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

Spectators make a lot OF money
out of misleading information regard
ing crops sent out to affect prices.
The circulation of crop scares and
stories Of crop failure is one of the
most standard games for manipulat.
ing the produce and stock markets.
Farmers suffer the most by such
misinformation. They are often influ-
enced by it to close deals that are not
advantageous considering actual con.
ditions. The more accurately the con-
dition of the growing crops is reported
the better the chance for all who buy
and sell food products to base their
deals on fair prices and actual condi-
tions. And the less the chance fol-
spectators to get their hauls.
The government has rather well
developed system of crop reporting
and is constantly trying to improve it
The states and local agencies co
operate largely, and they should &C
the limit to make the report com
plete and accurate.
The fact that misleading crop re
ports gain a good deal Of currency
and influence the markets to large
extent, would seem to indicate that
the official reports do not cover the
situation thoroughly or frequently
enough The official reports should be
SO exhaustive and accurate and fire.
quent, that they would be clearly sup.
erior to any existing reports compil.
ed from private sources. Then buyers
and sellers would feel that the i'm.
partial government reports could be
depended upon and that reports cir
culated for an unknown purpose
could safely be disregarded.
The farmers in the section around
Sisseton should ge glad to cooperate
with the crop reporting service. b.
giving when asked frank and I'M
partial estimates Of their own crop
or those OF the neighborhood IN s.
far as they do this they perform
public service Of great value.
U
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
Our Double Moral Standard

In summer the man whose regular
Sunday job during the winter months
is passing the collection plate in the
church where his is faithful attend
ant, piles his family into an automo-
BILE early on the Sabbath and HES him
to the country for picnic, or sits all
through the day at the business end of
fish pole out on the lake where he
is spending the heated term.
The young woman who in midwin.
ter would be embarrassed beyond ex
preston il ever so little of her ana
tony above her shoe tops was reveal
ed to the vulgar gaze of curious
male, dons one-piece bathing suit
and disports herself with the opposite
sex with an abandon that brings a
blush to the cheeks of the unaccus.
toned onlooker.
Demure maids who entertain theis
gentlemen friends from safe dis
lance when they call of a winter even
ing, in the summer think nothing O.
bundling into a canoe with a callow
youth and billing and cooling unmind
full OF the hour or who may be in the
vicinity.
With the first suggestion of spring
there comes let up in the more or
less rigid standards of midwinter that
harries the sensitive souls of those
staid metals who profess to see in
this abandon moral decadence that
is sweeping the nation on to an un.
speakable dire fate.
Every summer there is heated dis.
cussion among the purists of the pror
er length of bathing suits for women
and a considerable portion of the
clergy who remain on the job wax vir.
tuously indignant over the empty
pews to which they are forced to
crate.
Then with the first touch of autumn
they all come trooping back to towr
and there is Tightening all along the
line that evens matters up as usuaI
Morals like flannel underwear are
seasonable and large share of hum.
anity takes them off and puts them
on with the same regularity that they
change the weight of their apparel
And somehow, with the fifty-fifty
average we manage to get along pretty
we'll, in spite of the outgivings of TIC
aiarmists. --- vsr----
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
Short Time Farm Credits

