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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-02-09
Our Office Boys Philosophy of Life

Did it ever to you that mans life is full of
and Temptations? He comes into the world
withouths consent and goes out againsthis will, and
the trip between is exceedingly rocky. The rule of
contraries is one of the features of this trip
When he is little the big girls kiss him; when he
is big the little girls kiss him. If he is poor he is
bad manager if he is rich he is dishonest If he needs
credit, he can't get it, if he is prosperous, everyone
wants to do him favor.
If he is in politics, it is for graft; if he is out of
politics. he is good to the country. If he doesn't
give to charity he is stingy if he does, it's for
show If he is actively religious, he is hypocrit II
he takes nointerestn religion he hardend sinner
If he gives affection, he is soft specimen; if he
for one, he is coldbooded. lf he dies young
there great future for him: he lives To old
age, he missed his calling.
If you save your money, you re Crouch,
If you spend it, you re loafer.
If you get it, you'r grafter
If you don't get it. you re a bum.
SO, WHAT'S THE USEs
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-02-09
Solons Are All Busy
Weekly Review Of Our Lawmakers
Work at Pierre
Pierre, SD. Feb. 8. 1917

Standard;
Representative Evander of Rob-
erts is getting into the list of bill
introducers as the session goes
along. He has started several
road measures, or rather measures
for the rule OF the road. in the
past week One of these being to
require county commissioners to
erect danger signals at all blind"
intersections of highway where
the view of the insersecting high-
way is blocked from any means.
Another of his measures being to
regulate motor traffic i'll the high
way of the state with number
Of regulations, his position being
that the use of motors OIL the
highway of the state is coming to
a point where they will require
strict regulation to prevent ac-
cidents. He has also in the past
week introduced resolution for
q constitutional amendment,
allowing the creation of county
rural credits organizations to han.
die the matter locally. Another
OF his bills provides for regulation
of hunting and fishing on thd
boundary waters of the state.
giving officers OH either side of
a boundary streams or lake jur-
isdiction from shore to shore, the
bill also makes a season limit OF
fifty game birds for any one
hunter.
AT the opening of the session
Joe Flaa, of Roberts county was a
canidate for bill clerk of the
house and made close race for
the place, but was defeated bv
J. H. Wooley. When Wooley
resigned Flaa was selected by the
house to fill his place, and is now
one of the house desk force.
In the mix no over the Dow
nell resolution in the senate ask
ing for a comittee of three to sift
aud select list of constitutional
amendments to be placed upon
one ballet, Senator McLean of
Dav and Marvick of Roberts took
part i'll the general discussion
Mclean thinking that Dowdell
was over enthusiastic as to
what the people of the state
want i'll the way of constitu-
tional. amendments, and Marvick
that if the Sanborn county Sen
ator has anything good to offer in
that line there is no barrie
against his bringing it out. The
resolution was voted down, but
Senator Dowdell says the proposed
amendment list will be introduced
by committee of one.
Representative Lyon has intro
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-02-09
Another Pioneer Called
Mrs. J. l.. Minder's Mother Dies a,
Leith. N. d.

