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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
Editor Has Narrow Escape.

Brother johnson, of the White
Rock Journal, considers himself
mighty lucky in escaping what
might-have=been a serious acci-
dent just the other week. He be
speaks of the incident in a very
crisp and pointive style, as
follows:
"The other morning as the
editor was taking a spin in his
auto and as he was about to des-
cend steep. hill, the machine gav,
a lurch. and was. about. to. turn tur
tie when the editors wife came
to the rescue and told him he ID
better pile out Of bed, for break
fast was getting cold with SO
much waiting. Editors generally
do escape injury in some decided,
miraculous manner. LangfofC
Bugle.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
Keep the Tramps Moving.

The tramp and professional
crook, mingIing with honest men
looking for work, are among us.
They may be seen at any time
making themselves comfortable,
and waiting for an opportunity
for Sknock=down" or a "hold-
up while the farmers are beg
glng for assistance to care for
the enormous crop. The man
who refuses to work for the
wages now being offered by the
farmers should be denied : the
privilege Of remaining within the
city Limits, and Immediately be
directed to hike. :. Weary Will
lies should learn to give Sisse-
ton wide berth.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
Car Shortage Seems Likely.

How to- transport the immense
small grain crop now being gath
cred in South Dakota, is the
problem that railway freight traf
fic men are trying to solve. That
a car shortage, the equal of
which has never before been
known in this part of the north
west is eminent, none will deny.
FIFTY million bushels of wheat,
5O,OOO,OOO bushels of oats, 30,
100000 bushels of barley, S,0O0,=
900 Of rye and at least 100000
bushels of flax will go to the MAJ
ket in South Dakota about the
same time. Before these crops
are half out of the way the po=
tato and corn crops-both of gi-
gantic proportions will have to bt
cared for.
Warehouses and elevators clos
ed for two or three years will be
opened and it will not be long un-
til all will be filled to their ut
most capacity, and it will push
every railroad to capacity to care
for the South Dakota crop this
year-together with the regular
rush resulting from a big crop.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
Returned from Colorado.

JAS. Mcleod returned Saturday
evening from his trip to Colo
radio, where he went scme time
!s,go for his health, and will re-
sumo his position as carrier on
route 5-for a while, at least.
MIR. Mcleod spent the greater
portion Of his stay at Wild Horse
ard says dropping into that place
was nearly like dropping into
Sisseton, this place being we'll
represented there. He spent
an enjoyable month at the home
Of John Miller, who formerly con
Quoted a blacksmith shop in this
city, and reports that all the
Sisseton people are doing nicely
Crops there are all good, due
to the late rains, and Jim is plan
ming on returning to that country
before winter sets in.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
Probable Robbery Averted

Last Tuesday evening, at about
10 30 o clock, as Frank Nlckenlla
was returning to his law offices
over the ReNall drug store, he
discovered that a window at the
rear of the hall was open and up
on closer Investigation saw the
shadow of a man on the roof of
! the Citizens National Bank build
Ang
Knowing that NO one with am
thority would be .prowling around
at that time of the day, Mckenna
made still closer investigation by
going to the window and looking
out, and came very near humping
into husky looking individual
with a heavy black mustach~,
who was hiding close to the
building just outside the window
and within a couple Of feet of
Inn.
Think - J = had no. been seen
Mckenna withdrew his head and
hurried dCwn stairs ia search, of
help, and luckily met Sheriff
Swanson in front of the Rex
al. Mckenna soon made his
discovery known and together
with the sheriff hurriedly return
ed to the scene, but the man had
disappeared.
Llght was secured Immediate
ly and the hunt resumed, but the
man had made good his escape.
Freshly made footsteps We're
readily followed from roof to
roof southward and to the rear of
Stavlg s store, where the culprit
had evidently descended a tele.
phone pole, which stands very
close to the rear of that build
ing. He was also heard cross
ing the building by people inside.
1t is thought that the man is
a member of one of the several
gangs that are operating ng
throughout the northwest and
was either about to commit a
robbery or was examining the
skylight as an avenue Of des-
cending into the bank, and escap-
ing therefrom, at some later
time. A rigid lookout for men of
/, this stripe is recommended.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
Boy Has Painful Accident.

Ivan, the young son of Mrs.
Felix Hill, of Minnesota town
ship, was the victim of very
painful accident, last Sunday
that came very near costing
him his life. The young fellow
was thrown from pony on
which he was riding face down
ward and before he could re
gain his feet the pony had step
ped on his back, breaking severa
ribs, one of which penetrated
his Left lung from the rear
causing a very painful and, dam
gerous wound. DR.. Glasier was.
called in consultation with DR.
Hoaglund, of Veblen, and acoor.
ding to the last reports the un,
fortunate young man was getting
along very nicely.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
Wanted to See Real Wreck.

