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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-06-02
ODD TOWN IN iowa
Farmers Consolidate Interests,
Transact Business ProfitabIy.
FOUNDED AND RUN BY THEM.
Though Built Fourteen Years Ago,
When Railroad Was Constructed,
FernaId Has Population of Only 100,
but Air of Mutual Interest Would
Please Any One.

DeS MuineS, Ia.-Out on the prairieS
of Iowa is one of the most novel towns
of the country. There is no pickering
between townspcople and rural resi-
dents, as is often the case. The farm
,rs for miles around feel perfectly free
to go to town without wearing starch
ed shirts and collars. There is an air
of mutual interest between town and
country which would gladden. the heart
Of any rural life expert. The reason
for this is that the town is owned by
the farmers themselves.
When lie goes to town to buy Il bar of
soap or Il new plow the farmer buys of
himself, or rather he is partner in the
store. When he goes to the elevator he
sells to his company the grain he has
brought III. Perhaps his next stop will
be at a bank owned and managed by
the farmers themselves.
The town is named Fernald All of
its business enterprises are owned by
farmers living within radius of three
or four miles. Though built fourteen
years ago, when the railroad was built.
Ferna!d has Il population of only 100
and probably will not grow much
larger in the years to come because of
the Rearncss of numerous other towns.
But this does not mean that Fernald
does not expect to grow and prosper,
for the farsightcd farmers who own
the town do practically all of their
trading there instead of patroniZing
mail order houses or buying in neigh
boring towns. In fact, the town is just
a big social center for the whole com
munity
The town was founded by the farm
erS in order 10 avoid making long haulS
in delivering crops to the railroad. A
line elevator was built shortly after
the town WAS founded. but it was not
until about two years ago that it was
purchased by a group of farmers op-
Grating under the name of the Farm
ers Grain company. H. S. Fleagle the
farmer who put through the deal. was
made manager of the elevator The in
vestInent proved wise one. for i'm the
first year under the new management
the elevator paid a profit Of 95 per cent
on the $1,000 capital.
The Farmers Lumber company was
organized by four farmers with a cap.
italization of $G.4OO. Mr.. Fleagle also
manages the affairs of this company
and its $4,000 stock. Another enter
prise founded by the farmers was the
Farmers Cooperative Mercantile com
pany. After a brief period Of competi-
tion the rival mercantile store was
compelled to close fits doors. leaving the
management Of the town and its busi-
ness affairs entirely in the hands of
the farmers themselves.
The towns founders then establish.
Cd the Farmers Savings hank, with q
capital Of $4,000. The deposits have
reached the $4,000 marx IN threa vaara
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-06-02
JOKE A SLOW BOOMERANG.
Recipient of Note Takes UP Matter
and Clerk Loses Job.

Winste'l. Conn Linus A. Hill. for
seven years Il clerk in the postoliicc i'll
Wallinsford. seven saonlhS ago sent n
letter TO Il town official calling atten
ton to the fact that the town clock
was on strike
Hill inserted The Joke in Il franlsed
envelope. The recipient tool! up The
matter with the iostotlice department
mt Washington. with the result thar
Hill has been dismissed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-06-02
-Four Children In a Year.

Bristol, Tenn.-Mrs. Rufus Jones of
Dante. coal mining town in Russell
county, has the distinction of having
become the mother of four children
within twelve months. In March, 1915.
twins We're born to her, and on Feb. o9
this leap year. twins were again born
to her.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-06-02
Finds Oxen Handy.

F'indiay O. The twentieth century
rapid mode of travelling via the auto
mobile has nothing ON Winfield S. Ra-
der of Mct'omb- He owns n team of
oxen. and with them lie does nearly all
his farm work Within the past few
weeks the team has pulled eight auto
mobiles out of the mud near RAIDERS
home
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-06-02
Nue.e wsd, Soldier Patisnt.

London.-Miss Alice Davis. a pretty
Virginia girl. who has been nursing
wounded soldiers Mt the County hos
pital. Dorchester. was married to one
Of her patients. Trooper Larkin Of the
Australian imperial force. who was In
Jured while lighting in the Galupoli
campaign.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-06-02
Find Fossil Man \, u;,..

