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J^OWARD BABOOCK Attorney at Law Office over First National Bank. SigsETON. J. J. BATTEKTON SOUTH DAKOTA, Attorney at Law Practices in Ail Court*. Office rooms over Calmenson's Store. SISSBTON. SOUTH DAKOTA 1. T-uOMAS. M. D. Physician and Surgeon All calls answered day or nlghi. Office opposite Palace Drug Store S1SSET0N SO. DAK. J. W. PAY OSTEOPATH Office in Wood Bros. Block Farmers Phone 110 MILBANK S. D. E. TAPL1N. M.D. Physician and Surgeon Office Bast Maple Street SISSETON SOOTH DAKOTA YOUR FACE IS MY FORTUNE Come to our gallery and let us show you some of our work. K. BOWE THE I'HOTOGRAPHER HENRY G-OEBEL THE LAND MAN, Deals in wild and improved lands. Only complete abstract of all Indian lands. Farirs (or sale in Huberts. Day and Marshall counties Relinquishments bought and sold. Always bus rt-al e.sttite **snn|)s" for cash buyers, Minnesota and Canada Farm Landu for sal* at from 13 to $8 per acre on easy terms and small payments down. SISSETON, SOUTH DAKOTA. ATTORNEYS ATTENTION Type Writer Paper Type Writer Ribbons Carbon Paper Docket Covers Legal Blanks Constantly on Hand at the STANDARD Office ECK'S DRAY AND TRANSFER LINE Does a general Dray and Transfer Business. Furniture and Piano Mo ving a Specialty. Gardens Plowed and Harrowed. BEN ECK, Prop'r -E man wbo hollers down a well About the goods he has to sell Won't reap the shining, golden dollars Like the man who climbs tree and hollers. gather from medical works, the Advertise in the Sisseton STANDARD. •jHj. •5njK»KSK|MtH^3»^K5KjKj^«g^K54MSnfebt|»^4«»l A PROMPT, EFFECTIVE REMEDY FOR ALL FORMS OF RHEUMATISM Lunibaoo, Molatlaa, H01mlglm. Kidney Troublm mmf Klntfrod Olamames. GIVES QUICK RELIEF I Applied externally it affords almost in I slant relief from pain, while permanent results are being effected by taking it in I ternally, purifying the blood, dissolving I the poisonous substance and removing it from the system. DR. 8. D. BLAND I Of Brewton, Ga.« writes: I "I bad been o. wuirerer for a number of yean I with Lumbago and ltbeuiimtium in my arms and I leg*, and tried all tbo l-eiuedles thf.t I coold I an and •Co*. also consulted with a number of tbe best phynle!on§, but fonno uoliihiK that ft&Te tbo relief obinliied from "fr-DHOPS." I shall prescribe It in my praotlce for rheumatism r.nd kindred diseases." DR. C. L. GATES I Hancock, Minn., writes: I "A little girl bere had such a weak backcanMd by Rheumatism and Kidaoy Trouble that she could not stand on her feet. Tbe moment they put her down on the floor she would scream with pains. I treated her with "6-DRoPS"and today she runs around as well and liapp/ aa can be. 1 prescribe "&--DROP8" for my patients and use it in my practice." If you are suffering with Rheumatism. Lumbago. Sciatica. Neuralgia. Kidney Trouble or any kindred disease, write to us for a trial bottle of "5-DROPS." PURELY VEOETABLB "BpDROPS" isentlrely free from opltun. cocaine, morphine, alcohol, laudanum, other similar ingredients. Lar«.«(nB.ttl. "B-DBOPa" Bnh) F.r Bal. kj Dnnliu MVAMON RIMNATIO CORK MMtPANIT, W UIm »!»«. Oil. A dissemination of the facts as to our undeveloped resources and await ing opportunities through the- work of a bureau of immigration would work a wonderful transformation in the minds of the uninformed and would bring thousands of homeseek ers and investors to South Dakota, adding many thousands of dollars to our wealth. This is a work that has been put off too long—it should have been started years ago. But now with the opening up of the entire western part of South Dakota it is doubly expedi ent that the state take immediate action. We know what our resources are, we know that we have millions of acres that need farmers and that our Black Hills have untold millions of undiscovered and undeveloped wealth. Too long has South Dakota been lin gering iu the shadow of publicity. West of the Missouri river much of the land has become vacant by the majority of the land being taken by people who were not in a position to remain on the land and farm it. Hence millions of acres with a black soil from two to ten feet deep, as rich as any soil that was ever touch ed by a plow is waiting development. These undeveloped acres will respond to the touch of industrious and ener getic farmers and add thousands of dollars of wealth to our state. North Dakota, through her immi gration bureau, has brought thou sands of farmers to the state and South Dakota could have dona the same. Go most anywhere in the United States and you will find North Dakota a better advertised state than South Dakota. As an illustration of what North Dakota hag done, take the town of Lemon in the northwest corner of this state. The town has five elevators and the farmers of North Dakota hauled grain into Lem on last fall by the thousands of bush els for twenty to sixty miles. They were industrious farmers induced to settle in North Dakota by the efforts of the commissioner of immigration. The opponents of the creation of this