Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-25
LOCAL NEWS

Mrs. Gus Kleinschmidt was an ar
rival from Blunt yesterday.
Howard Harvey is in the city from
his home near Underwood for a visit
with homefolks.
The 26th annual commencement ex-
ercises of the Pierre Indian school will
be held on Juue 5 6.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Hall and daugh-
ter, Miss Alberta, of Harold, are
guests at the E. M. Quinn home.
G. j.. Corrlck, painter, left today
for Canning, near which place he will
paint the buildings on the Karl Kraft
farm.
Mrs. Geraldine Stannard left Sat
urday for her home at Rapid City
after an extended visit here with
friends.
Miss Frances Kelley, who has attend.
ed the Vermillion university the past
year, has returned home for the annual
vacation.
DR.. H. t. Kenney left Tuesday for
Aberdeen, to attend a meeting of
physicians.
Miss Hazel Quest has returned
to her home here after an extended
stay at Huron.
Geo. Coates came up from Canning
on Friday last. He is putting in a
field to alfalfa.
S. H. Putnam is in the city today.
He reported that wheat fields are
looking green and thrifty around
about Canning,
Stanley county is making prepara-
tions for the celebration of Agricul-
tural day at Fort Pierre during the
second week in June.
40 acres alfalfa $50 per acre. so
acres of which 80 acres are in alfalfa.
$50 per acre; wild hay, $500 per ton.
j. H. Johnson, Fort Pierre, S. D..
w. A. Grebing returned Monday
from Hot Springs, where he had been
in attendance at the state convention
of the L. o. O. F.
Nowadays when two men are over
heard discussing pints and gallons
they are talking about gasoline, not
what me would have suspected some
months ago.
f. b.. Battin has been seriously i'll
the past few days with an attack of
infiamatory rheumatism. His condi-
ton has been such as to require the aid
of a trained nurse.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Home Land 81 Abstract
company at Philip with a capital of
s25, 900; incorporators: M. G. Sher-
wood, Sheridan Sellx, Julia Talledge.
Faith Gazette: Tom Ayres writes
that he has completed the purchase
of the Sam Sheffield ranch zeal Blk
by and has purchased a bunch of
cattle at Wasta which he is driving
to the ranch.
Edward Sutton brought down some
fine horses Friday and put the bunch
into the inspection held here that day.
Upon his ranch in Sully county he
has at this time more than a thousand
head of equines.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Stock Yards Bank at Sioux
Falls with q capital Of $50 ,000: Presj-
dent, Melvin Grigsby; vice-president,
Peter Aggegard; cashier, S. K. Grigs-
by, all of Sioux Falls.
The man who fails to pay his just
share of honest taxes or assume his
share of the public burdens is just as
much of a load on thu community as
the tramp who contends the world
owes him a living.
The building of another improve
ment on the grounds of the local in
dustrial Indian school is announced.
A barn, calculated to shelter the
dairy stock is to be built there, Sen
ator Johnson, has made public.
VIM. A. Gardner, president of the
Chicago & Northwestern Railway and
the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha Railway, died last week at
his summer home in OsterYille, Mass,
where he had gone for a vacation
visit.
The doors of the two smoke houses
in this city we're draped in mourning
Saturday morning following an order
to discontinue all card and dice
games. This order was issued on
complaint of j. j.. Jackley, and the
door of his office was also draped.
Why is it that the fat man with the
short neck always wears a collar that
hides his plump heal supporter and the
nan with the turkey neck and a big