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fc LE •s. Ar R//'soft Storage luitfery House IJir/itMg p/jnt HOUSE LIGHTING PLANTS The Ftitson is not only the most reliable of all house-lighting sys tems, hut it is AttSOLL'TLI. ble. That means that your lights will never fail— because the battery is guaranteed tu he capable devel oping full rated capacity at the end of four years, and in actual exper ience it has always exceeded and outlived this guarantee. Let us give you a price on a complete Edison plant, including installing. :h' fc.. "Let WeU Enough Alone" From hundreds of citieene throughout the length and breadth of South Dakota cornea testimony upholding the effective ness of the "Load Option Law" and voic ing the opinion that the adoption of a state-wide Prohibition law would be a step backward. From all sections of the State comes the cry, "Let Well Enough Alone." Having in mind the conditions that prevailed under so-called "Prohibition" rule, there is no reason for again in augurating an' era of deceit, hypocrisy end illegal practices. The argument that the "present day sentiment" is strong for enforcement of Prohibition laws finds no supporting evi dence. Maine has had Prohibition for 50 years, and by every rule of Prohibition argument should be free from liquor driitidng and liquor selling. What is the testimony? Read the Following Excerpt (from the Daily Argtu, Portland, Mo.— Maino'o largest newspaper—Jan. 23,1910) "Ali the gin mills and booze joints in this city are now running wide open and in full blast. There is no concealment about it. There's a reason. As a specimen of smug hypocrisy you can't beat it. The rum sellers who voted the ticket at last election are now receiving their reward by being tolerated. The unseen influences behind the mayor are already making themselves felt. Does South Dakota want that kind of ftehMbition? Is such Prohibition better than fcbeal Option Will South Dakota deliberately take a step backward? The jpnjjpmr, is "Let Well Enough will more vomrorru: rii-nuK" make your home safer, more attractive keep the young folks at many utilities and utensils a imagined. In fact, the cost per candle-power hour is less than that of any other reliable, system, if you use one of the to your is well as tilt less than vou EDISON STORAGE BATTERY The Kilison is the only nickel iron, alkaline battery (no lead or acid.) 5 simple rules are all v-u need to follow. No complicated instructions because there is no ne cessity of periodic testing, no taking to pieces for cleaning, no annual renewal of plates and parts, etc. It has no "battery troubles." WRITE US FOR LITERATURE relia I -O A N A I I S O O N O A 3 Please Rend me information about the KUison Light Plant. A JJteit DAKOTA ELECTRIC CO. WHWM BOOM TOWN, BUT STILL THERE'S NO d«6 LIST Augusta, Kan., Center of Oil Field, Has Nothing Stronger Than Soda. A tigustn. Kmt.-Makers of boom I towns itlwuys have to Imw s-muM himr (0 drink. And with Kiinsits ti prultil.il 111011 statu, the men who have finden) liiere* In oonncfib'n wiih the ,.ij oc velopmunts have turned 10 soft drinks. Some of the fountains are fixed up ike real bars—brass rail, frosted mir rors and booths along the walls. It's all there except the drunks. "Augusta is as peaceful as any vll inin». The lid is on tight." this same hotel clerk confided, "and every arrest means a mnvidlnn with a regular tine." "SAY SQUIRREL" A SPY TEST. Mural Painter Tells How English Cap tors at Holyhead Freed Him. New Vnrk.—.7. .1. A. Murphy, 11 mural Hinter who lias I won four :t rs in Knirl.'iml cngnirccl in pnnpl work. Is In this rountry to execute some decora tive work In Boston. Mr. Murphy said that crossing over to Ireland was a trying experience on account of the fer.r by the government officials. At Holyhead he was arrested as a German spy and for three hours had to stand upon the stone pier with bay onets pressed lightly ajrnlnst Iiis ehest while two English officers put him through a severe examination. Finally one of the officers said to him. "Say squirrel." Mr. Murphy Ilicycd the rennest, and the senior of ficer then said to him. "You are free." When he asked what the word squlr el had to 1o with his being suspected is a spy the officer replied. "A German a n't say squirrel HEALTH MOVIES POPULAR. Outfit of North Caroline Board of Health Is In Demand. lialelgh, N. C.