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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-17
License To Steal Horses.

| The Potter Enterprise in it's
last issue had the most novel
| paid advertisement ever seen in
northern Pennsylvania. It was
three columns wide and twelve
inches long and set forth the
following:
APPLICATION FOR LICENSE
No. 81, March Term, 1894.
In Re Petition of G. I. Love.
gold for License to Steal Horses.
Hon. John Fairmind, Judge of
court of quarter sessions of AL
mostany county, state of Penn
sylvania:
/ hereby make application for
special license to steal horses.
| am willing to pay literally for
the privilege. [ am emboldened
to make this application by rea-
son of other special privileges
petitioned for about this time of
year by other citizens of good
moral character. The business
for which they are asking a IL
cense produced at least three
fourths of all the crime commit
ted in the county the last year.
1t has filled our borough lockups
and the county jails. 1t has
made our criminal court the
most expensive in the history of
the county.
The business for which I ask a
license deem less injurious to
the community than the business
of selling intoxicating liquors
either at wholesale or retail.
/. I pledge myself not to take
away the senses of any man nor
rob his purse.
2. | obligate myself not to
cause men to beat their wives,
damn their children into the
world, commit murder or raise
hell in the community. l only
want to steal their horses.
3. And if a man has a soul,
which most men consent to-, I
promise to do nothing to destroy
this germ of Immortality, but
leave it to it's own moral course.
L only want to steal horses.
4. /, furthermore solemnly
promise that if the license is
granted l will not steal horses
on Sunday, nor on election day,
nor on legal holidays, nor after
10 o'clock at night. 1 also so.
lemnly promise not to steal colts
nor horses that have no sense or
J Continued on page 81
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-17

the Victor which we're followed
by a series of songs excellently
rendered by a chorus from the
Fourth grade of the public
schools, under the direction of
Miss Jetfery. James Oliver of
Lien township then discussed in
an interesting way the chapter
on THE Will" in "The Training
of Children" Mr.. Oliver gave
the three phases of the mind as
Thought, feeling and willing, and
showed how every act of phys
ical or mental activity is wholly
or partially controlled by the
will. The minor activities, or all
acts which are physical rather
than mental, were then dis
cussed and were classified as res
fiex, instructive, impulsive and
deliberative actions. 1t is the
duty of the teacher to root out,
change or cultivate these actions
as she finds them useless, harm.
full or valuable. The value of re-
fieX action, that is, of perform
ing as many actions as possible
without having to devote the at.
tention Of the mind to them, was
excellently brought out. The
more mechanical actions an in
dividual can perform accu-
rately, speedily and we'll, with
out having to hold the mind on
the work, the more labor and
time is saved. The teacher must
look out for the good instincts
and cultivate them and weed out
the disagreeable ones for "Our
todays and yesterdays are the
blocks with which we build"
A most excellent discussion of
the subject Literature in the
Public Schools" was given by
Miss Chamberlain, instructor in
English in the Sisseton high
school. Miss Chamberlain said
that the. subject of reading is
surely broad one and the three
phases most neglected and yet
the most fundamental are
thought. imagination and appre-
ciation., Expression follows these
three phases naturally. Too
often a teacher attempts to get
expression without first seeing
that the pupil has the thought
clearly pictured and appreciated.
She tells Johnnie he must read
the sentence a certain way, and
as children are born imitators,
Johnnie reads it as his teacher
desires, but the next day and
the next the teacher finds she
must still tell Johnnie how to
, read because she has failed to
teach him how to get the thought
and to image it wildly. At least
nine-tenths of the reading done is
silent reading which has but
little connection with expression.
A thought is the relation between
ideas, a word is the symbol of
. an idea. Pupils come into the
high school with deplorable
lack OF knowledge of words, and
some one is to blame. Teachers
must begin early in the grades
to see that the child conquers
every new word, and every pupil
above the fourth grade ought to
be taught to use the dictionary.
| The dictionary cannot do every
thing for the pupil however. A
boy looks up the word lobster"
and finds it defined as an edible,
, marine crustaceon. How en-
, tightening. Hence it is well to-
, begin every reading period with
a discussion of the words in the
lesson. One of the most difficult
tasks of the teacher is making
abstract terms concrete, and the
speaker illustrated how to teach
the meaning of the word per-
Continued on 8th Page)
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-17
For Better Schools
Teachers Exchange Ideas and Brighten
Up at Last District Meeting.

