Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-08-25

| neers to be held at Onida.
Bricklayers on the st. Charles hotel
| block reached the third story yester-
day, and bricks are going into the
walls at an Astonishing rate.
f. E. Battin, the big groceryman,
will go to Onida Tomorrow to attend
the celebration of the early pioneer.
He will also boost his trade.
Builder Anderson is making com
mendable progress in the construc-
ton Of the Telephone company block,
He hopes to complete the improve
ment next month.
Moores Store has attracted many
purchasers of dry goods and ladies
garment. The stock carried there is
positively the best and the newest in
the city.
Mr.. and Mrs j. j. Jackley are
home from an extended visit to rel
atives in Iowa. Mr.. Jackley says
many Hawkeyes are coming to South
Dakota soon.
Onida Waterman: After Septem-
Der 4th we will have through train
service over the Gettysburg Blunt
line, having Minneapolis Pierre
train through each way every day.
Hon. George Rice, member of the
board of railway commissioners, is
in the city today. In an official way,
Mr.. Rice is doing much work, which
is certain to benefit the general pub
lie.
Henry NJ Reed, the new jeweler, in
Pierre St.. block, is fast getting his
storeroom and stock in readiness to
supply the trade. His stock of jeWelry
is large and of the latest designs and
makes.
I Dealers report the sale of many
lots in the residence part Of the city
to purchasers who bought with the
intention of building homes. Build
ers are likely to be busy until late in
the winter months.
Monday night the migration of
various kinds of birds was noticed !;
many were strange in this locality
The air was filled with cries during
the night, but during the following
day they journeyed southwark. 1t is
thought thought the birds came from
the forest which were being swept by
fire.
A. G.. Brink was out with large
number of prospective land buyers
yesterday. Some were SO we'll pleas
ed with Hughes and Sully county
landscapes that they could not resist
buying. Mr.. Brink says that sales
made by him in 1910 will exceed those
of any former year.
The Pierre Business University
will open September LIST for the re.
| ception of students. The splendid
| instruction given there in former
5 years serves as a boom for the uni
versity at this time. The attendance
at the beginning of the new schoo
year is certain to be large.
An old fashioned roundup to collec
, the stray cattle that have got mixeC
with other herds is the intention OF
] the cattlemen in the western part OF
the state late this month. So many
stray cattle have been reported, anC
? as it is difficult to pick them out, {
meeting was called and seventeen
outfits agreed to throw in SIS, one
man each and a couple of horses
!, This will be the first large roundup il
several years since the big cattle
companies went out of business.
, Huron Huronite: A pound o
: rattlesnake will yield two dollars
. worth of oil, according to the testi
3 mony of a Nebraska man who has
, boiled a thousand snakes and sold
the product. The oil is mentioned az
specific for blood posing. A mum
Der of oil factories could be supported
|
in this state, il the snake storie
that section are half true and snake
always looks better after having beer
reduce to a grease spot.
E Sioux City Journal; Bert Wait
q who returned yesterday from the
, Waitt-Steele ranch at old Fort Sully
S. d., says that big cattle are yer,
scarce in that country. The firm ha!
1000 acres of land under lease anC
he was trying to buy some sizeabl
cattle to run on it. About Blunt
= where up to recently q good man
! good cattle could be bought, the coun
try is now short on heavy weight
: and prices are very high A GOO
many of the Indian outfits north O
Fort SullY are cleaning IN and th