Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-01
SOUTH DAKOTA:
General State News
Photographed.

sanitary board P. H. O'Neill of Faulk-
ton and ]. N. Long Of Waubay.
The Hughes county treasurer's Of
fee shows the heaviest receipts for
February ever known in that county.
The total was 69.943, or about $S,0Oo
in excess of the collections of any for
mer month.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Jordan State bank at Jor-
dan, Trip county, with capital or
$4,000 Incorporators, Henry Harris,
Louis Harris, j. j. Won Hemert, Peter
Dek and Carroll D. Perkins.
Gen. o. O. Howard, whose home IS
at Burlington, VT, has accepted an in
vitation to be present at the annual
ancampment of the South Dakota
Grand Army of the Republic, to be
held at Sioux Falls June %, % and "a.
The committee appointed by the
state auditors reported real estate
valuation which averages a general
increase of 90 per cent, the change in
counties running from 10 to so per
cent. Other schedules are left prac-
tically the same as last year.
At special election called for the
purpose Clark voted bonds to the eX.
tent of $4,000 for the purpose of i'm
proving the system of waterworks.
The vote was very light, only 1876 bal
lots being cast on the proposition, of
which 144 were in favor Of the bonds
State Treasurer Johnson has issued
a call for the 25th of the month for
general fund warrants up to register
number 1901. This will mean a call
of half a million dollars which will
be funded into revenue warrants at
much lower rate of interest than the
general fund warrants.
Elihu Alley of Loyalto, N. D., who
is in Aberdeen hospital for treatment,
escaped from the institution while in
a demented condition and created ex-
element by walking down Main street
at an early hour in the morning, very
scantily clad. A patrolman took the
man in charge and restored him to
the hospital
After separation Of four years
John Bethel one Of the most popular
miners in Terry, and Miss Jane Piper,
late of Cornwall, England, eliminated
an old romance at the altar. The
bride has just arrived from the old
country, where she waited until Bet
eel had saved up enough to get his
home and secure himself
The largest real estate transactions
recorded at Spearfish in some years
was closed when W. A. Quimby, the
jeweler Of Lead, purchased the
Charles Pierson ranch of 935 acres.
This is considered one of the best
natural farms in this section, and has
been used for stock purposes as well
as crops. The consideration was ST.
00O.
:
Angus McLane, a rancher from near
Piedmont, is in the county jail at
Deadwood, charged with sending OBJ
scene letters through the mail. Nc
Lane was arrested at the instance of
a woman living in another portion of
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Fourche where he was given a pre-
lininary hearing before United States
and held under $240 bonds for his ap-
pearance in the federal court.
The Aberdeen Commercial club has
placed Tom Roberts. the South Da-
kota newspaper man, who has lust re-
tired as secretary to Senator A B.
kittredge, in charge of the Dakota
homecoming week to be held there
the third week of next June. The
preparations for the celebration will
be pushed from now on under the
guidance of Mr.. Roberts experienced
hand.
At a special meeting of the Pierre
city council special election was
called for the 10Th of this month for
a vote on the question of changing
from the present form of city govern
ment to the commission, Or Calves.
ton" plan. The indications are that
the plan will be adopted, and, if it is,
the city will get under the new plan
at the annual election in April. and
completely change the form of CITY
government
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The County Auditors association
at their meeting selected as officers
for the ensuing year: President. A.
P. Schnell of Meade; first vice presi.
dent, c. J. Evans of Clark; second
vice president, E. R. Lampy of Coding.
ton; secretary-treasurer, H. O. Ref.
VEN of Jerauld; executive committee
b. j. Barrett of Perkins, D. Finnegan
of Yankton, O. J. Bitterness of Brook.
ings, D. r. Gustafson of Lawrence and
j. ]. Murphy Of Turner.
At meeting of representatives OF
the various Masonic bodies of Aho,