Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12

j. E. Peterson was in the city yes
terday from Blunt.
j. Fl. Pitzen of Hayes, was a Capt.
tai city visitor yesterday.
Mrs. Wolff Of Sioux Falls, is a
guest at the VIM. Grebing home.
j.. T. Erickson left yesterday on a
short business trip to Rapid City.
Mrs. d. V. Hill is expected home
this week from an extended visit
abroad.
Royal G. Johnson, attorney gener-
al, was an arrival this morning from
Aberdeen.
The Methodist Ladies Aid society
will be entertained tomorrow at the
Swartz home.
j. A. Bushtield was released from
the hospital Tuesday and left for his
home at Miller.
The Lutheran Sewing club will be
entertained tomorrow afternoon by
Mrs. O. Englund.
Fred Hepperle, state land commits
sioner, left Tuesday for Watertown
on a short business trip.
Mrs. j. b. Patrick will entertain
the East Pierre Woman's club at her
home tomorrow afternoon.
B. F. Ives, grand lecturer of the
Masonic order, arrived yesterday
from Huron on official duties.
A small blaze at the city pumping
station called out the fire department
Tuesday evening. A covering on
n of the supply wells was burned,
but no serious damage was done.
P. w. D%ougherty, at present assist
ant attorney general, but who at the
recent election, was elected a mem
Der of the state railroad commission,
arrived home Monday from Chicago.
Aberdeen News, IL: DR.. and Mrs.
w. G, Smith and Miss Nelly Clark
of Pierre were in the city over night
while enroute to points west. Mr..
Smith is a member of the state board
of railroad commissioners.
Blunt Advocates: Miss Carrie Gre
nard of Pierre was a visitor at the F.
A. k%leinschmidt home Saturday and
and Sunday. Mrs. w. ID. Oldheld
of Pierre was a guest of Mrs. Gus
Kleinschmidt Saturday, returning
Sunday noon.
Stock Growers News: Mrs. Harvey,
sr., Mrs. Harry Briggs and Mrs. New
ell Cutting left on Saturday mornings
train for Sioux City, where Mrs. Har-
vey plans to spend the winter, and
from there Mrs. Briggs and Mrs. Cut
ting go to Rochester to visit friends
then to Chicago.
Blunt Advocates: Quite a number
from Blunt and locality are at Pierre
this week attending court. 81. E.
Carey, John Barcus, Frank Ryan, AL
fred kjer, Royal Carver and G.. E.
Besancon, are drawn on jury and
several are there as witnesses and in
terested spectators in cases of local
interest.
A banquet vas held. at the River
view hotel Tuesday, complimentary
to w. F. Sheridan. a member of the
Flying Squadron, who gave a very
interesting talk to those present. The
event vas held under the auspices of
the Epworth League cabinet of the
Methodist church.
A number of tracts of Indian heir
ship lands will be offered at Chew
eune River Indian agency, December
10. These tracts are mostly located
on the Cheyenne River reservation.
but some of them are on Bad river.
rear Teton, about ten miles west of
Pierre. The lands are sold by bids
at a minimum starting price for the
tracts.
The alfalfa exhibit made by this
state at the International livestock
show at Chicago, attracted a great
deal of attention. 1t was arranged
to show just what could be done with
alfalfa in the way of producing hay
and seed, and the many Uses this crop
is being pat to through the alfalfa
mills in the western part of the state
and the exhibit was so attractive as
to call out a great deal of news com.
ment in Chicago papers.
Delegates to the National Rivers
and Harbors congress, which meets
in Washington the first week in
December, have been appointed by
Gov. Byrne as follows; c. E DeLand
of Pierre; G. l.. Mellette, Fort Pierre:
Abner Ayres, w. B. Wait, Chamber.
lain; Edmund Cook, Wilmot. He
has also appointed H. M. Derr of
Pierre and S. E. Wilson of Hot
Springs as state representative in the