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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-09-05
Tent City In Oil Field

Mitchell-South Dakota's oil strike
is getting bigger. A tent city populat-
ed by Oil men, engineers, farmers.
ranchers, land men and prospectors
has sprung up at Bixby, S. D., follow
ing the discovery of a tract twentyss
two miles long, which oil men declar-
Is continuation of the famous oil
fields Of Wyoming.
Hardy Montgomery of Bfxby. faith
er OF the oil boom, started out to or
ganlze company with $4,000 cap
ital. Inside of eight hours he had the
$4,000 raised. Reports received here
say that men are focking in from all
parts of the state. Land values have
gone sky high, with the owners refus-
ing fabulous prices. Men who own
automobiles are making as much as
500 a day carrying investors here
and there through the fields
The oil struck by Montgomery was
discovered when he was digging a
we'll to supply water for country
school house. This was some time ago
but it was only within the last week
that Montgomery has been able tc
interest capitalists in his find.
Dispatches from Bixby picture that
entire section of the state as "crazy.,
Hundreds of automobiles, wagons
and vans are pouring into the sec
ton. In one small hotel in Bison more
than 200 guests are crowded today.
In addition to the discovery of OIL
natural gas has been found in the
northern part of Perkins county. The
oil tract runs east and west and the
gas runs north and south, intersect-
ing the oil fields. 1t is believed the
gas vein is continuation of the ia
nous Oklahoma gas fields.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-09-05
salvation Army Campaign

South Dakota is proud of it's fight
ers and she has reason to be. With
one accord every soldier, sailor and
marine in the state have doffed theil
hats to the Salvation Army, and with
one voice have shouted their high re-
gard for those men and women, who
fearless, yet unarmed, went forth tc
do their bit for their country in
trenches, camps and hospitals. Tho
Salvation Army came to them when
they were hungry, i'll, homesick
There was no task to burdensome, nc
sacrifice too great to meet. Ever.
soldiers heart is full of gratitude
and he is anxious to show that ap-
preciaton. Hundreds of South Dakota,
fighters did SO when members of the
American Legion met recently voting
their unsolicited endorsement to the
Salvation Army campaign for funds
which will be conducted in this stat
September 1929.
Claude j. Harris, state secretary,
announces the following resolution
which the South Dakota members of
the American Legion feel unani-
mously due as token of their deer
gratitude:
There are no words that can quit
express the feeling of respect and at
lection that is universal among the
service men for those men and wo-
men of the Salvation Army, who, with
spirit of self effacement and hamp.
cred by their small resources, render.
ed such effective service under thu
most trying conditions. Because the
Salvation Army has proved itself ta
the soldiers by the work it has done.
the American Legion of this state
heartily endorses this campaign as
worthy of enthusiastic support thru.
out the state
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-09-05
LARSON sl4AYERs CAUGHT

The following taken from the
Minneapolis Tribune OF Tuesday gives
the details of the capture of ]. Roge
ers of Minneapolis, the man who was
In company with Marion Bassett,
when they killed ]. G. Larson, of
Slayton, Mimi, robbed him of his
money and automobile and later
escaped capture by the Roberts Coun-
ty officials southwest of Wilmot.
John Gus Larson, wealthy retired
farmer of Slayton, Mimi, whose body
was found Saturday in a corn fleld
near Glencoe, was carried in his own
automobile for nearly 40 miles after
he had been beaten into unconscious
ness, according to confession said
to have been made to Minneapolis
police by j. Rogers at the city Jail.
The hope held by Rogers and his
confederate, according to the alleged
confession, was that sif they carried
Larson far enough to elude the city
police, country constables would never
find the body"
Police hope to arrest Rogers con-
federate today or tomorrow, 1t was
announced.
carson had been visiting broth
er in Minneapolis at 2710 Fillmore
street northeast, when he started to
drive back to his home in Slayton,
near Glencoe. Police records show
that he was reported missing July 81,
several days after he left this city.
Larson's car was found later at Sis
seton, s. D., where it had been left,
and never called for, and Detectives
Duffy and MCGUIRE of Minneapolis
were sent to Montana, where they
followed clues from South Dakota to
the Washington state boundaries be-
fore they found Rogers at Glendive,
Mont.
Rogers was traced, 1t is said, thru
a letter he wrote to his wife in Glen
dive, telling Of the robbery. He is 40
years old and is said to be former
soldier.
1.-THE alleged confession stated
that Rogers and another man, both
in uniform, hailed Larson ON Super
Tor boulevard, asking for ride, and
halfway to Glencoe beat Larson in
to Inconsistencies. taking $40 cash
and watch. Supposing that he was
still alive, it was said, they left him
in field where he was found later
Death, according to w. o. McNelly,
Mcleod county attorney, resulted
from the beating and not from the
exposure.
The body was sent to slayton, at
tended by B. r. Weld, former state
legislator, who was a close friend"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-09-05
liver l.. opsal Passed Away

