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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-03
SCHOOL REPORT.

District No. fri, Sumner, for the
month ending Nov. 81, 1914:
Number of days taught, 20.
Grand total days attendance, 3551a.
Number of pupils enrolled, 10.
Pupils not absent, Gertrude Horton,
Valeria Ball, Nettie Enterline, Doris
Pardee, Addie Bigelow, Ruth Miller,
Howard Horton.
Students receiving three months
certificate for being neither absent or
tardy are Doris Pardee, Valeria Ball
and Nettie Enterline.
Those receiving not less than 900
in all subjects for the month are Ger
trude Horton, grade No. g; Emeline
McFaul, Grade No. 6, and Ruth Miller,
Grade /.
All persons interested in school work
are cordially invited to visit us.
LOLA MCCARTHY, Teacher.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-03

transferring these into the shelter, by
moving them little every day to-
ward the goal. In some cases this is
soon done, or even they may be left
to find the way to the food themselves.
The food shelters may be tackled to a
tree or nailed to a post in convent
ent place.
The food shelter itself may be
very simple affair. There are a num-
Der of designs, any one of which is
simple. They may be made ever so
elaborate, and not serve their purpose
any better. The food supply must be
protected from the rain, snow and
wind, and from animals. This means
a roof, sides, which may be in part of
glass if one likes, with openings in
on eside at least, and bottom open.
The food supply can be placed in suit
able holders, lodges, hooks, or frames,
according to requirements. The shell
ter may not be open at the side but
only at the bottom. When this is the
case, there is often provided rest
at short distance below the shelter
for the convenience of the visitors.
A weather vane food box is another
frequently used design for food shell
ter. Then, one may go even further
and have a window seat food shelter,
such as described and illustrated by
Mr.. Harold Baynes in his lecture in
Alma last spring. Indeed, if one wishes
and can give the matter more thought
and time, there is scarcely a limit to
devising means for attracting the
birds even in winter to ones door.
If the members of the Alma Bird
Club do as much in this as they did
in the matter of housing the birds for
their nesting season, there should no
birds suffer during the coming winter.
Nor is all the work in these matters
done by the members of the Bird
Club, as was shown in the recent can
vass.
1t is also suggested that an effort
be made to keep record of the differ
ent kinds of birds that come to your
food shelters or places for feeding. If
corners are slow, all that is necessary
is to wait. The winters are long and
while the winter birds are not very nu-
merous, there are enough to go around
and to eat up the food you may place
in their reach. Try it.
A good example of one type of food
shelter or box can be sen at Steve
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-03
SHELTERS FOR BIRDS.
Excellent Feeding Station and Shelter
May BE Seen at Steve Benefits
Store.

Feeding the birds in winter is one
of the most common ways of relieving
the dullness of days. One can scarce
ly begin to realize the genuine appre-
citation that the little fluffy punches of
bird life must feel when they see a
generous supply of food put in their
way. These first cold days suggest
that soon the birds will enter on their
period of privation. The question has
been asked, how may winter feeding
be done to secure the maximum of
good to the birds and pleasure to the
observer? The essential thing is to
have a daily ration, one ready for ev-
cry day when the birds are on the
look for something to eat. If they
find food in accessible places, they will
return as regularly as their need
presses them. The food must be ready
for them when they want it. 1t is not
always possible to scatter food on the
ground and keep a supply ready. A
small platform on a post presents
some of the same difficulties, though
not so many. Possibly this is good
way to begin to train the birds that
come so that they will get the habit,
and not be afraid to use such food
shelters as may next be provided. Food
shelters should be placed and usually
are placed in a position where they
can be watched conveniently.
The birds have to learn the way of
getting into the shelter and it is fire.
quently necessary to give them a pre-
liminary training in forming the habit
of finding and taking food in an in
closed shelter. This can be done by
placing bits of food such as suet,
cracked nuts, and grain, in conspicu-
Gus places at first and then gradually
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-03
SEVILLE AND SUMNER
FARMERS CLUB
H. M. M

Meet at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
y. c. Ferris Dec. 10th, 1914.
Following is the program:
Called to order by the president.
Song-Club.
Reading of minutes of last meet.
ing.
Dinner.
Song-Club.
Unfinished business.
New business.
Reading-Mrs. Hartman.
Song-Mr. and Mrs. A. w. Baker
Report of the delegate.
Election of officers for 1915.
Question box.
Song-Club.
Adjournment.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-03

