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Uncle Diea.

Miss Marian Shaw has been called
to Tidioute. Pa. by The death of her
uncle, =. @. Coltman.
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From FIyinp Field.

Frank e. Masters was home from
the o. S. Naval Flying Field at Wing
foot Lake, Ohio, 70 IA two days visit
at his home, returning today.
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Hotel Clerk.

Andrew Monroe, of this city, has
accepted a position as clerk at the
Hotel Bartlett.
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From OYeraeas,

Glenn (Red) Snodgrass returned
on Friday evening from eighteen
months military service overseas.
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Miss Virginia Hewitt, of Manning
ton. is spending few days in this
city.
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Personals.

Miss Beatrice Federer, of Morgan
'N'-" sH"nt yesterday at the home. of
her brother, E. D. Federer, in Mon
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PARTICULAR PEOPLE

Prefer Martins Ice Cream. compar-
ison will convince you-Why-vanilla
Chocolate, Fresh Strawberry and
Cherry.nut Today. Martins Drug
store.-Adv.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-11-14
Nebraska Defeats Hog Cholera

The work and vigilance of fifty
county farm bureaus in Nebraska,
supplemented by the cooperation of
the United States Department of Agri-
culture, and the veterinary practi-
TONERS, have made the State Practical
ly free from hog cholera. From all
annual loss which formerly amounted
to millions of dollars, the losses from
cholera during the current year will
aggregate but few hundred thous-
and dollars. The hog-raising Sec
TOMS of the State are now thorough
ly organized and practically all of the
farmers report the appearance of
cholera as soon as any outbreak is
evident. Vaccination now follows
promptly any outbreak, and results in
the desiase being localized and quick
ly eradicated. The control measures
have been executed SO promptly DUR
ing this year that the total amount
of antihog cholera serum has been
materially reduced. AS result sew
eral serum plants have large sup
plies on hand. the State plant having
a considerable amount and one pri-
vate plant reporting about $4,000, 900
cubic centimeters in its possession.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-11-14
GOVERNOR CALLS SPECIAL
SESSION OF LEGIsI4ATURE
Special Session OF Legislature Called
for December st.i

Governor Peter Norbeck has an
nounced he will call a special session
of the legislature on December 3 if
the majority of the legislators will be
present and pay their own expenses.
The governor made this announcement
from Edgemandt over long distance
telephone. The special session would
consider ratification of women's suf-
frage. No other business would be
brought up.
The movement for an extra session,
was started by the women following
the convention of the South Dakota
league of women voters at MITCHELL
According to Mrs. John l.. Lyle of
Huron, president of the league, many
legislators have consented to defray
their expenses. The matter is being
pushed so that enough state votes will
be assured to permit women of the
nation to vote in the next presidential
elections
December is favored by both
women and teh governor as the pro-
bable date in order to keep expenses
down. 1t is explained many legisla-
tors will be in Pierre for the state pro-
posal meeting on December and it
would be easier to get the solons to-
gether then.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-11-14
Mems Brother Hood of
Presbyterian Church Organized

The men of the Presbyterian
church and congregation are effect
ing an organization under the above
name for the purpose of promoting
a Christian fellowship among the
men of the town, the purpose of
doing any good work for which the
church stands, such as promoting
social activities, improving public
morals. social welfare and fraternal
helpfulness amongst all.
There will be various committees, a
numbers of which have already been
appointed, such as boys work COM
mittee, whose aim is to- see that whole
some and moral provisions be made
for the amusement and entertainment
of the boys.
The Brotherhood expects to pro-
cure eminent speakers to promote
intelligence on religious, social, poll
I teal, economic and other subjects of
interest.
While the Brother Hood is the out
growth of the Presbyterian Bible
Glass, it INVITES the cooperation of ali
who believe in the betterment Of
community life.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-11-14
BANDITS ROB sHERlrF

c. c. Wedmore, sheriff of Buffalo
county, was held up by bandits while
on his way from the Kimball county
fair, five miles out of town and shot
through the shoulder. He was alone in
his automobile when two men stepped
out from the side of the road and
ordered him to hold up his hands. AS
he reached for his gun shot was
fired and the bandits disappeared in
the darkness. The sheriff was able to
run his machine back to Kimball,
where he received medical attention.
Later he was taken to the CHAMBERLAIN
sanitarium. 1t is not thought that the
wound will prove serious. Wedmore
had about 5000 on his personalities
Gazette ---
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-11-14
Read the Local Store Advertisements

