Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-08-12


Scott Thompson OF DeGrey, trans
acted business matters here yester-
day.
Frank Sutherland has gone to Fort
Pierre to work on the new school
building.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Westland cele-
brated their goth anniversary last
evening.
Miss Margaret Donahue of Huron
is enjoying visit here with her sis
ter, Mrs. j. Smith.
| j. E. Chase has arrived from Ash
ton, S. D, with view Of purchasing
ranch west of the river.
Present indications are that Water.
town will see almost as many automo-
biles on it's streets next year as it has
horses and rigs. One company is said to
have ordered 60 ma chimes Of late
1910 model.
State Engineer Lea left last week for
Spokane, WASH, where he reads a
paper and delivers an illustrated lecture
on South Dakota before the National
Irrigation congress. He goes from there
to Denver, where he reads paper on
drainage before the Trans Mississippi
Commercial congress.
Northwestern surveyors are re-
ported to be working in the vicinity
of Draper, in Lyman county, and are
supposed to be running the prelimi-
nary for northern extension of the
line from Dallas, which will prob
ably cross the line from Dallas, be-
tween here and Rapid City at Mid
land
John Runge, who has been employed
at the Eureka bakery for the past
year and half left this morning for
Denver, Colorado. After visiting there
for few days he will go to San Fran
cisco, Cal, and will sail from there to
his home in Germany Delmar Tow
Ter of Denver has taken charge of his
department of the bakery.
The August teachers examination
in this state brought a much larger
number of applications than did the
July examinations. The number ap-
plying in August reaching near fifteen
hundred. If the average number
pass, it will mean about eight hund-
red teachers to help fill the demand
which always shows a chronic short
age in the state at the opening of the
fall terms of school.
The weather man is handing it out
in hot chunks these days with out any
cessation of the torridity of the atmos
phere. Yesterday the thermometer
climbed up to 80 without any apparen,
effort, Notwithstanding the rain of the
morning which by all precedent, ought
/ to have cooled off the atmosphere. Th,
weather man handed out another bunch
of warm stuff for us today.
7 An exchange says that the way 6
r young man should make love to hi
girl is like this: Get down befor,
her on his knee, look her right straigh
in the right eye, and say: my Jose
phine, my Kerosene, my Gasoline, m.
+. Vaseline, my Benzine, come from
= above my station, without hesitation
or preservation, to ask you to be
come my relation, as as to increas
the population in this great nation.
+ Argus-Leader: Congressman G. H
Burke of Pierre, arrived in the Cit
this morning from Washington. II
was accompanied by Miss B. L. Lud
= low, his private secretary, also Q
Pierre, and his cousin, Miss Jose
: phine Burke Of Washington, who wi
= spend some time as a guest at tn
= Burke home at Pierre. Mr.. Burk
' was honored the closing days of cor
gress by .being made chairman of th
' important committee on Indian a.
9 fairs.
= The case Of Emil Victor was Gale
for trial in the circuit court Tuesda
morning. Victor entered plea {
not guilty to the charge of murder {
: the Christie family. Court adjourne
until jury could be called to try tn
u case. Only after the repeated refus,
70 of the states attorney to accept
- plea of guilty with the understanding
that lifa santanca won III he imnose
8. did the defense decide to plead NJ
N guilty and stand trial. It is regarde
Y. as certain that the death penalty wi
of be imposed when the case comes
&c trial.
Captain Ed. A. Beckwith, by ord
0. of the governor, is promoted to ii
s rank of major and assigned for Sc
d. vice with the 1st South Dakota Sc