Beckley. W. va.-Aiiners digging in a
coal mine Of the East Gulf Coal com.
pany unearthed the body Of petrified
man. The fossil is perfect specimen
OF the human body. It was found rev.
eral hundred feet below the surface.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-06-02
sNoozE JAILs JERSEY RIP.
He Couldn't Support Wife While Ac
Slept and Beat Her When He Woke.

Slept and Beat Her When He Woke.
New Brunswick, n. j. Sleeping may
not be crime. but n little ten day nap
netted John pefey of this city ten days
in the county jail. He was charged by
his wife with nonsuppor,. and she tes-
titled that for ten days he had remain
ed constantly in bed. She said he was
in the habit of staying in bed for a
week at Il time and that he always
celebrated the end of the nap by beat
ing her.
When court opened constable was
sent for Pelfey and turned him out of
bed. 1t took three officers to dress him.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-06-02
Want.d 70 .. Ein.d.

Portland, Ore.-"I want to be fined.
That law ought to be enforced, and
I'm willing to pay" E.. A. Coe, post
master at Svenson, Ore, insisted be
fore Federal Judge Bean recently that
he ought to be fined. His son had op-
Grated q mot0rboat without having
sand aboard to extinguish Dire. The
Judge Obliged him IS worth.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-06-02

Mr.. rieasle-s apilry for management
was recognized a third time when he
was made vice president of the bank.
Fernald is i'm Riclland township, i'm
Storey county. Extensive use of tile
has converted the ordinary prairie land
into some of tlle most valuable farms
in the state.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-27
QUEEN MARY BEGINS
 FIFTIETH YEAR

Queen Mary, the consort of King Geopge ". stands today at the threSh- old of 1aer fftieth year, since she was born on May 26, 1887 Since the out break of hostiities she has busied her. self with tIe work of various organ izations which are striving to relieve and diminish the suffering and mis- cry incident to warfare on so large a scale. Queen Mary is possessed of considerable executive ability and a talent for organization, but she has not tried to impose her will on her quietly and efficiently, without any desire to gain the Iinelight. The children of soldiers have been the. .ob- Ject of the special care of Queen Mary. From her girlhood days her pailanthropic interests have centered about the rising generation, and the increased welfare and happiness of children has been the principal ob- ject of her sane and we'll ordered life. In her charitable work Queen Mary judges projects and results by the cold light of reason and common sense, and she is never sWayed by sentiment Some have called her cold and unfeeIing because she does not gush. but it is noteworthy that when EnglandS Queen gives her support to any measure for the relief of human suffering she usually gets results, and that, too, before, the sen timentaHsts have dried their tears Queen Mary has known trouble and sorrow and she IS capable of deep sym pathy with all who suffer, but she has never been content with idle tears and empty words and the doling out of haphazard charity. Britain's Queen is strictly business in all her projects, and she doesn't believe in half 1f-hearted efforts and has no pa tience with sick1y sent1menta1ity.
 Before her marriage the Queen was Princess Victoria Mary Augusta Louisa Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teck- She was carefully educated. both in England and abroad, and she is proficient in Italian. French and German. While she is fond of music and plays the piano fairly well. her tastes are of a practical trend She is the most expert need1eWomana in the royal family, and is no stranger to the sewing machine In her younger days she often made clothing for her children doing machine as well as hand work. Knitting and crocheting are her fayorite occupa- tions and, she initiated not only her daughter, but all her sons, in those arts The future king of Great Bri- tain is not only a well trained soldier and a fine athlete and boxer. but, thanks to his mothers instruction. he can knit a stocking with the best of them! Simple food, plain clothing, regular hours open-air life and re- spect for elders are the measures ad- vocated by Queen Mary in the rear- ing of children, and she practiced what she preached in raising her own brood.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-27
Orange Layer Cake.

one-haIf cup of butter. one cup of sugar. one-half cup of milk, one and one-hAlf cups of flour. two eggs, two even teaspoonfu1s of baking powder. Little less four is better than to much. Rub the butter and sugar to a cream, add the well beaten eggs. then milk, and lastly, the flour with baking pow der sifted in. Stir one way till smooth. This will make three layers.
 For the filling, use the juice and grated rind of two oranges and one lemon, one cup of hot water and one cupfuI of sugar. It will require about two two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch to thtcken it. Boil till well cooked and smooth. Let filling cool before spreading on cake.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-27
CONNECTICUT
 SUFFRAGE NEWS