Desiring to see what real
train wreck VS. like, a 12-year
o'.l BOY named Walter Jensou,
living with ms parents on a farm
near Viborg. placed a huge rock
on the Great Northern railroad
track, and, ccncealing himself in
the weeds at a safe distance
watched for developments. An
engine pulling a freight train
struck the rock with sufficient
force to demolish the pilot and
injure the firebox Railroad de
tectives traced the crime ito the
boy, who was arrested and held
for trial. He does not seem to
realize the seriousness of his
offense.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
New Counties Making Good"

Among the counties in the
northwestern part of the state
which will make exhibitions at
the state fair are Butte, Harding
Perkins and Ziebach These are
all new counties, and Harding
is the one of the few counties
left within the state which has
no railway within Its borders.
These were all in the dry sec
ton Last year but are coming out
OF their trouble in fine shape
this year, and as result are
anXious to show to the people
who attend the fair that the loss
of crop of last year was only an
incident, and that they can
come back in good shape this
year with products which they
feel will make the residents of
the older counties take an ine
terest in. The possibilities of the
northwestern part of the state
are enormous and hundreds of
people who were forced to leave
there during the dry years are
returning with a renewed feeling
that the country can make
good. =" Thousands of acres of
alfalfa has been sown during the
past two seasons, with the very
best results. and, while it is gen.
orally believed that it cannot be-
come general farming country,
it is a fine stock raising country,
and people are going to try it out
thoroughly along both lines.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
Married at Brookings

Harry w Bacon, of this city,
and Miss Leonora johnson, Of
Brookings, We're married. at the
home of the brides mother at
Brookings, on Monday evening
August 12 Mr. Bacon lis the
pharmacist at the Economy drug
store; is a.young man of pleasing
personality and is receiving the
congratulations Of his many Sis
seton friends. Mr.. Bacon return
ed Wednesday of last week and
informs the Standard that Mrs
Bacon will arrive in a short time
when they will take up their resi-
dence in Sisseton. The Standard
offers congratulations.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
Ample Evidence of Prosperity.

That the automobile buyers of
this state are not being affected
by 8" hard times is shown in
the registration of 81 new autos
for July, and the addition of lO1
to that list since the first day of
August, bringing the last regis.
tered number up to 1877. The
indications at present being that
the number Of autoes in this state
will reach over fifteen thousand
before the beginning of 1918.
This means a heavy investment in
motor machines by the people Of
the state Capitol journal.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
Diplomacy.

Gen Horace Porter was giving
an illustration Of everyday di-
plomacy after having compared il
with world diplomacy. 1--WE will
say, for instance he observed,
"that our everyday wiseacre is
introduced to a man from Iowa.
He talks corn with him. He meets
man from Boston and talks
beans. Should he happen to be
thrown in the combined company
of man from Iowa and OF a
man from Boston he would dis
cuss succotash. "-Argonaut.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
INSECT PEST. ATTACKS PEST.
Army Worms Desert Cornfields
To Make Living on Russian
Thistles.

Bugologists are interested in
the unusual taste exhibited by a
horde of army worms which are
working in a limited territory i'm
western Stanley county For
years one of the greatest vege-
taticn pests of the farmers there
has been the Russian thistles, Or
'tumble weeds > as they are COM
monty known. The army worm
have developed taste for these
thistles.
The worm first appeared on
the farm of S. S. Hughes, and
he thought his corn and other
crops We're doomed. But, much
to HIS surprise and delight, the
worms devoted their entire at.
tention to the Russian thistles.
They clean up the thistless and
leave nothing but the clear stalks
standing, and do not molest
small grain and corn.
Having devoured all the Rus
sian thistles cn the Hughes farm,
the army worms have gone to the
adjacent farm, owned by j. A.
Hughes, where they are attacking
the thistles with vigor.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
Raised Advertising Rates.

The Saturday News at Water
town announces that after Sept.
LIST the advertising rates in that
paper will be raised from 10 to
Is cents per inch, claiming Large
increase in circulation as an apol-
qgy for the act. A few of the
rest Of 'em who are continuing
at any old starvation rate, would
do well to follow suit.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
Preparing for smugglers

It has been suggested now that
the time has arrivd when rich
American tourists are going
abroad, that the revenue Off
GERS of the government are be-
coming especially active in an
ticipation of smuggling that may
be expected a little later on wher
the aristocracy and semi-rich are
returning from the continent.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
The Granger Business School

I'VE must have more young
men and women to meet the de-
mand upon us for office help In
"a few months we can train you
to hold a good position. Fall
term Sept. 3. Address Ortcnville,
Minnesota.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
Record Wheat Yield.

