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•Iff ft, *i 5s* •'M 1 fc* .'Aa^t 3-. 'i Ss For years jail. bt& f, South Dakota Siftings the first time Grant county has many a full —SDS— The little 7-year-old daughter of Mr. an'd .Mrs. lleiiry Killers, who live on a farm in Lyman county, was bitten by a rattle snake while on her way Inline from school, and died lrom I lie effects of the poison tin- follow ing day. Kwrything possible \va,s done to save the child's life, but without avail. —SDS— Alfalfa and sugar beets will be the principal features ot the tall exhibit at the Western South Dakota fair to be held at Dead wood in September. —SDS— Good roa'ds are the rule in stead of the exception in the country round about Belle: Fourche—'due to the activity of the Belle Fourche Auto Club. —SDS— A grand jury will convene at Kapid'city on May 14, to investi gate the allege'd connection of Pennington county officials with the woif bounty frauds that have than stirred up things considerable in fore, ihe western part of the state. The grand jury will also probe into the mystery surrounding the death of Bert Morrison. whose partially cremated body was found in an abandoned cabin near Rap id ('it last November. —SDS— The Tlighmore Grange will tie bate the question,."Resolved, thai an ol'd maid is of more benefit to a community than an old bachelor.'' —SDS-- Jack Sheridan, shift boss, was killed, and A. L. Ryan, a miner, seriously injured as the result of a cave-in at the Ilomestake mine at Lead. —SDS— Prof. Hanson, the alfalfa ex pert at the State College at Brookings, has established an al falfa seed station at Mcintosh, art acre of ground adjoining the town having been secured for the pur pose. —SDS— Mrs. E. D. Brook man was re elected as a. member o!'the school board at Vermillion, in the fa.ee of fierce opposition engendered by the lady's activity in ousting a certain professor in tin* high school. —SDS— "Big Ira's"' specials to the Aberdeen American are sure "amusin'." —SDS— The rumor that the Milwau kee railroad will extend its line into the northern Black Hills country this season is again rani pant. —SDS— Nine carloads of horses were shipped from Dupive by special train to eastern markets. —SDS— A negro has located on a farm near Gettysburg. He made the trip to South Dakota: from Illinois in an automobile. in which wap loaded lii.s whole fam ily an'd all hi« household' belong ings. KDS— One thousand an'd thirteen Stanley county.hoinsteaderx have proved up on their claims dur ing the past year—aiccoirding to til# records of the Pierre lan'd office. SDK- Hot Springs now ha.s free mail delivery. —SDS— As the result of .six weeks o:. ceaseless investigation on. the part of States Attorney Plin Beetle, of Faulk eounty, Paul I. Betz has eonfesse'd to the crime of arson and is now serving a six mouths sentence of in r«y -fcJ4 the tiary at Sioux state peniten Falls. —SDS— Aberdeen Elks have chartered a special train to take the antlered fraternity an'd their families to Sioux Falls, where the annual convention of ota Elks' tthe South Dak Association will be hel'd on June 19 and 20. —SDS— While riding with her husband in an automobile, Mrs. verson, of Bryant, bre tifle in the K. O. Oli- was instantly killed by a bullet from a 22-eali- hands of a young mam of that community. The •hooting ia supposed to have been "wholly accidental. ,, —SDS— Big Stone City has also been G"0\*. essey has issued a pro clamation setting aside. Sunday May VI. a.s Mother's Day. Oil that day, those whose mothers have parsed away are to wear a white carnation. while those whose mothers are yet living will wear a pink carnation. —SDH— Elerson D. Smith di.e'd at St. Luke's hospital.Aberdeen, trom the effects of burns receive.1 during the recent conflagration at Seneca. -SDS The Masonic grand lodge will meet at Deadwood during the second week of .June, and elabor ate preparations are being made for the big event. SDS With the impetus given the potato as a SoiitJi_ Dakota crop by the Brown County Potato •Growers' Association.it is pro jbable that more ground will be devoted to that crop this year in any two years