Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-22
E. F. Waite was in the city Yesterday

Miss Iva Hartley went to Chicago
Wednesday for short visit,
Ezra Issenhuth left yesterday for
Minneapolis for short visit.
But three weeks more in which 10
boost for the Gas Belt Expo.
Mrs. A. j. Layne and son, How ard
are home from an extended stay in the
9ast.
Ii. G. Packard is here from Redtield
On business connected with the sta to
house.
Miss Flo Holmes departed Yesterday
for Aberdeen where she will visit with
friends.
Gov. Crawford will be among the
speakers at the soldiers reunion at
Hurley September 8.
A. G. johnson has been appointed
general passenger anu ticket agent of
the z. r. G. & N. w. Ry.
A. w. Ewert this week purchased the
dwelling property, known as the Pr0bst
property, located in east Pierre.
Robert Riebe arrived Wednesday
from Rochester, MINI. for visit with
his daughter, Mrs. A. E. Lucas.
j. w. Sheppard, we'll known news
paper man, who has been in the city
during the week, left yesterday for his
home.
B. A. Cummins arrived home Wed
nesday from the east, where business
called him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Garner returned
Wednesday from a two weeks stay in
Cedar Rapids, 10.
D. D. Wipf, secretary of state, was in
Bowden, North Dakota, this week
where he visited relatives.
Miss Aiken and niece, Miss taulina
Sutherland, returned yesterday from a
visit to relatives in Baraboo, Wis,
Governor Crawford passed Sunday
with a brother who operates large
farm twelve miles east of Flandreau.
Miss Edna Judd, who has been visit
ing with relatives here, returned to her
home at Des Moines, Iowa, Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Senseney returned
yesterday from Iowa, to that state they
were summoned by the illness of the
formers mother. 81,
Mrs. H. E Cutting and daughter
Helen, departed yesterday for Mon
treal, Canada, where they went to visit
friends and relatives.
Brickmaking was started here yester-
day by the Pierre Brick and Tile COM
pany, which is the first brick chat has
been made here in fifteen years.
H. A. Ustrud, state superintendent
arrived Wednesday from Sioux Falls
and is putting in overtime disposing Of
accumulated business matters.
j. L. Lockhart has fine display Of
grains in his office window, and they
are certainly provoking much favorable
comment from visitors iii the city.
A. 2. Stewart and c. D. Hill are il
the city from Belle Fourche. Business
is good and things are promising is the
statement they made concerning mat
ters in the Hills.
The thermometer has to run w
pretty high SO as to drop without hit
ting the frost line What worries PEG :
pie is that one of these mornings the
thermometer will miss its guess.
The price of wheat went up &c on
Change Monday morning on g rumol
from the wheat fields that frost was
threatened. We hope the farmer go
the Sc, if there was frost anywhere.
| The first of the week the machinery
which operates the draw section of the
big bridge was set in motion. The sec
ton was opened aud closed as handil,
as farmer could handle his gate.
The county superintendent of Bead lie
county reports that not one hall
enough teachers have been secured
thus far to conduct the schools of the
county for the coming year. In these
prosperous times it is hard to secur,
teachers, and the same complain
comes from nearly every county in tn
state.
While few counties have not yet re
| ported the number of sets of papers t
be- passed upon by the markers o.
teachers applications will exceed fiftee
| hundred. Besides the regular oftic
! force of the state superintendent of
i fee a large number Of other marker
have been called in to assist in tn
work which will take about ten days.
4 Dave Kicker is in the city, also Mi
4 Laegner of Sioux Falls brewery. Th
latter came in to look after the matte
of building brick block in the rear o
i the HilgsT block where the old Biaci
4 Hills House stood. That early da