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Sisseton, So. Dak. Capital Stock, $50,000. Surplus and Profits $15,000. Total Deposits $462,694.33 Total Assets $566,906.34 Do Your Business With The Largest And Strongest Bank In Roberts County. OFFICERS os. MARWICK, Pres. HENRY HELVIG, Cashier. A. H. INGERSOLL, V. P. LEO J. LUKANITSCH, Ast, Cash Camp Bruce h. McCoy, .. Sparta, Wis., Aug. 7 To the Standard—Well here we are in camp. 6 miles from Sparta, Wisconsin Co" I" of Sisseton, to gether wife twelve other ^Sout.h Dakota companies left Watertow vSundav evening July 30th over the Great Western road with two special trains of 11 cars each, and arrived here .Monday morn ing about 8 o'clock. Nothing of interest occurred going down on the train, excepting, that when turned, in 1 got off my trousers, without spilling my money all over the sleeping car floor. This is done by sewing the human pocket shirt, as Billy Baxter says. The boys were all in good spir its and one of them who is some what. of a poet handed! the following verse. We are. leaving South Dakota.. Where tSie breweries are few. And we're bound for old Wis consin. Where MilwauKee beer, they lrrew. Sounds a liStle like moving furni ture, don't it But changing the subject, did you ever notice that even in ohl Wisconsin fhe railroad companies are helping TO advertise the tem perance movement. All along the right-of-ways are signs reading something like this: "Station one mile—water.' No body got out. But I started to tell ohout. our camp. We got out to the ground about 10 o'clock, a. m. where we unloaded our baggage and march ed half a mile, and got our tents -up. The North Dakota troops •were all ready in camp, they hav ing, arrived ahead of us. Beside the militia companies of North and South Dakota the ?amp con sisted of eleven companies h)0ys The tour of duty here of the thi supervision of the United States troops. The staff officers, and especilly the umpires, who Life in the Camp at Sparta BY CARL T. K.NAPPEN have visited urr.ne.ro us inaueuvers a I Capt. F. B. Kellev sandy that I don't believe they could raise a row on a quarter section. There are six different of and say Twenty-seventh ni jin their craw they think they are fantry, ^Vhtifofl States jn-lroosters andcominence. to crow a SEWSMSftSK* W it. The camp haS i«, United States cavalry Fifth system of water works and l.ig .United States field artillery Company A, hospital corps to gether with the separate head quarters and hands of the diffe cnt' organizations, Vol. 18 SISSETON, ROBERTS COUNTS, S. D.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 1910-8 Pages foreign coun tries are unstinted in their praise of this camp for army purposes. General Robert Shaw Oliver, as slstant. secretary' of war, will ar rive here tomorrow. Altogether there are about 800 us en in camp. The' regulars, have been here for August 25th the artillery SISSETON1 VICINSn Gleanings From tho Harvest of a Prolific Field Killed by Lightning. During a very hravy ledrical storm last Friday nighl Ivlward M'entz. a lalmr in the employment m- August ivoepke his farm. few milt's northeast of the city. was struck liy lightnim siantly killed. the some of the they have so much sand 'bath house etc. If therq is any truth in the old adage, "Early to bed ,and early to rise aiakes a manhealty, wealthy and wise the boys certainly ought to ba a healthy and wise hunch, for d^orent national guard organ- we get tip every morning at iz 'ions consists of twenty-nine (o'clock for roll call and report problems to he worked out under with our and arms, and in T7_ "a a'aIa/iIgunsnightside A 1A o+ 1 rtlil ionc cnnn/1 10 o'clock at taps sound for all lights out, and from then til morning everything is eo quiet Mlli M.-nlz was a Russian and had! understand that lie leaves a wife and two children who are still in tiie old country. The funeral oe eured Mondav afternoon. Shot Chickens. The case of Charles Anderson of Ortlcv charged with he offeiic3 of violating the game law. was heard yesterday before Justice Priiidevill. Several witnesses wer examined, and the trial resulted in a conviction and the judge en tered a fine of and cost. The evidence tended to show that there was had bloodgon both sides •Anderson! was nrrested on th«i complaint of one Cotton and sub sequently Anderson swore out a warrant atrainst Cotton, .