heivto- SDS— Lightning struck the cupola of the ('ongregationa! church at \Ya tertown. during a recent storm, but didn't set fire to the build ing. Another bolt struck a, tele phone line running into the home of Mrs. Lela Richmond Mrs. Richmond was talking over the phone at the time. She was severely injured and it is feared that she may lose her hearng as a. result of the accident. —SDS— The attorney general has han ded down an opinion to the ef fect that boards of county com missioners have no autlioritv tin- der the state law governing their powers to offer rewards for the apprehension of fugitives from justice. —SDS— The state engineer has been called ill ion to locate nine arte sian wells for stock watering purp \s in one townslup in.Mead eountv. —SDS— A man of 92, still in the pink of physical and mental condition, was 'drawn .on the jury at Alier deen. —SDS— One of the survivors of the'Ti tanic, a Swede boy of 14, recent 1„ arrived at Alcester. __SDS— Albert Allen, a socialist speak er I'rem Minne.apo]i.s, was arrested at Aberdeen for obstructing the [public thuroughfarc.s. Allen drew such a.Large crowd that traffic was interfered with—hence the ar rest. He was fine'd $5, which In paid—an'd then took an appeal.to the circuit court. —SDS— Felix Powell, a carpenter, drop ped dea'-.l at Huron, while at work. Heart failure wax tile cause of death. —SDS— Frank Pom ho use committed suiici'dc by shooting himself with a revolver because the girl he wax enamoured of spurned his suit. The affair took place in a sclioolhousc presided ever by the voun.g ladv in i|iiest!oji, nine mile southwest of Estelline, in Brook ings county. __ "i® SDS— Anna Hunger, aged 20, was fa tally injured on the farm of her parents twelve miles south of Chamberlain, last Thursday. She was driving a team attached to a disc, when the horses liecanie frightened and ran away. The unfortunate girl, was thrown un der the machine and was so badly injure'd that, she died four hours later. SDS— Dr. J. A. Rott, of Eureka, was arrested on the charge of per forming a criminal operation. He confessed his guilt and plea'ded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree. —SDS— A lively fight is in progress lie tween the temperance and license elements for control of tho board II. il. 11 designated as an alfalta experi ment Stilt it'll 1 I'l'Ol. HilllSI'll ot tile State College. —SDS— T,. of eounty commissioners in Kmgs- -1 6 bury county. Two of the towns in the eounty voted in favor of li cense, at the recent election, but a supreme court decision makes optional with the board whether or not license shall be granted, even after a town has vote'd in favor of license. Hence the strug gle for control of the board. Straight, a Pierre clnir-1 jrist. was fined -i-io and costs fur drugs that di'd not inc't selling I with the requirements of the state pure food and drug law. —SDS— The little town of Seneca, twenty miles west of Faulktoii. was practically wiped out by fire which .was started by the explo sion of a gasoline stove in the kitchen of the l-ickson hotel. Mrs. Kelly and her 35-year-oi'd daughter, who were working in the hotel kitchen, were burned to death, and KHerson Smith wa ba'dly burned that he died Severn days later in an Aberdeen hospi tal. —SDS— Grant county will also have a bovs' corn growing contest. —SDS— Eight st.ate records were broken during the high, school track meet at Aberdeen, last Friday. Huron won first place, with Alter deell second. —SDS— County Auditor Tierenan, Fall River county, has eonfe-se.l to forging wolf bounty vouchers, for which offense lie was recent jly arrested, and will plead, guilty before Judge McGee at Hot Springs. —SDS— According to an opinion by Judge Elliott, of tile federal court, no certificates of naturali zation shall be issued by circuit court judges before the primary election to oeur on .June 4. the judge holding that the "thirty I days prior to" provision holds I goo'tl in the ease of primary elec tions as well a.s general elections., SDS— Four hundred automobile li censes were issued by 1 he secre tary of state during April. --SDS— Lyman and Stanley eounty