Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-25
Judge Rice of Deadwood, passed

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Robert Johns left Sunday for Col
umbia for a several days stay.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will hold a bazaar next Tuesday.
Attorney &. W. Case of Water
town, was a Pierre visitor Saturday.
Mrs. p. f. Bennett returned Tues
day from a short visit at Highmore.
Harry March came up from Huron
Tuesday for a short visit at his home
here.
N. G. Calhoon went to Blunt Tues
day to spend Thanksgiving at the
home of a son
Mrs, Rolla Algers left Tuesday for
Illinois points where she will visit
with relatives.
State Insurance Commissioner
O'Brien left Tuesday for the eastern
part of the state.
Mrs. H. q. Smith is spending the
week with her daughter. Mrs. Della
Nelson, at Columbia.
Miss Frances Floyd of Okobojo, re-
turned Friday from a trip to the
Panama Pacific exposition.
Geo. II. Fletcher, attorney, of Aber-
deem, was in Pierre yesterday on bust
ness before the supreme court.
Harvey Hausman returned last
week from Gettysburg, near which
place he spent several weeks.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
will hold a bazaar in the basement of
the Baptist church, Saturday, Decem-
Der 18th.
"A pretty flower of chiffon or silk
is sure to make a most acceptable
Christmas gift."-Woman's Home
Companion.
Fred Hepperle, state land commits
sloner and wife returned Sunday
from a several weeks visit on the
Pacific coast.
Almost the entire faculty of the
Pierre schools left the first of the
week for Aberdeen to attend the
state educational meet.
Miss Hazel McCalmont and Albert
Pond. who are teaching school in the
east end of the county, spent Sunday
at their homes here.
DR.. j. j. Mertons came over from
Gettysburg Friday, accompanying A.
q. Crane here for medical treatment.
Nh. Crane is suffering with a frac-
tured arm.
A Norfolk motion picture man sent
out return postals asking his patrons
to indicate what kind of films they
preferred. His patrons now run his
theatre. he declares. = Woman's Home
Companion.
j. II. Pietrus is building a new dwell
ing upon the farm east of Pierre. He
is an industrious fellow and big yields
of crops this year have rewarded him
for his summers toll.
The Indians of the northwest still
hold to the idea that they will be
paid for the Black Hills by the gov
eminent. A meeting was held this
week and plans for the collection of
the amount claimed was discussed.
Through the efforts of members of
the Gregory fire department, arrange
ments are being made to hold a fire
mems tournament in Gregory next
spring, to which all the volunteer fire
departments of the Rosebud country
will be eligible to enter competing
teams.
The Wautaga State bank of Wauta-
ga, was closed by the state banking de-
partment Saturday night, it's closing
having been kept a secret, The bank
was capitalized at $40. 900. The North
west National and the Dakota National
banks of Aberdeen are named cores
pondents.
The record for potato raising in
this section of the state is claimed
by ID. E. McMonies, who ownsa farm
a short distance from Huron, and
who harvested over LOCO bushels of
potatoes from a tract of land which
contained a little less than four acres,
making a yield of over $50 bushels
per acre.
The South Dakota Experiment asso-
citation has adopted a plan of Identify
ing its members and making the organ
lzation more of a fraternal order of the
progressive farmers of the state.
Small buttons have been ordered and
Will be given to each member. These
buttons bear a blue field across which
is a large yellow ear of corn, inter
woven with yellow stalks of wheat.
Threshing outfits in this part of the