Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-20
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Ward Martin was in from Hayes
last Friday.
Mr.. Waters of Miller, is the guest
OF his daughter, Mrs. E, f. Clifford.
G.. w. Anding will soon commence
the erection of residence on Pleas
ant Drive.
Felicia Fallas, one of the early trad
ers of the Missouri river, died at St
Mary's hospital last night.
Bricklaying on the building front
ing on Pleasant Drive, is well advanc-
ed, Chas. L. Hyde is the builder.
What is supposed to be a coal find
has been discovered in Goodwater
township, Sully county, and the
matter will be further investigated.
Miss Dorothy Sawyer of Chicago,
arrived yesterday and will remain
with Mrs. McQuaid during the sum
mer.
F. j. McCalmont, of the Eureka
Bakery, has fitted up, IN fine style,
an ice cream parlor, and is prepared
to serve delicacies on short notice.
A party of railroad surveyors are
working on the Lance Greek route to
the Cheyenne river. The survey
crosses Old Trail nine miles west of
Meers.
Blunt is to have fast ball team
this year. Several fast outside play
ers will be hired, and Jack HOLSTER,
of Mornlngside College, will be hired
to coach them.
A party of surveyors arrived here
Monday from the east and left Tues
day for the eastern portion of the
county. through which section two
lines will be run,
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Lewis, former
residents of Pierre, who have been in
i'll the city several days, left today
for Seattle, where they will spend the
summer with a daughter.
O. S. Basford, commissioner of
insurance, will shortly move his
family TO this city. The Free Press
is glad to be able to announce the
conf ing to Pierre of this estimahle
family.
A large force of expert marble
workers are at the new capitol build
ing to begin the work of laying the
| marble moSalcs in the corridors and
veStibules. A carload of material is
on the ground and this work is to be
| up at once.
Central South Dakota was on Fri
day favored with a refreshing rain,
! which began falling about four
O'Clock. Between that time and seven
O'Clock the earth was well soaked
Verdure, about a month behind, pre-
sented the appearance of taking on
new life.
Rev. A. d. DeXheimer reached
home Monday from the annual con-
ference, held in A berdeen. Rev.
DeXheimer was given a prominent
part in work during the deliberations
of conference work Upon Thursday
of last week he delivered lengthy
discourse.
The Pierre high school will graduate
class of fourteen this year, Of which
nine are girls, and five boys The list
is: Will Starkey, Frances Brink,
Marguerite Budde, Marguerite Tate,
Roy Hamilton, Leone Davis, Nellie
Greenough, Charles Hyde, John
Kelley, Hazel Ream, Macel Chapman,
Josephine Hengel, Dora Logan, Flagg
Carlisle
The ironing Of the roadbed between
Pierre and Aberdeen will complete a
project begun by Pierre, carried on by
Pierre and paid for by Hughes county
in an attempt to locate the capital at
Pierre. Many of the original promot-
| ers of the scheme are now dead, but
| old residents of Pierre can testify to
their loyalty and their daring Pierre
owes much to these men living or
dead -Huronite.
| Potter County News, 10: S. G.
| Policy, secretary of state, Mundt and
| Fischer, of Pierre, S. D.. arrived, by
auto on Saturday afternoon, from
! Whitehorse and the Cheyenne agency.
| They started from Pierre in the morn
| ing, from there to Whitehorse then to
the agency, Gettysburg and back to
Pierre by 6 O clock which is consider
able over 200 miles. not a terrible
fast trip but very good one at that.
The northwestern evidently does
| not intend that the Minneapolis & st
Louis road shall cut into the territory
| northeast of this city without making
a move Oh its own part. An engineer
| ing crew headed by j j. Decker.
which has been QUILTING here for
several days with the intimation that
| it was for work west of the Missouri,
left here Wednesday for Blunt, and
| iS pypp6red IA follow clos ol1, al o,r,