In reading over your local paper
always read the advertisements, for
they contain many thing that will in
terest you and will be the means Of
saving money and help you cut down
the high cost of living.
In farming community the town
people have to depend almost en.
tirely on the farmers for their living
and it is up to them to great extent
to make the town drawing card to
get the farmer trade.
In these days of automobiles and
fast transportation farmer can go
miles away from his home to mako
his purchases, and if some neighbor-
ing town offers the farmer better in.
ducement to go there to trade that
town will get the bulk of the hNsj
ness.
The local newspaper is the best
medium to bring business to the
town, especially when 1t is farmer
owned concern. The farmer will lool
his paper over more carefully and
will naturally patronize the mer
chant who advertises in his paper
instead of going to some neighbor
ing town or sending to mail order
house for his supplies.
The farmer shopld patronize nj
home town and help build up thu
community. but it is up to the loca
merchant to advertise his wares il
competition with outside stores.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-11-14
Election Held Wednesday Afternoon

The members of the Nonpartisan
League held an election Wednesday TO
elect permanent chairman and pro-
posalmen to effect county crgani-
cation. John NJ. Hanson was elected
county chairman and three proposal
men were elected from each precinct.
The three proposal men from each
precinct will meet at Sisseton on
Nov. is for the purpose of electing
thles ,Aroposalment to attend the
state convention to be held at pierre
December 2, where they Will decide
on the state ticket for the coming
election.
The League is now recognized as
political party and all members and
those favorable to its policies should
get ready for the coming elect, ~ for
we are determined to carry the state,
but to do SO we will have to get all
interested so verey voter will be at
the polls on election day.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-11-14
NELSON SPEAKS
ON sANiERlCANlSNi
Speaker Addresses Large
Audience Saturday

o. j. Nelson of the Non-partisan
League spoke to a crowded house in
the court room last Saturday after
noon, his topic was Americanism.
Mr.. Nelson is very forceful
speaker and received the hearty ap-
plause of his audience. He did not
go into details of the League but con-
fined his remarks to the duties of
American citizens, to use their righs
at the polls and to cast his or her
ballot according to their political be-
lief. No person can be good Ameri-
can unless they take an interest in
their country's affairs, and the best
way they can show their Americanism
is to express their opinion at ihe
polls.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-11-14
COAL CARDS ISSUED
Cards are Issued to Obtain Coal
Owing to Shortage

The commercial club met at the
club rooms Monday afternoon to de-
eide on ways and means to take care
of the coal problem in Sisseton and
vicinity. Nearly all the members
We're present, and after some discus
sion it was decided to create coal
board to see that coal was equally dis
tributed.
AS it was, as soon as coal was ship
ped to this point people would flock
to the coal yards and secure all they
could, when some of them had several
tons stored away in their bins. This
made hardship for those who had
none. The coal dealers tried to be
fair but it was impossible for them
to keep check on all the coal sold to
any individual.
The duties of the board will be to
check up on the coal sold, which
they can do by looking over the books
of the local dealers, and if any party
has more than a weeks supply, he
will be unable to secure more until
the supply he has on hand is used up.
In order to secure coal, the pur-
chaser must go to the board and swear
to and sign an affidavit, and he will
then receive coal card before coal
will be sold to him. The coal will be
apportioned according to the amount
/ of coal on hand and nobody will be
h able to secure more than what the
Ii coal card calls for.
| This is the only fair way to handle
/ the coal problem. 1t will do away with
the greedy ones buying up all the
! coal while others have to freeze.
H A car of coal consigned to ne of
\ the coal yards a few days ago, was
n held up by the government, but as
h Sisseton is in dire need of it the city
\ council met in special session Tues
\ day and confiscated the coal to be ap-
H portioned out.
l The members of the board are F..
J. Turner, w. F. Carlberg and C. r.
\ Jorgenson.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-11-14
EXPERTS WILL TRY TO
SOLVE MURDER PUZZLE

