Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-10-06

AZ, III SdIe Oh T rec 1reSS.
On Saturday night the Pierre
Amusement Co. will give a cotillion
party in Woodman hall. Dancing
from to II.
The county board of commission
ers met Tuesday in regular session.
The grist of business to be disposed |
of at this time is unusually larger.
Walter Rose, who grew to manhood
on slopes along the Missouri near
Pierre, was in the city Tuesday. He
is now salesman for the Stapaar
Bridge, with headquarters in Omaha.
Brick-laying on the st. Charles
block is well advanced. Plasters are
putting the finishing touches on the
third floor Mr.. Hyde, the builder,
is confident that the bill of fare will
be called there by December Is.
On Monday, e. A. Platts was ten
dered and accepted the position of as
sistant state bank examiner. Mr..
Platts is especially qualified for the
position and better selection could
not have been made.
Chris Bersch broke over fifty acres
and sowed to fax last spring from
which he threshed $50 bushels last
week. As flax is worth $3.50 per
bushal it means about s25 per acre
for what he broke up of his old pas
ture. Memo Herald.
In the matter of disposing of alfal-
ia lands during the past few months,
S. j. Wood of this city has been very
successful. Since June he sold TWEEN
ty-one quarter sections; and is away
at this time hustling buyers in Mis-
souri, for these desirable lands.
The Pierre and Southeastern Tel
ephone Co. received a load of poles
last week. They have the holes all
| dug to Harold and the poles all set
as far as j. N Steiners. The work
will probably be completed by the
middle of ober-Harrold Pioneer.
In communication to Governor Yes
sey, George Johnson, state treasurer,
advocates the collection of telephone,
telegraph and railroad taxes by the var
ious counties instead of by the state.
The suggestion is good one, and should
receive the attention of the legislature.
Hardly day passes that there is
not from one to a half dozen loads of
lumber brought up from Pierre by
the farmers who are hauling off
wheat. The days of the pole corral
and straw sheds have gone by, and
up to date buildings are going up
everywhere. -Okobojo Times.
| Messrs. Olmstead and Lathrop, old
time ranchers of this vicinity are III
the city today securing cars for a
shipment of hogs for Sioux City and
Chicago markets. The gentlemen
have 433 porkers for this shipment
and expect to realize a handsome
sum Pierre Capital.
Two tracts of land, one 800 acres
was sold near Colman last week fol-
$S1 per acre. That's going some
Well, we have said many times over
that any good land, well improved
and within five miles of any gooC
one, is cheap at 500 per acre. -Madi
son Outlook
Farmers attention: No Other
local market will pay you wha
we will for your wheat Of milling
varieties, we also are paying the
highest for durum wheat, corn, oats
and speltZ, If in need of seeds O
any kind see us before purchasing
elsewhere. We can save you money
Capitol Milling Co.
Aberdeen American: When Commits
sioner of Insurance Basford came t,
hear the case of T. l.. Hutson and c
x. bryant, the local insurance men
Wednesday afternoon, there was moth
: ing to hear. Charges of twisting
: were withdrawn. The special licens
g which had been suspended enporarlly
pending the hearing, were therefore re
: stored and all is as harmonious.
/. Toronto Herald: Hon. O. G. Dok
l ken arrived from Pierre Wednesda
$ and is busy making arrangements 70
moving his family back to the oil
e home before cold weather comes. Mr.
/ Dokken's term of Office as commits
f sioner Of school and public lands ex
e pires January first when he also will
be with us again. We are glad t,
welcome this family back after fou
year absence.
o The announcement comes from
Vermillion that E. H. Wiley, TO
more than twenty years one of tn
publishers of the Vermillion Republi