Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-03-26
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

announced that the organization would
make an aggressive attempt TO defeat the
licensing or saloons at the annual election
on April q. For the past 10 years the IL
quor question has been the subject of Bit
ter strife in Mitchell. The temperance
forces We're victors six years ago by a
narrow margin, but since that time the
vets have won with majorities of $50 to
260 votes.
MISUNDERSTANDING, farmers and
professional men living in and around
New Ellington have organized together in
the Farmers and Merchants club ofsNew
Ellington. Special emphasis will be laid
upon the cooperation between the farm.
ers and residents of the new town. The
new officers of the club are Frank Far
rington, president; A. l.. Casey. vice presi-
dent; A. G.. Johnson, secretary: c. G. Ped
erson, treasurer; George Mack, director.
OACOMA-War has been declared
against careless marksmen who are max
ing life miserable for the owners of tim
Der land south and west of town. Or
several occasions fatalities have narrow
ly been averted. Dewey Myhre was hi
by a spent bullet at his fathers far1a. A
number of horses and cattle have beer
shot and killed and the losses have fallen
on the owners. One cow killed by thu
careless hunters was valued at S65.
HURON-The triennial convention of the
South Dakota Royal Neighbors of Ameri
ca will convene here Wednesday for a
two days session. Regular business is to
be transacted, officers and supreme dele
gates elected, and work eXemplified. The
local camp is planning for elaborate en-
tertainment for the visitors. Mrs. Nellie
Moran, of Watertown, state deputy of the
order, will be the highest state office,
here.
ABERDEEN-The body of the lat
Frank M. Fisher, a former Aberdeen bust.
ness man. was laid to rest under tn,
auspices of the blue lodge Vt Masons her
on Tuesday. Some of the most beautiful
floral emblems ever seen in Aberdeen were
laid on the bier by the Masons, the Unitet
commercial Travellers, and friends OF the
dead m "a who died late last week al
Menominee, Wis.
ABERDEEN-A committee OF the Alb
erdeen school board is engaged in look.
Ing over tracts of ground in different
parts of the city, as close to the school,
houses as possible, which is is proposed te
purchase for playing grounds. Each play.
ground will be equipped with swings and
other paraphernalia, and will be under
the direction OF a playground director at
all times.
ABERDEEN-From present Indications,
the attendance at the ceremonial of the
Dramatic Orders, knights of Khorassen,
to be held here several days this week,
beginning Wednesday night, promises to
be larger than ever before in the history
of the orders here. Knights from many
surrounding towns will b. here and .
larger class of novices will be adopted.
IPSWICH-The local temperance people
hoya haon oro,,cad hv tho ra,ort t1ot an
effort may be made by the saloon license
element to have the license question sub
mitted to the voters at the annual city
election In April. AT present the town is
without saloons and the temperance ele
ment will wage a hot fight with the OBJ
ject of keeping it dry if possible.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wilson is holding
the body of Daniel Hawkins, who wa.
accidentally killed in a private elevator
at the Hotel Sherman Monday morning,
hoping to secure some clue as to some
relatives of Hawkins. 1t has been found
that Hawkins, a native of England, wa
naturaliZed in Saline county, Nebraska,
in 1879. He was 81 years of age.
wEBSTER-As the result of a meeting
held here by a number of the poultry rails
ers of the county what will be known as
the Day County Poultry association was
organized. The following officers We're
elected: President, j.. A. Fosse; secretary,
E. A. Paulson. A constitution and by.
laws will be adopted at another meeting
to be held March q.
YANKTON Curtis Shelton. found
guilty in circuit court of robbery in the
second degree, upon the person Of Adel-
bert Lester, who was badly beaten up as
we'll as robbed, was sentenced to five
years in the state p~enitentiary at Sioux
Falls, at hare labor. Shelton was caught
close to the Kentucky line after an ex-
citing chase.
MILLER-On March "a. Mr.. and Mrs.
G. w. Rudd, highly respected pioneer resi-
dents of this section, will celebrate their
golden wedding anniversary. While home
on a furlough so years ago they were
married in Michigan. They moved to
South Dakota early in the sos, and have
resided here continuously since that time.
ABERDEEN-The board of regents OF
education held a meeting here, when the
resignation of President George Williston
Nash, head OF the Northern Normal and
Industrial school. vas formally presented
and accepted. In the absence of Regent
Beebe, no action was taken regarding his
successor.
PIERRE-The canning factory. which
was last year located at Fort Pierre, has
his year been removed to Pierre, because
the sandy. soil on this side of the river
produces tomatoes at least two weeks
sooner than the gumbo soil on the Fort
Pierre side. ana thus enables the factory
TO get to canning sooner in the autumn.
PIEREE-The Commercial club Of this
city will conduct an experimental 10-acre
tract near this city this summer to show
what can be done by different methods
of cultivation when applied to the soil in
this part Of the state, this being a part OF
the movement In that line started last
year.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is known as
tn Old Payne Farm located four miles
south of here and consisting OF 200 acres,
was sold yesterday to Geo. w. Glanzer
for a consideration of $25,0O0. an even $l&
per acre, which IS the record price fox
land in this locality.
HURON-The conference officers of the
Seventh Day Adventists OF South Dakota
have selected Huron as the place for
holding their annual camp meeting in
1914, the gathering to take place during
the latter part of June, the exact date to
be announced later. "
ABERDEEN-John ]. Madden. OF the
Madden Glass company, OF Aberdeen.
Wholesale dealers in glass. has returned
from Great Falls, Mont, where he Sc
lected a site for a branch of the COM
pany's establishment, which will be es-
tablished at once.