Leith. N. ID.
Mary Hu"itek was born i'm
Preigh Bohemia ON the 18TH of
Sept. 1915. Died Dec. 8, 1916.
In 1860 she was married to Iuhn
l-avachek, who preceded her to
the g"eat beyond nire years ago.
In 1864 theN came to this coun-
try, settling ON Il homestead near
Conover, Iowa, where they lived
Il years. They moved to South
Dakota when the reservation
was first opened, where they
made their home until 1905.
when they moved to New York
where Mr. Lavachek bought a
fruit farm. 1t was there he
died.
10 their marriage were born
nineteen children, all of whom
are living but the first child who
died in infancy. The living are:
Frank of He'll. N. d.. James of
l>ankow, N. d.. Albert of Great
Falls. Mont Joseph of Ellington
5. d.. John and Anton of Elgan,
N. d.. Robert of Knobs, Mont.
Mrs. Mary Schordlemantle OF
Cahner, Ia, Mrs. Anna Mohr of
Reva, s. d., Mrs. Francis Ky.
eek of South Bend, Wash, Mrs.
Josephine Smith of Beardsley
Mimi, Mrs. Cecilia kennitz OF
Verdel, Neb., Mrs. Estelle Min.
der of Sisseton, S. D., Mrs. Hat.
tie Klarner of Glen Gargen, Can.
ada, Mrs. Emma Gilmore ol
Leith, N. d., Mrs. Pauline Abe
and Mrs. Victoria kulp of Ithics
N. Y.
After her husbands death, the
deceased moved to Montana
where she made her home will
her youngest son. She was Wis
iting with har daughter at Leith
when death overlook her
Leith Index N. ID.
Mrs. Lavachek was the mothe
of Mrs. j l.. Minder of this cit,
and will he remem bered by man,
of the older settlers around Sis
seton.
Famed by a high wind.
fire starting i'll the kitchen OF the
Walker cafe at Cogswell Tuesday
spread rapidly and three build
ings were completely destroyed
SduSlHS lO.'S pl 5GVCIdl tUOuSd1lt
dollars The city water mains
were frozen and when finally the,
were thawed out the fire wa
threatening the entire town. Afte
four hour fight the fire was
gotten under control.
\
EARLY in the morning MIR
Walker proprietor of the Walker
cafe built fire i'll the stove in the
kitchen of the cafe and Went
back TO bed. In some matter the
building caught OIL fire srom the
stove and when found it wa.
burning fiercly. The fire started
about 7 O'Clock and was finall,
put out at III o'clock.
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duced a bill which should be of
interest to all the . lake region
Ill the northeast corner Of the
state. He wants the state game
commission to be authorized to
create state bird refuge" at
any place where H. is shown that
game is being exterminated, the
refuge to be maintained as such
until it can be shown that there is
no longer need for such preserve
his object being TO give protection
to lakes of the state in this manner
in case of an attempt to slaughter
game birds
The house deferred action OH
the senate resolution to create
committee to Investigate into the
creation of the office of market
commissioner and the plan of
terminal elevators, OIL the ground
that formal resolution would
not go into effect until July, and
as a result action will be chang ed
to a concurrent resolution which
can be acted upon at any time.
The matter of drainage was
discussed by r. l.. Cliff of
Ortonville, MINI covering the
trouble i'll the northeast corner
of the state, in which he advanced
as the only remedy from present
unjust and discriminatory laws
OH drainage will be in the crea
tion of the whole of any particular
water shed into one drainage
district to care not only for the
drainage of surplus water but the
care of the water after it is dra-
ined from the land where it is not
desired.
The farmers won in their de-
maud for the bill to give county
boards of equalization the right to
reassess promerty in case it can be
shown that the assessment is not
an equitable one either too high
or too low either through car
lessness. Or any other action on the
part of the local assessing officer
Kaas of Mar shall was one of the
strongest opponents, on the ground
that the local officers are expected
to be fair and just in their work
and if they a1e not so the people
who elect them are the ones to
blame, and should take the conse.
quences
For the first time since South
Dakota was state, an equal
suffrage resolution was passed in
the house without speech being
made OH either side of the ques-
tion. The resolution has passed
the senate before the recess, and
when it finally came out for
action OH the floor of the house
no discussion was started by
either the advocates or opponents
and the resolution was adopted
by vote of sixty six.
The coming week will likely
see some action upon the pro-
hibition bill in one house or the
-
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-02-09
A JOINT RESOLUTION
introduced by MIR. Evander

introduced by Mr.. Evander.
Proposing aud Agreeing to an
Amendment to Article XXI of
tho Constitution of the State of
South Dakota and Submitting
the Same to the Electors for their
approval
BE it resolved by the House of
Representatives of the State of
South Dakota, the Senat.. Con.
curring.
That at the next general elec
tion i'm this state the following
amendment to article XXI of the
State of South Dakota, which
is hereby agreed to be submit
,, ted to the electors of the state for
heir approval.
That article Xxi be amended
as follows: That section be
added to said Article XXI, to be
numbered 8, to read as follows.
Section 8. The providing of
insurance against loss or damage
to crops by hail is hereby declar-
ed to be public purpose, and
the legislature is authorized and
empowered to levy an assess.
ment upon agricultu land for
such purpose, with such exemp-
utions as may he provided by
law. The state may be divided
into hail insurance districts and
the assessment per acre in the
different distri, is shall be as the
Legislature may determine, but
such assessment shall be uniform
upon all land of the same district
that is similarly situated. The
assessment hereby authorized
may be levied by the legislature
direct, or by the corporate au
thOrities Of the districts herein
provided for, OF by such other
agency as may be authorized by
general law.
The worst storm that has struck
this state and northwest, broke in
all its furry over this section Satur-
day night. The mercury took the
toboggan when the wind, which
had blown from the south during
the dav, switched to the northwest
and blew at a 10 mile clip during
the night and all dav Sunday.
Altho not as cold as the recent
blizzard, it was more difficult to
get about as at times one could not
see the distance Of a.ross the
street The train service was tied
up on the main line for several
days, but the Sisseton train was
able to get thru Monday evening
after the snow plow had made a
trip in the morning.
A happy event Tuesday, Febru.
AIRY 9th, was the marriage of Or
vile G. Vanston and Miss Prud
ence Otto. The ceremony occurred
at Wheaton at p. m, and was
performed by Rev. N. Malmstedt.
Although both the bride and groom
have resided in White Rock less
than year they have made many
friends, here who wish them q
happy voyage on the matrimonial
sea.-White Rock Journal.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-02-09

