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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-02-04
Death Of an Old Settler.

On Thursday, January goth, oc-
Cured the death of Matthias Wag-
ner at the home of his son, N. J..
Wagner, about IL miles west of
White Rock. MIR. Wagner had
been ill since the first of the year
when he contracted a severe cold
He was also suffering somewhat
from nfirmities of age He was
one of the pioneers of this section
having settled here at the opening
of the reservation.
Matthias Wagner was born in
March 1880 in Begelbach, Luxem.
burgh, and in 1882 came to this
country with his wife and four
children, and located at Hastings,
Mimi, where he started farming
i'll 1888 near Vermillion. Here he
stayed until 1891 when he came to
South Dakota aud filed on home
stead i'll 1892. On April l4th he
arrived at White Rock with his
family and settled on his homestead
81 miles southeast of Vernon post
Office, where he lived until 1902,
when he retired from farming, his
son, N. J. Wagner. taking charge
of the farm. Mr.. Wagner lived
with his son until he passed away
He leaves four children to mourn
his loss. N. ]. Wagner, Mrs. Nick
Bryor, and sons in Luxemburgh
His death removes from among us
a good man, a man who fulfilled
his part in helping to mold ane
shape this section for its future
greatness in the great Northwest.
He was buried Saturday in th'
cemetery at the st. Nicholas churcl
west of White Rock. The Journa
with great number of friends ex
tend sympathy to the bereavet
RELATIVES. White Rock Journal.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-02-04

amended to hold the full primary
some time ahead of the date fixed
by its present terms. Thus all
state, congressional and county
nominations and convention dele
gate elections will be held simult
aneously, exactly as would have
been the case had the republican
national committee set the date for
the national convention later in
June.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-02-04
Federal Convict Law Prohibits Ship
ment Of Prison Made Goods.

Washington, D. C.,-The pas
sage of a federal convict law
prohibiting the interstate ship
ment of convict made goods
means the loss of hundreds OF
thousands of dollars annually to
the northwest. Warden Reed.
of the Minnesota state peniten-
tiary, told the senate labor and
educational committee that peni.
tentiary twine was the farmers
only chance against the harvester
Strust.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-02-04
Hit and Miss.

Charity may cover a multitude
of sins but it doesn't obscure
them from the public gaze.
We suspicion some folks say
times are hard and business dull
just to keep you from thinking
that they are making money.
When a woman talks to you at
the top of her voice their is little
need to worry. She never asks
for money except in a low voice.
1t is quite a trick to raise and
support half dozen boys, but
not nearly as much of a trick as
it is to raise them so they will
l'SuppOrt you.
The prettier Il woman is the
harder it is for her to keep from
feeling jealous when some other
woman's good looks are com
mented upon.
| When a man begins to tell you
that he is Offering as a sacrifice
to the people, it is a pretty safe
guess that he considers himself
more than a majority.
A Berkley student is able to
hold his breath for ten minutes
The chances are he may never
marry and his accomplishment
will be valueless.
4 Woman insists in putting ;
man into a position where to bt
polite he must say she doesn
look her age and then tel
around that he is natural borl
liar.
An exchange warns us to be
ware of woman who agree
with you." What's the use o
warning us against something
that will never happen.
If the socialist Dropagand
will do half what its advocate
claim it will, it will fill about tie
times as many of the promise
= made for it as any other part
!, has.
~ 1t is easy to sit around I'll
a sawdust box in country stol
. and solve great problems
state because those who sol,
problems there are never calle
It upon to account for their mi
q takes.
Baled Hay for Sale. See in
Spackman.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-02-04
A Prehistoric Mound.


