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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31
LOCAL AND Personal


Olaf Aadland transacted business
at Claire City Wednesday,
Miss Nellie Anderson is assisting at
Miss Sanders dressmaking parlors.
Leonard Cassenova departed on
Thursday noon for Sioux Falls to
spend the winter.
VIM. koepke left on Wednesday for
Washingt on, d. c., to spend month
on business and pleasure.
Mrs. Buchanan is enjoying visit
from her mother Mrs. LAGRANGE of
Browns Valley, this week.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Hanson
of Sisseton township Wednesday night
a baby boy. Everybody concerned do
ing nicely.
Last week coming from Dry Run
our Presbyterian minister lost his
shot gun from the car. He would ap-
preciate its return as he will need it
next year.
Mrs. H. schell left for her home in
Mflbank on Tuesday nights train,
after spending the past two weeks
with her daughter, Mrs. Schultz out
in the. hills. Mrs. Schultz has been
under the doctors care for the past
two weeks but is improving.
strayed from pasture Sec. 8, Bos-
sko township. only yearling, red.
little black on head and shoulders.
Branded '.s'' on right hip. 1-2 year
old, red. branded ss'' on left hip, hole
in left ear. $500 reward for return of
both. Notify. R. F. Sonstegard.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31
GRANT

Snow and cold, coal shortage and
sugar famine
Frank Hannasch had his auction
sale Friday and everything brought a
good price,
The Nergaard family have departed
for California. They will be greatly
missed by their friends here.
Invitations to the wedding of Miss
Carrie Moen to Clarence NJ. Phillip
son. prominent business maa OF
Brookings, have been received by
friends here.
Che wedding at Paul Siewerts was
a swell affair.
Olaf Nergaard and Alonzo Mccoy
haven't threshed yet.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31
a TrhELY SUGGESTION

Too many farmers living along
good roads in Roberts County are
either blowing into or driving their
plow teams across road bitches. They
should avoid to do this, as by so doing
they are undoing lot of work which
has been put on the roads, and are
wasting the county's money.
In building roads there is one fund
amental principal which must be OBJ
served ana that is drainage. Drainage
is the main foundation of dirt road.
1t is good drainage which keeps the
roads hard on the hills, while poor
drainage keeps them poor in the hol-
lows.
Roads are crowned and bitches are
dug to assist drainage and the con-
dition of any dirt road is either good
or bad depending upon the degree of
perfection in the drainage system.
The functions of the ditch is to con-
duct the surface waters to a stream
or source of permanent drainage and
the ideal ditch is one which will drain
itself dry as rapidly as possible with
ont securing. 1t answers the same
purpose to road that tile system
does to field-a channel to conduct
away the surface water.
When plows or horses are driven
into road ditch, more or less dirt and
grass is deposited in the ditch. This
loose dirt and grass hinders the drain
age of the ditch, if not at the place
where deposited, it will collect at, and
in some cases, choke the culvert.
Therefore, keep your horses and
plows out of the ditch.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31
County Club Leader Resigns


Mr.. Tracy who has been doing ex-
cellent work with the boys and girls
thruout the county. has resigned to
go into business for himself. His
resignation takes effect Nov. 1. How
ever he has consented to help carry
on teh two Pig Club Sales that are
now under way. We regret very much
to have Mr.. Tracy leave the work.
Since the Farm Bureau has not
been able to obtain another Cluf
Leader, the work wfll be carried on
from now on by the County Agent in
connection with his other work. From
now on all correspondence in regard
to Club Work should be addressed to
the County Agent.
r. r. Buchanan,
County Agr. Agent
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31
OCTOBER 81 SCHOOL DRIVE
DAY IN ROBERTS COUNTY