Threshing at the Wilson Marsh
ranch near Rapid City has
brought what is believed to be
the biggest wheat yield in the
state for a large acreage.
The average for the two hum
dred acres has now reached 81
bushels and may go higher before
the threshing ends.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
The District of Columbia.

Some people enormously ina
gine that the District of Colum-
bia, which, when picked out by
our forefathers was supposed to
be just big enough to contain all
the offices of the government,
the homes of it's officials and
clerks, and the necessary trades
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23

Fine list of firsteclass improv
ed farms for sale. O. e. Lien,
Sisseton, S. D. (6tf)
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23

Many from this locality are ar
ranging to attend the Sioux Falls
Business College, Sioux Falls,
South Dakota.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
AFFAIRS AT
WASHINGTON
Matters Concerning the Law
Makers and Events of Impor-
tance at the National Capital

Washington, d. c., Aug. IT.
With the two houses OF congress
at odds for months regarding
nearly ali matters of big legisla-
ton, and with vetoes coming
along regularly from the white
house, the onloolers of the big
political and legislative game
have been kept guessing to To-
cate just where things are at.
Owing to the manner in which
the appropriation bills have been
thed up many branches of the
government have been tied up. A
striking illustration is the mat
ter of 100000 pensions, which
have not been available to vet
Grams throughout the country on
account of the appropriation bill
being held up. A great deal of
general legislation has been load
ed onto the different appropria-
tion bills, instead of being treated
separately as is ordinarily the
case. For this reason more than
for amy other cause the big bills
have been in the air, whereas
they should all have been passed
before the beginning of the gov
ernment fiscal year on July LIST.
Tariff, the Panama Canal, and the
parcel post have furnished the
subjects of vital interest.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23

Have the Standard do your job
printing. IL the job don't suit
you, you don't pay.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
seizing' an Opportunity.

A good many people have
been making comparisons indica
ting that the trip of Secretary
Knox to Japan, ACCOMPANIED by
a brilliant staff, and travelling by
means of worship, savors a
good deal Of the customs and
practices of monarchistic govern
ments.-. As a matter of fact the
United States is simply grabbing
a great opportunity to turn a
few tricks in Japan, and while
the funeral will be increased in
splendor by the action of the Uni
ted States, yet it is supposed that
the opportunity will not be over
looked to let the Japs understand
that we are 'dScidedly friendly
nation, bountifully equipped with
dollars to help alcng oriental
railway enterprises, and to take
hand in any big commercial af-
fair that will show that American
ingenuity and enterprise is not
surpassed anywhere in the world.
The Japs will likewise be impress
ed with the, fact that we are q
powerful nation, and that while
congress may quarrel as 20 wheth-
er there will be two warsh!ps.
one, or none-that we are at all
times prepared to repeat, if
forced to do so, performance
like that Admiral Dewey pulled
off a number Of years ago, m
the neighborhood of Japan
very much to the distress Of the
Spanish government.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23

Full line of legal blanks at the
STANDARD office.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23
Restricting Imported Nursery
Stock.

For several years attempts
have been made to secure the
passage of a law provid ING in
spection of imported nursery
stock, and the bill by Representa-
tive Simmons has finally secured
the approval of the lower house.
The advocates Of this legislation
have all along had the co-opera-
ton Of the department of agri-
culture, and it is claimed that
had rigid inspection been MAIN
tanned over the imports of shrubs
plants, trees, etc, that have come
in without question from foreign
ports, that the boil weevil which
has cost the cotton raisers lln-
told millions Of dollars; as we'll
as the brown tail moth, which
has spelled destruction to some
of the forests in the northeastern
sections of the country, would nev
er have been possible. The pota=
to wart and the so-called Medi-
terranean fly, which are traceabl
to imported nursery stock, etc.,
aroused the attention Of the law
makers, and the Simons bill,
which has repeatedly gone dow
in previous sessions, was passed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-08-23

Legal blanks at this office.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-11
Sunday Ripped Into
"Vices'' of Modern
Society Last Evening
Society Women Who Play Bridge, and FOndIe Dogs Careless
Parents, Cigarette Smokers and Dance Halls Were
Gri1ed to Turn
'DivOrce May Be Legally Right But It Is Morally Rotten
Says Sunday--T Thoroughly Agree With the Catholic
Church On Its Stand Against Divorce"

VIM. A. Sunday ripped the cover off
the amusement question last night,
and scored the society woman who
plays bridge, the cigarette fiend, the
parents who allowed their daughters
to have unrestricted liberties about
the city and the dance hall, in words
that fairly scorched.
He was Enthusiastically forceful,
he called spade a spade in the vic
ious attacks he made on cigarette
smoking and its companionabIe vices,
and what he termed sins of society.
One thing Mr.. Sunday hates is a
cigarette smoker and If there was one
present in that huge tabernacle who
heard his expressive adJectives against
the habit and did not forthwith re-
solve to discontinue that habit the
person must have been one who was
absolutely prof against good advice.
Mr.. Sunday paid his compliments to
all manner of vices, cigarette smoking,
booze fighting, wasting time and tall
ents co-called society, besetting
sins, business men for their defense
of vice, parents who allow their un-
der age daughters to walk the streets
until the late hours with men whom
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-11

