Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-04-06
j. B. Sherman OF Belle Fourche, is

j. B. Sherman of Belle Fourche. is
in the city for q weeks stay.
Miss Hilda reuber went to Huron
Tuesday for visit with friends.
S. c. Policy, state secretary, left
Tuesday for his home at Deadwood
C. E. Noel and NJ. C. Sorenson of
Highmore, We're Pierre visitors yester-
day.
Herman Payne of Rochester, Mimi,
is in the city the guest of his brother,
B. S, Payne.
Huronite: Tom Ayres, the Pierre
land man, was Transferring business
in Huron today.
Charles L. Hyde is in the east on
matters purely of business nature.
Before returning he may place a big
order for building materials.
Samuel c. Policy, secretary of state,
came in Tuesday from Deadwood.
He reported that much improvement
is noticeable in all towns in the Hills.
The state capitol commission has let
to Warren, Coppage & Co., of this city,
the contract for installing light and
power plant in the new capitol building.
William Heinz, in the Stanley county
court at Fl. Pierre, was given life
sentence on his plea of guilty en- the
charge of having murdered Ralph
Miles.
The students of the Pierre public
schools are enjoying their annual
spring vacation. The doors of the
several buildings were closed last
Friday and will not open again until
next Monday.
The board of city commissioners
meet tonight, when the usual cleo
ton notice will be made up. The
commission will also dispose of all
unfinished business.
r. S. Vessey, president, and e. H.
Wood, vice president, of the Pierre
Banking and Trust company left
Tuesday for the east, and will be alb
sent several days.
j. c. Eccles. Belle Fourche hard
ware dealer, claims to have sold more
barbed wire during 1910 than any other
dealer in the state. His sales aggregat
ed twenty -four carloads, or an average
of two carloads a month.
IEuronite: Col. +. b. and Mrs. Ged
J DIES arrived last night from Ho
Springs, where Mr.. Geddes has beef
commandment of the soldiers HON,
! for the past two years. They will
make their future home in this city
Mail clerks have expressed satisfac
ton that Norman Perkins has beer
transferred from the superintendent.
of the tenth division to the Washington
division. They regard this victor,
for their cause, and are the opinion tina
the suspended clerks will soon be re
instated.
Fishermen In the Black Hills ar
making their first excursions to th,
trout streams. Fish are said to b
plentiful in the streams this year
Speartish and Rapid creeks are TIN
favorite haunts of lovers of TIL
fnny tribes.
The city is installing gas produce
machine, which will be started in few
days. 1t is expected that the nev
machine will finish sufficient power t.
operate the big machine at the cit
F., station, and that hereafter enoug
natural gas may be obtained to NEE
the demands of consumers in the city
! Tuesday evening the l1-months-ol
( (twin) daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j
e Olander passed away the other twi
] diving last October The chi!a! had bee
: suffering with an attack of whoopin
cough, which was the cause of death
: Mr. and Mrs. Olander have the sympa
| thy of all in their bereavement.
i At meeting of the state board q
s charities and corrections, Col. S. Z
toulis, lot Ille past zen years Supeflr
tendent of the state industrial reforr
school at Plankinton, rendered hi
Y resignation, to take effect Septembe
e l. BY the unanimous vote of the boar
y A. r. Schlosser, now Sioux Fall
s business man, but who served fou
years as assistant to Supt. Young, wa
! a1pota6 hi.
4 Harold Pioneer: Gabe Gravnin
f recently purchased nine lots in bloc
D % from F. G. Allen and expects t
e begin work on the plunge in the nea
future. The artesian well rig will i
o all probability be here in a few days
The plunge is to be 25xso feet in sig
with a stating bottom from to
o feet deep. The entire tub will b
| built of concrete with q 4foot u,a |