Agricultural development has been
greatly held back by the lack OF ade
auate financing. The farm mortgage
system has been built up on the idea
of permanent loans for periods OF
some years. But 60 per cent of the
farmers of the country also need loans
TO carry them through the crop pro.
ducing season. They commonly need
a good deal of accommodation thru the
crop season that they don't require
and don't wish to carry all the year.
There are large amount OF capital
in the rural districts, but great deal
of it goes into the cities to buy bonds
and build up manufacturing enter.
prises. Now if that capital could bd
kept at home to develop the country
the lender could get more for II than
in city enterprises. Under good sys
tenn it would be safer, and he could
afford to let the borrower have it fol
a lower rate than the latter commonly
pay.
Nine states already have laws BY
which farmers may organize co-opera
tive local credit unions to lend
money to each other as needed. North
Carolina has is such organizations
already.
AS purely home affair the man.
ayers of such a union can be sure the
money is being efficiently used and
lent only to capable and reliable men
1t is supervised with but very little
expense, and with full understand
ing of local conditions. The unions
usually find officers who do their work
with little or no salary, for the bene-
fit OF the community They do not
usually need offices, and desk room
in some store often serves.
There may be objections to these
unions on the ground that they com.
pete with the banks Yet so muc'l
money is needed to develop the lands
OF this country, that this competition
will not be much felt The banks will
be able to lend all the funds they can
get, and still there will be call fol
much more.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
HAMMER NEWS NOTES


The hum OF the thresher is herb
all round.
Mr.. and Mrs II. A. Dahl were att
Lldgerwood over Sunday.
liver Hammers new residence is
in the hands OF the carpenters.
Henry Krogstad was down from
LaMars, n. D., over Sunday.
--Gulbrand Be,o visited friends al
New lexington last Sunday.
"A trainload of cattle passed thru
town last week. shippeeS-o the graz
| ing lands west of here from tbs
parched praires OF Montana
--Wampum Coffee at j. X. johnson.
so cents per ID.
20. Beistad ard children were bus
ness visitors at Sisseton last Friday.
A large number of our citizens at
tended the churcr convention at New
Ellington last Sunday.
BUYER Hanson has made some
needed improvements at the elevator
the past week II anticipation OF the
busy times when the grain starts
to move.
Hammer has some very good horse
she throwers and invites utsiders tc
come "and measure swords with
them
Chas. Dahl is e1cayating for hi
large new residence to be built just
east of town.
Andrew Nordstrom and sons have
new gas tractor and thresher with
which to do their threshing and plow-
ing.
A few more laborers can be en-
ployed in this vicinity; they are want
ed to help thresh the grain.
Burnam Coffaa motored to-but.
why give you away Burnam? Stuff
cient for the public to know that
you have ambitions worthy of a
doughboy. ..--->
The fertility of the back yard gar
den is at least demonstrated by the
way the weeds grow.
What about creamery for Ham
msre II would seem that the time is
ripe for the agitation of such pro-
ject The number of mich cows is in
c-easing every year and as the coun-
try gets older diversified farming
must needs receive more attention
The history of all sections has been
that when the raising of wheat has
run its course other branches has had
tn be taken up. Glover, corn, silage
and cows and aogs has been the In
evitable result juggling from the
amount OF cream already shipped
from this station, a creamery could
not only be supported but be made
to pay its patrons not only the origin
al price of their cream but also a
dividend at the end Of each business
year. This is matter, it seems to the
writer, shodld receive attention b,
tile farmers of this community.
DR.. r. N. Hay has returned to Sis
seton and has established her ONCE
in the residence one block north Of
the Commercial Hotel on the west
side Of the street. Her long rest has
benefited her health greatly and sh:
will take up her work here perman-
emily again.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

