Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-05-29
DAKOTA STATE NEWS


PIERRE The secretary Of state re-;
ceived the first application for automo-
bile licenses under the new law Thurs
day morning, Beadle county getting
four, Sphinx county, three, and Law
renee county, one. Tag number 1, how
ever, will be issued to S. w. ,Craw-s
ford, OF Letcher, Sanborn county. Mr.
Crawford introduced the new motor We
hfcle bill In the legislature last session.
SlSsETON- The third bank to be To-
Gated on the new Fairmount and Web.
len railroad within month is the
Dakota State bank OF Roberts county,
with John Gumo, of Thunder Hawk;
Henry Helvig, Andrew Warwick, and
j. w. Darlington, of Sisseton, as incor-
porators. Helvig is president, Warwick
is vice president, and Gumo is cashier.
The bank is capitalized for $4,000
MILLER-A class of II will be grad
4uated from the high school here to-
night. Exercises occur in the opera
house. The graduates are Ira S. John
son. Leone Cotton, Viola Zimmerman,
Bernice Kintigh. Elizabeth Galkns.
Hugh w Conner, Marguerite Waite,
Goldie Wilson, Joseph Lawler, Mar
gnerite Weir.
PIERRE Bank Examiner J. L.
Wingf1eld came in from Mitchell and is.
having meeting today with j. Thorne
and A. III. Bloom, stockholders of the
Capa bank. relative to the affairs of
that institution. 1t is understood that
the bank will be5reopened within day
or So.
RAPID CITY-Judge Frank Exline
has decided to remove to Colorado
Springs and there will probably enter
the newspaper field. He came to Rapid
City at the time of the building in OF
the Milwaukee railroad and has been.
engaged in the practice of law.
MILLER 1t is now estimated by cat
tlemen that the country around here
and west to the river is again filled
with stock cattle. Besides the stockers
shipped in, hundreds of Holstein dairy
COWS have been added to the numbers.
{ TABoR-At a special election held
here to determine to which two or three
applicants saloon licenses should be
granted for the year commencing July
l. M. B. Welt and Bouska & Kulis
received the highest number of votes.
ABERDEEN-Mrs A. E. Mehner,
whose husband, an engineer on the
Milwaukee railroad, was accidentally
killed in Washington last fall, was
awarded $500 by the Company in set
Element of all claims.
WHITE OWL-The new creamery at
Marcus has been completed The ma
chinery has arrived at Faith, and it
is expected the creamery will be in op-
GRAFTON by June l.
MILLER-J H Cole has paid the
first Inheritance tax to the state ever
collected in Hand county 1t was for
the estate of the late DR.. Viersen. of
Pella, Ia, who owned land here. The
state got $416.64.
GROToN-Elabora preparations
have been made for the proper obser-
vance next Sunday of the 10th ami
versary of the founding of the local
German Lutheran society
y PIERPONT-Work has commenced.
on drilling, new artesian we'll here, 1t
is designed to furnish an ample sup
ply Nor fro protection and domestic
purposes.
WATERToWN- The Dakota Sc
curities company of this city will i'm
mediately begin the erection of big
three floor brick department store at
the corner of Kemp avenue and Sec
ond street p, according to announce
ment authorized by the president OF
the company, S. x. Way. The builo-
Ing Will be one of the largest busi-
with fixtures, approximately $40, 900.
Z SIOUX FALLS The investigation
of the internal troubles among the
located in this city. which was SEIZED.
1led to start yesterday, did not ma
terialize as was expected. This was
due to the nOn-arrival OF n. p. Sted-
don, of Washington, chief of the NEAR
inspectors division of the bureau OF
animal industry
8. ONIDA7-NV. II. Spencer, Of western
Sully county. who owns the old aban
doned town Of Fairbank, once the me-
q faf y,
the first unit of his irrigation plant,
and Is ready to turn the water upon
200 acres of rich Missouri river bot
tom In case he needs it. His plant
is sufficient to pump water for 1000
acres.
MIDLAND--one solid trainload of
young stock, and 2-year -old cattle
from the Panhandle country, was
shipped into Midland last week. The
iers and stock men In this vicinity.
Pastures and range are furnishing
more feed than for several years past.
BRIDGEWATER Memorial day
will be observed here. "A program Of
speaking and music has been arranged,
following which the graves of the de-
parted veterans will be strewn with
flowers by the school children. Frank
w. Mitchell. Of Salem, will be tho
orator. S as
SPEARFISFI Her horse. frighten-
Ing at q rapidly passing automobile,
caused q serious runaway near town,
in which Mrs. William Morden. aged
40, was thrown out and II is believed
fatally injured.
4 ELK POINT The call Is out for the,
regular school election the second
Tuesday in June, at which the propo-s
ssition OF Issuing bonds for SIS, 900 to-
build q new high school for Elk Point
will be voted.
PIERRE The cataloguing Of the
state library under the new state II
,brarian act, shows 42.575 volumes on
the shelves. Of which 29.074 are bound
books. the rest being pamphlets,
EGAN The Egan band. which isi
conceded to be the best In this part
of the state, contempt ates giving street
concerts weekly here, commencing the
drst Saturday evening In y une.
LENNOx Dick T1ighstreets sold an
S0-acre tract OF lard to his nephew.
John 8. Highstreet, the land adj Joining
the latter j Farm; the considerat alton be-
Ing S90 per acre. !I3a
PIERRE {3oVernor Byrne has de-
'cided To give M timer the benefit 81 q
.celbus and g. has selected Charles n.