davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-07-07
STORM DOES BIG DAMAGE

A violent storm passed over
this section on Wednesday even
ing of last week, but in the inn
mediate territory only very little
damage was done. The heaviest
losers were Nj. L. Sateren, whose
machine shed was destroyed.
Out i'm Hart township the large
barn of a. X. Eggen was COM
pletely destroyed. There were
thirty head of stock i'm the barn
at the time, but none were in-
jured. The buildings on James
Harrington's farm were also
destroyed.
In the territory of White Rock
the storm was severe and "a num-
ber of small buildings were
blown over and windows smash
ed in buildings.
From all reports received the
vicinity OF Hankinson suffered
the most as indicated in the fol-
lowing article taken from the
latest issue of the Hankinson
News:
The worst wind storm in
years passed over this section
Wednesday evening, leaving a
track of ruin and desolation i'm
its path. That there was no loss
of life is fortunate and hard to
account for, considering the ve-
locity of the wind.
THE storm came from the
northwest. Between and 6
o'clock the Sky took very threat
ening aspect but the storm
drifted eastward and did not
reach this locality until later on.
Between Z and 8 it broke here,
the clouds hanging low and
sweeping across the sky with
terrific speed. The first heavy
gust was followed by a down
pour of rain, the wind continu.
ing to blow with unabated fury
for an hour or more. In Hank
inson the damage was confined
| principally to the destruction OF
trees, some of the oldest and
largest in town being uprooted
or broken down. Giant cotton.
woods along Great Northern
avenue this morning lay broken
and twisted, and all over town
there was mute evidence of the
storms violence. A few sheds
and outbuildings were over
turned, the plate glass window
at the north side of the Green
drug store was blown in, like
wisea large plate glass in the
front of the Gem theatre, chin.
neys were blown from roofs,
two box cars were minus tops,
some small barns were moved
from foundations. there was a
good deal of window breakage
but the greatest loss was to trees
I'm the country there was a lot
of damage to big barns and 9th.
er buildings. The list of losses
has continued to grow through.
out the day as farmers came in
to arrange for new buildings
and repairs of those only dam.
aged -
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-07-07
From White Rock Journal,

Mrs. A. j. Erickson, who sub.
mitted to a serious operation of
the throat at the Mayo hospital
in Rochester last week is report.
ed to be so much improved that
she is able to leave the hospital
The old notion that clover can
not be raised in this county has
received a body blow this year
by William Yeager, southwest
of town who has as fine a 20
acre clover patch as we ever saw
in a clover country.
Henry Walter and Jesse Willis
went to Minneapolis Sunday
evening to present to the general
manager of the 500 Railway Il
petition endorsed by fifty.one
signers, asking for the removal
of the siding at LaMars to a
position one mile south. The
proposed location it is claimed
would be more convenient and
accessible on account of being on
higher ground.
There was a gathering of
about forty at the home of James
Weatherstone last Sunday in
the nature of q farewell recep-
tion to Rev. p. III. Barbor of the
Episcopal charge at Sisseton
Agency, who leaves July 3rd for
Hartford, Conn. where he has ac-
cepted permanent appointment.
A sumptuous dinner was served
and aliberal collection taken up
and presented to the minister.
The afternoon was spent in q
social good time.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-07-07
IT WAS some
CELEBRATION
Big Time i'm Sisseton ON the
Fourth and Fifth.

Despite the terrible rainfall early
Tuesday morning the celebration
at Sisseton OH the Fourth was we'll
attended, but owing to the muddy
streets, the parade and number
of races and other sports were post
poned until the next day.
The base ball game in the after
noon between Sisseton and Aber-
deem was farce and a disappoint-
ment to the large crowd that came
here, many especially to see the
game. 1t was walk away for
Sisseton. The visitors managed to
get one score and the locals around
dozen and half. The very idea
that the people of Aberdeen would
allow such bunch to wear the
suits bearing the name Aberdeen
is too disgusting to think of. We
have a kid team here that can put
up better exhibition of the Ma
tional game than they can. They
were scheduled here for Wednesday
but the Sisseton manager absolutely
refused to have his team play such
bunch. Beardsley played at Or
tonville OH the Fourth, were called
up and appeared OH the local dia-
mond OH Wednesday afternoon.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-07-07