of earth of conical form in di
ameter of about 200 feet, and some
sixty feet in height. located upon
the farm of Miss Mary Eltum
about eighteen miles southwest of
Velva, N. d., has caused a great |
deal of comment and conjestures
as to the cause of this strange
formation, and inasmuch as the
soil about there for many miles in.
either direction is of a black gum
DO nature, tenacious and of COM
pact condition, it was thought by
those of 'logicalIturn OF mind that
it could have been caused by the
action of prevailing winds as is
sometimes noticible in sandy re-
gions and especially in the bad
lands of the west. The solution Of
this seemingly strange formation
remained to be solved by All invest
igator, who was ready and willing
to go into it with pick, and shovel
and satisfy inquiring minds as
we'll as himself in relation to its
content.
This investigation fell to the lot
of Il. ]. Burgess of Velva, who OBJ
tained the consent of the owner of
the farm to excavate for what he
Earnestly believed must have been
built by human hands and with
some purpose i'll view other than
prominent landmark. So at his
own expense and without assist
ance the fore part of the present
month he began All investigation
and made an entrance into the
mound OH the northeasterly side
about twenty feet up from the
base, and after having gone hori-
zontally for a distance of about
twenty feet, to his astonishment
he came to a walled room. walled
up all around with boulders neatly
sized up and laid, that unmistak-
ably showed that the individual
who did the work was mason of
no small ability.
This room measured ten and one
half feet by fourteen feet and five
and one half feet in height. On
the south wall was inlaid polish
ed stone dissimilar from all others
and this contained characters and
hieroglyphics doubtless in repre-
sentation of some language that nc
one in this part has been able tc
understand nor to decipher. The
characters are neatly carved i'll this
peculiar colored stone which is
about two feet square. A flash
light of these inscriptions has beer
made by Mr.. Stemp, photograph
er of Velva who is quite interested
in such scientific discoveries, ant
anyone who by gift or education
: i'll such seemingly indecipherabl'
q hieroglyplics can lend key t,
this solution he will be glad t.
=, communicate with and also to thi
end, mail him a photo which show
in bold relief the inscriptions a
IS they appear.
a Directly beneath this inscribe
" stone an improvised stone sla
,, table was found about eightee
!. inches wide, three i'll thickness an
=. six and one half feet in lengt
=. supported at either end by tw
y. large boulders and upon this tab
r. in a rather promiscuous mann'
were strewn about various curl,
n that were incident to an age of lor
he ago, such as stone arrowhead
H. spears, stone knives, large battl
10. AK, beads, bracelets and among Il
most curious is well linked t
gether endless chain about thr
ny feet in circumference, all chisel'
ial out of a solid piece of stone, Il
be work of which must have talk
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-02-04
months to complete.

months to complete.
A legal questioa may now arize
as to who is the owner of this val
liable treasure, the owner of the
land or the discoverer, if the mat
ter is not amicably settled. 1t is
presumed that the owner of the
land owns all that is within it un-
|less reservation OH the part of
the government is claimed.
1t is quite probable that the in-
vestigator would be allowed a
reasonable compensation on
quantum meruit implied contract
as the find of the unearthed treas.
ures is priceless and would adorn
any museum in this or foreign
countries and would interest the
foremost scientists Of the world.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-02-04
Indian Taxes.

A number of counties in this
state which partly lie within
Indian reservations are very
anxious for final decision as to
the tax right of Indians. The
Indian view is that they are not
subject to taxation, and they pro-
test the payment of any taxes
for local government. The white
man takes different view, and
holds that the property of the
Indian, other than that oven
which the government exercises
control, is subject to taxation,
and the different authorities hold
differently between these two
contentious, with a result thai
all parties interested are hoping
for final United States su
preme court decision on the
issue, and general line up un
der the conditions, which botl
parties will understand.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-02-04
]. H, BRElNlNG
SHOT BY BANDIT
Was Formerly Business Man
of Sisseton.