•'ecusingj him f( violating /the liiu'r law. Tn their I and the end is not yet. defense, Anderson and Hhoe at the Johnston barn. in camp lhat you can here the sergeant, won the hearts ot the bovs and saw that our commis si!,ry department was supplied wit all that there was going. Our ra tions consisted of meat, potatoes, bread, butter, all kinds oi canned some tune. Oni goods, coi fee, sugar and iiiilh artillery will After the morning exercise and start from here and march to TV4 a run through the company street Moines, Iowa, to he present at flu' to limber up and give us an appe fair early in September, and later, tite. we have mess at '6 o'clock, they go to the state fair at after mess we clean out our tents Omaha. and ''police" our company street This is said be an ideal jiJace aa-# 7 we start on a hike for for army maneuvers and target practice, but it wouldn'1 be much of a. country for farmirf. it is *o two or three miles when we get out there we get on the skirmish linn and shoot a little, then Ave tret under the shade of a conven ient tree and rest or sleep and when conference is ended, we fall in and. march back to camp. Thjs morning, being Sunday, nothing is done hut "lay around and eveything is as quiet and as a day at Browns Val- The boys Jined up in front of the officers tents and sat downon the ground, when* services were conducted by a chaplain from one of the North Dakota regmeiits. and we had music furnished by the No. Dakota regimental ha ml as our band did not, come with us. After service wesang some of the old songs, the whole company joining in. and when they all got to singing you could hear t.hem for nine miles up the gulch with 1 lie naked ear. August 10th. Yesterday we had a big sham battle. .Just asl we got, ready to stai)t. it commenced' to rain and poured down for about a half an' hour, but it laid the sand so that i't made the marching easier. We went in heavy marching order and marched 5 miles from camp and pitched our "dog tents" where we got our supper and remained all night. Each man carried army rations consisting of two boxes oi hard tack—hard as old Pharo's heart—one can of bacon, sugar, coffee and salt and pepper. Tn the1* morning we broke camp and started on the march. When about, half way to the camp we encountered the fnemy. There were the 27th U. S. infantry and adduiiiteu icing nut with a. dog a a shot any chickens. Thev swore however tli.it they did shoot iwo birds commonly known as "fix-up tile creek" or 1 hr.nde," pumps". and testiti• 1 that tiny took them to town, cleaned Ihem and cooked and ate them. The case of Ohi i, -t-ir .w11Ijoe came on m-dav and In« not been in tins country long. N\ ... was also nned *10 and costs, lie served notice of an appeal. Anton Dahl, republican candi date for state senate, was in the city a short, time Tuesday. Anton says lieis so tornal busy fanning ho hasn't had time to think of politics. Well Anton doesn't nee "^i politics. Well Anton doesn't, need to worry any about his elec tion as tin people know a good man when they S .e ldm and they will see thatMr. Dahl gets his cer tificate of election in November 1 to represent them at Pierre. Write to the Granger Business School, of Orlonville, for a catalogue and hegin your busi ness: course Sept. 1. 3 010. Call and see the horses for sale and the 27th U. S. infantry and two troops of the1 Fourth (J. S. cavalry, one squad of the Fifth U. S. field artillery, against, the North Dakota troops and tin 28t U. S. infantry, Fourth IJ. S. cav alry, Firth I'. S. field artillery. We fought up over a big hill and by 10 .J() W(, h,t] the March of time won. This was intended to give Pat Reardon, our quartermaster. ,)ig ,,attl(. us an jc|(,a of r(i |1 nrmy ]i)V an(] was an experience none will for get- Tuesday afternoon we got Lieutenant ('has. Strand our pay find left for home via. Minneapolis, some of them got of there t.o take in the sights. The boys all feel that, they have had a good time and a successful trip