Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-06-09
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Brief Bits Weeks History in the
State.

II
Blunt-The Methodists of Blunt S,
D., have dedicated new church Just
erected here, Rev, DR.. S. F. Kerfo Ut
of Dakota Wesleyan university
preaching the dedicatory sermon, af-
ter which $4,000 was raised to pay off
the remaining indebtness on the
building.
Pierre-The insurance tax receipts
OF the state for the year ending Dec.
81, 1909, were $S6,411. For the pre-
vious year the tax receipts amounted
to S75,749. The total receipts of the
department from all sources for the
year ending December 81, 1909, were
SllS,0OO, while the total receipts for
the previous year were $96,571.
Aberdeen-Shortly after the close of
commencement festivities a happy anG
congenial party composed of Normal
teachers and students, citizens OF
Aberdeen and others, will sail for Eu-
rope. This party has been organized
and will be conducted by President
Nash and will consist of more than
thirty people. They will sail on June
%.
Vermillion-The question which the
voters of Clay county are most inter-
ested in at present is not the various
office seekers but the proposition to
build new court house. Once be-
fore it was voted down, but sentiment
seems now to have changed in favor of
new building. Clay is one of the
richest counties in the state vet has
one of the shabbiest and one of the
poorest court houses in the United
States
Spearfish--Fire of unknown origin
destroyed the camp of No Z of the
Homestake Mining Company in S ear
fish canon, demolishing several h1us-
es occupied by the men, a blacksmith
shop and some outbuildings. The
camp was one of nine maintained by
the company in the canon while it is
completing its ditch preparatory to
erecting the big water power house
and as the work is so nearly com
pleted, it will not be reconstructed.
Pierre-George Mcclure of north
western Stanley county reports the
crop conditions in that part of the
stateto be better than in this sect on,
on account of several heavy rains
which visited that part of the STATE
the past few weeks, but did not reach
this far east. He says he was com
PEELED to stop blowing this week on
account of the moist condition of the
ground. In this part of the state
good rain would be acceptable.
P1erre-At a meeting held here it
was decided to hold a state conserva-
ton and development meeting at this
city June 29, 80 and July | and ar
engagements were made to that end
The officers and advisory committee
selected are as follows:
Observation-Disclosures r. s, Vessey
Vice Presidents-And e. Lee:
Charles N. Herreid, Samuel H. Elrod.
and Coe l. Crawford, ex-goyernors.
Secretary-Doane Robinson, treas
urer, Pierre board of trade.
Deadwood-A new strike of ore is
reported from the Golden Crest prop
erty in the Two Bit district, the find
being of better grade than any here
tofore. the company has been doing
some development work for several
weeks past and on the lis TT. level
at point 500 it. south of the main
shaft in a cross cut to the east, the
ore was found. 1t is in a vertical
formation lying in the porphyry, fif-
teen it. wide and carrying value that
assayed from $25 to $50 per ton.
Pierre-The first twenty months
after the going into effect of the auto
license law in this state, the number
registered had gone to fifteen humid
red. From the first of March this
year up to date fifteen hundred new
licenses have been issued, the total
number Of machines now being $500.
On three days the first of the week.
the licenses issued number 81 80 and
81 for the successive days. The list
will no doubt go over six thousand
for the state before the end Of the
present season.
Brookings-Excursion day to the
State College at brookings was great
success. The crowd on Wednesday
was not so large but yesterday it is
estimated that five thousand people
were here. Excursion trains were run
from Rapid City, Pierre, Aberdeen
and Sioux Falls and the farmers of the
state and their families took dav Oft
to inspect the state college of which
they are getting to be proud. A for
NAL speaking program was carried out
but it was cut to minimum to per-
NIT ample time for the visitors to in
spect the college,.
Observation-Disclosures, the dreaded
disease among cattle, has appeared
among a bunch of stock north of here
on the line between Lawrence and
Meade counties and. soma annraln.