Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-06

A son was born to DR.. and Mrs. A.
II. Youngs today.
L. II. Felker of Huron, was in the
Capital city Tuesday.
M. A. Hyde of onida, transacted
business in this city Saturday.
A. Alwaal of Ames, Ia, was a bust
ness visitor in this city Tuesday.
Miss Daisy Solberg returned sun
day from Blunt, where she spent sew
eral days with friends.
A. j. Swar:z of Sioux Falls, visited
in the city the fore part of the week,
the guest of his brother, Z. f. Swartz'
and family.
Those April showers assure South
Dakota of one of the most magnili.
cent hay crops in the history of the
state.
j. l.. Lockhart has purchased a
new Ford auto. His first trip in the
car was made to this city from Blunt
Saturday.
Among the Blunt people who were
Capital City visitors Saturday were
Mr.. and Mrs. X. l.. Marietta, Mr..
and Mrs. j. a. Howard and Mrs. II.
Huffman.
John Hayes, the d%efaulting banker
of Ft. Pierre was found guilty by the
jury at FIT. Pierre last week but a stay
of ninety days has been granted and
a motion for a new trial will be filed,
The police should pick up the air
guns and 22-calihre rifles which bows
are using with very destructive eff
feet on robins, and no doubt they
will not hesitate to kill squirrels. II
isn't the boys the police want, but
the weapons.
The towns in the Rosebud are
boosting for the Washington Memoir
ial highway in good shape. The mum
Der of Interstate trails crossing South
Dakota, with their connecting links,
indicate it will not be long until the
state is g%ridironed with good high
ways.
The extreme cold weather and
heavy snowfall the closing months OF
last winter failed to aid in extermin-
ating the hog cholera germs in Sphinx
county, which disease has again brok.
en- out in that locality. Infected
s~tockyards are supposed to have beer
the cause of the spread.
The youth along with many of the
elders of the state will learn with
pleasure that the quarantine regula
tlons of this state have been modified
by q proclamation issued Wednesday
which will allow c%ircuses which have
wintered in the country east Of thu
Mississippi to enter the state.
The girls of the graduating class o
the high school of this city are in lin,
for economy this year each havins
pledged that her graduating gown shal
not exceed SIS i'll cost. Other gradual
ing expenses have also been cut dow
to a minimum and the expenses thi
year will be much lower than for form
} err classes.
a regular meeting of the CONNER
clal club was held at the club room
Tuesday evening. Among matters tax
/ en- up was the request of the Woman
G club asking the club to cooperate wit
2 that club in encouraging the keeping G
gardens IN the city and Offering prize
for the m The club voted unaniu
ously to cooperate with the ladies'
this work.
t Tracy Pratt, founder of the Pierr
n Free Press, is in the city, renewin
his acquaintance, after an absence c
a quarter of a century. He has see
many familiar faces since coming t
Pierre on Monday. and delightful
passed the week in paying visits t
. haunts that time has not marred thej
y early day appearance.
. AT the meeting of the City Commiy
sion Monday night Mayor Borst al
rounced the following appointment
for the year: City treasurer, Ii. /
= Williams; city auditor, j. A. Rose
Chief of police, day C. G. Jorgensor
Chief of police, (night), Chas. Rohrel
:, city attorney, Karl Goldsmith; city er
gineer, Thor SoIeglad; police justice, ]
= b. Slindee. The appointments of :.
w. Ridgway as chief and C. G. Krin
: bill as assistant chief of the Pierre Fin
Department were confirmed.
e While assessors are performin
their functions they will also TAX
y the Census as d side line. In ceDsl
process there are thirty-eight que
lions to be answered, ranging fro
l. name to whether you are insane ,
l. an idiot. Some of the questions ca
le never be answered. The old soldier