—The moving picture out lit of the state board of health has struck a pleasant chord with the peo pie. While the outfit was in use in Union county Anson county made ap plication for a three weeks' engage liient. which was granted. The pic tures are shown in connection with the anti-typhoid campaign now on, und both features of health work are beini: well received. While health moving pictures Cleaning and Pressing We make old suits look like new ones. And we are eq uipped to do all kinds of repair work, cleaning and pressing exceptionally short time and a astonish ingly low prices. Let us tell you how little it will cost you to put those old clothes in good condit ion before you decide to thraw them away. Why not keep one suit here so that you can drop in any time and always have a suit that's nicely cleaned and pressed and ready to wearv.-# D0VD& OLSON THE SI SS ETON WEEKLY STANDARD CUPID IN A KEG OF POWDER. English Girl Making Munitions Writes New Jersey Worker. Kenvll, N. j.—Ilnrry ITuberrnan, an employee at the Hercules Powder works here, recently inscribed his name and address on the fa«e of an old broken watch and dropped it into a kv/ «if smokeless powder which was to J,D »hipped to England. This Utile Incident may moan a wife for ITnlierman, who received a letter the other day from a young Knglish woman working in a munition factory at .XewcastJe-on-Tync and inviting Iiu- 1 With tvm|)crattires nmund 100 for six weeks the tocnl drug stores found thi' demand for »«ed drinks so great that they are moving out their old drug store fixtures to make room for more fountains, more tables and more I root lis. Two and three "soda squirts" are on duty in each place endi day and nt night their forces are more than doubled. "You got to stand in line half an hour at night to get a drink." explain iid «me hotel clerk. bermati to correspond, which he lias done. The letter was from Miss .lean Rump ion of 5? Hunter's road, Spitt a! Tongues,* Newcastle. The timepiece, it is believed, was discovered by Miss Kumpton as she was filling shell cases with the explosive. POLITICS CHEAP IN KANSAS. Seventeen Candidates Didn't Spend a Cent For Office. Topekn, Kitn.—Seventeen candidates for state office and the stale legislature went through the recent, state wide primary without spending a cent. Thai was the record shown in the sworn statements 'of campaign expenses as tiled with J. T, Itotkiii, secretary of state. Nine other candidates spent a dollar or less In making their campaign, while seven candidates won nomina tions on expenses of less than 50 cents, 1 three spent a dime or less, and two won nominations for the price of a two cent postage stamp, according to the statements. All candidates were with in the 10 per cent limit allowed by law. BROILED LIZARD AS FOOD. Claim Made by Native Epicures of Nicaragua Backed by U. 8. Marines. Managua, Nicaragua.—Perhaps broil I ed lizard will never find Its way to the menu cards of fashionable New York restaurants, but the Vnitcd States mn riiies attached to the American lega tion here have found fried or broiled iguana steaks served with a pasty sauce made from alligator pears to ho every tiling claimed by the native epicures. The iguana, or giant lizard, has been used for food by the natives for many I years, and iguana steak finds much fa vor with them because of its gamey teste. The iguana 1* herbivorous. I ROBBED FRIEND YEARS AGO. Wichita (Ken.) Banker Heere From Men Whom He Never Suepected. Wichita, Kan.—Thirty-six years ago A. J. Hargis, vice president of the Se curity State hank of this city, spent the night in a Medicine Lodge hotel with a young friend who had come west with him to make a fortune. In the night their, room was entered, and Hargis was minus $14 in the morning. He had forgotten the incident, be coming wealthy in the meantime, but the other day a letter came from the former bed mate telling him that his conscience would no longer permit him more less a new feature /if health I "v® ',eace until he had confessed ediieiilional work, they are meeting the same popularity that the regular movies hqve always nie, and are In demand wherever their wort li and pop ularity are known. Already the coun ties of Wake. Johnson and Alamance have bad the use of ilie |iietiircs. WOMAN LEAVES FUND TO TEACH GIRLS MOTHERHOOD Amount le Residue of Detroit Testa trix'e Estate and May Reach Million. Detroit.