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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-17

Don't forget that Christmas days
are again drawing near. Don't for.
get that merchants in this town
have the goods that you want to
buy for those Christmas DAYS.
Don't forget that every dollar you
spend with the local merchant re-
mains in local circulation and en-.
riches the community just that
much. Don't forget that every
dollar you spend outside of this
town remains outside and decreas-
es the money in the local circulation
just that much. Don't forget that
all advertisement of a local mer.
chant in this paper is all indication
that the merchtnt is prepared to
make good" or he would not re-
sort TO publicity in soliciting your
trade. Don't forget the good ad.
vertiser is generally live wire"
and that live wires are better than
dead ones.
The writer, thru the kindness of
F. A. Christensen, autoed over the
road IL h of Summit, Friday.
When put in the proper shabe, this
road will be the most direct and
best line to Sisseton. 1t also will
afford an easy highway for the
farmers in Summit and Spring
Grove townshipt to get to Summit
i'll fact it will be one of the most
important roads leading from Sum-
nit. The people of Summit and
Spring Grove townships have con-
tributed literally and the county
has furnished some money. This
has been spent in cutting hills and
grading up low places. The coun-
ty furnished the cnlverts. The
work thus far done is of the most
substantial character and some very
bad places have been put in good
shape. A surprisingly Lar
amount of work has been done with
the money at hand and the people
of Sbring Grove and Summit town.
ships are deserving much credit
Summit Independent.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-17
ACCIDENTAL
SHOOTING
Gun Discharged When Pull
ed Through Fence.

T.P Koch farmer residing south
OF Sisseton was accidentally shot
Wednesday while out hunting. He
was after rabbits and was going
through wire fence, pulling the
gun through after him when it was
discharged, the load entering the
back of his head. A physician
was Immediately summoned and
everything possible was done for
him, but it is doubtful if he will
live.
Mr.. Koch is man of about fifty
years OF age and moved here about
two years ago, when he purchased
the Henry Casjens farm, where the
accident occurred.
j. j. Thyme shipped one of his
Poland China boars to the Montana
Experiment Station at Bozeman,
Montana OIL Saturday of last week
This boar was selected by Prof.
Aonett, head of the department. of
Animal Husbandry, after a search
covering two states, including three
state fairs, and pronounced by him
to be the best individual and most
practical type of hog for the north
western section of the corn belt.
This speaks we'll for MIR. Thyne's
herd, upon which he has spent
much time and money to bring it
to its present high standard. Will
mot Republican.
Sisseton girls are sure good ell
tertainers. On Tuesday occurred
the second Leap Year Danceof the
eason with some like fifty couple
in attendance. The hall was beau
tifully decorated with Japanese
parsols and lanterns. One of the
features of the evening was favor
dance. Supper was served at the
Palace Stewaits Orchestra was
right there" with the music.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-17

lizard tables were removed and
nearly everything else of value.
The buildings we're among the
oldest frame structures in town.
The Wentworth pool hall was
the old Brightwood hotel whicl,
was moved out to make room for
the Wippermon brick store build
ing i'll 1910. The Reichscheid
place was the old Wipperman store
moved back from the main street
at the same time. While consider
ed old fire traps, they commanded
good rentals OH account of the 10.
cation.
The builnings were insured for
$1,000 i'll the Queen, $1,000 in the
Pheuix and $1,000 in the Western
Assurance.
The owner states that brick or
concrete double building will re-
place the burned structures as soon
as weather conditions permit in the
spring. The frame buildings now
occnpied by Umbreit and Robey
will not be disturbed but event
ually this corner will become the
site of a brick building i'll keeping
with the rest of the block. ) Hank
inson News.
Patents i'll fee delivered to Sisse-
ton Indian allottees at Sisseton
Agency, South Dakota. November
4. 1910
William Adams, George Allanson,
Edward Bailly, Clyde Bailly, Sam.
uel A. Bailly, George Cloutier,
Frederick Cloutier, George Clou-
tier, Jr., Peter Crawford, John De
Marrias, Harry DuMarce. Francis
Eastman, Amos Premier, George
Harris, Benjamin Harris, Amos
King, Harry LaCroix, Louis Mar.
low, Solomon Marley, Joseph Mar
low. Francis Marlow, Louis Mar
low, John Moran, Edwin Phelps,
Thomas Quinn, William NJ. Rob.
Iertson, Asa Nj. Robertson, Francis
f. Robertson, Thomas Robertson,
William Sanders, James Weather
stone, William M. Weatherstone,
Robert Weatherstone, Ellen B.
Allanson, Ethel Allanson, Irene
Brown, Mary Cloutier. Mary Clou-
tier, Mary DeMarrias, Mary Rose
Grue, Mary A. Huckell, Esther
LeNoue, Anna c. Mace, Jessie
Martin, Abbie G. Mcdowell.
Elizabeth V. McElhaney, Ellen
Phelps. Sarah Quinn, Mary +.
Sample, Margaret j. Sheneman
Inez Stenson, Mary S Weather.
stone.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-17
TRAINMEN
MAY STRIKE
Railroad Troubles Are Still
Unsettled.

