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Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-01
TWO FOREST FIRES
 SEEN FROM R|NcONS

TUCSON, June 30.-That the fire which burned in the Rincons and
 was so plainly seen from this clty last week did comparatively lit- tie damage is the report that is brought back by the tweDty-eight men who went out 10 fight the flames and succeeded in extinguish- ing them. The fire started in a brushy rather than a timbered coun- try. according to R. E. L. Webb of the forestry service. who was one of the party of fire fighters, and was confined to this small growth not reaching up into the mountain where the heavy timber grew. A space of two square miles was burned over before the fire was finally extin- guished. and this was achieved by the burning of a fire lane" it not being necessary to resort to back firing
 The Rineons are very dry at the present time, according to Mr. Webb. Springs have dried up, the moss is brown and the country where they were engaged in fire fighting was a desolate one. He states that there was no indication that there had been any rain in that part of the mountains this year.
 While the fire in the Rincons has been extinuished, there are at least two other fires now raging in the forests of Arizona. One of these Mr Webb states. he could see dis tinctly from the Rincons. l. appeared to be in the vicinity of Stafford. bu he was unable to establish its exac distance from where he was was in the Galuros and it looked a if the whole mountains were burning A dense black smoke was rising from it.
 A second fire was reported yester day. This fire had started on the other side of the international line and had crossed to this side about twelve miles west of Nogales. TC fight this fire. which is reported as a fierce one, thirty-five United States soldiers lwere called out from Nogales and sent to the scene. Last reports were to tho effect that it is still unchecked.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-01
GIBBONS COMPLETES
 50 YEARS PRIESTHOOD
Cardinal Is v Years Old Bun Continues Work in Good
 Health

BALTIMORE. Md. June 30.-Car dinal Gibbons today rounded ou half a century as a priest of the Roman Catholis church and quar. ter century as a member of the Sacred College. combined distine. tion which no American ever before attained. IL was on June 30. 1861. that the prelate was ordained to the priesthood, and it was on June 30, 1sSs that he was invested with the princely insignia by the pope.
 The double jubilee was permitted to pass today without any specia observance beyond the special mass es celebrated throughout the dio cese and the receipt by his Eminenoe of large number of congratulatory letters and telegrams from friends and admirers throughout America. Added 10 the American greetings were felicitous messages from the pope and from personal friends at the Vatican.
 Cardinal Gibbons jubilee was eel ebrated some weeks ago by n great non-sectarian gathering in this city which was attended by President Taft. ex-President Roosevelt, Chief Justice. White and many other not ables. About the middle or Octo- Der. when the season is more suit able than at present. the ecclesi astical celebration will take place. Al that time il is expected that the most noted prelates of the church in America will assemble in Bal timore to do honor to the Cardinal
 Next month Cardinal Gibbons will be 77 years old He enjoys sooG health. although he is somewhat feeble. and he continues to perform the active duties of his office.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-01
CALGARY EXHIBITION

CALGARY. Alta, June 30-Th Calgary Industrial exhibition. for which preparations have been making for nearly year. was informally opened today. The formal opening exercises will take place tomorrow in conjunction with the Canadian Day celebration and the exhibition will continue through the coming week In many respects the exhihi- ton this year Is the most notable affair of it's kind CT st ern Canada he q. 4icto ria Park have been oh arrovad and several new br faffes All departments Of ts -a wc" nuiied with atf-acti
Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-01
nominIon nAx

LONDON June 30.-With the ven erable Lord Strathcone in the chair and his royal highness the Duke of COnnaught as the guest of honor, today's Dominion Day dinner in London proved to be a highly not able public function. The dinner was followed by a reception at the Imperial Institute. which was at- tended by nearly five thousand guests Among chem were many of the notable Canadian visitors 10 the coronatiOn and eminent repre- sentatives of an other parts of the empire
Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-01
ro uEAo UNyvFRslry

WASHINGTON, D e. June 30.- The resignation of Dr. Elmer 2 Brown as United States Commission CT of Education became effective today. Next fall Dr. Brown will en- ter upon his new duties as chancellor of New York University.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-01
oATHERINe oE Hoo.Hoo

HUTCHINSON. Kas-. June % Many prominent representative the lumber trade in Kansas. OAi homa and Missouri gathered he today to take part in the state ~c7 ion of the Concatenated Cr .-f Hoo-Hoo.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30
TURNED TURTLE hARNfY RESERVE
Automobile Occupied by DR.. Gla-
sier and Fern Bollenbeck Meets
with Accident.

