Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-18
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GU 10 Inolr nome IN East florr6.
L. B. Albright went to Minneapo.
lis Tuesday, on business matters.
Mrs. lilo Haswell left Tuesday for
a visit with relatives at Beresford.
E. H. Wood spent Tuesday in Rapid
City, where business matters called
him,
Paul Morehead and family have
moved into rooms over the Lucas
store.
Mrs. j. H. Gropengeiser of Onida,
spent Sunday with relatives in this
city.
Frank Beacon is making some inn
provements on his holdings, east of the
city.
DR. G. H. Sessions of Miller, was
in the city Tuesday on professional
business.
c. w. Anderson and r. w. Morgan
of Sioux Falls, were Pierre visitors
Tuesday.
w. G. Robinson and Miss Grace
WATSON left Tuesday for Marshall,
MINI.
Rev. w. A. Wilkinson spent Tues
day in Huron on some church mat
ters.
G. H. Jaynes went down to Sioux
Falls Monday to attend the Home
Coming.
Governor Byrne is in attendance at
the Homecoming at Sioux Falls this
week.
Joe Boucher arrived Monday from
Gregory, to visit his brother at the
hospital.
Mrs. Dick Haney and little daugh-
ter of Mitchell. have been visiting at
the Mccoy home.
Miss Ella Osgood and her father
left Tuesday for Sioux Falls to attend
the Homecoming.
Bruno Hepperle returned Tuesday
from Mankato, where he has been at.
tending college,
A. e. Whitney arrived Monday
from Medford, Wis, to spend a few
days on business matters.
John E. Kelley intends to go to Elan
dreau Oh Saturday of next week; to
look after property interests there.
Prof. Rawlins and family went to
Huron Tuesday where Mr.. Rawlins
will teach at the summer school.
DR.. j. j. Mertons came down Mon
day from Lebanon, bringing with
him a patient who has entered the
hospital.
Miss Gretchen Welch expects to
leave Monday for Seattle, Wash,
where she will spend the summer
months.
John L. Lockhart, chairman republi-
can state committee, is in Sioux Falls
today. John has been out during the
week enrolling the bull moose.
G. f. Barnes went to Nowlin on Sat
urday, returning Monday morning. He
reported that stock and crops are look
ing fine in the Bad River valley.
The contract for furnishing the
state capitol with coal for the year
beginning with July lst. has been
awarded to the Peter Mintener Lum-
er Company.
Hyde County News: While playing
on Sunday, a son of P. N. Thinglestad,
was bitten by a r~attlesnake. Before
treatment could be administered the
poison had spread through the system
so that he could not be saved. He ex-
pired tw%enty-four hours later.
A farmer in Minnehaha county
through the agency of John
Cogan, a quarter section of land, To-
Gated in Stanley county on Saturday
last. The price paid was $4,000 in
cash. The tract is situated five miles
north of Capa, upon which there are
no improvements, except IL acres of
alfalfa.
W. ID. Lowell Of Minneapolis was
the lowest bidder for the construc-
ton of the new hospital that the gov.
eminent will build on the Cheyenne
River reservation for the benefit of
the Cheyenne Sioux Indians. The
new building will be of brick two
stories high, in addition to a base
ment. The dimensions are 121 by
$50, and the hospital will be located
near the agency school.
One of the questions which has
been put up to the state tax commits
sion by assessors is that of assess
ment of dogs. 1t is held that dogs
are not 'tjust dogs" when it comes to
a question of value, and the assessor
wants to know if it is fair to assess q
mongrel pup at the same amount as
a registered bird dog or collie which
will sell on the market at a good