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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-06-05
More Work Of Lightning
Two Roberts County Barns
Struck and Burn.

The barn on the Julius Aas-
ness farm in Goodwill township
was burned by the lightning dur
ing the big storm Tuesday night,
and the tenant on the place,
Christ johnson, lost some feed,
harness, etc. The total loss is
around 81 900. Aasness carried
an insurance ST $3.50. When the
lightning struck the building it
tore out a window sash and car
ried it more than go feet.
The same night the big barn
on the Louis Joist farm near
Window was also struck by light
ming and burned. This was new
last summer and was worth
probably $500.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-06-05

or a chance to prepare a talk,
Miss Andrews said it gave her
great pleasure to be able to paw
a tribute to the wonderful ser.
vices of the old soldiers even
though she had not had time to
prepare an address; to those
soldiers who so willingly left
their homes and their loved ones
in response to the nations call,
who poured out their life blood
on the battle field, or sacrificed
health and happiness that this
country might be saved, and that
we might now enjoy the bless.
ings which are oursin this great,
free and united country. The
boys of the west do not seem to
have the same appreciation of
the nations flag as those in the
east. This is due no doubt to
the fact that there are so many
historic spots in the eastern
section which keep ever new the
memories of what our fore.
fathers endured for the sake of
freedom. Miss Andrews then
wildly described her visits to
the scenes of old struggles while
on an extended trip in the South
and East, to the field of the battle
|of Gettysburg, to Washington
D. c., Mt. Vernon, and to the
National Cemetery on the Lee
estate on the Potomac river below
Mt. Vernon. Walking through
the aisles of the dead in this
cemetery where rows and rows
of gray slabs mark the graves of
the unknown dead one cannot
help thinking of the heart aches
of those who for months and
years watched for their loved
ones to return home. There is
a movement on foot now to erect
a costly monument to the men,
ory of Lincoln and we all earn
estly desire that such memo
rial be given to him. Let us also
try to make our lives a fitting
memorial to the immortal Lincoln;
let us teach our boys and girls
that the best tribute we can pay
to him is lofty, noble and pure
life and that our great nation of
which we are so proud can be
maintained only so long as it is
backed by the integrity and pur-
ity of it's citizens. May the red,
white and blue, the blue which
stands for truth, the white for
purity and the red for fervor, a
memorial of the awful struggle
and it's cost, ever wave over a
land which stands for peace, for
justice to all, and for righteous.
ness.
By request the trio "A Dream
of Paradise" was sung again by
Hilda Stavig, Gladys Lewis and
Mary Honeysett and was very
much appreciated.
The program closed with the
singing of America" by the
audience.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-06-05
Ho for Sisseson Next Tuesday Morning Bright and
Early to Hear About Alfalfa Train leavesat 10 a. n1

South Dakota has so many good
points that a talk on this subject
was one Of special interest and
value to the audience.
The last oration given by Ezra
Lewis was on the, truly patriotic
and up-to-date subject "The
American" Although America
isayoung country compared with
all other nations of note, it great
ly surpasses them in it's morals,
in it's public institutions, in it's
school system, in it's laws and in
it's progress along every line of
material development. Hun
dreds of foreigners come to our
shores every day and the ease
with which the U. S. assimilates
these people and makes them
over into American citizens has
given her the fitting title of "the
melting pot of nations. While
the rapidly increasing wealth and
progress of the United States is
a matter of great pride to Amer
leans, no one should forget that
the chief asset of a nation is not
it's wealth but it's manhood" If
we are to keep our country up to
a standard of which we may al
ways be proud, we must guard
carefully the moral and intellect
ual development of the youth of
our nation.
A baritone solo, ''The Two
Grenadiers" by James Hanson
received such enthusiastic ap-
plause that he responded with an
encore 20 Dry Those Tears. !"
Mr.. Hanson's splendid voice is
receiving much attention of late
and it is hoped that although he
has finished his high school
course he may still be able to
give the people of Sisseton the
benefit of his musical talents.
James has been the leader of the
Sisseton School Band in which he
plays the cornet, and has been
a leader in athletics and he will
be greatly missed during the
coming years.
Supt. w. j. Guthrie with few
we'll chosen words presented the
Senior Glass of 1914 which con.
sists of the following members:
Lydia Marvick, Nora Babb, Helen
Wolff, Alma Hendickson, Anna
Thurston, Margaret Otto, Inez
Otto, Hazel Brewster, James
Honeysett, Ralph Thurston, Ezra
Lewis, Paul Linster, Selmer Rask
and James Hanson, for the honors
of graduation. This is the larg-
est class ever graduated from
the Sisseton High School and one
Continued to Page 81
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-06-05
LIVE CHEESE.

