Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-30
Mrs, w, r.. Porter is seriously ill.

Mrs. w. r.. Porter is seriously ill.
W. Z. Calhoon is on business trip
in sully county,
L. R. Falkner is in the city today
from Belle Fourche.
e. G. Mason is building a dwelling
house in East Pierre
S. A. johnson Of Rec. Heights arrived
in the city this morning.
DR.. D. W Robinson returned yester-
day from Rapid City.
E, E. Row and family are moving in
rooms over the Hyde block.
R. b Enoe of Newell Iowa, was a
west bound passenger today.
Crops are certainly looking fine
Spring work is we'll advanced.
X. Nelson of Okobojo, is in the city |
looking alter business matters.
Charles Haxby of the Cheyenne
country was in the city yesterday
| Miss Alta Kingsley will leave in a
avs for her home at Staples, MINI.
Mrs. G. l.. Dorothy came in this
AFTERNOON from her claim near Philip.
Hon. A. B. Nelson departed today
for Sioux Falls on!a short business trip
u. S. Greggs was a west bound pas
senger today with lot of land seekers.
Lew Sandys returned last night from
a months pleasure. trip to the Pacific
coast.
D. G. Baer of worthington, Mimi,
has purchased the Flothorp blacksmith
shop on Dakota Ave.
Mrs. Z Rough, who has been visiting
in the city with friends, left today for
her home at Marshalltown, Iowa.
Gus Bergen and Fay Hockett intend
to start for Lennon, S. D. where they
, will open up real estate office.
Locator Grlggs is away to Meade
county with party Of six, who are
DESTROYS of securing homestead loca-
tions.
!, Miss Orpha Steele of Deadwood- and
q John Horigan of Hardingrove were
. united in marriage here at the Catholic
church today.
Mrs E. j. Muckler returned today
d from an extended visit at Livingston,
Montana. She will leave in few days
for her claim near Sansarc.
After the touch of winter expert.
Y enced early In the week it was predicted
o last night that the temperature again
would rise to normal today.
3 W. e. Jenkins, a leading farmer and
a stock raiser in oully county, shipped
It from Alnes Iowa, to this city last week
carload of fine stock cattle. Monday
he drove them to his holdings in our
sister county.
T. The debating team of the Mitchell
Wesleyan University defeated the Ham
line team at Hamline last Monday
- evening The South Dakotans had the
affirmative of the Galveston plan OF
city government.
The storm which prevailed Tuesday
. in the Black Hills country was severe
- blighting nearly all vegetation. A
heavy fall Of snow was accompanied
by cold wind and freeze, and trees
and shrubbery suffered everywhere.
m The state camp Of the Modern
Woodmen of America, in South Da
j. kota meet at Madison, May 6 and Z
~ The main purpose of the meeting is t.
y, elect ten delegate to the triennial ma
tional or head camp which meets il
June this year at Peoria, III.
Ar Public Opinion: AS the first step to
AFT ward one of the ambitions WateTtoW
has cherished for some time, an
= through the persistent efforts of Genera
=, G. Ii. Englesby, soldiers of Uncle Sal
- will be encamped on the military re
80 servation. Camp Roosevelt, Lake Kan
peska, next month.
- Inquiry among owners Of orchard
"a ElTOuStlOuI Gne Stdt6 ulSCloSeS Luo ld
= that comparatively little damage WI
:; done to fruit by the cold weather Of tt
past few days. Nothing but plum tree
which we're in blossom, were injured
ct the cold weather, other fruit having g
tol capped. The damage to plums is OF.
Lhe slight and cannot be regarded as at {
md serious.
WIG Articles of incorporation have be-
filed with the score tary of the state f
'ho the Farmers Telephone company
Sc New Holland, Douglas county, with
OF cnpital of $4,000. The incorporate
I'm. are j. G. Vance, Peter .Jongerwaal
the Pick Peterson, Gerritt Lukkel I
purposes of the company being to co
ne atrnct line TO connect with a nnmf
ssts Of the towns in Douglas and Char