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

The A. w. Johnston home was the
scene of pleasant gathering one
evening recently, when host of their
neighbors and friends dropped in 10
welcome their son Floyd E. Johnston
who has just returned from eleven
,,a,onths service overseas: Those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Ellis and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Swan Okerson
and son Clarence, Mr.. and Mrs. Swan
Nelson and family, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Benson and family. Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
Schanbeck and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Julius Gronau and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Mike Barrett and family. Noel
Hagen and his three sisters and his
aunt from Minneapolis, Victor AMI
Racie Hokenson, Miss Lotzer, Miss
Lewis, Pete Lewis, Edwin Lobben
Adolph and Dan Denas. Pete Lewis
and Noel Hagen furnished music AMI
all enjoyed good time. A fine mid
night lunch was served.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
22s0o Acres Ruined BY Flood

The board OF viewers recently up
pointed by the directors o. zinc Flood
Control District to appraise benefits
and damages as result of the pro
posed improvements to Big Stone lake
the Minnesota, Little Minnesota and
Whitestone rivers have now about
completed thei. field work and are
at work compiling figures prepare
tory to making their report to joint
conference of the Dakota and Mime
sofa boards to be held in this city
next week.
The report to be presented by ths
viewers will show that 22,S00 acres OF
land YVES inundated during the recent
flood and all vegetation destroyed. OF
this amount more than 5000 acre
was in crop and the crop was com.
pletely destroyed The balance wa
mostly hay and pasture land, which
will all be available for cultivatio.
when provisions are made for cari1.
fer the flood waters. This land 4.
lays along the bottom between here
and the head of Lacqui Park lake.
At the meeting of the director
next week final arrangements will b.
made and plan; adopted. Final hear
ings will then DC held and it is ex
pected that me contracts VII. b.
awarded so that some of +lls wor7
may he commenced this fall -Orten
vile Journal.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
Big Motor Truck Tour Planned

Residents of North and South Da-
kota will have opportunity to witness
novel auto tour during August and
September. A M'le-long train of pneu-
matte tired motor trucks will leave
Chicago, August 4th for 5000 mile
tour of the northwest and for nearly
four weeks their machines will be in
North and South Dakota. The route
as planned by the National Associa-
ton of Motor Truck Manufacturers,
includes Illinois, Iowa, South Dakota,
North Dakota, Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin.
The trucks are scheduled to arrive
al Sisseton on Sept. Is and remain
over night and give demonstrations
on the 10th from 10 a. m. to 2. p. m.
The purpose of this tour is to derl-
onstrate the practicability Of the mo-
tor truck, particularly for farm use.
In the train there will be trucks equip
ped with bodies for carrying grains,
livestock, loose hay.-in fact truck
suitable for any kind of farm hauling
To demonstrate how time may be saw
ed with trucks, loads of grain, live
stock, etc, will be carried to town for
farmers along the route.
AS will be noted in this schedule. Il
is not the purpose of this tour to
break speed records. Plenty of time
will be used on TIE trip. the main idea
being to demonstrate along the way
what the trucks are capable of doing.
The schedule calls for only about
so miles day with stops of from one
hour to two days at towns.
A feature will be the Jackie, band
which the Navy Department has as
signed to the tour. Those who have
heard these naval bands know that
there will be no lack of good musi:
Moving pictures will be taken along
the route and late shown Throughout
the United States.
This is the first pilgrimage Of it's
kind which has ever visited the north
west and certainly will attract crowds
wherever 1t goes. It will give us here
in Roberts county an opportunity To
learn lot Of things about motor
trucks-and we certainly want to be
On hand when The big quito train comes
!. QUE Way. $50
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
CoslNiuNI SPIRIT

