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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-01-12
Farmers Short Course Will Be
Hummer

The Roberts county farmers
short course will be held at
Rosholt on Jan. 30 30 81 Feb 1.
Daily demonstrations and prac-
ticai talks will be given ON prin
ciples of breeding; feeds and
feeding: Judging livestock feeding
and care of the calf; farm or
namentaton and windbreaks; a
better balanced vegetable garden;
home fruit garden; propagation;
care and varieties; good storage
cellar for the farm; canning
fruits and vegetables; and cut.
ting and cnring meats.
This practical course will be
conducted under the direction of
the State college extension di
vision with the following speak.
ers: Guy Morrison, livestock; f.
y. Mccall. horticulture, and
Miss Dilla Wimple, home prob
lens Farm men and women
are urged to make the most OF
these meetings which will be
largely informal. The speakers
are the servants of the State anc
the farm and home problems
should be put up to them.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-01-12
weekly REVIEW OF THE LEGISLATORS WORK

Mclean of Day ON Military
affairs.
The northeast section of the
state is not in the appropriation
list of counties, and has nothing
TO work up along that line unless
they should care to ask for the
location Of the new state training
school for girls which have been
recommended by the board of
charities and corrections who
desire To segregate the girls in
that institution from the boys at
Il place entlrely separate, To give
tllem more freedom in action
Il,an Is possible where they are
all at one institution.
Az the past two sessions the
legislature mas acquired the in
vestlgaJlug committee habit to
assist IN regulating the affairs OF
tue state ann Evander of Roberts
has made the first move in tnut
direction by asking for Il joint
cUunlJLee Uf the two houses to
investigate The alleged Irregular
tiles OF Professor Jones of the
State unlve rslty vino is charged
with having been holding physi-
schools oi the state. This has
caused IL great deal of discussion
IN the press OF the state and the
Roberts county man evidently
feels that 1T should he cleared up
i'll some manner.
The bill introduced in the house
by kaas and in the senate by
Gunderson, covering the social
center plan, worked out by for
mer Governor Herried of Aber-
deem is of interest to the rural
communities of tlia state. The
working provisions of the bill
being allowed the school patrons
at their annual district meeting,
to levy a tax not to exceed fifty
dollars in one district to be ex-
pended under either the ,direc-
tion ol the school board, OF by a
colnu,iJtee selected at the meet.
ing, this fund to meet an; ex-
penses of securing lectures or
other calls for Il cash incident to
holding public meetings to dis
cuss social and economic ques
tions at the various school houses
in the state.
G ID
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-01-12
Minor Bills So Far

While most of the bills pre-
scented for the first week OF the
legislative session have been UNI
der minor in their scope, those
which are of material interest to
the state are the proposed state
land bank by Representative
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-01-12
Fred Lindquist Dies

A. W., and G. G. Lindquist went
tc Fargo Wednesday morning to
meet the remains of their brother,
Fred Lindquist who died on Satur
dav Dec. 80 at his home in Malta,
Mont, from ptomaine poison after
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-01-12
Pierre, S. d. Jan. Z, 1917.

Pierre, S. ID. Jan. Z, 1917.
Standards:
With the selection of A. G.
Roberts of Day county as the
speaker of the house that county
has next to govern the most rc.
Sponsible position of the state
government so far as legislation
is concerned. While there was
a great deal of noise as to oppo-
sition to the selection of Roberts
the logic of the situation was
such that his chances We're new
er imperilled at any time i'm the
preliminary milling before the
opening of the session last Tues
Gay toselect officers of the house.
Mr.. Roberts with his long eX
perience in legisla tive work i'm
which he has been in the chair IL
numberol times is no novise in
that position and has taken hold
in Way which means that there
will he no dragging of business
this session but that the work
will be pushed.
The action OF Berg OF Minne-
haha i'm asking for the appoint
lnent of joint commission of the
two houses to investigate the de-
STABILITY of appointment of a
state market commissioner and
terminal elevators for South
Dakota farmers is i'm line with
the recommendation of Govern
or Norbeek i'm his message i'm
which he said, II recommend
that "a legislative committee be
instructed to take under consid
GRAFTON the question OF creation
of the Office of market commiss-
sion, and the establishment of
Ierminal elevators, the OBJECT of
these being to secure better re-
turns for farm products. To
protect the man who produces
the grain from the interests
which dictate and control prices
to the advantage ofsthe speculat-
or, is certainly one of the duties
of the State These views OF
Governor Norbeck ,have receiv-
ed u great deal of comment
especially from members in the
northern part of the state.
Members from the northeast
ern part of the state have been
honored with Il number of the
chairmanships i'm each house
the members ON the list being
kaas of Marshall ON Apportion
ment; Moe of Roberts, indian
affairs; Birch OF Grant, health,
knebel of Day telephones; Olson
of Grant. ways and means.
In the senate, chairinanshipS
have gone to Amsden of Grant
ON education. Mohn of Marshall
ON Capitoi building and grounds:
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-01-12
Why Not aCityManager?