other. but up to the present no
one appears to be anxious to rush
things. The school book issue is
also expected to get into the
open this week provided Senator
Amsden gets back from his trip
home OIL which he has been gone
several days.
After conference between rep.
resentatives OF independent tele
phone companies, members of the
railway commission and the railway
committees of the two houses, a
bill has been framed which will
simplify the accounting system de-
manded of small local telephone
companies, and make the framing
of their report, much easier
Representative Eggen this after
noon introduced resolution for a
legislative committee to visit the
Minnesota legislature to discuss
drainage problems between the two
states, but Oh motion of Kaas Of
Marshall it went over to tomorrow
for action. S. A. p
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-02-09
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE

SllghtlV injured III a freight wreck
near Garden City Saturday. A
freight running in two sections,
collided in the storm. The extent
of the injuries of those hurt is not
known.
Sioux Falls, Feb. 5-Ernes t
Mosler, prominent farmer living
near Garretson, had narrow es
cape from death when he was
kicked in the head by one of his
horses. His skull was partially
fractured by the force of the blow.
PHYSICIANS are making hard
| fight to save his life.
Sioux Fails, Feb. 5-Mrs. Ann
Clark, Mrs. Patrick Kelly and
Robert Clark of Letcher, have been
officially advised that million
dollar estate i'll England is await
ing distribution among the heirs
of the late Robert Clark. of Let
cher. The parties named are
among the heirs, and expect to re-
ceive their shares of the fortune in
due time.
Elk Point, Feb. "a week or
two ago Mr.. and Mrs. r. Johnson
reported to the police that their
apartments had been entered and
robbed of several diamond rings
valued at from $3.50 to $500 each.
Yesterday while putting OH pair
of old shoes. Mrs. Johnson had
difficulty with one iof them, and
examining it. found the missing
rings tied up in a small handker-
chief and stuffed in the toe of the
shoe.
Sioux Falls. Feb. s-Stricken
with heart failure as he was peace
fully sleeping, Charles Lindquist q
well known resident Of Clay county
was found dead in bed. Although
he had not been in robust health
for some time, he apparently was
feeling we'll when he retired for the
night, and had made no complaints,
He is survived by a widow anG
several sons and daughters.
Fallon-Charles Ekman, ranch
er residing near here, recently
killed Golden Eagle measur' ne
more than eight feet from wing ti[
to wing tip and better than three
feet from tail to beak. The birc
will be mounted.
Baker, Mont ~ embers of the
Baker Commercial club met las
week to discuss plans for the erec
ton OF new club home OH maitl
street to cost approximately 500,
600.
Sioux Falls Str icken witt
heart failure as he commenced
shoveling SNOW from the from
porch of his home, G. +. Jaynes
a pioneer homesteader of Gregor,
county was found dead by hi.
wife few minutes later. Mrs
Jaynes was unaware of the death o.
her husband when She left the
house to feed her chickens. Sht
found the body of her husband
lying in the snow beside the porch,
The show shovel had dropped from
his hands. Jaynes and his family
came to the Rosebud country from
Iowa in 1905.
The boy Scouts under the
captaincy of Rev. K. G. Shearer
have solved the snow problem il
Doland. The sight of some walks
sboveled and others owned by
outside people OF those how
seemingly had no shovel, irkec
them and they Jared forth in a
body and have cleaned all the
walks intown which were covered
with snow.
One of the methods suggested
for swelling the revenues of thu
United States government is the
imposition of IL tax of 81 pc
horsepower upon all automobile:
i'm the country. 1t is estimated
. that this would yield 100000, ,OO'
ANNUALLY This would infiict
DenaltV on many moor nnnnl
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-02-09
Methodist.