A person has community spirit
when he realizes Now his own success
and welfare arl enjoyment depends
upon the prosperity and we'll being
of his whole community, and he must
be willing to take hold with his neigh
bors in joint efforts for the bene-
fit of the whole community.
People used to devote nearly the.v
entire attention to working for theie
own success. BY constant hustle they
might be able to get ahead of less
energetic neighhors, and get a little
more than their share of the genera!
prosperity.
But when a ci.n rises to TIL, point
of community spirit he sees that il he
merely tries to outstrip MS com3e,i-
tors, he is not going to get very far
They are going to be stirred up &c
outstrip him, and business will be q
dog eat dog" kind of life.
When grour of men get communi-
ty spirit, and begin to work not mere
ly to get business away from each
other, but to get more business for
the whole group and for the whols
town, then the good returns begin 70
flow in. They gain benefits they could
never have attained by working indi-
v,dually, amply compensating them
for all time put into community en-
terprises.
Community spirit frequently begins
by general agreement to work CO.
operatively for business enterprise
but if it is the real thing it never ends
there. 1t works for all good tow,
causes, and is never satisfied until the
town is equipped with all the facilities
which place of the size can expect
Ii we can promote that spirit here in
Sisseton, we shall accomplish results
that once would have seemed vision
airy.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
Beautifying the Roadside

The owners of many country places
axe absolutely Indifferent to the an.
pearances of their roadsides. ~ don't
want to sell. why should 1 bother,
they say. Yet il they could give some
attention to the roadsides. it would
increase the reputation of the proper
ty, and encourage neighbors to kees
up the appearance Of the community
Use Of the mower and scythe on the
roadsides now and then keeps ugly
growth down, encourages grass &c
and gives neat frame work to
the entire property. A tumble down
fence or wall is suggestion Of thrift
less methods to every passer by.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08


Halvor Oien returned Fritay last
from his Montana ranch. The cnly
thing he likes about Montana is tho
trout fishing, which he claims is OK
ceptionally good just n wv on account
of the intelligence rf the trout. The
mountain streams are ali going dry
according to Halvor whose verac;ty
none can doubt, and the wise trout
realize what predicament they will
be in when this happens, and are will
ing to be caught on shares for the
privilege of a ride to permanent wat sr
Farmers back their grain tanks into
the stream, and the poor fish climb in
themselves and are hauled to Geep
water on shares, the farmer taking
what he wants for dumping the rest
into water that will stand the drought,
Rather tough on the fish, in fact Hal
vor says an agent for rubber COM
pany would stand just as good show
in hell as fish does in Montana
New Ellington Record.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
of liquor would taste.

of liquor would taste.
"Just as 1 reached the street was
met by we'll dressed young fellow.
He said, would you like a drink o.
81 told him would.
"'Come with me- said the stranger
He led me up al. alley. He was carry
ing cabinet. When we got UP the
alley, against q brick wall, he took a
collapsible cup from his pocket. Then
he opened the co'lapsible cabinet dis.
playing bottles Of bourbon and rye.
.He poured several drinks at 5n
cents drink. Then he wiped the col
lapsible cup, closed the collapsibl.:
cabinet and went away. He was q
smart looking young man.
The court sentenced Lytlc to SO
days in the worllnouse.
Whereupon the prisoner cola osed
in his chair.-s pls. Journal.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
That Million Doll.r Hay Crop

Almost every year since the coun
try was settled Z. large acreage of hay
land in the hills has remained uncut
and the hay has rotted or prairie
fires have destroyed it. This year
promises to be an exception, Hayin.,
crews are at work on almost every
section and it is probable very little
if any good or Fair grass will reman
uncut. AS matter of fact hay prom.
ises to be a more remunerative crol
than small grain for every ton thai
can be cut can be contracted for n
present at SIS Der ton, and it is like.
ly to be $40 before spring. Tho
drought in Montana and Wyoming
has made it necessary for stockmen
there to buy hay wherever they can
get it and already men from thess
states have beea in Summit trying tc
buy hay. Perhaps only in few pas;
years has the growth of grass been Sc
luxuriant. Local farmers have hither.
to neglected this hardy source of in.
come which will add a great many
thousands of dollars to the income OF
the county. One thing should not BE-
overlooked and hat is to protect this
hay against prairie fires after it is in
the stack. The fall may be dry and
it would be crime to have thousands
of tons of valuable hay destroyed 70,
the want of proper precaution. This
year extra precaution should be talk.
en.-summit Independent.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
Dempster Bank Robbed