The South Dakota Educational De-
partment is sending twenty educa-
tional speakers into Roberts County
on Friday, Oct 31s to talk on
"Better Schools" Two speakers will
stop at Corona, four at Wilmot and
twelve will come to Sisseton on the
morning train. These speakers will
give lectures at various scheduled
places out of the above towns.
The teams out going from Sisseton
will speak at the following points:
School IN Long Hollow No. 1 Bosskc
No. 3, Enterprise No. 2, Hart No. @,
Lien No. 3, Norway No. 2, Minnesota,
Easter No. 3, Good Will No. 2, New
Ellington. Claire City. No. 2, West
Harmon, Dry Wood Lake No. 1, One
Road No 2 and No. 1.
The speakers arriving at White
Rock will speak at points near that
town.
There will be an evening meeting
at Sisseton. in the High School As
sembly Room at O'Clock. Mr.. Kirk
ham of Utah will give lecture at thie
meeting.
ALI speakers will return to Sisseton
Friday evening. Saturday morning at
six O'Clock they will start for Britton.
the weather condition permitting.
While these campaign speakers
are in Sisseton, they will be the quests
of the Sisseton Commercial Club.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31
DuRocs FOR IMMEDIATE SALE

Cholera Immune Duroc Jersey
Spring Bears, April farrow, at very
low figure to move quick. l hasessa
litter sired by Prince Victor, son OF
Victor Gano, and half brother to
world champion SOW Long Gano, dam
by Cherry King Orion 5th, Grandson
of Cherry King. These boars are
priced right, $65.0O each.
Other litters sired by Eds Best,
grandson of Chief Col. 4Oth, dams by
Pathfinder Giants Pride and Chief
Invincible. Price $4,000 each. Salts
faction guaranteed or no sale.
Leslie Marvick,
(2O-24) Sisseton, S. D..
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31
SIEWERT-sTRUBE

On Thursday, Oct. 23rd at 2 o o'clock
in the German Lutheran church, Miss
Malinda Siewert, oldest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Siewert of Grant
township, was united in marriage to
Edward w. Strube of Ortonville,
Minn., Rev. Steffen pronouncing the
words that made the two happy young
people one.
The bride was charmingly dressed
in whites georgette trimmed with
white satin and wore bridal veil.
She carried a beautiful bouquet of
bridal roses.
Miss Emma Siewert, sister of the
bride was maid of honor and the
brides maids were Misses Hattie and
Elsie Strube, sisters of the groom and
Gustie Siewert and Ella Renas. Flor
ence Oletzke acted as flower girl.
The groom wore the conventional
black and was attended by his BROTH
er Chas. Strube.
me ceremony was performed in the
presence of about 25O relatives and
friends, after which all repaired to
the home of the brides parents where
a bounteous wedding dinner was serv-
ed.
The young couple received many
valuable gifts. Congratulations pour
ed in from every direction, everyone
wishing them many years of happy
welded life.
They have rented one of Mr.. Sic
wert's farms near Ortonville where
they will make their home, about a
mile and half from Mr.. Strube's
parental home.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31
PRESBYTERIAN

Morning Worship at 1O:30.
This is Red Cross Sunday. You will
want to be there.
Bible class 1l:45.
Mems class and classes for all.
Evening Communion at 1880.
Every member should be at this
Holy Sacrament.
Prayer meeting next week at the
Manse.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31
NOTICE OF PARTY PRE-
CINCT INITIATORY ELECTION

State of South Dakota, County of
Roberts SIS. Precinct
Notice is ereby given that Party
Precinct Initiatory Election of the
Nonpartisan party will be held in the
above named precinct at the usual
polling place, which has been desig-
mated by the County Commissioners,
on Tuesday, the 11th day of Novem-
ber 1919, at eleven O'Clock A. NJ. of
said day for the purpose of electing
a Party County Central Committee
man and three County Proposalmen.
Dated this, 3lst day of October,
1919.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31
BY the county chairman or in his alb

by the county chairman or in his alb
sence Dy the secretary or any precinct
proposal man present. A chairman
and secretary should be elected for
the meeting, who shall conduct the
meeting and issue credentials to the
proposal men elected to the state pro-
posal meeting. Three proposalmen
shall be elected by roll call to attend
the state proposal meeting at Pierre
on December 2.
On December 23,after the state
convention, the same precinct pro-
posal men shall reconvene in county
convention at the county seat and re-
view the party platform proposed by
the state meeting and shall select a
paramount issue from said platform,
copy of which the county cha irman
shall have procured from the secre
tary of state and which he shall have
read at the meeting.
This re-convened county meeting
shall also nominate candidates for
county legislative offices. In case of
disagreement in issues or candidates,
any five proposal men may become a
minority faction and propose other
candidates and another paramount
issue. In this reconvened county
meeting each precinct proposal-man
shall cast the number of votes equal
to one-third of the number of votes
cast at the preceding general election
in his precinct for his party's candi-
date for governor. The chairman and
secretary of the meeting shall certify
the result of the election and file
same with the county auditor immedis
ately after adjournment.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31
METHODIST
o. w. Butterfield, Pastor

