Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-04
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L. A. Munson went to Clark this
afternoon.
A. |. Harlow of Okobojo, was in the
city Monday.
| Bert Sieber returned to his home at
Chicago today.
W. D. Nelson returned today from a
trip to Huron.
Q. Q. Maben transacted business
matters at Huron Friday.
M. A. Lange was an over Sunday
visitor here from Rapid City.
Pierre and Philip will cross bats at
the ball park Saturday and Sunday.
The National Bloomer Girls viii
play ball here June 2S with the locals
Irwin Trumble OF Okobojo, has gone
to Hot Springs to be treated for rheu-
matism.
Chief of Police Core is able to be out
on the street again with the use of
crutches.
The salary of Postmaster Nipple has
been raised 500 per year, to take effect
July /.
r, S. Vessey, candidate for governor
of Washington Springs, was in the city
Tuesday.
Fay Hocket and Gus Bergen return
ed from Lennon after looking over
the country
L. B. Albright, j. p. Erickson and
A. d. Hengle have returned from Big
Stone Lake.
E. F. Huntington, deputy revenue
collector, transacted business matters
here Tuesday
The Firemen's Tournament June
1913. Don't forget the dates. Some
great attractions have been secured
for those dates.
J. l.. Lockhart and T.. e. Gaffy are
billed to make talks in this city next
Monday evening.
Sanborn County dedicated its fine
new $45, 900 court house at Woonsocket
Friday afternoon. Hon. d. Haney of
the Supreme Court delivered the princi-
pal address.
Many power breaking plows have been
put out of commission by the late
heavy rains. The heavy machines sink
in the soil to an extent as to render
them useless.
There is dog in this city with
nerve enough to bite az assessor. Dogs
are usually hard to find at this time Of
the year, but this one left his mark on
a property lister.
Huron Huronite: State Food and
Diary Commissioner Wheaton was here
Monday and caused the arrest of Mr.
Bulls for using personalities in his
milk. He was fined $4,000 and costs.
The state University is approaching
the end of another prosperous year
Learning's suburb will soon become as
/ quiet as dream out of Already, while
scattered students will sing the glories
of the baseball diamond and staid pro-
fessors fight warning mosquitoes in
summer camps.
In special election in this city on
Tuesday, by vote of more than five to
one, the school board was authorized to
raise twenty thousand dollars and in
structed to erect \ school building On
some suitable location south of the
North Western railway yards
The North Western is putting on
additional crews this week. Monday
four crews were put to work and or
Monday next four additional crews will
be'put to work The North Western in
tends to gravel the road bed between
Huron and Pierre this season.
| That vast section of country west OF
the Missouri river has had super
abundance of rain for the past two
weeks, one of the heaviest storms in
the history of this country visited us
Tuesday evening. 1t is estimated that
fully seven inches of rain has fallen
during the week.
;, Memorial day was generally observed
by the business houses for the alter
noon and the programme carried ou
by the G. A. r. in the decoration OF
graves of old soldiers and a memoria
programme at the auditorium, in which
the school children Of the city took {
part. The weather was perfect.
Monday afternoon and evening ont
and q half inches of rain fell
which with occasional showers sine,
has made it impossible to complete tn,
work of corn planting. But a small
acreage remains to plant, and porto,
of this on account of the lateness O
the season will be sown to flax ant
millet.
The voters in the towns of Philip
Kadoka, and Cottonwood, Stanley coun