Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-02-29

y. S. Basford, insurance commits
sioner, went to Lead yesterday.
James Cox is in from his ranch near
Nowlin, the guest of his family.
M. G. Helm returned yesterday
from business trip to Bismarck, N.
d.
Mrs. B. D. Dickey and daughter,
Aurel, entertained at cards Tuesday
evening.
j. A. Bowler of Sioux Falls, was in
the CITY yesterday on a short bust
ness trip.
Miss Melitta Brandhuber returned
yesterday from an extended visit in
the east.
The State Real Estate Dealers AS
ISOLATION will meet in Aberdeen on
March Goth and 21st.
The Pierre Board of Trade will
meet at the city commissioners office
next Tuesday night.
j. Ii. Johnson, shrewd limb of
the law, was in the city yesterday
from Fort Pierre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Karcher re-
turned to Pierre yesterday. They
passed two months in the south.
ID. c. Glennon and w. d. Brown,
representative business men of Hur-
on, were in the city yesterday, be-
tween trains.
Aberdeen is indulging in big
smallpox scare. The local board of
health has ordered general vaccina-
ton campaign and special precautions
airy measures are being taken in the
public schools.
The ice which covers the Missouri
river at this point show no sign of NOV
ing out. The Cheyenne river left its
banks a week ago, and flood waters are
expected to reach here next week.
Representative Burke has introduced
bill in the house of representatives
increasing the pension OF l.. S. Hyde
of Gettysburg. veteran of the civil
war, to $72 mouth. Mr.. Hyde is
blind and helpless.
Deadwood Telegram, 8: Robert
Mathieson of Pierre, at one time the
champion one hundred-yar foot
racer of the world, was a visitor to
Deadwood yesterday, having business
in the Black Hills.
The first day of this month coming
ON Thursday and it being leap year
and the twenty ninth also coming on
Thursday. gives US five publication
days in the shortest month in the
year, an occurrence which does not
often happen.
| The county board of commission
ers of Sully, recently adopted a reso.
luton authorizing the purchase OF
25, 900 bushels of seed grain at the eX-
pense of the county. The board are
urging that every acre be put under
cultivation this year.
The annual state meeting of the
| South Dakota Retail Hardware associa
ton is scheduled to take place in Sioux
Falls on Tuesday, Wednesday ane
Thursday of next week E. c. Warner
of this city, president of the association
will attend the session.
We are now in the Lental season
which many people observe, especial
ly mem bers of the Catholic church
1t is religious observance which
calls for self denial revives the spirit
of devotion and tends to cement the
/ ties which bind a true Catholic to his
religious faith.
The county superintendent and ed
ucators of the state will, upon the re
quest of the officials of the Northwes
| Development league, hold their semi
annual meeting at Aberdeen Marcel
20 and 81. during the meeting of thu
Estate Builders" State Superintend
ent G. G. Lawrence has issued the cal
for the meeting which will be hell
then.
The first report of a South Dakot.
farmer being in the field with dra,
this season comes from the vicinity O.
Coleman. The farmer in question wa
working on high ground, but the snow
rapidly is leaving the lowlands. TIL,
heavy SHOWS which fell during tn,
winter have melted in very satisfac
tory manner and most of the moistur,
is going into the ground, to add 20 tn,
more than foot of solid water which
fell in the rains of the latter part o
last summer and during the fall.
The Royal Neighbors of Americ;
was reorganized Tuesday evening
Mrs. John Howard of Fort Pierre
acted as installing officer. Officer