Last Sunday afternoon at about
l o'clock, while DR.. Glasier and
Fern Bollenbeck were on their
way to Graceville to attend the
ball game, the automobile in
which they were driving, which
is owned by the doctor, struck
an obstruction in the road about
four miles west of Beardsley and
turned completely over in fact,
the occupants of the car say it
turned once and q half in the air,
and we guess we'll have to take
their word for it, as no one else
witnessed the accident.
When the obstruction was en-
countered, the doctor was driv-
ing the car at a speed of between
thirty and thirty-five miles an
hour, and the force of the i'm
pact hurled both gentlemen
through the ambient atmosphere
SO fast that they say they didn't
have time to admire the scenery.
At any rate, they finally landed
on terra firma, a good long dis
tance away from where they
started, and after a careful in
voice of their faculties they dis
covered that they still retained
all Of them-in addition to their
ability to fly. Bollenbeck escap-
ed absolutely uninjured, but the
doctor Jared slightly worse, COM
ing out of the accident with a
lame ankle and several minor
abrasions.
One wheel of the automobile
was smashed, but otherwise the
car looked almost as good as new,
and after procuring an extra
wheel at Beardsley, the gentle
men proceeded on their way to
Graceville- arriving at that point
in ample time for at least one of
the ball games.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30
An Interesting Relic,

Mrs. "A. G. Smith of this city
has an interesting relic which she
treasures Very highly. 1t is a
copy of the New York Herald of
Saturday, April 18th. 1865. which
contains an announcement of the
assassination of President Lincoln
and the attempt on the life of
Secretary Of State Seward. Mrs
Smith ~ found The paper among the
effects Of her mother. At the time
the New York Herald was pub
ilshed by the elder Bennett and
it was the leading paper of the
country. Judging it by the pres
ent day standards the makeup
IS rather peculiar. but the account
OF the assassination is accurate
and we'll written. Such an i'm
portant event as the assassination
of a president nowadays would
call for a head occupying the
Whole front page, but the editors
OF the past generation thought
a one-column head ten inches
long was sensational enough
Milbank News.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30

Andrew Carnegie S feelings are
very much injured by the result
OF the hearings in which the steel
trust has been investigated. He
is part ,cularly sore at Mr.. Gates,
and here is what the Sage Of Ski
DO has had to say upon the sub
ject to a newspaper reporter: II
don't want to put dirty words in
my mouth said Mr.. Carnegie.
This man Gates is a broken
down speculator. l have nothing
to do with him. ] will say this /:
Mr.. Stanley, the chairman Of the
Investigating committee, wanted
my testimony first. l told him
that ] was sailing the next day
with my family and asked to be
allowed to wait until autumn.
This was agreed. When / return
1 will take the stand, though I
don 7 know why they want me.
Merely for sensation, I presume
but when I have finished, the
public may then judge for them
selves whether l or this man
Gates has told the truth
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30
Decision Reversed
Supreme Court Holds That o. H. Jones Is
Entitled to Recover Salary as Acting
County Superintendent.

The ruling of Judge Bottum in
the case of Jones VS.. Roberts
county has been reversed by the
supreme court of South Dakota.
This is the case in which
O. H. Jones sought to recover
Of the county several hundred
dollars which he claimed as salary
while acting as county superin-
tendent of schools. After serving
four years, and after his success
SOY, Mrs. Gee, was elected, Jones
secured an injunction restraining
her from entering upon the
duties of the Office, and conse-
quently held over. As the law
of South Dakota limits the term
of Office of the county superin-
tendent, as well as most Of the
other county officers, to two sue
cessive terms. it was generally
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30
Don't Like the Will
Relatives OF John Martinson. Deceased
Object to the Manner in Which He Dis
posed of His Estate.

