Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-08-22
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W. F. Pascoe was in Pierre from
Rapid City Monday.
H. q. Tompkins was an arrival
from Huron Tuesday.
II. M. Reed, jeweler, dispatched bus
mess in Huron on Tuesday.
Miss Grace Lockhart entertained at
a s O'Clock luncheon Monday.
G. c. Whitcher went to Blunt yes
terday on insurance business.
Morris Lynott went to Onida
Tuesday for visit with friends.
VIM. Banter of De Grey brought in
SUPPLY of home grown melons Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Binder went to
the Binder ranch west of the river
yesterday.
j. d. Deets, state immigration
returned Tuesday from
a trip to Timber Lake.
E. III. Wood, of the Pierre Banking
& Trust Co., transacted business in
Agar the first of the week.
Fl. F. Battleher of Highmore was
in the city Tuesday enroute home
from trip to the Black Hills.
We're Masters, deputy state bank
examiner, was in the city from Nit
chell Tuesday on professional bust
ness.
John Kennedy and daughter arriv-
ed Tuesday from Hemet, Cal, for
visit at the w. P. Davis home near
Okobojo.
j. Ii. Gropengeiser and family of
Onida are just home from long trip
by auto. The party got as far away
as Kentucky.
w. G. Hull left for the east the
first of the week. He was ticketed to
Red Lake Falls, near which place he
owns tract of land.
Henry Marso, an early settler of
this county, died at his home in High
more on Saturday. Infrmlties of age
is given as the cause of death.
John L. Nelson, state surveyor, of
Mitchell, held an examination at Pierre
yesterday for those who desired to Sc
cure licenses as deputy state surveyors.
We want farm loans. Our rates are
over than you can get elsewhere. Drop
in and see us before you make your
loan.-Pierre Banking & Trust Co. If
N. M. Hanson, of the public lands
department, left Tuesday for points
in the eastern portion of the state.
These are busy times in that depart
ment.
500, 900 in cash to invest in Stanley or
Lyman county lands. If you have
tillable quarter for $1,000 cash, come
get your money of Carson or Lucas,
Pierre. If
$. 4. Green, assistant state en-
gineer, returned Tuesday from Chi
cago, where he had been for medical
treatment.
b. NJ. Wood, secretary of the Seen
ic Highway association, arrived Tues
day from Rapid City to attend the
Good Roads convention, which con
vened in this city yesterday.
Dwight Davis, who left Pierre
several months ago for his home in
Wisconsin, was renewing acquaint-
ances here Monday. Mr.. Davis now
holds a position as mail clerk with
the Northwestern.
Blunt Advocate: Geo. Coates was
over from Canning yesterday and
bought moving machine. George
has been in the hospital at Pierre the
past month having his foot treated,
and it has set him back with his hay
ing.
M. A. Saugstad is in the city from
Hitchcock, this state. He has proper
ty interests here and come to make
tax payment. Mr.. Saugstad says that
the yield of cereal crops in that Sec
ton of the state in which be lives is
a bountiful one.
August has been a month of corn
making. Temperature day times has
been high, and with single exception
nights have been warm. Farmers are
confident corn is three weeks ahead of
normal at this time, and fit is the case.
it will mature long before frost.
The heavy falls of rain during the
past week has put the soil in fine con-
dition. for the sowing Of winter wheat
which will be due next month. The
winter wheat acreage in this state for
next year should be doubled the acre.
age of the past season. Records kept
for six and seven years show the adj
vantage to be clearly with winter wheat
as compared with the wheat planted in