The last of a series of interest
ing teachers meetings was held
at the court house Saturday,
April IL, by the county superin-
tendent, Miss Bonnie Andrews,
AID a large crowd attended.
The morning session opened
with several selections from the
Victor owned by the local high
school, and was followed by the
current event roll call. All the
teachers responded with an in
teresting item of news, and sew
eral of the current topics
brought out considerable discus
sion.
The only subject discussed at
the morning session was "Plans
for the Last day OF School" by
Miss Marjorie Holmes of Good
will. In talking on the subject
OF the closing day program
in the rural school Miss
Holmes presented many valu-
able suggestions to the rural
teachers, and said that
the teachers ought to be
preparing for the last day of
school all the year so that the
patrons OF the school may have
a chance to see some of the best
every. day work. Stiff, formal
prose or poetical recitations
should be avoided as we'll as Sc
lections from cheap literature.
If the pupils dramatize several
stories as part of the regular
school work, the best of these
may be- reproduced in the clos.
ing day exercises, and it will be
found that these dramatizations
prove very interesting to the
parents and labor saving de.
vice to the teacher. The speaker
suggested that stories of rural
life would be of especial interest
to the patrons of the school, and
said that splendid stories OF
country life could be secured
from Farm Life Readers .
Books Nv and V, and from the
Mature and Industry" reader
series. In all progressive
schools today, dramatization is
made a part of the reading and
language work, and the rural
teacher who makes use of this
feature will be keeping up a
work recommended by all edu
Gators.
In the Spreyer school of New
York city a play was written by
pupils of the seventh grade as
an exercise in English. 1t was
printed on the school press by
the pupils Of that grade; the
costumes were designed and
made as part of the class worl
in industrial arts, and the PLAY
was produced by pupils taI1er
from all grades. The idea worked
out in the play was symbolic
typifying the life of the grains
If rural teacher could produce
something of this sort as a clos
ing day program, it would in
deed be triumph.
| Miss Holmes suggested tha
the school ought to learn som,
selections from good authors
such at THE Barefoot Boy" b,
Whittier, and that such topics a.
''H-w We Cleaned the Schoo
Yard" or How We RAISED
Money for Our Library" be dis
cussed by the pupils and givel
as parts of the program on t.,
last day. She urged that every
teacher give a live, interesting
program at the close of the term
for both pupils and parents en-
joy these events and look for
ward to them with much inter
est and enthusiasm.
The afternoon session opened
with some fine selections on the
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-17
Temperance Talker
Chicago Labor Leader Proves to Be a
Whirlwind Sunday Night

ChlCaSO, ana a man WHO HAS du'
dressed audiences in nearly all
the large cities of the United
States, gave one of the most in
tensely interesting talks ever
given in Sisseton at the New
Grand last Sunday evening, when
he spoke before the Mems
Christian and Civic Association
on the subject America, the
Greatest Nation on Earth" Mr..
Cunneen's talk was spiced with
many witty stories bearing on
the points he was discussing and
the address received most
hearty applause. So large a
crowd gathered that some had
to be turned away.
A quartet composed of Mes
danes w. j. Thomas, and P. H.
Brown and Messrs.J. w. Christ
ianson and j. C. Knapp sang an
Easter anthem and Mrs. P. H.
Brown gave a beautiful Easter
offertory solo.
People in this country, said
Mr.. Cunneen, are always willing
to learn what is for the best in
terest of all in the line of ad-
vancement and progress, and it
is we'll to be informed on all
questions pertaining to this
great country of ours. America
leads all the civilized nations on
earth in almost all respects.
Her manufactures. are. greater,
her mines more productive, her
railroads exceed all other rail-
way systems, her farmers are
far better off than those of other
countries, and her working peo-
pie are the best clothed, the best
paid and the best fed of all other
working men on earth.
America has also made more
progress along religious and
moral lines than her neighbors
have done. Her church work,
her observance of the Sabbath,
her attainments for morality ex-
cite admiration the world over.
There is one thing in which
America does not lead other ma
tions however, and that is il the
consumption Of alcohol, and it is
interesting to note how the wage
system and the number by Wo-
men employed in the United
States compare with that in
other countries where more Ii.
quor is consumed than there is
in this. The report given out by
the Board of Trade of Great
Britain for 1911 show the follow
ing figures: In regard to wages
paid to working men U. S. ranks
first. England second, Germany
third. France fourth. The Lon.
don, England, Globe says that
the U. S. employs 18 women to
every 100 men, England "a wo-
men to every 100 men, Germany
80, and France 81 to every 100
men.
The President of the American
Federation of Labor relates some
very interes sting facts about wo-
men labor in foreign countries
and among other things has told
that in one city are 10000 women
hod carriers who work hard.
barefooted with crippled and
bruised feet for the sum of 80 or
40 cents day. In some cities
women are to be seen hitched to
!. cart with a dog, in other cities
there are women street cleaners,
and some countries have women
working in mines.
Regarding the liquor evil in the
foremost countries of the earth
the speaker gave the following
statistics: The U. S. Census
Continued on page ~
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-17
DON'T WANT SALOON
Farmers Who Trade Here Petition
for a Dry Town.

