Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-18

sllI SuuHtly. lucIciOIt We lIlity SoOu
look for new schedule to take in every |
station from Pierre to Midland, andr run
Oil regular time as near as possible
Ed. Musgrave, an old time newspaper
man OF Iowa, is in the city, with his
son, to go out into Stanley county TO
look up good sheep ranch Musgraye
was school-mate of The editor Of the
Free Press wears ago, at Magnolia,
Iowa, attended the same village school
and grew from boyhood in the same
town with Senator Fulton, of Oregon,
Rev Newell Dwight Hills, the noted
divine, Of Newly ork City, Rev. William
Main, the most noted missionary in
China, and others who have made some
mark in the world. The meeting with
MIR. Musgrave was something of re
union. Ills father, Hon. George Mus.
grave, was one of the pioneer newspaper
men OF western Iowa. He expects to
establish his son on a good ranch and
return to Pierre, where he may decide
to locate.
The Grand Pacific hotel building is
now up to grade. and the stone masons
have been turned loose to put in the
rock foundations The store building
next south is also raised to grade. 1t
is occupied by the Economy store, and
belongs to the same estate as the hotel
property. The Grand Pacific is one of
the old land marks of Pierre, and still
of its face which shows how high the
water got during the flood of the spring
| OF 1881, which was the most disastrous
this valley ever experienced during the
history of white man, which reaches
back for about a century. Things are
certainly changing in Pierre when a big
] property like this goes up SIX feet and
over above the original level of the bot
tom.
The return of such old -time boomers
of Pierre as 'sKit' Carson is reminder
that Pierre is surely getting on her feet
as she never did before Men like Car
son have never lost faith in the future
greatness of Pierre, and have always
cherished wish, and an intention, to
return to Pierre whenever the town
commenced to reach out for her destiny
as the best and largest city in South Da-
kota. They were compelled to leave the
place in years agone through the stress
of hard times and adversely, but they
are now returning and prepared to take
hand in the growth and generous
prosperity that are surely forcing their
way on Pierre. The present is no mush
room growth tits one that is going to
be lasting.
The commissioner Of school and
public lands attributes the blocking Of
the building of the state capitol to the
Sioux Falls board of trace, which tried
to force scheme for the development
Of a private stone quarry at the expense
of the state, and by its agitation threw
the whole plan into confusion. cup to
that time," the commissioner says in
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posing OF the capitol lands and without
doubt would have succeeded in secur-
ing the necessary funds as fast as need
) ed for the construction of the east
wing.Y Sioux Falls has never yet
caused two blades of grass to grow
where before there was but one.-Ab.
erdeen News.
The Methodist conference at Brook.
ings the past week assigned to the
Pierre charge Rev. A. S. Loveall for the
coming year. He will soon arrive with
his family and occupy the parsonage
near the church. Rev. Loveall is q
? man we'll known in his church circles
in the state, and has the reputation OF
being a fine speaker, tireless worker
; and a man who always takes well in 8
; community. His son, A.. j. Loveall
is manager of the Pierre telephone ex
change. Rev. Notson, who has supplied
. the pulpit here for five years past, has
been assinged to Alexandria, Hanson
! county.
The work on the caissons at the site
of the new stee! bridge is attracting
quite crowd Of visitors every day
. No one ls allowed to enter the caissons
exceptth wo.kmen, for 1tisa danger
;, ;. GUS experiment All the crowd Of
sight-seers can do is to stand on the
: outside and watch what little work il
in sight, and imagine what is going OF
inside. 1t lisa big work, and one tina
:. will take the efforts of several hundred
: menf for year or two to complete.
: The caucuses in the First and Secont
y wards of the city for the nomination
of a member of the board of county
commissioners Saturday resulted il
d George z. Fay getting a majority Of
: two in each Of the two wards
i over f. Z. Fuller, his opponent, max
d ing a majority of four. 1t has been
reported that Mr.. Fuller will now be
independent though he congratulate