far mers who last fall experimented with winter wheat are tremen dously pleased with their wis dom. Tlie popularity of winter wheat in South Dakota is in creasing every year. —SDS— Notwithstanding the lamentable fact tliat South Dakota, i.s doing practically nothing to advertise its resources, new settlers are coming into the state this year by the thousands. —SDS— Dick Fool Bull, an Indian, got drunk and attempted to shoot a banker at W.itten. lie 'didn't shoot straight—and the banker escaped. —SDS— The Black Hills country ha.s been over-run with state politi cians during the past couple of weeks. —SDS- An epedemic ot horse .s:te.a 1 i,n lias liroken out in Perkins c.ountv -SDS— Editor Clarke, of the 1 let land New Era, has been made defen brought by Dr. Scanlan of Vol- —SDS— The Consolidated Light and Power Company of Deadwood has taken over the rigihts and property 0,f I Centra:. 'I wood and the Uol.Io Four,-! Light and Power Company Consolidated supplies yi, and power to Lea1.!, Doadw errv, Hell, FEARED MANY Will PERISH Hundreds of Flood Victims Awaiting Rescue. CAUGHT WITHOLT WARNING 10 The Terra vi,lie, Fotirel'-'. AVIlite- FAIR EXCHANGE. 4 New Back for an Old One How it is dons in Sissston lie hark aeh.'s at times with a dull, indescribable feeling, making you weary and restless. picrciiij pains shoot across t.lu region of the kidneys, and again the loins arc so lame to stoop is agony. No use to rub or apply a plaster to the back in this con dition. You cannot, reach tho caus\ Exchange the bad back for a now and stronger one. Fol low the example of this Sissieton citizen Mrs. Catherine Murphy, Sisse ton, 8. Dak., says: "I suffered fo a long time from kidney and bladder trouble. My back he came weak and lame and I was all ran down when I began tak ing Doan's Kidney Pills. They acted on my system almost from the first, strengthening my back and kidneys and ri.-lding me of every sympton ot my complaint consider it a duty, as well as a pleasure to let other kidney suf ferers know about Doan's Kidnej Pills." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan's— and take no other. (5) Large Number of People in the "Back Country" Received No Notice of Break in Levee and Had No Chance to Escape Before the Torrent Sur rounded Them. New Orleans, May S.—t'nless boats are hurried to remote sections of the flood inundated country in Pointe Coupee parish it is feared hundreds of persons will perish. Word was received in Morganza that greai numbers of people still are ma rooned in the country south of the levee breach at Torras. The lack of boats is a distressing handicap. Stories of terrible suffering among flood refu gees have reached here. Unofficial estimates place the agri cultural loss from the Hood in Louis iana at $8,J00,Ci00. An estimate of the other property loss cannot be made. Eight hundred and seventy-five square miles of the state have been inundat ed. Hundreds of people living In the "back country" of Louisiana received no warning of the flood until the an gry torrent swept upon them. They took refuge in housetops and in trees and on roofs and now, for several days, they have been without adequate food and shelter from the heavy rains. Hundreds Yet to Be Saved. Scores of such refugees who were brought to Morganza in the relief boats say there are hundreds more to be taken from their flood prisons, The majority of these people lived so far back in the country that couriers did not reach them. In many instances, however, they were warned, but scoffed at the advice to leave. "The lerees always have held," they argued, "why should they not hold now?" The levee above Morganza is lined with people and their few belongings waiting to be taken to concentration camps. About 100 were "emovsd to New roads, where they were fed, then trans ferred to Baton Koene. The work of capping the Morganza levee is about completed and now the engineers believe the dyke will hold. RAIN INCREASES THE DANGER Thousand* of Men Strengthening Mis sissippi Levees. New Orleans, May 8.