Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-20
South Dakota
General State News Parasra phed.

Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Stockholm State Bank at
Stockholm, Grant county, with a cap
ital OF $4,000. incorporators: Q. P
Johnson, Nels Bergen, @. B. Fornell
and others, Stockholm.
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The funeral Of Mrs. G. B. Harris
took place at the Catholic church at
Galena. All places of business were
closed during the services, which was
largely attended by friends from Dead
wood, Lead, Sturgis and other places.
The United States grand jury at
Pierre returned indictments against
Yellow Boy, charged with the murder
of Brave Heart on Pine Ridge reser-
walton, and against Leonard Hedlin, in
Jail at Yankton, on charge of post
office breaking.
The contract for the erection of the
farmers elevator at Letcher was let
to l.. Buege OF Minneapolis for $4.700.
The building is to have a capacity Of
$4,000 bushels and is to be up to date
in every respect. The building is to
be completed by Aug. /.
The largest load of wheat ever haul
ed from a farm to market in single
load is claimed by Wesley Sullivan OF
Groton, who is taking from $50 to 926
bushels at a trip, using traction en-
CINE. He saves about cents bushel
in the cost of hauling.
Ludwig Kitzmann and his wife cele-
brated their fiftieth wedding ami
versary and entertained large num-
Der Of old friends at their farm north
of Yankton. Herman Kitzmann of
Yankton county is their only son. A
daughter lives in Hutchinson county.
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Fifty-six graduates of the Northern
Normal and Industrial school Of Aber-
deem have received their diplomas
and with the alumni banquet at the
Commercial club on Thursday even
ing, the commencement exercises Of
that institution were brought to q
close.
Fishermen complain that even the
fish are backward this season. They
say the fish, which usually spawn in
April, are spawning now. June is
usually the best fishing month of the
year, but the fish refuse to bite this
year, although there is an abundance
of them in the streams
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Henry Hinricks of Clearwater mar.
nowly escaped death in an accident
with a disc pulverizer. getting his
feet caught between the discs so tight
ly that the machine had to be taken to
pieces to get him loose. His ankle
was cut to the bone and he suffered
severe loss of blood, but will recover.
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The six-year-old daughter of Barnev
Hecker has been found dead in a
sand pit at Yankton, with a cash in
the head. 1t is supposed the child fell
from load of sand that was being
hauled by hired man, as few min
utes before number of children met
the load and climbed upon it.
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Practically two townships were
taken in the Pierre district in May
through filings, which numbered 2S4,
Of these 10 being soldiers declarator-
les; 10 reservoir declarations, and
264 homestead filings. Title was Sc
cured to more than half township
through II final homestead proofs and
Sc communication proofs.
Walter Milbrandt, the two-yea1-o1d
son of a farmer living near Westport,
Is dead as the result of drinking but
ter coloring. While the child was at
play it discovered bottle containing
the butter coloring and before It could
be prevented, had swallowed a guam
tity Of it. Medical assistance was at
once summoned, but efforts to save
the little ones life proved unavailing.
r. P. 1mis, well known young man
of Spearfish, has been promoted to for
est inspector and transferred to Dis
trict No. 2, with headquarters in Den
yer. he mas 1or the past two years
acted as technical assistant to Forest
Supervisor J. F. Smith. Mr.. lines is. q
native of the Black Hills, and is =
young man whose attention to bust
ness has already won for him several
well deserved promotions.
An interesting strike has been made
by Frank Ames on the Dundee group
Of claims adjoining the Merritt strike
near Custer Peak. The ore encoun-
tered is the same variety as the Mer-
rift material, but while the latter is
found at the grass roots, the Dundee
ore is in the quartzite. The vein
which at first diminished to a small
stringer has again widened out and
has been opened up for a distance Of
sixteen feet. It carries 90 ounces in
silver.
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George Ainsworth, young man Of
Lead, has just received word that he
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