Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-23

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biles, loaded with physicians and &C
companied by Sheriff John Dahlin. hur-
ried to the scene. Albers was taken
to the undertaking rooms of Raphael
Eslick, and Anderson was removed to
The I'D man is survived by his
widow and three small children.
DRY" PLANTATION TO HAVE
ROW OVER SALOON ISSUE
P1ankinton, S. D.. March .1S.-The
filing of the necessary petition assures
that the saloon license question will be
submitted to the voters Of Plankinton
at the annual city election to be held
Tuesday. April is. Plankinton is
dry" at present, and the temperance
forces hope to keep it so as the result
Of the vote cast at the city election.
while those %favoring the granting of
licenses for saloons expressed them
selves as confident that the town will
return to the wet" column
The voters also will nave sumbitted
to them the proposition of levying a
small tax for the maintenance of a
municipal band. such a tax being au-
thorized by a new law enacted by the.
legislature. In addition to disposing of
these questions.
EAGLEs' CLUB ROOM AT
MADISON RAIDED BY POLICE
Madison, s. D., March 1S.-Sheriff
and a force of deputies raided the
club rooms of the Eagles lodge Tues
day and confiscated four barrels of
bottled beer.
HURON-At the annual meeting of the
Huron Commercial club. held Tuesday
evening, the following officers were elected
for the ensuing yaar' ~ II McMortoo
president: ]. c. Dexter, vice president;
Camden Rayburn. treasurer; A. B. Shell
don, secretary: L. w. Meigs. assistant sec
rotary. The directors for the coming year
will be: D. g. Medbery. c.. s. L%aughlin,
j. Fl. Foasberg, r. E. Cone and w. H.
.Vollmer.
WINNER-The Rosebud Medical associ.
alton held its semi-annual meeting here
Tuesday evening and transacted the bust
ness of the association. DR.. Kennaston.
Of Bonesteel, was elected president and
DR.. Murnane, of Gregory, vice president,
and DR.. Bryant. of Herrick, secretary and
treasurer for the ensuing year.
BRIDGEWATER-The following. in
structors have been employed in the public
school Of this city for the ensuing year:
Superintendent. w. B. Numbers: princi-
pal, G. A. Reed; assistant principal, Fl. X.
Brown; music and art, l.. A. Osgood:
grades, Laura Bouchie, Ruby Riggle, Alice
Jensen, Cora G. George.
FULTON-The automobile owners of the
northern part of Hanson county nave or
ganized into a Fulton Automobile a~ssocia-
ton, the main purpose of which will be
the improvement of roads. The officers
elected are: r. B. M~cCandless, president;
F. L. Colfx, vice president; DR.. G. H.
Lowthian, secretary and treasurer. The
association has 80 charter members and
has set a mark of 100 member tn ba
reached this year.
TWIN BROOKS-At a mass meeting of
local business men a commercial club was
organized, with the following officers:
President, f. S. Steward; vice president,
Fred Myers; secretary. NJ. L. Reade; cor
responding secretary. Enoch Lind; treas
urer, s. w. Matteson.
PIERRE-The supreme court affirmed
the decision of the lower court Of Stanley
county in the conviction of Herman Son
nenschein, a prominent rancher and stock
dealer of Stanley county, on a charge of
grand larceny, he having been charged
with extensive cattle rushing operations.
BRIDGEWATER-A farmers banquet,
under the auspices of the Bridgewaeer
Commercial club. has been arranged for
Saturday. March IS. Profs. A. P. Ryger
and R. A. Larson, of Bookings college,
will deliver addresses. following which a
musical program will be rendered.
PIERRE-Gus Bergen, sr., a pioneer Of
this section, died In this city last hight.
He came to this part of the state as a
band leader in the old Eleventh regiment,
when it was stationed at Fort Sully in the
res. After quitting the army he made
his home in this city.
WINNER-The Rosebud Monthly Re-
view has made its initial bow here under
the management of John w. Shevlin, pub
Usher of the Winner Journal. This Is the
second monthly magazine recently estab-
lished in the Rosebud. A few months ago
I. NJ. Miller, at Dallas. launched the Rose
bud Farmer.