We, the undersigned farmers hereby peti-
ton the voters of Sisseton to use your influence
and votes to again put Sisseton in the dry class:
liver n Hagen @. r. Paulson
Louis Larson c. H. Tarvn
]. G. Foell Adolf Rinas
Aug. Nelson Edwin I.obbin
Sivert Bothum Henry d. Lobbn
Nels Peterson A. d. Skogen
Ole Cameholls Archie Griffiths
Henry Buffum Dennis Dempsey
III. n Schmidt Noels Hagen
Edwin Hagen John A. Norcstrom
Henry Benson Marshall Okeson
A. 0. Torvck Nj O. Rolstad
S. p. Restan Andrew Ihulston
N. X. Himle liver A. Iverson
O. S. Restan G.. D.. Leckness
j. L. Wig NJ Nicholson
John A. .Jerde Albert Jerde
Andrew r. Jerde O. E. Irvine Jerde
Johan P. Vinge Bernhard Forbord
N. B. Forbord Edwin Eide
Ole O. Eide Ole Benson
Andrew OVERLY John P. .Johnstad
E. X. Lyseng John Hovland
Hans O. Hanson Soren Sorenson
N. K. Lyseng Thomas Hovand
Andrew Eide H. E. HI. Svalstad
Peder F'loan Andrew Lyseng
B. F. Oppem Theo. Floan
Oscar Sjoberg Peter Johnson
Ole H. Lee H. R. Hanson
S. Larson Jul d. Sundheim
Ole ]. Haugen Martin L. Simonson
G. E. Swanson Frank Schmous Jr
John Esenge Knute ]. Egholmen
Gust Thurston Albert Dahm
Tobias Hernstad knute Throndson
Christian Sorenson X r. Tystad
G. III. Stilwell A. T Olson
Nels Nicholson S. G. Severinsen
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-17
W. c. 7. U. COLUMN

The local ladies!of the w. c. r. U. are solely
responsible for whatever appears under this
heading.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-17

A chisel slipped with Judge
Prindiville a few days ago and
cut his left hand quite badly.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-17

We, the undersigned farmers, hereby petit
ton the voters of Sisseton to use your influence
and VOTES tO ooain rl1t Siccato,, tl,n 1rv c
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-17

The last of a series of interest
ing teachers meetings was held
at the court house Saturday,
April II, by the county superin-
tendent, Miss Bonnie Andrews,
and a large crowd attended.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-07
MYSTERY IN MURDER

Police are trying to solve the mys-
terry of the murder of Angelo Nov
erini, who was shot and killed in his
bedroom Saturday night. When the
police arrived they found all the doors
and windows locked from the inside.
No one can be found who heard
the shot The crime was discovered
when Joseph Noverini, brother of
the victim, walked into the house at
1929 Harrison st. for visit late last
night.
Mrs. NoVerini was visiting her sis
ter on the North Side when the muir
der was committed
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-07
MANY VIsIT mercy sHIP

New York, Sept. Hundreds to-
day visited the ship of mercy, Red
Cross, formerly the Hamburg-Amer-
lean liner Hamburg, after she had
steamed up North river and anchor
ed opposite Seventeen street. The
Red Cross was to weigh anchor at
4 o'clock this afternoon and start on
her mission to the scene of war.
Thirty surgeons and 125 nurses will
sail on her.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-07

