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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1915-08-27
STATE CENSUS.

Pierre That there is either an
immense increase in the vote. or
than "A lt"ge percent of the vot-
erS of the state did not register
their views at the last election,
would be indicated by the census
returns. The census showing
is l69.4l9 voters i'm the state,
while the highest vote cast on
Candidates at the election last
Novemb Der was 80 .30l for United
States senator, and 96,14 for
governor
The record shows thai the list
of men between Is and 43 years
OF military age-in the state
number 129,734.
The showing of home owners
in the state only places about
one-third the residents as home
owners, or III ,22O in this class,
with 22S, AGO outside this class,
but which includes many who
lives in the homes of parents:
but the home owning showing is
not of the majority of adults.
For the first time an effort has
been made to secure as far as
possible the educational qualiti-
cation of the residents of the
state, and the showing in this
list is that there are 266,O52 per-
sons with a common school edu-
cation; 27,345 have high school
education; 3,179 have had normal
training; 7,37l have had college
training; with 5,OO6 beside who
are college graduates. There
are 1886 illiterates, which is rs
per cent of the whole, putting the
state we'll up in the educational
list. In the state there are l64
blind, 1913 deaf, 1865 insane, and
275 idiotic.
In the religious census the
showing is that the Lutherans
lead the others with Il member.
ship of 1s0.949: the Roman Catho-
| lies are second with 20, 769: the
Methodist third with 52,S39; the
PreSbyterians fourth with 2l,-
$50; Congregationalists fifth with
lS,9O4; l5aptists sixth with l6,
23S. The rest of the list shows
| 1856 AdventistS, ,343 Christian
Science, 6,25S Christians IS Dun
l1ards, 4.OO1 Evangelical, 3O1
Friends, 379 Greek Catholics
1855 Mennonites, 9,239 Episco
palians, 10. l69 Reformed, l4e
Salvation Army, S34 United
Brethren, and and 1886 others
No church affiliations are report
ed by POI ,642.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1915-08-27

When your name gets into the
paper because you performed
brave deed nobody in town sees the
item, but when your name gets in
to the paper because you arrested
for being drunk. everybody in
town sees the item the minute they
pick up the paper.-Watertown
Herald.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1915-08-27
Get Licences Early.

The county auditor requests
hunters to secure their 1915
licenses at once. During the last
week before the opening of the sea-
son the office flooded with applica-
tions, and there is necessarily some
delay in supplying the little slips
that are necessary to every sports
man who pursues the festive
prairie hen or elusive teal. I.icens-
es can be secured at any bank in
the county.
Ten ounces of powdered borax
scattered over eight bushels of
manure or garbage or any place,
where flies breed, will prevent them
from breeding. BE liberal and use a
ten cent package on one pile.
Scatter it about over the top. Use
ten cents worth once a month. 1t
is cheaper than sickness and DOCTORS
bills, and it will absolutely prevent
flies from breeding, and it is the
only thing that will do it. There is
an instructive article on the subject
i'll the Scientific American of June
'19.
Board $500 a week straight.
Meal tickets, S5.25 ticket for S4.OC
! Little Eagle Cafe.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1915-08-27
Hunters Getting Ready.

