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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-09-26
The Telephone Situation

The telephone situation in Sis
seton has been a subject that has
caused considerable discussion
and many hard phases for the
past few months, especially ON
the subject of service. The man
agement has been unable to Sc.
cure experienced help and has
had to work with beginners"
and short handed.
The campaigns franchise has
expired in oisseton and Mr.. Ziet-
low, of Aberdeen, President of
the Dakota Central Telephone
Co., was here Monday evening to
meet the council in regard to
grantiD a new franchise. The
matter WAS sid tracked however
and Mr. Zietlow spent the even
ing listening to complaints of
various Ssorts regarding the SER
vice here. He admitted that we
were receiving poor service owe
ing to the smallEess of the switch
board here, where only two opera
tors car work, where there are
calls enough coming in to keep
three Operators busy. This will be
remedied by making a change in
the board giving one operator the
long distance. and farmer lines.
There are ID farmer lines and five
toll lineY coming in here. By maxi
ing thi#hange this will give two
operators full charge of the
local calls, which certainly
ought to imprive the service
wonderfully. A raise will also be
given the operators which un-
doubtediy will encourage them
to gives5etter service and stick to
the work.
The system will be rebuilt
next year and the common bat
terry system installed, which will
40 away with the strong arm ac.
ton to get central. This system
may cost the patrons from 25c
to SOC more per month, but at
that it's the cheapest messenger
you can secure. One advantage
of this system is that the moment
you hand up your receiver YOU
are disconnected, and this will
enablagyou to get central quick.
'er~a atime, as when you are
connected-with the present
system-you cannot ring central
The users of the telephone
have increased from SO per cent
to Is per cent the past year. This
is accounted for because of the
shortage of help everywhere and
the housewife, who used to 90 out
to do her shopping and other er-
rands, today uses the telephone
because she is short of help in
the home.
The matter of a FRANCHISE will
have to be put to vote of the
people according to the new law
and the election will be held
later this fall.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-09-26
Matt Thies

Matieis Theis wss born near
Trler Germany on Apr | Is, 1872,
coming to this country with his
parents when a lad of seven years
The family settled at Watkins,
Minn:, where he grew to young
man hood, learning his trade of
wagon maker and blacksmith ut
Eden Wallis, a small town a short
distance from Watkins.
He came to Sisseton in 1897
and opened a blacksmith shop,
going in partnership with Nick
Weis.
Six years later, on May a, 1908.
he claimed Miss Susan Schriner
as his bride, and they came to
Sisseton; which place they have
since made their home.
By careful and honest business
methods he gained independent
means and the honor and respect
of all with whom he had business
relations.
About eight weeks ago he was
taken i'll and went to Rochester
for treatment. Here he learned
that he was suffering from can
Ger of the liver and stomach. and
that nothing could be done, SO he
returne dhome to spend his re-
naming days, whchi he realized
would be but a few. And on Thurs
day morning, Sept. 18th he pass
ed away.
Each death is a link that binds
US to the beyond, so let us live and
do, that when our time comes we
will be found a good link in the
endless chain of the plan of ma
ture.
To him the struggle and bur-
den bearing of earth are ended.
and we confidently trust that like
one who awakens from a troubled
dream he has awakened to see
life's endless morning break and
knows himself at home with all
the vast throng of loved ones,
missing from earth, safe about
him.
To his now sorrowing widow.
who so tenderly cared for his
wants and needs during his IN.
ness and his four bright children.
Who are left to mourn the death
OF loving father, we can but ex-
tend our heartfelt sympathy, tho
we realize that none but those
who have stood in the shadow of
a great bereavement can Justly
weigh such a sorrow as theirs
Only those who have stood for
months by the side of a loved
one, as hope after hope dropped.
away, know that such anguish
cannot find solace in the tender
est words. But the thot of the
hand that has removed him, must
reconcile them to his absence.
Funeral services were held on
Saturday from the st. Peters
Catholic church. Rev. Father
O'Hora officiating and he was laid
at rest in the Catholic cemetery.
Relatives from away who. at
tended the funeral were his bro
theirs Adam of Park Rapids, John
OF Arlington, Mimi, Mike of Wat
kins, MINI. and a sister, Mrs
Matt Hess of Watkins, also Mr..
and Mrs. Schriener and sons Joe
George and John of Watkins and
daughter Mary of Devils Lake.
n. D., parents, brothers and sis
ter of Mrs. Theis.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-09-26
Corn Crop Will Be Large One

