Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-02-24

Tins of the measles.
L. E. Snyder of Onida, transacted
business here Tuesday.
Soon the birds will come north and
the baseball players will go south.
Editor t. b. Roberts returned on
Tuesday from a business trip to
Deadwood.
The Compass club gave one of their
popular dances at Temple Court last
evening.
Henry Koch of Van Metre, is in
the city for the treatment of a frac-
tured limb.
Mrs. Louise Denton left Sunday
for a visit at Kansas City and points
in Oklahoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn w. Martens
are the proud parents of a daughter,
born to them on Monday.
Miss Ida Vansteenberg, sister of
Mrs. F. A. Lucas, arrived Saturday
from New York for a visit.
Miss Beatrice Holmes went to Hur-
on Tuesday, where she will spend
several days with friends.
Gov, Byrne left yesterday for Sioux
Falls to attend a meeting of the state
board of charities and corrections.
G. H. Lugg, state superintendent,
left Sunday for Detroit, Mich, where
he attended a meeting Of state super
intendents.
il. Murphy and P. j. Dougherty,
railroad commissioners, returned
Sunday from a business trip to Chi
cago.
Weather prophets who predicted a
mild and open winter could never
hold a job under civil service regu-
lations.
Moores' Store has announced a big
4-days' clearance sale of goods, which
commences Saturday of this week and
closes March LIST.
The congregational Sunday school
gave a Colonial party at the church
Tuesday evening in observance of
Washington's birthday.
j -. Murphy, railroad commissioner.
and O. b. Linstad. sJenographer, left
Tuesday for the eastern part of the
state where hearings will be held at
several points.
From the weather we have been
enjoying the past few days one is led
to believe the ground hog doesn't
know any more about the weather
than most of our prophets, though we
may get Chit yet.
The Rankin revival services whic
were to have closed last week are be-
ing held throughout this week. The
services have proven very interesting
and a large audience attend nightly.
For Sale-Fine all tliiable 800 acre
tract. Sec. 10 1l1-76 and N. w. a IA.
111-76 Hughes Co, S. D., only 6 miles
from Blunt, write: Lock Box 10,
Cook, Nebraska. Adv.
j. l.. Lockhart came up from Blunt
on Tuesday. He reported 8 revival
of business there. and that those en-
gagged in farming in that locality are
planning on sowing an increased
acreage this spring.
A. G. Rankin, r~evivalist, spoke be-
fore the students of the high scdon'
Friday afternoon. Mr.. Rankin's
talk dealt on education and its adj
v%antages, which was very interesting
to the pupils.
Potatoes were selling last fall at
thirty cents a bushel and now they
are worth ninety cents. Wheat
brought eighty cents and now it is
selling at $1.14. with strong indica-
tions of going higher.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Bristol State Bank at
Bristol with a capital Of $l5, 900. The
incorporators are G. H. Moe, pre- ST.
dent; Jacob Schad. vice-president;
G.. G.. Mogen, cashier.
The Moe Telephone company of
Lincoln county has filed articles of
incorporation with the secretary of
state. The company has a capital of
81 900. The incorporators are ole
Nordlie, Chas. Eckley, j. J. Sheen
land, all of Hudson.
After several weeks of wrangling
and discussion between the board of
education and the adjusters for the in
surance companies which carried the
$4,000 insurance policies on the Mad
son high school recently destroyed by
fire, a settlement of SIC, 400 has been
made and accepted.