Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-24
SOUTH DAKOTA MAY LAND
BIG BEET SUGAR REFINERY

Belle Fourche. S. D., Aug. 21.-It is
asserted on positive authority hat a
site for the 81. 200. 900 sugar beet fac
tory that the Great Western Beet Su-
gar company, of Denver, has been in
vestigating here has been selected on
ground adjacent to this city. Several
officials of the company were here this
week and returned to Denver after ar
ranging for the shipment Of 100 car
loads OF sugar beets, raised here this
year as a test. to the Scots Bluff, Neb.,
factory. The beets are bringing IS a
ton on board the cars. A weighing
house n scales are to be put In on a
siding four miles from here and definite
announcement of the intention to build
the refinery is ooked for soon.
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YANKTON-A sreat deal Of the grain
In thtL vicinity Is being threshed from
the shock. Showers nave interferred
somewhat with the progress of thresh-I
Ing. but most of the grain in shock has
Yankton county are for the most part
highly satisfactory. Dat yields are re-
ported from 40 to 60 bushels per acre,
and while the wheat acreage is small, re-
turns from this crop have been large.
Corn. which is he main crop In this
section. is looking Exceptionally fine.
There has been plenty of moisture to
Auihy 3ofSiop tlc CuIb dlu IltHy OF IH0
fields have begun to harden already, and
will be entirely out Of the way Of an
early frost II such should occur.
DIxON-At a mass meeting of tho
OF the local Catholic church 1t
was decided to erect a church building,
which 1t is intended shall be one of the
finest structures Of the kind in the en-
tire Rosebud country, Within a few
minutes moro than 1 1000 in cash was do
mated to the building fund. The church
society Of the national church
is expected to make a liberal donation
to the building fund. Work on the new
church building will at once
and be pushed to completion with all
possible speed.
PIERRE-The people Of White Butte,
In Perkins county, are continuing their
fight for the location of a station on the
Milwaukee line for their town. Several
hearings ave been held In regard to the
matter, and, another date has been set
for September 25 to attempt to adjust
the differences between the people of the
town and get n station established to al
low them some Of the benefits of the rail-
way which passes through the town.
ALSEN-The committee on arrange
ments for the Labor day picnic to be
held at Alsen on Labor day has COM
pleted it's program. A 25-piece band from
Vermilion will furnish the music for the
day.. Two or three speakers of state
reputation will deliver addresses. There
will be q ball game between Elk Point
and Hawarden. Thu picnic win DO held
In Hendrickson's l5-acre maple grove.
RAPID CITY-Cato Sells. United
States Indian commissioner. announced
that he had accepted an invitation to de-
liver All address on August "a at he
Episcopal convention which meets for
three days on the Lower Brule reserya-
ton. The COMMISSIONS is here paying
his first visit to the Rapid City Indian
school.
BRlDGEWATER-1n the eighth grade
~declamatory contest for McCook county.
held at Salem today, lack j. WHIP, OF
Bridgewater. won first honors; David
Rosser. Montrose. second. and Miss Luz
Gle Smith, Of Canistota, third place.