Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-10-17

L. E. Whitcher was up from High
more Tuesday.
c. G. Whitcher left the first of the
week for Minneapolis.
j. r. McKelvey is away to Wiscon-
sin on business trip.
Miss Laura Houck has moved into
the Pierre ST. block.
Mrs. Will Martin of Arlington, is
guest at the Odemark home.
Mrs. A. N. VanCamp returned to
her home at Highmore yesterday.
Misses Della and Bernice Smith
spent Sunday with friends at Huron.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Warnock were
down from the Cheyenne Agency Tues
day.
Will Green, editor of the Okoboio
Times, was capital city visitor Sat-
urday.
Joe Wingfeld, state bank examin-
er, was up from Mitchell the first of
the week.
Mrs. Geo. Kienholtz came in from
Midland the first of the week, for few
days visit.
Forrest Auldredge came in from
Highmore Monday, for a few days
stay in the city.
Atty. j. w. Watson of Indianola,
Iowa, was in the city Monday on
business matters.
G. j. Bach of Hurley, was the
guest of his daughter, Mrs ] +. r. Nc
knight, the first of the week.
Mrs. W j. Mundt left Saturday for
Portland, Oregon, to attend the meet
ing of the National w. G.. T. u.
Miss Katharine Greenough return
ed to Canning Monday, after spend
ing a few days with homefolks.
Rev. r. d. DeXheimer left yester-
day for Faulkton, where he went to
attend Ministerial District meeting
Bowman Potter, representing the
Barnhart Bros. & Spindler printers
supplies of st. Paul, was in the city to-
day.
b. Jacobsen and F. r. VanSlyke, of
the state land department, ane in the
northern part of the state, on official
business.
I'll. p. Packard, mem Der of the state
board of Charities and Corrections,
was transacting business matters
here Tuesday.
Miss Aida Billinghurst is taking
Mrs. Carter's place as librarian for
a short time, while the latter is help
out on the state examining BOARD.
The state board of pardons Thurs
day recommended communion of sem
tenee to twenty-five years for w, w.
Baker, sentenced from Brown county
for life on a charge of murder.
The clone tree" located about five
miles north of Pierre, which marks
the geographical center of the state,
is dead. 1t was planted in the early
COS by Miss Sadie Snow, who home
steaded in that section. A move
ment has been started to place suit
able marker on the site.
Northwestern South Oak ota is dem
onstrating it is corn country and an
alfalfa country, as we'll as wheat
and cattle country. Every bit of
South Dakota is good for something
pretty good, and the homestead coun-
try in the northwest corner is holding
up its ends with the best of the older
counties.
Mrs. Margaret Rooss, a former
resident of Sioux Falls, and who at
one time was we'll known in South
Dakota newspaper circles, and now
residing at Aberdeen, Washington,
has been nominated on the democra-
tic ticket for representative in the
legislature from the twenty-ninth
legislative district.
While there has been a great deal
of action toward irrigation from the
streams of the western part of the
Of the state is shown by the numerous
applications of the last year for water
right. and that this is spreading is
shown by the conservation of water
of springs and smaller streems is
shown by the filings asked in that
line.
Heavy losses by prairie fires are
reported from northern Hand county,
in one fire fifteen stacks of grain be-
sides lot of hay and pasture being
so destroyed. 1t is alleged that this
fire was started by the throwing away
of cigarette but, and that the party