—Establishment of a school for teaching girls motherhood is pro vided in the will of Mrs. Lizzie Merrill Pnliner, widow of Senator Thomas W. I'aliner, recently Bled for probate in Detroit. The amount for the school is not designated, but it Is the residue of Mrs. Palmer's estate. Probate offi cials believe that the legacy will amount to approximately $1,000,000. "The will provides that girls who ate unable or unwilling to pay the cost of their board at the school shall be edu cated free of charge. that he was the robber. The letter stated that the writer didn't have the $14 handy now, but would send it soon. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WED And Each Acted aa Matron of Honor For the Other. Milwaukee. Wis.—Mother was mat ron of honor for her daughter, and then daughter reciprocated at Wau kegan. according to announcement made here by the family of Mrs. An nette Zerwls. Mrs. Zerwls was married to William H. Allen of Watertown, N. by Jus tice J. V. Balz, and then the justice performed the other ceremony which united Miss Ucelrn Muriel Zerwls to William I,. McGlynn of Seattle. iSW fimanancES VSr kidiHhiiIlK» Winner, of World'* 1 Winner« of MnrlfwivniiMp Winner» of Ammunition .5 Tests V. S. Cartridges have won prac tically every official lest open to American ammunition. They are now regarded as stand, ard n--t only by our own but by other governments. Vet these, cartridges that have Hon more tests than all others-put together,, cost no more than the makes that hare not woo. We have them from ai*a up. fist ML" Waletidi & Plat Sisseton, S. D. S ISaiiHuiaiiuiiMwiiuiBMUuiiuiiimiiiiwMaoinBapH! mmvmmsfr* He im urtmi umiiii anii 11 YOUR GROCER IS RELIABLE Notice of Mortgage Sale WHKRKAS, Default has hecu made iti the con ditions of a certain inorliraue containing a power uf sale, uiven by John Ness and Barbara Ness, his wi(e, mortnugws. to the Farmers Stale Bank of Sisseton,South Uakotu. inortiiaKCe, which said mortu'iik'c was dated theSlh day of May, and filed for record in the ofiiee of the Register of Deeds of the County of Roberts mid State of South Dakota on the 7th day of July, !"!. at 4:Ji o'clock t\ M. ami was duly recorded in Hook 44" of Mortynncs at l'aue "A,I" mortgaging the following deserilted land situated, lying and be ing in the County of Roberts and State of South Dakota, to-wit: The Southeast Quarter (SK^), of the Northwestjv.arter(N of Section Four teen (1-11, Township one Hundred Twenty-five 1-5, Ratige Fifty (5u). West of the Fifth Princi pal Meridian, containing Forty (4d) acres That after said mortgage was made ami execut ed to the Farmers State Hank of Sisseton, South Dakota, by amendment of the Articles of Incor poration the name of the Fanners State Bank of Sisseton. South Dakota was duly chanced to the Farmers State Bank of Hammer. South Dakota, which said Farmers State Bank of Hammer. South Dakota is now owner and holder of said mortgage, and WHKRKAS, the nature of the default consists in a failure of the said mortgagors to pay the «aid mortgage when due and interest thereon, ac cording to the terms and conditions of said tnort- XOTICK IS HFRKBY OIVKN That said mort gage will be loreeloved by public sale of the land covered thereby and hereinbefore described, bv the Sheriff of Roberts County. South Dakota or his deputy on the JMh day of October, 1916. at the hour of two clock in the afternoon of said day, at the front door of the Court House in the City of Sisseton. State of South Dakota, to satisfy an indebtedness of due and owing on said mortgage, besides attorney's fees and disburse ments of foreclosure. Dated this Jlth day of August, 1 ?!.. Farmer« State Bank of Hammer. F. R. McKenna. South Dakota. Attorney I Mortgagee. Owner of Mortgage Notice to Creditors. Kstate of I.cuis Kcluw, Deceased. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned ad ministrator of the estate of I.ouis Kclow. deceas ed, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this notice, to the said administrator at the office of Batterton & Bunde, in the City of Sisseton, in the Countv of Rolerts, South Dakt ia. Dated August 29, U'lo. wants to hold your trade and tries to sell you brands he knows you will like. KG V. K- Kclov, Administrator of thejestate of Louis Eclow. deceased. Batterton & Bunde. Sisseton. South Dakota, Attorneys for Administrator. Notice of Hearing Petition For Letters of Administration. Sum- of South Dakota, County of Rotcrts. ss. III County Court. hi the matter of the Kstate of Olaf Vossum. De ceased. Notice Is Hereby Given: That Anna Fossum has filed with the Clerk of the Countv Court of the County of Roberts and State of South Dako ta. a petition praying for the issuance to her of Letters of Administration upou the Estate of Olaf Kossum, deceased, and that a hearing upon said petition lie had before the County Court, in the court room thereof, in the city of Sisseton, County of Roberts, and State of South Dakota, on the 23rd day of September. 