Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-07-27

ers and can wipe up the earth with all
corners in Pierre, but against the crack
players from Sioux Falls, Mitchell and
Bookings they only reached the second
round and did not appear in the finals.
Another year and they may keep the
best of them in the state busy to hold
the championship.
The Daily Dakotan intimates that the
Daily Capital-J ournal fills its columns
with lies every day. The latter resents
this and intimates that the Dakotan
is another. The only way to avoid such
fraternal amenities as these is to keep
absolutely quiet regarding contempo |
rary, which is hard for newspaper to
do. The Free Press has tried it anti
knows. Take our advice, and it you
really haven't anything to scrap about,
don't scrap.
A horse race for thousand dollars
500 side-is to be run september IL,
Bob Yokum has matched his horse,
Lucky Judge, which is now we'll known
in Pierre as a pretty speedy animal,
against horse owned by W. f Riley,
of Blunt, called Su Ray A hundred
dollars forfeit has been placed in tie
hands of b. A. Cummins, 80 it looks as
If there would be good race ON that
| date.
Harry Rathmell, who has been in the
employ OF the Rust-Owen Co. for Il
number of years, has resigned and is
preparing to go to the coast to lock up
a location, when his family will follow.
Harry is one of the first settlers in
Pierre, having come to town with the
railroad as one OF the construction
force away back in the spring of 1880.
and has always stayed by the town
through good times and bad.
Though it is yet pretty early there is
some talk Of the city election next
spring. 1t is said that the city admins
tration is preparing to boom Hon. Jack
Lockhart for mayor, though as to
whether this meets with Jacks favor is
not known. 1t is also said, by Dame
Rumor, that the Hon. Lester H. Glow
will shy his castor into the ring as a
candidate for mayor, on Glow plat
form.
, The census tables of Pierre have been
returned to the city assessor by the
state statistcian, Doane Robinson, for
} correction. The fault seems to be that
the street and number of residences are
not given, which is necessary for the
, purpose of ratification if needed. The
r population of the city has not been
> given out, and there is a great deal Of
2 unsatisfed curiosity on this point.
; Harry and Rolla Schlosser. sons Of
Postmaster Schlosser, of Sioux Falls,
are in the city preparing to go out on
3 the Cheyenne, near Lindsay, where
3 Rolla has a homestead These young
: men are well known to a number in
E Pierre, being boys in Blunt when their
. father ran the Advocate in the years
y from 1883 to 1885,
Mrs. S. j. Conklin arrived from Clark
Tuesday, and returned home next day.
! She states that Walter Hall, Of Fort
Pierre, who went to Clark several
months ago, to take charge of the hotel
. owned by General Conklin, had released
the management, and that the general
J would take personal charge of the same.
q Superintendent Mccarthy, of Huron,
! denies the story of the Miller CORE
spondent that the Northwestern road
is figuring on abandoning the presen,
track down Medicine creek and up the
y Missouri bottom to Pierre, and running
y new line straight across the prairie
70 from Blunt to this city.
"a The extension being built Of the new
~ cement blocks now manufactured here
4 to the rear Of the Clifford store on Pleas
# ant Dive, is showing up fine, ant
It Wien completed will likely induce other
# to use this material for building pur
ar poses. It makes compact, handsome
ri and lasting wall.
h Under the new deal separating tn
at long distance telephone Office from tn
local exchange it would look as il
N subscriber could not use the phone il
i. his residence or office hereafter, but viii
ST have to go to the booth in Anderson
If news stand when he might want to tall
as do IN the line.
y Ralph Burton, formerly manager O
in the Locke hotel, and later postmaste
e. ana merchant Of Okobojo, has gone o.
to the road as salesman for the Tolerto
he & Stetson wholesale grocery house Q
he Sioux City. Ralph should be success
" in this work. His territory will be i
I'D Nebraska.
Nick Schlitz and force of helper
n are busy chopping down the mammot
IN weeds that have accumulated on VI