Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-07
South Dakota
General State News Pasaira Pied.

Judge Garland has appointed Will
lam c. Meyer United Ctates commls-
sioner at Kadoka.
While attempting to break colt to
the saddle the nineteen-year-old son
of Jacob Gieron, farmer OF Ethan,
was thrown heavily to the ground. He
struck upon his head and died soon
afterward.
Casper Flick, an old pioneer and
prospector, died at Deadwood. Dec.
81 he was found near Custer Peak
mining district with frozen feet Am
putation weakened him so much he
could not rally. He was well known
The report of the bureau of vital sta
tistics for December shows that IN
the month there were 99S births, OF
which 521 were males and ATT te-
males. There were AGA marriages, 1888
deaths, 81 naturalizations and 40 dl-
vorces.
Over fifteen warrants have been is
sued on complaint of Prof. Bigelow, of
the board of education of Lead, for
parents who have failed to comply
with the compulsory educational law.
This has resulted in an especially good
attendance at the school.
Lars P. Olson, farmer, is confident
that he has located a gold mine upon
his farm near Sioux Falls. He attirms
that the claim contains gold-bearing
quartz and exhibited samples which
he stated experts had told him would
run as high as $4,000 to the ton.
After a posse of several hundred
citizens had secured the country
roundabout in a vain search for him,
Otto Huff, the negro who is alleged to
have shot and killed Adolph Welsh,
was captured at James and is now
safely lodged in the Brown county
Jail.
Members Of the Clear Lake volun-
teer fire department already are get
ting in readiness for the annual tour
nament Of the South Dakota Fire
mans association at Watertown in
June. The team which will represent
the department this year will be
stronger and better than ever before.
:
At the annual business meeting and
show of the Queen City Poultry as
sociation at Sioux Falls the following
officers were elected: President,
Charles Spitznagle, Sioux Falls; vice
presidents, Mrs. w. A. Shellhamer,
Luverne, Mimi; H. r. Obs, Beaver
Creek, Mimi; William H. Carr Sioux
Falls; secretary, Stacey Metcalf, Ell
lis; superintendent, George c. Helfert,
Sioux Falls.
In the circuit court in Stanley coun-
ty Judge Boucher had long criminal
calendar to clear up, and sentenced
several persons who were found guilty
on charges of horse rustling. Among
them were Alfred and Lewis Bowker,
young mixed-bloods. Alfred was tried
first and given a sentence of two and
half years in the penitentiary. Both
were members Of an alleged organized
gang Of rustlers.
Leading farmers around Viberg have
organized company with the object
Of establishing what will be one OF
the largest farmers cooperative mer-
camille concerns in South Dakota.
The company will have capital of
$4,000. At preliminary meeting OF
farmers interested in the project,
which has just been held, temporary
officers were elected and Viborg was
selected as the place to locate the
store
Viborg Is the latest town in the state
to figure on the construction of mu-
nicipal system of waterworks. At a
recent meeting of the town council OF
that place committee was appointed
to visit and inspect the waterworKs
systems of adjacent towns, with a
view of ascertaining the sort of a sys-
tenn that would be best for Viborg.
his COInmlLt6o CONSISTS OIL II. ".
Christensen and M. V. Olsen, leading
business men of Viborg.
Work ON the railroad bridge at
Pierre has been pushing right along
regardless of the severity Of the win
ter, and every effort is being made to
get the structure far enough along to
allow work to continue when the ice
goes out in the spring, and to prevent
stoppage of work from high water in
June. If this can be accomplished
the chances are favorable for the
bridge to be in possession for traffic
by the middle of the summer.
The Nebraska Telephone company
states that the building of the rail
roads from Pierre and Chamberlain tc
the Black Hills will mean the install
ing of long distance telephone tc
connect the Hills with other portions
of the state and eventually with Oma
ha and Denver. The Bell Telephone
company now proposes to follow the
Northwestern railroad into RAPID
City from Pierre as soon as possible
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