(Mrs. Edward Porrftt, Hartford.)
 Mrs Ernest Thompson Seton and Dr. Valeria Parker, who attended the New England Women's Conference on conditions and hours of work of iworn- en and minors are strong in their comInendatiop of thtse movement The Conference was not intended as a suf- frage demonstration. It was solely concerned with the means that can be taken to improve conditions and shorten hours of labor for women Naturally however there was a large attendance of Suffragistss for suffra- gists are deeply interested in all ques- tions affecting women and many of the advocates of votes for women took up the suffrage cause in order to gain power to affect legislation fa- vorably in this respect. It is the general conviction among them that after women obtain the right to vote it will be very much easier to get such laws for the benefit of women and children as have recently been passed in the equal suffrage states, which are now in the van in their care for the mothers and children of the nation
 New Haven county is to have the first of the series Of eight county con the last meeting of the executive board of the Connecticut Woman Sunrage association This New Ha- ven County convention will be held on June 10 and the Lawn Club at New Haven has been engaged as the place of meeting. Mrs Carlos F. Stoddard is in charge of the arrange nents. She is being assisted by Miss Katherine Mullen, who Is the organ izer for the c w S A in New Ha- en County. The suffrage workers from all over the state are invited and a1l the members of the executive board are expected to be pres ert-
 The following week there is to be a. county convention for Hartford county, Miss Mary BuIk1ey, the county chairman in the C. w & A., is undertaking the arrangements Mrs w. J. Bartlett of Putnam, has ac- eepted the chazrmans1lip Of Holland county for the purpose of getting up a. county convention there, and this convention will also be held in June Mrs A E. Scranton Taylor. chairman of LAEchfe1d county, has selected Aug llst for the convention in her county County conventions are to be held during the summer also in Midd1esaz FairAa1d, New London and Windham counties, but the dates have not yet been annDunced- The purpose of all the conventions is to bring the s1f- AAalSS -WO1eAG1S 1OSk7tacES Iy 111clhOtZlAce1AsS for future work, and to bring the counties and fheir work CTS into fuller and closer Collaboration with the state associat1on- Mrs. T. N. Hepburn president of the C. W. S. A. is expect ed to be present at all of them, as will also be the members of the state board
 FLOWERS FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
 JOHN RECK s SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-27
Vanderbilts and Goulds

The first of the vanderbiIts to achieve fortune was Cornelius, who was born on Staten Island 122 years ago today, while the founder of an other American financial dynasty, Jay Gould, was born in Roxbury, N. Y., eighty years ago today. The founder of the house of Vanderbilt commenced his business career at sixteen by buy ing a boat to carry produce to New York. While he was engaged in the boating business his wife aided by keeping a hotel in New Brunswick, N. J. By thrift and industry he got to- getheF $10.00o, and engaged in build ing and operating steanbeats on the Hudson and Long Island Sound. He invested his savings in railroads and rapidly aTnassed a fortune. He estab- lished the New York Central and gain ed control of other lines, and at his death in 1877 he left a fortune of $1e6, ,006, COG. Jay Gould spent his youth telling on his fathers farm and attending a village school, after wards becoming a. surveyor. Having accumulated several thousand dollars he began te make speculations in rail way stocks, and at his death in 1872 he left a fortune of T2,006,0e0.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-27
For the Kiddes' Romping HIo,ns.

