Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-08-03
Mr. and Mrs e A Millar arriuad

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. |
Thor. Solglad Friday.
States Attorney Quimby came over
from Onida Friday
Mrs. F. F. Reich spent Sunday
with relatives at Philip.
H. r. Tarbell left Monday for a |
visit in the Hills country
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Olson of Sioux
Falls, were arrivals Friday.
Elrie Branch of Agar, was the guest |
of his brother, Lyle, Sunday.
| Mrs. Richard Garrett and sons
came up from Blunt Tuesday.
Attorney Null of Huron, was here
on profes Sional matters Fri lay.
Judge John F. Hughes, of the cir
cult court, was in the city today.
Hon. c.. E. DeLand was looking
after legal matters at Rapid City
Friday.
w. j. Mundt returned Monday
from business trip to Humboldt,
this state.
Mrs. John Green and sons of Huron,
were guests at the Farmer home over
Sunday.
G. l. Erickson, of the public lands
department, is in Deadwood for q
stay of a week.
Mrs. j. A. Holmes and son left last
week for a visit with daughter at
Petersburg, Neh.
,Jens Kenster left Monday for north
ern Minnesota, where he went on a
prospecting trip.
N. M. Hanson went to Deadwood
Monday in the interest of the state
land department.
Mrs. G. A. Knapp and children re-
turned last week from a visit with
relatives in Nebraska.
Mrs. a. w. Ewert was called TO
points in Michigan last week by the
illness of her mother.
f. p. Grandle, county commission
er, came up from Canning Tuesday
for short stay in the city.
, The ball game between the Huron
and Pierre teams Sunday afternoon
resulted in score of to in Pierre s
favor.
Thomas Sterling, dean of the law
: school of the state university, is out
Oh tour Of the state sounding his
acquaintance as to their attitude to-
ward his candidacy for the senator
ship. Mr.. Sterling is the most active
at this time along political lines.
A party composed of Mrs. Under
of Midland, ]. Il. Smith OF Kansas
Citg and Mr.. aud Mrs Walter Ma
teer, Warren Young, John Westlund,
ohm Ihli, Misses Jennie Hamlick
and Lilly Pierson, all of this city left
Tuesday for a trip to Texas.
, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Anderson will
; leave Pierre about August 20, and
will locate in Grants Pass, Ore,
, their going is decidedly against the
wishes of all acquaintances. Mr..
Anderson is now fast closing up bust
ness affairs, preparatory to leave
taking.
A new tariff rate on grain, hay and
feed has been put into effect on the
North Western line The rate has
been cut in two and is good from
points east on the system to auy
, station west of Pierre on the Pierre
Rapid City line.
The auto business in the state APP
pears to have been somewhat lighter
for July, probably affected by the
general business congestion. New autos
only went to little over ten a day.
' with total of 33l for the month The
: last number registered for the month
was 10, 543.
: That many settlers in South Dako-
? ia who are leaving their claims be-
: fore proving up are not abandoning
the state permanently, is indicated
!, by the number of applications for
, leave of absence being received here
r and the rush of daily requests for in
formation on the leave of absence
law.
After short session Saturday the
state assessment board has adjourn
ed, to meet again as board of equal
ization, on August I. There are near
Iy 500 telephone companies in the
state and so far about 10 of them have
failed to make their yearly report:
making them liable, according to
law, to an increase of 25 per cent in
their assessment, if they do not get
in at once.
Mrs. L. H. Trask of Blunt, passed