Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-21
LOCAL LACONICS

Ane spring moves are taxing place.
A 60-barrel Touring smill lis be built
at Presho.
A heavy run office in the riveroccu
red yesterday.
Mayor Albright returned home Satur.
day from Iowa.
Troop B will hold target practice on
Friday afternoon.
James. Elliott and; LewissCohn are in
the city fromiSioux..Fall
A. c. Brink arrived home today, after
weeks stay in St.,Paul.
1t may be-that spring, with single
bound, will! landlonto the lap of summer.
Jubilee Singers and minstrelsiat the
opera house.next Monday and Tuesday.
J. H. Starkey has recovered from his
late illness. For days grip held HIM
tight.
Senator LaFollette will deliver an
address at the opera house on Friday
evening.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid will hold the
first Birthday meeting in the church on
Friday, at p. m.
Register of Deeds, A. R. Potter, went
to Blunt on,Monday to look after prop.
erty interests there.
Norbeck &ja Nicholson, deep we'll
drillers, have contracted to sink we'll
at the Indian school.
Insurance Commission O. S. Basford
arrived here Tuesday from Redtield, to
discharge some official duties.
You cannot afford to miss the enter
tainment at the opera houseisM onday
and Tuesday, March Is and..26.
Yesterday Governor Crawford ap-
pointed w. G. Faulkner to a position
on the state board of agriculture.
Chicken farming promises to be quite
an industry in this locality. A number
of incubators have been shipped in.
Frank Craig returned Friday night
from business gathering trip for his
firm. He reports splendid trade.
The Bad River News has metropol-
titan appearance, and is fairly trimming
over with news and articles Of interest.
Judge Fuller is making some valua-
BILE improvements to his dwelling. The
grounds around about are also being
heautifed.
DR.. c. J. Lavery of Fort Pierre passed
through the city today, en- route home
from Miller, where he was called in
consultation.
j. D. Rainey of the Bad River News
and who occasionally sends meteoric
flash across the journalistic horizon
was in the city on Saturday.
The work of escavating for the new
Northwestern depot will be commenced
about April 1. The structure will call
for the expenditure of 100000.
Easter services at the Congregations
church will be elaborate and interest
ing. The program is about made up
including some the city's best talent.
A. E. Ripe, mayor of Madison, has
rendered his resignation. 1t is the pur
pose Of Mr.. Ripe to remove from thai
place and take up a government land
claim in Stanley county.
NJ. A. Sogstad and wife left Tuesday
for Hitchcock, near which place Mr.
Sogstad owns fine farm of 440 acres
When the seeding season is over Mr.
Sogstad will return to Pierre.
Brother Rainey has caused the organ
ization of baseball team at Grindstone
and seems anxious to cross bats with {
bunch of Pierre fats. When water il
scarce, we'll meet you, Rainey, old boy
Farmers are hustlipg preparations TO
spriug work. In their endeavors to be
on time, they should not forget tina
their corn crop next fall depends much
upon the qnality of the seed soon to b.
planted.
Governor Crawford named as thre,
members of the new board of agricul
ture: j. w. Campbell, Huron; w.
Hill of Alexandria, and P w. Peterson
of Vermillion. Two former are reap
pointments.
State Engineer Lea reached HON
Monday afternoon from Rapid City
where he had been to examine into
number of water right privileges. H,
reports our big sister town on the ives
as wearing very busy air.
Miss Mabel starr and Fred W. Nc
Farland, both of Sansarc, were unitee
in marriage in this city yesterday. Tht
ceremony was performed in the parlor
at the Shannon house. Both have beef
claim holders in Stanley county.
F. D. Irwin, late of Rockford, III
builder Of artificial stone sidewalks
cement cellar bottoms, concrete found
ations, cement curb and step work, ha