Bacon-By treating freshly made
cheese with alternating currents Of
electricity for "A hours a Dutch elec-
trician has found 10 can give it all
the properties of age.
Egbert-I suppose that means be
can really put life into It.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-06-05
School Days Over
Largest Glass Ever Goes Forth from the
High School With Great Credit
to All Concerned.

Last Friday night saw the
closing exercises of the school
year when the ninth annual Com
mencement exercises were held
at the New Grand. The hall was
beautifully decorated with flow
ers, green boughs, pennants and
the class colors. The class motto
Launched but not Anchored" in
the class colors, maroon and
silver, was suspended over the
front Of the stage, while the
back ground was decorated with
the high school and class colors
and the figures ''1914".
At 8:15 Supt. Guthrie, the
members of the Glass of 1914 and
M. L. Stavig, President of the
School Board, marched in and
took their places on the stage.
The first number on the program
was a musical number Estudi-
antina" enthusiastically sung by
the High School Girls Chorus.
An grafton on "The Women of
Today" by Alma Hendrickson
followed. This Grafton was a
splendid talk on woman's condi-
tion today compared with the
conditions under which she labor.
ed in the days of our forefathers.
The achievements of women in
the last few years have been
most remarkable and it is Ger.
tain that they will climb to still
greater heights. Woman is no
longer mans inferior, bound to
servitude and drudgery in the
home caring for the comfort and
we'll being of the family; she has
advanced to a position where she
is mans equal, where she ca n
work on an equal footing with
man, where she can be of service
in public as we'll as private life,
and where she can more intelli-
gently care for the home than
ever before.
The Choosing Of Vocation -
was the subject chosen by Sci
mer Rask and it was very we'll
worked out. The choosing of a
vocation is surely an important
matter for young people to con-
slider, and this Grafton was very
appropriate for this particular
occasion when these fourteen
bright young people are planning
their futures. 'sNo man is born
into this world", says Lowell
whose work is not born with
him.. Young people must not
wait for extraordinary opportun
tiles; they must sieze common
occasions and make them great.
There is no doubt that every per-
son has a special adaptation for
their own peculiar part in life.
One must follow his bent for he
cannot fight successfully in some
occupation which is distasteful to
him. The question of right
vocation in life has become ex-
ceedingly perplexing in our com
plicated age, and in proportion
as one is hard pressed in compi-
tition it is of the sternest necess.
ity that he choose the right ca.
reer so as to be able to throw all
his energy and enthusiasm into
the struggle for success. What.
ever he does in life he must be
greater than his calling. He
must learn all there is to be
known about it, broaden it by
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-06-05

originality of methods, and con-
centrate all his faculties upon it
for the greatest achievements
are reserved for the man of a
single aim.
The next Grafton was entitled
THE Power of Music. This
topic was we'll developed and ex-
cellently delivered by Helen Wolff.
1t showed how even from earli.
est times music has had won
derful influence on the minds
and hearts of the human race;
that it appeals to all the finer
sensibilities and characteristics
of the soul and thereby brings
out mans highest qualities. A
brief survey of the history of
music was given. In America
we have so far developed no mu.
sicians of note, for in our early
history our forefathers had to
struggle for their very existence
and in late years we have become
so enveloped in the spirit of COM
mercialis1n that we haven't given
as much time to music as we
ought. Miss Wolff then spoke
of the famous musicians of Eu-
rope, of their wonderful genius
and ability, and of their influence
in the realm of music. The or
alton showed that the speaker is
one unusually interested in and
enthused by a love of that great
est and most beautifulof thearts.
The next number on the pro-
gram was a fine bass solo can
chored," sung by Mr.. o. V. Dunn
of the high school faculty.
A very interesting oration on
Scientific Farming" was given
next by Ralph Thurston. The
talk was practical, to the point,
and was subject vitality interest.
ing to the world today espe-
cially to people living in agri.
cultural districts. The country
is turning it's attention to the
problem of supplying the world
with the necessary food products
as never before. 1t realizes that
only as this problem is worked
out scientifically can we meet
the coming needs of our rapidly
growing population. The speak
er gave a great number of inter-
esting statistics showing the i'm
mence yield of grain inthis coun.
try in recent years and the
amount of wealth these crops
and the live stock products have
yielded to the nation, thus show
ing why we are turning our
attention to agriculture and why
it is both necessary and profit=
able that scientific farming be
made a subject of considerable
attention during the coming
years.
Lydia Marvick gave an unusually
interesting and clever oration on
"South Dakota. This Grafton
showed that Miss Marvick is
we'll acquainted with the adyan-
tages of the sunshine state".
A brief history Of the state was
given showing that it was origin
ally part of the Louisiana pur-
chase, the advantage of the state
in the way of climate, agriculture,
and farm products was stated,
the excellence of it's school sys-
tenn and the number of it's public
and state institutions were given.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-06-05
Honor Old Soldiers
Parade, Decoration Exercises at Gem
etery, Program at Woodman
Hall and New Grand.