You are cordially invited to at
tend the services of the Methodist
church. The morning service for Nov
2, will be held at 1880 and the pastor
will speak upon the subject 'The Peril
of Wrong Conclusion in Important
Matters"
The evening subject will be "The
Death of the Mortal for the Life of
the immortal" The evening service
will be held at 1880 P. M. The dis
cussion of these subjects will be of
interest and Importance to any one
who will attend.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31

According to the New York Times,
the l. w. w. are strong in North
Dakota. There are probably more
|. w. w. in any single East Side
block IN New York than in all North
Dakota-Fargo IN. ID Courier
News.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31

A deal was closed this week where
by Ward Pease became the owner of
the H. E. Hendrickson property on
the west side. The Hendrickson
family will vacate at once, going to
Britton to reside, Mr.. Hendrickson
having employment there.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31
TRINITY LUTHERAN
O. g. Aust;n Past

o. G. Austin. Pastor
Services at 1O:30.
Sunday School at 1880.
Evening service at $500.
Visitors are welcome.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31
GREAT FARMER RALLY
BOOSTS FARGO BANk

Fargo, N. D.-As an answer to the
attempts to wreck the Scandinavian
American bank at Fargo, 1000 Lea.
que farmers gathered here on Tues
day, October 81, and decided to in
crease the capital and surplus of the
bank, now 100000 to $500, 900 max
! ing it the largest bank in North Oak
ota.
1t was the greatest meeting in the
history of the League. The Fargo
Auditorium, seating $500, was crowd
ed half-hour before the meeting
started and after all available stand
ing space has been filled it was neces-
sary to hold afternoon and evening
overflow meetings out of doors.
Farmers from the northern part
OF the state were on hand with two
hands, boosting for Grand Forks fo1
the location of the big $1,5OO,000 mill
and elevator. There are no bank
wreckers in Grand Forks was THEN
chief argument, and though the meet
ing was held in Fargo, the chief rival
OF the Forks for the mill and elevator
the Auditorium resounded with cheers
for the northern town
Governor Lynn j. Frazier was ac-
corded tremendous ovation when he
addressed the night meeting. Mime
sofa and North Dakota "Frazier-foI
President" clubs were ON hand urging
his choice by the Republican nation
al convention for first place on the
presidential ticket in 1920.
President A. G. Townley of the
League addressed both afternoon and
evening sessions and held the big
crowd spellbound as he told of the
/ founding OF the League, the fights
that it had met and won and of the
| final effort being made now to down
| i. through financial influences.
M. w. Thatcher, president of the
Equitable Audit company of Mime
apolis, told the farmers the true con-
dition of the Scandinavian-Amer
bank. Despite the attempts to break
it by starting run the bank has cash
resources of nearly 100000, he
iv,%o 4, 81, 1,<,
legal reserve required.
Following the meeting a sure
enough run on the bank was start
ed. 1t was not run to withdraw de-
posits, however, but to put up more
money. A dozen tellers and volunteer
clerks were kept busy until after
midnight, receipting for subscriptions
| to additional stock and for deposits
to be placed in the bank as soon as
1T is reopened. Individual deposits
ranged from $50 up to $4,000, while
kilograms were received at the meet
ing Offering deposits from banks and
individuals from SIS, 900 to $25, 900.
At midnight the clerks were unablq
to give an estimate of the total
amount of money received.
Other speakers at the meeting in
cluded President j. M. Anderson of
the Equity exchange, former Congress
man James Manahan of Minneapolis,
Speaker l.. l.. Stair of the North Da-
kota house Of representatives., SEN
ator j. l. Cahill, William Lemke, A
E. Bowen, George d. Brewer and NJ
s. Randall
A big night parade was spectacu-
lar feature of the days events.
Resolutions adopted by the meeting
pledge the League members united
support to the management of the
League and the state offers who are
working to carry out the Industrial
program authorized by the people and
the last legislature.
County Club Leader Resigns
Mr.. Tracy who has been doing ex-
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31
Reader and Irnpersonator