1916. at one o'clock in the afternoon of said day. at which time and place all persons interested in said estate arc notified to appear and contest the same if they so choose. Dated at Sisseton. South Dakota, this 1st day of Septemtjer, 1916, By the Court: Attest: H. M. Knight, K. Nelson. Judge. (Seal) Clerk. Proposal for School Building in Bry ant Township, Roberts County, S.D. Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the undersigned for the School Board of Bryant township. County of Roberts, State of South Dakota, until 2 o' clock P. M. on Monday, Septem ber 18th, 1916, for the erection and completion of a school building on Section Sixteen (16), Town ship, One Hundred and Twenty Six (126), Range Forty Nine (49), County of Roberts, State of South Dakota. Bids must be accompan ied by a certified check of Four per cent of the amount of the bid, pay able to the school board of the above named school district, which check will be returned when building con tract is executed or when school board does not acce|»t the bid. The school board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Copies of plans and specifications of this proposed building may be seen at the office of the undersign ed, and in addition thereto I will exhibit the said plans and specifi cations at the Browns Valley State Bank, at Browns Valley, Minn., on Friday, Sept. 1st, between the hours of one and four o'clock P. M., at which time any prospective bidders may have an opportunity to exam ine them. OTTO T. JOHMSON, Clerk of Bryant School Dist. Browns Valley, Minn., P. O. Chirognictor Laif Itteetut ^ÖÄce over Red Cross Drug Stow* Phone 2S4 Sisseton, S. D. If™' He is always ready to recommend BAKING POWDER ,,|,onu -Ask him JOHN M. SWANBERG. Dealer in Dress and Work Shoes for Men, Wo men änd Children. Up to date Repair Shop in connection. SISSETON, SOUTH DAKOTA. RUTHN HAY Chiropractor I you liavo tr'ed evt*rylhlttg und r'alu-rl to t'nU health, try Cbiropmcior (i»plnii1) adjustments, and «et well. Ollice in 5wed iiii.Ts butl(iin$r. Hours. 8 to IVa. m. ond to 9 p, in. ilEKMAN CROSS, 0. V. M. rahiate Vetcriuaria11 Calls Answered Llay or Night IRL»®* 139 irC'1" RED CROSS DRUG STORE Promise» won't overcome hair trouble, rhe manufacturers of Newbro's Herpiclde promise nothing which is not justified by an Intelligent use of this preparation. The desired end ultimately becomes an accom plished fact. This is the reason that Her piclde ha»- thousands of satisfied friends all over the world. By keeping the scalp clean and healthy and destroying the dandruff, Newbro's i«.KM GENUINE Dr. C. Williams Graduate Veterinarian Chicago Vet. Coll. IS gl Ortl»:e I'nono 71 Kesiilvncc Vhoiiu 27 Sisseton, S. MURRAY DEAY& TEAM WORK Rhone NO. 91. SISSETON S3. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAIR PROMISES AND HAIR RESULTS Children Cry for Fletcher'» Th® Kind You Have Always Bonght,!' -1 which has been ss In use for over 30 years, has l»or:.o.tl»o signature of and has been made under his per* sonal supervision since its Infancy. .. Allow no one t» deecivo you In tills. AH Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good are but What is CASTORIA Castor!» Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil. Paw. Boric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It 1» pleasant f* contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is Its guarantee. It destroys Worm!! ®nd allays Feverishness. Per more than thlrtv v« has been in constant use for the relief ol rJnitli^M?,« rintulcncy, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubhm^Imi Diarrhoea. »„regulates the Stomach and Bowchu CASTORIA the Signature of Use For OvW 31 Years Th* Kind Vou Have Always Bought HERPIC1DE Herplcide make» beautiful hair. Ilerpl cide prevents the hair from falling and allows it to grow unhindered and natural ly except in cases of chronic baldness which is incurable. Newbro's Herpiclde In 50c. and $1.00 sizes is sold and guaranteed to do all that 1» claimed. If you are not satisfied your money will be refunded. Applications obtained at the beet barber shops. Red Cross Drug and Jewelry Store E. Crockett, Prop. 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