V. A. Smith and Mrs. G. w.
Forncroolk both of this city were
united in marriage by Rev. Ebert
of the NJ. E. Church, on Friday
'of last week. u 3.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-07-07
Double Tracking Now Under Way

The work of double tracking
the Milwaukee Railroad COM
pany's line from Milbank to
Ortonville, work that was expect
ed the past to summers, is final
ly under way. The grade for the
new double track line was nearly
complete about three years ago
and since that time it has settled
and washed down badly so quite.
an amount of work will be neces-
sary to put it in shape for the
steel but it will make very
firm roadbed right from the
start. The work of putting the
grade in shape is in charge of
Contractor Dougherty, who has
force of men and teams at work
this week.
Neutrality-suspicious. men de-
string to earn S2OO.OO or more
per month. Every salesman
given special training. Unlimited
opportunities. Write Immediate
\ ly. Power Lubricating Co., De-
Itroit, Mich.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-07-07
Train Is Wrecked During Inspection

The party of Great Northern Of
ficials including Ralph Budd, as
sistant to the president, which left
Watertown Monday morning on
tour of inspection over the South
Dakota Central, just taken over by
the Great Northern line. had
rather practical illustration Of the
need of road bed improvements.
when their private car, trailing
along on the end of south
bound freight train, lurched, jolted
Jared and came to quivering
stop a short distance south of
Badger. Leaving their car to dis
cover the cause of the disturb bance
the officials found part of the
freight cars hadle the rails aud
slid down gentle slope at the side.
Forthwith the inspection tour
halted.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-07-07
HAS FINE
MODEL PLACE
|. c. Jenck's New Confec-.
tionary Store is a Dandy.

Ira C. Jenck. who last fall
opened the Sisseton Candy Kit
chen, has been compelled to move
into larger quarters to satisfac-
torily handle his rapidly increas-
ing patronage. The people of
this city have for a long time
been in want of such a place and
since the arrival of Mr.. Jenck
have given his place ample pat
ronage.
The change in business loca-
tion was made the latter part of
last week and everything was
ready Monday morning. Mr..
Jenck has installed q splendid
fountain, has several booths and
a number of tables. One Of the
features of the new place is the
chocolate cream case. This case
is a refreigator and the creams
are kept cold all the time, which
makes them delicious. Further
more the candies are all made
in the Candy Kitchen, which now.
occupies the full basement of the
building.
Train i. Wrecl.d n.r;,s I,.,.c+;o,
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-07-07

Pete Greenfield is transacting
business in the cities this week.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
STATE POPULATION GROWS
School Census Indicates There Are
Over 100000 People.

In spite of figures sent to Montana
by a Washington news bureau which
claims it had them from the govern
ment bureau of census that the popu-
lation of this state is 475,000, school
statistics collected in the Office of
State Superintendent H. A. Davee
Ut Helena show that there are $4,000.
The figures of the Washington
news bureau give Montana an increase
OF only $1,000 people over the cen
sus of 1910, which is regarded as
ridiculously low estimate, in view of
the great number of new settlers who
have filed on homesteads during that
time, not to mention the numbers of
people who have been attracted to the
state by the unusual prosperity here.
1t is the claim of the news bureau
that the growth this year was only
$4,000.
In 1910, when the government cen
sus was taken, Montana had a popu-
lation of 376,053. The census of the
school children the same year showed
there were S8,805 pupils attending the
public schools. This would be an
average of 43 members in every fam
lily in the state.
While the figures on the school cen
sus have not been received at the
state superintendent's Office suf-
ficient number of counties have filed
their school census figures to indicate
that there were 100000 pupils in
Montanas schools during 1915.
If the same ratio of 4.3 members
to each family holds true this year as
in 1910 the population at present
would be $4,000, or an increase in
five years of nearly 100000.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
e BUFFALO" JOE
SAYS IT'S A C|NCH

