Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-07-18

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q. w. Rutherford Was an arrival
from Deadwood yesterday.
r. a. Wood went to Mitchell yes
terday on short business trip.
Mrs. Lud Dloughy, daughter Of N.
Reisdorfer, is i'll of typhoid fever at
Miller.
Mrs. A. T.. Hutchinson and family
are visiting with relatives at Gam
Valley.
Wonderful how the crops are show
ing their appreciation of South Da-
kota weather.
w. j. White and wife lef: yester-
day for Red6eld, where they will take
up their residence.
Everett G. Boone and Miss Evelyn
Elledge secured license from Clerk
Sandys yesterday to wed.
A bolt of lightning laid low two buff
faloes few days ago. Both had long
been numbered among the Scotty
Philip herd.
Last week Charles Phares made the
announcement that he is an independ-
emit candidate for the office of sheriff
of Sully county.
r. w. Smith and family arrived
yesterday from Centerville, Iowa,
and went out to the w. P. Davis
home near Okobojo for visit.
Company A, South Dakota Nation
al Guard, of this city. left Sunday
morning for stay of two weeks at
Sparta, Wis. outing and drilling.
Joseph Ihli. county auditor is plan
ming to go to his former home In Ohio
next week, whore he intends to visit
relatives and the scenes of his boy
hood days.
The farmers in the eastern part of
the county are in great fear that there
will not be enough help on hand this
year to harvest the enormous crop that
is in store for them this fall.
M. G. Mar1cle, barber, has exchang
ed barber fixtures and 1e0 acres of
land in Stanley county for an chair
shop in Minneapolis. He intends to
remove to the latter place next week.
A decision from the attorney gen
erals office declares that even one
eyed man must work his poll tax.
Getting pretty strenuous these days
when a person who can see only half
as much as his neighbor must do as
much work to paw his poll tax.
j. S. Schroeder disposed of his stock
of periodicals, cigars and confection
cry yesterday. Cutting & Wanbaugh
were the purchasers, and the same
has been added to the stock Of the
latter firm. Mr.. Schroeder is plan
ming to go to the Pacific northwest.
The managers of the state fair at
Huron are wondering what they are go
ing to do with the exhibits and the
crowds next September. The great
fair will be the harvest home festival
for the whole state which will rejoice
over the greatest prosperity year ever
enjoyedr
In the July report of the condition
of crops, the department of agricul-
ture gives South Dakota spring wheat
a rating of SO, corn 76 and oats 95.
The 10-year average of spring wheat
in South Dakota is SO, corn s5, oats
81. The August report, which will
be the harvest report on small grain,
will show an increase in the rating.
Hugh Jeffries and w. L. Gerow of
Fort Pierre, who own tract of land
on Bad river, are preparing to put in
a concrete dam in that stream to hold
flood water, to assure them of sup
ply for irrigation of.their tracts und-
er ditch. That plan followed gener-
ally along Bad river would make a
great difference in the appearance OF
the stream.
The state live stock sanitary board
at its meeting here last week, practi-
cally remodeled the rules under
which it works, and the amended reg
ulations will he out in short time.
One feature which is of especial i'm
portance to stock owners is the fixing
of fees for inspection. The list shows
a charge of one dollars head for clint
cal tests and two dollars for NAL
line test, this with minimum of five
dollars day and expenses for the
inspector and maximum Of ten dol
lars day and expenses. This means
that the fee for inspection for one
head would be five dollars and ex-
penses, and the maximum ten dollars
regardless of the number of cattle to
be inspected.
CAUGHT IN CUPID,s CHAIN
On Thursday eyaninp Jnly IL or.