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

LOT hochester, Mimi, for q short
stay.
Rev. Father Harrington went to
Huron Tuesday on a short business
visit.
Miss Blanche Burrus underwent an op-
Grafton at the hospital Monday and is re-
ported as gettiag along nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. B. Hammond of
Highmore, visited at the L. M. Quinn
home Friday and Saturday.
Prof. Jones of the Vermillion Uni
versity, passed Saturday in Pierre in
the interest of the university extern
sion work.
G. G. Caldwell, attorney general,
came in from the west Friday. leav-
ing on Saturday for the eastern part
part of the state.
Sioux Falls won the state basket BAL,
championship from Redfeld in a hotlv
contested game at Huron Saturday. The
score was 81 to 20.
The twenty fifth annual meeting of
the Western South Dakota Stock Grow
ers' association will be held at Hot
Springs April 10 and IL.
Virgil Laughlin of Aberdeen, is spend
ing a few days at his home here while at
tending to business in connection with
the First National Life.
Many of the county auditors of the
state are in the city in attendance at
the meeting of auditors, which was
called for yesterday and today.
40 acres alfalfa $50 per acre. so
acres of which IS acres are in alfalfa,
$50 per acre; wild hay, 50 90 per ton.
j. II. Johnson, Fort Pierre, S. ID.
]. R. Mcknight, Louis Kehr, W. S.
O'Brien and Ed. Purcell lave been drawn
as jurors in the United States term of
court, which convenes at Sioux Falls
April 4th.
The senior class of the high school
was entertained at the b. S. Brown
home Friday evening. Mrs. Brown
and daughter and Miss Glow acting
as hostesses.
G. t. King of the state s%uperlnten-
dents department. went to Chicago
Monday, where be attended Il meet
ing of the North Central association
of accredited schools.
Peter Youngberg, chairman of the
board of county commissioners, came to
Pierre the first of the week, and attend
ed the state meeting of county auditors
and state tex commission.
The Blue Line, which has a force
Of men at work cutting willows for
the rip rap work at the loop near
Rousseau, has moved its men to a
point east of the Lunley ranch.
Chas. Olinger, who conducted a roller
rink here during the holidays, was in the
city the first of the week on a business
visit. Mr.. Olinger has conducted a rink
at Lead the past two months and is now
looking up a new location.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Cresbard Breeders as
ISOLATION, Cresbard, with q capital of
$4,000. The incorporators are w s..
Bowers, M. Pheger, NJ. Walfhein, w.
M. Kinlock and Il. p. Hansen.
Potter County News: Charley Dali
ton of Onida, was in Gettysburg
Tuesday and Wednesday looking for
a house to live in. He is planning to
move to Gettysburg to make his
home. He is thinking OF engaging IN
the real estate business.
Mrs. Frank Porter, who has been
with the local telephone company for
the past even years, on Monday sew
cred her connections with the com
pany. Mrs. Porter was a faithful
and obliging operator and will be
missed by the many patrons.
SUTlIlS Is db Dblu, thu tit / lCtiV-
ties who has been planning his spring
garden, or the housewife who has
been looking forward with eager en-
thusiasm to her spring houseclean-
ing, may start on the job without
fear of being accused of rushing the
season.
That there is an interest in these
western lands is apparent from the
fact that every passenger train run
ming into the west of river country
carries from FIVE to twenty land loca-
ton seekers. Every freight train
that has crossed the bridge here this
week has pulled from three to eight
immigrant cars.
Rapid City Journal: Among the
land filings recorded this week at the
land Office in this city is one for Elk
Congressman e. w. Martin of Dead