oov oWalertown-A yield of 97,-
0oo,O0O bushels of corn in South
Dakota this year is forecasted in
the monthly report of H. o. Her.
brandson, field agent in South
Dakota of the bureau of crop esti
mates, United States department
OF agriculture. This is a decrease
OF a little more than 1000. .OOC
bushels from the estimate made
"a month ago.
The report states that the wea
ther during the past month has
been such as to mature the corn
crop better than in any other rec.
ent year, that that there will be
no difficulty experienced in secur.
ing enough quality seed for next
spring, providing effort is made
to gather and keep the corn prop.
erly. Field Agent Herbrandson
states that the corn reduction
during the past month is due to
the conditions which have pre.
vailed throughout the western
and much of the central portions
OF the state, where the corn has
hardened premateurely, and is
somewhat inclined to be mixed
with cars that are not fully devel
oped, while in other areas the
corn is found to be fiinty.
With a par value now of an.
proximately 16 bushels per acre
in South Dakota, the returns re.
ceived indicate that the yield of
spring wheat will be approx.
mately 8 bushels per acre, or :
total production of about 0,36S-
600 bushels. Again the produc.
tion has taken a drop from the
previous months estimate of
about 1900, bushels. Much of
this damage was done earlier. but
it is found on further investiga-
tion that the crop has deteriora-
ted to greater extent than was
earlier anticipated. 1t is evidently
true that more damage was done
in the more central eastern sec
tions of the state than in the
northern border of counties, some
of the counties to the north hay-
ing a very fair quality grain. The
production this year is the small.
est since 1916, when the produc.
tion was placed at 22,O5O, 600
bushels, with markedly infer.
ior quality
"The quality and production of
oats in South Dakota shows a
further reduction and is now plac
ed at 5000, 900 bushels. This is
about 100000 bushels below
that of one month ago and about
$4,000, 900 bushels less than was
estimated for the 1918 crop. The
five year average is about ST.
100000 bushels.
Barley in South Dakota was
largely matured to the point
where the weather conditions of
the month Of July could not seri.
ously damage it. Additional infor
nation and more actual thresh-
ing returns justify the produc.
ton being placed at 81 ,399, ,OOC
bushels, or a $500, 900 bushels in
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-09-26

The Andrew Torvick home was
the scene of a pleasant gather
ing Sunday when the three Tor
wick families and the Johnsrud
family gathered to spent the day.
1t was a little informal affair in
honor of Mrs. Henry Larson of
Elkader, Iowa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-01
Surprise Mrs. Taylor
on Her 6Oth Birthday

A birthday surprise party was
held at the home of Mrs. Adallne
Taylor, 412 Strawberry street, Fri
day evening, by her friends, it being
her sixtieth birthday, dancing and
music and vocal selections were the
feature of the evening, after which
a buffet luncheon was served. Those
present were:
Mrs. Adaline Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Briggins and daughter, Pri-
ella, Mrs. Jennie Daniels, Mrs.
Charles Zeigler, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Berrier, Mrs. Lillian Sadler,
Mrs. Jacob Nickoli, Mrs. George As
tor Chenowerth. Miss Ella Davis,
Miss Dorothy Shartle, Mrs. Hannah
Neimeyer, Mrs. II. 3. Shook, Mrs.
Charles Mcpherson, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Shadow, Mrs. Lawrence
Shaffner and son, Wayne, Mr.. and
Mrs. n. W. Whistler, Mrs. Jennie
Beck, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Shartle,
Miss Catherine Peiffer, Mr.. and Mrs.
George d. Shartle, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Shartle, George Shartle and Adaline
Shartle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-01
Teachers Must Not Be
Taskmasters, Institute
Is Told by Instructor

