Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-04-11

evening at the Swartz home.
S. c. Policy, secretary of state, ar
rived Monday from Deadwood.
Doane Robinson returned Monday
from short business visit at Yank
ton
Miss Sadie Robinson entertained
the Round Robins" at her home Fri
day afternoon.
W. G. Hull made trip to Sioux
Falls last week Thursday and re-
turning Saturday.
E. A. Platts came up from Wessing-
ton Saturday and visited his family
here until Monday.
John f, Hughes, judge of The cir.
cult court, dispatched business in
Pierre on Saturday.
Mrs. Gordon arrived Friday from
Kansas City, and is the guest of her
sister, Mrs Jas. Sebree.
Indications are many that this is
WIG vi GlIC lllucS III Uut poIlOlCdl arena
when it is not going to be possible to
fool the people, or a large majority of
them.
County politics will get its turn
after the city election is over and it's
not a great length of time till the
primaries, either.
Judge Charles S. Whiting, of the
Third supreme court district, has
filed his petition for denomination
with the secretary of state.
Will Greene, publisher of the Oko-
| bojo Times, was in the city Saturday.
He came to Pierre to visit his par
ents and found time to pay visit to
this rag of freedom.
Not few big power machines are
| being used i'm the fields in this part
| of the state to put crops in the ground
1t will be interesting to see seeding
work done in this manner.
Mrs. Haney entertained the teach
ers of the city schools last Thursday
afternoon, complimentary to Miss
! Bagstad, teacher in the Northern
! Normal at Aberdeen.
The official figures of the vote cast
! in the North Oak ta primary are
now obtainable The figures are:
La Toilette, 81, 12l; Roosevelt, 24,2l7;
Taft, 1,G59.
The attorney general and state
game warden decided that yesterday
marked the close of the season for
hunting ducks and geese in this state,
as the law holds that the open season
shall be from the 10th of December to
the 10th of April.
Blunt Advocate: A party of men
were down from the colored COLONY
in western Sully the first of the week
after load of scrapers an other ma.
terial to be used in putting in one OF
the irrigation projects in that locality'
A term of the circuit court is being
held in Sully county; Judge John f
Hughes, presides The term calen.
dar is short; yet there are many ask.
ing for justice, while few are trying
to get away from it.
On Monday, ID. j. Delaney of Pipe
stone, Mimi, purchased fine tract
of 240 acres of land, situated eight
miles northeast of this city Consid
Grafton, $50 90 an acre. 2. III. Smith
effected the sale. 1t is the intention
of Mr.. Delaney to move upon ant
cultivate his new purchase.
F. F. Brinker, commissioner o
school and public lands, pulled off ;
sale of school lands Tuesday in LAX,
county. Mr.. Brinker exchanged SOl
county for SAB. 0OO-S53 IS per acre
While public lands, in all sections o
the state, have brought handsom,
prices, the late sale in Lake county
is regarded as one of the best sale,
yet made by the state department.
Some of the fastidious citizens O.
Belle Fourche, who have satisfied /;
hankering for stewed cottontail rabbits
by patronizing restaurant in that plac,
conducted by a heather Chinese, will
henceforth foresWear all desire for tina
delicacy, since it was discovered las
week that the Chinaman has been buy
ing cats and serving them as rabbits
One enterprising young American ac
knowledged that he had killed ninety
two cats, skinned them and sold the
carcasses to the restaurant keeper.
Arguments were up before the
supreme court for hearing Tuesday
in the following cases: Gust Ander
son VS.. Farmers Cooperative Ship
ping and Elevator CO., Douglas coun.
ty e. P WanZer of Armour appea r.