Services lO:3O a. N.
Sunday School 11:45.
Junior League 3, a. m.
Epworth League 7:15.
Evening service 500
Male quartette and choruses
TO fit your need.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-02-09
Spends Night on Lake

Spends Night on Lake
Three Men Lost In Storm and One
Is Badly Frozen.
Christ Christianson of this city,
and Harry Shift and Daviu Lach-
ner, two Chicago horsebuyers who
have been in this section the past
two weeks, went thru All expert
ence last Wednesday night that they
will never care to repeat. They
were III the territory OF Eden and
Lake City Wednesday buying horses
aud were returning home by the
waN of Drywood lake. The road
alongside the lake was so filled
with SNOW that they were unable
to get thru, so they cut across the
lake expecting to get further south
and then take the Meridian road
home, but when they reached the
south shore the snow was piled so
high that they were unable to get
the team through the drifts. Dark.
ness overlook them, and they were
compelled to stay out all night. A
terrific northwest wind was blow
ing and the temperature was down
to 81 below. They turned the
horses loose and walked all night
to keep 1rom freezing. About
daylight they noticed a light ac-
ross the lake and started for it.
MIR. Sniff who is an elderly man
could not keep up, and Christian
son and Lachnei went on. leaving
Shift to follow as best he could.
When they reached the farm
house, help was sent to assist him.
He was yet about a half mile from
the house. When found, his face,
hands and legs were badly frozen.
He was taken to the house and kept
i'll cold water tor eight hours.
The three remained there until
Friday when they were brought
to Sisseton.
Christianson aud Lachner had
their faces, hands and feet frozen,
but are not in as bad shade as
Shift, and are able to be about. Ii
was thought for a while that Shift 5
toes would have to be amputated,
but Dr. Quinnell, whose care he is
under, states that he believes this
will not be necessary.
/ The team was found short dis.
tamce from the sleigh.
Kingsbury and Huges counties
have for some time been engaged
iii controversy as to wheather
Huges OF Kingsbury county shonld
collect the 1916 tax on herd of
cattle which George Petit NOV
ed from Kingsbury county tc
Hughes county in May last year
the K,nesbury county tax Of
ficers listed l42 of the cattle fol
assessment and the Huges county
authorities had 225 listed. it now
has been deeided that taxes shall
be paid on l47 head i'll Kingsbury
county and OH the balance of the
herd in Hughes county.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-10

Now and thru the goddess OF
fortune who watches over the
exploit. of great athletes slips
cog. and tho atldetr. aliho pc
tsptiaiiy n champion. IL CHEATED
out Of tho honors his Efforts oe
serve.
Howard Berry has been oonsia'
cred IN. most unfortunate OF pre-"
ont day college athlsirs. =" "hhe
he ere.Il~fi in an branches 81 Hp"f,
and is probably the greatest al rosna
athlete since Jim Thorp~. he mas
been Handicapped by playing on ,hs
inferior team. which bis COLO 81
Pennsylvania. has put into the tl"ia'
In his three eligible years a, Penn
Kerry has never fallen below INC
standard which would cnu,i. him
90 nj iean, honorable mention on
the aii.Amrrloan football team. IN
field ard track athletics HIS work Is
far above tina, Of any athirt" ~
active competition today, but ths
teams o, Pennsyivania have never
been able TO push into champion
ship. even with hts aid
In baseball Larry IaJoi~ Is
perhaps. the best esampi" OF
great athlete forced to struggle
along with second rate teams
In his rs years In major
league baseball. Ialoie. perhaps
the greatest Of all second base.
men. never played In n world
series. the goal toward which All
baIiplayrrs strive.
IAjois collected more honorH IN
hi. time than tho great majority OF
ballplavera. but he was cut OF from
his ambition year by tho soant
margin Of half same-and went
back 20 tho minors without reach
inR tho goal
There have been many top notch
err. In tho boxing game who dc
served 20 be champions only To be
deprived OF tho honor by queer turns
OF fate.
Packey Mcfarland. for years tho
mos, pkiIlful lightweight In tho
world. was never given chnnc" TO
hox for tho title by Ad wolgas,. who
was thcn champion. Peter Jackson.
the great negro heavyweight. could
never en,ice John l., sullivan into
the ring with him. Mike Gibbons,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-10
PORTLAND is
STEP NEARER
N. w. LEAGUE

