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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-15

From all that can be gatehred, tn:
American Legion promises to be a
super-American affair. 1t stands ts
reason that the organization will ex
ert great influ ence during the ne:st
thirty or forty years, as did the
Grand Army of the Republic through.
out like period after the Civil War
The Legion is all American, moth
ing but American, and intolerant of
anything that is not wholly and en-
Enthusiastically American.
A radical and aggressive Amer;-
.canism is what we need The Legion
is going to help furnish it. Ameri-
canism has set back and allowed the
non-Americans and the something
else Americans Co have their innings
That complaisance, Indifference, pa
tience or whatever it may be is over
The Legion goes to bat presently, and
il will deliver. Count on it!
Why? Because the Legion will com.
prise four million young Americans
who have been under the flag. They
Have Seen The Glory of the Republic
They have realized that the United
States is literally Goods Country
They do not want any other in their,
The soldiers of the United States
are young. Their patriotism has beer
quickened. They have burned with a
great passion. They are annealed
Americans. Their Legion will run over
and scatter to particles anything no.
American, or tainted with un-Amer;:
canism. The Legion, like the G. A. r
before it, VII guard the Ark OF the
Covenant. The Legion will keep faita
will conserve the Republic, will hanj
down to the generation after them un.
impaired what the Founders of '7.i
and 80 what the Preservers of '61-'65
bequeathed
There are pro-Germans here still!
and they are aagin finding voice
There are pro-anarchists and pro.
other htings. But the Legion will see
to them all.
When the Legion gets to operating
there is going to be mighty little per.
petuation of anything but simon-pure
Americanism in the United States
Leave it to the soldiers of the Legiou
they will solve all doubts. One land
one loyalty and one language-Ths
Legion will make it that.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-15
INCREASED IMPORTANCE
OF GRADING GRAIN

The special Importance at the pre-
sent time of a correct understanding
OF the grading of grain according to
Federal standards at local points is
the result of the recent instructions
of the United States Wheat Director
ard the contract between the United
States Grain Corporation and the
local interior dealer or miller as pro-
vided in both contracts, that the deal
er in buying wheat from the producer
shall purchase en- the proper grade
and dockage under Federal standards
and shall pay therefor not less than
the guaranteed price based ON such
proper grade and dockage, at the
terminal most sdvantageously reach
ed, less freight and less a reasonable
handling margin.
Therefore since the grading Of
grain correctly according to the Fed
eral grades reflects the proper prics
schedule at the local points, 1t is i'm
portant that the local buyer be fully
informed as to the requirements of
the official standards in order that he
may correctly apply the grades, AMI
that the farmer be properly informed
as to the grade requirements and their
application in order that they may
know whether the country dealer is
correctly grading his grain.
Matters relating to the purchase
ard sale of wheat handled by the
United States Grain Corporation
Where the grading and inspection in
wolves the settlement on a load of
wheat purchased by local dealer
from farmer, any information de.
sired should be directed either to the
vice-president of the United States
Grain Corporation, located in the zone
in which the purchase is made, or
should be directed to the United
States Wheat Director AZ Broadway,
New York City. II farmer or deal
er desires information to enable him
to determine how the Federal grad es
should be applied, he can secure this
by visiting or writing any Office o.
Federal Grain Supervision, or the
Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington, d. c., or by submitting a
sample to the nearest licensed grain
inspector to receive an official samp.a
Inspection Of that sample. Licensed in
spectors are not permitted to grade
officially an entire load unless the
sample be taken by the inspector.
In case of dispute the buyer and
farmer may agree on sample as be.
ing representative of the load.-Ros-
holt Review.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-15