or OlSSetOn.
The Sunday issue of the Min
neapolis Jonrnal contained a
lengthy article of the hold up
and murder of Joseph Breining,
a proprietor of a meat market in
Minneapolis. Mr.. Rreining
formerly lived in Sisseton where
he owned a meat market in
partnership with w. +. Miller
The following taken from the
Journal gives an account of the
deed:-
Joseph H. Breining, meat
dealer at 116 Lyndale avenue N.
was slain in cold blood last night
for daring to resist two masked
'desperadoes who held him and
three others up in his shop, and
then fed under a hot pistol fire
to the basementof the Procathe-
dral of st. Mary, Hennepin ave.
nue. and Sixteenth street, where
they held up the engineer and
escaped in a maze of tunnels. air
shafts and compartments under
the editice.
while friends and neighbors
cared for the body of Breining, a
band of 30 policemen searched
the basement of the procathedral.
Two policemen with drawn
pistols crept through big air.
shaft that led under the church
alter, momentarily expecting to
meet the desperadoes face to
face and kill them or be killed.
In some unexplained way,
while the building was surround
ed by police and filed with them
and while so communicates were
in the main part of the building,
the murderers evaded capture.
ultimate knowledge of the
building, possibly gained when
it was erected, is believed to have
enabled them to escape.
"The Staying of Breining was
executed with the greatest dar-
ing and composure. The meat
dealer was shot through the
heart for revenge and as coolly
as though the slayer were kill
ing an animal. The murderers
obtained no money.
''The neighborhood was Sc
aroused by the crime that resi-
dents armed themselves with all
sorts of weapons and joined the
searching squads of police. All
we're determined to shoot the
men on sightif found.
''The 30 police would have had
difficulty saving the men ever
under the caves of the church
had they been caught.
"All through the night the ca
thedral was surrounded b,
policemen and volunteers ant
escape seemed impossible if til,
slayers had found a secret hid
ing place.
'Breining, his assistant, Alber
Walstead. 63O Adams street NE
and two customers, A. r. Brons
ton, 1909 Hawthorn avenue, an,
Mrs. j. j. Davey, Al Aldric
avenue N. we're in the shop a
s:2O p. m., when the robber
entered. Breining and Wa
stead we're busy and the back
of the customers we're towar
the door. The command Hand
up" was the first knowledge {
their presence. No one protes
ed then. Every hand went vi
Now all of you step over hel
and place your backs against IL
wall was the second command
The four obeyed, Breinil
rather sullenly. While one
the robbers waved q pistol
front of the faces of the fou
the other stepped to the ca
register and pressed q key.
did not open. He tried anoth
key and another.
Come over here, you, q
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-02-04
open this register, was the sharp
command to Breining.

open GnlS register, WaSthe Sharp
command to Breining.
"Breining stepped to the reg
lister, keeping his eye ON the
robber. Then with the agility
of a trained boxer, Breining
struck the robber ON the chin,
sending him reellng against the
counter.
Before the blow could be
followed by another the dazed
robber regained his balance.
stepped to Breining and calmly
shot him through the heart.
"Breining fell heavily to tn e
floor.
Without a word the robbers
fled out the front door.
Turning into the basement
door of the procathedral parish
school the robbers met Peter
Callahan, engineer of the two
buildings. Before he could i'm
quire their business they placed
a pistol at his heart and de
manded the fashlight he was
carrying. He passed it over and
the men fed across the school
basement and in through a tun.
mel leading to the basement un-
der the church.
Every nook and corner of the
basement was searched, and then
Patrolmen Fred Schroeder and
Arthur Martin, drivers of the
police autos, started into the
metal airshaft which runs along
the floor of the basement for loo
! feet before it rises to the main
floor of the church.
Creeping cautiously and
guided by their flashlights, they
travelled more than 80 feet.
There their hands touched
cold wet clay, and in front ol
them we're many footprints ii
the clay.
Just ahead the shaft turned
With still more caution the mel
advanced. Their pistols were
ready, but they wanted to take
!, no chances. Every few step!
they stopped to listen for ;
scratch, step or heavy breathing
The corner was turned and thel
the trip was finished. The enc
of the shaft, which was covered
by a grating was reached.
THE robbers were not ther'
and the grating had not bee
removed. If tie tracks wer
made by the fugitives they wer
made before the police reached
the place and the slayers retrac
ed their steps and escaped"
.-~e~-~>-~~>~-~~~--
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-02-04
FOUND GUILTY
OF ARSON

