Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-11
LOCAL NEWS
They're off at Huron.

G6O. NOTUecK was IN the City Fiji
day from Redfeld.
Mrs. Della Fox is spending tn,
week with a sister at Huron.
John Issenhuth of Huron, transact
ed business here Wednesday.
Mrs. Thos. Kenna and daughter
left Friday for Chadron, Neb.
Mr.. and Mrs. McGannon of Okobo
jo. spent Sunday with friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Delay went t.
Huron yesterday to take in the Fair
Harry Howes of Redtield, visited
friends in Pierre Friday and Satur-
day.
Mrs. c. w. Wilson and family re
turned Sunday from an extended Wis
it in Iowa.
Frank Gibson came in Friday from
500 Rapids, Iowa, On a short bust
ness trip.
Misses Delta and Nora Trumble Of
Okobojo, have enrolled in the city
city schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. C. Smith, living
northeast of Hayes, were shopping
in Pierre Saturday.
Herman Gregory is in the western
portion of the state, where he was call.
ed on official business.
Charles Rohrer, chief of police Of
Pierre, is here helping out the Huron
police during the fair.
Bruce Campbell went to Huron
yesterday for a stay at fair and will
go to Omaha for a visit.
John 1. Nelson, assistant secretary
of state, is in Huron for the state fail
and the political meetingD
The Methodist conference of South
Dadota will hold forth at Redfelc
from Sept. 80 to Oct. 6.
The temperature at Pierre Friday
reached 103, and the city schools were
closed for the afternoon.
The South Dakota abstractors as,
ISOLATION will hold their 1918 conven.
ton in Belle Fourche on October Isl
and End.
Fred Ebert brought in a load OF
pumpkins Friday, which were taken
to the fair as a part of the Hughes
county exhibit.
Mrs. Julia H. Reynolds, sister OF
Mrs. A. c. S~atterlee, will arrive the
last of the week from Kansas City,
for an extended visit.
Many chicken hunters left the city
yesterday morning for the county
districts to the east of us. Yester.
day was the first day of the open sea
son.
Blunt Advocate: Miss Muriel
Eakin went to Pierre Sunday where
she will live with the E. W. Fisher
family the coming year and attend
high school.
Letters received at Pierre indicate
that Samuel Fl. Lea, formerly state
engineer, has located at Charlotte, N.
O., and is likely to be selected as city
engineer of that place..
By reports of the county auditor,
the county levy in organized town.
ships this year will be four and six.
tenths in unorganized districts. The
city and school levy will be about q
mills.
The Capital City band, accompanied
by a large member of Pierre people,
left for Huron this morning ona spec
lal train. Pierre makes a good show.
inc at III state fair every year.
N. L.. Nelson, who was cashier OF
the state bank of Mobridge when that
institution vas forced to the wall, has
been arrested in North Dakota charg.
ed with violating the state bank laws,
and brought to Selby for a hearing.
Governor Byrne has granted a re-
QUESTION on the governor of North
Dakota for the custody of Rufus E.
Hanks wanted in Meade county on a
charge of %disposing of mortgage prop
ertY, being held for the South Dakota
officers.
The bank examiners department was
visited by Leo F. Jaeger of Dubuque.
Ia, and Ernest P. DeMoulin, of the
Hot Springs Doan Agency, South Da-
kota, these gentlemen having in view
the location of some new banks in South
Dakota. Jaeger is a member of a bank
ing and commercial firm in Dubuque,
Iowa.
Onida Watchman: Clarence Cur
rler OF Laurel was kicked by a horse
Sunday night and was very badly in
]ured Internally. He was brought to
the Onida hospital and on Tuesday
morning was operated on by Dr..
Stegeman assisted by DR.. Kenney
and Miss Whiting of Pierre. At
present he is getting along very nice
~ although not yet out of danger. m