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Newspaper

Sisseton Weekly Standard

Location

Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1908

Page

7

Important Oro Fino Property Announcement Near Deadwood

Golden Reward Mining Company announces resumption of operations on the Oro Fino property in Hear Butta creek, planning ore removal from a large ledge near the old hoist and shipment to Denver for processing. John Torrette will lead the mining work, with expectant district activity and expansion of the Victoria property in Sanaw creek under John Simm to boost mill output and cyanide capacity.

Deadwood Golden Reward Minine Company Hear Butta Creek Golden Reward Ecompany Big Hills Allison John. Torrette Teameltor Denver John Simm Victoria Sanaw Creek Vicoria

State Lands to Be Offered in Meade and Pennington Counties

State Lands Commissioner Dokken to begin September sales of state lands west of the Missouri. Capital lands in Meade and Pennington will be offered at $5 to $10 per acre, eastern lands to be disposed privately. Also offerings of common school lands in Tyman county and part of Fort Sully reservation lands in Sully county planned for fall. A wet spell followed by drought concerns. corn stable though some small grains show dryness. First alfalfa harvest done. haying continues. winter wheat forecast in ten days. Mariners Bank incorporation filed at Onlua Sully county with $10,000 capital. Incorporators: G J Johnson, W Spencer, G Soleman.

Meade Pennington Dokken Missouri Capitol Neate Avetton Tyman Nounty Fort Sully Sully Misenori Gora Onlua Sully County Mariners* Bank G. J. Johnson Onula William Spencer Nelizh Neb George Soleman Eanjond

ELOPERS HELD FOR TRIAL IN STATE COURT

Preliminary examination found Norman Rygmund and Mrs Herbert Bishop of Marshalltown charged with a statutory offense. They were bound for appearance in the state court at Sioux Falls. Bond was set for Rygmund’s father TT Rygmund to furnish. Mrs Bishop likely to remain in jail until the November term.

Norman Rygmund Herbert Bishop Marshalltown Sioux Falls Mim State Cours Sioux Fall TT. Rygsmyr Wnat

Top Notch Wool Prices Rise in Belle Fourche

Dean reaches peak wool prices at Belle Fourche as 14 1/2 cents per pound is paid by M C Bigelow of Chicaza for J B Apnold’s clip. Traders claim this is the season’s highest U S price. Belle Fourche shippers jubilant as wirehouses fall and six outside buyers compete.

Dean Belle Fourche M.C Bigelow Chicaza J. B. Apnold United States Belle Fovreche

Central Bank Backing Urged by Former Mint Director at State Bankers Meet

George E. Roberts, president of Commercial National Bank of Chicago and ex U S mint director, urged a central bank at the state bankers convention in Deadwood. He argued a central bank would safeguard government funds and stabilize panics, citing Germany England and France. Officers elected included Hughes Gettysburg president and Pratt Chamberlain treasurer with a large list of directors. Pierre named to host next year’s convention.

Mint George E. Roberts Commercial National Bank of Chicago United States Mint State Bankers’ Convention Deadwood Secretary of Treasury Germany England France J R. Hughes Gettysburg G. F. Stebbins Spearfish W. G. Pratt, Jr Chamberlain J. E. Pratt Clark C. H. Barrett Watertown 1. S. Lincoln Aberdeen F.C Danford Parker H. TR. Dennis Sioux Falls M. J. Chehey Wahonda S. Drew Highmore A. W. Swayne Springfield Sheldon J.B. Platt Stratlan American Bankers’ Association N. Franklin R. H. Driscoll Lend Pierre

Herrick Fire Destroys Largest Block In Gregory County

The Herrick fire gutted nearly an entire business district last week. Singuliar millinery and adjacent firms burned within an hour. Losses reach 20 000 to 25 000 with most properties uninsured or lightly insured. Bonostee and Burke aided but poor water supply prevented saving structures. Incendiarism suspected due to strong odor.

Gregory County Herrick Sinkular Millinery Frank Nunemaker Buck Nunemaker Smith & Reichal J. G. Dunbar H. Buebler Bonostee Burke Apon

Delegates named to international tuberculosis congress

Gov Crawford appoints delegates to the International Tuberculosis Congress in Washington from Sept 2 to Oct 12. Listed are W H Lane Miler M Crain Reduiola W M Edgerton Faulkton William Bowdle C Miller Brooke W Fryberg Mitchell A Spafford Plandreau W J Moors Tyndall FN Schoonmaker Arlint on FB 14 Class Huront Frank Howe Deadwood George Edwards De Smet A H Torts Sioux Falls D W Rodgers Yankton RoE Gamble Watertown George Conntt min Aberdeen. The governor also selects delegates to the International Fisheries Congress meeting in Washington Sept 9 D C Booth Spearfish Robert Stasis Brookings Georges Ayres Teil aries E De Land Pierre RM Calkins Deadwood.