The Christmas feeding OF the birds
is prevalent In many OF the provinces
OF Norway and Sweden. Bunches of
oats are placed on the roofs of houses.
on trees and fences. for them to feed
upon. Every poor man and every head
OF family saves q penny or two to
buy a bunch of oats for the birds TO
have their Christmas. 1t Is beautiful
custom and one that might well be
adopted in other countries.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-03

Benefits store. He will be glad to
show it to any one who may want to
see it, and to explain its use and adj
vantages. 1t may be possible to see
other types of food shelters which will
be made later.
Those who have their food shelters
out soon will be likely to have more
bird visitors as the birds become ac-
customed to them as the winter adj
vances.
H. NJ. M.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-03

Liver are doing their work. Keep your
Liver active and healthy by using DR..
Kings New Life Pills; they empty the
Bowels freely, tone up your Stomach,
cure your Constipation and purify the
Blood. 25c at Druggists. Bucklen's
Arnica Salve excellent for Piles.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-03
Thanksoivino a Dual Holiday.

Thanksgiving is the one holiday that
combines religion and patriotism. We
should try TO impress on the child each
Thanksgiving both a feeling of thank
fulness for his own blessings and a
feeling Of high patriotic pride
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-03
A Test for Liver Complaint.

Mentally Unhappy-Physically, Dull
The Liver, sluggish and inactive,
first shows itself in a mental state
unhappy and critical. Never is there
joy in living, as when the Stomach and
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-03
A LETTER FROM SANTA
CLAUS.

To the Editor of This Paper:
Sir-Won't somebody please
sop the rumor that is fast gain
ing ground? Not only grown
ups, but nearly every boy and
girl, on being questioned will
promptly say, with a nice little
shake of the head, There is no
Santa Claus" Now, this is
pretty hard on a fellow who has
been ION the job" hundreds of
years.
| am going to ask favor of
my still faithful followers, wher-
ever they may be, hoping that
some time will be able to serve
them once more. This is what
they are to do: Send one pres
ent, say, to some one without
having their names appear.
Imagine the surprise and delight
and guesses as to who might
have sent il. The receiver may
exclaim, ait must have come
from Sanity" or, more probably,
he or she will radiate smiles to
every one, seeing in each friend
and relative a possible sender.
4 This will warm the heart Of
; SANTA CLAUS.
I The North Pole, December, 1914.
a . n
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-10
Zenith Club

The Zenith Club metsThurs-
day afternoon, April 2, at the
home Of Mrs. G. r. Jorgenson.
After the usual roll call and
business meeting, Mrs. O. S..
Opheim conducted the history
lesson relating to the reign of
George | in England and Scot
land. The principle subjects
under discussion we're the
Hanoverian Succession, charac-
ter of George I, the Pretender in
Scotland and the fate, of this en-
terprise, and the Pretender's
life on the continent.
Dainty refreshments were
served by the hostess during the
intermission following which
Mrs. Thos. Thompson had charge
of the literature lesson; on Act
V, Scenes 1. 2, 8, 4, of Macbeth.
The interesting parts of this act
are the sleep-walking of Lady
Macbeth where her remorse for
the crimes committed breaks
out while her will is off guard,
the rallying of the soldiers at
Dunsinane, the insane delusion
with which Macbeth clings to
the hope that there is still
possibility of making his state
whole as the marble" and al
ternating with this hope, signs
of a great WEAKNESS.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-10
Denied a New Trial
Application of Rosholt Druggist
Turned Down.

At the last term of circuit
court B. A. Connolly, the Ros-
holt druggist, was found guilty
Of selling liquor illegally, and a
heavy fine was imposed by Judge
Sherwood. who afterwards grant.
ed stay Of proceedings in or
der that an application for new
trial might be made. On hear
ing the argument presented by
Connelly's attorney, G. r. Jor-
genson, Judge Sherwood de-
MED the motion. Nothing now
remains but for the fine and
costs to be paid or else an appeal
taken to the supreme court; and
it is understood that an appeal
will be taken. 1t is apparent that
Judge Sherwood gave no weight
to the affidavit of Frank Miller,
the self styled private detective,
in which he claimed that his pre-
vious testimony was false, evil
IDENTIFY believing the affidavit to
be the cooked up" part. 1t will
be interesting to see whether or
not the supreme court sustai,s
Judge Sherwood.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-10
District Convention
The Ladies of the w. C. T. u. Hold
Interesting Three Day Meeting.

