The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1915-04-02
From Wilmot Republican.

Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Lundgren of Lake township, at
the Wilmot hospital, OH Sunday,
March 2l, an eleven pound girl.
....A baby girl was born TO Mr..
and Mrs. o. w. Olson last Friday,
March 10Th. All concerned are
reported as doing fine. Mrs.
Fred Mosiman and two children
who have been here for some time
past, visiting at the home of Mrs.
Mosiman's father, Henry Young,
left Tuesday for Minneapolis,
where they will make their future
home, Mr.. Mosiman being connec-
ted in business there with his bro
ther, Otto. -. f. j. Savidge,
hardware dealer of Summit, has
sold his stock of merchandise to
Mo & Brustuen and Moe & Ding
sor, two other mercantile firms of
Summit, and it will be merged
with their stocks, Mr.. Savidge
quitting business on account of i'll
health. The change still leaves
Summit with two hardware stores.
John A. Munro & Co. have
just closed a sale of the S. w. 1 of
section 21 in Garfield township
known as the Eastman farm to /.
II. Tietjen, consideration $4,000.
This firm negotiated the sale of
this land to Mr.. Eastman seven
years ago at a consideration of $4,-
$50 and have managed the place
for him ever since. During that
time the owner has received for
his share of the crops the sum of
$3.50 which with the profits on
the land makes all annual profit of
over Sl1OO per year OH an invest
ment of S4o5O. Who can beat it?
=. Attorney Batterton was in the
city Wednesday afternoon on busi-
ness matters, and while here took
occasion to deliver TO Col. David
Babb an interesting document of
unusual Importance to MIR. Babb.
The document is patent issued
during the Franklin Pierce admin
istration under military script to
Dan'l Babb, private Captain
fuckers Company, Virginia Mill
tia, War of 1912" to 120 acres of
land in southern Iowa, later pur-
chased by Je1imiah Battelton, the
papers finally falling into the hands
of his son, j. j. Batterton. The
Dan'l Babb mentioned in the script
was an uncle of Col. David Babb
of this city, and the relic, carefully
preserved until now by Mr.. Batter
ton, has become the property of
our worthy townsman, who no
doubt values it very highly. -.
Senator Marvick passed through
town Wednesday enroute to Min-
neapolis on business In conver-
sation with the Republican report
er the senator says the institute
and short course at Sisseton last
week was we'll attended, but that
the interest in this manner of farm
instruction was tagging. He be.
lieves the new plan to be inaugu-
rated, which he fathered in the
senate, money for which will be
available after the first of July,
will be a much more satisfactory
method of imparting information
on the varied subjects of interest
to the farmer. The senator further
said ne was at loss to know why
the Milbank- Wilmot- Sisseton short
course was called off, as there was
plenty of money in the Institute
fund to carry on this work. Under
+ Mr.. Marvick's directions, Sisseton
offered TO stand any deficiency re-
sulting from their short course if
there was not enough state money
available for the purpose, and to
this date no claim has been made
for deficiency.
state. axnlained the situation to