ia Stefiire is the new proprietor OF
the oxford Cafe.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL Casey of New Ell
finpton were PSever callers Sunday
For Sale-Two Ford Touring Cars.
John Stuck, Pecver, S. D.
Mrs. Nels Beck and iiar brother
Carl Axness were in Peever Monday
Earl Richards is the owner of a
new Ford Sedan.
Harrison Murray is the present
Peever mail carrier
Miss Rebecca Greedy is the new
member. of the. q. r. Aney clerklns
staff.
Lost-Dark winter coat with ful
collar in vicinity of Peever. Reward
is offered for return to this Office
DIR. and Mrs. Pearson motored te
Wahpeton Thursday to visit the lat
ter's mother.
Mae Clymer and Alma Nikstad were
callers in Wilmct between rtains Fri
day.
Mrs. Stucki IS expecting her sister
Alvina Thursday. Miss Rogers will act
as assistant housekeeper.
Mrs. w. Hines and Mrs. Chas-
Evans visited friends in Ortonville on
Saturday.
Mrs. Charley Berg underwent ar
operation at Peabody Hospital in
Webster Thursday.
George Selkirk has resigned his
position in o. R. Aney's store and has
moved to the Agency where he has
charge OF the government buildings
Miss Veronica Berger of Colo
Springs, Mimi. will act as principal
OF the Peever schools for the coming
year.
After two weeks vacation spent
ct Aberdeen visiting her sister Agnes
Margaret Keaa has resumed her
duties at Opitz's-
Mr.. and Mrs Alec Campbell mot
ored to Norton. MINI, Monday where
they expect to spend the. week visit
irs relatives
Lawrence Nelson. Lila Muth- Essla
e. Larson Mabel Evans and Rev
Bede Of Peeve- attended the Metho-
DIST camr meeting az Brighton Sunday
TIE nzay friends of Miss More
Ihes= xzfI regret hearing that she :
nov suserEax VIII typhoid fever AMI
her resErn hoas i postponed indie
Hzszesx
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
The s.t'asd of Thanks

Some superc:i;ous persons poke
fun at the so-callcd card of thanks"
Inc brief newspaper notice by when
oereaved friends express gratitude to
those who have helped them through
.'eriods of sorrow Yet those who
have been Though sad experience
;ia.e come up against places where
they fnd the use of these cards YER
helpful.
= is not from any feeling of coa.
ventinal polite .tSs that man is in
pell"d to visit a newspaper Office and
insert card of thanks. He has been
through the experience of a distress
lug loss, is upse.. with grief and bur-
dened by the many things that have
to be done at such time. A great
number OF friends and neighbours
Rave done acts of kindness and offer
Ell sympathy.
He wants to recognize all this
friendly spirit. bit finds it difficult tc
Go so. He migkv sit down and write
letters to every me. But few people
have time for tkat. Many person.
write letters w..h great difficulty
Some people have printed or engrav-
ed cars distributed, which is thorough
~ appropriate. Yet there is always the
likelihood that some people would be.
unintentionally omitted.
1t is a simple and appropriate thing
in such cases, for family to- resor.
to the newspaper card, in which they
can make their gratitude clear to ali
their friends. Thus they relieve them
selves Of q hea y burden in a time of
strain, and show that appreciation
which everyone feels on re,eiyin,,
kindly acts.
Newspaper people have helped
great numbers ct bereavel families
to formulate reese notices. and a..
glad to offer their services to put ..he
same into sha.,a They should do u
rot as a mere item in days business
like taking in Want ad, but. with
some feeling tina. they are helping IN
the exchange OF human sympathy, AMI
doing bit to :ciieve the suffering G.
the world.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
Pfs1 and Fairgrounds

Organized PLAY has become a
feature Of progressive community
FORK IN = great many places To the
old timer Il seems all poppycock- The
children didn't have to be taught to
psay In their days
yefv true Also in those DAYS the
Idle and roaming children used to
vent their energies by mischief. And
when they did play, they would show
no tame spirit 1t was every kid for
himself. and in about 10 minutes he
would get mad and quit The lid VIC
kicks on the ball game and xor'.
play, grows up to be the man who
knocks his home town, and won't Co.
operate in community plans for its ad
vancemens.
q group OF children under a we'll
trained play leader learn great deal
more than the rules Of the games.
They learn how to play fair, take de-
2sat without sulking. to show good
sporting spirit. and above all, to CO.
opefate with each other. Young peo-
De Who learn these lessons are infin-
itsly better equipped for after life.
There can't be much wholesome
ana educational play, without good
play ground facilities. A town needs
not merely open park spaces az CEN
ters q beauty and rest. 1t also needs
playgrounds with adequate chance for
baseball. tennis. and the child -en's
9emes. Every neighborhood should
nave some open lot where the child
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
THE PEEVER PILOT

rem can resort. sisseton is not fully
equipped in this particular. The pee
ple who object to the expense of play
grounds are frequently the same ones
who are always ordering the yom"s.
STEERS OF their private land,
1t is the general testimony that
provision OF Fairgrounds dim'nishes
the tendency of the children TO III
dulge in mischief 1t is one means Tor
keeping them from beginning the
downward path of crime. The boy
who is rapping baseballs is not taking
his frs. lessons in lawlessuess.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
AN INVESTMENT

