Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-14


Thursday last.
Pierre city realty is changing owner
ship at advanced prices. Yesterday
Fred Bonseys sold dwelling property;
James Holborn exchanged his dwelling
for $500 cash; Mrs. Shurtletf sold lot
opposite hotel Riverview; consideration
$780,
| Our agricultural college is now plan
ming to install number of milking
machines in order to test their efficacy
and to obtain reliable data. A combin
alton of daughters and milking ma
chimes is suggested as solution of the
labor question.
| Those in position to know are con-
fident that the coming season will be
record breaker in the matter of build
ing business blocks, elevators, railroad
improvements, wooden mill, and other
enterprises. Investors are coming to
Pierre with full purse.
Ivan W. Goodner is working over
time to catch up with his law business,
since the adjournment of the legislature,
in which he was leader, and the meas
ures advocated by him will prove of
great and lasting benefit to the people
of this commonwealth.
New settlers, bound for western Stan
ley county, are coming on every train.
River traffic is blocked for the present,
and the railroad yards are crowded with
cars containing immigrant goods for
points west. The hotels are overflow
ing with claim holders in that favored
locality, to which Pierre is the gateway
The bridge construction force were
using dynamite Monday to break the
ice which has piled up above the tenn
porary bridge. Ice is reported to be
moving out in the river at Bismarck
and the channel to let it through here
is but 300 feet wide, and a wide open
ing is wanted when the upriver flow of
ice comes down.
The city board Of education has re-
tanned the full corps of teachers for an
other year at advanced wages, with the
exception Of two have announced their
intention of withdrawing from the
work this year. The local board of ed
ucation are the right kind of men to be
at the head Of school affairs.
The county Superintendent finds it
) difficult to retain the school ma'am
owing to the desire of the ladies to be-
come proprietors. The attractions
offered of 100 acres of Stanley or Butte
county acres, under the homestead law
are too powerful when weighed against
the salary paid school teacher.
North of Okobojo to Gettysburg, and
beyond, the reports show that sno W
: still covers the prairies and farmers are
using sleds and cutters. Travel, except
by these means is almost impossible
1t took a traveller this week three days
to make the sixty-mile drive from
Gettysburg 20 Pierre with team and
buggy.
5 The Hayes Homestead says that fully
] one hundred settlers have located with
t in the delivery of that postotfice since
1907 began; yet, at this season the move
t ment of immigrants is scarcely percep
! table along the routes of travel. The
r flow of settlers into the country west OF
the Missouri river will be at flood heigh
, next month.
] w. H. Bailey and wife departed thi!
3 morning for Primghar. Iowa, callec
there by the death of the formers faith
j, er. Major p. R. Bailey. Major Bale.
Q orator and lawyer. He served an en-.
= listment throughout the War of tn
Rebellion and was a grand, good man
Last week, when highways were al
. most impossible, Miss Ida 2. Hatch
- county superintendent, drove from 3
=, to As miles per day, visiting schools an
: looking after school matters in genera
Miss Hatch seems determined to kee
schools of Hughes county at the hea
), of the list, and her efforts cannot fa
~ to bring about the desired result.
Two minhesotans reached Pierre O
Monday. Like most people comm
= from that locality, they set about t
Il slake thirst which they declared wa
10 something KILN" They tasted ever!
: thing that was wet, became rye-tangle
and brought up at police headqnarter
1t Judge Yarnel assessed fine agains
N each; both defaulted in payment.
Dakotan: The new Northwestern
: depot will be located about the midd
of the block between Pierre and Fol
TO streets. The baggage and express of1it
o. will he west Of the depot, blocking til
% extension of of Fort street. 1t is tt
IN purpose of the railway to SO arrane
matters that it will not be likely to /
e. annoyed by the opening of a new stree
of through it's depot grounds.