Decoration Day dawned bright
and beautiful, a fitting day for
paying tribute to those honored
soldiers who hazarded their lives
or gave them up in the defense
of the nation.
At ten o'clock in the morning
the parade formed at Thompson's
corner. 1t was headed by Capt.
Kelly and Lieut.. Chas. Strand on
horseback and the Sisseton band
and consisted of a long line of
ladies of the Relief Corps, men,
bers of the G.. A. r. and citizens
in automobiles and carriages.
After marching to the cemetrey
where exercises were held in re-
membrance of the nations dead,
the parade disbanded. The ladies'
of the Relief Corps served an
excellent old fashioned baked
bean dinner in the basement of
the Woodman Hall. They had
for their guests the members of
the G. A. r. and a few outsiders.
Following the dinner a program
was given in the lodge hall which
had been gotten up almost en-
tirely by the little girls of the
Busy Bee Club. Mrs. Steele
presided. Following is the pro-
gram:
Song By Girls
Reading of Gettysburg Address,
Miss Eldora Robinson.
Reading, "The American Flag"
Norma Carter.
Piano Duet.
Mary Grover, Lucy Linster.
Piano Solo. .Susy Brown
Recitation, Norma Carter
Song. $500. .......... BY Girls
Reading. Dorothy Grover
Piano Duet.
Hattie Larribee
Eleanor Batterberry
Recitation. ..Susy Brown
Song, "Tenting Tonight. %. Girls
Recitation. Hattie Larribee
Reading .Verna Huempfner
America. Audience
Benediction. Rev. r. G. Shearer
At 200 p. m. another program
was given in the New Grand
under the auspices of the G.. A..
r., Barney Garfield acting as
chairman.
This program opened with a
reading of the Governors Pro.
clamation and G.. A. r. Orders
by James Oliver. A musical
selection given by the Methodist
church choir followed which was
very much enjoyed. Lloyd Pc.
terson then rendered Lincoln's
Gettysburg address in his well
known and pleasing manner. A
descriptive piano solo entitled
"The Battle of Manassas" was
given by Mrs. r. G. Shearer and
received enthusiastic applause.
Mr.. O. V. Dunn sang a bass solo
which was very much enjoyed
and was followed by a reading
by j. w. Featherston. Miss
Mary Honeysett whose beautiful
soprano voice receives much at.
tention sung "Take Me Back to
Dixie. The speaker Of the after
noon was unavoidably absent on
business: but the vacant number
was very we'll filled by Miss
Bonnie Andrews who very kind.
ly responded to an invitation to
speak without moments notice
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-29
STRIKE SYMPATHIZERS RIOT
Trouble in Trinidad Street When Mil
tia Breaks Up Parade of Women
and Children.