liver L. Opsal died at the home
of his son Ole, in this city at $3.50
Saturday evening, Aug. 80. Death
was the result of stroke of paraly-
sis which occurred on Thursday.
Deceased was born in Vallers, Nor
way in 1910. being 70 years of age
at the time of his death. He grew to
manhood there and at the age of 25
years was united in marriage to
Martha Opsal. He moved to America
with his wife and three children in
1872, settling at Yankton, where
they resided until 1879, when they
homesteaded at Brookings, making
their home there until about six
years ago when they moved to Sisse-
ton. They had resided here but two
years when his wife was called to the
Great Beyond Since that time he has
been making his home with his son
Ed, until Friday morning when he
was removed to the Ole Opsal home.
where he answered the final summons
on Saturday evening.
AlthO Mr.. Opsal was of retiring
nature, he made and held the friend
ship of many people, who mourn his
loss. Especially was he loved by the
little children. He was a devoted
husband and fond father, always
placing the comforts of his family be-
fore his own.
He is survived by ten children:
Mrs. Sena Latten of Adams, N. D.,
Mrs. Louisa Harrington of Roundup.
Mont, Anton of Minneapolis, Louis
of Moskau, Okla, Mrs. Gena Bliss of
Minneapolis, Ole and Ed both of this
city, Abel of Milwaukee, Bert of VIII.
mot and Will of Aberdeen.
Funeral services were held Monday
at 1880 p. M. from the Lutheran
church, Rev. Rudie officiating and in
torment was made in the Sisseton
cemetery.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-09-05
MOTOR TRUCK TOUR

When the subject of motor trucks
brought up there are those that
snfff at the idea of the pneumatic tire
being practical on a vehicle that Is
designed to carry such heavy loads:
and to go over all sorts of roads. BIZ;
pr. j. A. Robertson, chairman of the
- neal committee, which will be in
scnafvee of the program while the Ma
siona. Motor Truck Development tou,
DIP IN oleeseton, says that the Tour is an
IActuat eonstration that will con.
ss xance ene 4keptic of the worth OF
4 Rheumatic tt los nm trucks
Hs# lhe ls"'4otsl Motor Truck Develop
nen' 1ou' q be composed of eigh.
S1een .lueNs 9sfrom one to two and a
.l"'A 'oi-s ecity wearing pneumatic
$tires. In fact!t. solid t;rod trvo,, ,,,...
knot permittea, ~ antar haoa,so .,
Ewas the desi. s. 80 tho trvo,, ,,.n,,e.o
tureres to si or tha truoL o. IT, ,,ast
4 The pneyST t;no, $500. 49,,
q not have to stav an tho smao.,,
~ OIL 1t performs as we'll on tn.
y Toughest roads. Here are some of the
H reasons the pneumatic is ideal fol-
trucks; and these facts are not guess
work, but the result of experiments
extending over period of two years
4 The gasoline milage is greater. A
solid tired truck that will go miles
on gallon of gas will go 10 miles
when shod with pneumatics. A
quart of oil will go one third farther
I If the truck has pneumatic than if
solid tires are used. The speed is al.
so increased about one third. The re-
pair bills on pneumatic tired truck
are at least one third lower Goods be-
ing transported are not subject te
half the damage on pneumatics as on
solids.
The truck as an economy on tn.
farm is past the experimental stage
The pneumatic tire also is past the
experimental stage. Pneumatic tires
have been made for truck use sin "a
1911. The tires are practically ina
mune from puncture. The average
size on the Trucks in the National
Motor Truck Demonstration Tour is
36x6 in front and SSx7 in the rear.
These treads are an inch to an incr
and a half thick. Rubber is the tough.
est substance on earth to drive mai:
into.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-09-05
Welcome the School Teachers

