Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-03-09
Miss Evelyn Elledge is i'll of throat

ell mayor Oh daFrOlu, TO MI vacancy.
VIM. Summerside. banker and
land owner, is in the city from Har-
rold.
Mrs. Robt. Carlin entertained the
embroidery club Wednesday after
noon.
| M. l.. French, a representative bus
mess man of Onida, is in the city on
business.
st. Patrick's day-a week from to-
morrow-will be duly celebrated in
Pierre by the wearing of the green.
Huron Huronite: Senator and Mrs.
Coe l. Crawford arrived home We'd
nesday evening from Washington,
d. C.
Hon. Dayid Hall came down from
Onida last Friday, to be present dur
ing the closing hours of the legisla-
tive session.
FL. p. Williams, of the Pierre
National Bank, is at Wendte, where
he has charge of bank; the owners
Of which are i'll.
The Touring mill is running on full
time. Manager Roberts recently pur-
chased a large amount of wheat and
a steady grind will be kept up during
the month.
f. L, Brinker, commissioner of
school and public lands, is in Davi-
son county on business connected with
that department. He is accompanied
by n. M. Hanson.
Every little while some court de-
cides that the hen is a bird or is not
a bird. The question still stands as
it started-she is or she is not. Most
good hens are birds to lay eggs.
Harold Pioneer: On last Wednes-
day G. L. Peterson of Blunt bought
an engine and gang of plows of F..
Pettyjohn and expects to do his part
toward developing Hughes county
Rumors are in circulation in the
Cheyenne River reservation country
that the Minneapolis q st. Louis has
started preliminary work on bridge
across the Missouri river at Mobridge
with the Intention of building line
northwestward through Perkins coun-
ty.
Trade is certainly good at Blunt, y
said a travelling salesman yesterday
Merchants there are buying heavily
and commercially speaking, goods
are going out as never BEFORE" he
added.
The proposition to permit counties
to provide needy settlers with seed
grain, designed principally for the
benefit of the homesteaders west OF
the river in the northwest part of the
: state, may recall some history Incl.
t dent to the settlement of the counties
east of the river.
e Two mortgages were filed this
e week III the office of secretary of state
: one by the Minneapolis, st. Paul 4
: Sault st. Marie railway company, Sc.
curing a loan of ST ,356, 900: the othe,
8 executed by the Minneapolis & st,
! Louis company for $4,000, 600. Both
/. are for equipment ond improvement
Orders have been received at Fort
Mead for Troops A and ID, of the
q Fourth Cavalry, gun platoon anC
: band, also wagon train to prepare tC
: move to Elpaso, Texas, to join other
e troops OF the same regiment there
The men are now Ell route 1t re
i, quires thirty-two cars to transpor
: them.
The proprietor of the People
9 Store, on Dakota avenue, has vel
;, earned the reputation of being lib
eral dealer. He has extended hi:
trade to great extent and is gcin4
. after more. He has fine stock O
clothing and furnishings, and is offer
= ing the same at prices that are reas
- enable.
Rapid City Journal, I: Chas. l.
Hyde. Frank NJ. Stewart and w. f
!. Pascoe, president, treasurer, and gen
y eral manager respectively of the NJ id
i west Hotel company, of Rapid City
) were passengers for Hot Springs las
VI night, where they went on business
connected with the taking over of the
f Evans hotel at that place.
/ Many people have came into centra
= South Dakota since March began
/ and were are happy in the thought
There's room for millions more. ;
: 1t is poor day whose low descending
sun does not shine upon new families
= that have came to this portion of the
t state to accumulate wealth and enjoy
: life in the most congenial climate or
/. this hemisphere.