HduSGF Ol IL IlttUlOlleW ltlC IdIl
road stille which was believed to
have been averted by the passage
of the Adamson eight hour law
has not entirely disappeared, it
developed when represent
atives of the railroads and four
brotherhoods comprising 100000
employees failed to reach an
agreement as to the proper
application of the new law. The
stumbling block both sides
admitted was the existing mile
age system of compensation.
The announcement of the lat
est deadlock between the rail
rords and their employees came
at the conclusion of an all day
conference between the national
conference committee of the
railroads and brotherhOob chief
which had been arranged in
September.
To Exchange Ideas
'We met," said Elisha Lee,
chairman of the railroad manag-
err, and the conference, for the
conference, for the purpose of
exchanging ideas on the appli-
cation and operation of the A
damson law. We failed to reach
an agreement and we are not
certain that another meeting
will take place. -
Strike Order in Effect
w. G Lee, president Of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
spokesman for the employees in
the absence of A. B. Careston of
the Order of Railway Conductors,
declared in statement that in the
event of evasion by the railroads
of the Adamson law, summary
action would be taken by the bro
therhoods. He said the strike
order which was directly respon-
sible for the law was still in effect
and the brotherhoods would not
hesitate to Use it if the occasion
warranted it.
Ignorant Of the Law
Frankly" said Chairman Lee
Of the conference committee, in
discussing the situation, the
trouble lies i'll the fact that neithe,
the railroads nor the men know
definitely how the law should be
applied.
Chairman Lee added that he
could not predict the probale out
come of the difficulty.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-17

The loafer, the kicker and the
buffer are three of a kind,
and the breed is not conductive
to the welfare of any community
If they could see themselves as
others see them, they would not
be seen at all.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-17

Avery pretty wedding was SOL
emnized Saturday evening, Novem-
Der 4th, 1916 at 5 O'Clock at the
home of the brides uncle, Lewis
Holman. 4 miles north west of
Ortley in the presence of sixty re-
latives and friends when Miss
Lillian Amanda Schmidt and Mr..
William E. Hjellming were united
in marriage by Rev. Hemmingson
of the Norwegian Lutheran Church
of Waubay. The bride is daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Pratt of
Waubay and has grown to woman
hood in that vicinity and the groom
is son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Hjellming Of this city ana has spent
the most of his life in Roberts
County.-Ortley View.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-17

The Ottertail power company is
now setting the POLES for their cleo.
trio line between here and Clinton,
working out of Ortonville. They
expect to have connections made
with the switch board here by the
first of December. We are inform.
ed the line will run south from
here connecting up several other
towns Ortonville Journal.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-17