Bay City, Mich, April 11.-With six
delegates at large to the republican
national convention and prestige of
carrying the stss convention for their
candidate ant sprize. the Michigan
Taft and4 ssft republicans enter
ed the stat ss0ntion here today at
70 Slag seat 1888 delegates where
but a, ,o1z seaegates legally can be plac-
ed.
Worn to speechlessness by an entire
night of conferences, the leaders on
both sides with an apparent bull dog
determination, ordered their followers
to stand pat" and fight it out on the
floor. During the night almost every
conceivable method of compromise had
been advanced, discussed and reject
ed by the men at head of the two
lighting factions.
The captain and members of Com
pany B, M. N. G. of Bay City took
charge of the convention hall before
the opening of the convention. Both
the Roosevelt and Taft delegations
from Detroit were kept outside the
building. Until IL o'clock there was
no disorder. Arrangements were made
to keep out all persons lacking cre-
dentials.
While troops held from the entrance
to the armory crowd of 1900 dele
gates, and contested delegates, mem
bers of the republican state central
committee headed by Acting Chair
man Robert H. Shields Of Houghton
were admitted to the building through
small side entrance. The Taft
forces thus secured the first strategic
advantage in the fight with the Roose-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-11
one GROWING
n. D. INDUSTRY

There is an industry that is not
subject to failures; that brings re-
turns not once a year but S65 days
each year; enriches the soil, cleans
the land, plants groves, builds houses
and barns, pays taxes. interest and
mortgages accumulated during years
of crop failures; promotes thrift,
economy and prosperity by paying rs
we go and still leaves some cash in
the pockets; and that is the dairy
industry" says r. F. Flint in bulletin
just issued.
"Dairying promotes thrift by en-
abling the farmer to use his time,
which is to a greater or less extent
his capital, during all seasons of the
year.
1T promotes economy because dairy
stock is able to convert much of the
coarser feeds that are produced on a
farm that might otherwire so to waste,
into valuable milk and cream.
"The dairyman is able to buy for
cash and thereby reduce his expense
of living. Investigation has shown
that person buying for cash will
live two days on what he would con-
sumo in one and one-half days if
bought on time If buying on time.
you also pay interest on the purchase.
clarifying increases the value OF
farm lands more rapidly than ex-
elusive grain farming, because 1t in
creases the earnings of the land.
Successful dairying necessitates
diversified farming and lessons the
danger of crop failure, which some
times comes where one kind of crop
is depended on.
"Dairying anchors the man to the
farm, causes him to feel at home,
which encourages him to put his best
efforts into his labor and by that to-
ken secures for himself and his fam
I lily the best in return.
Seems reasonable. doesn't it?''
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-11
The MAYORALTY
CASE TOMORROW
ATTORNEYS TODAY STIPULATED.
DATE or HEARING THE CASE.
FOR $50 A. M.--KEEN INTER
EST is BEING TAKEN IN THE.
CASE.

Attorneys Barnett and Engerud for
J j. Jordan and Attorneys Pollock &
Pollock, with Attorney Emerson A..
Smith for w. D. Sweet the defendant,
today agreed upon the date for hear
ing the mayorality contest case be-
fore Judge Pollock in the district court
for tomorrow morning at $3.50 o'clock.
The hearing promises to be one OF
great interest as 1t is the first case
of its kind ever heard in this city.
Many witnesses will be called.
The plaintiff alleges that illegal vot-
ing took place in the Seventh ward of
the city and has started proceedings
to contest the election Of w p. Sweet
who won out by plurality Of five
votes.
The defendant answers alleging ir-
regularities in the First ward.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-11
Question Raised AS to Size Of
Electoral College
RULING HAS Been ASKED
CLAIMED THAT THE NEW CON-
GRESsIoNAL REAPPoRTloN
MENT DOES NOT GO INTO EF-
Feet UNTIL AFTER MAY q
NEXT.

Washington, April 11.-A ruling
from the department of justice as 70
whether the electoral college that will
choose the next president Of the United
States shaall consist Of 49O or 51s
members has been asked for by mem
bers of the house committee of ju-
dietary.
Political activity in both parties has
proceeded on the assumption that the
larger number was correct but the
question is raised on the ground that
the reapportionment of congress does
not become effective until May next.
The question created considerable
confusion but it will not affect the
conventions as the national commit
tees fixed the number of delegates ar-
bitrarily in accordance with the new
apportionment.