Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-06-19

Dr.. 7. F. Riggs is sojourning ID
Minneapolis.
4 Theo. Quale was in the city Tues.
day, called here on PROFESSIONAL busi-
mess.
/ Early settlers in Hand county will
hold reunion in Pringle's grove, near
1, Miller, on Saturday next
| Miss Ferol Steele and Miss Mueller
| of this city have contracted to teach in
the village school at Harold.
| w. D. Nelson left Monday morning
for Redfield, where a state meeting of
the jewelers. association is being held.
Lieut.. Gov E. L. Abel of Huron,
has been appointed on the board of
managers of the children's lone in
Sioux Falls.
\ The Department of Insurance has
granted the American Fraternal Union
of Sioux Falls a license to write frater-
nal health and accident insurance in this
state.
Mrs. Flora Fuller is in Lewiston,
Montana, where she will spend the
summer with her neice, Mrs. II. L.
Garner. In the fall Mrs. Fuller ex-
poets to back to Illinois.
Regent Dwight is ont in state
ment to the effect that the entire
board of regents is in harmony with
Regent Hitchcock in opposition to
the Aberdeen school course.
\ WI. Mundt returned Tuesday from
a trip through the caste IN and south
ern portions of the state. All along
his route of travel he declares that
crops could not be more promising.
| j. j. Fischer and family, who have
been residents of this city for sever
al years past, left today with their
4 household goods for Wellman, Iowa,
where Mr.. Fisher has property in
terests.
d. w. March is away on his an
nual vacation. At the conclusion of
the grand lodge, K. of P, session in
Sioux Falls he intends to go to Min
neapolis, returning to Pierre about
July l.
4 Monday occurred the distribution of
$4,000 worth of the school and endow-
ment school funds among the school dis
trlcts of the state. The December pay
ment will be smaller, the two totaling
a million dollars.
| Many copies of the South Dakota
primary law has been sent, by request,
to the officials of the state of New York
who are campaigning under direction of
Governor aulzer for the adoption of
primary enactment.
G. M Leedom, member of the leg
islature from Stanley county in the
last session, has taken UP his duties
as field clerk for the state land de-
partment, a position to which he was
selected some time ago.
\ The heated term that afflicts this
section of the country extends from
the Rocky mountains to the Atlantic
coast and it's severity is about equal
ly distributed. In the cities of the
far east deaths are frequent.
i Gettysburg News-C Courier: The first
carlord of material for the oil prospec-'
tors arrived yesterday. The only thing
that is delaying the starting of the drill
work now is the slowness of the railroad
in getting the material on the ground,
but it should not be much longer before
the work is moving fast.
The railroad companies have refused
to accept the overtures of peace by Civ
ing the firemen reduced rates to the
state tournament. The solons evident
/ ly overlooked the fact that railroad
company in law, is person. but has no
soul, with heart that can be llkened to
brick bat.
Good roads day was generally OBJ
served in South Dakota by the men
of the cities who turned out and did
what they could towards improving
the highways. 1t was strenuous
day and blistered hands and aching
backs are among the sure rewards of
the venture into the realm of physi-
al toll.
Business is good just now and con-
4 siderably better than it was six weeks
ago. The country as whole il in
excellent condition. The more pros
porous the country the greater the
danger of money stringency, especial
ly when the crops are abnormally
large and there is not money enough
to permit their handling.
Our exchanges these days are filled
with reports of high school and college
announcement doings, and they furnish
not only extremely interesting reading,
but they afford an unmistakable index
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