Three men held up the bank al
Dempster, this state, Saturday =. 10
o'clock and escaped with $4,000 in
cash and $4,000 in Liberty bonds, ac
cording to word received here. The
robbers gathered up all the money
and bonds in sight and escaped in an
automobile, driving west.
A. r. Cochran the cashier who wa.
locked in the vault escaped by pick
ing the lock with screw driver ans
gave the alarm before the robbers had
hardly cleared the town The men
drove into town in a large roadste,
automobile and walked into the bank
in an uncOncerned manner. Suddenly
one drew gun on Cochran while the
other two rifled the vault.
Police in several adjoining counties
are searching for the men who ar.
said to have been dressed in brown
overalls. One of the men was rather
heavily built while the other two are
described as ttsmall" men.
1t was stated later that the heavier
man was about 35 years of age and
one of the others near 10. They were
said to be driving Cadillac roadster
with Minnesota license number and
had a new Goodrich tire on one of the
rear wheels. They were reported seen
passing through Lake Preston going
west.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
PROTESTS DIsAL1owED

The officers and directors of thc
Twin Lakes Baseball League met here
Monday evening to consider the mat
ter of the two games protested by
Clinton, these being the games which
Wheaton won from Clinton and this
game lost by Clinton to Graceville, in
which the Clinton management alleg-
ed illegal methods were employed by
the Wheaton and Graceville teams
All the teams were represented by
their directors except Wheaton, WIZ
had no representation at the meeting
After considering the protested games
the directors, oy an unanimous vote
found them unsubstantial in fact
and they were therefore disallowed
and the games stand as played ana
decided.
Clinton appears in rather peculia,
light as the plaintiff in these cases
being the one team in the league
against whom the most general crit:
cism has been directed as persistent
violator of the mayer limit rule up
OF which they are the first and onl,
team to base q 'ormal protest. From
the very first Clinton has been gener.
ally charged with the systematic eva
sion of this rule and therefore the de.
cision against them, in the presen,
cases, is in no wise surprising. 1t is
maxim of equity that HE VIII
comes into equity must come WITH
clean hands. "-Graceville Enterprise
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
Croft-Fraker

On July 3Oth at the M. E. parson-
age occurred the marriage of Miss
Marie Croft of our city to Loyal B.
Fraker of Litchfield, Mimi, Rev. Hess
officiating.
The bride is the second daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Croft. She grew
to womanhood here and by her pleas
ing personality and graceful ways has
won the esteem IT all. The groom we
understand is progressive farmer Of
Litchfild and there the young folks
will make their home. Their friends
extend congratulations
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
New Styles Are AwfulIy Cute

It is really rue. They are going
without EN-. The whole story, the
latest wrinkle--)r rather absence of
wrinkles-in the pedel toilette OF the
really smart mademoiselle is now out,
says press dispatch. Stockings are
not being worn this season at the
fashionable race tracks. When Ameri-
ca first heard the report that Colonel
House was shocked to see the bare
legged women at the races. there was
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08

an incredulous public. But now the
photographs have been sent out and
America must now know that the
colonel's shock was based on the
genuine article in bare legs.
Stockings have gone out. Made-
moiselle has put them away in her
hope chest with her starched petit
coats, her Langtry hats and her cameo
brooches. No one is doing the stock
ing thing nowadays, that is no one
who belongs to I'll e smartest little set.
And when the stockings went out the
skirts went up. Just now they are at
discreet distance below the bare.
chubby knees, out along the Rue dc
la Paix modisteS are struggling then
shoulders and prophesying with many
an 'oo-la-las' that before the cold
weather comes the bare knees will he
out in force to shock the visiting din
lOmats.
The above should be classed with
interesting if rue" news. Stocking
less damsels will certainly be in the
swim and there. is nothing to it bu;
that the crowds will go wild with ad-
miration for the girls.
Speaking of fashions, why not pat
tern after some old ideas, familiar
to the early history of Bible times
The men of old wore flowing robes
and sandals. Hare in Sisseton all men
are compelled by city ordinance tt
wear real pants; and they wear hot
tight shoes instead of sandals.
How much better and more comfor
table were the styles of Jericho ant
Damascus. Who wants to be the frs
to reinstate the old custom here?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08