the benefit of the people, were i'm
pressed with the fact that the high
est and most important duty resting
upon the State in establishing a bank
ing system was 20 give protection not
only to the banks but t. the deposit
ing public as we'll The legislative
department was apprized of this great
need, for hfstOr:y-since Venice gave
birth to banking-gives account of
the "hard earnings of years" wt;s.i:
have time and again beer, swept
away on account of banks having been
conducted along incomnetent or dis
honest lines or from panic brought
about by adverse economic conditions
or by reason of lack of confidence.
There has ever becn recognition of the
principle that the depositor of banks
should have protection, some defense
against bad judgment and against
vicious banking rh; people have in
sisted, and that rightful!y, that they
should have :o.n.. security for Their,
money when left on deposit in banks.
In too many instances the capital
stock of banks has been wiped OUT
the double liability of stock holders
has meant nothing, and the s.savings
of life time" nave been lost to the
unfortunate, helpless and distressed
depositor ohw has, previous to the
passage of the law guaranteeing de-
posits, had no absolute protection
1t was to give this absolute pro-
lection to the depositors OF state
banks that the legislature in 1915
passed the law guaranteeing deposits.
Attorney Genera! Byron S. Payne
says in regard to the working Of this
law 'It is the concensus of opinion
that this law has worked very we'll in
this state. Und., the law practically
the combined resources of tha state
banks( over 100000, ,OOO) are be-
hind the guarantee for depositors. /
believe the law has secured absolute
protection for the depositors without
placing any undue burdens upon the
banks OF the state - Sissetor is for
tunate in having one bank. the Guar.
anty State Bank in which the de-
positors receive the protection of this
admirable law.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-15
Kidder State Bank Robbed

Aberdeen-Word has been receiv-
ec here of the robbery of the Kidder
state bank at Kidder, 8. D., 80 miles
northeast Of Aberdeen, Monday night.
The robbers succeeded in blowing
open safety deposit vaults fror,
which they obtained Liberty Bonds
and other securities valued at an.
Iproximately SIS. 900. The safe contain
iEg the banks funds was not opened
The robbers escaped without leaving
any clue.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-15
CREAM BUSINESS RIVALS
STATE GRAIN PRODUCTS

Perre-The Forthcoming report of
the state market commissioner will
show that the cream business is be-
fcoming one of the leading elements
OF farm production in the state.
Cream stations for the year fror,
June 1, 1918 to May 81. 1919, pur-
chased 10.923.119 pounds of crear,
which averaged 80 per cent butter
fat. The total amount of butter fa.
received from all sources in the state
fcr the same period was 4,746.817
pounds, which sold at an average of
52.3 per pound, this bringing a re.
turn OF about two and half Million
dollars. The creameries of the state
manufactured 2,747.O26 pounds OF
butter for that period of which 91S..
262 pounds were sold in the state.
the balance being shipped out.
The same report will show that the
total amount o. wheat marketed at
the 26 mills, and $50 elevators in
the state for the twelve months from
June 1. 1918 tn May 81, 1919, was
19,27O,S95 bushels. The mills purchas
ed l.599,732 bushels of this paying
an average of s2.11 for it, and tn.
elevators the balance with an aver
age price. Of $500 plus fraction.
The mills manufactured 25O,33O bar
rels Of -four of which about half was
sold in the state; the average selltns
price being $1O.76 per barrel. The
average price Of mill feeds for the
year was 1886 per ton for bran and
1866 for middlings.
Other grains purchaed in the state
for the same period were oats IL, 49,
S19 bushels ut an average Of SO
cents per bushel; barley e,777,S49
bushels at an average Of SO cents: rye
l.S52,591, no average given; shelled
corn 7.638.12s bushels at an average
OF $1.25 per bushel; earn corn 2O5,-
O52 bushels at an average Of $1.1s:
fax. s53.992, a. an average Of $3.50.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-15
STATE GUARANTEE OF DE.
P0sITs HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL

Recent reports from the BANKING
Department shows over two thirds oil
the deposits Of tais state are in state
banks. an increase OF over $125, ,o00..
900 since lsl5-a 800 per cent great
er increase THAI that Of National
banks In the same period Of time
This exceptional showing il general
" attributed BY the best banktne
authorities to the desire Of the peo.
PIE to take advantage Of the prot.s.
tton of the state Jaw guaranteeing dc.
postts which was passed four ys:,rs
ago.
Our legislative bodies. being mind.
full OF tile power OF the state and dc.
ztermined to exercise that power "a,
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-15

