Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-08-06
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

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class among beef butchers OF South Da-
kota. With his car provided with a large
carrying box at the rear hat will easily
hold the largest beef. he loads his tools
into the auto and drives to a farm where
there is an animal to be Killed. With a
patent derrick and special outfit, the beef
Is killed and dressed on the spot and with
In so minutes, according to Car1son's rec
ord claims, the quarters are hanging in
the icebox of his market place.
CUSTER-With the addition of facilities
for Ii more patients planned. under the
recent action taken by the state board Of
charities and corrections. the state tuber-
cuics1s sanatorillm here will be better able
TO meet the demands made upon 1t Tor aid.
Inc sanatorium occupies 800 acres of land
owned by tie state and 500 acres of gov
eminent reserve at an altitude of $3.50 feet.
The buildings are neat and there is a fine
water plant. Forty-six patients are now
betEg cared for there.
BIG STONE CITY-Carl Binder, the
young man who attempted suicide here N
a Motel, died from his wounds Wednesday
morning. He had registered at the hotel
as coming from Aberdeen, and 1t is said
ne has a brother in ST. Paul, Mimi. He
told the doctors after the shooting tina he
had worked at S%undance, Wyo., for a
time and afterwards at a farm near Belle
Fourche, s. d. The body will be buried
here unless his relatives claim it.
PSWICH-A a meeting of the board of
directors of the Bank of Ipswich Wednes-
day afternoon M. Pin Beebee was elected
president to succeed Marcus p. Beebe, de-
Eceased. The Bank of Ipswich has held the
distinction of being the first bank in the
state and the eighth in the United States
in amount of surplus and undivided profits
In proportion to its capital.
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served Wednesday on witnesses to appear
before the United States industrial COM
mission, which will be in session here Au-
gust and a., Sergeant at Arms Egan and
Assistant Sergeant at Arms Prendergast,
of the commission. arrived today.
PIERRE-The state tax commission
fixed the assessment of all telegraph COM
panfes in the state at 1923, 53S, a reduction
of $l0O, 700 from last year. The fixed valu-
alton of all telephones in the states is $4,-
1852, 155, an increase of $500, 900.
ALEXANDRIA-Since he left his home
last Monday night clad only in shoes, UNI
defclothes and trousers, no trace has been
found of Elmer Fl. Bowers. His trousers
were afterward found on the N of the
river. but dragging of the river bed has
thus far failed to discover his body, if he
committed suicide. He had been troubled
for years with intense headaches. A lit
tie small change was found in the pockets
of the trousers, but several bills which he
was known to have had a few days before
were missing.
MoRRIsTowN-A ruling recently re-
ceived here from the general land
office will. be of great interest to young
people either now demonstrating claims or
contemplating filing, with a view to mat
rimonfal combination. The ruling holds
that where two homesteaders are married
before making proof on the land, they
may prove up on both claims and are
only required to complete their residence
on one of them. This will save losing one
of the homesteads, as the case has been
In the past.
TYNDALL-That fruit can be success
fully raised in South Dakota is shown by
the results obtained by w. G.. Gretsch-
mann who has just finished the shipment
of his 1914 crop of cherries. During the
season he has sold more than $500 worth
of this fruit alone raised on a small plot
of ground in his orchards.
SIOUX FALLs-Chairman A. r.. Eel
lows, of the Minnehaha county republican
central committee, has announced the APP
pointment of George r. Jones, of Sioux
Falls, a member of the minority faction,
as secretary of the county committee. Mr..
Jones Indicated, before the appointment
was made, that he would accept it. The
EeAfRSi - "a la " pCi a
good one.
MITCHELL-Levi A. Stout, for more
than 20 years professor of mathematics in
Dakota Wesleyan university, was united
In marriage to Miss Mary Crawford, Of
Martinsville, Ind. The couple have gone
on a honeymoon trip over the great lakes
to Niagara Falls, N. Y. They will visit in
New York and Boston before their return.
late in August.
MARION-James Theal, an Inherent la
borer, who said that he came from Ohio.
was run over by a freight train and later
died from his injuries. His last request
was for a cfgaret.
PIERRE-A second death by violence in
the family of Joe Hazuka, formerly Of
White River, occurred when a son was
killed while out hunting with a party of
youths. The party went down into the
brush along the White river for a hunt,
and scared up q rabbit, and in the chase
one of the Ericsson boys fired at the rabbit
just as the Haz,,ka boy ran in front of
the gun, and the charge of shot tore
through his body. Joe Hazuka, father of
the boy who was killed, last March COM
mitted suicide.
BRITTON-While attempting to change
| seats In a small boat while fishing in Clear
Lake, Dey Williams who has been .oper-
ating a dray line here for the last two
IL years WAS w dlo MUSE JOIlllSOIs
his companion, narrowly escaped a SINH
lar fate when the boat overturned, throw
ing them both into deep water.
PIERRE-Robert L. Eddy. of Water
town, has presented the state museum
with the first postal note ever issued by
the Pierre postoffice. 1t bears date of sep-
TENDER 8, 1883, and was signed by s. NJ.
Laird as postmaster. The note was is
sued for 10 cents. payable to bearer. and
was never cashed.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES have been
completed by which the Potter County
Telephone company contemplated a deal
with the Dakota Central company to take
over the central office business here and
at Lebanon, and the new arrangement will
become effective August 4.
MOUNT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS assess
ment figures with previous years. the big
gest change Of note In personal property
was the raising of the assessment on ag-
ricultural implements In Prosper township
100 percent. In Badger township the raise
amounted to 100 per cent.
sIssETON-A deal has been closed here
i ~ which Martin ohnson and Ben A. Som
u TsrE. stAA- A..