WatertOwn-Detec and finger
print experts from Minneapolis are to
be called in to help solve some of the
mysterious features about the murder
of Ernest Schoonover, at his home in
Henry by masked bandit on Tuesday
night, said States Attorney ID. X.
Loucks today. An exhaustive 'nves-
tigation at the scene of the tragedy
has failed to enable local authorities
to uncover any information not secur-
ed at the coroner's inquest few
hours after the shooting.
The use of Schoonover's own gun
which was left on the floor when the
murderer fled and contained four
empty shells while only three bullet
holes can be found in the dead man,
the tying of a cloth about the dead
mans throat, while Tessie Lamm, the
girl who witnessed the shooting was
left free to spread the alarm, and
failure to find any motive for the
crime, are now puzzling the authori-
ties. Finger prints were left in the
ransacked bedroom and this room has
been closed off until experts arrive
to take photographs.
Two men drove into Lake Preston,
south of Henry, in big car Tuesday
at midnight and held up the station
agent with guns. In general way the
car answered the description of the
one that stood near the Schoonover
house. Henry citizens offer $1,000 re-
ward for the arrest of the murderer.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-11-14
DRIVE SWINGS WEST

L With. the extension of time to
four weeks, the statewide lrive OF
the South Dakota educational depart
ment for betterment of rural school
conditions is about half over. Splen-
did audiences and keen interest IS re-
ported from each section of the state
|so far visited by the speakers and
Isections that at first did not see the
need for meetings, have been wiring
lin 10 secure dates.
4 y fresh batch of speakers to take
| the places of those from the east
unable to complete the full drive, are
now being placed and in another week
fthe drive will swing into the great
\ western part of the state with its
Hong stretches of country where set
Element is more scattered. These
sdates by counties are as follows:
Hughes Nov. 10, Stanley Nov. IL,
lHaakon, Nov 12, Pennington Nov. 13,
I14 and 20, Mead Nov. IA, Lawrence
SSNov. 15, Lyman Nov. % and %,
Custer and Fall River Nov. II and 1S.
Jackson and Wasabaugh Nov. 81,
Jones and Mellette Nov. 81.
\ The total attendance in Brown,
lpay, Grant, Roberts and Marshall
|c0unties was reported by the speak
||ers from 1873 meetings at 12,485, or
hn average of about 20 per meeting.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-11-14
STATE ENCOURAGES
LABOR ORGANIZATION
North Dakota officials Invite Onion
of Public Employees