Buffalo, Joe Hainebach-ev
knows Buffalo lo''-landed in Missoula
the other day from the coast, where he
has been peddling hot air and Navejo
rugs to the visitors at the big fair. He
had no more than landed in Missoua
until he opened business in the hot air
line and selected reporter on the
Missoulian for his first victim.
''The Northern Pacific is going to
build its Flathead branch line during
the coming season without a question
of doubt" said Buffalo. "I got
my information from one of the traffic
officials of the road in Seattle, and it
came in such a way that cannot doubt
it. He said that the allotments for
1916 improvements include the special
item for the building of the Flathead
line and that plans are being made al
ready to get the work started early in
the spring."
Commenting on the above interview,
Sundays Missoulian says;
''Ir may be that Mr.. Hainebach has
the right "dope" about the plans of
the Northern Pacific. From several
sources the same story has reached
Missoula recently. Only a few days
ago Assistant General Manager Rapel-
je gave out statement in Livingston
to the effect that his company was
planning considerable construction in
Montana this year and that large
number of men would be used. He re-
fused to go into details, but what he
said in a general way seems to lend
color to the Flathead branch story"
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
RESERVATION CORN
WINS At ST. PAUL

The reservation country won two
more prizes at the St. Paul corn show,
that closed recently, according to F.
M. Lawrence, secretary of the Mis-
soula county fair. The first prizes an
nounced were awarded Robert Bennett,
Jr,, and Albert Sattley, both of Leon,
and now comes the awards given H. A.
Newton and W. H. Sabin, of St. Ig-
natius, the former winning first prize
and the latter second price.
The winning of these prizes should
convince the farmers of this valley
that they can raise corn and will prob
ably be the means of inducing others
to make an effort in corn production.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
LUS|TAN|A CASE
NEARING FINISH

Washington, Jan. 11.-Dnfficulty in
agreeing upon details is holding up a
final settlement of the Lusitania con
troversy
Count Won Bernstorff the German
ambassador, and Secretary Lansing
had another conference and it was
said later that no final agreement had
been reached, although the outlook is
encouraging.
While the United States and Ger
many virtually have agreed on the es-
sential principles involved it was
learned that until method of ex-
pressing these principles satisfactory
to both sides is found announcement
of settlement will be withheld.
Count Bernstorff was informed in ef-
feet by Secretary Lansing that the
wording of the tentative proposal sub
mitted last week by Germany, and
since considered by President Wilson,
is inadequate in certain respects.
A feeling of optimism regarding the
ultimate outcome of the negotiations
apparently prevails both in official and
1eutonic diplomatic circles.
1t is freely predicted that a settle,
ment acceptable to both governments
should be reached by next Monday, un.
less unforeseen events intervene.
BY Monday Count Won Bernstorff
should receive reply to dispatch
prepared for the Berlin foreign office.
This is believed to contain the re-
suits of his latest efforts and sugges.
tions regarding certain desires of the
United States to be embodied in the
final settlement.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
Democratic Club Meeting

To the members of the Roman Dem
ocratic Club;
On account of the cold, the meeting
held Jan. 18th was not we'll attended,
and no business was transacted 1t
was adjourned to Jan. 13 at 8 .. M, to
be held in the assembly room of the
new school house in Roman. Important
business relating to the welfare Of the
party will come before the meeting, A
full attendance is requested.
Notice is also given that the regular
annual meeting of said club will be
held at j. N. Bailey's office in Roman
on Feb. "a, at 500 p. M, for the
election of officers and the transaction
of any business which may come before
it.
Also, at said last mentioned time and
place, the following amendment to the
constitution of said club will be pre-
sented for action, viz:
By inserting after the first word in
sixth line of Article III Of said con-
stitution, the following: "Provided,
That women electors, otherwise eligi-
BILE, may become active members of
this club, upon application to the sec
'etary, without the payment of dues.
Dated Jan. II, 1916.
J. N. Bailey, Pres.
A. Sutherland, Sec'y.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
MILLING COMPANY EXPANDS
Will Build More EIevators-Opens a
Branch at Great Falls.

