Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05

city yesterday.
j. b. Greenwood was in the city
Saturday from Wendte.
j. E. sloat of Gettysburg, visited
with friends here Sunday.
G. w. Case. attorney, was in the
city Friday from Watertown.
Mrs. Dell Daniels of Giddings, was
operated upon at the hospital Satur-
day.
7. G. McNamee, states attorney,
went to Blunt yesterday on official
business.
The city schools will celebrate
Washington's and Lincoln's birth
days at the various schools on the
18th.
Judge l.. E. Gaffy arrived home
yesterday from a several days BUSH
ness trip to Omaha and Washington,
D. g.
MIR. and Mrs. R. L. Parrott of Lem
mon, are guests of the formers sister,
Miss Parrott, a teacher in the city
schools.
G. l.. Wellett and daughter went to
their home ut Highmere, having visited
Mrs. Willett, who is a patient at the
hospital.
Miss Jean Wilkinson of Denver,
spoke at the Political Equality club
meeting at Billipghurst hall Saturday
afternoon.
A meeting of the boys over Is years
of age was held at the high school yes
terday and a boys club for the city was
organized.
Coach Shale of the high school, and
Mrs. M. A. Adams were called to Wa
tertown Monday by the death of the
formers father.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Beckett have
taken owe the management of the
Riyerview hotel, Pierre Brink retir-
ing from the business.
Mrs. Lyman, mother of D. W. Ly-
man, is reported seriously ill. A
daughter, Mrs. M. w. Case, arrived
yesterday from Omaha.
The Here Am l bible class of the
Baptist church was entertained Mon
day afternoon by Mrs. Laird at a
WASHINGTON teo rartu
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hausman, who
have visited relatives here for a
couple of weeks, left yesterday for
their home at Portland, Ore.
Miss Georgia Scott, sister of Mrs.
A. Gunderson, arrived the fore part
of the week from Glasgow, Mont.
called here by the death of her
nephew, Basil Carlyle.
Hon. j. E. Kelley, register of the
U. S. land Office went to Chicago Mon
day, called there by the death of a
brother. Mr.. Kelley will go from
there to Washington, D. c..
Ward l.. McCarty, editor and pub
Usher of the Roscoe Reveille, was re-
Gently appointed postmaster at that
place as a result of the civil service
examination held there Dec. 10, 1918.
There was another letting of state
printing last week for the quarter be-
ginning February 1, and accounts from
the scene of the letting relate that it
was awarded generally to establish
ments that bid too low for profit.
Miss May Leete, who had charge of
the departmental work in the schools
here last year, arrived Saturday from
.Volga and has taken up the work of
Miss Agnes O'Conner, who resigned.
Miss O'Conner has gone to Aberdeen
to take an advanced course at the
Northern Normal.
Arthur Tolstad of Canning, who was
given a hearing before Justice Slindee
Monday on a charge of petty larceny,
plead guilty to the charge and was
given a fine of 500 which he paid
Tolstad was charged with the
theft of a pair of trousers from the
Samco store at that place.
A contract has been let by the state
land department for work on state
roads in Marshall county, which will be
done with a portion of the special ap-
preparation of the last session. The
contract work will amount to about
So 5000 and was let to Frank Puntind of
Langford at a price of 10 cents a yard.
The Arion club with thirty four
members, was organized at the Metho.
dist church Monday evening. The
club is composed mostly of the musical
talent of the city, who will at a later
date render "The Creation" T.. H.
Anderson was elected president; T. A.
Campbell, vice-president; Evelyn Par
ry, secretary and treasurer.
The annual meeting of the Twin
City Aberdeen Yellowstone Park
Trail association and boosters will b.
held at Mobridge on February 20 and