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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1920
Page
7
Reports from the Seven Mile Oil field say the Frantzcont Well will soon be completed. If the drill reaches sandstone and oil is found, the promoters expect a commercial flow. The result hinges on whether the well yields a profitable output.
Andrew Roan Bugle and Levi Thick Bread, Rosebud youths aged 18 and 20, pleaded guilty to cattle theft. They stole seven head from rancher A. G. Gustafson near Wood, drove them to Tripp county, and offered them for ten dollars each to fund a celebration. Their crime led to sentences to one reich in Sioux Falls penitentiary.
Governor Norbeck appointed T D Lenker of Colome to the live stock sanitary board to fill a vacancy from Dr Dunn Newell. D F Dexter of Canton joins the pharmac board. Dr J W Freeman of Lead is reappointed to the health board and Lewis Severance of Waulkton to the agriculture board. Floyd Potter of this community was the first farmer to market wheat to Mr Light the buyer. wheat weighed 56 pounds per bushel and rye tested No 2 with about 15 bushels to the acre reported.
Joseph Bland reports a vein of high grade silver on his farm seven miles from the city found while working a copper mine. The discovery will be shipped for analysis. The Hot Springs–Shannon county state highway now reaches the county line and offers a popular route for tourists to view Sioux homes and other sights in the reservation.
A Watertown reunion of members of the old First South Dakota Cavalry formed a permanent association during the American Legion convention. Col. C. H. Engelsby was elected captain, Walter Stoyly named adjutant, and Buell F. Jones Irving Crawford and Watson C. Brown named to the constitution and by laws committee. The group plans chapters in towns that supplied cavalry enlistees.
Watertown reports a push to repeal strict boxing laws in South Ora to promote clean athletics and support a bill requiring Nish language instruction.
The American Legion of South Dakota seeks legislative changes including school reforms, an emergency appropriation for a dormitory at State College for men in vocational training, and a six round no decision boxing limit. The convention backs Homestead Act adjustments and credits federal and state compensation. Mobridge inaugurates a new two ship hangar at the landing field with a visiting plane from Minneapolis piloted by Chris Westfall praising the hangar.
The article notes a rust proof wheat variety. It reports yields as high as 29 bushels and calls 31 the best milling Durani wheat. Farmers seeking seed should consult the county agent.
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