Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-01-30
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

YANKTON-Re Chas. NJ. Sheldon,
~uthor and noted Congregational minis
ter, will address Yankton college students
Thursday morning on the supoec., re
suits of q True Education" In the eve,
ming Rev. Mr. Sheldon will speak to
Yankton people on THE Main Things OF
Life" Rev. C. M Sheldon was once
Yankton boy; was born and raised here.
PHIL1P-On Friday night the local lee
ture course committee will present the
third and last number of this winters
course. DR.. o. O. Smith viii deliver
lecture from the subject by Colonel Gear.
hart, OF Wisconsin, and an entertainment.
by the Robley male quartet. The quaFtel
scored big success. q. v. Weich IS
chairman and o. K. Whitney secretary
Of the course committee.
COAL SPRINGS-Coal Springs lodge.
No 2126 Modern Brotherhood of America
gave a public installation of officers ana
banquet at which the following officers
were installed: Emel Hanson, PRESIDENT
Albert Stahosky, vice president; MRS.
Josephine Stahosky. secretary: J. I'll. Rop-
enolt, treasurer; Sheriff. Cazer. conduct
ress; Vernon Cazer, guard: A. W. Cazer'
sentry.
ABERDEEN-Floyd A. Pemberton, OF
Marshalltown, Ia, has arrived here 10
take the place of A. A. Willard as man,
ager of the local branch of the Marshaii
OIL company. l. A. Towne' formerly Tl VII
the Continental Oil company at Denver,
is here and will take charge of the sales
forces for the company in the two Da-
kotas.
PIERRE-H. B. Mayfeld, of Camp
Crook. has been issued permit to appro-
pirate water from Valley Creek for irr1-
eating $50 acres of land in Harding coun-
ty, and C. r. Daugherty, of Folsom, ;.
D., granted the right to appropriate wa
ter from Valley creek for irrigatng DO
acres of land in Custer county.
RERESFORD-New officers of the
women's guild are: President. Mrs. G. W.
Deane; vice president, Mrs. j. G. Circuit;
secretary, Mrs. II. w Jamison; treasurer
Mrs. o. Olstad. The guild has 70 mem
bers, gain of % during the past IL
months.
BELLE FOURCHE-The members of
the Belle Fourche Public Library associa-
ton, at their annual business meeting,
have elected the following officers: Presl-
dent, s. w. P. Sellers; vice president, Miss
Amy Bird; treasurer. Mrs. G. Wilkinson.
Bonesteel-At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Gregory County Fair
association the following officers were
elected: President, w. N. Redmon; vice
president, C. F. Jewell; secretary. S. NJ
I.indley; treasurer, j. \. McCarvtlle.
ABERDEEN-The Milwaukee railroad
has a large force of men at work on Big
Stone lake at Ortonville. Mimi, cutting
1900 tons of ice for its ice houses at Abb
erdeen, and Kruger Bros, of this city,
are cutting $4,000 tons.
PHILIP-Wm. G. Murphy has complet-
ed the ice cut for the season Of 1913, and
has his two ice houses filed to the limit.
The ice is 16 inches thick and of excellent
quality. crew of Is men were employed
for one week.
ABERDEEN-The weather man at Alb
erdeen is tickle. The thermometer dropped
to Is degrees below zero on Monday night,
and OH Tuesday afternoon climbed to 20
above. with the prediction Of cold wave
for today.
OL1VET-The Memo Herald, Trip Led
ger and Parkston Advance have been Sc
lected official papers Of Hutchinson coun-
| ty.
MoNTROSE-The Commercial club has
leased the opera house building, and will
fit up the second floor as the permanent
home Of the club, and has provided a
lecture course for the remainder of the
winter
GREGORY-This portion of the Rosebud
country is becoming famous for the ex-
cellence of its horse product. In one day
five carloads Of horses, valued at $4,000
were shipped from here to eastern mar
Ikets
TYNDALL-In period of four days a
gang Of men completed the work of drill
ing an artesian we'll in this city. The
we'll is 1877 feet deep and good flow OF
water was struck. s.
oNIDA-The Onida watchmap, Aga1
| Argus and Okoboji Times have been an
| the coming year.
FAIRvIEW-The woodman hall is be.
| ing remodeled and made into one of the
| finest lodge buildings in the state.
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