The open season for hunting
prairie chickens and ducks begins
Friday, Sept. 10, and already hunt
ers are preparing for the slaughter
by securing licences and gett ing
their nerves i'll shape by trap prac-
tice. Prairie chickens are reported
scarce and the covies small, the
heavy rains during the Matching
season having DESTROYED hundreds
eggs and young chicks. There is
some solace in the fact that ducks
are more numerous than for sew
eral years past. Every pothole
and slough is The lettering place
of ducks Matched in the vicinity,
and the limit will be easily secured
during the early days of the open
season.
Jas Kennedy and All. Moe had a
miraculous escape from most seri-
Gus injury in an auto accident
while driving south of town, on
Tuesday evening. They were
driving Mr.. kennedy's Overland
car and Mr.. Moe was at thewheel.
and it was probably due to the fact
that he had had very little expert
ence i'll driving the Overland that
the accident occurred. AS they
were crossing a high grade on the
south bench road, the car suddenly
shot off and turned completely
over, stopping right side up at the
foot of the grade. The occupants
were spilled out and the car passed
over them, but luckily no bones
were broken and they did not sus-
tain permanent injury, although
they were pretty badly shaken up
and received some painful bruises.
MI. Kennedy is still in the hospital,
nursing bad cut in his right leg.
/ he car was not seriously damag-
ed, and was driven to town on its
own power. - Browns Valley Tri-
bune
Geo. Gillette, driving an Olds-
mobile car, and gentleman from
Sisseton, driving a Maxwell, in
dul2ed i'll arace at the fair grounds
in this city last Friday evening.
Gillette won the race easily, making
SIX and one half miles in ! i min
utes on half mile track. Another
race has been arranged between
Gillette and the Olds and Gard
ner Car from Sisseton, to take place
Friday afternoon, Aug. 81, when
an excited time may be expected.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1915-08-27

road is to pass. i'm the way of
raising money for right of way,
station sites, etc. Various com
mitteeS of citizens i'm the differ
ent sections interested have
charge of this work.
The ultimate purpose of the
line is to handle a major part of
the long haul traffic between Du-
luth and the Dakotas- Perhaps
a half of the grain and farm pro-
ducts shipped from southern
North Dakota go to Duluth Ger
tainly almost all of the coal and
fuel. much of the manufactured
merchandise, and all the wood
products, ETC., come to this
country to Duluth and Northern
Minnesota. The proposed main
line from Duluth to Bismark is
practically a Decline east and
west. and in no part of it's course
does it parellel or Interfere with
any railroad now operating, ex-
cept in the vicinity of the
two terminals there is no road
within from Is to 30 miles at any
place except where it crosses
or intersectS the north and south
lines, A glance at the map will
show this plainly. The branch
from Huron all the way to the
state line is through a we'll set
tied district practically without
railroads. There is a remark
able opportunity for traffic over
this new railroad.
OF course, this can not bedone
in year, or in two years. But
the men behind the movement
are men who will put it through.
and we have all confidence in its
ultimate completion. Wahpeton
the junction of the branch with
the main line, will undoubtedly
be both a passenger and freight
division point, due to its central
location = 300 miles to Duluth, 200
miles to Bismark. 175 miles to
Huron, beside being the junction
and this means something big
for Wahpeton. The shops, of
course, would be located at the
division point and this would
mean the employment OF a large
number of men, with it's conSe-
Iquent growth in the city. 1t will
undoubtedly mean much better
service, freight and passenger,
tapped by the new line, and will
open up to the march of progress
many thousands of acres of fer
tile land which now is difficult
to farm on account of it's distance
from the railroad. And the rail
road itself should be a paying
proposition from the start.
AS we stated before, the line
will be built from Huron to Wau-
bay this fall and next spring. 1t
is probable that the fall of 1916
will see the road in operation
through to Wahpeton. Work on
surveys, right of way, securing
Iof charters, construction, etc.
for the main line will progress
as rapidly as may be, and within
a very few years we expect to
see the entire system in opera
tion, with it's consequent in
crease in prosperity for this en-
tire section of North and South
Dakota and Minnesota.
AS TO CORN.
MANY Of Our friends in tha
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1915-08-27

B. II. Knight arrived from New
York Wednesday evening for
few weeks visit with his mother,
Mrs. A. M. Knight, and his bro
ther Hal.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1915-08-27
PLANS OF THE
new RAILROAD
Something Big Will BE Pop
ping Soon.