The beginning of each school year
brings some young women into the
county schools for the first time. They
are bright girls, eager and ambitious,
the majority of whom will go on to
the city schools in few years. The
longer they stay in the rural schools,
the more their broadening experience
will count in the education of ouH
children.
One of the reasons why these girls
go on rapidly to larger places, is the
alleged Loneliness of the country."
Let not that exist in Sisseton and the
school districts roundabout. Give the
teachers a rousing welcome, and
make them feel at home from the
day they land here.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-09-05
Your Best Blooded Stock
(By DR.. wits E. Johnson)

(By DR.. Willis e. Johnson)
How many of you own some pure
bred stock Of some kind?'
This question was asked q group Of
boy club workers at one of their
camps this summer. Instantly the
hand Of every boy waved in the air.
1t was most significant showing.
What do these lads talk about from
morning until night, and think about
and plan for and dream Of at night !!
That which grips their interests and
dominates their ambitions. These lads
are willing to work day and night
for their very own blooded stock and
to make any sacrifice for their vel
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-09-05
fare. Nothing appeals so much to the
boy as doing what men do. These

fare. Nothing appeals so much to the
boy as doing what men do. These
boys have man-sized plans and worth
while interests and they know it. That
they are playing life's game in dead
earnest is shown in the astounding
fact that the SOW and litter clubs OF
boys and girls have produced in South
Dakota this season nearly a million
dollars worth of hogs.
1t goes without saying that the boy
or girl who is busy and is happy in the
work is saved many mischief which
the devil finds for idle hands. In pro-
ducing million dollars worth of pure
bred hogs there has been vastly more
than million dollar investment in
those qualities which make for true
manhood and womanhOod.
Parents of South Dakota, you have
the finest blooded stock in the world
blood of your blood, bone of you
bone. Are you as anxious and thought
AuA oOOuI Culo CuOlCcSC vi SLOCk as
these boys and girls are about their
very own blooded pigs or calves OF
chickens?
There are few parents who cannot
learn lessons from their own children
Here is profound one for you. Is
there club boy owning pure bred
pig, who during the past season has
MT read and studied at least a humid
red pages on the feeding of hogs?
How many pages has the lads mother
read and studied on the feeding of her
boy? There's not a lad who hasn't
planned out with studied care the fu-
ture of each of his porkers. Are their
parents studying college catalogs and
planning the education and training
and future career of their "best
blooded stock, their own sons and
daughters as solicitously?
care you giving your best blooded
stock the care it Deserves" is a
weighty question in the light of the
example taught us by these boys and
girls.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-09-05
FORD STOLEN

Auto thieves put in their first
work here Wednesday noon when
they go away with Knute Walstad's
Ford while he was about town trans
acting business. No trace has been
found of the. thieves, altho all the
towns about Sisseton have been noti-
fed. It's advisable to lock your cars
when you stop in any town or
hitch ,am to a post.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-09-05
Indian Fair September 2s-2e-a7

The sisseton Indian Fair to be
held at the sisseton Indian Agency
Sept. 25-26-27. promises to be the
best ever held here. Plans are being
made for some good races and amuse-
ments of all kinds. The exhibits of
farm products, live stock, etc., will be
the finest produced in this section.
The promoters of the Indian Fair are
all working hard to make the fair
success and are deserving of the
support of everyone in the territory.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-09-05
College Will Have Large
Exhibit A. S<a%n M,

