Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-20

Mrs. VIM. Hopkins of Blunt, passed
Tuesday in Pierre.
S. S. Russell and VIM. Banter of De
Grey, were Pierre visitor Monday.
BY a majority vote of thirty. eight
Huron declared anew on Tuesday for
license. We were always proud of our
big sister on the east.
Sheriff Quinn and wife and Miss
Agnes Solberg visited with relatives at
Blunt Sunday.
The jim river is now on the ram
page and much land along its course
is under water.
Leroy Wadleigh returned today from
Huron, where business called him the
first of the week.
Lew w. Sandys is out in the east
ern portion of the county making the
acquaintance of electors.
II. J.. Younker, an assistant at the
round house, sustained injuries upon
a hand last Friday while loading
coal into al engine.
Aberdeen News: Grasshoppers an
inch long have already shown up in
South Dakota, No it wasn't either
at Pierre. 1t was at Lake Preston.
The sale of paper balers at Aber-
deem is proving a prosperous business.
Old papers which were formerly
burned up or thrown away are now
baled and shipped to paper mills.
The 33rd annual convention of the
Dakota conference of the Evangelical
association, embracing the states of
| North and South Dakota and Mon
tana. will be held at Big Stone May
lila.
The efficient country school is the
most vital educational need today
not only of the south, but of the whole
country. Our duty to our country
requires that much of our thought,
time and labor be given to the rural
schools.
Today it's test the seed corn; tomor-
row dig, the dandelions; next day,
swat the fly, and so on-something
ahead for each day, year in and year
out, from taking the inventory to do
ing your Christmas shopping early.
Sioux Falls voted the issuance of
| G1OE 00N hnr1o of fNrnu2o rJp nInofin,
for the erection of a coliseum which
will accommodate meetings Of a
statewide and interstate nature.
Sioux Falls is ever on the lookout for
the needs of a city and for it's size is
we'll up in the line of up-to-%d ateness.
Rapid City Journal: A large Texas
cattle company has started shipping
in town three year old stock for sale
to local farmers. The first consign-
ment of 800 head arrived yesterday
on the Northwestern via Alliance.
In all about 2,400 head will be shipped
to this point within the next few
weeks.
A good joke on one of the residents
of the city is going the rounds. A son
had purchased a box of pills and on
arriving at his home poured the contents
into a cup and placed them on the table.
The father, who had been engaged in
putting in his garden, entered the house
and on discovering the seed like pills,
Immediately took them to the garden,
where he made ample room for the
new variety of vegetable. The out,
come of the crop will no doubt be watch.
ed with great anxiety.
The South Dakota directors of thu
Organization for Preparedness anC
associate members of the Naval Con
sulting board of the United State.
met in this city Saturday. A perman
plans laid for carrying'out the wori
assigned to the board, that of gather
ing data on South Dakota's facilitie
for producing munitions of war an,
such products as enter into their mar
!. ufacture' Those from out of tow,
i, who were in attendance were A. J
Clark, b.. b. Yates and VIM. Sher
wood of Lead, b. b. Bracket 0
Brookings and NJ. w. Davidson Q
Vermlllion.