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

The Raven at the Crystal Saturday
and Sunday nights.
Miss Mary Hall of Blunt, spent
Saturday in the Capital city.
Mrs. Joe Mccarthy visited with
friends at Owanka over Sunday.
&. e. Simmons vas up from Blunt
Monday on business matters.
The county board of commissioners
meet March Z, in adjourned session.
r. o. Richards of Huron, is in the
city today on a short business visit.
Otto I.indbloom spent a portion of
| the week at Blunt on business mat
tiers.
Friday, April IA, has been desig-
mated by Gov. Byrne as Bird and
Arbor day.
Many of the youngsters of the city
are engaged in the act of building
bird houses.
After several days of snappy wealth
er the atmosphere gives signs of more
%springlike weather.
The Baptist ladies will hold a cooked
food sale at the Thomas grocery on
Saturday afternoon,
Miss Rose Hengel came up from
her school at De Grey for an over
Sundays visit with homefolks.
Mrs. E. M. Quinn and daughter,
returned Monday from a visit with
relatives at Blunt and Harold.
Quite a wind storm came up Fri
day followed by hail and rain, since
then our fair weather has vanished.
Rev. John H. Andress of Sheridan,
Wyo., will preach at the Congrega-
tional church Sunday morning and
evening.
|. G.. Squirting has returned to his
business interests at Cherry Creek
after a several days visit with his
family here.
Miss Sada Anderson of Lake Andes,
who is a student at the Business uni.
versity. is assisting in the state tax
department.
The roller rink did not open up last
evening as had been announced on
account of some inconvenience of
the building.
At the state meeting of democrats
last week James Holm was elected
member of the central committee from
Hughes county.
The ice in the Missouri started to
flow early Friday morning, but Sat
urday, owing to the cold snap, piled
up and froze back.
Education, beyond all other de
vices of human origin, is the great
equalizer of the conditions of men
the balance wheel of the social ma
chinery.-Horace Mann.
Frank Chapman of the Hayes coun
airy, passed Saturday in Pierre. de
reports farmers in that section of Stan
ley county as in good spirits and thai
large acreages Of corn and small grait
are to be sown this spring.
The Pierre Fire department held it
4 annual business meeting last evening
q officers for the year were chosen a
follows: Chief, j. T. Scholz; treasurer
f Frank Craig; secretary, Leo Heck; 1s
e assistant chief, T.. j. Phares; End as
sistant chief, Albert Kantowski.
Highmore Herald: Judge Cum
mings stopped over in Highmore Mon
day noon while on his way home t
Pierre from Mitchell where he attend
: ed the Democratic state conventio'
last week. He made a short visl
8 here with friends and then continue
his journey home.
II A change is soon to be made by th
p%Ostofice department in the 2-ceI
!: stamped envelope. The new desig
will be printed in red ink; it will /
1t a circle of ! 1-l6 inches in diamete1
n The center will contain the picture {
h George Washington looking to til
left. The words Omitted States Pos
age" will be printed in white letter
above and at the side of the circl
:, Within the border and under tt
head will be the word Gents. I'll
70 numeral "2'' Will appear a teach sid
r,
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