A hearing was had in the
county court, on Monday, in a
proceeding brought by the mother
and half brothers of John Mar
tinson, deceased. to have the will
of the said deceased set aside, on
the grounds that the same had
been procured by false and
fraudulent representations made
by NJ. j. Rusten, a close friend
of the deceased, who is named as
executor of the will, and on the
further grounds that Martinson
was not OF sound mind when he
executed the instrument.
John Martinsm formerly lived
near Neblen, where he conducted
a 200-acre farm. the value of
which is said to be somewhere in
the neighborhood of $4,000.
Last fall he was taken i'll and was
removed to the Swedish hospital
at Minneapolis, where he later
died. Shortly before his demise
he executed a will. By the pro-
visions of this will, Martinson's
mother and step-father are to
have the use of the land and the
income it brings during their
lives. After that, the property
is to go to the district of Lille
herrdals. Sweden, by which
district Martinson. was supported
when a boy, his parents being
too poor to look after his physical
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30

date, progressive little city-but
we desire right here to enter a
protest on their Sunday closing
laws over there, as applied to ice
cream parlors.
LeANing Britton at about nall
past four in the afternoon, we
drove eight miles due east over
very excellent roads, thence
southeast twelve miles, past
Four-Mile lake to the little inland
town of Luffman on the shores
of Clear lake. then south to Eden
Park and home through the
picturesque hills again, arriving
at Sisseton shortly after 8 o'clock
in the evening.
The total number Of miles con-
sumed on the journey was exact
ly ninety-one, and practically
every one of those ninety-one
miles was different from the
other-in fact, the trip was a
kaleidoscope of ever changing
scenes.
From a material point Of view,
also, the trip was interesting and
instructive. We learned. among
other things, that the crop of
small grains is in much better
shape on this size of the hills
than on the other, and that the
yield bids fair to be much better
UP in the hills than in the level
country on either side.
All in all, it was a trip worth
while, and it opened our eyes to
the beauty, the fertility and the
prosperity of the country tribu-
tary to Sisseton as never before.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30
A Human Cannon Ball.

One of the special and big feat
ures with w. III. Coulter's Famous
Railroad Shows, appearing in our
city ON July 4, afternoon and
night, is the VIM. O'Brien Troupe
Of advanced acrobats. This feat
ure of five people has just re-
turned from Australia where it
has been for the past five years,
appearing inthe principal cities
Of the Antipodes. They reach
the limits of sensationalism and
dare-devilness in their new crea-
ton when Naomi, the Human
Cannon Ball." one of the lady
members of the troupe, is actual
ly fired through space from a six
teen inch brass cannon. This is
only one of many wonderful acts
to be seen with w. II. Coulker's q
Shows.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30

The most magnificent social at
fair held in Washington for many
a day was the silver wedding re-
ception OF President and Mrs.
Taft, at which five Thousand
guests gathered on the White
House lawn. The grounds OF
the Executive Mansion were
ablaze with thousands OF lights
and handsomely gowned women
and splendid uniforms of the mil
itary added 10 the beauty of the
occas inn. President and Mrs.
Taft came into the scene as the
Marine Band played wedding
march. The presents that were
given were among the most COST
ly and beautiful ever presented
to president of the United
Stakes. On the evening following
the great evnet, the White House
and grounds were thrown open
to the public by request Of Mrs.
Taft.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30
President TAFT Give, Name 10
Forest Land in Black Hill.
Section.