The Wahpeton On. D. Globe
Gazette in the following article
gives a very detailed account of
the plans of the new railroad, the
new line known as the Duluth,
Huron 4 Southern. 1t seems
about the only the only thing
left to do now is for the towns
in the path of the road to get
busy and raise the bonus money
The Globe Gazette says: There
has been much talk throughout
this part Of the country of late
about the proposed new railroad
to be built in South Dalltoa and
through Richland county, but all
of this talk has been seemingly
at random and without any de-
finite information. The Globe
Gazette is now in position to
give it's readers summary of
the situation which is authentic.
In April this year there was
incorporated in South Dakota a
corporation known as the Huron
& Southwestern Railroad Co.,
with the purpose of building a
railroad from Huron north and
east to Waubay, S. D. This
much was known.
The articles of incorporation
have been amended so that the
name reads Duluth, Huron &
Southern Railroad Co. Since
then, officials of the company
have given out some information
regarding the future course of
the railroad.
The project consists of the
operation of ofapproXimately seven
hundred miles of railroad. with
the main line extending over five
hundred miles from BiSmark to
Duluth, through Burleigh, Kid
der, StutSman, Logan, LoMoure,
Barnes, Ransome and Richland
counties, to Wahpeton, thence
northeast through Wilkin and
Otter Tail counties, and then
straight east to Duluth through
Becker, Hubbard, Wadena, Cass,
Grow Wing, Aitllin, Carlton and
ST Louis counties.
The branch line will extend
from Huron, l.. d., to Wahpeton,
passing through Beadle, Sphinx
Clark, Coddington. Day and Rob-
erts counties in South Dakota,
and through HaEkinson and
Great Bend to Wahpeton.
Construction work will begin
in September this year, at Huron
and Waubay-f from both ends
and the first leg of the system
will be built as rapidly as possi
BILE. The final surveys have been
made and the contract let for the
construction of the road as fan
as Waubay, S. d., and this work
will be rushed to comDletion. 1t
is not thought that it can be fin
ished this fall, unless an eXcep-
tionally long and favorable sea-
son should happen along, but the
work will be resumed in the
spring as soon as the weather
permits and rushed through. so
that trains will be running in the
early summer. This branch con.
meets with the Great Northern
and Milwaukee roads at Huron
and with the Milwaukee at Wau.
bay.
The final surveys have not as
vet been made from Waubay to
the state line, butthe preliminary
surveys are on file and the route
is through the Sisseton Indian
reservation, by Sisseton, New
Ellington and north to a point OF
the state line situated on Sec
tion 27-12S so, Roberts county
The route from that point int
Wahpeton depends greatly OF
the efforts of the citizens o
Great Bend and Hankinson anc
the territory through which the
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1915-08-27

For Sale Second hand % h. p.
Advance engine. separator 1856
Buffalo-Pitts. lnqui re b u e
Front Livery, Sisseton. SID
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1915-08-27
AS TO CORN.

Many of our friends in the
earlier pat of the season when
looking for something to be pes
simistic about, would remark
that while the small grain APP
peared to be in excellent con
dition, corn would not be in the
race this year. The last few
weeks, however, has shown what
backward corn can do under
right conditions, as it has had a
phenomenal growth and all the
indications are that with a rea-
sonable time before killing frosts
there will be corn crop that
will again demonstrate that we
are in the corn belt.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1915-08-27
STATE WINNER
IN RATE CASES.
No Advance in Western Rate
Will be Made.

