Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11
Big Mask Ball at the auditorium to-

Big Mask Ball at the auditorium to-
morrow night.
Moore's beats EN- AL" sale be-
gins Sat. Feb. IS. ADVERTISEMENT.
Judge Campbell of Aberdeen, was
looking after business matters here
yesterday.
II. II. Monticue and j. I. Month
cue came in from Laurel Monday on
a shopping trip.
Mrs. j. S. Green went to Mitchell
yesterday, where she will spend the
week with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. B%icklehaupt arrived
yesterday from Aberdeen and will
spend several days in Pierre.
Frank z. Glasner. former secretary
of state, has been invited to appear be-
fore the joint Investigating commit
tee and is expected to be here today
for that purpose.
This snow may be hard on the rail-
roads, but they will get back next
fall what they lose now in the great
er haul of grain. Every flake of this
snow helps to better the 1915 crop.
Monday evening the people of Jack
son county assembled at Kadoka to
celebrate the location of the county
seat. The people of Kadoka certainly
did themselves proud in the manner
in which they entertained their
guests,
The snowfall in the Yaukton local
ity the past few days, according to
the government figures, measure 20
inches, which is eight inches more
than the Yankton weather bureau
has ever recorded before.
Superintendent B. e. Myers, for
three years at the head of the Redtield
schools, was on Tuesday elected super
intendent of schools of Deadwood at a
salary of So, 900. He succeeds Superin.
tendent Strachan. who was in charge
of Deadwood's schools for 20 years.
That the present prosperity will be
continued for three years, was the
statement made by John Cloud. q
wrinkled old Sioux Indian of the
Standing Rock reservation He says
that 1915, 1916 and 1917 will be we,
years, followed by three dry years
Some are inclined to put consider.
able credence in the predictions OF
the Indians.
Lead Call: S E. Grams, state fire
marshal, is home from an of1icia
trip to the eastern part of the state
While he was over there they some
how worked off a fairly good joke OF
Dad" by having a Pierre pape,
state that his engagement to Mrs
Delta Fox, daughter of former In
surance Commissioner Basford, hat
been announced. He declares tina
its only a joke and nothing to it
Dad says he can stand the joke al
right but that it might embarras,
the lady.
Local prohibitionists state the,
have a poll of the legislature and i
insures the passage of a law closin!
saloons at s o'clock IN the evening
The bill is known as the daylight sa
loon law, and confines the business
between 6 O'Clock in the morning ant
6 at night, From others it is learne,
that the bill will get through th
house without a hitch, but there j
some uncertainty of its fate in tn
senate.
Aberdeen News, 8: A Milwaukee,
silk train with a cargo valued at nea
half a million dollars passed through
Aberdeen Sunday morning. Tn
train consisted of five cars of sill
, consigned to New York City and tw,
cars of fish for Chicago. The Mil
w&ukee received the shipment al th
Tacoma Oriental docks. The sill
was from Japan and is the first trail
that has passed through the city 70
some time. The European war ha
affected the silk traffic.