Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-02-17

i ISllC NISltOI SATURDAY.,
Mrs. R. C. Greer went to Blunt
Monday for a short visit.
Miss Cslhoon visited over Sunday
with relatives near Blunt.
c. j. Bach Of Hurley, is in the city
for a visit with his daughter, Mrs. j.
r.. Mcknight.
Miss Hattie Patterson went to her
home at Ilighmore Sunday, having
spent several weeks in Pierre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Coates went ia
their home near Canning yesterday
after a short visit with friends here.
Mrs. Susie Lewis went to her home
at Highmore Monday after a several
days visit with friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Crow have re-
turned from Huntsville, Mo, where
they were called last week by the
death of the latter's brother.
The Eastern Star Social club will
be entertained at the McCord home
tomorrow afternoon by Mesdames
Lyle, Pinckney and McCnrd.
Mrs. Barber returned to her home
at Onida Monday, having been re.
leased from the hospital here. She
was accompanied home by her son,
Francis.
Hack service between here and
Fort Pierre has been discontinued
owing to the thawing of the ice. No
doubt the "dinkey" will again be
called into service to accommodate
passengers.
f. j. Handlin, state auditor, return
ed Tuesday from a business trip to the
western part of the state. He reports
strong business activity there, and says
land values are advancing.
The work of erecting a mammoth
grain elevator at Watertown is now
under way. This is a farmers CO.
operative concern and will open the
way to farmers of the state in sscur-
Ing better prices for their grain.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Loucks. Hasche & Foley
Co., at Waterfowl; capital, 500, 900.
lncorporators: Perry Loucks, A. e.
Hasche, A. E. Foley, d, X. Loucks
and ID. M. Loucks.
Onida Waterman. Lester Thorne
was up from Harold on business yes.
terday, being here to look up some ad.
ditional blows to use with his steam
tractor next spring. He has a steam
rig with which he expects to put in 400
acres of wheat and other small grair
this next season.
Oryille Rhinehart, representative
from Pennington county, and a demo.
cratic candidate for the nomination
OF lieutenant governor at the May
primaries, was given n banquet at
the st. Charles last Friday evening
by a number OF his friends. A mum.
Der of fine addresses were made dur.
ing the evening.
The following attorneys have beer
admitted to practice law in South
Dakota by the supreme court: Leo
a. Temmey, Onida; r., b. Marker
Sioux Falls; N. A. Brown, Sioux
Falls; Id. Wall, Sioux Falls; IL. A
Linstrom, Castle~ood; ID. X. Loucks
Watertown; j. j, Gering, Parker; r.
j. Scoville. Geddes; s. Nj. Hamilton
Britton; E. A. Steinb&ck, Lead.
Hon. John f. Kelley left Saturday
for Minot, n. d, where. on Monday
he met ex,Congressman james Mana,
han in joint debate. Tho subject was
Resolved, That single tax would be
injurious to the best interests of the
farmers, and consequently to the best
best interests of I'll others" MIR. kel.
ley had the affirmative side OF the cues
ton, and the audience, by a three.
fourths vote, decided that Mr.. Kelley
clearly proved his contentious.
w. j. Thornby Of D~eadwood, who
was a clerk in the first session of tn {
legislature, while in the city last
week, presented the state historica.
department with an autograph al.
bum, containing the signatures OF
the members of the first legislative
body, including those Of the clerks
and pages, which proved to be a very
interesting addition to the states
collection.
The state railway commission has
had a complaint filed with them to
the effect that the express compan.
les operating in the Black Hills IN
tend to cut off their express delivery
service from Deadwood TO the small.
er towns in that vicinity. and the
commission nas set the 18th OF this
month as a day for hearing the com.