Teachers In schools should not be
task masters giving the children the
impression that lessons are assigned
only to see whether they will be
learned, Miss Lillian Johnson. of the
Millersville Normal School, told
scores of instructors from the lower
part of Dauphin county at an insti-
tute session held today in the court
house.
Too many teachers make the mis-
take of having n child entirelys mis-
understand the purpose of study and
school work because of this, Miss
johnson declared. She then gave q
detailed explanation of the best
teaching methods to secure results
speaking particularly about reading
closes in the primary rural schools,
In Courtroom No. 2, G. A. Grim
superintendent of Northampton coun-
ty, spoke to high and grammar school
teachers, on The Poets Creed of
Idealism." A joint session followed
the two section meetings at which
Prof Fl. II. Baish. explained the state
teachers, retirement fund.
This afternoon addresses were made
by Miss Johnson, superintendent
Grim and DIR. George Becht, secretary
of the State Board of Education on
my Trip to France" A business
session was held before the institute
adjourned.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-01
SOCIAL OF MEMS
BIBLE CLASS
Camp Curtin M. E. Men Elect
Officers For the
Year

Forty men of the pastors mems
Bible class of Camp Curtin Memoir
ial Methodist Sunday school held a
social Thursday evening in the So
cial hall of the church.
An election of officers for the COM
ing year was held, resulting as fol-
lows: President, b. r. Moses; vice
president, John Shilling; secretary,
Frank Zarker; assistant secretary,
T. NJ. Clothier; treasurer of building
fund, w. II. Bricker; treasurer of
floral fund, d. I. Smith; teacher, the
Rev. John II. Mortimer; assistant
teacher, the Rev. A. o. Stone.
The Simmonetti Orchestra fur
nished the music of the evening.
Post -prandal remarks were made by
the newly y-elected officers and others.
Beautiful floral decorations were
arranged by that expert decorator,
John Loban.
The eats were heartily enjoyed
by all, and everybody went away say
ing that they had a good time"
The following were present: b. F.
Moses, E. 1. Book, Charles Biting.
w. B. Gehrett, j. A. Haas, w. w.
Pinkerton. w. H. Bricker, John Hall,
John Loban, j. H. Mortimer. A. o.
Stone, George Hoffman, E. X. Ben
nett, d. A. Friese, B. F. Barnhart.
d. 1. Smith, Harry Ruby, F. NJ. Clo-
thier, Harvey Faust, w. II. Lingle,
John Shilling, William Satzler. Mr..
Vandling, Sol. Kreider. D. E. Smuck-
er, Earl Gibbons, Eli Hollinger, with
seven of the Simonetti orchestra.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-01
INTERESTING PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
THE CJJLLMERRYS
HOSTS TO CLASS
Olivet Church Folks Happily
Entertained Last Evening
in Informal Fashion

A pleasant social event for the
Olivet church folks occurred last
evening when Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
Cullmerry of 1915 Market street, en-
tertained the officers and teachers OF
the Sunday school at their home.
The time was spent in discussing
some affairs of the school and plan
ming for the coming summers picnic,
after which a guessing contest, sing
ing and refreshments occupied the
evening. Those present were as fol-
lows:
]. w. Macdonald, ]. b. Shartzer,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. e. Peters, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Hines. ]. c. Gates,
Harry Langletz, Edwin Askins, Will
liam Palmer, Master Emit Smiley,
Miss Myrtle Wagner, Mrs. Daisy
Strausuer. Miss Clara Miller, Miss
Florence Hill. Miss Tillie Kiester,
Miss Nettie White, Miss Elizabeth
Smith, Mrs. Paul Grunden, Miss
Ruth Williams, Miss Helen Smith,
Mrs Roscoe Bowman, Miss Woolley
Miss Maude Mote. Mrs. Alfred Taxis
Miss Mayme Smith, Mrs. Charles
Bowman. Mrs. w. II. Brown, Mrs
George Gelwicks, Miss Frances GEL
wicks, Mrs. William Gorgas, Mrs
Klemm, Miss Kathryn Klemm, Mrs
Harry Weidman, Mrs. Hawk, Miss
Ruth Braselman, John Craver, Miss
Miriam Hines.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-01