persons, later they thought they
might be people and they do at
last concede. them to be citizens.
but We strive to be considered
enfranchised citizens. 1t is now
fashionable to be a woman voter
God will hold us responsible on
the Judgment day if we do not
strive for, the ballot to protect
our weaker sisters.
Miss Bengston brought her
little singers to close the meet
ing.
TUESDAY EVENING
Mrs. Anna II. Simmons gave
an address on the subject "Shall
Women Have the Ballot?" This
was very interesting to all and
Instructive to many. This is the
third time Mrs. Simmons had a
part in the suffrage fight in our
state. She is very hopeful of
the victory this. time. There
were many requests for another
opportunity to hear her here,
but her dates are full.
WEDNESDAY FORENOON
Meeting called to order by
Mrs. Gold. After singing de-
votional services were led bv
Mrs. Harper of Milbank. Min
utes of former meetings we're
read. Report of w. G. T. u.
Union of Andover were read by
Mrs. Vandermeide. Rousing
meetings, participated in by
girls of the higher grades of the
school, twelve departments. were,
corducted by the union and,
great change had been observed
in the temperance sentiment of
the town. Mrs. Lowthian gave
a report of the rescue work done
in the district. Mrs. Hart gave
report on the anti narcotic, de.
partment and reported active
work. Report of credential
committee was given by Mrs.
Knight. Fifteen delegates were
present. Report of auditing
committee was given by Mrs.
Bentley.
The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
President, Mrs. Eva M. Gold:
vice president, Mrs. Rudie; cor
responding secretary, Mrs.
Alice Gold; recording secretary,
Mrs. Alice Hart; treasurer, Mrs.
Continued on page ~
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-10
Program Of Teachers Meeting

To be held in the Court Room
Saturday, April II:
MORNING SESSION, 1890 A. NJ.
Roll Call ll-Response with items
of Current Events.
Country Life and the Country
School, Chapter XIII-Miss
Rosy Kleven.
Plans for Closing Day-Miss
Marjorie Holm.
AFTERNOON SESSION, 1:3O p. M.
Chorus Fourth Grade Pupils.
The Training of Children,
Chapter XVII-James Oliver.
Reading Lloyd Peterson.
Literature in the Public
Schools-Miss Daisy Chamber.
lain.
Model Lesson in Grammer--
Miss Ruud and Pupils of Fourth
Grade.
The Problem of ProvidingWork
For Every Child in the Large
Rural School-Miss Margaret
Matthews.
Address-Supt. B. S. Englnnd
of Peever Public Schools.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-10

Sheriff Minder returned last
Thursday night with Harry
Michael who had been arrested
at his request at Kentland, Ind.
1t seems that a citizen of that
place happened to see one of the
postal cards sent out by Sheriff
Minder in his attempt to locate
Michael and gave a tip that the
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-10
Forger Brought Back

the Mlbank officer, Sheriff Min.
der decided on taking no chances
with his man. He therefore
brought him all the way in leg
irons, much against the inclina-
tions of the prisoner, who is now
in Jail awaiting the next term of
court in May.
The crime with which Michael
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-10