department take the ground that the state cannot afford the expense. Indirectly the commissioner of immi gration if given an adequate appro priation to enable him to accomplish results will increase the assessed valuation in the state which will pro duce increased revenue from taxes to equal the amount appropriated and the expense of the department will indirectly not cost the state one cent. A gentleman from Iowa said, "We hope South Dakota will not create a department of immigration, for they win take too many of our good farm ers. North Dakota Is spending $40 000 annually for this work, and I un derstand Minnesota will spend $100 000, and South Dakota with her mill ions of unfarmed acres and undevel oped industries and resources is not spending anything, if STATE NEEDS ADVERTISING. SPEAKS TO GRAIN DEALERS. At a recent meeting of the State Confederation of Commercial cluba held at Deadwood recently the matter of establishing a state department of Immigration for the purpose of ad vertising the resources of South Da kota was given much consideration, and was strongly endorsed by every delegate present representing many commercial and business clubs from all parts of the state. At this meeting resolutions were adopted outlining the work of the commissioner of immigration and recommending an appropriation of 150,000 annually to carry on the work. The establishment of a distinct and separate bureau of immigration in charge of a competent commissioner with a liberal appropriation for the purpose of advertising the state would be one of the most beneficial pieces of legislation to the entire state that our legislature could enact into law. south Dakota, although uue of the richest states In the middle west, with vast undeveloped resources In agriculture, stock raising, mining and manufacturing, is about the poorest advertised state in the Union. To prove this you need only to go into the Eastern states and find what per verted and incorrect ideas many of the people have of South Dakota. The prevailing opinion among people ex cept those who have been in the state or who have friends or relatives liv ing here from whom they receive in formation is that South Dakota is half desert and wilderness, drouth strick en and blizzard infected. a appropriation of at least $40,000 annu ally Is not made for this work won derful opportunities for advertising the state in the next two years will be lost and a mistake will be made that will be regretted by farmer and business alike. e. a.. WHITE Executive Committee. State Confeder ation of Commercial iUbs. The Chicago Telephone company announced a mutual benefit scheme, affecting Its 8,000 employes. Briefly the company will contribute dollar for dollar to such sums as are placed In a fund by the employes. Prof. William Matthews, aged nine ty years, who was the oldest living graduate of Colby college and proba bly the oldest graduate of the Har vard university law school, died at Boston. In and About the State Independent Elevator Men, 700 Strong, Meet at Watertown, S. ht' adequate D. The second annual convention of the Farmers' Grain Dealers' associa- 1 tion of South Dakota was held in Watertown with an attendance ex ceeding the most sanguine expecta tions of its officers. When President G. M. Bowers of Mount Vernon called the convention to order he was cou I fronted by an audience of visitors numbering nearly 500, which, with ad ditional delegates arriving on later trains, was swelled to nearly 700 to day. The visitors were regaled with mu sic by the Fourth Regiment band and by the Peck-Halstead orchestra until the president rapped for order and called upon Rev. Dr. Jenkins for an invocation, following which Mayor J. W. Martin formally welcomed the delegates. The response was by President Bowers, who speke c? pending legisla tion at the state capitol, which he had just visited, to further enactments protecting farmers' elevator compa nies from absorption by representa tives of the old-line companies. Secretary L. M. Doyle of Letcher submitted an extemporaneous report, in which he called attention to the progress of the association and the need of more cordial co-operation 011 the part of farmers nevertheless, lie noted that the progress the first year of the association's existence has been very gratifying. There are, he said, about 150 farmers' elevators in the state, only fifty-two of which were represented in the first annual con vention. He suggested a closer affili ation and advised the employment of organizers. Above all, he admon ished the stockholders to employ none but experienced help. Cheap em ployes, he averred, brought only cheap resplts. Treasurer T. O. Elloson of Vermill ion reported the condition of the treasury, showing a net balance of $85.94. H. L. Loucke, the "father" of the old farmers' alliance movement in this stale and for many years the leader of the Popuiistic party, deliv ered an address on the "Necessity of Co-operation," showing his old-time vim. The central theme of his re marks was organization. "1 do not denounce the trust mag nates," he said "they are but the outgrowth of economic conditions rathi-r 1 us initiate their methods, to far as organization for mutual interests is concerned. We cau beat ilium at their game if we but. go at in right sinner and stick to it., as they have stuck to tt. n.'