form the acts of sabotage and similar
depredations Unidentified with the
history of that organization. He was
said to have had no fear of the law
and to have been clever enough to
fall into the "stool pigeon" trap when
confined in the Minnehaha county ja;l
here year and a half ago. Efforts
were made then to get him to confess
the International Harvester company
fire as evidence against him was ei
ceptionally strong but he declined tc
discuss it.
While confined here Gunderson was
visited by Sigel, we'll known I. w.
w. attorney of st. Paul and that OF.
ganization also sent two of its prom.
inent emissaries here to consult him
but they were refused admission to
the Jail by the federal authorities.
Gunderson and his partner STANLEY
Brown, another l. w. w. "sabcat'
were indicted in this state for sending
cyanide of potassium and phosphorus
=
through the nails, but were never
brought to trial for this issue. Durins
the fall of 1917 pro-Germanism in
South Dakota took the form ofvmany
incendiary fires through the harvest
heavy damage being inflicted on ele.
vators and farm buildings through
the work Of an organized gang. Pa.,
OF this work was laid at the door of
Gunderson and his co-workers but
like the International Harvester com.
pany fire here. complete proof by ad-
mission from him, was lacking, even
though officials were forced to give
him solitary confinement on account
of his ugly conduct in Jail and when
he goes back to Norway his lips will
still be sealed on a number of tbs
most fragrant crimes committed in
South Dakota during the war.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-15
THE AMERICAN LEGION
FOR ROBERTS COUNTY

Notice to all honorably discharged
soldiers, sailors and marines, VIII,
were members of the fighting forces
Of the U. S. between April 9Th, 1917
and Nov. ii, 1917.
There will be a meeting of service
men Saturday evening, Aug. 16, at
p. m. at the Commercial Club Rooms
for the purpose of taking steps TO
ward the organization of post of tha
American Legion. You are all urged
to be present.
DR.. Longstreth,
Harry Drenttel,
Max Dady,
Committee
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-15
Dwight Heminger Married

Dwight Hemfnger, and Miss L. A
Murray from Rosebud, this state
were married at the home Of the
groom's sister Lucy Heminger in this
city Wednesday afternoon by Judge
J A. Morrison, Louis Heminger and
Miss Myrtle Heminger attending the
contracting parties.
They will leave in day or two TO,
Rosebud. where they will spend d
few weeks visiting relatives.
The groom was member Of ths
7th Army Corps in the recent war and
spent eight months in France, and his
local friends extend congratulations,
-Wilmot Enterprise.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-15
Government To Deport
South Dakota L. \

Sioux Falls Although the mys-
terry surrounding the burning here OF
the International Harvester Co., plant
May II, 1917 has never been complete
ly solved, that disaster is believed to
play its part in arrangement announc
ed from Washington yesterday for the
deportation of Martin Gunderson.
South Dakota 1. w. w. member, who
is just out Of Leavenworth prison.
For Gunderson regarded as one of
the toughest characters with whom
the federal officials had to deal during
the war, is to be sent back to Nor
way, whence he came in 1907. Not
only has he failed to assimilate the
principles Of freedom on which this
country is based but his residence
here is characterized by series of
acts that caused him to be looked up
on as virtually an anarchist.
Gunderson was convicted at Aber-
deem in the federal court there in Nov
ember, 1917. of conspiracy and SEN
fenced to two years in the federal
penitentiary at Leavenworth. He wa:
released from this term this week aud
Immediately rearrested by the inn
migration authorities who will now
take the steps TO send him back to
Norway.
Gunderson VINO Il about 80 years
old was known n si.:sabcat' name
applied to members Of the inner circ'e q
Q. I. W. w. who were trusted to pe::-
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-15
J. ii. KIMBALL DEAD

Word was received here Wednes-
day that ]. H. Kimball, formerly OF
easter township. had died Thurs.
day evening at Yankton. The remaiza
are expected to arrive here today
and the funeral will be held SUNDAY
from the M. E. Church in this CITY
The deceased was 6S years of age ard
Is survived by his wife. two scps and
two daughters.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-15