will be written into the statutes
within the next thirty days.
The Pennsylvania Commission of
Public Welfare is designed to carry
into reconstruction days the war
time work of the Pennsylvania Com
mission of Public Safety and De-
fense.
1t Has Legal Status
The place of the Pennsylvania
council of national defense will be
taken by the Governors Commission
of Public Welfare. There is the diff
ference, however, that the Cover
nor's commission will have legal
standing which the council of ma
tional defense lacked.
The new commission will be con-
stituted similarly to that of the war;
time organization. It's members will
be the Governor, the Lieutenant
Governor and the State military
board. The last is composed of tho
State Treasurer, the Auditor. Cen
eral and the Adjutant General.
The proposed legislation will give
blanket power to the commission to
do whatever 1t sees fit for the well
fare of the State.
But there is the specific provision
that the commission shall carry on a
campaign of Americanization to
counteract Bolshevism and other
specifically nominated function in
cluded in the bill.
Country Will Awaken
Commenting on the plans OF the
hackers of the bill, Mr.. McCalin
said:
"The great trouble in the United
States is that the people have been
too busy plating their own hair and
patting themselves on the back.
What they need is n little spirit of
apprehension to take the place of
some OF their overconfidence.
THE war has taught us many
things. Among them is the fact that
this little old melting pot, over
which we have done so much crow
ing. is not melting. We have found
that we haven't the national spirit
over which we have ranted and
raved on the Fourth of July and
Washington's Birthday. We have
found that the great crowd of aliens
who have come to these shores dur
ing the last many years have not
been assimilated into one great ma
tional American unit.
THAT is the situation we face now
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-01
Informal Little Dance
Held at Civic Club

The fourth of series OF informal
emi-monthly dances was held last
night at the Civic Club, with the
Sourbier orchestra playing for the
dancing. Among the guests We're:
Mr.. and Mrs. s. A. Barr, Mr.. and
Mrs. Stauffer, Mr.. and Mrs. i. p.
Buttorff, Mr.. and Mrs. George *.
Sassaman. Lieutenant and Mrs.
Bruce knight. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w
Allen. Mr.. and Mrs. George Orth, Mr..
and Mrs. Wetherby, Mr.. md Mrs.
Boyd Ogelsby. Mr.. and Mrs. l. Il.
Dickinson. Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Smiley, Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton. Mr..
and Mrs. White. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. William Ger
man. Mr.. and Mrs. William Brown,
Mr.. and Mrs. David Teats, Mr. and
Mrs. George Getter. DR.. and Mrs.
Jesse Lenker, DR.. and Mrs. +. E.
Wright, DR.. and Mrs. Clarence L..
Wright, DR.. and Mrs. S. I. Cadwalla-
der, Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Morton, Mr..
and Mrs. G D. Swingly, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank II. Swope. Mr.. and Mrs.
A. w. Moul, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Lutz, Miss Wyant, Miss Tillie Hahn,
Miss Lille Bumbaugh, Miss Dgels-
by, Miss Edith Vigor, Captain Lane,
Harry Stone, Jacob Hoax, William
Wyant and w. w. Johnson.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-01
Details of Ramsey
Teacher Pay B


William T. Ramsey, Chester reH
sentative in the house, while home
the week end, gave out some facts abb
the bill. having for it's purpose THO,
crease of the salaries of the pull
school teachers. The ngures stated
Mr.. Ramsey have been agreed upon
nearly all members of the Legislatl
and the bill which will be presen
early next week is expected to
through the House with very little op
sition.
The bill raises the minimum sail
of all teachers holding provisional
tiicates from s45 to $50 per mon
professional and city normal from
to SIS; permanent state normal
college holders of certificates from
to $S5.
All rural school teachers with d
two or three rooms in scattered distri,
where all the grades are taught,
given an increase of $40 per moi
over the new minimum salary.
Teachers receiving 500 will get
increase of twenty-five per cent, tn
receiving from 500 to $3.50 will get
twenty per cent increase; $3.50 to 5.
fifteen per cent. increase and all o
$500, ten per cent. increase.
The state will contribute forty .
cent of the increase and the local {
tricts will be obliged to meet sixty
cent. The new salary list will mean
additional expenditure on the part of
State of $4,000,000 annually.
Commenting on the bill M. Ram
said he feels sure the bill will m
with the approval of a great major
of the members of the House and S
ate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-01
GIRLS NAMES ON
BIRTHDAY CAKE
Fifteen Guests Attend Miss
Dorothy MacDole's Party
Yesterday Afternoon

