Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-08

S1SgeQ WITH Applications from persons !
who want to become established in
business at Midland atonce, but is COM
peleo to stand them off until the regn
lar order Of town lot sale is brought
about.
The Milling and Grain News says
that the winter wheat average ia South
Dakota is much larger this fall than
it was last year, and that the heavy
rainfall since planting has put the crop
in d condition OF great promise. The
yield of winter wheat last year was
large and the quality so excellent that
the campaign for it seems to have been
won. 1t is beginning to be made clear
that the whole southern part of South
Dakota is in fact winter wheat belt
and that we have lost millions of dol
lars by our failure to discover it earlier.
-Argus-Leader.
William G. Mathieson has been APP
pointed postmaster at Fort Pierre, in
place of G. j. Fales, whose term has
expired, The apprentice, who is Known
generally on the IA &c country as
Bogus is a son of Hon. George ID.
Mathieson, OF Stanley county, and
young man Of good ability and quail
ties. He has been a stock Inspector at
Chicago and Sioux City, and will doubt
less live to see during his term OF
office as postmaster Fort Pierre grow
from a town of a thousand people to
many time that number. His appoint
ment was made upon Mr.. Burke's re-
commentator.
Get Right With God" Meetings III
the Baptist church for that purpose.
This was the motto printed in red on
the cards distributed at the meeting by
Evangelist Rev, W. III. Hubbard His
sermon WAS 'On the Source of True
Hope in God" a very attentive au-
dience Were well pleased by the inspir
ing manner in which this theme was
presented. Meetings every evening at
$3.50 and every afternoon at ! p M, eX
cept Saturday. "A meeting for men on
sunday as p ~. y on are invited.
Last Friday was Ground Hogs day,
and next Wednesday will be st, Nalen
tines day. Both days are interesting
in rather an inconsequental way, and
neither of them recognized legally as a
holiday though the former is supposed
to regulate the weather and the latter
| the affairs of love. The ground hog
had a good chance to see his shadow
| Friday, and if he is a good prophet we
are to have six weeks Of bad weather.
The railroad graders working for
| Winston Bros. who have been at work
| in the big cut through the ''hog's back"
at Fort Pierre, have found one element
at least that will withstand the attack
| of dynamite 1t is gumbo, which can
no more be blown apart with dynamite
| than it can be coaxed to part company
with a wagon wheel when wet. The
graders have had to resort to persuasion
instead Of force in removing gumbo
| from that cut
/ John g Stoner, OF Highmore, was in
the city Friday. Mr. Stoner believes
that Hyde county should, and probably
will, line up with Hughes and Stanley
counties i'll an endorsement of Mr..
Burke, who has been as good a con-
| gresham as South Dakota or any other
state ever had. The only possible pre-
| tentative Of this good result in Hyde
county would be the continued un.
scrnpulous bossism of II. G. Shober.
/ Claude Il. Walker and family and
Miss Willoughby have removed from
| Blunt to Pierre having rented one OF
the karcher cottages on Bishop street
Mr.. Walker has entered the employ OF
the railroad company, while his wife
who is the noted singer, Jessica Will
loughby Walker, will give lessons If
voice culture. Her sister will also i'll
struct in instrumental music.
!, At the regular meeting of the city
council Monday night petitions Were
read for the establishment of saloor
on Sioux avenue as we'll as a petition
protesting against the same. Also 8
petition to submit to vote the ques-
ton OF selling intoxicating liquors il
the city at the spring city election
which latter was granted After othpl
routine business the council adjourned
Miss Grace Lund, of Dell Rapids, ha!
accepted the position of stenographe
III the John W. Laughlin real estate
office. Miss Lund has had thorough
schooling in stenographic work, having
had experience in law and real Ell tat,
offices at Sioux Falls, as also in tn,
office of her father w. G. Lund,
realty dealer and prominent citizen O
Dell Rapids.
II Roy W. Rothrock has been appointed
/ official weigher of mails for the mex
3 three months, to work between Hurol
, and Pierre on trains SOP and SOB, which
arrive and leave here during the night
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