Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-28
WEEK IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Important Events in the State
Briefly Told.

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] Briefly Told.
/ Plc1re-A reception was rendered
Helen LARAMIE Baker, the suffragist of
! Spokane, at Governor Vessey's home
| She addressed meetings and was N
! PRODUCED by Governor Vessey, W. o
! strongly endorses su.,rage.
Aberdeen-For the first time in
many months, the vital statistics / !.
| Brown county for September show a
| larger number of dea his than bi It's
| During that month thee we Al birth
vorces.
Vermillion-several people Of the
city declare that they fet an earth
quake shock here abb ut for o'c,o,k
yesterday morning. The windows ct
tied and houses seemed to tremble.
The supposed quake occu red sbo t an
| hour before the rain storm came up.
Onida-Thursday evening TIE rel
dence of Milton Gibbs, near cd Fort
| Bennett in northern Stanley county
was, with contents destroyed by fire
with loss of about thousand dol
lars. The fire evidently started from
stove, in which fire had been start
| ed, just before Mr.. and Mrs. Gibbs
both left the building to do chore
work.
Abredeen-sherff John Andersen
and his deputies raided a number Of
saloons here yesterday and secured
eleven stereopticon machines which
| were showing immoral ric'ures. The
| saloon keepers were also ordered to
'emove the slot machines from their
| places. Mayor Aldrich had previous
ly ordered the stereopticons removed,
but the notice was not needed.
Custer-The Ccng" e~ationalists Of
the Black Hills met rere in two DAYS
session that was largely attended there
being present the pastors and Sunday
chool superintedents and lay dee
gates from each church in and arc md
he Black Hills. The sessions were in
charge Of Rev. Holden of the local
Congregational church.
VII lS CASNul1SC GULL
mittee fthe Federation of CONNER
cial clubs of the State of South Da-
kota has appointed Hon. Granville
Jones, secretary of the club for the
balance of the year to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mr.. F.
J. Armstrong who was elected secre-
tary at the Deadwood meeting last
January. (Mr. Jones was secretary Of
the federation for the year 1908, and
filled the Office with great credit to
Madison-The report by John L.
ines, public examiner for South Da-
lota state banks shows that the &C.
posits in the state banks have increas-
ed $3.50, 960.76 in the three months
rom May % to Sept. 1. AS the deposits
On May % were in round numbers,
| $42, 900 900, this is an increase of six
per cent. At this rate the deposits
n the state banks of South Dakota
IRE growing "a per cent year.
himself and the federation. Mr.. Jones
takes a great interest in the work Of
the federation, which is shown by
the fact that in his letter of his ac-
cepting the appointment he makes it
on the condition that he shall re-
ceive no pay, either for salary or
travelling expenses, anu IL 1S HOpeu
that every commercial club will CO.
operate with him in sending at least
one delegate to the annual meeting
to be held at Presho on the second
Tuesday in January 1910.
verdi-Members of the Woodmen
organization in this part of Brook;ngs
county are greatly pleased with fine
lodge hall building which has just
been completed by the Woodmen lodge
of this place. The building was form
ally opened on Friday evening of last
week, and hundreds of Woodmen and
members of their families from Verdi
and the surrounding were present to
make the opening of tn new lodge hall
building great success.
vlenna.-This place, which is one Of
the thriving towns of northwestern
South Dakota, has just taken plunge
into municipal ownership which is ex-
pected to result very successfully. The
town board has concluded negotiations
for the purchase Of the local electric
light plant, which was installed and
heretofore owned by private COM
pany. The plant was purchased for a
little less than 5000 which includes
q new dynamo and engine lately in
stalled. The plant is in first class con-