/ vention was an informal recep-
tion given to the visiting dele
gates by the local Union. After
informal greetings, Mrs. Dan
Knight. the local president, in
troduced Mayor Knapp who
addressed the gathering with
words of welcome to the dele
gates in behalf of the city. Miss
Brewster sang "Anchored" in
her usual charming manner and
tone. Mrs. Shearer extended
welcome in behalf of the union.
Mrs. Lowthian of Milbanlx gave
the response. She made two or
three strong quotations from
Miss Frances d. Willard. Three
primary pupils sang a pleasing
little song. The last number on
the program was duet by
Misses Lilly Bengston and
Laura Stavig. Refreshments
We're served after which thedele.
gates were escorted to their
various places of entertainment.
About thirty guests were in at
tendance.
TUESDAY FORENOON
The convention was called to
order by the District President,
Mrs. Eva M. Gold of Big Stone.
After the Praise SERVICE" led
by Mrs. Knight, the regular
business was taken up. Mrs.
Gold, in her report, gave a very
interesting and inspiring ad.
dress. The vice-president and
corresponding secretary ,bqing
absent, Mrs. Alice Hart of Co
roma, the recording secretary
reported and Mrs. Wiseman OF
Milbank, gave the treasurer's
report. The special committees
of the convention were appointed
After the arrival and greeting OF
the South Dakota State Pres.
ident, Mrs. Anna r. Simmons,
the morning session was ad.
journed.
/ TUESDAY AFTERNOON
The meeting was called to
order by Mrs. Gold. After sing.
ing, the devotional services were
led by Mrs. Lowthian. Mrs.
Brown sang a solo, accompanied
by Mrs. Shearer. A paper on
the history of suffrage was read
by Mrs. j. Vandermeide Of An.
dover. 1t gave a very broad,
comprehensive view of the sub.
ject, dealing with it from many
viewpoints. Among the thoughts
advanced was this, that if the
hours of female labor can be re
duced to about the same given
by males, the ten minutes spent
in preparing and Offering the
ballot would be we'll repaid, and
it was also suggested that the
equal participation by both heads
of the family in public affairs
would materially reduce the
number Of divorces, as it would
afford an equal development fol
both, and they would not sc
easily be enstranged.
Mrs. Lasell of Waubay, read 6
paper on "Will Woman Suffrage
Aid in Prohibitions" Govern
ment is sorely in need of wo
mems votes to secure clear
politics and the only weapon thai
will strike a death blow to the
liquor interests is the ballot il
the hands of women.
The extent and result of suf
frage was discussed by Mrs
Nav of Milbank. The creates
mothers of all are they who hav,
raised the civic sword to elevate
Much has been done to ameli
crate the conditions of females
in the equal suffrage states.
President Mrs. Simmons tolt
US that the state supreme cour
at first thought the women wer
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-10

connected WlUn Une OnlVofSlUV
Of Minnesota for the past thirty
four years, gave very instruc-
tive and entertaining lecture at
the New Grand last Sunday eve
ming on the subject, "The Stars
and What they Teach" That
the people of Sisseton fully APP
preciated the opportunity given
them of hearing this fine talk
was shown by the fact that the
building was completely filled
and seats had to be placed in the
aisles to accommodate the crowd.
The Mems Christian and Civic
Association feels proud that they
were able to secure Prof. Dow
ney to deliver this address.
The stars, said Mr.. Downey,
have always been objects of in
terest to man. They brighten
3 the heavens at night and serve
II as guides to mariners. They
are self luminous. far away and
approximately fixed in space.
The telescope is the most inn
portant agent by which we OBJ
tain knowledge Of these heaven
+ ly bodies, and through the
additional aid furnished by the
II spectroscope and the celestial
camera we are now in possession
D OF accurate knowledge of these
4 mystical, far away points OF
/ light.
The two greatest telescopes
in the United States are the one
at the Lick Observatory, diane.
] ter 36 inches, length 81 feet;
and the one at the Yerles Oh.
servatory of the University of
Chicago, with an aperture of
forty inches and a focal length
of 65 feet. The Lick telescope
admits about $4,000 times as
much light as the naked eye and
the great Yerkes telescope about
I $4,000 times as much.
|. The remotest planet of our
system is 2,775,O0O,O0O miles
away, a distance so great that it
can scarcely be grasped by the
4 human mind. 1t would take an
ordinary express train, going at
the rate of 30 miles an hour, 1O,.
II 500 years to cover this distance,
| and it is estimated that if the
ball of the first cannon shot of
| in the Revolutionary war were
\ still travelling with it's original
| ||velocity. it would yet be less
|lthan two thirds of the distance
llto Neptune. Astronomers have
Eiso discovered that Venus, the
lplanet which comes nearest the
aarth, except the moon, is at a
iEistance ranging from 26,OOO,OOC
Ito 160,0OO,OOO miles and that
[Mars, conspicuous for it's color
had brilliancy, has an average
Instance of over 48,6OO,OOC
(ailes.
III Success stimulates the mind
Ind urges on to new Efforts and
kreater conquests. and so as.
EOnOmerS were not satisfied
Nth these and marvellous other
discoveries. but wished to pene
Eate the mysteries of space be.
bnd the distance of these
klanets. Over and over again
Eere attempts made to go be-
fnd Neptune but Prussia s
~ kssel was the first to be sue
kssful and he demonstrated
n ID measured the parallax of 81
tEgni. The distance is measured
! precisely the same method as
at employed by the surveyor
measurine the distance across
kes or rivers and the method
briefly speaking, finding the
Ference of the direction of the
met as seen from the center
the earth and from the OBJ
fver's station on the earth's
fface, i. e., it is the angle al
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-04-10