Reader and lmperSOnatOf
will present the first number ON the
Lyceum course at the Unique Theatre
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER eth
If you have not bought your sea-
son ticket buy it on the night of the
entertainment. Every dollar spent in
tickets means SO much toward the
new piano. Program begins at 500
O'Clock sharp.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31

On November l8, at IL O'Clock a.
M, the three proposal men elected in
each voting precinct shall meet in the
county seat at place provided by the
county chairman. The county chair
man should see to it in advance that
place is secured for the meeting.
The meeting shall be called to order
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-06-05
GRANT REFUSED TO ANSWER
When President, He Declined to Tell
House Where He Had Been
During Absence.

During President Grants administra-
ton movement was started to call
Grant to account for having been abb
sent from Washington. The house
asked him by resolution to inform it
what official acts he had performed
while away, says exchange. The
hero of Appomattox replied:
81 freely inform the house that from
the time of my entrance upon my Of
fee, 1 have been In the habit, as were
all of my predecessors, of absentfng
myself at times from the seat of gov
eminent, and that during such abb
sences 1 did not neglect or forego the
obligations or duties of my office, but
continued to discharge all of the ex-
ecutive offices, acts and duties which
were required of me as president OF
the United States. L am not aware
that failure occurred in any one in
stance Of my exercising the functions
and powers of my offices in every case
requiring their discharge. or of my eI-
ercising all necessary executive acts
in whatever part of the United States
l may at the time have been.''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-06-05
USE OF PHONETIC SPELLING


PhoneticS In its broadcast sense IL q
study OF the whole range OF sounds.
articulate, musical and otherwise. In
its restricted sense it is confined to
articulate sounds OF human speech
Even in this restricted sense it Is still
broad enough to include the subject
of the acoustic or mechanical side and
the anthropologfcal or pathological
side It may discuss simply the
speech vibrations that cause any par
dcular sensations on the human ears,
or it may include an investigation of
the manner and causes OF the changes
the articuIate sounds of a language
undergo 1t develops. The study
of phonetics is widely advocated by
philoIogists and by many of the most
thoughtful teachers for three reasons:
Cd That persons may speak their
mother tongue correctly through thus
learning to know the proper valuation
OF its sounds; (2) that they may learn
successfully the pronunciation of 9th
their own is the best Introduction;
CD that those who wish to study
philology may have key to that
science. And the sounds of our lam
guage cannot be successfully studied
or explained without some use of pho
neuc spelling. Hundreds of phonetic
aIphabets have been proposed, but the
only one that has made progress and
bids fair to become general (naturaIly
with some modff1catfons) is that of
the Associat alton InternationaIe Phone
tique. This alphabet took form be-
tween 1855 and 1889 in proposals made
by Paul Edouard Passy. a noted
French phonetician.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-06-05
BELeIANs PROUD OF CITIES
IN Their Centers of Industry They See
Embodied the Glorious History
of the Past.

No man shall say we love our land
less than a Frenchman loves France,
less than a Belgian loves his native
land. We have our holy cities. Win
chester and Canterbury, and hundred
more whose old names are dear to
speak. Yet believe, writes Lion
doner'' in the London Evening News,
that the Belgian has a patriotism of
the city, of the town, which we never
had.
The story of that love for the city
is all the history of Belgium The his
tory of the freedom and the wealth
and the ancient arts of Belgium is
in the history of Antwerp and Bruges.
of Brussels and Client, and Louvain
and Ypres. 1t begins with the build
ing of the town wall, with the market
that grows up behind the shelter of
-zal1s and armed gates, with the rails
ing of the tall be1fry. the towns pride,
and the hanging of the bells
IF you were a tourist who could see
the glory of old Flanders and Brabant,
you would look not at the cathedral or
the church. although Belgium has
many noble old churches, but at the
town hall and the belfry. The like of
them is not in any other country
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-06-05
Infuenoe of Good Books