AN INVESTMENT
NOT AN EXPENSE
A course at the Aberdeen Business
College is an investment not an ex-
pense. It yields big dividends. Big Eu-
rollment Day, September 2.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08
The Art Of Swimming


Swimming used to be regarded rs
q kind Of athletic stunt enjoyed by
the kids as means Of cooling or In
hot weather or as means Of display
ing fancy diving stunts. But of recant
years It II seen to be one Of the vital
elements Of education. Many thous.
ands q drowning accidents occur an.
'nually. most % which would be. aver
ted by familiarity With the water
and knowledge Of simple strokes.
Many Of the colleges now refuse
TO graduate students Who can't swim
Public schools with access to swim
ming places might veil take the sans
stand.
Some inland towns Of e0urse have
no suitable sw.mmmins place await
abls. But most Of their residents oc-
casionally visit other plAees With good
bathing resorts. They should make j,
their principal business o. such vtsite
~ - that thes- children learn how &
liswfilsl. 1'ls &. II, III
Il ono peopls iclaiu ne German
~ & tavsntlva. M hey csrtainl,
|tho Is aps soll, ~ orig inal atfo
&lHAN BIZ III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07

Boyce Thompson. This leaves out Miss
Mary Garrett Hay. chairman Of the
executive committee of the women
division of the Republican National
Committee, and one of the leading
women Of the state and nation.
A member Of the state committee
said:
miss Hay, on account of her promi-
hence in the state and nation among
Republican women, will 60 to the con-
vention as delegate, but not as one
OF the Big Four. The only way that a
place on the Big Four can be made for
her is for either Senator Wadsworth
or Senator Calder to step to one side
Senator Wadsworth holds that both
United States Senators should be in
the Big Four. Senator Calder would
be willing to step aside in favor of
Miss Hay, but will not consent to do
so IL Senator Wadsworth adheres to
his present stand. 1t also is likely that
Mrs. Arthur L. Livermore, chairman of
the executive committee of the women 3
division Of the State Executive Com
mistee, will go as delegate.
ut is the open and unalterable oppo-
sition to Senator Wadsworth espresso
by Miss Hay that has eliminated her
for the present from the list of dele
gates-at-large," continued The Trib-
une's informant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
Three Orphans in Need
OF Home for Christmas

Christmas will be drab affair to
three little New Workers. this year I'M
less kind hearts come to the rescue
The children are now in custody of the
State Charities Aid Association, los
East Twenty-second Street. All three
are orphans. The association is hold,
ing them for adoption.
One of the children Is too young to
know the difference between what
Christmas ought to be and what it will
be if this appeal should fail. He is
Morris Bergman, and this is his first
Christmas. Although Morris is only
four months old, he is intelligent
enough to know that something very
nice had happened to him If he were
placed in q comfortable nest with gen.
erous foster parents.
The other two children have reache
the years Of understanding. John
Parker is nine yeaY old, and black
haired Sally Perrin is twelve. Both are
intelligent and know what Christmas
every night, too, and they never fail
to ask that real daddy and a real
mamma be sent to them for Christmas
There is wonderful chance for a
big-hearted bachelor to give. fifteen
year-old Stephen Carr the finest Christ
mas gift that possibly could be imag-
ined, says Miss Sophie Van s. Theis,
superintendent of the association.
Stephen already has been adopted. He
lives upstate, but his foster parents
are not wealthy, and there is no money
for Stephens high school tuition Ste
phen needs funds to pay communication
fares and to buy a few clothes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
Schools of Nation Face
Crisis, Runyon Declares
New Jersey Governor Says Low
Pay for Teachers Endangers
Educational system