N. A. Akers.a and two daughs srs
of Rosholt were shopping in our city
Monday. He says they are right in the
midst of threshing out his way.
Wheat is averaging between ten and
thirteen bushels to the acre.. though
one farmer got ~ bushels and at
another place only z.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-15
WHEAT SCAB DUE TO
WEATHER CONDITIONS


out eastern So..,h Dakota will cut
down the yield sc to rs per cent in
some counties. In other co mites the
disease is less severe. Letters and
samples have boon sent to agronomy
department of State college from ali
parts Of the eastern section and fields
have been exam. ned in TIE vicinity
OF RedAfld, Huron, Mitchell; Brook
ings and at other points.
According to Manley Champlin, asso-
ciate agtonomist at State college, the
disease }sas evid ATTY been brought on
by weather conditions. The long .;rn-
tinued rainy westher filled the soil
full Of moisture, thus excluding il.e
requisite amount of air and weaker.
ing the plants SO that they became a
ready prey to fungous diseases. Sam
pies that have been received have not
only been affected with other fungi
in addition to the scab, including
stem rust, black end, etc. As a rule
these diseases are not virulent enough
to cause heavy losses in South Oak
ota, altho there is always some dam
age, especially in the eastern coun-
ties. The last severe epidemic was in
1915, but it did not spread west as far
as it has this year.
Professor Champlin discusses the
possible control of wheat scab as fol-
lows: "The soil where wheat, barley
or rye has been grown is almost GER
tain to be infected, so that when
weather. conditions are favorable, an
epidemic Of the disease is likely to
develop. On the other hand, If the
weather is normal, there is very
little danger Of a serious infection
in the central and western part of the
state. The only thing that can be done
to help to reduce the ravages of this
disease as understood at present, ic
to rotate the crops so that wheat ana
barley and rye are not grown any
more frequently than is absolutely
necessary on the land and to thOroly
grade the seed and disinfect with the
regulation formaldehyde treatment.
Grading the seed removes the light
shrun{sR kernels which are much
more fxely to be infected than tn:
plump kernels and disinfecting the
seed kills the germs that are on the
surface. It, is also safer to use well
rotted manure than fresh barnyar.l
manure IL it contains wheat, barley
or rye straw, but even with all these
precautions there can be no guaran-
tee that the disease would not recur
1T the weather conditions are right.
In some of the spring wheat states
farther east, there are considerable
losses from this disease this year.
cat the University of Wisconsin
investigations are being conducted
with view to preventing the scab i'm
fection from the seed by heating the
seed in special oven. There is some
possibility of finding method of CON
troll in this way as far as the seed is
concerned, but it would still remain
necessary to take precaution to rotate
the crops and try to keep the soil from
becoming infected. Seed wheat treat
ed by the dry heat method was plant
ed on several rotations on the ex-
pertinent farm at Brookings this sea-
son.. There is noticeably less scab
but the treated plants are not entirely
free from it, probably due to soil in
fection"
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-11-28
CHRISTMAS PARADISE is
BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF WORK

The Christmas number of the Para
disc of the Pacific has just made its
appearance and is unquestionably one
of the classiest pieces of art printing
yet produced in the Islands. Half q
dozen beautiful trl-color cuts r~eproduc-
tons of paintings, of exceptionally
high artistic merit, are n of the
most attractive features. One of these
pictures is a painting by the late Il. w.
Christmas, OF a sunset from the Lahai-
ma pail road.
A number of other pictures and arti-
cles have to do with Maui. One of
these is an article on field corn in Ha-
wall, by +. G. Krauss.
An account of a great rain storm
in Kauai in 1S47, by Hon. S. b. Dole,
in which the father of w. F. Pogue,
of Maui came near losing his life, is
also of interest to kamaainas.
The issue forms a most striking
souvenir of the Islands, and should
prove an excellent piece of advertis-
ing.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-11-28
LABOR PARTY TO
NOMINATE TICKET

CHICAGO, Nov. 24-The national
labor party has announced a program
to organize all hand and brain work
ers in the country in the support of
the principle of political, social and
industrial democracy. Women and
men are to be equally represented.
1t is planned to invite trade unions,
farmers organizations, etc, to affiliate
in holding of a national convention
next summer for purpose of nominal
ing a presidential candidate.
The movements is TO be financed by
monthly dues OF from 5 to 25 cents,
and members will also be asked to
contribute one months pay TO the
campaign fund.
Resolutions were also adopted de-
handing the release of all political
prisoners. a new trial for Mooney and
the repeal of present court martial
laws.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-11-28

"Other Mems Wives"