—The long tight against the waters of the Missis sippi continue in Louisiana with but very little change in conditions. Thou sands of men are working night and day strengthening the levees, but rain again brought the waters to a higher stage and the dikes are still threat ened. At Baton Rouge, Melville and a dozen other places the levees are hour ly growing weaker, but by constantly piling sandbags against them it is hoped that they may withstand the pressure from the waters. Small boys have now joined the workers, filling sandbags while, the men haul them to the levees. Ex treme measures of precaution have been taken in Xew Orleans to guard against a flood should the waters go higher. Practically all rail communication with the flooded district is cut off, the last of the tracks into the flooded ter ritory being washed out. MANY ARE STILL IN PERIL TWENTY PASSENGERS HURT Southern Railway Train Derailed Near Columbia, S. C. Columbia, S. C., May 8—A score or more persons were hurt when a pas senger train on the Southern railway, Washington to Jacksonville, was de railed three niles north of Columbia. Two sleeping cars turned over. Breaking of the axle of one of the driving wheels on the engine caused the wreck. Brewery Workers Strike. Kansas City, May 8—Fourteen hun dred brew, workers, constituting the union employes of ail the brewer les and bre.very agencies here, went on strike following the failure of the I brewery companies to grant demands for increased wages and a revised working schedule. Every User a Booster We don't ask you to tr.i let the machine itieK tail CE Ideal Lumber, ih \(i it/ \lt ih it/ ifc it/ it/ it/ 'ft Not Hundreds Evicted by Flood Reached by Rescuers. Vicksburg, Miss., May 8.—Fifteen thousand persons, driven from their homes by the rapidly spreading water coming through the crevasse at_ Tor tas. La., already have been rescued and several thousand others are in peril, according to reports made to Major Normoyle, in charge of the gov ernment relief headquarters here. Three hundred refugees, found on the levee near Laclede, are reported in a serious condition as the result of exposure and hunger. ORDER |WWWW&WWWWWWW Notice of Examinations. The next regular examinations for teachers' Certificates of First Gra'de and for State Certificates and Life Diplomas will be given in the Court Ttooan in Sisseton, on Thursday and Friday, May 16-17 beginning at 8:30 o'clock or Thursday morning. BONNIE ANDREWS, County Superintendent. Good feed ear corn, 75 cents a bushel. Andrew Erickson, (45) Sisseton. Have the Staridard print it. Skim Cleanest Turn Easiest Are Simplest Most Sanitary Last Longest That is a ftrcng statement but we'd make it stronger if we knew hcv, I ccr.ute we are sure that the De Laval will more tuan make good every claim. cur 1 1 say so." fcr us. let us set cnc up at your hcuse? test it yourself alongside of machine you like for capacity, cleaancsr. skimming, and ease of operation. Thomas Thompson SISSETON 3E 3G Lath. Shingles. Mouldings, Sash, Doors, Blinils. Screens, Building Paper. Fence Posts O A Lime, Cement, and Hard Wall Plaster Sisseton, South Dakota Dealers in We prefer You can any ether We don't ask you to buy a De Laval upon "claims. We do ask you to be sure and give it a fair trial JW Brick, Lime and Cement Western Coast Lumber a Specialty See us before you build. Estimates Cheerfully Funisbed, Benard E. Nelson, fiJiAMAfLfiMMiAMlMWJ&f.MfifLgLfgifL \ur Meats From the Up-to-ihite MEAT MARK And be insured good service. Fish, Oysters and Game IN SEASON. W. F. MILLER, Prop. Used siVg*y before you purchase 9 8 of any cream separator. Don't put it off. Do I SOONER OR LATER it now. I YOU WILL BUY A the World's a DE LAVAL 5F=TE Sullivan Lumber Co, DEALER IN E I =1* Lumber Co. \u it/ it/ it/ Local Manager u, WWTfWTfWTJWWWWWl The Best in Town. W. A. Robinson writes to Gor don Bros. "Your Pillsbury Best Flour is the best-flour sold in Sisseton, it is the best'flour I have seen in a year. It makes fine brea!d. White, light, and good taste. There is no ecomony in easing poor brea'd for two or three weeks in order to save 10 or 15 cents a sack, by buying cheap flour. Buy the "Best"' and you will have no scraps to throw away, they will eat it all. The Standard for News. I