Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
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mo before Justice Holtibridle at Mill
err, and was bound over to the circuit
court on charge of illegally selling
liquor.
Gov Crawford has appointed G. M
Henry of Sioux Falls state inspector
, If warehouses and scales, to I'LL the
vacancy causel by the resignation OF
Olaf Paulson.
Henry Goetz, while placing heavy
granite curbing at the postofhce
grounds at Yankton, was badly in
jured by the slipping Of the tongs
which held a stone weighing 2,40O
pounds. He will recover.
The melon growers in the garden
country along Chapelle creek in the
southern part of Hughes county, say
their crop was slow starting this year
in account of the late cold spring, but
hat the indications at present are
or a good crop.
within four days after his arrest
ut Yankton Dudley E. Chapman, the
cracksman and jailbrealler from LIE
Mars, Iowa, was on his way to Sioux
Falls to begin serving a two-year
term in state prison. He pleaded
guilty to burglary.
Another of the long series of rob
berries that have occurred at Central
City and vicinity recently resulted in
The arrest of John Burns. Burns is
charged with breaking into the store
Of j. w. Mcdonald Of Central City
and stealing all of the stock he could
carry off.
Col. Deets, who has been a1lotting
lands to Indians ON the Grow Creek
reservation, has completed the work.
The allotting crew has been moved to
the Lower Brule Indian reservation
Tor about two weeks, when it will pro-
coed to the Cheyenne River Indian
reservation.
Now that the barley and rye harvest
mas begun in South Dakota and wheat
and other small grain harvest will be-
gin in the near future, every incoming
freight train is bringing its quota Of
harvest hands, who always flock to
South Dakota by the thousands at
This season of the year.
Laurel Fundingsland, the four-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Fundingsland of Beresford was near
lily killed from drinking ammonia. The
little boy drank large quantity of
he powerful liquid and the physician
who was called Immediately had a
hard time to save his life.
| Four large train loads of Montana
sheep have passed through Aberdeen
on their way to the Eastern markets.
They are the first shipments of this
nature that ever passed that way.
The shipments consisted of thirty
cars to each train. Several more will
he made during the next few days.
:,
Having arranged for the wiping out
Of the town of Evarts the Milwaukee
road expects to have the six miles OF
track from Glenham to Evarts pulled
up by Aug. I, and all that will be left
to show that live cattle shipping
town once existed at Evarts win be
the abandoned railroad grade dowr
to that point.
Of late there has been great many
applications for the establishment o.
more voting precincts in Meade coun
lily to accommodate the rapidly in
creasing population in the northeast
| ern part OF the county. At the re
cent session OF the board Of count,
commissioners it was resolved tina
four new voting precincts be estab
llished.
Norbeck & Nicholson have made
( contract with w. z. Hemphill, bette
known to old timers as "Tex," to sinl
an artesian well at his road ranch
eight miles out from Fort Pierre, a
: the top of the hill on the old Dead
wood trail. Hemphill, who was one o
the old time cattlemen, got out fror
under with the coming of homestead
ers. and started road ranch on tn
trail, and has been caring for trave
Iefs and farming for several years.
The four Indian judges of the Chey
enne River Indian reservation vii
meet at a probate court on the lot
of August for the purpose Of passin
upon the validity Of titles of india
heirships lands, which the heirs dc
sire to dispose of. Their duty will b
to see that all the heirs entitled to
sharing of the proceeds of the sale h
included in the transfer papers. Sen
eral tracts which were taken by. 7,
dams in Hughes and Stanley countie
I are to be disposed of by the heir
, now living on the reservation. an
!. titles must be made perfect befor
sales can be assured.
: The valuable pet dog of w. II. RAJ
ferty, candidate for lieutenant go,
i al,