Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-14

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Brief Bits Weeks History in the |
State.
Pierre-Onida, the county scat OF
Sully county, after a quarter of cen
tury under township government, al
a special election held last Tuesday, by
vote of more than two to one vote4
for town organization. and the place
will begin to put on airs from this
time on.
Vermillion-Yesterd was big day
for the Lutherans of BERGEN Lutheran
church, Norway township, Clay county.
At this time the corner stone was
laid for the new church edifice, which
is being erected at cost of $4,000
Services were held in both morning.
and afternoon, in charge of Rev. p.
H. Dahl of Gayville, assisted by
Professor Ordahl of Sioux Falls.
Alcester-The contract has been
awarded to Hawarden, Ia, man foH
the construction of a new public school
building in what is known as the Ison
district short distance northwest of
Alcester. The work Of erecting the
building will commence about Novem-
Der l. 1t will be modern in every re
spect and will be one of the best school
buildings in this part of the state.
Pierre-The bids for grading the
capitol grounds were opened today
only two bidders coming in, they be
ing Fanebust & Sons Of Sioux Ea Is
and NJ. F. Gary of this city. The bid
of Gary was the lowest, but he asked
for more time than did the other bid
der, and the question of the letting
was taken under advisement, bat the
commission this evening decided to LEI
the contract to Gary.
Sturgis-The members of the local
women's club already are making
preparations Tor the annual conven-
ton of the Black Hills Federation of
Women's clubs, which will be held in
this city on Friday and Saturday, Oc-
tober Is and is. A splendid program
is being prepared and large attend
ance is expected. Many of the mus1-
clans, of which the federation is justly
proud, will be heard at this years con-
vention. -
Huron-The mission in progress
here for the past two weeks in ST.
Martins Catholic church. Is closed. 1t
was under the direction Of Dean Des-
mond and was the most successful in
the history of the church here. The
chief speakers were Fathers Monaghan
and Brady All the lectures were at
tended by large numbers of people Of
non-Catholic belief, representatives OF
the various religious Nominations Of
the city being quite prominent.
oOnsocket-EffOrts to secure an
other mammoth artesian well at this
place have resulted unsuccessfully, the
drillers finding it impossible to strike
the great artesian flow which made
other artesian wells drilled in this
vicinity among the greatest spouters
of the kind in the United States. The
old artesian we'll which for years has
furnished the water for the local wa
terworks system, when first struck
was the greatest we'll of the kind in
the west, the flow and pressure being
something enormous. The flow of the
fell has gradually failed until 1t be-
came necessary to seek an additional
flow elsewhere The new we'll, when
the water from it is turned into the
mains will increase the pressure tc
some extent, but the pressure will still
be far below what the city authorities
desired.
Pierre-The report of the state treas
urer at the close of business September
go, shows $423 400 in all funds. Of
this $73,2s0 was in the general fund
but as call has been made for $4,000
of outstanding warrants for tomorrow
that fund will suffer a heavy reduction
The Irvine plant fund has $132,003
and the interest and income fund TO-
! the benefit of the common schools O
the states hows $114,187. The capito
| building fund shows only 1920 Thu
state is carrying $229,000 in call GER
| tificates Of deposit in number of thu
banks of the state most of this amour
paying the state three per cent inter
est, which goes into the general fund
| With the interest going into the gen
eral fund, warrants are kept up clos
| to the amount on hand, as the treas
urer has no object in allowing tn
general fund to pile up, and collec
! the interest from it while the stat
is paying interest on warrants :sut
standing.
| Sioux FallsThe Chicago, Burling
ton b Quincy Railway company ha
1 been made the defendant in an actto1