Bismarck, N. D.-Official invitation
to the American Federation of Labor
to organize the workers in the state
owned mill at Drake constitutes one
of the most important steps the farm
er government of this state has taken.
This act, first of all, proclaims to
the world that the League admins
tration has laid the foundation for
permanent cooperation in all state
industries in the future between the
state and labor.
1t proclaims that the state the or
ganized farmers are building up is
not to be centralized bureaucracy
|enslaving labor in the state Industries,
but democratic organism co-operat-
ing with self-governing labor.
The invitation for the workers in
the public Industries to unionize can
have no other meaning. All old
party governments have bitterly
fought and crushed, wherever pos
sible, every effort of the workers to
organize in state-owned industries,
on the theory that any resistance, or
self-assertion of labor in state indus
tries is mutiny or treason. The or
ganization of the postoffice employees
in America has been opposed with all
its strength by the government. So,
too, has the organization of school
teachers. In many branches of this
government to-day organization is
not tolerated.
North Dakota starts out by advo-
eating the organization of its public
employees. The recognition by gov
ernment OF the right of it senlployss
to organize is tantamount to admit
ting the workers into the body poll
tic as coordinate and co-operatipg
force and giving them legal stains
as such. 1t is the primary foundation
OF Industrial democracy. II mapy.
ways 1t is the biggest thing done ~
a state in the history Of the United
States.
This state recogn.t.cn Of labor or
ganizations in public industries ads
naturally to something like the
Plum plan ~
tation and state representation in the
management of industry. It is sigui-
ffcant that it follows Governor Fra
zier's outspoken advocacy Of The
Plumb plan:
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-11-14
vonlen's Auxiliary to the
American Legion Organic.

i American Legion Organized.
n A goodly number of mothers,
wives, daughters, sisters and sweet
hearts met at the Woodman Hall on
Saturday evening Nov. Sth for tn :
purpose of organizing an auxiliary to
the American Legion. After due con-
FEDERATION 1t was decided that it
would be very good thing, so Of
ficers were elected to take charge of
he work.
II AS this is the first auxiliary Of its
ktnd IN the state were are Justly
proud Of It. The charter remains
Ppen open for short time. Come and
Join.
The Women's Auxiliary to the
american Legion will meet Nov. 10
4 It the Woodman hall. So come all you
nothers, wives. sisters and sweet
hearts Of those men whom in the fu-
lure We will work with and for whose
benefit we are pledged at all times
10 consider before our own. Come!
come!
Publicity Committee.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-11-14
Ar,owsmitl,-shoberg A

A pretty wedding took place at the
Nose Arrowsmith home Tuesday eve
ming. Nov. 11th, when Miss Hazel Ar
rowsmith became the bride of David
Shoberg. Rev. Butterfield oft he NJ.
r. church performed the ceremony.
AT the hour of eight Miss Ruby
Arrowsmith. cousin of the bride play
ed the march from Lohengrin and the
bridal party assembled in the parlor.
The vows We're spoken beneath an
arch decorated in crysanthnums and
ferns, from which was suspended a
large white bell.
Immediately following the cere-
mony and while congratulations were
being extended the young people, Miss
Ruby Arrowsmith sweetly sang 81
Love You Truly" and END of Per-
feet Day.
The brides gown was lovely crea-
tion Of white bridal satin and geor-
gette embroidered in shell pearls and
she carried beautiful bouquet Of
bridal roses. Her sister Miss EVELYN
Arrowsmith was maid of honor and
was attired in pale pink georgette
and carried pink roses and Miss Helen
Shoberg, sister of the groom was
the brides maid and wore pale blue
crepe de chene and carried forget
me-nots. And little Doris Arrow
smith in pink and white made very
sweet flower girl.
The groom was attended by his
brother Sigfred ,Shoberg and both
gentlemen were attired according to
costum.
At about nine O'Clock the guests
repaired to the dining room where
sumptuous dinner was served. The
room and the tables were appropriate,
ly decorated with ferns, ribbons and
wreaths. Covers were laid for thirty.
Mrs. Arrowsmith presided and was as
sisted by Misses Edith Peterson,
Ruth Jackson and Melba Bapp.
The bride is the Oldest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Nose Arrowsmith and
is winsome little lady of pleasing
character. She has grown to woman
hood in this city and is dearly loved
by all who know her.
The groom is the son of Mrs. c.
shoberg. He isl young man of
sterling qualities. is hard workers,
and possessed of q genial disposition.
combined with q character that is
above reproach. He holds a higA
place in the esteem OF his associates.
The young people have the con-
gratula.ions and best wishes Of a
host of friends.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-11-14
Dance Well Attended

