Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-03
John Sutherland left Tuesday fol
points in Colorado. sg

n. G.. Bradshaw underwent On OPP
GRAFTON at the hospital Monday
Misses Mildred Eager and Florence
Billinghurst have gone TO Hisega.
Miss Blanche Houghton Of Huron
10 the guest Of Mrs. J. B. German.
Il. r. Horner arrived home Tues.
day. having made an extended visit
in the east.
Judge G. S. Whiting and family
went to Hisega yesterday for few
weeks outing.
Miss Alma Smith was hostess to :
circle Of friends Saturday alta IL
O'Clock dinnef.
Rev. r. D. Dexheimer left Tuesday
for Mt. Vernon, called there by the
death Of his father.
Mrs. Ruble and little son and Miss
lima Schubert went to Hisega Mon
day for an outing.
Mrs. s. P, Rose, mother of Mrs. HI.
N. Reed, left Tuesday for visit with
relatives at Denver.
Mrs. G. M. HOLSTER returned Sun
day from Mitchell. where she attend
the Episcopal conference.
!, Rev. T. u. Riggs returned from
Santee, Neb., Monday, where he at.
tended q missionary meeting.
| r. B. Airey went to Howard Sun
day. where he will put in bids for
4 the neM%sewer work to be done there
soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Mattoon, parents of
Mrs. c. G. Bennett, left Monday for
their home at Milwaukee, after an ex-
tended visit here.
( A regular meeting of the City com
mission was held Monday evening.
At this meeting Chas. Rohrer was
chosen as night police.
i Mrs. j. w. Carter of Sioux Falls
arrived Monday and will spend the
remainder of the summer here with
her daughter, Mrs. Gates.
A Rapid City has been chosen as the
4 location of the Elks convention next
year, and the Elks of that place
. promise great things for 1914.
Mrs. Farmer and daughter, Miss
Clara, and Miss Margaret Lock.
hart left Tuesday for trip to Win
nipeg, Vancouver and Seattle.
The state investigating committee
has taken up the work where the legis.
lative committee left it last winter ir
the department of the secretary Of
state.
On Tuesday Gov. Byrne appointed
as a state board of optometry, II
Knutson of Leola, Guy F. Bleau and
e. Fl. Pry of Watertown and Guy F.
Livingston of Yankton.
Watertown Public Opinion: Mrs
F. NJ. Byrne and son of Pierre, Mrs
John Green and SOM of Huron, and
Mrs. Myrtle Heff of Aberdeen are
visiting at the home of w. III. Mather,
Miss Emma o Brien of Deadwood, a
sister of Deputy State Treasurer
q O'Brien, has accepted the position as
stenographer to the state tax coramis.
sion, entering upon her duties Monday
4 The corn crop of South Dakota is
mentioned with expressions of high
regard by corn growers and specta-
tors. They even say that South Da-
kotalcorn fields today promise to lead
4 the corn harvest of all the corn states
4 Attorney General johnson has begun
suit against the American Express com.
pany and the Wells Fargo Express
company for $4,000 fines in each case
for neglecting to make their statements
and list their property for taxation az
required by law.
The county board of commissioners
began busy session Tuesday. At this
session much important business is u1
for disposal. John A. Holmes is acting
as deputy county attorney and is direct.
ling some OF the business that has came
before the board.
4 The Chicago & North w estern off.
cials report a rain Of from one to foui
hours duration and from one inch t.
4 2 20 inches over the entire Dakota di
visions, with the exception Of the line
between Lebanon and Blunt. where the
rain was only light.
i Twelve sacks of important mai
were destroyed by fire at Yankton
Sunday night, 1t Is presumed by in.
fiammable material in 20 parcel post
shipment. The sacks were in the
Milwaukee baggage room. Ten were
from the Platte line going east, hello
for early train and two were from the
east for Yankton. The matter has
caused great stir in postofiice circles
and an inspector has been ordered
There.
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