Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-21
A. w. Ewert returned Monday
from a trip east.

Manley Haverly has gone to Onida
for a short visit with relatives.
Mrs. John Hall of Harold, visited
with relatives here over Sunday.
w. ID. Nelson has returned from a
business trip to Minneapolis and
other points.
The Pierre and Fort Pierre high
school football teams will play here
Saturday.
Miss Hazel McCalmout will COM
mence a term of school near Rous-
seau Monday.
Miss Amorette Spanier left last
week for Primghar, Iowa, for a visit
with relatives.
Mrs. w, E. Hittle and Miss Gret
chen WEIGH returned Tuesday FROM a
short visit at Omaha.
Eugene Hoyt came in from Vinton
last week to receive medical treat
menJ for a badly bruised hand.
Mrs. /. G. Squirting was operated
upon at the hospital Friday, and is
reported as getting along nicely.
Miss Vivian Sterud entertained a
number of friends at her home last
evening in honor of her 10th birthday.
f. ID. Medley and mother of Sioux
Falls, are in the city to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Christine Brand
huber.
Mrs. HI. M. Derr entertained the
ladies OF the St. Charles yesterday
afternoon in honor of Miss Kendall
of Brookings.
Don McGugin came up from Sioux
Calls today to attend the Brand
huber funeral and to visit at his home
here.
Mrs. JAS. McGinnis arrived Tues.
day from Spokane, Wash, and went
out to Okobojo to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Roy McMackin.
Harvey O'Brien and Harvey Haus-
man left for Gettysburg today, near
which place they will work during the
remainder of the threshing season.
The Apolla orchestra will 60 to the
Higgins farm near Blunt Saturday,
where they will play for a dance. A
number of young people will accom-
pany them.
Mrs. John A. Holmes, who has been
a patient at st. Mary's hospital the
past two weeks. is report1d as slowly
improving, though in a very weaken
ed condition.
Duck shooting has been exceptionally
good in these parts since open season
began and very few there are who have
not had their fill of wild duck. Man,
are anxious awaiting the flight of geese
southwark.
An effort is being put forth to Civ,
a benefit ball on the evening O
Thanksgiving day, the proceeds to q
to the local football team. The team
has met with i'll luck of late, Target,
due to rainy weather.
The pleasant weather of the pas
week is n of the auses of this rush
ing potato business. Since Sunday
the weather has been ideal and tn,
farmers arc the busiest people OF
earth now threshing and digging pc
tatoes.
l. H. Felker, owner OF the Warren
Coppage & Co. hardware stock, locate,
on Capitol avenue, has decided to g,
out of business, and will sell the bi,
stock at auction sale, beginning mex
Monday. Here is an opportunity t.
get just what you want at your price.
Extra trains have been mustere,
into service on the L. r.. G.. line. r,
handle the grain crop grown west 0
the river Is no small job. Official
OF the railroad company after inves
G)SdhluS lDS II1bLGl Cjblu1dGO Uilh
there ere 1900 carloads of grain tri
butary to that line to be moved t.
market centerS.
IL. S. Hedrick, state game warden
says an effort is to be made this win
ter to secure some of the antelop
which are running at large in til
northwestern part of the state
While there is a law protecting thes
animals, poachers are. slowly extel
. minatipg the few herds left. aud it
: desired to preserve a number for tn
state preserve.
Forest City Press: Supt. F.
Campbell returned from Pierre FIR
day to which place he came from b
u large ranch in western Montana, son
n days previous. He reports a vel
good yield of both wool and shee
g The total reaching close to the SIC
g 600 mark. While at the ranch M
o Campbell's family had a reunion