they say of others.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17

Money makes the mare go-but she
doesn't always travel in the right di-
rection.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For chiIuren ttetiIng. spitens the gums. ieuure. Il,
hannation allays pam. cures wind cole. 25c a bn,tia
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
After Act Third.

Gerald am going out to see a man
Geraldine-You seem to have quite
an extensive acquaintance.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17

Nothing short of a fu%ll-grown earth
quake could Jolt a political CRATER
loose from his job.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17

Study Of theatrical stars has moth.
ing to do with astronomy.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
BURGLARS At MlNor.
They Break Open Laundry Safe and
Take Nearly $500.

Minot, N. D., May IA. - A gang of
professional yeggmen robbed the safe
in the Minot Steam laundry of nearly
$500. The safe had beer blown with
nitroglycerin and was completely shat
tered.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
A Pretty Face

Every woman delightsin possessing a clear, wbole-
some complexion, well. nourished, glowing with
eealth and free from shriveling wrinkles. Madam
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-22

= Of course we are
\ proud that our \
success has en-
abIed lis to make
this change. But \
we do not over
look the fact that ]
our success is 4
largely due to
your confidence, \
your business and
your good words
for us, and we
certainly appreci-
ate and thank you
for all you have
done. \
" rld.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-22

Every First and Third Tuesdays in each month, we
will run private sleeper from Chicago and Kansas
City to Amarillo, leaving Chcago6 p. NJ Tuesdays,
Galesburg ll45 p. m; Kansas City, "Wednesday, a.
D. M. Wellington 9 p. M; Amarillo Thursday 10 a.
m. Join us one of these excursions Buy your
ticket via. the Santa Fe Road
Again thanking you've are yours for business
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-22

I'm our New Home
in the KiIbourn-
Thompson building
on Polk street we
are now located.
Here we will have
Ample Room to
handle our large
and rapidly in
creasing business.
From our little,
cramped quarters
to our large and
spacious new
rooms, is a move
we have patiently
waited for an d
now appreciate. q
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-22


Of be
Fall and
gtOse landyO priCes areri
Amarillo and the Panhandle showing faith by We
10000 1870 and
half Help and oOonty Poll together and
yneflya accomplish the qute
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-12-13

ZrLsE IS MafHaHN. uI ~ NIT-.lt1s
annum; a further amount, equal to
.12k per cent of their capital, but
subject to a tax of S per cent. The
usual legal reserves must be carried
against the a-sset-secured notes, and
the taxes paid on the latter are to
constitute a guaranty fund for the
redemption Of notes of failed banks.
The New York Chamber of Com
merce has a plan for emergency
credit circulation which involves
varying fates of taxation, the highest
rate being 10 per cent, according to
the amount issued. Secretary Shaw
also urges a heavily taxed emergency
currency, and some members of con-
gress, while opposing either regular
or emergency notes; based on general
assets of the banks, suggest the
issue Of additional circulation Sc
cured by the deposit of carefully
selected state, municipal and other
bonds and subject to a tax too high
to leave any part of the emergency
currency in circulation after the
stringency has passed.
1t is intimated that the president
will recommend the last mentioned
proposal, at least as a good begin.
ming. We shall see, but that some.
thing must be done at the next ses.
sion is too plain for argument
Record-Herald.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-12-13
Appropriation Of water.

Appropriation OF Water.
Office Of the State Engineer, Pierre
s. D., November 12, 1907.
Notice Is hereby given that w. q
Phillips, whose postofice address IL
Pennington, Pennington county, s
D., has made application In accord
ance with the provisions Of the irri-
cation laws Of South Dakota for q
permit to appropriate for benefcia
use 2 cubic feet Of water per second
Of time from Box Elder creek through
the Phillips Ditch, the point OF d.
version OF which is to be located up
sr the right bank OF said stream In
the northeast quarter OF the north
west quarter Of section 8 township
1 north range IL east b. H. M, said
water to be used for the purpose Of
irrigation, stock and domestic use.
This application will be taken up
by the state engineer at his ONCE ct
Pierre for consideration and appro-
pirate action on the 12the day Of
January 1908, at 8 q. M, at which
time all persons who believe that the
prior rights would be injuriously af-
fected, or that the allowance OF the
permit would be detrimental to the
public welfare, and also parties max
Ing the application, and to be bene-
fitted, are notified to be present
either by sworn AFFIDAVIT or in per-
son for the purpose OF presenting
any relative testimony.
SAMUEL H. LEA,
State Engineer
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-12-13
EContest Notice.

NVutt9V NOG1C6,
Department Of the Interior
United States Land ONCE. Rapid City
8. D., November q, 1907.
A SUFFICIENT contest afidavit hav
ing been filed In this office by Philip
Rathgaber. of Dalzell, 8. D.. contest
ant. against James B. Douglas, entry
No. 1886, made January 7th, 1902
for lot 4, section4, townships north
range Is east and east half southeast
quarter section 80, town. Is north,
range Is east, by James B. Douglas
contestee, in which 1t is alleged that
James B. Douglas never made settle
ment on said land and never occupie
or improved the same in any name
but has wholly abandoned the same
Said parties r hereby notified to ap
pear, respond and offer other eyi
dence touching said allegation at
o'clock a. m. on Decembers23, 1901
before the Register and Receiver a
the United States Land office in Rap
Id City, South Dakota.
The said contestant having, In q
proper af1davit, filed November q
1907, set forth facts which show that
after due diligence personal service
Of this notice cannot, be made, 1t Is
hereby ordered and directed that
such notice be given due and proper
publication.
George P. Bennett, Register
]. 4: Burke, Receiver
First publication Nov. 8.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-12-13

law requires publicity only for
poisonous or narcotic ingredients.
South Dakota druggists say it is un-
reasonable to impose in their state
restrictions that are not imposed in
other states. Their claim Is that the
eject would be to turn all the patent
medicine business over to mail order
houses. The impression at the time
the law was passed was that it con-
formed to the national law in its
patent medicine regulations. If this
is not the fact, it will be up to drug
gists to obey the law as it is, until
1t a be amended, If amendment is
deemed desirable.
Commissioner Wheaton is doing a
polite thing in not insisting on COM
pliance with the law. as he constructs
it until the supreme court has sus-
tanned his view. If he should prove
to be in the wrong there would be
no way of squaring himself with the
druggists who had been punished I'M
der q wrong Interpretation of the
law.@Sioux City Journal.