Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-24
Basford
Insurance Commissioner Basford
went to Redtield today.

G. M. Livingstone drove to Onida to-
day to close the sale Of 100 acres of land
|. Bricklaying on the passenger Depot
is almost at an end, and the structure
is in the hands of the finishers.
Miss Nixon has resigned her position
with the Gas Belt Company aud has
accepted a position with the railroad
company
The ring of the bricklayers trowel
is no longer heard about the New Hyde
block, that portion of the construction
having been finished.
Capt. A. b. Sessions, editor of the
Forum, and George Schlosser, manager
Of the South Dakota Newspaper Union,
paid their respects to this office Satur
day, while in the city with the Sioux
Falls business boomers.
E. w. Sanderson. who is kindly re-
membered here, was in thercity the first
of the week, accompanied by his wife.
MIR. Sanderson was for years the accom-
modating agent of the American Ex-
press company in this city.
Governor Crawford has appointed
Prof. Carl w. Thompson of the Uni
versity Of Vermillion to act as dele
gate from this state to the National
Conference on the subject of the state
and local taxation, which will convene
at Columbus, Ohio, on Nov 49,
The funeral of Mrs j. FL. Cook of
Fort Fierre occurred Wednesday from
the Congregational church, under the
direction of the Eastern Star. MIR.
and Mrs. Cook came here from Illinois
about a week ago and were on their way
to their claim west of the river.
Warmer weather is promised today
by the government forecasters. The
cold spell which has been in force
during last week is slated to disap-
pear, and in its place there are to
be fair skies and a balmy atmosphere.
The Irish Pawnbrokers will show at
at the Grand opera house, Pierre, one
night, Wednesday, Oct. Both. They are
considered the best that has ever visit
ed the west and no one has failed to get
full satisfaction and more than their
moneys worth from the entertainment
this company gives.
The success in raising winter wheat
west OF the Missouri river the past year
has created demand for seed for that
purpose, and nearly every paper in that
part Of the state reports some one put.
ting in a trial field of this grain, with
the hope that it will prove as successful
as it did this year, and one more year OF
success means that winter wheat rals-
ing will be a permanent proposition in
the western part of the state.
Young man don't swear There is
no occasion for it outside of printing
Office, where it is useful when the paper
is behind time. 1t also comes in handy
, when the proof is read and nearly indis
pensabe when the ink works bad or the
press begins to kick: and it has been
known to entirely remove that tire {
feeling an editor sometimes has whe +
he looks over the paper after it has
been printed. Outside the printing of
, flee, however it is foolish habit
Forty out of the first fifty numbers
, drawn for Lower Brule lands were re
presented in the waiting crowd befor
: the filing Office when they were allowed
to present filings. The southern par
of the reservation, which lies only abou
i six miles from FRESNO, on the MilWau
: kee road between Chamberlain ana tn
Q Black Hills, appeared to look good t
S most of those who had been over tn
g ground, and out of the forty three VIII
S made selections for the day, all but tw
: located on that part of the tract.
Patrick Branngan had contracted t
dig well in the sandy part Of the tow
and had dug down some forty fee
L when, on coming to work one morning
he found that the last twelve feet of hi
). well had caved in and would have t
be dug out again He sat down by TT
. we'll to wait for his helpers, when
~ happy thought struck him. He ARCS
took off his coat hung it up in piai
y sight, hid his tools, and walked ava,
Z. a few minutes later the helpers cam
= and finding Pats coat and seeing ths
If his tools we're gone came to the concll
ly sion that their boss was buried und
le the fallen sand, and with the help
ne all the neighbors immediately set
n work to dig him out. Not till all Il
IN fallen dirt was taken out did the M
in the least suspect that they had be,
st hoaxed into doing just what the DO
I'd was trying to dodge.
as Friday evening more than one hu
90 dred business men in the city Of Sio,
st Falls reached Pierre by special tra
ss The party went. to the Hills count
y over the Chicago, Milwaukee 81 st. Pa