49,
Dorothy Dalton has an unusual part
as Cynthia in "Other Mems Wives
the latest Thomas H. Ince p%hotoplay.
Cynthia is forced by necessity to
agree for a stipulated sum to try to
compromise a married nan so that
his wife may have evidence to get a
divorce, thus permitting her to marry
the man whom she loves.
The unsuspecting husband wins her
sympathy and then her love and she
is brought to a realization hat she is
about to iniure a noble man. She
wants to retract her agreement, but
the other man, he who would break up
the home, has the whip hand over
her.
How to escape the predicament is
the trying situation with which she is
confronted. Her womanly courage as
serts itself at the critical moment and
she solves the problem.
"Luck and Pluck"
Just because some clever plotters
thought they put one over on him they
became reckless and exposed them.
selves. Whereupon they were beaten
and put out of BUSINESS forever. That's
one of the big incidents in the --latest
George Walsh picture, Luck and
Pluck"
George was known as "Velvet," 6
sort of crook; but he forgot all his
past when he met a girl. She turned
out to be the daughter OF the chief Of
the U. S. intelligence bureau, and was
being used by the chief plotter, tC
whom she was engaged, to foster his
WI interests.
Walsh goes through every conceiv
able athletic stunt in his chase t
round up the agents, and has a mos.
amazing scene on a motorcycle wher
he crashes through the door of {
house which is the headquarters o
the plotters in their attempt to escap,
and abduct the girl. George rescuel
the girl and puts an end to the spies
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-11-28
DISCUSSING INTERVENTION
IN MEXICO

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21-State de
partment officials discussing Mexican
situation disclose hat 3 years ago the
army general staff estimated that an
army of 100000, and 3 years time
would be required for the complete
Intervention in Mexico by the United
States. officials will not says what
the present estimate is but it is un-
derstood that it will be less, due to
the development of new instruments
of warfare and the enormous increase
of Americas war materials.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-11-28
TO MEET
JAN 8

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24-Chairman
Cummings has called a meeting of
the Democratic national committee to
meet in Washington on January 8 for
the purpose of fixing upon the time
and place of holding the next national
convention.
A meeting of the women's associat-
ed committee has also been called for
The same time.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-11-28
Square Deal sanderson"

In Square Deal Sanderson," VIM.
s.. Harris newest Aircraft picture,
will be found one of the strongest
stories ever employed for a scenario.
II tells about a westerner who sees
a horse thief shot in the back, who
afterwards kills his assailant. A letter
tells Square Deal S%anderson that the
thief is a brother of Mary Bransford,
owners of a ranch in New Mexico,
who writes that she is beset by a
mar who is trying to steal her prop
erty. Square Deal goes to her rescue
and poses as her brother, whom she
had not seen from childhood. He
ave her, gets into and out of many
bad scrapes, but finally bests the viii
lain and his band and wins the girl
as his reward.
"The Better 'ole"
You get all the laughs in the world
in The Better Ole, the comedy pic
ture Of the great conflict.
Old Bill and his pals, Bert and ALT,
are typical soldiers, not overdrawn
heroic characters, but soldiers just as
they really were, and you're sure to
be delighted with their humorous eX-
%periences behind the lines, in the
trenches and in "Blighty."
"The Better OLE as is well known,
is in LIST stage form one of the biggest
theatrical %successes of the generation.
After playing to enormous business in
London and in all the other cities OF
England, the production was also
made in America, and is now playing
to capacity business at the Cort thea.
ter, New York, and in theaters in
other cities throughout the land
Every one who sees the stage play is
delighted with it, and it is interesting
to know that the screen version is
even more laughable and enjoyable
than the stage play. 1t is also interest
ing to note that this is the first time
in the history of the screen that movie
patrons have been able to see on the
screen a tremendous theatrical sue
cess at the same time that the play il
in the height of its popularity on the
stage.-Adv.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-11-28
BuDDHIsTS WOULD
SURRENDER SCHOOLS

HONOLULU, Nov. PAT. Asano,
principal of the Japanese high school,
stated today that the Hongwanji mis-
sion stands ready to withdraw from
the administration of the Japanese
language schools in the Islands. The
Buddhists priests, he further said,
have been instructed to take no part
in Japanese labor movements.