but the changes are that nothing
will be done ON the building be-
fore spring owning to the COM
pany's inability to secure me
chanics. The yardage is being
greatly increased, three new
tracks being added for the
accommodation of freight traffic
at this point. The wagon road, !,
or the Yellowstone Trail, will
also be changed from it's old
course. The road will now pas $
under the viaduct at the depot
and then south ON the west side
of the track. The company has
already commenced the grading
of the road which will do away
with two railroad crossings. 1t
begins to look as though the
Milwaukee expected to do
things at Ortonville. and we be-
leive that inside of couple of
years more this town will come
into it's own as the greastest
summer resort in the middle
est.-Ortonviile journal.
/
1t makes not a bit of difference
who you are or what you are. this
town has done more for you than
you have done for it. You may be
rich, or you may be poor. or just
i'll moderate circumstances, but in
either case your home town has
done much you have never rec
ognized or repaid. This statement
is worthy of serious consideration
by every citizen who believes in
giving as he receives. If you give
it the consideration it deserves you
will get busy right away and do
your full share towards making
this bigger and better and more
prosperous town in every way.
Pierre-Additions to the re-
turns this morning and correct
ions of errors found in making
hasty figures show that the Rich
ards primary law, with ten coun-
ties yet to report. is 443 i'm the
lead instead of being behind.
With the counties yet out it is
hard to make an estimate ON the
erratic voting ON that issue.
Norbecls has 63,o35, Rinehart
1854 on returns ilf.
Hughes has 49,947, Wilson 49,
ss3. Prohibition 56,675 yes
46, ,159 no.
Suffrage, 55,45l yes, 40, 922 no.
The other amendments and
laws are running about the same
as previous reports.
Indications are that Norbecll
will go close to $4,000 and Hugh
es under 5000 on final count.
The taxation amendment. equal
snffrage amendment, the salary
amendment and the constitution
al convention were all defeated
according to practically complete
returns. Good roads, irrigation
lprohibitiOn and rural credits
were carried. The vote is close
ON the Richards primary law.
Both bank laws appears to have
been defeated and the five sixths
jury verdict law while close, ap.
pears to have been defeated.
More than half of the 4S states
of the Union have been put in the
dry column. Those which were
added to the list by the election
last Tuesday, making the total of
dry statas %. are Michigan,
Nepaaska, South Dakota, Mont.
ana, Utah and Florida. The ter
ritory of Alaska has also been
aceded to the dry possessions of
the United States. The states
which voted on the liquor ques
tior in which the dry forces seem
to have been defeated, although
the returns are not all in. are
California and Missouri.
The Ottortoi1 ,,o,,,oe or,,,eo.,,, &c
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-17
Raise in Freight Rates

The state railway commission
has received an application for
permission to increase freight
rates in this state. The railway
companies have asked the Inter
State Commerce Commission for
to increase rates from Iowa and
Minnesota points to South Oak
ota points, basing their demands
upon a recent decision of the
interstate commission allowing
the railways to increase their
rates from Missouri river points
to Nebraska shipping points.
They have also been notified
that the railway companies have
asked permission to increase
demurrage charges. The present
charge allowed is 81 for each day
after 4S hours. The roads now
ask to be allowed to make a
charge OF 50 for the first day
after 4S hours, SO for the second,
81 for the third, and s. for the
fourth day.
A city stunts which is being
adopted to very slight extent
in smaller towns and should be-
come universal is the custom of
the automobile driver to extend
his hand over the side of the
machine when he is about to
make turn, thus giving warm
ing to cars behind him and also
to pedestrians that he is going
ahead. The system is to extend
the hand or arm from the side
on which one is going to turn.
We are receiving MANY fine
comments from strangers and
others, OH the various improve
ments and general metropolitan
appearance of this city. Turn
to the Right" signs have been in
stalled and these will be the means
of avoiding numerous accidents, in
the future. The streets and back
alleys are kept in fine condition.
Taking everything into consider
alton, this city has good reason to
be proud of the fine record made
by the Mayor Casper Kennedy and
the members of the Board. Per-
sonally, we believe their efforts
have been appreciated by most of
the people and everybody should
help the good work along by boost
ing and not knocking.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
HALL CANE
 63 ON SUNDAY