Grukaed crepe makes excellent rornr. CTS fox eazsldren, because it looks velI and washes sp1endidIy. If az,ofher 1rea- son is required, it needs no iro1S1<, his material is used fer the ron,rers shown here, which have the baoonse3~ CUE n one with the waist front gafheEed at the neck and shoulders. T he sleeTes may be long og short. but fhe latter gathered near the lower edge and trimming with shocking are esT,e- claiy desirable for stlrnrner wear.
 In medium size the ronaperS reas,s,o yards 36-ineh crepe. It will be noted by studying the cutting guide. thai inc waist frent and front and back of the bioomers are cut fn one piece. and that this piece is laid on a 1engthzkse fold of the crepe. Opposite this section. near the selyage edge are Laid tfe lap. belt and Waistband, on a Ienethzzfse thread of material,
 To the right of section A the sleeve E placed, being laid en a lengthvise Thread of the crepe. Then to the right 7 of the sleeves come the piecing for ths bioomers and pocket, on the ton row and collar and back, On the lower row.
 Shocking makes the neatest and most attractive trimming for the rorap- CTS, as transfer pattern being provided for shocking, with pattern for the .O1HPCAS. 1AoAy AOln9 O1SSSmakefS, however, fearful of the5F ability te do shocking nicely, substitute shirring and the effect is really quite graceful
 The belt gives a trim effect to tho rompers, pa articHlarIy when they are worn by girls, Pockets add to their attractiveness from the weaFeFs view. point.
 The cotton eFepes ef all kinds are ideal for chiIdrenss play clothes Shar ing favor with the crinkied effects, are , the rice and neeegay erepes. The last named are more appFepFiate for girls than for boys, but bioomers are be coming more and more neutral gar ments- They supply such real need in the child's wardrobe that their use fulaess cannot be limited.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-27

Now there is news in that ayd-, just as much as in any column of the pa per- Every housewife will read it, and will look in that space in the next issue. to see what has taken it's place. The line telling where the berries come from has value.
 A thing sounds and tastes better if it comes from a place you have heard of, or even if you never heard of or even if you never have heard of it. you feel that someone is back of the product guaranteeing it. The second line give a hint of quality. Price quotation completes the ad. A big business success can be based on that kind of = notice written regularly, even if it does not take much space.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-27
Number of German
 Women in Metal
 Trades Quadruples

Zurich, Switzerland, May 27-The extent to which Germany is employ ing women in occupations hitherto monopolized by men may be seen from an official report just published by the women workers in the metal trades lands and Westpha1ia. This docu- ment is declared to afford the first re- liable and complete testimony regard ing this subject
 Before the war there were in these districts 227 factories employing a1to- gether 1O.15o women. Oon the 1st of August, 1915, there were 570 factories and 42,27o women employees. Out of 33 factory districts there were only two in which no women were working.
 In factories engaged in supplying the needs of the armies the number of women employees increased from $500 to 2S,o0o. Women everywhere are found performing the most severe physical Iabors, where they. must prove terrible accidents. That they have become proficient seems apparent from the fact that only 57 cases of women being injured at work were recorded throughout 1915,
 Seventy-five per cent. of the women work ten hours day or more, and their wages vary from two and a half to eighteen cents an hour.
 Most employers refuse to recognize the principle of equal pay for equal work. The question was raised in 277 factories and only 105 of the em- ployers yielded and agreed to pay the women the same rates as the men. In all the other works the women receive from forty to ninety per cent. of the rate of pay given to the men.
 ABFBRHFSE PN THE FARMER.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-27
MRS. SEWALL,
 PEACE ADVOCATE

Mrs. May Wright sewalI, who was one of the members of the Ford peace iexpedttion to warning Europe, was born in Milwaukee seventy two years ago today, May 27, 1844. She graduated from Northwestern Univer- sity just half century ago, and soon afterwards became prominent in vari- ous reform and progressive move nnents. As Miss May Wright she at tained considerable fame on the lec- ture platform. She was thirty-six years old when she became the bride of Theodore Lovett Sewal1 of Indian apoHs, who was the founder of the Girls Classical school in the Hoosier capital, an institution of which Mrs. SewaH was lcng the principal. Mrs. Sewall early become a, leader in the suffrage movement, and at different times served as president of the In ternational Council of Women, the National Council of Women, and as an officer of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. In 1899 she went to Paris to represent America at the Universal Congress of Women, and spent some time travel ing in France, Italy, Germany, Bel gfum and Switzerland to promote> in terest in the congress of her sex held at the Chicago worlds fair. She was also a, delegate to congresses held in Halifax, Ottawa, London and The Hague, and was commissioner to the Paris exposition in 1900.
 While woman suffrage has been her main interest, Mrs. Sewan early be- came a convert to thee aLse of inter national peace. She was one of the speakers at most of the meetings held by the Ford peace party. sThe cause of all these sufferings and agonies,'' she told her auditors at The Hague, 'is the fact that the human conscience and heart have not been internation- alized. Our work is with the human heart. We shall not consider this war as if it were unique We shall simply strive to internationalize the human conscience Unlike some of the other delegates, Mrs Sewal re- turned to America well satisfied with the mission launched by the wealthy automobile manufacturer, and confi- dent that it would produce results. ssThe abolition Of war was our aim" the aged woman told reporters. ''The spectacular pilgrimage has concen- trated the thought of the districted world upon this hope with force that will turn it into achievement
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-27
TODAY'S POEM
N~~~N~~~N~(@ NOW THE LILAC TREES IN BUD

