Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-11-09
South Dakota
General State New. Parasraphed.


The safe Of the bank at Rockham,
near Faulkton, was blown and the en-
tire contents, amounting to $4,000, was
stolen. The thieves took team from
aliYer.- barn and escaped. There is no
clue to the burglars.
Fred Donaldson, who Is expanding
$4,000 on a park and artificial lake at
Yankton, has turned on the water,
which will take over month to flood
The lake. The supply is obtained from
4 spouter of an artesian we'll.
In the present term Of the supreme
court a number Of cases are coming up
from the western Sc. lion of the state
for adjudication as to conflicting water
rights. The matter of irrigation and
power from the streams of the Hills
is becoming Of greater Importance ev-
cry day. and from this time on litiga-
ton of that class can be expected for
many years.
The federal grand jury, which has
been in session in Sioux Falls for ten
lays, completed its work and was dis
charged. Fifty-eight cases were exam
med and forty indictments and eight
cen mo bills" were returned. Two
hundred and four witnesses were eX-
amined. All the cases against cattle
men for illegal fencing, fourteen in all,
were continued to either the Pierre or
Deadwood terms.
The state land department filed on
10000 acres of common school indem-
nity lands in Stanley county, getting
1t all in solid body in townships two
north and nineteen and twenty east.
One corner of the tract touches Bad
river and small creek crosses it,,
providing plenty of water. The selec-
ton lies short distance west of Grind
stone butte and directly north of Re-
cluse.
Miss Eta Hilmer of Canning met
her death from an accident while as
sisting her brother in haying opera
lions. While helping with the team,
a singletree clip flew off, striking her
on the head, inflicting a fatal wound.
The parents of the young woman We're
visiting in Iowa at the time of the ac-
cident, but were summoned home and
arrived before the death of their daugh-
ter.
Capt. Senechal, after getting as far
as Omaha with his river show, decided
to end the trip at that point instead of
going farther diwn the river, and has
buffalo which he had with him back
into their old pasture. He will Win
ter the Getty of Fort Pierre" at Pierre,
and will no doubt again carry on his
freighting business between that place
and Sioux City next season.
The big crop of corn which Clay
county farmers raised this year is now
being husked and cribbed as rapidly
as possible. There is a scarcity of
pickers, and as a result early SHOWS
will catch many farmers. The average
wages for corn huskers is ~ cents
per bushel, but some of the corn grow
]. ers are Offering cents In many 10
calities corn is on the ground, owing
to wind, and the cost of huskipg is
therefore greater.
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he f1rct oil /,f hA che fa
census were given out, showing pop
ulation of 435, 1922 outside of Indians, a
total of 1926 has been added to the
list from three counties. Fifty names
came from Clark county on the discov-
cry Of cards which had been mislaid :;
enumeration of the attendants and in
mates at the asylum for feeble minded,
and 965 are from Yanllton, being the
insane asylum force and inmates. This
places the total population of the state,
other than Indians, at 45S7 ,O4S.
Maj. Chittenden of the government
river service, while in Pierre, was in
conference with railroad officials in re-
gard to the bridge to be constructed
across the Missouri river at Pierre
VIM the plans are not yet approved
in detail in general thy meet the re-
quirements of the government. The
location of the structure has been def
nitely fixed near the stock yards, a
short distance up stream from the city,
and it will be what is known as low
bridge, with a draw.
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A travelling man whose name is un-
known walked into an Aberdeen res
taurant and ordered two dozen raw
eggs. When the astonished waiter
brought them the stranger calmly
knocked, SSe small end of the eggs
against the counter and sucked the
( contents, one at time, until he had
consumed TIE whole two dozen. He
then offered to bet anybody in the
crowd that had gathered to watch the
4 performance that he could eat two
dozen more, but no one took the bet. E
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