Hall Caine. the British novelist, who is quite as well known and wide ly read on this side of the Atlantic as in England, will be sixty-three on 1853, on the Isle of Man, where he spent his youth and received his early education. He is a Manxman through and through, for, although he spent many years out in the world, in London and Liverpool and in trav- el about the world. for the last de- cade he has spent most of his time at his fine home, Greba Castle, on his native island. The Manxmen have recognized his greatness by making him a justice of the peace and cleo ting him to the House of Keys, the island parliament.
 MT. Caine was educated as an architect, but never practiced that profession, although in his young days he contributed to several arch itecturaI publications. He was early afflicted with the pen itch, and, cast ing aside the profession for which he had been ex-)ensive1y trained, he en- tered the Journalistic field. For six years he wrote leaders for the Liver pool Mercury. He then went to London at the invitation of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. and lived with the famous poet and painter until his death in 1882. MT. Caine was then wooing the muse, and much of his verse was published in leading Eng fish magazines. In 1882 he publish ed 'sSonnets of Three CenturieS", the first book from his pen, and in the same year he wrote "Reco1lections of Rossetti,'' a biographical work of considerable merit He then wrote a Life of CoIeridge." His first novel, ''The Shadow of a Crime," was pub lished in 1885, and was followed by '~The Son of Hagar.'' These novels were fairly successful, but it was not until 1887 that MT. Caine attained an international reputation with ''The Deemster.'' ''The Bondman,'' t'The Manxman,'' and ..The Christian add ed to his fame. and won for him a place among the greatest of contem- porary novelists. In many respects MT. Gaines earlier works, dealing with the quaint people the Isle of Mane, are much superior to his later pro- auctions. Such problem novels as '1The Woman Thou Gavest Me- while they have attained wide reading, do not make so strong and lasting an ap- peal as the works with which MT. Caine won his literary spurs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
JIMMY ARCHER'S
 :, BIRTHDAY

Jimmy Archer, the Cub catcher, will get the glad hand from his admirers today, his thirty-third birthday. Jim my was born in riotous Dublin, on May 13, 1888, and was christened Peter James. In his youth he emigrated to Canada and worked in a cooperage shop in Toronto before he broke into professional baseball with the Fargo, N. D., club in 1903. He, played in Boone, Ia-, the following year, and to- ward the close of the season joined the Pittsburgh club Fred Clarke de- cided that the Hibernian wasn't ripe and turned him over to Atlanta. To- ward the close of 1906 Atlanta sold him to the Detroit American, but again Jimmy failed to make good, and was turned over to Buffalo in 1908. The Bisons disposed of him to the Cubs, and Frank Chance developed him into one of the greatest backstops the game has ever had. Jimmy kept in trim last winter by acting as a life-saver at a Florida seaside resort, and spent his leisure hours on the links.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
sALONICA

Sa1onica on the gulf of that name, has now been transformed into re- markable stronghold since it was taken possession of by the Allies as their base in the near East. Gen. Sarra1l, the French military leader who had charge of the preparation of the de- lenses at Verdun, has made the Greek city one of the most strongly fortified in the world. This Macedonian city, now in complete possession of the French and British troopers, can boast of a long and remarkable history Long before the Christian era the city of Therme occupied it's site. About 315 B. c. it was rebuilt by Cassander, who named it after his wife, Thes- salonica, daughter of Philip, and by this name 1t has been known until comparatively recent times. Paul preached here and addressed two Of his epist1es to the church of Thes- salonica. The city shared in the ups and downs of the Eastern Empire. Early in the tenth century it was talk en by the Saracens, who slaughtered the inhabitants. In the twelfth cen tury the Normans from Sicily cap tured the town, and, it later passed to the Venetians, who were driven out by the Turks under Amurath in 143o. Since then it has been held by the Turks until it was taken by the Greeks in the Balkan war. Some forty years ago SalonicaL was the scene of an anti Christian outbreak which cost the Turks dearly. A young Bulgarian Christian girl was forced to accept Mohammedanism, and was rescued from the Turks and placed in charge of the American consul. A fierce riot ensued, and many Christians, including the French and German consuls, were murdered. The powers interVened and the Sultan was forced to arrest many of those responsible for the up- rising, some of whom were executed, and to pay $200,0oO to the families of the victims. The defense of Salonica are far out on the prairie and extend for distance of ninety miles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
THE GOOD HOUSING MOVEMENT