1t is estimated that $50, 900 head
of cattle, besides the beef steers, will
have to be moved out of Montana tic
winter elsewhere on account of nc
grass on the ranges. An organiza-
ton is being Effected in the twin
cities to figure the moving and return
Of these cattle, and it is planned t.
winter them in northern Minnesota
and elsewhere where there is plenty
Of hay. Some of these will be winter
ed in Marshal, Roberts and Day coun-
ties no doubt.-Big Stone Headlight.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
YOU SEE, JUDGE

Smart Looking Young Man With
Collapsible Cabinet and Collopsibls
Cup. Served Drinks-Workhouse
DO Days-Prisoner Collopses.
John Lyle, Sisseton, 8. D., was the
lone person in municipal court today
tc explain his condition to Judge C.
L. Smith.
cit was this way, Judge.
81 landed at the Great Northern
station.
81 was thinking how good drink
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
No, James Men,, Clothes

Will not Drop
An increase OF 100 per cent in tn,
cost of mems clio hing is predicted TO,
next summer. .t--l-.. ,sS.l,
Some slight compensation however
is to be granted as coats will be longe,
shoulders broader and chests higher,
IN addition to this, gaudy things Of
Alice blue, orange and similar bril-.
liant hues will be in vogue, while vests
Will be cut lowc.' to permit create,
display Of dazzling shirts. No depar.
tnre in the present style of trousers
would be noticed.
"Jazzstyles" SO called because of
tneir freakish cuts, will contiue ponu.
lar with the young ssflappers. PICK
pocket proof pockets will be a fen.
tare. This is like patch pocket OK.
cept that it is sewed all around with .
silt showing at the center.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
I REAL BAD MEN

Deputy Sheriff Jackson and Statcs
Attorney McKenna got tip Saturday
that there was strange car in the
possession of Il couple of men near
Wi-lmot.l Sunday afternoon they To-
Gated the fellows at the Charley
Thompson farm west of Wilmot,
where they were stopping. One was
Marion Bassett, we'll known through
out the northwest as real bad man..
Warrants for his arrest are in the
hands of.near!y every sheriff in tn.
DaAotas and Montana. The Bassett
family formerly lived on farm be-
tween Wilmot and Peever, but few
years ago moved to Minneapolis.
Bassett was in the house at the
Thompson place and when the men
were about to enter he covered NJ
Kenna and opened fire, missing him.
'Mac" beat it around the corner fol-
lowed by two more shots, none taking
effect. Bassett then located Dave
Stevens-by the way, Dave went
along fora pleasure trip-and OPEN
ed fire on him. Dave ducked behind
car and escaped. jackson opened
fire on the bandit and one bullet hit
him in the shoulder.
The omcers had anticipated trouble
and engaged Ludwig Rustand and his
Ford to give the alarm in case of any
shooting Rustand was to keep his
engine running, but he killed it and
was cranking the car when the shoot
ing started. He took refuge behind
the car. Bassett saw his chance and
made Rustand get into the car and
drive for him and he made his es-
cape. The other member of the gang
was one Shorty Forbes" we'll known
in the police circles of the twin cities
During the excitement he made his
escape with the stolen car. Both car:
went west and Jackson and McKenna
followed within few minutes. Sew.
eral miles west of the Thompso.
place the stolen car broke down anS
was abandoned. All then got into
husbands car and came east into the
Big Dakota Gulch, seven miles wes
Of Wilmot This gulch is about mile
wide and fou miles long, making a,
i, excellent hiding place.
Posses from Wilmot and Sissetoi
went there as soon as the alarm wa
given and guarded the place al
= night. Rustand made his escape abou
midnight. No trace has yet been foun,
OF the bandits at this writing w
$ understand they had been in tn:
section Tor GEEK and bad camp il
this gulch and were evidently pre-
] pairing a place to run stolen cars into
j A sister of Bassett's who was ais
visiting in that section was taken b.
, the sheriff as an accomplish and afte
being put through close examination
{ revealed some important informant d
that will be of interest to the authori
i ties all over the country.
j. The above may be little "misty
, description of the affair, for we hav
\ had it told us i'm fifty-seven varieties
but this is the official speel.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
TAXES AND AUCTIONS