In order to handle it's business in
Northern and Eastern Montana the
Gallatin Valley Milling company,
which is the grain department of the
Fisher FIGURING Mill company of Seat
tie, Wash, has opened a branch office
at Great Falls. The company handled
100000 bushels of wheat out of the
Great Falls territory from the time
threshing started until Dec. 81 and it
proposes to work the territory much
more closely next year. 1t has an
nounced it has sites for more than a
dozen new elevators which will be con,
structed next year
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
Exam. for Rural Carrier

The United States Civil Service Com
mission has announced an examination
for the county Of Missoula, Montana,
to be held at St. Ignatius on February
S, 1916, to fill the position of rural car
rier at Roman and vacancies that may
later occur on rural routes from other
post offices in the above mentioned
county. The examination will be open
only to male citizens who are actually
domiciled in the territory. Applications
should be forwarded to the commission
at Washington at the earliest practic-
able date.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
LOUIS NEWMAN REELECTED
Business Men of Great Falls Want
Him to Lead Another Year.

Louis Newman was accorded a sig
nal honor by members of the Great
unanimously reelected president. 1t
has been the practice to elect new
president each year. Andrew Thisted
and j. H. Irwin were reelected vice
presidents and w. A. Brown treasurer
The reports showed a membership Of
476 compared to 1872 a year ago, when
Newman became president. Contribu
tions of $12,700 were made, compared
to $4,000, the previous high mark. The
club has landed S1.000000 beet sugar
factory which will be operated by
1917,
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
MAKE GAINS AT
SEVERAL POINTS

London, Jan. 11.-While the Russian
front has been quiet during the past
twenty-four hours there has, been Sc
we're fighting in the other war thea
ters.
On the Montenegrin front the Aus
trians have been generally successful
They have advanced their positions at
several important points despite the
handicap of snow waistdeep, and are
showing themselves just as adept as
the Montenegrins in mountain fight
ing, which heretofore has been re-
garded as the particular speciality of
the Montenegrin soldiers.
In Champagne the French have re-
pulsed four German attacks. The Ger
mans, however, have retained foot
hold at two places in the French adj
vanced trenches. In Persia, British
reinforcements on their way to the
relief of kut-elAmara have met Turk
ish forces which were compelled to
retire after some heavy fighting.
The Petrograd official communica-
tion says the calm on the Czernowitz
front is due to the huge losses and re-
snlting decentralization of the Austro-
Hungarian army. That there is some
basis for this statement is evident
from the estimate of the Hungarian
newspaper Poster Lloyd, that the
losses on both sides of the Bessara-
bian battles so far exceeded 175 900,
or more than the total British losses
in the whole Dardanelles campaign.
Another Hungarian newspaper
states on the authority of staff rep
resentative that the fighting on this
front has been the bitterest and
bloodiest in the history of the war,
both sides sacrificing men in a man
ner without parallel.
The Saloniki front is chiefly notable
in the dispatches as the scene of the
almost continued aeroplane skirm-
ishes, one of which continued for two
hours. The Germans have thus far
lost six aeroplanes in this region.
In the Balkans reports persist that
the Germans are concentrating at
Monastir preparatory to an attack on
Saoniki, but the interest in the Mace
1onian campaign has become sec
ondary to the operations of the Aus
trians in Montenegro
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
RUNCiMAN WINS APPLAUSE
Says Allies Must Prevent Germany
Waqinq Trade War;

London, Jan. 11.--Walter Runci-
man, president of the board of trade.
won tremendous applause from the
house of commons with speech in
which he declared that the entente
allies must take steps to see that Ger
many is unable to carry on trade
war against them after peace is signed
There are signs" he said, that at
last Germany is beginning to feel the
economic pressure of our blockade.
Her food supplies are becoming de-
pleted, while ours are increasing.
Although our exports have fallen
and our imports have risen there is
no doubt that the economic strength
of Great Britain is SO well founded
that we can stand the strain far bet
ter than the central powers.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
CHANGE OF SENTIMENT
CAUSED BY EXPERIENCE

