Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-04
SOUTH DAKOTANS ONLY
ON MERCHANTS PROGRAM

Pierre. s. D., April 29.-The 10Th an
nual convention Of the South Dakota
Retail Merchants association. which
will be held at Pierre on May 16, II and
IS, will be the next big gathering of
business men to be held in South Da-
kota. A novel feature OF the coming
convention is the fact that the pro-
gram is made up largely Of speakers
who are successful retail merchants of
this state, and the subjects to be COW
cred are vital problems which confront
county retailers.
Those who thus far have been as
signed places on the program and have
consented to make addresses are: Gov
ernor Byrne. w. L. Ware, Clark; Oscar
Schutt, Minneapolis; a. r. Moore,
Meyer, Parker; J. E. Kelley, Pierre:
j.. r. Thomas. Pierre; ]. r. Hanson,
Canton; Krist Gilbertson, Florence: j.
Ray Cole, Redfleld; A. j.. Keith, Sioux
Falls; Chas. E. Hall, ~Brookings; Guy
G. Frary, Vermilion; Otto Baarsch,
+. Buche, AXE Andes; P. c. Byrne,
Montrose; D. H. Lotus. DeSmet; Chas.
J.. Crockett, Cleveland, Ohio; G.. A.
Starring, Bookings; A. f. Allison,
Sioux Falls; Frank Kramer, Chamber
lain; A. f. H. Boaland. Waubay; John
M. Schneck, Clark; e. u. Berdahl, Gar
retson; Lars ]. Fiksdal, Webster.
ELK POINT-One of the real old timers
Of South Dakota is James Gary. who re-
sides in Civil Bend township, near this
city. He came to this vicinity At years
ago from Illinois, and has resided here
continuously since that time. He yet
makes his home on the same 160-acre farm
which he occupied at that time, but he
leaves the farming operations to his sons.
He Is IS years of age. His wife is IA. They
are the parents of u children, all of whom
are living near them. Both are enjoying
good health and are as hale and hearty as
many persons of SO. Halvor Lewison, of
Sphinx township. is another old timer of
this vicinity. He has been a resident of
t. s territory for a period of As years.
GREENWOOD-At the family home on
the 1ankton Indian reservation near here
occurred the death of Rev. Louis Deco
team, one of the best known of the Sioux
Indian clergymen of South Dakota. Th
immediate cause of his death was hem
orrhage of the lungs. He had been pastor
of a reservation church for a period of
two or three years, and was greatly es-
teemed by the Indians Of this vicinity. He
was a member of the Sisseton tribe of
Sioux.
YANKToN-The annual tournament of
the South Dakot Firemen's association
will be held in Yankton June II to is.
The sum of $1,000 has been set aside for
prizes, and other prizes to be offered will
bring this amount close to $500. More
than 100 of the volunteer fire departments
of the state lave notified the local Off
GERS that they Will be represented at the
tournament 1t is that about
1000 firemen will be in attendance.
MADISON-Plans are being made for a
good roads bee in Lake county at an early
date In June. The plan Is to have every
able bodied man In the county donate a
days work to the roads. A superlntend-
ent for each mile will be appointed.
Teams, as we'll as men, will be asked for.
The women of the county will be asked to
provide a picnic dinner for the workers on
each mile stretch of the road.
PIERRE-The fire marshall bulletin,
| lately issued. shows that the fire loss in
South Dakota for the first three months
| of 1916 was over 80 per cent less than for
! the same comparative months In 1915. The
loss for last year was 1927, $50. so. and for
| this year. S136, 561. 01, q reduction of $780,
1914. so. There has been no reduction in in
surance rates. however.
YANkTON-The Milwaukee has had an
other wreck in this county. This time it
| was an eastbound freight, which went into
| the ditch Wednesday morning near Utica,
| topping over nine cars of rice. There
were no casualties, but the Yankton-
| Scotland branch was tied up all day.
| Trains went round by Tyndall.
YANKTON-The Book of the Pageant
Of Yankton," by Joseph Mills Hanson.
has been issued here. The work tells the
stirring history Of Yankton in prose and
poem. 1t will be staged here by 200 per-
formers the week of June IA.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. f. Goodykoontz,
who erected the first building in Mitchell
81 years ago, died at his home in this
city. He was SO years old. He was the
first president of the First National bank
| of Mitchell.