Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-09

Miss Emma Beckwith went to
Webster Friday at which place she
Will teach.
That Printer of Udell's" will play
a one night engagement at the Grand
Monday.
Site prohibitionists met Yesterday
at Mitchell. Two thousand people
A." n attendance there today.
Mrs. E. B. Lee and daughter, Miss
Thelma, returned last week from an
outing in the Black Hills.
e. j. Sherman and son, Frank,
came up from Huron Saturday, ex-
pecting to remain in Pierre.
Mrs. j. R. Henry and children re-
turned yesterday from a visit with
her parents at Creston, Iowa.
Miss Gladys Platts left Monday
for her home at Sioux Falls after a
several days visit here with friends.
Mrs. Corson departed Monday for
Iowa Falls, Iowa, where she will
make an extended visit with a daugh-
ter.
Chas. H. Burke and j. l.. Lockhart
went to Aberdeen Monday. where
they attended a meeting of repub-
licans.
With the enrolment up to the aver
age Pierre's schools opened for the
first day of actual school work Tues
day.
Robt. Lumley and family have
moved in from their ranch for the
winter, occupying rooms in the Pierre
Street block.
Mrs. T. G. Darner and son left
Monday for their home at Sioux City,
following a visit with her sister, Mrs.
Phil DuFran.
Miss Laura Sutherland arrived
from Lead yesterday for a short visit
at the S. A. Travis home before 60
ing to her home in Chicago.
Threshing machines are telling many
surprising results. Over neal Interior
several fields OF winter wheat averaged
more than 40 bushels to the acre.
1t is going some when the thresher
brings in bigger returns than the
most optimistic predicted; and that
is the case in South Dakota this year.
Pierre people have chose next
Thursday as "Pierre Day" at the
state Fair, when it is hoped our city
will have it's annual booster crowd at
Huron.
Mrs. H. P. Knox came in from
II = Bend Monday and left for
Iope1a, Kan, wnere she will attend
3ho golden wedding anniversary of
her parents.
IT, many friends of Prof. O. %.
Young, former deputy state superin-
tendent, will be pleased to learn that
be is now principal of the high school
at Boise, Idaho.
Freight trains are daily carrying
new threshing rigs into the west of
the .iver country, wheat yields in
thai qortion of the state are leading
all portions of the United States.
N day is the opening day of the
sSate fair at Huron. Hundreds of
Pierre people await it's approach.
Sceeial trains will be run in order to
keep .he mammoth crowds on the
move.
Aberdeen News, 8: Virgil Laughlin
of Pierre has arrived here and taken up
offices on the third floor of the Citizens
Bank building. He represents here the
First National Life Insurance company
of Pierre.
c. j. Starr, H. M. Reed, j. B. Har-
ris, P. W. Dougherty and j. j. Murphy
left the city this afternoon for the lakes
northeast of Pierre, where they hope
to bag all the ducks the law will permit
them to kill.
The postponed Eighth Grade COM
mencement exercises of the Blunt
schools were held at that place Satur-
day evening. Miss Margaret Lin
den county superintendent, had
charge of the program.
The Corn Palace and it's attractions
this year will surpass the mark of
former occasions which have named
Mitchell as the "Corn Palace City of
the World" 1t is conceded to be
the greatest agricultural advertising
medium of the state.
Articles of Incorporation have
been filed for the South Dakota
Building and Loan association at
Burke with a capital of $500, 900. The
incorporators are L.. S. Lillibridge,
T. T. Johnson, James Connell and
others.
Onida Waterman: Small grain is max