Trinidad, Col, Jan. 24.-Twenty or
more persons, including eight women,
are under arrest and at least five are
known to be suffering from slight in
jurieg as the result of a serious street
riot, which took place here, when the
militia, under the personal direction of
General John Chase, broke up a crowd
of strike sympathizers which was at
tempting to march to San Rafael hos
pital where Mother" Jones is held
under military arrest.
Stones, bottles and bricks were
hurled at the militiamen by a crowd
of angry ome who precipitated the
outbreak when they were ordered to
turn back by the soldiers.
Several soldiers, including Major Fl.
NJ. Randolph, were assaulted, and not
until the cavalrymen with drawn
swords had charged the crowd several
times was 1t dispersed.
One soldier sustained a broken rib
when his horse fell and IN of the riot
ers received a cut from a sabre.
The riot followed the parade of the
wives and children of the striking coal
miners which had been planned by the
union leaders.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-29
j. S. MAY BUILD RAOIUM PLANT
GOVERNMENT WOULD USE COLO
RADIO DEPOSITS
Tentative Scheme for Great Federal
Producing Concern is Discussed
in Washington.

Washington, Jan. 26.-Tentative
plans for the construction of a great
government radium producing plant
in Colorado were discussed at a con
ference in the interior department be-
tween Secretary Lane and all the
members of the Colorado delegation in
congress.
1t was agreed that there should be
no announcement concerning the
scheme until the details have been
worked out, but it is understood the
Colorado senators and representatives
told Secretary Lane that they would
not continue opposition to the pending
bills for withdrawal of notwithstanding
lands from entry if they could be as
sured that the lands would be devel-
oped and not allowed 70 stand un-
touched for conservation's sake.
Secretary Lane has been urging the
withdrawal Of radium lands to pre-
vent them from falling into the hands
of a private monopoly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-29
LARGEST BANK ACCEPTS PLAN
NATIONAL CITY OF NEW YORK
ADOPTS CURRENCY SYSTEM.
No Official Statement Is Likely Until
President vsnderlip's Return
From Paris.

New York, Jan. 26.-It has become
known in financial circles that the Ma
tional City bank of New York city,
the largest institution of it's kind in
the United States. will accept the fed
eral reserve system, despite rumors
to the contrary.
Officers of the bank gave out the In
formation that the National City would
in all probability enter the federal
system created under the new cur
rency law.
There had been rumors afioat that
the National City intended to surren-
der its government charter, cease
business as a national bank, and
merge with the Corn Exchange bank,
the largest state institution. Such a
financial institution would mean a
state bank, the combined resources of
which would probably overshadow any
regional reserve bank which might be
established here.
IL is probable no official statement
will be made until the return of Frank
A. Vanderlip, president of the City
Jain ~ ~ " IN Il aiins III us
with James Stillman, the chairman of
the board of directors.
Financiers not affiliated with the
National City bank expressed surprise
when informed Of its intention, chief
ly because of the opposition to the
currency bill maintained by some of
it's leading officers. Moreover, the mis-
understandings said to exist between
the bank and the treasury department
at Washington gave rise to the belief
in some quarters that the bank was
seriously considering the organization
OF an institution which would enable
it to become a formidable competitor
with the reserve system.
The differences between the bank
and the treasury department began
with the expulsion from the depart
ment Of a woman employee of the bank
who for years gathered statistical in
formation for the bank.
Some of the largest national banks
of this city have already applied for
membership in the new system, in
Guiding the Chase National. the Park
National, the Fourth National and the
National Bank of Commerce. This
leaves few banks of the first rank yet
to be heard from.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-29
SIS FOR SIX YEARS. LABOR
No Haircuts Nor Shaves Except at
Sheep Shearing Time-Heid by
Michigan Farmer.

Mason, Mich, Jan. PA story OF
a six years toll with a stable for dis
bedroom and S. his salary for the en-
tire period is related by Arthur Pome-
roy, who has returned to his father, a
Gladwin county farmer. Pomeroy said
that for six years the only time he
had a haircut and shave was at sheep
shearing time, once a year..
Six years ago Pomeroy left his ia
theirs farm to visit their former home
IN Ohio. Pomeroy said he had gone
to work for an Ingham county farmer,
who had paid him only S. and had
held him there.
When Pomeroy fled from the farm
his whiskers were two feet hong and
his hair fell like a name around his
shoulders.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-29
FOR THIRD DEGREE
Slain Wife Returns to Demand Why
Husband Did Deed-FaiIs
to Work,

Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 26.-The
third degree" with a ghost as
the central figure was applied by ar
resting officers in al attempt to obtain
from John II. Grondin, a young drug
gist, a confession to the Staying of his
wife. leila, according to a statement
made public by his attorney.
Grondin's counsel declared that
shortly after he was arrested Saturday
night he was taken by detectives into
a darkened room where a ghost soon
appeared and demanded in gloomy
tones, why did you murder me?'
His attorneys said the question and
the ghost" failed to shake their eli
ent's protestations of innocence.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-29
BUMPER CROP OF ORANGES
Fifteen for Each Person in United
States Is This Years CaIifor-
MIA Crop Alone.