TRENTON, N. j., Dec. 6.-Express-
ing fear that 800, 900 New Jersey school
children may be made victims of a
demoralized and broken down educa-
tional SYSTEM" due to underpaid
teachers, Governor Runyon to-day
issued statement calling attention of
the local boards of estimate to 1.-The
gravity of the situation"
New Jersey, he said, faces the imme-
date prospect of closing schools or
drawing into the teaching profession
a still larger number of those made
quately trained and without special
preparation for the work. Competition
with other states for the service of
teachers appears unavoidable, he said.
The Governor declared the scarcity
of teachers already has caused lower
ing of educational standards and even
the suspension of classes in some
schools. The crisis is not limited to
New Jersey, he stated, but looms as
a menace to the public schools of the
nation. Many teachers have been forced
into other fields by the need to earn a
living wage, he said.
"If our children are to be taught
by incompetent teachers, or are not
to be taught at all, the end of Ameri-
can democracy, as we know it, is in
sight" the Governor declared
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
American War Heroes
To Be Decorated Here
French High Commissioners
Will Pin Crosses OH Veterans
in Armory Tuesday

Distinguished Service Crosses will
be presented Tuesday to Captain
Grant Shepard. of the 2ad Infantry
and to other veterans of the American
campaign in France. The presenta-
tions will be made on behalf of the
government by General Robert L. Bull
lard, at ceremony beginning at 3:15
o'clock at the 9th Coast Defence
Armory, 125 West Fourteenth Street,
Members of the French High Commits
sion will present war crosses to a num-
Der of American veterans at the same
time.
In addition to Captain Grant. the
veterans who will receive Distinguished
Service Crosses are Allen Rogers, for
mer second lieutenant of the 3O7th
Infantry; Charles A. Huesser, f.rmer-
ly second lieutenant of the l65th;
Sergeant Michael McAuliffe, of. the
l6bth; Sergeant Dudley Winthrop, of
the 165th, and Sergeant Sidney H
Palmer, of the 305th Edward LAM
gan, of Lockport, N. Y, will receive the
cross awarded his son, Sergeant
Edward Lanigan
Sergeant Peter Gillespie, of the
Machine Gun Company, 165th Infantry,
will receive both the Distinguished
Service Cross and the French War
Cross. The Croix de Guerre will be
awarded also to Lieutenant Walter G
Kimball, 9th Infantry; Sergean.
Andrew j. Houck, 1st Field Signal
Battalion, and Corporal Daniel Maher
105th Infantry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
Profession of Teaching
Faces Annihilation
Smith College investigators
Find of ALI Occupations Ii
Has Least Appeal

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. Dec. 6.--As
investigation completed here to-day b.
the committee in charge Of the Smith
College Endowment Fund has convinced
the investigators that there is deartf
Of new material to fill vacancies in thu
teaching profession, and that this con-
dition is due to the low scale of pay
for teachers and the higher rates Of
pay offered college women in other ocs
equations.
Analysing thea situation throuehous
the country the committee found thai
OF all the occupations open to college
women teaching has, at present, the
least appeal. The committee in IL:
findings offers adequate confederation
for the statement recently made by tho
president of Smith College, William
Allan Nelson, who said: I'VE are facins
the humiliation of a profession"
One womac's collegS appointment
bureau reports it has on its lists moro
teaching positions than it can fill, al
unparalleled situation. The committed
found that many college girls, who ii
other times might have been expected
to seek situations as teachers. now are
entering commercial and industrial os
adjustments; some have taken VI
chemistry, others have gone into bust
ness for them selves and very m.sny O.
them are writing and editing.