State Railroad Commissioner
DuughertN OF South Dakota, re-
ceived from G.. w. HiIlman, who
is South Dallota'S statstcan in
the western advance rate case,
which was recently heard by the
Interstate Commerce commits
sion Il telegram which reads as
follows:
Associated Press dispatch in
noon papers announces favor
able decision in west freight rate
case. Looks to have been almost
sweeping"
This news was considered al
most too good to be true, by Mr..
Dougherty and after comforting
with Commissioner Murphy and
Rate Expert Kelley of the South
Dakota commission it was decid-
ed not to make public decision,
until the statement in Mr.. Hill
mans telegram could be con-
tirmed. Thursday morning a
telegram was received from the
chairmanof the Interstate Com
merce Commission which reads
as follows:
Commission denies advance
of 80 per cent of traffic involved
in western advance rate case.
Advances denied on grain. grain
products, live stock. packing
house products, fertilizer, hides,
cotton piece goods and broom
corn. Advance granted on fruit
and vegetables from Texas, rice
from Louisiana, on coal, except
as to South Dakota and fresh
meet between Iowa and Nebras-
ka. All other fresh meat ad-
vances denied"
1t will be seen from this tele-
gram that while advances on
coal freight rates were allowed
to all other points they were de-
MED as to South Dakota.
The trial of the western adj
vance rate case, which occurred
in Chicago before Interstate Com.
merce Commissioner Daniels
and Attorney Examiner Watkins
of the inter state commission
covered the time from March 4
to May 13, 1915, and forty vol
umes of testimony we're taken.
All of the advances in freight
rates desired by the railroads to
South Dakota points have been
denied and it is claimed that the
winning of the case by the
South Dakota state railway COM
mission means saving of $780,
600 per year to South Dakota
people.
Sophie Jackobson, a thirteen
year old sister of Mrs. Jake Folke-
stad hcme of Lake township, died
J Tuesday morning at the Folkestad
home, after few days illness with
diphtheria. The girl i'll company
with an older sister came over from
: their home at Clinton, Minnesota,
5 a short time ago for a visit with
their sister, where both girls were
taken sick with the dread disease.
The case is sad one as the parents
did not know of the illness of their
daughters until they received a
message Tuesday morning annouc
ing the death. Mr.. Jacobson and
AN older daughter came over from
Clinton Tuesday and took the re-
mains home for burial. -Wilmot
Republican.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1915-08-27

For sale, a go cart. Phone 1863.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1915-08-27

John Walker returned Mond av
evening from few days visit
with friends in Minneapolis.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1915-08-27

Board $500 a week straight.
Meal tickets, S5.25 ticket for LOO
Little Eagle Cafe.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-31
YUCATAN's IMPORTANT FIBER PRODUCT.

Not long ago General Carranza attempted TO enforce
blockade of the Yucatan port OF Progreso ana IL VIII De
recalled that this government quickly not1ed the consul
tutiona leader to call Off his Decree ana SenC WrShp
to back p the request The blockade idea was at once
given up by the Mexlcans and new war couo oSap-
peared. ..4ou4
in the little port of Progreso but recent bulletin from
the Department Of Agriculture makes 1t clear IL seems
that really serious calamity threatened the agricultural
industry because of this disturbance in Yucatan.
The harvesting of practically all grains with modern
machinery was involved If the port Of PrOgreso had been
closed would have been impossible to secure the slsal
fiber used in the manufacture of binder tWine 1t was
urgent that this fibre be secured Immediately and come
forward in large quantities by the first Of April otherwise
the factories could not have manufactured 1t IN time IN
sufficient volume for the Of the farmers In harvesting
this seasons crop 1t would have been necessary TO mar
vest by hand and to have harvested large part Oh the
grain in this way would have been impossible The mat
ter was so serious that the president and the secretary OF
state on representations from the Department of Agr
culture and the Department OF Commerce. took the matter
promptly hand AT the request of the president Gener
al Caranza abandoned the blockade Of the port of Pro-
greSO,
In normal years about 200000000 pounds Of binder
twine are required for harvesting the grain, corn, and
flax crops From twothrds to threeourths Of this is
made from henequen (ssaD fiber, practically all OF which
is produced in Yucaan and exported from Progreso This
year the demand for twne is certain to be greater than
ever Last years wheat crop was the largest the country
has ever Produced this years expected to be still larger
Nine hundred million bushels is the estimate if normal
conditions prevail from to harvest 1t is probable
that the production Of the other grains especially Of oats
will also be increased and the other crops, the sOghums
and corn will be at least the equal of normal years.
The disturbances in Mexico have already caused an ap-
preciabe shortage in the stock of fiber in this coun-
try Between January and February % 674S9 bales Of
$50 pounds each were brought in compared with 1885,
$50 bales in the period last year and l654 in 1913
If further supplies had been permitted to be cut off the
lack of twine would have resulted in the loss of very
most needed In commenting upon the situation the sec
retary of agriculture said that the situation vastly
serious thanit was in 1912 when threatened short
age of twne resulted in sharp rise in price from to Il
cents pound Then it matter Of price, if PrOgresC
were to be closed this year it would be matter of actua
scarcity which would result in the waste of great part
of the crops.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-31
TEST OF EUGENICS.

