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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
3
The interior department finished rolls for the major Indian payment. Major Allen, U.S. Indian agent, was notified to begin payments at his earliest convenience. Due to agency changes, payments will start around January 10, about half a million dollars in total.
Local notes from Sisseton include talk of a May 5 event at the Ile Opera House and various community tidbits. Mentions of visitors, a new home move, a shooting incident in Wilmot, hunting trips to Cottonwood Lake, Santa Claus operations in Sisseton, and reform of the Sisseton Indian Agency into a bonded superintendency.
Community members and visitors are listed from Milbank and nearby towns. Names include Flora Porter Edith Aney M. W. Gorman Athalene Marguerite McGowan Maude Minder Leila Nancarrow Ed Minder Sidney Mann Charlie Christiansen Knudt Hegna G. L. Wood Henry Lemmenes and George Thomas. People traveled to Milbank and Corona for visits and business.
In a light cattle run this week cattle and beef steer prices advanced 10 to 15 cents. Beef steers top near 4.90, fair to road 4.60, plain 4.10. Cows and heifers up to 4.00, fair to good 3.00 to 3.50, canners 1.75 to 2.65. Calves 1.75 to 5.50. Stockers up 10 to 15. some quality 25 higher. Feeder load 1000 lbs at 4.55. Stock steers 3.00 to 3.50, stock heifers and feeding cows 2.25 to 3.00. Sheep receipts moderate. fat sheep steady, fat lambs 15 to 25 higher max 6.00, wethers 4.15 to 4.25. Native feeder lambs 4.25 to 4.75. Hog market 10 to 15 higher. today 5.25 to 5.80, top 5.85, bulk 5.40 to 5.60, light hogs 5.25 to 5.50, mixed 5.55 to 5.70, butchers 5.75 to 5.80.
Miss Josephine Schain, daughter of a Browns Valley resident, has been appointed by Judge H D Dickinson to defend Marjorie Fornell, 18, indicted on two forgery charges. Fornell told the court she could not afford an attorney as Schain made her first court appearance following law school graduation.
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