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

F. Nj. Barnes was an arrival from
today.
Chas. Conway is at the hospital
suffering with an attack of typhoid
fever.
F. Baty of Omaha, ia in the city,
the guest of his sister. Mrs. A. c.
Miller.
Mrs. I'll. O. Petrie came in yester.
day from Huron, for a visit with her
husband.
Chas. A. Dalton has been visiting al
the home of his mother in Aberdeen
for the past week.
Judge Whiting, of the supreme court,
was an east going passenger today,
ticketed to DeSmet.
The county board of commissioners
finished the work of the regular April
session and adjourned today.
Six more days before the law closes
down on shooting and it becomes time
to get out and overhaul fishing tackle.
1.-The Price" was presented at the
opera house last evening, although a
good production a fair sized crowd
being present.
The Wear U-Well shoe people have
put in a fine line of boys shoes. Next
month the firm expect an invoice of
ladies footwear.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Dexter Shaul left
Tuesday for Leola, where they were
summoned by the death of Mr.. Griffin,
a nephew of the former.
The F. Lucas Realty Co. have secured
a suit of Office rooms under the Pierre
National bank, and moved their Office
furnishings thereto Monday.
F. E. Hills left yesterday for Sioux
City, to that city Mrs. Hits preceded
him week ago. Mr.. Hits intends to
pass two days there goods buying.
Miss Kathleen Swart sentertained
her Sunday school class at her home
yesterday afternoon, the affair being
in the form of a pilgrim party"
j. K. Breeder marketed choice lot
of hogs here this week; local butchers
being the buyers. The hogs were rear
ed and fattened on alfalfa aud were the
finest ever sold on the Pierre market.
j.. w. Latta went to Harold yes
terdany. A few miles south of that
village, Mr.. Latta has a farm, and
his business there at this time is to
make arrangements to sow the acre
age to wheat.
One way to mark the coming of
spring pleasantly is to follow the ri
pening strawberry on its northward
journey. The coming of summer can
be marked later by Following the
water melon in the same way.
During the past few days duck hunt
ers have been out in force and as rule
hunters have been very successful in
bagging aquatic fowls Yesterday a
great number of ducks put on their
angel plumage.
Judge Elliott, in the federal court
at Sioux Falls, has affirmed the con-
stitutionality of the law of South Da-
kota leyying taxes against expess COM
panies and the companies will have to
put up something like ST., 900 in back
taxes.
John Chapman, dweller on Frozen
man fiat, in Stanley county, was in
Pierre, and while in the city paid his
respects to this Office. He was here to
purchase seed grains, and stated, that a
large acreage would be put in again
this year.
A. G.. Brink was home coming pas
senger yesterday. Mr.. Brink had been
away to Iowa hustling land sales, and
in this connection he met with some
success. He is confident that the title
to much land In this section will pass to
Iowa people before another harvest.
&c. Warren arrived home Monday
morning from Jacksonville, Fla, where
he attended, as delegate from South
Dakota, the 1913 meeting of the Ma
tional Retail Hardware Dealers asso-
citation, held in Jacksonville, March 18.
10 and 90 Mr.. Warren says that much
northern capital is being invested there
where profit getting is slow and very
uncertain.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Standard Grantive Com
pany at Pierre, with capital of $685.
900. Incorporators: c. NJ. Arnold,
NJ. E. Arnold of Chicago, John A.
Holmes, Pierre; for the Curioscope
Company at Pierre with a capital Of.
s25, 900. Incorporators:: j. 2. Powell,
VIM. Best, Chicago; Sohn A. Holmes,
Pierre; and for the Western Cement,
Products Company at Pierre, with q
nt -. a.