Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-01-05

bojo yesterday.
Found-Ladies drab golf glove.
Call at this office.
Hon. q. A. Perley, senator from
Moody county, called Monday. In
the early nineties Mr.. Perley was our
early neighbor and friend.
Uncle Sam wants 200 young women
nurses In the navy and somehow finds
trouble in getting them. Would have
more trouble to keep 'em.
The Free Press is pleased to state
in the organization of the House of
Representatives that w. G.. Notmeyer
of this city was accorded responsible
position, having been chosen as first
assistant clerk, position he is we'll
qualified to Eli. Representative Raskil
took an active part in the selection of
Mr.. Notmeyer for the position.
Ranchers in the Bad Lands south of
Wall report serious loss this wiater
from the ravages of grey wolves which
hide in the bluffs of the bad lands
and are hard to kill. One man re-
ports the loss Of sixteen horses and
colts so far this winter, and wants
the hunters who care for wolves to
get into that part of the state, and
exercise their skill in exterminating
the pests, The greys are hard to
trap, and as they range but little by
day are hard to kill in any manner.
Tom Ayres, Pierre, S. D., Omaha,
Neb., and Rosenberg, Tex, blew in
| Tuesday afternoon and has been put
ting in the time ever since visiting
with old friends in the city. He is
now promoting the sale of lands in
the gulf coast of Texas, at Rosell-
berg, thirty miles west of Houston.
in what he terms the greatest cotton,
corn and sugar cane region of the
state of Texas. His town is forty
miles from Alvin, the orange and fig
section where our old neighbor j. r..
Mada,a is located. Tom is getting
up an excursion to look at his land
which will leave Omaha on January
18th. " ermillion Plain Talk.
Faith Gazette: Since our last issue
the railroad laid it's track into Du-
pree, put in two side tracks, and built
out again. They were delayed one day
while waiting for spikes, but car
load arrived so that operations we're
resumed yesterday noon. UP to last
night the road had been built out
about miles from Dupree and is now
within Is miles of Faith. The survey
ing gang is resetting the center stakes
at Faith and we expect that the next
issue of the The Gazette will an
nounce that the toot of the iron horse
is heard in Faith. Persons with sharp
eyes or vivid imaginations report that
they can occasionally see puffs of
smoke down the line.
| Over South Dakota's prairies few
energetic zephers were vending their
way eastward and southwark during
last Sunday, while the mercury sought
the basement level of the thermomet-
er. But that which was given the sun
shine realm along with the introduc.
ton of the new year wasn't patchin'
to the wild revel of the elements on
the succeeding day over the region
between the Mississippi and the Al
leghenies. After which, the blizzard
paid its respects to the Atlantic slope
which has not yet been dug out. The
storm gathered force and humidity az
it progressed eastward and southwark
until it became the most emphatic
meteorological event of the winter.
The Stock Growers Bank of Fort
Pierre, has purchased the securities,
together with the business and bank
equipment held by the First State
Bank of Onida, which was closed two
weeks ago, and will open that institu.
ton next Monday morning. The
Stock Growers Bank, since the ship
ping out of all range cattle last year
has carried an enormous amount Of
cash on hand, often the sum 80 car.
ried has exceeded 5000, 100000; this in.
stitution has the sufficient amount of
cash to finance the management 0!
our state. The people of Onida and
Sully county are fortunate in secur-
i. ing so strong a financial institution,
1t means much for the future growth
and development of our neighbol
county on the north.