JULIUS HAS DOUGH TO sooTHE
THE SOLEMN PROPS
Here's how Julius Rosenwald
charms geological professors by lib
orally dishing out the dough.
A University of Chicago bulletin
prints the stenographic report of
speech by Thomas Chrowder Cham
berlain, Phi. D., L. L. D., head of the
department of geology, at the laying
of the cornerstone of Julius ROsen-
wald hall on Convocation Day.
Chamberlain said:
Il wish it were in my power to
clothe in fitting words the apprecia-
ton which my colleagues and the
whole staff of the university feel for
the expression of generosity which
has made this noble structure pos
sibility. l wish it were possible ade-
quately to express our admiration
of the intellectual powers that by
keen, penetrating insight and mas
terly control of conditions have
found fTuitiOn in the resources that
made this gift possible, and still more
to express our appreciation Of that
nobility of spirit which has so unset
fishly devoted the fruit of toll, vigil
ance, earnest endeavor and persist
ent care to the service of research
and the promotion of education. Per-
haps l might suggest this, in some
measure, in the deep qualification we
feel that our wish to give this tan
gible and lasting impression express
sion has been graciously given pre-
cedence over the most purpose of the
giver and that this noble structure
will bear for ages the name of Julius
ROsenwald hall"
MANY VISIT MERCY SHIP
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-07
POLICE PUZZLED OVER WIERD
LOVE AFFAIR" MYSTERY

LIVE HFEHlh w 7 = ERI
New York, Sept. Police were
today unable to pierce the veil of
mystery surrounding the life of Kate
Fisher, who lies on cot in the Belle
Vue Hospital, where she was taken
from a tenement room in which she
is said to have been held a prisoner
for Is years. Thomas Scott, II, we'll
grOomed, who claims to be broker,
is held in default of $1,000 bail. He
admits, according to the police, rent
ing the tenement fiat in which the
woman was found, nude and paralyz-
ed from the waist down.
Residents of the tenement told the
police that for weeks they have heard
means coming from the Scott fiat.
They did not know any one lived
there but Scott. Thursday night one
of the residents crept to a window
and cut a hole through the curtains,
which were always drawn. He saw
the woman tossing on a dirty straw
covered cot. The room was Uttered
with filth.
- The police sent the woman to
Bellevue and arrested Scott. Scott
is declared to have told them that the
woman was his sweetheart years
ago. They became estranged and
she married. He said the marriage
was unhappy and when she became
i'll and appealed to him he rented the
fiat for her. 49,.
-O-O- ri
MNCTEDV IN MILDRED
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1914-05-22

Nathan Jaffa, of Roswell,
grand master # the masonic
lodge Of the state of New Mex
leo was in the city several days,
first on official lodge business
and later because of washouts
on the Pecos Valley line, which
prevented his departure for his
home until Wednesday. He ex-
emplified the work at the lodge
Saturday and Tuesday nights.
Mrs. Jaffa has also been water
bound at Dalhart. Texas, and
Tucumcari and was unable to
join him here.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1914-05-22
General Manager Fox Here

General manager. Fox. of the
Santa Fe, came down in his pri-
vate car No. 18 Monday and has
been to the front to witness the
damage done by the washouts
near Elida and Portales, on the
Pecos Valley line. He stated in
the presence of the News re-
porter that the damage by hail
a n d water at Portales was
especially heavy. the baggage
room doors showing the marks
of the hail stones as if struck by
a blunt instrument General
Sup't Evans has been a t the
front ever since the washout
occurred. experimenting t h e
work of clearing the track.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1914-05-22
Prohibition Agitation

1t appears that the next elec-
tion due in Clovis and that at an
early date Is whether Clovis
shall remain wet or be dry.
Rev. Seder, Of Albuquerque,
president o f tn e Anti-Saloon
league was in the city several
days last week in. the interest of
prohibition and the prohibs are
getting things in shape to circu-
late a petition asking for the
calling o f a n election. POGO
tempo muy grande combate.
No.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1914-05-22
State Ceologist Coming.