.-* ni ^n^lactiirer fixes the prices •1 h'j: :o Kts before lie sends them Mm b'H factory, that price being .-'ted. :h -1 el 'c.il!y at least, upon the reasonable proiit. Why not 1 principle to the prod ucts of the farm? Why not fix the 1.rice—-such as affords a 'reasonable profit,' and say to thr spectators that not a pound shall they have until I hey pay the prfse we have fixed." Only,, upon such system, he de tailed, is it possible for the farmers always to get what their produce is re:-.son: bly worth, and only by co opera: on can they succeed in the un dertaking. The evening session proved to be one of exceptional interest and drew a large audience. "The Future Citi zen" was the topic of an address by Iii. D. Dunn of Mason City, Iowa. S. A. Daiton of Minneapolis was as signed the theme, "How to Organize and Maintain Successfully a Farmers' Elevator Company." C. G. Messerode, secretary of the Iowa association, discussed "What he Cooperative Element Means to the Farmer." Gov. Vessey Appoints. Gov. Vessey has appointed as dele gates from this state to the Trans Missouri Dry Farming congress which is to meet at Cheyenne, Wyo., on Feb. 23, 24 and 25, the following list of gentlemen A. J. McCain, Dishery Gray, Isaac B. Chase, George Mans field, Rapid City Edward Miller C. Judson, Vlewfield Isaac Hamilton, Pennington George Saunders, Capu ta E. A. Morrison, Elbon A W Prewitt, Philip H. H. Stoner, High more William M. O'Bannion, Buffalo Gap Hugh Jeffries, Fort Pierre Dan Bierwagen, Hardingrove William Walpole, Philip j. Fl .ank Carson Cherry Creek Matthew Brown, Ka dolta C. H. Carrol, Miller Prof Wil lis, Brookings Samuel Lea Pierre. He has also appointed as delegates to the National Tariff congress to be held in Indianapolis, ind., R. o. Rich ards of Huron and I. A. Webb of Deadwood. Novel Kite Game. The manner in which kites can be manipulated is well illustrated by the game of Vakata. This game is best played with squads of ten or less a side equipped with ordinary Indian kites of tissue paper and reels lik* dumbbells. The gam* Is to fly your kite so that It cuts the string of an opponents' kite by sawing it rescues being ef fected by Red Cross kites so manipu lated that they get underneath and pick up the falling kite. IN THE CLUTCHES OF THE LAW. Albet Moore Mutt Answer to Mining Fraud*. After four years of freedom Albert Moore, alia* Henry A. Everett, or J. L. Ferguson, is in th* Deadwood Jail, and must stand trial on a charge of using the mail* to defraud. The crime for which Moore must answer was one of the boldest mining frauds ever per petrated here. Moore came here in 1906, and shortly became acquainted, when he intimated that he would put some money in mining enterprises in Deadwood. Shortly after his ar rival at Deadwood the postofflce au thorities became suspioious of his mall. He received quantities of let ters under one of his aliases, as presi dent or general manager of the "Im perial Globe Mining and Leasing com pany," a purely fictitious company. The department investigated and Is sued a fraud order which tied up sev eral hundred letters containing money from people in Missouri. According to the government inspectors Moore's scheme was to write individuals that he was the executor of the estate of a nsS 'who had recently died, leaving $80,000 worth of government bonds. In most cases he is alleged to have told the victim that there was a cer tain sum of money, usually about $100, due on the bonds and that the vlc tim, who was pictured as an heir, could secure them by the payment of that amount. The letters were all sent to I^ead under the name of Fer guson, but when officers spotted him In a hotel and went to arrest him he I locked the room door on them and, slipping out of a side way, made his escape from town, and was never seen I again until recently it was learned that he was serving a term in the Montana penitentiary for raising a postofflce order. At the expiration of this term he was brought here and will be tried in the United States dis trict court at the May term. CITY CANNOT BAR SALOON3. License May Be Granted In Township Adjoining Mitchell. Although Mitchell Is, a dry town, there is a strong possibility of two saloons being operated under its very nose. This condition will be brought about, In all probability, by the grant ing of licenses to saloons In Mitchell township, which adjoins the four sides of the city, the distance to the town ship line being but about three-quar ters of a mile from the business cen ter. A petition has been filed with tLi clerk of the Mitchell township board requesting that the question of license be voted upon in that town ship at the election. on March 2, and under the law the board will be re quired to submit the question. The first railroad case yet to be tried under the double damage law of the 1907 legislature was heard at. Plan kinton. J. H. Polt brought suit against the Milwaukee road to recov er about $900 damages caused by a fire set by a passing engine, and the case was tried under the double dam age act. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $800. Judge Smith declined to enter a judgment on the verdict returned by the jury, and granted a stay of thirty days, at the end of which time he will hear -the argument of the attorneys on the con stitutionality of the law. Arrangements have been made by the executive committee of the Mitch ell club to hold the second annual Boosters' banquet, which will take place about the middle of March. HIGH SCHOOL FIELD MEET. Fourth Annual Meet To Be Held in Vermillion, May 21-22. Secretary R. h. Kirk is sending out the preliminary announcement of the ff^irth annual field meet of the South Dakota high school athletic associa tion, to be held in Vermillion und,er the auspices of the University of South Dakota May 21-22. On Friday evening. May 21, will oc cur the annual declamatory contest. Any student from a high school be longing to S. D. H. S. A. A., who has been properly certified by the school authorities may compete in the con tests. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded for places In athletic and declamatory contests, and a championship banner goes to the school scoring the largest number of points. SOUTH DAKOTA CORN FOR SEED. Twenty-Bushel Consignment Shipped on Order to Russia. A Vermillion seed house has ship ped a consignment of twenty bushels of seed corn to Russia. The order came last week for corn of the white variety. MISSIONARY MEETING. Preparations 1 for Great Gathering at Vermillion. Arrangements have been made for a missionary gathering in Vermillion, representing the world wide work of the Congregational church. Among the speakers to be present are Mr. Rlggs of Constantinople. Mr. Gray of the Micronesion island, Dr. C. H. Pat ton and Miss Ida Woodberry of New York. Delegates from other parts of the state will be here. The widow, Maria Andersdotter, re cently died at Gylterud at the ad vanced age of 101 years. The BLUE FRONT LIVERY The English speaking population of the Swedish capital now number about 800. A newspaper for their benefit was established last month, the editor being an .Englishman nam ed D. E. Kidd. The riksdag this year contains thir ty-six Good Templars, the number of straight "anti-liquor" members being over 100. This marks the highwnter mark for temperance in the riksdag, and it is quite probable that some temperance legislation will be tho re sult. Prof. Knut Wicksell has appealed his case before the Svea court which recently sentenced him for blas phemy. His appeal takes up the in dictment in detail, and passes upon the paragraph of the law under which the sentence was pronounced. He asks 250 crowns to cover the ex penses he has incurred in fighting the case. The appeal will be considered at the approaching term of court. 0. H. MEAD. Barn Sonth End of Second Ave. SiSSetOQ You can't have good bread unless you have good material. We use only tho best milling wheat In the manufacture of our flour. Ws have the latest and most approved machla sry and use it ic h*«t. way and the result Is that the product of our mill Stands on Its Merit- The flour manufactured by tbe Sisseton Mill tag Co. standi up to our recommendations for It. Broad and pastry made with our flour are stimulating and help raake good living. Try a sack. The Sisseton fflill&Light Co. We Also Handle Coal and Feed CARBON RARER The Summit Brand Typewriter fc toons STm'TicE We Will Save You Moneyl Try Axness & Co., when in need oi LUMBER OF ANY KIND. We have a fine, clean, dry stock O. T. Axness Co. Pioneer Livery WILSON UHOS.. PR|P. FINEST TURNOUTS IN THE NORTHWEST Horses Bought, Sold and Exchanged O I Oppeclt* Commercial Hotel Suae Ion, South Dakota Phopmistom- Llvery and Feed Stable SPECIAL ATTENTION TO TRAVELING MEN vrrrrrrrrrrrrrfwrrrrrrrw too Worth Comes From Good S. D. I 7* H. C. Horring, for many years a leading official in the government of Denmark, is dead. He was born in 1842, a poor man's son. He was di rector of the Greenland commerce and in 1894 became minister of the in terior and he also held other im portant positions. It was during his ministry that negotiations vere car ried on between the United States and Denmark in reference to the sale of the Danish West Indies to Uncle Sam. The minister of the Interior has an nounced that he will introduce in the rigsdag a resolution to permit the cities of Denmark to choose their own mayor at elections. The mayors are now appointed. The National bank has lowered its discount from 5 1-2 and 6 per cent to 5 and 51-2 per cent, and the smaller banks have followed suit. This is a good sign, for the heavy discount of the banks has exercised a depressing influence upon the commerce of the nation.