Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-20

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shall. is in the city from Sioux Falls.
For Sale Some short yearling steers;
also, good COWS. See Bushman, Pierre.
E. M. Quinn, sheriff, went to Blunt
Monday, called there on official bust
ness.
Gov. Byrne went to Huron yesterday
to attend a meeting of the State Horti-
cultural society.
F. L. Alderman of Rapid City, is il
Pierre in the interest of the First Nation
al Life.
The Elkton basket ball team will
play the locals in this city on the Goth
of this mouth.
Mrs. Alfred Erickson is entertaining
the Lutheran Aid society at her home
this afternoon.
J. T. Smith came up from Yankton
Tuesday to attend the annual meeting of
the First National Life.
Mrs. Walter Gideon returned yester-
day from a visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Feeney at Harold.
Mrs. Marion With has accepted a
position as seanstress at the Indian
school, entering upon her duties this
week.
A. 4. Beaumont has been selected as
secretary to the State Live Stock COM
mission, receiving the appointment
Tuesday.
Among those who are in the city in at
tendance at the meeting of the state live
stock board are H. H. Motley of Frank
fort and DR.. Pilkington of Parker.
Mrs. j. w. Laughlin, who was taken
quite i'll at Blunt while caring for Mr..
Laughlin's mother, returned home or
Tuesday, accompanied by Mr.. Laugh
lin.
Articles in incorporation have been
filed fer the Sioux Live Stock Loan
Co., at Sioux Falls, capital, $3.50, 900.
Incorporators, G. E. Mckinney; w.
II. T. Foster, S. Y. Kiddoo, w. G.
Smith.
Onida Watchman: E. ID. Sutton bad
the misfortune to lose one of the valu,
able stations which he shipped in last
week through pneumonia which the
animal contracted while being shipped
up here from Iowa.
Emmett Cole passed through the
city Monday enroute to Hot Springs
where he will spend some time at the
Soldiers Home, Mr.. Cole has made
his home with a daughter at Grotol
since leaving here a year ago.
Eagle Butte News: S. B. Linstad
who with his family moved onto tn,
ranch southeast Of town recently, il
getting pretty comfortably settled ant
will soon be shaped up to enjoy all tn
pleasures incident to life on the farm
Do you carry Accident Insurance
II you do not be sure to get a polio,
with the Continental Casualty com
pany, the largest personal health an,
accident insurance company in th
world. See g. M. Livingstone, Pierre
S. D-Advertisement.
At the annual meeting of the Stat
Live Stock commission yesterday, Wi
Smith was selected chief clerk and Mis-
Theo Anding as stenographer. Thes
positions carry salaries of 500 and So
per month:
Okobojo Times: The mails are ht
ing flooded with seed catalogues thes
days and we notice that some of tn
seed houses are asking as high as ST
dollars per bushel for ordinary see
corn.
During the year 1916 there will b
three total or partial eclipses of the su
and two partial eclipses of the moo
and three of the dissertations will b
visible in North America Jan. 80 PAL
tial eclipse of the moon. Feb. 3, tot
eclipse of thesun, July 80 annual eclips
of the sun.
Rapid City Journal: Rev. O. o
Smith and Mrs. Smith and their daugt
ter, Miss Isabel, stopped over in tn
city yesterday on their way to their ne
home at Ainsworth, Neb., where Re-
Smith is to take a pastorate. M
: Smith has been at Pierre for the pa
three years. Miss Isabel is we'll know
in Rapid City.
, The poultry show held in this Cit
!, last week under the management
, the Central South Dakota Poultry a
, s%ociation brought q fine display
: birds, and a larger showing than fl
, for any other show. On account
the extremely cold weather the a
tendance was limited, SO far as tho
. who came out to see the exhibits, b
! the showing which covered The ce
? trail part of the state generally was