Gov. Crawford Washington W. H. Lane Miler M. Crain Reduiola W. M. Edgerton Faulkton William ‘Ja. Bowdle C. Miller Brooke W. Fryberg Mitchell A Spafford Plandreau W. J. Moors Tyndall FN. Schoonmaker Arlinston

S D N Guards Camp Moves From Lake Kampeska

The Second battalion of the Sixteenth Infantry U S Army National Guard left Lake Kampeska for Fort Creek Neb after a month of drill. The regiment fired over 150000 rounds into the lake during the South Dakota exercise. Twelve companies of the Fourth Regiment SDNG established a camp on the site.

Fantry U.S. A Lake Kampeska Fort Creek Neh South Dakota Canin

Vacancy in Inquiry Opens Humorous Tale

A man with a vacant look is confronted as a storyteller tries to share a humorous tale. The scene captures a clash between earnest narration and eyeing indifference.

State canvass notes shifts in Crawford and Kittredge votes

The official canvass increases Kittredge by two tenths in Crawford while Crawford drops to a 2.06 majority. Congressional results stay as before with Martin ahead by 310 and Burke by 2213. Dowdell leads for Congress with 4792 votes. Olsen 3167. Harris 3146. Simons 2600. Owens 68. Hughes county notes no county ticket but backs Ayres for senate and the Hughes Hyde Sully district.

Tlie United States Kittredge Crawford Martin Burke Congress R. F., Dowdee O. FP. Snawborn Andrew H. Olsen Tawrence Hon Homme County Olsen Owens C. J. B. Harris Yankton Dowdell Harris Simons Hughes Couiy Thomas Ayres Fughes Senate Hughes, Hyde Sully

Lemmon District to Cut Large Slice from Rapid City Area

A new Lemmon district will take a large slice from the Rapid City district in Tutte county and cover a broad Northwestern and Southwestern South Dakota region. Boundaries run from the Montana line eastward to range lines, then south and east through several counties to the state line, with future business expected from Cheyenne River and Bullding Rock reservations opening to settlement.

New Land District Rapid City Tutte County South Dakota Montana Mende Butle Schnasse County Thaney County Cheyenne River Bullding Rock Fie North Dakota

Fort Pierre Saloons Blocked by Foot-Rule Stand

Dispute between county commissioners and Fort Pierre counsel halts saloon business as applicants seek permits within three feet of a school lease site. Other towns in Syrian county report similar delays, with councils unable to agree on licenses pending a broader accord.

Counel Fort Pierre Moprin Preshegid Relianen Syrian County Codweils

Good Stunts for Corn Palace in Mitchell Show

The Mitchell corn palace committee plans nine vaudeville acts for Sept 28 to Oct 4. Aimed at stronger displays, more space will go to counties and garden exhibits to boost overall show value and advertise the event locally.

Burke special election approves waterworks bonds

In Burke, a new town in the Rosebud ceded area, Gregor county, residents voted to issue bonds totaling 7500 for a municipal water system. The proposition carried by a large majority with only four votes against.

Burke Rosebud Reservation Gregory County Tn Fet

County fair preparations on new race track grounds

A company has acquired land near Mier Past and developed it into a race track. Proposals are already underway for a large county fair to be held on these grounds this fall.

Mier

Severe hail damages crops near Bismarck and Garrison

Severe hail storms ripped through the Bismarck region on July 21, flattening grain and shredding potatoes. A storm near Garrison in McLean County devastated a two by ten mile area, destroying crops and even tramping grass. Scattered showers offered limited relief, with a general outlook of a half crop for the county.

Bismarck N. D Hrescoll Flelda Garrison McLell

Bolts Fatal Error Kills Child in Duncombe Area

John McDonald, a farmer near Duncombe, drops a bolt while repairing a windmill. The mishap strikes his two year old child playing below, causing fatal injuries. The infant dies a few hours after admission to the hospital in Webster City.

Jowa Webster City Town John McDonald Duncombe McDonald

Burglar Drops Loot After Madison Officer Chases

Madison police officer George Schwartz spotted a burglar emerging from the John Grinde clothing store alley. The man fled after being ordered to halt, dropping a case and loot valued at about $40 as pursuit continued into darkness. The thief escaped. clues left by the suspect were examined.

Madison Wis John Grinde George Schwartz Severn

Madman Escapes Home Holds Up Three in Iowa

Samuel Coleman a colored resident of the soldiers home at Marshalltown Iowa escaped from the hospital went to Brittains packing plant and robbed three laborers in the stock yards alleyway. He was captured declared insane and sent to Independence hospital.

Marshalltown Iowa Samuel Coleman Thivenport Soldiers’ Home Brittain & Co Coleman Independence Hospital

Water Starts Ten Thousand Dollar Fire in Elkader

High water in the Volga River caused a destructive blaze in Elkader Iowa on July 21. The fire originated in a hardware store basement where stock and a nearby Catholic church suffered damage. Property valued around ten thousand dollars was destroyed.