Chapter 116, session laws OF 1919.
requiring payment of taxes before
auctions are he'd.
/" An act entitled an act to require
persons holding suction sales of per-
sonal property to secure certificates
of payment of taxes thereon.
Be it enacted by the legislature OF
the state of South Dakota:
Section 1. Every person, firm or
corporation VINO holds or advertises
an auction sale of personal property
in this state, a. owner, agent, NOR
gagee, lien holder, or otherwise, shall
not less than five days before the day
of such sale mail or deliver to the
county treasurer of the county in
which such property was last assessed
a written or printed notice of such
sale, which notice shall state the TINA
and place at which sale is to be held,
a general description Of the property
to be sold. the name and address 9e
the owner thereof, and the name of
the auctioneer end clerk who will con-
duct such sale. Upon receipt of such
notice as herein provided for, the
county treasurer shall forthwith mail
or deliver to thu person giving such
notice written acknowledgment of
the receipt thereof. Provided, how
ever, that the provisions Of this sec
ton shall not apply if the owner or
agent can produce certificate show
ing that all taxes assessed against
such property have been paid.
Section 2 ANY person, firm or cor
poration violating any of the pro-
visions of this act shall be guilty of =
misdemeanor.
Approved March 18th, 1919.
For sale-Good young work team,
weight 400 each Joe Hannasch.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08

For Sale-Aultman Taylor 1854
Separator, practically new. Will sell
on terms or trade.-Herbert R ,llfe.d
Browns Valley. MINI.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08

For sale-Good young work team,
weight 400 each Joe Hannasch.
Found-Auto Chains. Inquire Of
Andrew Gross.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15
POteet Making
6OOBarreLS On
The Black Line
Ranger Field Shows Better
Production In New
Wells Brought In.

Ranger, Texas. Sept. 15.-The Po-
teet No. l OF Root, Rupp and Duff
IS making 500 barrels Of oil from the
black lime. The operators state that
they believe the flow Of this well will
increase as did the flow Of their No
I on this tract
The Magnolia Petroleum company's
Marshall Collins in Stephens county
is flowing $50 barrels Of oil The drill
ers are cleaning out the hole after a
shot given it at a depth Of 3485 feet.
Though bridged the well is flowing
by heads. It is expected to increase
its production when cleaned out.
The Texas company has a good now
in its well on the J. c. LittletOn tract
No estimate has been made as yet
The black lime formation was encoun-
tered at a depth of 1890 feet and the
drill is now at 1895 feet and still pro-
crossing.
There is a good showing Of both oil
and gas in the Empire Oil and Fuel
company's well on the Peoples tract
The fishing job has been completed
Northwest Of Putnam the Peak shall
low test well was given a shot Sun
day afternoon at a depth OF 1888 feet
II is now cleaning out. The drill had
reached a sand which indicated that
a good flow might be expected before
the drilling stopped.
The Harreu gasser Of the Texas
company which is making 150.0O0,Ol0
cubic feet of gas daily may become
a phenomenal oil we'll. Each day a
larger showing OF oil is coming from
the hole. The well supplies fuel for
about 230 boilers at different wells
drilling in its neighborhood-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15
SHOOTS BILL AS AMENDED
RECOGNIZES "PLACERS"

The Smoot bill providing for the
leasing Of Z. s government land con-
tanning oil, gas. coal sodium and
phOsphates, and which passed the SEN
ate on Sept 3. recognizes the validity
OF claims already located under the
placer law. The consensus Of opinion
is that the rights Of locators OF "oil
placer claims as they are ordinarily
termed. are protected better under the
povision Of this Smoot bill than under
the old law. There has always been
a serious question as to their status
in the absence of an actual discovery
Of oil or gas.
This provision OF the bill. which Is
embodied in section IS was the amend
ment offered by senator A A. Jones.
Of New Mexico. He introduced it at
the urgent request OF people Of New
Mexico. where many thousands Of
acres are located as ''placers" II this
bill with this provision becomes a law.
the present locators can go ahead
under the law regarding placer
claims. In other words the Smoot
bill recognizes the placer" locations
for oil and gas as vested" rights. so
to speak.