President Taft has issued a pro-
clamation stating that Whereas
a proclamation effective July /.
1911, gives the name of Harnev
National Forest to certain lands
IN the state of South Dakota
heretofore reserved and pro-
claimed. together with certain
lands heretofore reserved and
proclaimed as a part of the Black
Hills National Forest" !" and stat
ing that in compliance with the
power vested in him by the
statutes, he does proclaim that
on and after July /, 1911, the
boundaries of the Black Hills
National Forest shall be as shown
on the diagram, which diagram
forms and is a part of the execu-
tive proclamation. The pro-
clamatlon further states that it
does not prevent the settlement
and entry under the act of con-
gress approved June II. 1906.
entitled, IAN act to provide for
the entry of agricultural lands
within forest reserves and acts
amemdatory thereof" The man
accompanying the proclamation
was prepared by the forestry
service of the United States de-
partment of agriculture, and
shows the boundaries of the ma
tional forest as we'll as that por-
ton contained therein that is ex-
GUIDED from the national forest
reserve.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30

welfare, and toward which dis.
trlct Martinson appears to have
entertained a strong and lasting
feeling of gratitude.
The step-brothers of the de-
ceased felt aggrieved because
the district of Lilleherrdals was
given precedence over them in
the final disposition # the prop
erty of deceased-hence the at
tempt to break the will.
At the hearing the contestants
abandoned all claims of fraudu-
lent representation on the part
of the executor and rested their
case on the claim that at the
time the will was executed the
deceased was of unsound mind.
P Practically all Of the testimony
introduced was in the form of
dispositions taken at Minneapolis
last week, the only witness called
being Otto Peterson, who testi-
fed for the executor.
Attorney Jorgenson appeared
for the contestants and ATTORNEY
Batterton handled the case for
the executor.
At the conclusion of the evi-
denee, Judge Turner rendered a
decision upholding the will,
which decision. it is understood,
will be appealed from, and the
case will ultimately be taken to
the circuit court.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30
DAY OF PLEASURE
Spent by the st.ndard Scribe
.-a-Amstng tna, Beautiful Timber
ed Lakes and Hills West Of
Sisseton.

The writer was a member OF
Of a party that left Sisseton last
Sunday morning in Judge Batter
toms touring car, with the judge
in command of the craft. And
to say that he took us on a pleas
ant journey would be putting it
all too mildly.
Our route lay due west from
Sisseton during the first few
miles of the trip-through Long
Hollow and the beautiful Coteaux
des Prairies, past the limpid
waters of White Stone, Red Iron
and B4ffalo lakes with their
heavily timbered shores, thence
on to Eden Park at which latter
place it is customary for automo-
bile parties to stop and fill the
radiator of course we OBJ
served the custom. After leav-
ing Eden Park we proceeded
y northwest to Old Fort sisseton,
where we partook of a picnic
dinner beneath the spreading
bran ches of venerable trees. at
the conclusion of which we made
a tour of inspection of the historic
old buildings which at one time
housed the soldiers Of Uncle Sam,
some Of which are at present
being used as ranch buildings
Ft. Sisseton was abandoned in
1888, and the military reserva-
ton and buildings are now the
property Of the state Of South
Dakota. The fort grounds are
still very beautiful and pictur-
esque and the stone and brick
buildings are in a fairly good
state Of preservation.
After drinking in the natural
and historic beauties Of the old
fort to our hearts content, we
again took passage in the Batter
ton gas wagon and shaped our
course northwest, touching at
Spain and finally winding up at
Britton, the county seat of Mar
shall county. This was the
writer's first visit to Britton, and
It impressed VI as a very up-to-
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30
PRIZE FAT MAN IS DEAD.
Hoblett of South Dakota, Weigh
ing 512 Pounds, Murdered in
Texas

Clark, S. D., June ga tele-
gram has been received here an
nouncing that Cation Hoblett,
Clark county's heavyweight, was
killed at San Angelo, Texas, by a
Mexican. Hoblett was one of the
early settlers of Clark county
and generally acknowledged the
largest man, physically, in the
west, weighing at one time 512
pounds. His travelling outfit, con-
sisting of d team and partly COW
cred wagon, has been a familiar
sight in this section. His family
had to erect a large platform with
a gradual incline. from which they
loaded him into his WAGON when
ever he wished to leave home. A
year ago he and his family left
for Texas for a years visit.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30

believed that Jones was not en-
titled to salary after the expira-
ton of his four years.
The county commissioners,
however, allowed Jones' salary
bill, whereupon a petition was
presented to the states attorney,
signed by a number Of taxpayers,
requesting that the case bs
appealed to the circuit court.
This was done. as required
by law, and Judge Bottum,
sitting for Judge McNulty, up
held the appeal, holding that
Jones was not entitled to recover.
The recent decision Of the
supreme court, however, reverses
Judge Bottum's decision, and
orders judgment to be rendered
in favor Of Jones for the full
amount claimed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30