Nv United Press Leased Wfrc
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. io.-For-
NAL application VIII be made By Sac
ramento for n Coast league franchise
when the annual meeting OF the
league maRnatcs IL held In Los An
geles next week. The concenHus OF
opinion today among league owners
was that the proposal would be ao-
cepiod.
Sacramento will not agree to pay
anything for the Portland franchise.
however. nor VIII II agree TO buy all
tho Portland players. Tho promot-
ers OF the club there want to take
over the franchise free and be free
10 purchase n new set OF players in
the open market II necessary. They
probably win buy some Of the pres
ent Portland players. but will not be
tied by an agreement TO buy all.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-10

diuonH--his Willingness to flgh,
challengcrs. his ability TO defend his
title In championship form and his
fair dealing by spectators being the
most important.
Lewis has failed in all OF these.
Sinc. he won his rather clouded
title by n referees decision In 20.
round bout at Dayton. Ohio. Lewis
has failed TO meet his most insist.
ent challcngsra. no buried himself on
the coast where only four round
bouts are permitted. and recently
capped the climax by running out Of
a match at san Diego.
Lewis owns his title by tolerance
Of public opinion. rather than by
having won II fairly. and removing
It could be accomplished by the pub.
lie refusing TO recognize his claims
Let's see what claims Lewis has
to tho title
Other Champions
The last welterweight champion
OF note WAS Joe Walcott, who lost
tho tito to Honey Melody. In 1906
Dixie Kid had claimed the title in
1904 by virtue OF a foul verdict in
his favor. but his claims wcre not
generally recognized
In 1907 Mike Twin Sullivan de-
feated Honey Melody and held the
title until 1910. when he went into
the middleweight division and IT was
claimed by Jimmy Ciabby. who de.
Tended II until he went into the mid.
a L.. t.s 4s.l. N..
upon the title was claimed by Ray
Bronson. who posted a forfeit to
fight for the championship In 1919.
From that time on tho whole
welterweieht division was in jun.
bic. Bronson lost to Matt Wells and
Hoiberg in Australia. Wells, Spike
Kelly. Kid Graves. Mike Glover and
n number OF others then claimed the
title. but none was ever recognized
as champions.
Then Jack Britton. who had out.
grown the lightweight class. claimed
the title and defended IL n number
OF times in 1917. meeting Lewis five
or six times.
It's n question whether Britton
was ever champion. There was no
elimination and there were mum
ber Of good wclterweights contest.
ing his claims right along. Regard.
less OF this, however. there was no
concerted opposition to Brittons
claims because OF his popularity.
Then Lewis beat Britton ana now
merits the title, poorest OF cham
plons.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-10
Judge Says 8
Clubs to Make
Up N. w. League

BY AHERNs'


BY Unifed Press Leased Wire
PORTLAND. Dec. io.--if Port
land is kicked out Of the Coast
league. this city will Immediately be-
come member Of the Northwestern
league and that organization viii ap-
ply for Class A rating.
such was the definite annouAec
ment today Of Judge Mccredle. ~
lowing a conference in Seattle ufA
Northwestern league heads.
Seattle. Tacoma. Spokane. Van
couver. Butte. Great Falls. Portland.
one other city. probably Aberdeea.
Helena. Boise or Everett yslIi con-
stitute the Northwestern league
next year IL Portland is Quoted from
the Coast organization. McCredis
predicted. However. the good judge
doubts that Portland win be out g.
the Coast league in 1918.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-10
BILLY WILLIAMS WANTS
ANOTHER TUCKER BOUT

It seems that when Billy Williams
was given the short end OF his six
round bout In Portland. the other
night. with Frankie Tucker. he did
not get all that was coming to him.
Several Seattle fight fans who saw
the fracas are OF tho opinion that
Billy was entitled to a clean-cut draw
with Tucker.
Billy himself writes from Portland
~ follows:
Il am sending you copy OF the
paper containing the writeup OF my
tight with Tucker. hope that you
will give me some mention about the
matter after reading t. IL tells
plainly how beat Tucker last night.
II am anxious TO box in Seattle.
and would like TO arrange another
bout whereby I could take on
frankie. I took the last fight on
three days notice. and. while I arm
always in good condition. like to
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-10
Widow of Baseball
Man Takes Her Life

CHICAGO. Dec. 1o.-Mrs. Ethel
MoRoy. widow OF Robert McRoy. sec.
rotary Of tho American league. In
dead today from Il self'administercd
poison.
Mrs. McRoy swallowed arsenic the
night OF December ?. when she heard
Of her husbands death in a Milwau'
kce sanltarium. She died here yes
tsrday. Mt the homo Of her brotherin
law. George McRoy.