Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-05-21
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

MI GGulIl AdAUIA ruN9YA
directors association will meet In Mitch.
ell on May d, "a and %. President w. HI
Wilson. OF Aberdeen, will call the associa,
ton to order on Tuesday morning, May Is
Mayor A. =. Hitchcock will welcome the
undertakes to the city. and W. F. Lum.
bard. of Chamberlain, will respond. w
II. ~Broadbsnt, of Mitchell. Is the secre-
tary and treasurer of the association.
Observation-Disclosures Of the two
telephone systems In Iroquois 10 antici.
pated as the result Of the conference here
between w. G.. Bickelhaupt. secretary Q,
the Dakota Central Telephone company;
Fl. e. vollmer, district manager, with
Thomas Tyrell and T. j. Murphy, prcsi.
dent and secretary OF the Farmers ex.
change.
LEAD-Recognition OF the First Nation
al bank OF this city. the largest national
bank In the state, was accorded through
the appointment Of its cashier, r. II. Dris-
coll. on the organization committee for the
federal reserve bank system for district
No 9, which takes In this state and has
Its headquarters in Minneapolis. MI. Dris-
coll accepted the appointment and left at
once for Minneapolis for a meeting of the
committee. He is the only representative
from this state. &
YANKToN INDIAN AGENCY-E. Ben
JpAAAAt OSAAiS SAlllO a OcSH III
charge OF agricultural affairs on this res
ervation, his duties being to instruct In
dams in crop raising, has rendered his res
tgnation, having accepted a similar posi-
ton in Montana. Homer Red Lightning.
an educated Yankton Sioux, who Is as
good q farmer as most white farmers, has
been appointed temporarily to fill the va
cancy caused by the retirement of Mr..
Benjamin.
BRIDGEWATER - The B~ridgewater
high school will graduate a class Of seven
this year, as follows. Dettmer Divine,
Harry Bernard Garry. Elsie Margaret
Gullander. Clara Emma Mayer. Carl
Muench, Ray Eilet Rasmussen, Frederic
William Weber. Sunday, May II, DR.. A..
e. McCauley, will preach the baccalaure-
ate sermon; Tuesday evening, May 19, the
class day program will be given. and on
Wednesday evening, May 20, the gradua-
ton exercises will be held at the opera
house.
IROQUOIs-Albert A. Kaye. of Scot
land. 8. D., has been elected principal OF
the IroQuois schools for the coming wear
Miss Eva II. Stephenson. of Denver, Colo.
was chosen assistant principal. The other
teachers will be Miss Laura Emery of
Brodhead, Wis. Grace Gilliland, of Mitch
ell, 8. D., and Miss Ida L. Binger, of Tu-
= 49, Asb 1AAN AkI AoSCI Ol I" ar
rem, Ill.
BROOKINGS-For the past year or W
there has been considerable Illegal SEM
In Lake Campbell, at the south edge
Brookings county, and the local au-
succeeded in experimenting a cou-
pie OF the offenders this week and are
after others. % 3unde n Gerhard
Sterud were arrested and fined $50 each,
both pleading guilty of SEEMING without au-
thority.
PIFRRE-There is a standing complaint
that apples raised in the Black Hills Sec
ton OF this state cannot be brought to
east of the Missouri river on ac-
count of the freight rates, which are less
from Iowa and Missouri points than they
are from the Black Hills. The state rail-
way commission has called a hearing at
Belle Fourche on June "a.
BELLE FOURCHE-Camp Crook and
the section it serves has started a vigor-
GUS protest against the proposed move of
the postofhce department to abandon the
star mail route between this city and
Camp Crook and putting on a three times
a week service between Harding and
Camp Crook in its place.
DEADWOOD-Mayor N. r. Franklin
and the new city council took office here
before a large number Of citizens In the
council chamber. The mayor announced
the following appointments: City auditor,
Is. w. Trirnble; attorney. N. I. Mason;
engineer, +. S. Pecl:: physician, DR.. F.. s..
Howe: chief of police, E. Mckinley; po-
Nceman. Sherman Reese.
WINFRED-At a meeting of the new
board q 20-year franchise was
granted to the How'ard Electric Light
company to extend a line to this town.
~ iii ia ySfDn avs ~ ~-r ~ - H. ,.sIr - -
lighr and power. Canova has had the
service for the past two years. The
towns of Villas. Roswell, Fedora and Ar
tesian are considering a like proposition.
FAULKTON-Public Examiner j. i.
Wingfteld, OF the state banking depart
ment. has filed with the clerk Of the cir
cult court OF Faux county a complete In
ventory of the assets of the Security State
bank, which was turned over to the de-
partment on March 81 of the present year,
showing assets a~ggregating $S2,3O5.
GROTON-The Epworth league has
elected the following officers for the com
Ing year: President. T. E.. Gage; yice
presidents. r. B.. Eyestone, a Peppers.
W~arkentin: treasurer, Miss Wood; organ
tst. Hazel Mueller; reporter, Ruth Claw
son.
ENS -N HI EHZ ~ EiEl WII0
matches set fire to the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. j. Van der Linden and for a time
II was feared 1t would be totally de
stroyed. A great deal of damage was
done to the furnishings before the flames
were extinguished.
TYNDALL-The Masons and Odd Eel
lows OF Tyndall opened their new Joint
lodge building with a joint banquet. Two
hundred plates were spread. Masons and
Odd Fellows were present from Yank-
ton, Springfield. Scotland. Avon and
Wagner.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Singer, Of this
city, has recently perfected ana patented
g folding storm window. BY means OF
this window the storm sash can Be either
folded or divided into haiyes, making II
more easily handled without chances Of
breaking.
IRGQUOIS-Heart failure 10 opposes
TO have caused the death Of August Du-
bro. 9 poneer resident Of KinRsbury
county. who was found dead in hia bed.
He had not been very well for : time.
but his condition was mol regarded al
serious. B
PIERRE-In the late teachers' examtna-
ton for second. third and primary grades
In this state there were liza applicants.
and OF these $50 were given second grade
certiacates, 324 thirdaxrades and six pri-
mary grades. with so4 Teton the standing
sheets.
GETTYSBIJRG-The guest for oil In
Potter county q not been abandoned
by the Fox Oil acrnr7insS -