Two thoroughly tested California children of opposite
sexes neither more than three years DID, have been a
fanced by their parents for purely eugenic purposes
The little ones in point of weight and measurements
up to all the requirements plans and specifications
their eugenisc forebears have laid down. The two are
winners of the hotpoint perfect prizes awarded after
they had been subjected to the most rigid examination by
number of scientists surgeons and eugenc enthusiasts
Even the percentages of the children said to form
perfect blend.
All, then, is apparently well for the growth of the
youngsters into specimens Of manhood and womanhood
perfect as is their childhood
But all is only apparently we'll
There is much in the mentality Of these children, in
their natures latent and undiscovered as yet that neither
parents nor scientists can know or even suspect
tispresumed and confidently asserted that these baby
folk will learn to love each other and that they will in time
marry and have perfect children of their own.
But will they? Who knows? The parents think they
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-31
WANTS PROXY MARRIAGE.

Oakland, Cal, March 3l.-Disap
pointed because she was unable to find
u minister who would perform u proxy
marriage that would unite her with
Captain Donald L. Gerard, Of the
British army, Jean Shelby, an actress,
this afternoon planned to 60 to sea in
Police Judge r, r. Tappan S yacht and
be married. Roy $. Tharp formerly OF
Martinez will act as proxy for the Brit
ish officer. The ceremony is expected
to be performed by the Alameda Judge
when the Carrie l." is three miles
out to sea.
Miss Shelby applied to County Clerk
Gross today for n license. Gross said
he would issue the document but that
he did not believe minister in Oak
land would perform the ceremony un.
less Captain Gerard were present in per-
son. Deputy District Attorney Rogers
suggested the plan of going to sea and
the actress thereupon asked Judge Tap
pan to perform the ceremony.
The actress says Captain Gerard is ly-
ing critically i'll in hospital in the
European war zone and that he has
written an open letter authorizing any
minister, priest or justice to perform a
proxy marriage. Miss Shelby present
ed this to Clerk Gross today.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-31
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Neutrality.

lNIuLldllbys
Editor the journal: Colonel Hofer
says 0r country or the newspaper
part Of it, is not neutral. Well, it is
not easy to hold a neutral attitude. A
traveller relates that one time he wit
messed fight between a rattlesnake
and skunk. Though he sought to
have feelings and sentiments on the
square between the bellgerents, he
nevertheless now and then felt his
heart touched for the "under dog" as
the war progressed. Somehow we feel
that Serbia dear little sOl, was i'm.
posed on. Then, too, Germany forgot
taat Belgium was not merely public
highway, and naturally the little coun-
try resented the mistake, and we in
our weakness and sympathy, shed a
tear for Belgium. How could we help
it and be the awfully good and tender
people that we are! No, we are not
strictly neutral.
The great and illustrions author of
Fraace is now touring Italy in behalf
Of the allies. He charges that the
pope, in his effort to be neutral, is
sacrificing his religion, and playing tine
hyprocIite, The situation, he says, de.
mands the pope's defense of Belgium;
that the Roman church cannot be neu.
tral in such case.
But though we are not neutral in
feelings and sentiment, we can at least
keep tied up our dogs CT war,
l.. d. RATLIFF.