The dance at the opera house Tues
day evening, held by the local post Of
the American Legion was we'll attend
ed in spite of the severe storm, ahd
was success both socially and IN
ancially.
The boys advertised the vent wide
ly throughout the county and It ne-
ing Armistice Day, folks who eniey
dancing made it a point to go. The
Milbank Jazz orchestra furnished he
music for the occasion.
The post will give many more
dances this winter and wish to have
all members and others attend.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-11-14
Representative Government

1t may not have occurred to the
president that his calling for confer
ence of capital, labor and the public
is an indication of the way American
representative government has been
perverted. Our city press seems to
have regarded the move as necessary
and proper
But if our representative govern
ment were what the term implies all
these elements of the conference,
capitalists, labor, farmers would be
adequately represented in congress
and no special, arbitrary attempt to
bring. these interests together would
have been needed. And being repre-
sented in congress they would long
since have ironed out the difficulties
which now loom SO large ON the social
horizon.
BY manipulating district represen-
tation the vested interests have Sc
cured almost the unanimous vote of
our law-making bodies. There is lit
tile honest doubt as to what group in
our nation nearly all the 323 lawyers
in congress stand for, Few seriously
believe that one man can represent
all the varied interest of district
capitalists, users utility interests, the
farmers, the laboring men, the pro-.
fessional men, or that the upshot of
trying to represent all is represen-
tation of the vested interests.
How can representative govern
ment be restored? The editor Of the
New York American has written
pamphlet suggesting occupational in
stead of district representation. But
this plan probably calls for too funda-
mental change unless two other
things nearer at hand fail. One of
these is organizations Of the common
people to secure political power, The
other is proportional representation.
Farmers and city workers through
out the United States and Canada are
now progressing rapidly in political
organization. Proportional represen-
tation is simple plan by which sew
eral representatives are elected from
one large district and each element Of
the population in this district gets
representation according to the num-
ber OF votes 1t can cast. These two
things, awakened interest and organ
ization of the common people and pro-
portional representation will restore
representative government in this
country.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-11-14
Better Individuals Secured
Through Bull Associations

Bull associations are here to stay
Figures furnished by the United
States Department of Agriculture
show that there were IS cooperative
bull associations in operation in this
country on July /, 1919, which rep
resents a gain of "a associations over
the previous year when records show
ed that there were "A associations
active on July l, 1918.
Bull associations have proved es-
pecially popular in sections where
dairying is comparatively new in
dustry. Many dairymen have been
anxious to increase the productivity of
their cows, but due to the fact that
their herds were small and their re-
sources limited, 1t was often impos-
sible for them to buy and maintain
sufficiently good purebred bulls to ac-
complish this purpose. 1t is in cases
OF this kind that the bull association
has proved most valuable, says the
Department. BY organizing the dairy
men into an association and working
comparatively the purchase of proved
bulls of high producing ancestry is
made possible. BY using these ami
mails comparatively a few good bulls
can take the place of all the inferior
bulls formerly found in the communi.
ty.
An example Of what the bull asso-
citation can do in improving the tpye
OF sires is found in the South Gibson
Bull Association of Susquehanna Co..
Pa. This association has 20 members
who own total of 382 COWS. Before
the bull association was formed there
were 13 bulls in the community with
total valuation of $1,000. After or
ganfzing. only four bulls were needed
and these were purchased at a total
OF $4,000. The average investment
in each of the 13 bulls in use before
organizing was $561.54, but after the
association was formed the average
investment was $1,000 for each of
the good bulls. In this way each dairy
man had the use Of bulls that were
twice as valuable at the same time
his investment was $125 less.
The Southern States have been
found especially well adapted to bull
association work. Dairying in those
States is making rapid strides, and
producers have shown great interest
in improved dairy cattle. Twenty Of
the associations organized during the
past year are credited to the South,
SIX associations having been formed
In Mississippi. four in North Carolina.
three in South Carolina, two each in
Alabama. Georgia and Tennessee, and
one in Louisiana.