Farmer Burns House Fer
Revenge--Insure Furniture.
Lawrence Szepanik, a farmer
living near Pickerel Lake, had
some years ago given a mortga-
ge on his farm. and after year
of grace had elapsed was unable
to meet the obligation and the
mortgage was foreclosed. Upon
being informed the place would
have to be vacated, John, the 20
year old son, said that if another
party moved on the farmit would
be ON the foundation only.
1t is reported that after tax
ing out insurance to the amount
of 5000 on their household furni-
ture, the house mysteriously
burned, ON April which was a
few days later. A request was
given, through States Attorney
w. G. Waddell of Webster, call
ing S. E. Grams and G. II. Henry
state fire marshalls, to investi-
gate the case, and after securing
sufficient evidence. Lawrence
Szepanik and his son John we're
arrested ON April %. The pre-
Iliminary examination was waived
and the prisoners were bound
over, under 1000 bonds to the
circuit court which was called
this month at Webster.
Separate trials were demanded
and the trial of John SzepanilS
came up before Judge Bouck last
Tuesday. States Attorney w.
G. Waddell acted for the state
and Attorney L. FL. Woodwork
handled the case for the defen.
dant.
In telling of the fire John Sze-
panik stated that it was caused
by the explosion of a gasoline
stove while the breakfast was
being prepared.
The party who was to take
over the farm, when questioned
ON the stand, stated that he was
within mile of the place that
day and upon seeing smoke
hurried to the scene and discov-
cred the Szepanik family seated
on nearby we'll enjoying the
fire.
The Investigations by the fire
marshalls showed that some
household goods had previously
been moved to the barn, and the
gasoline stove found in the ruin,
showed no signs of having
exploded.
Neighbors were called to wit
ness to the fact that a few days
before the fire they had seel
some furniture and trunks being
moved to nearby farm which
Szepanik had rented.
In the trial which started Tues
day, the evidence was hare
fought for three days, and yes
terday the jury, after havin.
been out for about three hours
announced verdict of guilty Q
arson in the fourth degree.
The sentence has not yet bee
passed.
The business men in a mum
Der of towns in this section hav
adopted a new scheme for calen
/, dars this year, which is sens
BILE and economical proposition
Instead of every fellow gettin
!. out line of calendars for hin
self there was a municipal calel
dar prepared and distribute
j. with the result that everybod
" got calendar advertising Il
home merchants in a body. ar
$ thus doing the merchants mut
'f more good than it would have
o each of them had distributed
l., supply of calendars as MAORI
L. would have been thrown way.
l. l will pay highest mark
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-02-04

1 will pay highest marke,
price for live poultry. Inquire
at Bowling Alley.
(3ltfl G. T. Juveland.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-02-04
United States Pushes New Alaska
Railroad.

Seattle Three thousand addi-
tional workers will be put ontothe
governments job of building the
ALASKAN railroad as soon as the
spring brings its balmy weather.
Supplies have been purchased and
will be forwarded to Cooks Inlet,
which is the base of railroad OPP
erations. The railroad will
bring a big boom to Alaska, the
coal and other mines will be open
edup, and good opportunities for
men of brain and muscle will be off
fered.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-02-04

Charity should begin at home.
This is a cold winter and it may
be that some of the poorer fam
lies in this vicinity are suffering
for want of fuel and proper food.
Before we contribute to foreign
missions and the poor Of other
countries it might be we'll to
look about h me little.
Phillip I.aBatte of peever called
OH friends here between trains
Tuesday.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-07-20

