Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-03
Friday, Oct. 4, is pension day !.

Large loads of building material is
being hauled into the country districts.
DR.. Tyrell, James Riose and others
are shooting at ducks along Bad river
today.
Coed dwelling house in East Pierre
is offered for sale. This office for par
ticulars.
E. M. Waubaugh is home from a
business trip to Chicago and Wiscon
sin points,
j. o. Strand returned Tuesday from
an extended trip into the northern por
ton of the state.
Miss Elizabeth Swanson has accepted
position as stenographer in the office
of the state engineer.
The new steel bridge presents fin
ished appearance. Trains will move
over the structure on Saturday.
j. G. Dan, Of the state land depart
ment, left yesterday on Office business,
going to Faulk and Potter counties.
j. W. Shepherds new paper will make
its appearance next week. 1t will
carry large amount of home adyertis-
ing.
Boudreau & Penfield will open their
meat market tomorrow. Their place
of business is located on Pleasant
Drive.
The Free Press offers no cheap
premiums to influence people to become
subscribers 1t is offered upon it's
merits as a newspaper.
If you are not successful in the land
drawing, you can DO no better than
see D. @. Jordan, who has some choice
tracts west of the river.
John l.. Lockhart has for sale re-
linquishments to lands west of the
river-as good as any in Stanley county.
see him while in the city.
H. A. Ustrud, the ablest and most
efficient superintendent of public in
struction our state ever had, came in
yesterday from Sioux Falls.
The first train of freight to cross the
new steel bridge here was brought over
last Tuesday night. Shipments Of
freight at night will begin this week.
A big comedy company is coming to
the city next week. The company is
said to be high class entertainers, and
no doubt will please to the fullest ex-
tent, large audiences nightly.
The government steamer Mandan
Capt. Gould in charge, came down from
Bismarck last evening and will leave
tomorrow for Sioux City, where it will
go into ice harbor for the winter.
D. D. Wipf, than whom more COM
petent secretary of state this state ever
had. arrived yesterday from business
trip to Vermillion and points in the
southern portion of the state.
. G. II. Anderson returned Tuesday
from Minneapolis where bushes called
him. He says that large number OF
business men of the twin cities will ac
; company the boards of trade to Pierre
on the 14th inst.
The base ball season is now ending
in a wave of intense excitement. The
foot ball warriors are impatiently wait
ing until the national sport passes of
the stage for this season, when the time
will arrive for them.
Tuesday afternoon Mesdames II. G
Fuller and l.. L. Stephens entertained
large company OF ladies at the home
of the latter. Mrs. Arthur Fuller wal
the guest os honor After sumptuou
5 o'clock supper the guests dismissed
themselves.
Clarence Lake is one of the busies
men in Pierre. During the absence o
Chas. L. Hyde he looks we'll after build
ing operations, collects rents, answer
correspondence conducts sales of lot
and lands, attends to opera house, an
: finds time to get three square meal
? every day.
. An innumerable horde of peopl
have found their way to Pierre, attract
S ed here to offer chance in the dra win
q of Lower Brule lands, which open
: next Monday. Along with the rus
: has come many who desire to inv est i
I city property, and farm lands in Hughe
e and Sully counties.
Pioneer residents of lands lying be
0 tween the Missouri river and the Blac
/ Hills, who by close observance durin
the past twenty-five or thirty year
have become reliable weather prophet
declare that the manner in which bu1
y falo grass is curling this fall indicate
IL that winter will set in earlier than Gus
tomary.
Ell Suit has been brought in the Thi1
: judicial circuit by A. S. Sherrin
e Watertown, as attorney for Isabel
e Erickson to recover $1,000 on certif
n cate of membership in the Ladies Of Il
o MaCcabees which was held nv tt