Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-02-03

Frank House of Blunt, passed Mon
day III Pierre.
Gas kleinschmidt spent Sunday at
his home at Blunt.
Miss Hazel Baker is among those
who are reported on the sick list.
+. W. Airey, brakeman on the P.
Il. c., line, Is reported i'll at his home
here.
F. E. Wells of Winner, county
auditor of Trip county, was an ar
rival from the west today.
Rev, j. A. Edwards of the Metho-
dist church was in Blunt Saturday in
the interest of church work.
Mrs. Susie Lewis went to her home
at iiighmore Saturday, following a
several days visit IN Pierre.
Mr., and Mrs. II. r, Horner depart
ed yesterday for Pasadena, Cal,
where they will spend several weeks.
AhioD Gli, WIN was Il pdultill
at the hospital here for some time,
returned to his home at Blunt Mon.
day.
Anton Lindbloom, who has spent
some time IN North Dakota, has re
turned to this section for a visit with
relatives.
Leo Iemmey of Onida, was among
the applicants who took the examina-
ton for admittance to the bar, which
was held here Tuesday.
Members of the legislature are arriv-
ing for the special session which opens
bere on Tuesday next. Speaker Chris
topherson is due to arrive Saturday.
Hon. John f. Kelley is about again
after an illness of a week. Grip had a
firm hold upon him the first of the week
but has now abandoned it.
regular examination of applicants
for admission to the bar was held in
this city Tuesday. A large number
of applicants were in attendance.
John Szepanik Of Webster, has
been convicted on a charge of arson,
having assisted in the burning of a
house on a farm which he had lost on
a mortgage.
w. A. Mower returned Sunday from
Tampico, Mexico, where he has been
IN the interest of the Idol Island Oil
company, in which local capitalists
are interested.
For Sale-Fine all tii.lable 800 acre
tract, Sec. l0.111-76 and N. w. a IA.
111-76 Hughes Co, S. D., only 6 miles
from Blunt, write: Lock Box 10,
Cook, Nebraska. Adv.
Mrs. j. G. Beckett and Mr.. and Mrs.
F. G. Beckett departed today for AS.
sumption, H., accompanying the re-
mains of the late j. C. Beckett to thai
point for burial.
Articles of incorporation have beer
filed for the Aurora Commercial clut
at White Lake with the following in
corporators: A. Rossman, Henry
kell, John REMAND and others.
Lynn Oldaker has accepted a posi-
ton in the state auditors office
which was made vacant by the resig
nation of Miss Eva Meyers, who lief
Sunday for her home at Sturgis.
Blunt Advocates: 1t is estimated
that there is at least a foot and a hal
of snow on the level. This will do al
immense amount of good in the spring
and prospects are good for 1916. Ev
eryone hopes that it may be SO.
Railroad Commissioners Dough
erty, Smith and Murphy and Stenog
rapher Linstad left Sunday for Hur
on to hold a hearing. They will ais,
hold hearings at Mitchell, Yankton
lroquois and WATERFOWL before thei
return to Pierre.
In a special election held at Aber
ueen 10 vote on returning to the oil,
form of city government il was de
feated and the commission form re
tanned by a vote of $40 to T15. Onl
90 per cent of the total vote wa
polled.
The Odd Fellows Home, establish
ed at Dell Rapids several years ago
is now considering the erection o
another building at that institution
The home. which is for aged and help
less members Of that order or thei
dependents, has some fifty inmates.
Articles of incorporation have bee
filed for the Farmers Union Cooper
alive Supply company at Mitchell
with a capital of 500, 900. The off
GERS of the company are: Chas. Boz
reson, Mitchell, president; r. I
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