Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-03
Mrs. r. e. Walsh was in from Van

Metre Tuesday.
C. l.. Eaken came up from Blunt
Yesterday and spent the day.
DR. Sanford and family have gone to
the Hills for an extended stay.
Paul Deweil returned Friday from a
vacation visit at Minneapolis,
MIR. and Mrs. }. II. Bowman of Wat
ertown, spent Saturday in this city.
Mrs. Guy Grandie and children of
Canning spent yesterday in this city.
r.. L. Hall and family of Harold, are
are visiting at the L. NJ. Quinn home.
Junge L Il. Gaffy left Tuesday for
a business trip to Wisconsin points.
Miss GLADYS Platts is in the city from
Sioux Falls, the guest of Pierre FRIENDS.
Miss Ruth Binford submitted to an
operation for enlarged tonsils at the
hospital Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs, b. A. Cummins and
daughter returned last week from Il trip
to Sand Creek, Wyoming.
The present war is the first Euro
pean conflict that Spain has managed
to escape for 800 years.
The man who goes through life look
ing for an opportunity to kill two birds
with one stone usually misses both.
Harold 0blinger has returned from a
visit in Michigan, Mrs. Oblinger re-
manned for a visit with friends in Wis
%consin.
j. e. Handlin and family returned
Friday from a visit at Sturgis, they
were accompanied home by Miss Lillian
Perkins.
Mrs. Frank Nj. Byrne entertained q
number of guests at her home Saturday
evening complimentary to Mrs. Jear
Grinfee of Minneapolis.
Arthur Livingstone came down from
Onida on Tuesday and passed two day|
with relatives and taking i'll the sights
to be seer about the carnival.
Miss Vernje Battray of Blunt, is
here attending teachers institute
Miss Battray attended summerschop
in the Hills for three weeks.
f On Monday last T. f. Clifford pur
chased from A. A. Darner the mill
business which he had carried on for
,a,r ,,,l u;ll nCnt;,,,o 4ha.oopoa
j.. L.. Dillon. we'll known in Pierre
has purchased a farm in Sully county
but a short distance east of Onida. II,
is prospecting beyond expectation there
A. W. Ewert is shipping out tw,
e carloads of hay per day, and hopes t
increase the daily shipment to five, in
# few days. Hemakes all shipments nov
from Canning.
4 E. b. Lee, manager of the Telephon
Exchange, returned last Friday from
stay of two weeks at dbisega and othe
:, points in the Hills section of the state
He reported a fine time; with trout
of his catching, served at all meals.
,r j. E. Mallery is expected home tn
week from the Black Hills, where
l. went a week ago, t. escape this TORI
il weather. News from Hisega is to tt
effect that he has landed many fiji
trout, and can come home with hcnor
At Blunt Advocate, 5: Ray Peel, WI
he was brought to town July II from b
ar ranch south of Harold, for medic
treatment after being bitten by a rattl
le snake, is improving and is out of da
n ger. He has been under the care
70 Mrs. Rahn as nurse at the Rahm HON
DC present indications are the best ev
sc for an abundant crop of corn. Eve
field shows a good healthy conditio
IL and the late rains viii carry the cr
a. through the sllking period. Most
re the Drop is tasseled and compares We
ee favorably with other years at this tir
II III the season
rs Owners of threshing machines W
begin operating the same next wee
us Rye, oats, speltz and flax are a hea
MS crop, while the wheat crop is not
a heavy as thought, yet many farme
We contend that the county average
n acre will reach 10 bushels. West CT t
h river the estimate of wheat is create
The Capital City Amusement Co
ey pany, which began Monday a week {
Id gagement here. has been generous
patronized. The company, as a who
ed are a fine lot of people, putting OF
H. good shows and taking care of the p
It.: pie that hasgiven them their patrona1
And still motorists continue to
er killed daily by trains at railroad GRO
v ings. Why it is that so many drive
II" refuse to take ordinary precautions
as approaching these death traps?
10 time SO valuable that they cannot PAL
hg long enough to satisfy themselves IL