drawn from it, one to the OBJ
server the other to tie center of
the earth. This method cannot
be applied however to finding
the distance to so-called fixed
stars, since they are so far
away. In order to find the dis
tance to one of these, a base line
for the triangle is taken double
the length of the distance of the
earth from the sun or double
about 93,O0O,00O miles. But the
North Star which we see afar off
to the north in practically the
same position wherever we may
be, is too far away to be meas
ured by even such means as
this.
Sometimes single points of
light in the heavens are discov-
cred under the microscope to be
double, and they may be double
in two ways, optically and phys
ically. In the first case they
are only in line with each other,
while in the second case they
are really near each other, the
latter being known as binary
stars. At present about 1900
such couples are known. The
distances to these may be meas
ured by slight displacement but
as this displacement corresponds
neither in direction or time to
the change of the direction of
the observer this method would
in most cases be a failure. Bessel
by taking observations by means
of the heliometer through a
period of three years, finally an
nounced that he had passed the
hitherto unfathoma5le abyss and
was able to measure the parallax
of star, on the whole the most
delicate measurement in the
whole range of practical astrono.
my. These distances are so
great that they cannot be grasp
ed by the human mind for we
have no adequate unit by which
to measure them. The velocity
of light, 1858 mi. per second,
is now used as unit and with
this as basis, astronomers
have calculated that it takes SO
years for the light of Sirius to
reach us, that the light of the
North Star reaches US after "a
years and that the light of a
star in the Pleiades takes 5000
years to reach the earth. AS
our knowledge of the stars ex-
pands, so must our knowledge
of the Creator increase.
Astronomers have also dis
covered much about the size and
character of the stars. Sirius
has mass 33 times that of our
sun and gives a light three or
four times as great, while Vega
gives A times as much light as
our sun and the North Star has
light of 6S suns. Some of the
stars seem to change in size and
character, for instance Algol, a
star of the second magnitude
under observation dwindles to a
star of the fifth magnitude.
After period of q hours it re-
turns to it's former size then
after a period of two and a half
days it dwindles again. The
theory long ago proposed, that a
dark body hides Algol part of
the time, thereby cutting off it's
light, has been made positive by
by the use Of the spectroscope.
This SnpctrOSonno uubicl, ,roc c
explained by Mr.. Downey, has
solved at a glance many prob
lens heretofore inaccessible to
investigation and has done as
much for the advancement OF
astronomy as the telescope. 1t
enables us to study the light
that comes from distant objects,
CONTINUED on 4th Page)
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there Mnder foundi charged the forgery
that the people of Kentand checks the First State Bank
glad to part with Michael and of Wlmot the 18th of ebru
they him anything for something SsOOO
good reputation the The checks paid
of the merchants down there
Remembering the spperness who
of Michael in his get away from action.
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McNulty Joins Law Firm
t4s Associated With Well known
Aberdeen Lawyers.

The law firm of Campbell &
Walton this morning announced
that Judge Frank McNulty had
entered the offices of the firm
and will henceforth be associated
with them in the practice Of law
under the firm name of Camp.
bell, Walton, McNulty & Camp
bell.
The formation of the new part.
nership has been under consid-
GRAFTON for some time, but ar
rangements were not finally con-
cluded until yesterday Mean.
while Judge McNulty had ar.
ranged to lease the office in the
Citizens Bank building as TEN.
porary location, but in view of
the elimination of the present
arrangement he has cancelled
this lease and will at once enter
upon his duties as member of
the new firm, otficing with them
in the Hagerty building, where
the firm, or Judge Campbell, the
senior member, has been a ten
ant since the erection of the
building.
Judge McNulty's legal ability
is recognized throughout the
state. He is widely acquainted
and experienced both as a law
yer and jurist, having had a
large and successful practice at
Sisseton for some years before
going on the bench. In his judi
cial capacity he was we'll known
throughout the circuit, and
earned the respect of all by his
impartiality and ability. His en-
try into this office will add
strength to the law firm that is
now one of the stongest in this
portion of the tate.-Aberdeen
News.