The City Manager Plan has been
tried over in many larger cities
with the very best of results.
Under the City Manager Plan
the city would elect a Council or
Commission of five members.
The Commission hires City
Manager.
Tile City Manager appoints the
department heads.
The Commissioners are nominate
ed by petition and elected on a
non partisan ballot. Four year
term. Two Tor three) osen
every two years.
The Commission should consist
of respectively, building contract
or, merchant. a banker, a lawyer
and laborer.
The Commissioners to act with
or without pav.
The selection of non resideue
City Manager is preferred. Free
dom from local political and neieh-
borhood entanglements is commuu-
ly considered desirable.
No individual business nor corr
poration could operate successfully
under the present form Of city
government.
Men who are willing to accept
!. the Office of Mayor or Councilman
for honor are not verv likely to
give to the city any more than they
get out of the job.
a non-paid Commission would
be different The Commission
would only he required to accept
or reject plans laid before them by
a City Manager.
A City Manager at Sc 600 per
j. year would be a great asset to
Sisseton.
TteCity would be kept clean
, aud sanitary.
The water tax would be br0t
down to system and contracts let
. for street work would be looked
, after and checked up. The work
would be done by men who under
stand how and not by conglomer.
!, alton If new inexperienced. unin-
terested men voted in by City
a political rivalry.
r In general it would have per.
manent head looking after the in-
terest of all.
In City politics it is usually not
so much i'm electing good men for
mayor and council as it is to beat
some good man for the place, al
lowing all due respect to those who
have already acted i'll good faith.
o>o~>~~~~~~~o>~---
When stranger comes to
town, warm up to him. Tell him
) who you are, and that your town
\ is the dingdest best town on tho
whole map, bar none. Ii need be,
let your enthusiasm run rOit,
ard paint picture OF the JOY of
: life in your burg. Be a booster
for your town and your fellow
u citizens! Let the stranger know
that you live among real folks the
4 human kind, who treatAll people
: we'll, and especially the visitor
g within the gates. Open up and
y warm up! Don't be a human ice
q box. Make the stranger carry
. away with him a kindly feeling
e toward your town and it's citizens.
and when he goes abroad, he too
), will chantits praises, and soon
you will have an army of boos-
;, ters passing the good word a.
:, long 1t pays to be friendly.
Aloofness gets you nothing but
. the silent contempt OF human
beings whoare real.
m
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-01-12

Hall to- put rural credits into op-
perltlOn in the state and allow
the agricultural element the pri-
vlledgc OF LOANS ut IL rate which
will give them IA show at sccur-
ing money needed to carry on
their affairs at IL rate approximate
ely nearer that granted i'm other
business enterprises. The bill
by Rowe, appropriating a quar-
ter of IL million dollars to- meet
the requirement of the national
government tor IL share of the
appropriation in aid of highways
construction, both under the ac-
tion OF the people at the last
election iE the endorsement of
such constitutional provisions.
The budget system i'm the Ur-
aahl bill in the senate, and Benz
son house duplicate by Benson
and the free text book bill by
AmSden i'm the senate have been
the source of practically as much
publicity and general discussion
over the state as have either of
the two constitutional measures
mentioned. Among other bills
which are of interest to many
are the coditication bill by Re
representative Swanson. The pure
advertising bill by Representa-
tive kaas, the bill by Senator
Hala to prohibit bail unless good
cause is shown ON ;tn appeal from
"a conviction in Il criminal charge.
Thca session has not forgotten
the investigation habit which has
been acquired by several ses-
sions past, and the first move i'm
that direction comes i'm the Evan
der resolution in the house ask
ing for the appointment of a
Joint committee to investigate
the charges which have been
made against Professor Jones of
the State University. This will
start the movement and some.
one else will remember some
thing which he feels ought to b e
investigated and the road is
opened for several committees
to get to work finding out the
why and how of charges and ru
mOrs as to the matter in which
public affairs move i'm tine state.
The prospects of the coming
week are those of the presenta-
Ulon of an equal suffrage reSolu-
tiUn asking that another vote be
/ granted AL the election OF 1918.
The women claim that it was the
saloon vote which threw the re-
suit against them at the last eiec
tien and that with that element
eliminated at the next election
they have no fear that the result
will be i'm their favor.
Aberdeen News.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-01-12
Death OF Carl Hendrickson.