Elkader Towa Volga River Jaardsieit Mie Catholic Church

Good Roads for Crookston Initiative by 25 000 Club

The Twenty Thousand club of Crookston Minnesota holds a July 21 meeting naming a committee to survey post road conditions radiating from Crookston. The aim is to outline needed improvements and efficiency gains for roads in the surrounding area. Indians Get Land Sioux Falls South Dakota July 21 Colonel Deosik, who has been selling lands to Indians on Crow Creek Reservation, has finished the work. The following crew has moved to the Lower Brule Division reservation for two weeks. It will proceed to the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.

Crookston Minn Hey Floux Falls Col. Deoik Crow Creek Pha Allolfing Lower Brite Lnsion

Melon crop outlook amid cold wet spring weather

Local melon growers along Chipelle Creek report their crops improving after a cold wet period. They note the crop is important to the area but weather conditions awaiting better sun and warmth may affect further growth and quality.

Chipelle Tig Eeumty Alba

Hit by Big Stone in Yankton at post office grounds

A man was badly injured when long stones weighing about 2400 pounds slipped while being moved at the Yankton post office grounds. The incident left him with serious injuries, but officials report he will recover.

Yankton Tidy Envy Goetz

Robbery suspects nabbed near Tey Wing Minnesota

Police arrested two men on July 27 in Tey Wing Minnesota after locating five dollars worth of new teasers in their possession. Investigators believe the items were stolen from Hastlage or Lake City from a merchandise car.

Tey Wing Minn Mele Pace Wit McNamara Thoman Alsop Hastlage Lake City Erchitidise

Drowned man Fred Fischer in Lily Lake Minnesota

Drowned in Lily Lake Lily Lake Minnesota July 21 Fred Fischer about twenty six years old was drowned while bathing in Lilly Joke

Lily Lake Silkwater Minn Fred Fischer Tewenty Lilly Joke

Navy Recruits Scalded in Steam Pipe Burst

In Cleveland on July 21 seven naval trainees suffered severe scalds when a steam pipe burst on a training steamer. Assistant engineer Charles Taylor died from his injuries sustained in the incident.

Navy Cleveland Charles Taylor

Republicans Unity Reported After South Dakota Convention

The South Dakota Republican convention in Mitchell closed with harmony. Thomas I Nouek chosen permanent chairman amid no dissent. Four presidential electors were named by acclamation. Roosevelt and Sherman were endorsed, platform calls for tariff removal on several goods and broader trust reform. A motion urged unity behind nominated candidates and a plan for future campaigns was set.

Mitchell Dole Biles Star Saith Pieropoly Vfelnok Comitttes Thomas I. Nouek Miink ExGov Rirad R. C. Richards Mr. Rouek Geo. Grace Daily Call William H. Parker Congress South Dakota Charles H. Burke Jol L. Brown Brown County J. F. Schrae Mder Pennington County Gottfieds Doering Hutchinson County W. Hy Gmas Roosevelt Tutthd Sherman Mississippi Missouri Rand Missouri River

Blank votes in Sioux Falls court case questions majority

Arguments concluded before Judge Frank B. Smith in Sioux Falls on a Beresford license case. The dispute centers on whether blank ballots count toward total votes to determine a majority, contrasting with prior cases about winning a majority of all votes cast.

Sioux Falls Frank B. Smith Michell Jones Cirenit Court Beresfarsl Supreme Court Beresford Kalaon Licenkes Honda Smith

Dairy Cow Test Sparks Brookings County Fair Contest

Brookings hosts a dairy cow test as part of the county fair with prizes of 818, 10 and a first second and third. judges from Missouri oversee the event while Prof. Larsen of the state college leads the contest. The fair runs Sept 22 23 24 25 with cows weighed and tested by Mahenk tester after each milking. A new livestock show pavilion is to be built by Sept 1 at the fair grounds. Brookings is in the South Dakota racing circuit with Brookings Redneid Huron Madson and others competing in speed events.

Brookings Missoury Prof Larsen State College Marie Hin Moening Wornine Gisgon Hans Jere Stein Coflaider Cate Pavaux Min Tha Balling i Brookings Ia Redneid Huron Madson Sow Dako Maraall Canby

War on gambling campaigns citywide by police chief

Chief Tracy of the Stony Falls police department declares war on gambling and pledges an active campaign to drive out such joints. The first violator, Joseph P. Geta, was found running a gambling house above a restaurant, pleaded guilty, and paid a $100 fine.

Tracy Stony Falls Joseph P. Geta

A Good Substitute Mimmy’s Clever Synonym Quip

A classroom anecdote portrays Mimmy as a model for modern education with a sharp brain Yet when asked by the teacher what a synonym is he cheerfully replies It’s a word you can use when you don’t know how to spell the one you thought of first

Mimmy James

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Black Hills Mining Elopers Advocates Central Bank Shades Crawford State Canvassing Board Lemmon Bolt Charles H. Turk Col. Parker RW. Martin Wolion Elood
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