Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-20
!. =. Payne came in today from Yer

go, N. D., where she will visit sister.
James Collins of New Haven, Conn,
is guest of his aunt, Mrs. Elias Jacob
sen.
/ The East Pierre Social circle meets
this afternoon with Mrs. Goddard as
hostess.
Mrs. Fred Erwin and daughter of
Sioux Falls, is the guest of Mrs. Jas.
Mckay.
j. F. Halliday, editor of the Iro-
quois Chief, was Pierre visitor
Tuesday.
The chicken pie supper given by the
Lutheran Ladies Aid Tuesday was we'll
attended.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Weatherby have
gone to Wisconsin, where they will visit
before going to Decatur. III.
| Mesdames Morris. Stutenroth and
Tscharner entertained at bridge at
the st. Charles Tuesday.
Miss Sadie Robinson entertained
the members of the executive board
at O'Clock breakfast Saturday.
| John Erickson and two brothers, re.
turned yesterday from Minnesota,
where they were called by the death of
their father.
| Mr. and Mrs. Thad Fuller of Milbank
and Mrs. George Nash of Aberdeen, ar
rived yesterday to attend the Billing
hurst-Fuller wedding nuptials.
| Mesdames Cummirs, Warren, Hor-
ner and Dalton were joint hostesses
at a bridge luncheon Friday and Sat-
urday at the home of the former.
0. O. Young, of The state educa-
tional department, is in the western
portion of the state. He left Friday,
and is there upon matters education
ally.
Judge Policy was an arrival Mon
day from Deadwood. Business called
him to the western portion of the
state last week.
Little Miss Pauline Grandle enter
tanned a few little friends at valen-
tine party Friday, which was her
ninth birthday.
Mesdames Ewert, Kemp and Ket-
chum entertained the KensiDgton
club at the home of the former last
Thursday afternoon.
General Epglesby was an arrival
from Watprtown today. He will re-
main in Pierre several days in the
discharge of business matters.
About O'Clock Sunday afternoon ice
moved out of the Missouri river at
Yankton, carrying large portion of
the pontoon bridge down the river,
where it lodged and was broken up into
sections.
The Highmore city council passed
an ordinance granting a franchise to
Mr.. Winkler, of this city, for the in
stallation of an electric lighting sys-
tenn. The main streets will be light
ed by cluster lamps.
A delegation of Selby people have
been in Pierre the past few days look
ing into matters in which they have
an interest, one of these being to Sc
cure a place on the new state tax
commission for John Bibelheimer of
that place.
The chief of the Weather Bureau.
the man who invented the bareback
which signalized the Inauguration of
President Taft, wants to be Secretary
of Agriculture. If he produces good
weather for Inauguration day perhaps
he will have some support.
Reports of warm weather in South
Dakota have reached northern ducks
and geese wintering in the south and
the Aquatic fowls are returning to
the ideal climate. The result is we'll
filled game bags for hunters in the
eastern portion of the state who have
discovered the fact
The enthusiasts in Stanley county
propose to put ninety thousand acres
of upland prairie under irrigation,
through the use of water from Chey-
Ell ne and White rivers, these being
the large projects, and not including
the smaller plants which now aggre-
gate several thousand acres under
water in that county.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed for the Perkins County Better
Farming Association, with a capital of
Sic, 600 and with headquarters at Lem
mon. the purpose of the association
being 70 promote agriculture and
teach better methods of conducting
farming operations. The incorpora-
tors are G. d. Smith. d. c. Draughts,
F. A. Finch, w. II. Doheety, j. S.
Elliott all of Lennon.