Ndfl Ilcillllk, OlueSC CnllO Ol
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Hendrickson,
died at Yankton, S. D. on Friday,
Dec. %. 1916 The remains
were brought to this place for
burial and the funeral occurred
Thursday from Zion church.
lnterment was made i'm the Gem
etery at Old Ellington.
The deceased was borni i'm Fill.
more county, Mimi, AZ years ago
and came to South Dakota with
his parents at an early age just
after he had graduated from the
engineering department of the
Brookings college, he was taken
i'll with measles, affecting his
mind to such an extent that he
never recovered.
Previous to his aff1iction he was
a very bright young man and an
accomplished musician.
Besides his father and mother
the deceased leaves to mourn his
loss. one brother, Adolph of
Claire City. and a sister Miss Ada
at home. Adolph visited him
about three weeks ago. The
cause of his death was stomach
trouble from which he suffered
since September.
The entire community sympa-
thize deeply with the family in
their vement.-Record.
Miss Vlosty Svsora of Becker
township, Roberts county, and MIR.
Raleigh Waller, of Henry county,
Ill, were united in marriage, on
Jan. 3, 1917, at s O'Clock a. III
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. S. M. Marsh, at his resi-
dence, being witnessed by t Ii e
brides sister and brother. The
newly welded couple left on the
Great Northern for the twin cities,
and from tnere will go TO the
groom S home in Illinois. The
bride has lived here from child
hood, and has many friends and
all join in wishing him much hap
piness. Browns Valley Tribune.
Clarence Allison, young man
who was visiting at the Otto Kruse
home north of Victor was accident
ally shot early Tuesday morning.
The kruse bows were entertaining
couple of young friends New
Years dav and rabbit hunt was
part of the fun. The company
STAYED over night and the next
morning while getting Clarence
out of bed one of the boys pointed
a repeating shot gun at him with
the remark, / guess this will make
you get nR" He pulled the trigger
not knowing the gun was loaded
and the charge entered the sole oi
the left foot and tearing out a part
of the ankle joint. He was taken
| TO the Wheaton hospital and the
doctors will attempt to save the
foot.
1t is a most ,ieplorable and fool
isb accident and again emphasizes
the criminal foolishness of evel
pointing any gun at anyone, wheth
er you know it is empty or JUS
think so. The injured lad is abou
16 years old and will go thfougi
life badly crippled just becaus,
his friend knew no better tina,
point gun at him.-Record.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-01-12
Rolls In Snow And Saves Life.