HE GOOD housing movement remains in state of dreamy 4 language, like soft music played far that the a2ne is indistingushable.
 What is the proposed, for accomplish ment? Houses constructions, of brick plaster, timber, and like, which must stand land.
 only built by 'the built"
 Recently good housing committee, it finally lengthy futile report ed utterly to reach either the need the question
 There ways in which large scale housing eonduced rather thoroughly tried various parts of the world.
 gone rather extensively program which has excellentzre sults
 Zealand program municipal housing adopted policy public builders managed with a large degree of success.
 The third for large scale construction with private funds than percent orthere abouts on the money.
 requires erection of large furnishing source lumber has to be pur- quantity at lowest wholesale price, andeverythng done the wholesale plaf
 By this method ought easy six type $2OOO this price by hundred dollars if the houses built land acquired in large plots at low cost
 cottages would at least hot water heat stove and all modern convenences, including electric light.
 private capital required initiate program per construction price down, mortgage slight addition the price, would holder the title against his deah that the property would to his family unencub of the mortgage would be accomplished by monthly contributions the nature of rent
 These only of the practical methods of housing which tried putin this world There other here enumerated the broad types garments of 8practicality?
 Whats to be done? Whats the program?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
REPORT OF VICE COMMISSION

N REPORT of the Bridgeport Vice Commission docu 1 appalling significance and of undoubted ciaI, and economic value.
 scientific scrutiny of the light district the night it's cabarets, it's drinking cubs it's shame and it's battaions of the terribly diseased.
 attempt to fit theories together. inquiry The show Bridgeport tempt remedy, anywhere except within the last decade9
 and the evidence socalled district is moral up bed of disease and crime public health costly institution for society to keep up"
 segregated district up, with good sts exists through the aid cabarets hotels and Oriental restaurants. 4
 Clearly the remedy calls for the immediate closure of all places which their nature cannot be constrained into places Of order anad decency.
 appears that the sale of liquor should hall of the lower resort that needs great deal of improvement to make it wholesome
 In chapter presented awful consequences of eommercialized vice.
 treating charity of this nature ing 1ei5 by the Bridgeport hospital $117867
 but tiny fraction of the total cost of these to individuals and to the community.
 Upon figures conservative appears that the community becomes victims of that maady the of the father visited upon children third and fourth generation"
 necessity of legal control to prevent the maladies s emphasized.
 poverty is illustrated by examples the results agreement with the in other investigations of the nature.
 the commission about those They will be considered far sible at other time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
GARDNER IS 30

Larry Gardner. the star third base man of the worlds champions, will pass his thirtieth milestone today. Mir. William Lawrence Gardner halls from the Green Mountain State, Enosburg Falls, Vt, having been his birthplace on May IS, 1886. Larry first made a name for himself while playing on the nine of the University of Vermont. When he left college he was offered a job by the Boston Red Sox and joined the club in 1908. He was loaned to Lynn for the remainder of the season, playing sTaortstop for the New England League team, and batting .305. The next year he was recalled by Boston, but spent most of 1909 warming the bench. In 1910 he was given the sec ond base berth, and the following year he was transferred to the third bag, where he has been ever since, perform ing his duties with great ec1at and effectiveness. Gardner's best batting year was 1912, when he hung up an average of 1915. For the last two seasons he has been batting around the .26O mark. Larry was a poor sec ond baseman, but when transferred to third he became almost overnight the sensationof the league.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
ORTHODOX GREEK { CATHOLIC SOCIETY
 MEMBERS TO CONVENE


 Beginning Monday and concluding Thursday, the Women's Orthodox Mu- tuaI Aid society convention of the Holy Russian Orthodox Greek Catho- lie Church. will be held in the Holy Ghost church at HaIlett and Jane streets this city. Delegates will come from New York, New Jersey, Penn sylvania and other states for the con vention, many of them arriving to- morrow. Delegates who are present tomorrow morning will attend the ser vice in the church at which Arch bishop Evdokirn of New York. will onciate, assisted by the pastor. Rev. A. Ven1aminoff.
 In the evening, an entertainment will be given for the benefit of the Women's War Relief association dur ing which Bishop Alexander of Alaska will deliver an address. The ,arch4 bishop will be met at the station at g o'clock tomorrow morning by mem bers of the various societies Of the church, and will be escorted to the church by a parade, headed by Q band.