Mrs. William C. MacDole gave a
little party yesterday afternoon from
4,S0 to $40 o'clock, in celebration
of the birthday of her daughter,
Miss Dorothy MacDole. The young
girls enjoyed folk dances and games
before a buffet supper. The dining
room decorations and the table ap-
pointments were of blue and white.
There was large birthday cake hand
somely decorated with the name and
birthday date of the hostess. AS
each slice was cut it was found to
bear the name of the guests receiv-
ing it.
In attendance were: The Misses
Frances Hammond. Winifred Vie
land, Isabel Wright, Gwilym Hell
lar. Thelma Hellar. Caroline Fink
enbiner, Mary Hopes, Esther
Marks, Elizabeth Hetrick, Emiline
Alberts. Anna Mcbride, Dorothy
MacDale. Elizabeth Workman and
EVELYN Speakman.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-01

MRS. EUGENE C. SANDERsON
An early spring wedding was
solemnized at noon yesterday when
Miss Eleanor Esther Walter and
Lieutenant Eugene Cameron Sander
son, of the Regular United States
Army, We're quietly united in mar
riage by the Rev. Father Huegel at
the st. Lawrence rectory.
The bride. a daughter of Mr.. a"
Mrs. Charles p. Walter, 817 North
Sixth street, was becomingly at
tired in a dark blue serge street
costume with squirrel cape and a
hat to harmonize of tie latest aero
plane type. She is a graduate OF
Villa Marie, Montreal, Canada, and
is widely known as dancer.
Lieutenant Sanderson, at present
stationed at Wilmington, Delaware
is graduate of Staunton Military
Academy, Staunton, Virginia.
After an extensive honeymoon
Lieutenant and Mrs. Sanderson will
reside for the present in Wilmington
Delaware. leaving about May for
the PHILIPPINE Islands.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-01
Antique China Used
For Springtime Supper

A set of blue and white china,
more than 100 years old, was used
by Mrs. Lawrence Rhinehart when
she entertained last evening at her
home, 419 Walnut street, in honor
of her house guest, Mrs. e. b. Hart
man, of Pittsburgh.
The decorations in the livingroom
were of ferns and spring flowers. in
a color scheme of green and white; ;
while in the diningroom blue and
white were used.
A number of vocal and instru-
mental selections were rendered by
Mrs. Benjamin Olewine, Mrs. j. e.
Eastright and Mrs. B. B. Beistef.
Supper was served to the following:
Mrs. E. B. Hartman, Jr., Mrs. f.
o. DePugh, Mrs. L. e. Myers, Mrs.
L. r. Yapel, Mrs. Wilson Ebersole,
Mrs. Benjamin Olewine, Mrs. b. b.
Beistel, Mrs. James Eastright, Mrs.
Maude Cooper and Mrs. C. e. Hall.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-01

and that is the reason for continu-
ing the wartime work of the Penn
sylvania Commission of Public
Safety and Defense and the Penn
sylvania Council of National De-
fense into the reconstruction period.
I'VE are going out to really
Americanize these foreigners. We
are not going to waste any time
over beautifying the streets or criti-
cising the signboards or any such
stuff
The work will start with educa-
ton. We are going to teach the
aliens why this is n better place to
live than the country from which
they came.
Teachers Will BE Taught
THE first thing we must do is to
teach the schoolteachers of the state
to be real American citizens. We
must make them understand thor
oughly all of the American prin-
ciples and institutions. The trouble
has been in the past that they didn't
know this. And under those condi-
tions they didn't know how to in
culcate them into the minds of their
pupils.
I'VE have arranged with the Lack
awanna Iron and Steel Company for
the services of +. E. Bach. Ameri-
canization expert of that company,
who has done great work for the
Pennsylvania Council of National
Defense. We are also trying to get
Clinton c. Dewitt, head of the
Americanization school of the Ford
plant at Detroit.
These men, as we plan now. will
organize a school to teach teachers
how to teach Americanization.
Then we will go into this matter
of unemployment, which is the
breeder of discomfort. out of which
grows Bolshevism and anarchy. We
will first try to look out for the re-
turned soldiers and sailors and then
we will go into the matter in gen.
eral."
"In these things we will cooper
ate the functions of the Department
of Labor and Industries. the Depart
ment of Public instruction and the
| Department of Public, Health.
"All of these things must be done
ond done quickly at that Otherwise
we will soon see the vanguard OF
| that great army of unrest that Is
now sweeping Europe and Russia
| surrounding us here in the United
| States.
"Our stand will be firm against
! all undesirable aliens in the coun-
| try. 1t is our firm conviction that
| the trouble e-making, undesirable
l alien has no place in this country
and we will do all within our pow.
, er to see that he goes elsewhere