Exhibit At State Fair
The extension. experimental and
instructional divisions of State college
Will have extensive information ex-
htbits at the South Dakota State fair
next week in the Agricultural hall.
education building. dairy building
and horticultural hall. The extension
division will feature the work OF
county farm bureaus. specialists and
boys and girls clubs.
Various college departments. in
Guiding agronomy, veterinary. home
economics. engineering, school Of az
riculture, netomology. horticulture
and dairy, will conduct instructive
demonstrations. Free agricultural
movies will be given all day in !
special dark tent.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-09-05
Card Of Thanks

We wish to express our sincere and
heartfelt thanks to the many friends
and neighbors who SO willingly assis
ted us during the illness and death
of oar father, Iver /. Opsal, and also
for the many beautiful floral offer
ings. The Children.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-09-05

operation to the Public Health Pro-
gram. Home Service Work, FRS Aid
Glasses and other splendid projects
of the American Red Cross.
Very truly yours,
Mabel A. Hall,
Dir. Bureau of Chap. Production.
County Papers Please Copy
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-01-18

In order to avoid confusion to
the people, and even fist fights
among them, and with the pur-
pose also to save time and annoy
ance to employees who have to
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-01-18
Our rops in Russian

Infantry, Company d of the sd
Telegraph Battalion, Field Hos
pital Company No. 4, Evacuation
Hospital No. II, Medical Supply
Depot No Z, 146th Ordnance Depot
Company, Ambulance Company
No. 4, 1 staff officers, Quarter
master Corps detachment compris-
ing 2 officers and q men, medical
detachment of II officers and 67
men, and small detachments OF
ordnance, Signal Corps, engineers,
cavalry, intelligence, Philippine
Scouts, and Photographic sections.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-01-18
President Alvez, Of Brazil, dead
Delfin Moreira succeedes him.
Rosa Luxemburg, famous Anar~
chist leader, killed in Berlin.
jFrom cur Special Correspondents)
Vim w 7 p 0n1 r. Co.
(From our Special Correspondents
Via ". l. p. and Z. Co.

MADRID, January 1S.-The government paper (Gd-
ced Ofcial brings today decree declaring martial law
in Barcelona and other places in Catalonia where the
popular ferment has made the situation critical The
worst could happen at any moment. The Cabinet held
a special session. after which Premier Romanoes told
the newspaper that he greatly concerned because
of the the situation has turned The Minister OF the
Interior who has charge of maintaining public order,
after conference with Romanones and the King, adj
dressed circular to the press requesting the newspapers
not to critiSiZe the government for any extraordinary
and drastic measures that would be taken in view of the
critical situation of Spain ANY person-tle mi
mister eXpainscan not but realize that the security OF
the State demands prompt action and the government
calls the patriotism of all true Spanals to the
country at this supreme hour
BARCELONA-The rumor circulated here and in
other cities of Spain that Lenine the chief of the Rus
sian boshevkies landed in Barcelona several days ago,
with the object of conducting systematic bOlshevis pro-
pagana in Spain, has been promptly denied by the au-
horites who assert the piece of is absolutely
founded and evidently circulated by the Spanish
utionsts with the idea of causing embarrassment to- the
governments AS it always happens in cases like this it
is impossible to trace the to its original source
MADRID.-The police and civic guards throughout
the country making wholesale arrests of boshevkies
and of all other radical elements considered danger
to the safety of the State This extraordinary meaN
show that the situation is graver than generally
thought, and to show that the revolutionary rami
ications throughout Spain quite extensive.
MADRID.-The commission that was especially APP
pointed to make study of the autonomy problem, has
reported to parliament 1t recommends granting imme
date autonomy to the Basque Provinces Bilboa Cli
puzcoa and Aava and Navarro the four provinces max
ing regional block, and forming unit to the
tonal structure which will be the federatve plan
something similar The Spanish Cortes will upon on
January 21st.
WASHINGTON.-Th Montenegrn Legation here of
ically that when Serbian troops entered
Montenegro fulfilling terms of the treaty between the
countries 10000 Monenegrin reyOted attacked the
Serbian and threw them off several towns
RIO DE EJANEIRO.-President Alvez, recently elect
ed is dead Dein Morera vce-Iresiden has been
as constitutional President of Brazil, to succeed Alyez.
AMSTERDAM -Semi-ofical reports elnanating from
Berlin are to the effect that Rosa Luxembourg, the famous
woman revolutionis and anarchstic agtaOr has been
killed the troops of the many encounters which
took place in that city, during the bloody reek.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-01-18
THE BABY IN THE BASKE T