Now the lilac trees in bud
 And the morning birds are loud; Now stirring in the blood
 Moves the heart of every crowd, Word has gone abroad somewheres Of great impending change There's a message in the air
 Of an import glad and strange. Not an idler in the street
 But is better off to-day: Not a traveller you meet
 But has something wise to say. Now there's not a road too long, Not mile that is not good, Not a, mile but hears d song Lifted from the misty wood, Down along the Si1vermine
 That's the bIackbird's cheerful note You can see him flash and shine, With the scarlet on his coat. Now the winds are soft with rain And the twilight has a spell; Who from gladness could refrain Or with o1den sorrows dwell?
 Bliss Carmen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-27
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK fRv TAo pmnaA
By Lee Pnpe)

This afternoon me- and Sid Hunt was setting on Mary Watkins frunt steps, and Mary Watkins was setting there to. with red sash erround her waist and all, looking pritty pritty, all rite, and me and Sid started to tawk about weather or not people ut to be munkey wunts.
 Ed Wernick looks like munkey, look at his freck1es and the way he fakes fases and all. sed Sid Hunt
 How about the time the organ grinder came erround with the nun key, and Ed Wernick started to jump erround with the. munkey, and he looked more like a munkey than the munkeyI did. I sed-
 Sure, that proves it. sed Sid.
 Wat do you think became of our tales if we ust to be munkeys wunts, I sed.
 I gess we must of cut them off as soon as our branes grow bigger and we started to get more intell1gents, sed Sid.
 gess we must of shaved all our hare off, to, I sed.
 Exsept on our heds to keep our branes warm. sed Sid.
 If you see a ske1lington of a nun key and a skellington of man, you cant tell the different, I sed-
 Sure, that proves it, Bed Sid, our insides is jest the same, but our out sides is improved
 Now, boys. stop that, sed Mary Watkins
 G. forgot, I'm supposed to be going a errand, sed Sid. And he got up off the steps and went it, and me and Mary Watkins kepp on setting thare. and Mary Watkins sed, Boys mite Of come frum munkeys, but ger1s dident.
 Maybe not all ger1s, I sed-
 No ger1s, sed Mary Watkins
 Ton dident, I sed-
 Mich she dideraf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-27
sMITH-DORRIEN.

General Sir Horace Lockwood Snith-Dorrien, the distinguishe q British officer who last February re- linQuished the command of the Brit ish forces operating in German East Africa. was born ffty-eight years ago today May 26, 1858. Early in the war he commanded the British Second Army in Flanders, but he retired from that position last summer and return ed to England, where he remained until December. when he went to South Africa to take charge of the expedition to be dispatched against Germany's East African colony He remained in command there until about three months ago, when he turned over his authority to Gen. Jan Christian Shuts. who was a Boef' leader in the South African war. Gen era1 Smith-Dorr1en's retirement was said to be due to i'll health. Smith Dorrien began his military career in the Zulu war of 1879. and afterwards fought in the Egypti1n war and the Soudan campaign, receiving high honors in all these conflicts. After active service in India and on the Nile he went to South Africa to fight the Boers In that war his command included a Canadian contingent, and he became a. favorite with the Canuck soldiers and returned their admira- ton i'm full measure. Gen. Smith Dorr1en is a younger brother of the 'fDorrien -Srndth'' who is known as .sKng of the Scil1y Isles.'' The fam fly, seat of the latter is in Tresco Abbey, on the largest of the Scilly islands, a picturesque old edifice which dates from the tenth century. General Smith -Dorrien played Ia con spdcuous part in the early part of the war, when his masterly retreat before the overwhelming force of Teutons saved the British force from threatened annitilation.