Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-05-26

PIERRE. SOUTH DAF
Gaze placidly and long at the
comet; according to our best read
ing of the horologue of time you will
not be here when she calls again in
1885.
Arrangements are being perfected
by the Odd Fellows of Oelrichs for
the erection of a fine new lodge
hall building, to cost in the neighbor.
hood of SIS 900.
The state conference of Congrega-
tional churches closed its session here
Saturday, the afternoon meeting hav-
ing been held at Fort Pierre. Cham
berlain was chosen as the place of
meeting next year.
The advance sheets of the report
OF the state insurance department
for 1909 business shows that the five
foreign companies doing business in
the state carried risk to the amount
of s11o, ,29O,93O
From our exchanges we note that
generally speaking, the county audi
tors of the state are making up the
primary ballots on the alphabetical
plan. This, especially in the case of
county offices where there are several
candidates, is the fairest plan.
1t is reported that the oil whereon
the city of Los Angeles stands is be-
coming little shaky. Earthquake
shocks of more or less severity are
becoming quite too common for COM
fort all along the Pacific coast coun-
try from California southwark.
The weather has been unkind to
ball-playing SO far as the May games
are concerned. A cold day not only
benumbs the players and makes them
greater prey to injury; it also causes
the usually red visages of the fandom
to grow blue and evil-looking. After
the comet the skies may smile for the
national game.
Gov. Haskell, of Oklahoma, will
be vigorously prosecuted under
criminal indictment in connection
with the Oklahoma town lot Indian
cases. The department of justice will
seek to have a petit jury of Oklaho-
mans pass upon tie guilt or innocence
of the governor at the June term of
the federal court.
The town council and board of
education of Philip, Stanley county,
have called special elections, to be
held simultaneously on Tuesday,
May 81, at which the propositions
of issuing bonds for the construction
OF a municipal system of waterworks
and new public school building will
be submitted to the voters.
South Dakots Odd Fellows in ses-
sion at Yankton elected the follow
ing officers: H. M. Wallace, Elk
Point, grand master; F. B. Raymond,
Villas, deputy grand master; B. A.
Tibbets, Clark, grand warden; G. W.
Ladd, Sturgis, grand representative;
II. j. Rice, Huron, grand secretary;
e. w. Snow, Springfield, grand treas
urer. Sioux Falls got the next
meeting.
The work of rebuilding the block
and half of business houses at Muir
do, which were destroyed by fire
February %, is progressing rapidly.
The new buildings are much better
than the ones destroyed, and when
the improvements planned for this
summer are completed the business
part of Murdo, as we'll as the resi-
dence sections, will show marked
LIZ this beautiful month of May a
day has been set apart for hon oring
the volunteers OF the Civil War. The
graves of the departed are decorated
with flowers and tears, and the rem
nant of that once vast army is the
guest of honor Of the day. The mar
tial tread of former days has given
place to hating and uncertain step
but beneath the coat of blue the old
fire Of patriotism burns just as bright
ly astit did in the days of '6l-'85.