war-slips were destroyed by Ad
miral Togo. For few moments
the radiant country seems to take
Oh Il note of tragedy.
On we go-ShimOnoseki,- from
one end of Japan almost to the
other.-and then, Yokohama.
After the privations of Russia,
| enjoy the light, the soft clima-
te, life, with an entirely new in
tensity. ! thing with vexatiOn of
the lost, spoiled years that those
II have left behind are passing i'll
Russia.
A Japanese boat, the COrea
Maru, takes me on to Honolulu,
where we spend twenty-four hours.
Onour departure, a Hawaiian band
comes and plays on the wharf,
and young girls bring us garlands
of roses, tulips and pinks. 1t is
custom of the country, sign of
hospitality. The departure OF every
vessel is accompanied by music,
the passengers on leaving being
decorated with wreaths of flowers
around their shoulders.
Another week.. and the Golden
Gate draws in sight. | have but
little time in which>tO wonder at
the marvels of San Francisco, and
of the southern states through
which l pass, bound for New
York.
On january 80 | am back III
| San Juan. My little girl, who is
| lust three months old, has already
passed eight weeks of her life
, travelling by land and sea. As
for me, the memories of my ira
, vels are fraught with SO mucl
, charm that, in spite of D1y joy al
being back home, dream fondl,
of setting out again some day, ant
revisiting at leisure the fairy-liki
countries which l passed through
| with such good fortune.
r (The end)
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-01-18

Washington, Jan. S.-American
forces operating in Siberia and
Northern Russia total 12,941 Of
ficers and men, the War Depart
iment announced today. In Sibe-
ria are 30 officers and 1867 men,
and in Northern Russia are 5,419
men.
/ The units in the Arehangel re-
gion are the 339th Infantry, LIST
Battalion of the 310th Engineers,
the 337th Field Hospital, and the
337th Ambulance Company.
In Siberia are the 9th and 31st
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-01-18

Paris. Jan. Sic Temps says
it is able to say that President
Wilson has CRITICALLY Informed
Premier Clemenceau that he does
not desire to be considered at the
Peace Conference as the head OF
Il State, but only Rs the Prime
Minister of his State.
lie Temps says the Unites States
Constitution makes the President
NOT only the head of the State,
but the head of the Government,
and that President Wilson will
claim only the right to the prero-
gatives of the last named office
at the Peace Conference.
The newspaper adds that when
making his desire to Premier Gle
menceau Mr.. Wilson also inform
ed the Premier concerning the de.
tailed work the various American
delegates to the conference would
have assigned to them.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-01-18
(Continucd.)

"a" "Just imagine" he says to me,
! t"at Kharbin | lost three grips. A
Ghinaman came up to the train
as, if he were a porter. / handed
over my baggage to him, when
without saying word he started
to lln. Seeing that he was leav-
ing the station | ran after him; !;
but his legs were much better than
mine, and he disappeared in the
darkness.
3s During this conversation, |
notice the manager making me
MYSTERIOUS signs. He had sue
;ceeded in providing accomoda-
itions for. me, by having a bed
placed in one of the dining rooms.
Crossing Corea, | see, in the
sunshine, snow of dazzling white.
ness, and men and women all in
white. The women wear wide
Turkish looking trousers and
blankets reaching from the head
to the waist. They are hardy
alookiag, well-made creatures. Ac
cording to tradition, their costu
me. Comes from the time when
nearly all men having been mass
acred by the enemy, the womel
dressed themselves in the costu
mes of their dead and set forth
themselves, to fight.
sWe arrive at Fusan just a
dawn. 4 have just time to eln
bark. The port, encircled b.
mountains, all but hides the town
-rose,tinted by the rising sun.
.anThe vessel passes quite close t
eTsushima, not far from where tn
Russian feet, commanded by Ro
destyenky, met with disaster j
March, 1905. How many time
j had pictured to myself the fata
.hsar in which thirty-eight of on