The Department Of Agricul-
ture has entered upon a campaign
Of the country. It has been as
certained that of the wood cut
to save the great forest wastes
throughout the United States, a
probable twenty-five per cent
never leaves the forests at all,
and that in the manufacture,
about five per cent is wasted i'm
fire wood, while fully seventy per
cent Of cooperage stock becomes
waste. The present efforts of
the Department are being direct
ed toward having the big wood
using concerns manufacture their
bi-products, enabling them to con
sumo the lower grade of wood
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30

One Of the busy men in the
capitol lis Senator Gamble, who is
very much in the limellght as a
member OF the special committee
investigating the election of SEN
ator Lorimer Of Illinois. The
committee is going into the mat
ter very thoroughly, and it is be-
lieved it will require several
weeks to- finish the hearings.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30

Colonel Goethals explains that
it requires about eighteen months
to readjust the Panama Canal
rates, and he states that the canal
will be open for commerce with
in two years. He is therefore
urging upon congress that prompt
action be taken to fix tol!
charges.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30

All campaign expenses, includ-
ing these of the primaries, must
be made matter OF public recor,
if the position of the senate
committee which has taken up
this subject is enacted into law.
The senate bill goes much furthe,
than the bills of the house passed
at the present and last sessions.
The senate's position is said to
be due to the feeling that has
grown out Of the Lorimer case.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON
Current News Events Importance
South Dakota Figures
Special to the Standard.

Special to the Standard.
Washington, d. c., June 90
The Census Department in re-
cent bulletin concerning the de-
crease in the yield of wheat i'm
South Dakota says that from 81
9o4'659 acres in 1899 the wheat
acreage fell off in 1909 to 3,1O4,-
622 acres, a decrease of 22.1 PEI
cent. The preceding census show
ed an increase, the acreage being
In 1899, 2,259,S46 acres. Although
wheat decreased in acreage dur
ing the past decade, the aggregate
yield increased for the same per-
iod from 41,8S9,3SO bushels in
1899 to 45,289818 bushels in 1909
The yield of wheat per acre was
recorded as Is bushels; the value
per acre, $3.50.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30

The prophets who predicted
that congress would adjourn ON
July have now showed their
dates forward several weeks and
the earliest guessers are selecting
the early days of August for
the probable adjournment of
congress. However, as no two
people agree, and as the work of
the session has not progressed to
amy state where the fate of any
great legislation can be foretold,
it will not be surprising should
congress remain in session prac
tically all summer.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30

that is ordinarily a great source
of loss.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30

The General Land Office is
making arrangements for regis
tration in connection with the adj
ditional lands embraced in the
Rosebud Indian Agency, and it is
announced that registrations will
be received ON October l, and fill
ings on October 25. The places
of registration have not yet been
designated.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30

The descendants Of nine presi-
dents were invited to attend the
big silver wedding celebration of
President and Mrs. Taft.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30

The government three-per-
cent fifty-m -million-dollar Panama
loan has been three times over
subscribed and the average price
of the new bonds will run a little
over 1O2.5O. The bona fide bids
received total about $17O,O00,0O0.
OF that amount $2,300,00O was
subscribed at three-per-cent on
more, $32,00O,00O at over 102.5O,
$S1, 100000 at between lO1. so ano
l02.5o and $52,0o0,000 at l02 and
under.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-06-30

The South Dakota senator's
differed in their attitude upon
the action Of the senate in direct
ing the committee on finance to re
port the free list and wool tariff
bill not laker than July 10. The
motion to bring this about, made
by Senator Gore of Oklahoma,
was supported by the democrats
and progrcssivs, and Senator
Crawford voted with the latter
wing Of his party and made a
statement explaining his reasons
for doing so. Senator Gamble
cast his vote with the regulars.