Chicago. Jan. 26.-After three years
of disappointments, Pacific coast cit.
rous fruit growers this year have pro.
duced a bumper crop, according to a
statement issued by E. O. Mccormick,
vice president of the Southern Pacific
railroad.
This years crop of oranges alone,
according to Mr.. Mccormick, will be
sufficient to provide every person in
the United States with at least Is
oranges each.
Estimates at present place the Cal.
fornia shipment at 10000 cars, more
than double that of a year ago, and
more than has been sent east any
year in the life of the industry.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-29
AN OFFICIAL MARRIAGE COURT
Suggested Municipal Judges Set Aside
One Day Each Per Month for
Weddings.

Chicago. Jan. 26.-An official mar
riage court is recommended by County
Clerk Sweitzer in a letter to Chief
Justice Olson of the municipal court.
His suggestion is in harmony with
a campaign to prevent child" mar
riages. which has resulted in the sta
tioning of an officer of the school
board at the window of the license
clerk and the driving of agents of JUS
tees Of the peace from the court
house.
There are about 30 judges in the
municipal court and Mr.. Sweitzer sug-
gested each judge be appointed to
spend one day a month marrying all
who apply to him.
The suggestion will be considered
at the next meeting of the judges.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-29
VIII Call Senator o,eorman.

New York, Jan. 26.-United States
Senator James O'Gorman will be a
witness at District Attorney Charles
]. Whitman's John Doe investigation
into state highway and canal graft,
Mr.. Whitman announces. Senator
O'Gorman was quoted by William Sui
eel as having told him that James f..
Gaffney, business and political asso.
ciate of Charles F. Murphy, had at
tempted to exact a 100000 political
contribution from James c. Stewart. a
state highway contractor, the sena-
tors client.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-29
BILLS
MERELY TENTATIVE
MEASURES ARE LIKELY TO BE
CHANGED IN MANY
WAYS.
HEARINGS TO FIX FINAL FORM
Publicly Decentralization De-
termined to Exhaust
Subject.

Washington, Jan. 26.-The anti
trust legislative program as outlined
in bills made public is not the last
word in proposed remedial legislation
to regulate big business. That the ten
tatlve measures submitted may be al
tered or extended vas emphasized in
both branches of congress and the pres
ident let it be known that he did not
consider the forms of the bills drafted
closed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-29
Debate Alaska Railway aim.

Washington. Jan. 26.-With several
amendments still pending. the senate
has not reached a final vote on the
Alaskan railway bill. Debate and vot-
ing on proposed amendments to the
Alaska bill continued through the
day, but Senator Chamberlain an
nounced he would insist upon a final
vote before adjournment. Under an
agreement the Legislative day Of Jan.
%" will not end in the senate until
the measure is passed upon.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-29
Would Cut School Vacation.

Washington. Jan. 27.-Characteriz-
ing the practice of closing the public
schools during the summer months as
primitive and preposterous," and
declaring that the most important
problem Of today was to keep the
city boys from three months contami-
nation in the streets" p. p. Claxton,
commission n Of the United States
bureau Of education. approved q plan
which would Q continuous school
sessions ana tAroush which 1000. 300
children might be enlisted il voca-
tinnsI work.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-29
Claims to Be earon's Son.

Boston, Jan. 2e.-Asserting that he
is the son of Baron Strathcona and
Mount Regal. late high commissioner
for Canada, James Fl. Smith OF Brook
line will take steps, it is said. to OBJ
tain recognition of his interests in
the vast estate. Mr.. Smith refused
to talk about 1t. but his wife said
counsel has been engaged to repre-
sent him In presenting his claim to
the executors OF Lord Strathcona.
Mrs. Smith added that no court &C
ton would De Instituted unless friend.
" o~vertures were without avail.