Charles E. Dennis is in re-
ceipt of a letter from the state
geoloQist stating that he was
coming over in this section of
the state on business soon, and
that he would stop off and in
vestigate the Havener gas
wells. Nels Anderson was in
the city Wednesday and stated
that his well is still emitting
gas, making the same noises as
when first tapped and that the
Reeves well is doing the same.
Messrs. Havener. Moye and
Gillenwater went out to the
Anderson we'll one day last
week and stated that they were
able to ignite a small quantity
of the gas although the wind
was blowing so hard as to make
a good test difficult. Those of
our citizens who invested in
Oklahoma oil land might yet
wish that they had saved their
investment for Curry County oil
and gas land.
That there is gas is now
known but the question now to
be determined. is it in paying
quantities? 1t is possible that a
company will be org ganized to
put down a test well.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1914-05-22

The Clovis gun club will meet
again on Tuesday night May 26 at
the armory to perfect the final
arrangements o + organization
and to order the guns and am
munition required. All those
interested in rife and gun prac-
tice are requested to be present
and enroll as members i n order
to get the big discount on guns
and ammunition. There is no
obligation attached to the matter
and the purpose is purely one of
better efficiency in shooting and
cheaper guns and ammunition.
A. E. Curren, Secretary.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1914-05-22

May is the wettest month on
record with over six inches to
our credit for this month and
prospects for more. I.22 inches
fell Sunday evening and night
and 1.34 fell Monday night and
Tuesday morning. converting
the business streets of Clovis in
to raging rivers and bringing the
water up over the edge of the
side walks but none entered the
buildings. Boats were in de-
mand but none to be had. Cab
men did a fourishing business
and rubber boots and rain coats
took the place of the ordinary
wearing apparel. While n o
damage was done in the town
and county, except for little
hail in spots which cut down
some of the early green stuff,
with the railroads it is different.
A mile and a half of track was
washed out near Elida Sunday
night and a lake was created be-
tween the town and the stock
yards at the edge of the city
limits of Portales which covered
the track to a depth of three to
four feet. Although the lake is
from fifteen to twenty feet deep.
the track has a high ambank-
ment as it passes through the
center of the depression. There
is no possible way to drain the
lake and the only thing the COM
pany can do is to wait for the
water to recede.
The washout near Elida was
repaired Wednesday night and
the passengers were transferred
around the Portales lake ID
traffic thus restored untilltrains
are able to again pass through
the center of the lake, which is
about two miles across. Man.
ager Fox of the Santa Fe stated
that to build around would take
about five miles of track and
that this was not considered ad-
visable. The storm at Portales
amounted to a cloudburst ac-
companied with large hail which
stripped the trees, destroyed the
fruit crop, broke all the windows
in the south side of the build
ings. drowned many stock which
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1914-05-22
H. G. Herby Leaves.

Clovis lost one of its best
citizens last Saturday when H.
c. Herby left for La Junta
where he expects to reside
permanently. He has secured
a position as manager of the
Harvey News Bureau there.
Miss Ethel Herby, his eldest
daughter, accompanied him and
will assist him in the business.
Mrs. Herby will join him as
soon as she can dispose Of the
Gadsden hotel furnishings,
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1914-05-22
HEAVY RAINS FALL
OVER ENTIRE COUNTRY
Six Inches of Rainfall. Railroads Washed Out. Who'll.
Country Flooded Farmers Rejoicing.

were caught in lowlands and did
much other damage. The bridge
across the Canadian on the Dem
yer railroad and the Nara Visa
bridge on the Rock Island also
went out as did other bridges.
1t was the biggest general rain
recorded in this section of the
state for this season of the year
and dispels the old time talk
that it never rains in New Mex
leo in April and May.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1914-05-22
Road Board Meets

The Curry County Road board
composed of Messrs. Fred W.
James and Ed Homan met in
Clovis on Tuesday and paid off
the indebtedness of the board
from the funds they only re-
Gently received. John Barry
has been appointed as the other
member of the board but had
declined to accept until all in
debtedness had been paid.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1914-05-22
Wreck Near Pampa

Train service was delayed
eight hours last Saturday as a
result of a wreck near Pampa.
Texas, when a head-on occurred
between two freight trains.
The crew saved themselves by
jumping but were considerably
Jared in doing so. The train
from the east did not arrive un-
til after seven.