the character Of the i'm
provement for which each said piece
or parcel of land is assessed, the
frontage of said lot. block, piece or
parcel OF land, the rate Of assessment
thereon and the total amount OF as
sessment against each said lot. block.
piece or parcel of land. and the total
amount assessed against all OF said
property.
SECTION 8. The said committee
on streets, and said Village Engineer
shall be governed In the preparation
OF said assessment roll. In addition To
what Ia herein contained. by oil the
provisions OF the State OF Idaho re-
lating to the assessment OF property
in local Improvement district.
SECTION z. All ordinances, resolu-
tons or parts thereof In conflict there.
with, are hereby repealed, rescindet
and annulled.
SECTION 8. This ordinance is en-
acted for the purpose OF constructing
cement sidewalks and crosswalks oil
street crossings and alley crossing,
on portions OF certain streets In sale
Village, which Improvement 10 deemed
by the Board Of Trustees to be nee
essary TO the public peace. health ant
salty and an emergency ID hereby do
ciared, and this ordinance shall be II
full force and effect after It's passage
approval and publication according Il
law.
Passed and approved this 7th da!
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-07-20

dinance Of Intention to create said
Local Improvement District No. 3
Of the Village of American Falls" and
thereupon the said committee on
streets and said Village Engineer shall
make out an assessment roll according
to the provisions of this ordinance,
and the statutes Of the State OF Idaho
In such case made and provided, and
shall certify the same to the Board
OF Trustees of such village and hle
same in the office OF the Village Clerk;
and thereupon the Village Clerk shall
give notice by three (S) successive
publications in the American Falls
Press, the official paper Of such VII
lage, that such assessment roll Ia on
fle In his office, and the date OF fling
| the same, and said notice shall state
a time al which the Board OF Trustees
| Of said village will hear and consider
objections to said assessment roll oy
the parties aggrieved by such assess
ment, and the owner or owners OF any
property which is assessed by such
assessment roll, whether named or not
in such roll, may within ten (10) days
from the date of the last publication
Of said notice, file with the clerk OF
said village, his objections In writ
ing, to said assessment; and said as
sessment roll shall state the name or
names Of the owner or owners OF each
piece or parcel of land, the block and
lot number Of each said piece or par
Gel Of land as the same Is plated and
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-07-20
SPECIAL

For the benefit OF those eighth
grade pupils who failed In M or two
branches. the county superintendent
Will conduct a special examination In
the court room OF the court house, Fri
day, July 28, 1915.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-07-20
II. G. WONHs.
ATTEST: o. F. CROWLEY. Clerk.
SUNDAY EXCURSION RATES.

Half rates for Sunday trips. On
sale every sunday-Also tickets good
from Saturday to Monday at . little
bit more. Ask o. 8. l.. Agents for de-
tails.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-07-20
SUMMER SHOES FOR MEN AND
DOYS.

We just received a shipment OF
tennis shoes. canvas shoes and VEN
tilated oxfords for men and boys.
FALL CREEK NERO. co.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-07-20

Should you be In need Of a farm
or city loan It will pay you to see the
wones Mortgage Loan corporation.
Their rates are always right.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-07-20

of June. 1915.
(Seal)
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-07-20

contiguous or tributary thereto, ana
included in said improvement District
No. s and in proportion to the benefits
derived by said improvement, and that
the cost and expense of the
walks, or street crossing. proposed
to be made in spaces rormed by inter-
section of streets and alley crossings
namely spaces opposite alleys) Shall
be taxed and assessed upon all the
property nj such local Improvement
district which cost shall be assessed
in proportion to the benefits derived
from said improvement.
SECTION 4. That when the cost
and expense of making the improve
ment mentioned in Section 2 OF this
ordinance shall have been assessed
upon n land included in said 10
! cal Improvement District No. s, OF the
Village of American Falls" the
| amount OF said cost and expense so
assessed, shall become a lien upon
said land which lien shall take pre-
cedence OF all other liens and may be
foreclosed in accordance with the pro-
visions OF the Code OF Civil Procedure.
SECTION s. Upon the passage 0!
this ordinance the committee on
streets OF said village, together with
the Village Engineer. shall determine
as nearly as can be done, the amount
OF money TO be assessed and collected
TO pay for the construction OF said I'm
provement in accordance with the 60.
! innate OF such cost as set forth in Or