When you find a child who loves
good books, the noxious weeds of
envy, hatred, jealousy and malice are
not SO likely to grow in his mind and
choke out the exquisite blossoms of
love, tenderness, unseIhshness. graft
tude and the desire to do unto others
as he would be done by. The love of
good books is one foundation for good
character, observes a writer in the
Oklahoman- 1t is the exception, not
the rule. to encounter sordidness, greed
or insensibility in the man or woman
who knows and loves good books Rob
ert Louis Stevenson once said that so
long as a man had a friend he had
something TO live for. Is it not true
SO long one can love good and
beautiful book that life never will be
without hopper
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-06-05
PAINT PROTECTION
AND ITS ECONOMY

The preservation of structural ma
the application of paint, constitutes
most vital means of furth herring the con-
servation of our natural resources It
is, moreover, the most economical
method of sustaining the appearance
and general upkeep OF any commu-
nifty.
A structure coated with sheets of In
dia rubber would not be as well protect
ed from decay as a structure coated
with a good oil paint This is due to
the fact that sheet of rubber is not
so durable or as waterproof as q thin
dried film of paint. The latter mate
rial when applied dries to a continuous
elastic film containing finely divided
particles of metallic, wear resisting
pigments. A square foot of such a
film upon a wooden surface costs less
protect a dollars worth of surface for
surance-
Dwellings, barns, outbuildings, sheds,
posts. fences, stock enclosures, wagons.
implements, wfndmflls and other struc-
lures, whether of wood, iron or cement,
should be preserved, through the use
OF paint, from rapid decay. High grade
paint may be used successfully for all
such purposes. Colored paints Will be
found the most sevfceable, the co1oring
matter In the paint adding from two
to three years to the life OF the coating.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-06-05
BIRD is WORTH PRESERVING


The upland plover. one OF the most
beneficial birds OF all the winged host
that once abounded In North America.
has been hunted and shot to the verge
OF determination. says Dumb Animals
With the passing OF the passenger
pigeons. which even now SO many
friends of all birds find it hard to be-
Heve and of which great many are
not convinced. the plovers were marked
for wholesale destruction. They were
candidates for oblivion along with
more than score of other useful and
beautiful species that could be Ill
spared from our vast and valuable ma
tive fauna.
There is a ray OF hope that these
birds may not be pursued to complete
humiliation. The federal law for the
protection of migratory birds makes it
possible for the plover species to re-
habiiitate itself. provided the closed
season be fixed to continue throughout
the year. The upland plover is NIL
gratory bird and an fnsecdvorous bird.
Its food consists of 81 per cent of ami
NAL forms which are chiefly the worst
enemies to agriculture. The federal
law fixes closed season on migra-
tory fnsectivorous birds to continue
throughout the year with the exception
of the bobolink or ricebird, but under
the law the p1over Is classed as nil
gratory game bird and so its fate il
precarious. These birds should not be
shot
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-06-05
AUTO HAD LOST ITS SOUL
Mysterious Happening With Which, of
Course, the Owner Could Have
Had Nothing to Do.

This road burner was betting on a
sure thing. IF my car will make 80
miles an hour" said an indignant own
er of a hivver, who was hailed into
court for fracturing the speed law.
''TI1 make this policeman a present of
it." And the magistrate took the
speeder at his word by ordering the
cop to take joy ride. But bear in
mind" were the parting words of the
magistrate, s.that if your automobile
is capable OF that speed you automati-
ca1ly admit that the officer is right
about the speed you were making, and
you will not only lose your car, but
will pay $25 fine BESIDES" you're
on, judge" said the automobilist, at
which the court pounded the gavel.
But the cop didn't win the auto Half
hour later he was back with his
prisoner "Your honor" said the pos
lfceman. shat car, in its present con-
dition, wouldn't go a mile in a month.
We went over to the garage to get If
and it puffed, sneezed, whist1ed and
went one block under protest. Me
cha nical1y, about everything is miss
ing but the windshield. Somebody
must have kicked the soul out of it
since I saw it. The car has been tam
pered with and there is no mistake
about it." The owner of the f1ivver
was fined $25 and made brief speech
in which he allowed that justice had
fed from the earth