Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18
o. S. Basford is in the CITY from

John Reyes came up from DeGrey
yesterday on a short business trip.
jesse Morse and daughter, Miss
Georgia, left yesterday for points in
Montana.
Miss Florence Billinghurst left Fri
day for Milwaukee, where she will at
tend Downer college.
Mrs. c. A. Knapp left Tuesday for
Laurel. Neb., where she will spend
several days with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Rainey of Philip,
were Pierre visitors yesterday, en-
route home from a visit at Water
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. DeLorme Robinson
left Monday for Kansas City, where
Mr.. Robinson will complete a course
in dentistry.
F. NJ. Massey and family came up
from DeGrey yesterday. Mr.. Mas
sey is engaged in the mercantile bust
ness at that place.
o. B. Linstad went to Sioux Falls
Tuesday to take up work with the
Permanent Investigating committee,
of which he is a member.
Miss Louise Woodruff of G lenwood,
Iowa, is in the city for a visit with
friends. Miss Woodruff was a for
mer teacher in the Pierre schools.
Us. Green left yesterday for Hot
Springs, where he will spend several
months at the sanitarium. Mrs.
Green will visit with relatives over
the state and in Nebraska.
A total attendance of $50, 900 is the
record made for the great 1918 state
fair which closed Saturday night.
The weather was fine throughout.
The attendance on the closing day
was $50, 200.
The state has let the contract for
supplying the state house at Pierre
with 800 tons of coal for the next
year, on a heat unit basis, to the firm
of Merrlll-Schaaf of Pierre, at $40
per ton, subject to variations in the
price as to the showing on analysis.
The Northwestern railway company
succeeded last night in repairing the
grade and track south of Rapid City
which was washed out by heavy rains
of Monday evening and trains were
running on all Black Hills lines of
the road on schedule time today.
The state engineer has returned
from Redfeld, where the contract for
the ley heating plant. 500, 600 was
let to various contractors. The en-
gineer will shortly go to Spearfish
Normal to settle some arbitration
there between the board of regents
and a ditch company, having bitches
on the Normal grounds.
Sioux City Journal: Assistant
County Attorney Carl r. Jones went
to Pierre, S. d. yesterday noon to
lead the fight of the state of Iowa
to extradite A. A. Truax, of Mitchell
who is charged with completely in the
ENLIGHTENMENT of S160, 900 from stock
holders of the defunct Stephenson
Grain company of Sioux City.
Governor Byrne and Attorney Cen
eral johnson will shortly consider
the question as to whether or not
there can be a legal election of Unit
ed States senator from this state und-
er its president statutes; and that if
it is decided that it can not be, the
governor will call a special session of
the legislature this winter to make
necessary amendment.
Captain Burton G. Mossman who
has for a number of years rented the
Indian pastures on Cheyenne river
reservation says that he expects to
ship closely this year, as next year is
likely to be the last for that range.
The Indians have expressed their de-
sire against new leases, after the ex.
piration Of the present leases held by
Mossman next year.
Lieutenant Titus, who has been in
%structor of state troops in this state
for the past year, was expecting to
be transferred to the Philippines,
but has just received notice of his re-
assignment to this state for another
year. While Mr.. Titus has been out
on inspection work Mrs. Titus has
been visiting relatives in Colorado,
but now that Lieutenant Titus has
bee re-assigned to this state they will
return to Pierre.
The ordination of Rev. Hanford L.
Russell of this city by Bishop George
Biller took place at Trinity Episco-
pal church at ten O'Clock Tuesday
morning. Bishop Biller delivered a
very eloquent address, after which
Mr.. Russell was presented to the
Bishop by Rev. J.. W. Hyslop of
Aberdeen, and following the ordina-
ton holy communion was celebrated.
The musical numbers were given by
Pierre talent, under the direction of