Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-07
Local News Notes.

EUEoiIlCIil VIZ Vic III west |
i3nuth, Dakota. Phe exhibit car
Haven't out from the Hills last |
hook thirty-three varieties OF APP
sS;&all OF which had matured and
sreRqual in size, flavor and perfection
APPLES raised IN any part of the
nft9d States. Joseph Wells, who has
EhaTds three miles west of Speariish,
N3that from an orchard of ten acres,
NilN OF the trees not bearing full crops,
md 1874 bushels at an average of
k&5S Ter bushels; thar he retained
nniyh for his own use. He made
Kh barrels of cider and sold 500
Mrtk of cherries, plums and pears, and
Mtrom the same ground eighteen
AAaNf hay, which he sold for So a ton.
Ten years of such plenty has rarely
peen youchsafed to any people as have
beenSgiven to South Dakotans Begin
ming with 1895. Season has followed
season in which all of their labors have
prpspered to them. The hard expe-
fences of the early days taught the
ettiers conservatism, and they con-
inlla to tive plainly Within their means,
ntY enjoy great comfort. They are
i latiEely few in number and possess
Vat umdeveloped resources. There
IRE they invite people of their own
lass, wherever they may be to come
I'D participate in the favor which is
smiling Providence bestoWs upon the
Mllshine state.
H was the winter pastures of buffalo
rass which induced the Sioux Indians
oSemigrate from the Minnesota river
osthe range west of the Missouri at the
middle of the eighteenth century. They
wanted to live where they could secure
at buffalo at any season of the year,
md consequently they drove the Rees
way and took possession Of the great
south Dakota range country. This his
oric fact is significant of the advantages
staclmen still enjoy in the section re-
Ferfed TO-
While N. e. Larson was in the closet
under the stairway in the Bank of Com
mRrce basement Saturday, to read the
gas meter he struck a match to more
easily see the figures. An explosion
Followed which threw him against the
wall and singed his face. A leak had
occurred in the pipes, and the small
closet was full of gas, a fact Mr. Lar.
son did not discover until the match
sblazed The fire which started with
the explosion was put out with quick
work.
Pierre and Hughes county were rep
resented at the state convention at
Sioux Falls this week by about forty
citizens, who returned yesterday
Nearly all of these went down to do al
possible towards MIR. Burke's success
IA few, we are sorry to relate, were there
tossecretly connive for his defeat, which
they accomplished.
"a stiff game of baseball was played
at Fort Pierre Sunday, between the two
teams that have just been organized il
Chs city and Fort Pierre. Our nin'
lost the game by a score OF two to three
There is said to be whole lot of goot
Baseball talent in both towns now
amongst the newcomers.
1SThere are two 2-inch wells upon thu
ranch of Col Harry f. Hunter, nea
the Missouri, in Campbell county. The.
are nearly eighteen hundred feet deel
and are the deepest wells in the state
both of them flow gas in large quaint
ties and from one of them the place i
Heated and lighted.
@ The gas we'll in the Wadleigh rancl
in Sully county provides the extensiy
Mpremises with heat and light for all pun
Sposes. The, we'll is but two inches i
Mdiameter, and throws a stream of war;
water with pressure OF one hnndre
and ten pounds to the inch.
a Judge Gatfy started Monday to max
his last trip over the Sixth circuit hole
ling court. He will be succeeded July
by Judge Boucher, of Eureka. Judg
ast iatfy has made a splendid record, ant
1.-THE people generally are reluctant t
lose his services.
So South Dakota has 10000 square mile
Iso of area. Sixteen million acres, or abot
Nh one-third OF it is now utilized for plo'
M land hay land and fenced prairie. On
A 455, 600 people share IN this magnificer
SS empire. Was ever. greater opportuni!
III given to man?
81 George II. French and Miss Ann
81 Peterson were united in marriage
81 Huron Saturday, and returned to thl
g city, where they will make their HON
s. They are both deserving of plenty 9
q happiness, and are to be congratulate
a Canton News: The Pierre Free Pre-
VI in its last issue dishes out fine roa
u to Alf. Burkholder, the democratic co
q respondent at Sioux Falls, to the Slou
II City journal. Seems to us that it
q richly deserved.
"A Blunt baseball aggregation playt
I a Pierre high school team Oh the loo