Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-08-04
A W. c. I. U. has been organized


At meeting of the people of DeGrey
township, held July %, it was voted to
build school house on the west side of !
the township.
For Sale Piano, nearly new; also
household goods and two good residence
lots, close in. Must sell at once as | |
am leaving country. Claude I. Walker,
413 Euclid avenue, Pierre. Phone 10 a.
The railroads of the country have de-
cided to discontinue, after October /,
the granting of stop over privileges on
limited tickets wherever such stop
overs operate to extond the original
limits of the ticket.
William Benoist, who was taken
to Aberdeen from Timber Lake last
Saturday morning suffering from
injuries received by q fall from a
horse, died today. The body was
taken to Cheyenne Agency, where the
interment will take place.
| Ralph Longstaff of Huron, for years
booiSkeeper in the First National bank
in that city, has accepted a like posi-
ton IN the office of the state treasurer,
rnd will assume his duties August Is.
In Mr.. Longstaff. Treasurer Johnson
has secured a valuable assistant
d. G, Hammond exhibited some fine
specimen of vegetables in this Office to-
day. They were taken from his garden
in this city and were the choicest of
their kind, potatoes, corn, beans, etc.
! All bore evidence that Mr.. Hammond
used the hoe right lively in the morning
and evening.
A meeting of the Beadle memorial
committee was held here today to pass
upon the model to be used for the work
which will be the first piece of statua-
ry to be placed in the new capitol Gen
eral Beadle, and H. Daniel Webster,
the sculptor, who is to do the work,
are in the city.
The auto industry has Aourished IN
South Dakota during July, the regis
tration fol the month gong to 575, or a
i little more than nineteen a day for
every day in the month The total
number of machines registered up to
August being $500, nearly half Of
which have been registered this year
With the closing out of the cattle
holdings of the WV ranch, near Belle
Fourche, the last of the large cattle
companies that few years ago were
SO numerous in that locality, railroad
officials profess to see the loss Of title
for Belle Fourehe as the largest single
cattle shipping point in the world.
While the complete figures have not
yet been secured, it is certain that the
increase in state valuation this wear
over last year will be over SIG, 900 ,O00
bringing the total assessabe value OF
the state up to 1888, 900 900 The in.
crease shown in the returns on towr
lots and goods and merchandise have
helped to run up the total beyond ex.
pec1a'loiis
-Four and one hall miles of the
channel at the Pacific entrance t(
) the Panama Canal has been com
pleted. This section extends from
: the deep sea IN Panama Bay tx
: within about hall mile Of the enc
i OF the Panama railroad wharf a
s BalDor, ana throughout the whole
e OF it the dredging bias now been
c"illeo oo"n 70 f'il average oepCh 0
10 leeI.
L. a. Munson, cashier Of the Amir
y can Exchange bank, has been confined
J to his home this week, on account 0
bruises sustained IN an auto accident
: When turning the corner on east Eucli
4 two auto drivers. it-i-arDr tD hold tbi