At the annual meeting of the incor-
ated Farmers Society of Equity of
Missoula county, held at Missoula
Monday, the attendance was large and
the session was full of interest. While
the business done during the past
year was considered, on the whole,
satisfactory, plans Of improvement
were discussed and committee was
appointed to formulate them.
The new officers elected were:
President, Harrison Danforth, Mis-
soula; vice president, H. C. B. Colvill,
Missoula; secretary, w. H. Sabin, St.
1gnatius; treasurer, F. H. Lee, Leon.
In addition to much routine business,
the following resolution, submitted by
A. j. Newton of St. Ignatius, was
passed:
"Be it resolved, That it is the sense
of the Missoula County Society of
Equity, Incorporated, that Missoula
county have an agricultural agent.
''Be it further resolved, That the
objections made to the agent last year
were made because the work was just
being started and that many farmers
had formed opinions without knowing
what the work of an agricultural agent
properly was and what assistance they
might get from him; but now many of
these have learned more of the work
of last year and will give their cooper
alton, while last year they learned too
late to be helped.
"Be it further resolved, That q copy
of these resolutions be placed in the
hands of the county commissioners and
a copy handed to the press,
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
BRITAIN SHORT OF COTTON

New York, Jan. 9.-Reports from
Galveston that the British government
has fixed cotton freight rate of 81
a hundred pounds, coupled with the
information that Great Britain is fac
Ing a serious cotton shortage, caused
an advance OF several points on the
local exchange
The reports in regard to the freight
rate were afterward denied from Dali
las, where it was stated that the rate
was firm at SO.
The denial, however, did not shake
the confidence of cotton brokers that
the British government was planning
some steps to increase the importa-
tion of cotton.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
SAYS ALL cows LOOK ALIKE
AT NIGHT.


Miles City Mont, Jan S-That
all COWS look alike at night
and that in the darkness he
could not tell whether he was
slaughtering one of his own
or one of his neighbor's, was
the plea advanced by M. e.
Bailey, dairyman living near
this city, as his reason for the
alleged butchering of a COW be-
longing to a neighbor, Richard
Eacock. Bailey was held to
district court in the sum of
$3.50, which was furnished.
The charge is grand larceny.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
Woman Accused of Murder.

Mrs. Geo.giana Steele, thirty-two
years old cf St. Paul, has been ar
rested by the st. Paul police and held
at headquarters there pending the ar
rival from Glendive, Mont, of Sheriff
George Tribbell, who wired that Mrs.
Steele is wanted on charge of muir
der. Alexander Steele, husband of
Mrs. Steele, was shot and killed Feb.
16, 1913, on the Yellowstone bridge
near Glendiye.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
New Restrictions Announced.

Washington, Jan. 1.-Restrictions
to govern the emigration of British
subjects of military age from Eng
land, Scotland, Ireland or Wales are
contained in new regulations announc-
ed to the state department by Sir Ce
Gil Spring-Rice, the British ambas
cr6or
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
CITIES MAY LIMIT SMOKE
Supreme Court Rules in Case Arising
From Des Moines.

Washington, Jan. 1l.-The power of
cities to enact ordinances against the
emission Of smoke of certain degree
of density for certain length Of
time, was upheld by the supreme court
in pronouncing valid the Des Moines
smoke ordinance, attacked by laun-
dry in that city
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
Drug Amendment Upheld

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE Sherley
amendment of 1902 to the federal pure
food law, declaring drugs misbranded
If the package or label bears or con-
tains false and fraudulent statements
regarding the curative or therapeutic
effects thereof, was upheld as consti-
tutonal by the supreme court.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
Fixing the Family

Congressman John M. Evans has
named his brother as postmaster at
Bozeman, and his brotherin-law, John
W. Lister, as postmaster at Missoua.
The Hon. John M. believes in making
hay while the sun shines, and the fu-
ture political career of the Hon. John
NJ. has every indication of being a
cloudy one. -...
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
TRAIN HITS CAR; FOUR DEAD
Twenty Injured When Big Four
Freight CoI,ides With Trolley.

Springfield, o., Jan. 11.--Four per.
sons were killed and twenty injured
many of them seriously, when a
freight train on the Big -Four railroad
struck street car here. Most of the
victims of the accident were factory
employees returning from work
The street car was carried forty
feet down the track on the front of the
tI2iuo
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-14
Fire Destroys Darby Stores.

The business section of Darby, in
the western part of the state, was de-
stroyed by fire, five business buildings
and two dwellings being consumed
The loss is $4,000. The high school
building at Laurel also was Quilted by
fire, causing an estimated loss of
$40 900.