Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-04-03
DAKOTA STA re- NEWS

REDFIELD-Adjutan General w. A.
Morris Is arranging to remove the head.
quarters OF the South Dakota National
Guards from Watertown to Redfleld. The
Redfield aTmOry IL too small to house the
equipment OF the guards and it is prob
able building will be rented for that
purpose The annual encampment of the
guards. heretofore held at WATERFOWL, will
probably be held at Fort Meade this year.
PIERRE--The convention OF county
auditors which has just adjourned elect
II. Wood OF Sphinx county: first vice
president, L. G. Alderman. OF Beadle: Sec
ond vice president, r. A. Zangle, of Davi-
son; secretary and treasurer. j. ]. Rob-
erts. OF Brown. The executive committee
consists OF A. E. Ecklein, Of McCook:
Burt Burton, of Meade. and L. c. Leggett.
OF Lyman.
HOWARD--A fair amount of land has
changed hands here for so early In the
season All sales are bringing good prices.
The Hamcl place. south of town. sold for
$l1O per acre this week. A farm nine miles
east Of Howard, in the vicinity of VIM
fred. owned by Ralph Miller sold for the
same price few days ago. Real estate
dealers look for a good business this sum-
mer.
s MILLER-About to stop over Sunday at
Omaha at the request OF his family, there
was an unseen warming quite mysterious
that told him not to stay there. and B. F.
Torrey prevailed upon his people to hurry
on home. They arrived here safely.
though II they had obeyed the first im-
pulse to remain they would probably have
been killed.
Z Observation-Disclosures combustion is be-
lieved to have been the cause of fire
which started In the large barn of Jacob
Pfiffer near here Some blankets upon
which had been spilled some oil, were
thrown on some sacks of oats. The follow
Ing morning the barn was discovered to
be on fire and was saved with difficulty.
ABERDEEE-Car Arness, II years of
age was arrested here last evening
charged with rifiing the mails When ar
rested he had four keys to postoffice
boxes on his person, and admitted he
robbed the mails OF several thousands of
dollars In checks and drafts which he de-
str0yed being afraid to cash them. His
hearing was continued until Thursday.
PIERRE The attorney general holds
that Ralph s. Longstaff may receive pay
from the state for work in connection
with the printing contracts OF the Thir-
teenth assembly. done by the authority Of
the old printing commission and per-
formed prior to the passage of the new
bill.
BRIDGEWATER- The j. T. Mckee
store building, one Of the old landmarks
in Bridgewater. Is being moved 20 new
location. to make room for a two-story
brick building to be used for a hardware
store and Office purposes. It will be erect
ed by +. j. Ellwein at cost of $4,000
FAITH-Friends in this city and vicin-
tty are circulating petition asking for
the pardon Of James r. Shepard, who in
1911 war convicted OF assault with a dam
gerous weapon and sentenced to Sioux
Falls. The application will be considered
at the next meeting Of the pardon board.
HOT SPRINGS Committees appointed
by the volunteer firemen have taken up
the preliminary work OF the state fire.
mems tournament. to be held in Hot
Springs on June IL to 20 inclusive This
Will be made the biggest and best tourna-
ment OF the kind ever held in this or any
of the adjoining states
q HOWARD-The big storm OF last week
which was SO bad in the western part OF
the state came as far as Fedora, 10 miles
west of here, but hardly fake OF snow
fell In this vicinity. The weather OF this
winter was the finest with least snow of
any year since the winter OF 1884, so
old timers say.
WHITE OWL-The thermometer regis
tered u below zero here this morning.
Driver Cox, of the Star route, states that
the snow drifts are worse than he ever
saw them at any time. Mail has been
very irregular the past two weeks here.
with no hopes of Improvement in the near
future
EDGEMONT-An apparently demented
man, whose hobby was burglary. has been
compelled to shake the dust OF Edgemont
from his feet. Should he return from exc