The presence of mind of Louie
Plant, soh OF Ray Plant, a Grant
county farmer. and the timely
aid of his mother saved the boy
from q terrible death after his
clothing had been nearly burned
from his body as the result of
an explosion of gasoline. The
boy W as attempting to start IL
gasoline engine when the gasoline
tank exploded, throwing burning
liquid all ovet. him.
The force of the explosion
dazed him for II few moments.
Then the pain of the fire burning
i'm his clothing caused him to
recover his senses and presence
of mind, and he rushed from the
barn at top speed and rolled over
and over in "a near by snowbank.
his mother rushed from the
house witha heavy blanket which
she raped about him, smother
ing the flames.
The flames from the burning
gasoline were communicated to
the barn, which was completely
destroyed, together with it's con
tents, including Il quantity of hay
oats, tools. harness and other
property. The barn was in
snred for part of it's value, but
there was no insurance ON the
lother property.
Morris Tribune The coun
try publishers of Minnesota are
in sore straits for their supply
OF print paper at reasonable
prices, and are calling on the
state to help them. and to helC
them i'm a way that will also hell
the state. One hundred and
forty dollars ton for print paper
is being exacted from small pub
fishers while the mills grant ;
, preference to the city dailies ant
charge them only 1855 a ton
Under these circumstances the
publishers are asking that the
state erect paper mill near the
large acreage of pulp wood which
. it owns and convert that pulp
wood into paper and sell it Al
Il reasonable price. Bills are
already being drawn and will bt
presented at the next session %
the legislature. A few OF the
country publishers them selves
question the wisdom of the state
undertaking To manufacture.
; paper i'm competition with free
. labor, but that same objection
has been raised m connection
with other work done by convicLs
and besides. the state may con
clude not to use the cOnvicts
The manufacturer and the jobber.
have been reveling i'm u satnl.nlli;
of price initiation, and the only
way tine price will ever be re.
duced to ~ reasonable basis agai,
will be for the state to step i'm
, The present cost of manufacture
ing print paper is about $33
ton, and the state can sell ut S5t
a ton, make good profit, ant
: steady the price for all time
The paper manufacturers hav,
no fear of private competition
nor of trust prosecution, bu
4 they will put up the hardes
kind of Fight against the stat,
: going into the business.
a An Emporia woman telephone,
y William Allen White the other da
y that she counted twelve blankete,
= moror cars and several unblankete
< horses in front of church durin
: service time the preceding sunda
morning. The motor cars wer
= bIanketed for the obvious reaso,
y that radiators freeze, and the fro;
Ell radiators cost money. But
:, !. horse is constructed differently an
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-01-12
Synod Lutheran
O. Austin. Pastof

O. Austin, Pasto
Services in the Guild fIaIl ait
1880
Sunday School at ll:5o a. NJ.
The confirmation class will meet
on Saturday at 1000 a. M
Visitors always welcome.
-~~~~~--r-~~~~~~~
Rev. Ebert has been appointed
member of the City School Board
to fill the Office vacated by +. j.,
Judkins.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
Before Him Lay the Greatest Mystery
OF His Life.

son were gone. The window was open.
They must have disappeared through
the window, for The door had been
locked from the inside.
Bul how could the boy have carried
his invalid grandmother from Il sec
ond story window to the ground? Ii
was preposterOus. Again Herr Sk0pf
searched the sual room He noticed
that the bed was pulled well away
from the wall. Why? He looked be-
meath ii again for the third or fourth
time. The two were gone, and yet his
judgment told him that the old lady
could not have gone without porters
to carry her down us they had carried
her up the previous day.
Further search but deepencd the
mystery. All the clothing of the two
was still IN the luum II they had gone
they they must have gone naked or in
their night clothes.
No boat had left the harbor in the
meantime. There was not Il railroad
within hundreds Of miles. There was
no other white settlement that the two
could reach under several days of alt
du0us marching, accompanied by Il
well equipped safari. They had sim
ply vanished into thin air, for The ma
tive lie had sent To Inspect The ground
beneath the open window had just re-
turned to report that there was nc
sign of footstep there, and what sort
/ of creatures We're they who could hav.
dropped that distance to the soft turf
without leaving spoor!
Herr Skopf shuddered. Yes, ii was
II great mystery. There was some
thing uncanny about the whole thing
He hated to think about ii, and h,
dreaded the coming Of night.
It was great mystery to Herr
Sk0pf and doubtless still is.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
NOTICE.

To All Persons Interested.
The stockholders of the Federal
Plate Glass Company, corporation
Of the state Of Illinois, with its prin-
cipal office at the city Of Ottawa, in
the county Of La Sale, in said state,
at special meeting OF said stock
holders duly called and held at the
sherman House in the city Of Chicago,
ON the 18th day Of September. A. ID.
1911, voted to increase the capital
stock Of said corporation in the sum
of 81 ,f1t O0O.Oo Such increase having
been duly voted by said stockholders
by The majority required by the stat
ute Of this state in such case made
and provided a certificate L. such in.
crease duly executed according 10 lew
was filed in the Office Of the Secrelal !
of State on the 10Th day of September,
A. d. 1917. and like certificate of
such increase was filed in The Record.
cr's Office Of said LA Sale county on
the 9Th day Of October, A, ID. 1914
Therefore, this Is to notify all persons
interested that said increase in said
capital stock is accomplished in ac.
cordancc with the said vote Of sad
Stockholders
w b. JACKSON,
Secretary.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
there, but from Tie ins,le.

