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

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Nobody else can stir our patriotism
quite Ike the grand old Grand Army
boys.
The dandelion thrives on any kind
OF spring weather that has vet been
sprung.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. Dolfe and children
left last week for their new home at
Armour.
Mrs NJ. X. Dennis of DeGrey under.
went an operation at the hospital on
Monday.
Some people tone up their system
pushing lawn mower; others waste
good money in spring tonics. n
U. s. Griggs departed yesterday for
Rock Rapids, Iowa. whittier he went to
pass Decoration Day with friends in the
long ago.
Ipswich Democrat: We are getting
plenty of rain since President Wilson
fred Willis Moore and put democrat
in his place.
Druggist Straight has mustered his
soda fountain into use. All the pop
ular and fashionable drinks are OBJ
tainable there,
I. A. Campbell, secretary Of the
First National Life Insurance com.
pany, returned this morning from a
a business trip to Chicago.
Examinations in all the grades have
been taken. The school year in Pierre
has been great success; marked adj
vancement being shown in all the
grades.
The Lyman county man who was
taken before the board of insanity
Tuesday was adjudged insane. and
the hospital authorities have been
notified.
Blunt Advocate: j. w. Laughlin
and Chris Jorgeson of Pierre were in
town Monday looking over the gravel
situation and stalking out the grounds
of excavation on the new electric
light plant.
A clergyman declares that young
men who call on yovng women on
Sunday evening ought to be taken to
church. They will be. after while,
unless they go to justice of the
peace.
G. B. Denniston, chief clerk of the
tenth division conducted the annual ex-
animation of postal clerks ut the Pierre
postoffice Friday, May 23rd A. L..
Farmer made an average of 80 s86;
Guy Barnes, 90. SO: George Bezendorf,
1886.
Mrs. F. McCalmont left today for
Big Stone, this state. to pay visit
to daughter, now teaching the public
schools there. Mrs McCalmont was
accompanied to Big Stone by daugh-
ter, Mics Hazel McCalmont.
The state immigration board. con.
sisting of Governor Byrne, Land
Commissioners Hepperlee, and State
Secretary Glasner, at meeting Mon
day reappointad j. D. Deets, as i'm.
migration commissioner of this state
for the next two years.
Archie Whitney of ChapelIe sus-
tanned slight injury last week. He
was running races with some neigh.
Dor children and ran into barb wire
cutting an ugly cash in his upper lip
He was brought<to Pierre and it was
necessary to take three stitches in hi,
lip.
Mrs. Beulah F. Stoughton died a,
the hospital Sunday afternoon, where
she had been taken for treatment q
week ago. Deceased leaves, besides
her husband an infant son, mother
and sister who reside in Nebraska.
Funeral services were held from the
Congregational church yesterday
morning; interment taking place at
Riverside cemetery.
st. Paul, would like to have il
understood that If national scenic
highway is to pass its way it can de-
pend not only on large contribution
of scenery but on considerable
measure of substantial support al
we'll. This is'really how q nationa
scenic highway is going to come, We
suppose, IL it ever comes. Each state
county, city, town, village and ham.
let on the route must help it along.
Walworth county land owners have
already been approached with pro
positions to lease their lands for OF
purposes, bnt most of them are in
clined tOswait the result of the Potter
county experiment, believing that
if oil really exists they can make
much better terms with investors
after it is proven to exist in merchan.
able quantities in Potter county ex.
pertinent proves failure. they are
nothing out.