Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-06-16

Pierre-The state bank examiners
department checked I'M the Sally
county state bank, a new institut on
at Onida, and the bank opened its
doors for business yesterday,
Wolsey- Preparations are being
made for the annual conference of tie
Evangelical Lutheran church society |
of South Dakota, which will be held |
here from June % to June 20. A good |
attendance is expected from all parts
of the state
Phillip-At the bond election held
here, this town voted $4,000 for water
works by vote of 80 against q The
Phillip Independent school district
voted $4,000 for school building;
103 for it and against.
Pierre-rhe governor has appointed
August Frieberg of Beresford a men,
Der of the board of regents to succeed
the late e. G. Erickson of Elk Point.
Mr. Frieberg is graduate of the state
university and has practiced law in
Union county for several years.
Clear Lake = T. ]. Slattery, of this
place, is endeavoring to locate man
named Patrick Quirk, who through
the recent death of a member Of the
family at Brooklyn N. Y, has been
left a considerable sum Of money.
Quirk was last heard of in this Oeu-
ely county, but all traces of him have
been lost.
Deadwood- supervisor Kel,eter of
the Black Hills National Forest has
been advised that six college students
from Yale, Harvard and Pennsylvan
forestry schools, will be sent here this
month to do forestry work in the Hills
this summer The students are jun
Tors who are paid the transportation
and enough to live on for the summer
while getting practical knowledge OF
forestry.
Huron-The four McClymond's
scholarships of value of $3.50 each,
awarded by Huron college to the high
school graduates who made the high
est averages in an examination, have
been won by the following students:
Miss Marion Reed, Woonsocket; Miss
Alma Thompson, Canton; Clarence
Sherwood, Doland Glen H. Aud,
! PlankintOn.
Murdo-This city had the first Mem
orial services in the history Of the
town Monday. The program was rem
dered in the Methodist Episcopal
church. Dr. o. E. Murray delivering
the address of the day. The address
was supplemented by a program ar
ranged by the nigh school students,
and after the exercises at the church
went to the cemetery to decorate the
graves of the two old soldiers who
are buried here.
Owanka-Seven immense power
breaking outfits are hard at work with
in radius of twenty miles OF OWan-
la breaking the raw prairie land so
it can this season be devoted to crops
for the first time. In the aggregate
it is expected that not less than TO-
600 acres will be broken before the
power outfits cease work for the sea-
son, thus adding that much to the
cultivated area of this part of Pen
nington county.
Whitewood-Afte making thor
ough examination of the cattle OF C..
f. Smith, in the northern part of the
county suspected of having anthrax
State Inspector Cosford pronounced
the disease forage poisoning. About
forty head are affected with the DIS
ease and have been removed to new
pasture. Several have died and sew
eral others will not live. The disease
is local and due to eating a poison
Gus weed and in no way contagious, 50
81, falt cfnnkmpn has
died down.
Bixby-Fclowing the example set
by the homesteaders Of two or three
other of the newer counties in the
western half Of the state, the home
steaders of this (Perkins) county are
circulating petitions In accordance
with the state herd law, with the OBJ
meet of having submitted to the voters
of the county at the election III No
yember the question as to whether or
not the provisions of the state herd
law shall apply to Perkins county. II
It is decided that the herd law shall
apply here, the stockmen Of the coun-
ty will be compelled to "close herd
their cattle and other stock so they
cannot wander to the land of home
steaders and damage crops.
Pierre-The monthly report OF the
state treasurer for month ending May
81, shows s793,429 cash in all funds n
the treasury OF this the general FUND
carries s1S9,514, which means that
cash will be paid on warrants fol
some time yet. The interest and in.
come fund for the public schools has
$685., 507, and will be considerably in.
creased by the time of the distribution
of this fund the middle Of this month
and when it is distributed to the
, schools of the state will get geo.
boost The twine plant fund has beer
, reduced down to s60153 which il
T caused by heavy purchases of supple
! and material. The capitol buildin,
fund has been reduced to $41S5 by lat
payments out Of the fund.
? D,r;d Cify-IipOn his return from