He reported the fact to Herr Skopf,
the proprietor, who AT once made his
why 10 the second iio0r, where he, too,
pounded vigorously upon the door.
Receiving no reply. he bent To the key
hole la pn attempt 10 look through
into the room beyond. In so doing,
being portiy, he lost his balance, which
necesltated putting IL palm 10 the floor
to maintain his equilibrium.
As he did so he felt something soft
and thick and wei beneath his fingers.
He raised his open palm before his
eyes In the dim light Of the corridor
and peered at II. Then he shuddered,
for even in the seImdarkness he saw Il
dark red stain upon his hand.
Leuping to his feet. he hurled his
shoulder against the door. Herr Skopf
was a heavy man. The frail door col.
lapsed beneath his weight, and Herr
Skopf stumbled precpilately into the
roam
Before linn hay the greatest mystery
of his life. Upon The floor Ut his feet
WAS the dead body of Il strange man.
The neck was broken and the jugular
severed as by The fanes of wild
beast. The old lady and her grand.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
Dsatness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion OF the ear.
There is only one way to cure tatar'
rhal deafness and that ID by con.
stitutional remedy. Catarrhal Deaf.
ness is caused by an infiamed condi.
ton of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
infiamed you have a rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing and when it il
entirely closed, Deafness is the result
Unless the inflammation can be re
duced to its normal condition hearing
will be destroyed forever Many cases
Of deafness are caused by catarh
which is an inilamed condition Of the
mucous surfaces Halls Catarrh Med
icine acts thru the blood on the MI.
cous surfaces of the system
We will give One nunared Dollars
for any case Of Catarrhal Deafness
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Medicine Circulars free All Drug.
glsts i5c.
T.. J. CHENEY CO, Toledo, q.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
PUBLICATION NOTICE.

State Of Illinois, La Sale County. IS.
Probate Court of La Sale County,
to the November Term, A. ID. 1917.
Ralph A. Green, administrator of the
estate OF Indiana Dorrance, dc.
ceased, VS.. Grace Wells, John w.
Dorrancc, Charles l.. DOrrancc,
Harvey A. Dorrance and Frank
lIcttcl.-Petition 10 Sell Real rs
tate to Pay Debts
Affidavit OF The nCn-residencc of
Harvey A. Dorrancc, defendant above
named, having been filed in he office
OF The Clerk Of the Probate Court of
la Sale County, notice Is hereby
given to the said Grace Wells, John
W. Dorrance, Charles l.. Dorrance
Harvey A. DOrrance and Frank IIettel
that The said plaintiff, Ralph A Green
administrator of the estate Of indiana
Dorrance deceased. has filed his peti
ton in said Probate Court Of La Sale
County for order to sell the premise,
belonging to The estate of said de
ceased, or so much Of ii as may be
needed TO pay the debts of said de-
ceased, and described as follows, to
wit.
Lots Five 90 and Six CD in Block
twenty-five t22) Of the Canal TruS
tees Subdivision OF Blocks, in the
States Addition TO the City of OF
tawa. in the County Of LA Sale ant
state Of Illinois and hat q summons
has been issued oCt of said Cour,
against YOU rctprnable at the Noyem
her term, A. y. 1917, Of said Court
70 be holden on th1 first Monday o
November A. y. 1917. at the cour
house in Ottawa. La Sale County
Illinois
Now unless you, the said Grace
Wells, John W l)0rrance Charles l.
Dorrance, Harvey A. Dorrance Gnt
FRANK IIottel. shall personally be ant
appear before said Probate Court o
La Sale County, on the first day Of ;
term thcrct., 10 be holden n, The
Court House in Sid County. on thu
first Monday Of November. 1917, ant
plead, answer or dcmur TO the sale
complainants petition filed therein
The same and matters and things
therein charged and stated will b'
taken as confessed, and a decree en-
tered against you according TO th'
prayer of said bill M i#fE5t
Ottawa, Illinois, October I, 1917
EDW. G.. ZllM, Clerk,
McDougail & Chapman, complain
a'' so''e'""s Arr9Hr