Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-05-01
Trinity Guild will give dance this
evening at the st. Charles.

the dandelion crop one way or the other.
J. D. Rainey, knight of the quill,
was in the city from Philip yesterday.
There will be ball game tomorrow
between the state house and pick. up
team.
Mrs. w. H. Angel of Fort Pierre,
underwent an operation at the hospital
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Brandhuber
their first wedding anniver-
sary Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Bennett returned
Monday from a pleasant stay on the
Pacific coast.
Mrs. JAS. Milton expects to leave
for Aberdeen, where she will
visit sister.
s. II. Grams, state fire marshal, and
y. l. Lampy. deputy, were in the city
yesterday on business matters.
The High School Track team went
to Aberdeen today to take in the
track meet Friday and Saturday.
Miss Arvilla Edgar has resigned her
position with the law firm of Horner.
& Goldsmith, same to take
effect May 10.
The Lockhart Land and Investment
company now occupy q suite of rooms
in the Hilger block. If you want to
know anything about lands, see them.
Okobojo Times: r. j. Courtney has
started his gasoline blowing rig on his
farm in this township and expects to
farm several quarter sections this year.
Mrs. VIM j. Mundt. president of the
local society, w. G. 7. u, and Mrs.
M. N, Farr, as delegate, will go to
Onlda tomorrow to attend three days
session of the district convention.
Editor Sem of the Deadwood Tele-
gram is brimming over with good
cheer, for the reason Gale Brothers
circus is billed to give performance
there May 10.
w. D. Fraser, r. Richards and ].
Cox were up from Harold Tuesday.
the former coming up to get the as
SCISSORS books, of which he is assessor
for Pleasant Valley.
Miss Margaret Gable was called to
DesMoines the first of the week by the
serious illness of her mother. Miss
Grace Gnnderson is taking her place as
teacher in the public schools.
Watertown Opinion: Pierre pro-
poses to install an alfalfa products
factory to furnish us food for our
stomachs' sake, The capital is al
ready doing we'll in furnishing food
for reflection.
An Industrial exhibit will be held
in the Y. M. G. A. rooms of the High
school Friday and Saturday after
moons, where the work of the Domes-
tic Science and Manual Training
classes will be on exhibit.
Commissioner of School and Public
Lands Hepperle left Monday for q
trip through the Black Hills ON off.
cial business and particularly to dis.
cuss with forestry men the problems
of fires in the Black Hills forest pre.
serves. More effective methods of
patrol, greater care and more strict
compliance with rules concerning fires
will be considered, that South Dako-
ia may not again this year have so
great fire loss as the recent Black
Hills forest fires occasioned.
The annual meeting of the knights
of Pythias of the fifth Pythian dist
riot of the grand domain of South Da.
kota was held in Huron Tuesday, the
visitors being the guests of Syracuse
lodge No. 16 of Huron. Grand Chan.
cellor L. L. Stephens of this city was
present, and representative from
many outside lodges were there.
Work in the second and third ranks
was exemplified, and banquent con.
cluded the evening.
The ninety fourth anniversary of Ode
Fellowship in America was commemor.
ated Sunday by Pierre lodge, 1. o. o. F.,
in fine style. In the morning the mem
bers of the order in this city marched
in body to the Methodist church where
the pastor preached sermon dealing
with fraternal lodges. societies and or.
carnations. The sermon was rathe,
out of the ordinary. but was keenly an.
preciated by the congregation.
The state militia Of South Dako ta
will hold their encampment this veal
at Fort Meade. II will occur some
time in June and will take to thu
Black Hills more than six hundred
men. The gathering will not only bt
9 direct benefit to Sturgis, but othel
Hills toWA NAV exnoct vis;fc .f.oro -