from ail educational standpoint, 'but will be glad to ge/t back to South Dakota. Where the skies in beauty sleep And the coyotes ch i-se the sheep There is my home in South Dakota: Where the prairie doggies wave All the tail-piece that they have And whoop'er up for South Dakota. Capt. Kelley and Lieutenants Stadstad and Strand did every— thing in their power to give Co.. "I" all that was "coming to it.' As You Like It. MANAGEMENT BANK WITH THE OLD E A E BANK A former Sisseton resident who recently left, this section in search of a better land writes that as soon as lie can get money he'll be back' again and add* that old Roberts County with its bountiful crops and good t.imi-s is alioul the' there TIIK success of a bank ami thesuie ty of the money deposited in it depend* upon two things: Fin ST The character and ability of its olUcers. SKCXiNL")—The amount, of its capi tal and surplus. THE ollicers of this bank are men of long banking experience I'.nCi high character. TIIK Hoard of Directors is made up of successful business men of high financial standing. THE capital and surplus is $50,000, ample for the protection of thede posits. and large enough to enable us to take care of all t.ho business entrusted to us. The First National Bank O S I S S E O N S O A O A Total Deposits $445,055.81 The people on East Oak street speak of tin new grade as the "highway" because it is so high. There* are some people in this old town like Mrs. Partington, wh wish the papers tmj be. a little more "obscure' in stating things. Have von a small boy in the. house? nnd did von ever try t.rt send him somewhere on your account when he was in haste to) gosomewhere on his own aeconnt IS they would be aji auful rise in the matinmony game, could sit down and give a good reason why they did it. We guess Sam Slick hit the nail on the head when he said: "When, women wear the breeches the petticoats ought to be long enough to hide 'em." WHERE TO WORSHIP. "What In me la dark, Illumine what is low. raise and support That to the height of this great argu- I may assert eternal Providence, [merit And Justify the ways oI God to men." —Ml) ton. CHURCH NOTES. Episcopal. (Rev. Nelson Tragitt, Rector.) Episcopal services will he held in Guild Hall, August 21st, as follows. Hows: 10:30 a. m. Morning prayer, lit any and sermon. Presbyterian-.. fli' v. J. W. ('hristiansoa pastor.jj :.'i0 a. m. regular vice. new Jerusa-I nearest, copy of th Iem lie can imagine. So say. 'all of us, every darned one of Wej Sunday morning will Companion Piece to Women, we are told are angels Commandment." You are cu- in disguise and if lutd wings dially invited to attvnd this '*e. bonnets. Some times we meet one |t will be pleasure. t„ all tho who makes us skeptical, and I „s to have Dr. Graham with u.* "C sometimes wonder if' some next. Sunday evening at the Uii/orvi men, who put their money up on'servics held in the Preshvterian 'nt 3 8 By Sub Rosa. 12:00 noon, Sunday school. 8:00 p. m., Evening prayer amTl sermon. The Gospel message aToxn? preached. Seats free and all welcome. The Ladies Guild will meet ira. the (luild Hall Saturday after" noon at 4 :M0, Aug. 20. It is re quested that all members, old anif There's an old saying that every now* be! present as matter of fccn- man has his price but t.her aro portance some fellows we know who are Guild, ready to cuti rates and give long time discounts. isi to come hefor thf. 'i Lutheran. flicv. K. N. Rndie, Pastor.)' There will he services in Lake Vjew church Sunday, August 21st at .'{:()() p. m. Students Gravdalil and Sateren will speak. morning sex- 11:45, Sunday school. :00 p. m., Christian Endeavos-- The theme of the sermon nexf, lie, "Tu- the Great ser-- church and to listen to the mes sage he brings us. Don't fail tr» be there. Catholic. (Father Ketler.) Services Sunday Aug. 7th, asa fojllows: 8:00 a. m., early mass. 10 30, m&sd and sermon.. 8 p. m., vespers. Methodist. (Rev. R. S. Shearer, pastor,/ 10:30, regular morning service.:. Sunday school at 11:45. 8 00 p. m., union service at 7 00 p. m., Epworth League Harvest hands are wanted by Stavig Bros, to buy quilts, over alls, shoes, gloves .etc. at lowest prices. .,