Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-02

Choke cherries and wild currants
are being gathered in large quantities.
The County Board of Commissioners
meet Friday in adjourned session.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Hammerstein have
gone to the Black Hills for a several
days visit.
Miss Florence Brown has gone to
Belle Fourche for a visit with home
folks.
Saturday was a scorcher. The gov
eminent thermometer registered at
1000.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM. Braugh and
children have gone out to Hisega for
an outing.
Mrs. ID. D Oldaker went to Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, today where she will
attend a family reunion.
Mrs. Frank Pettyjohn of Harold, is
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tiers, Misses Lucille and Hortense.
Bro. Mariette, of the Blunt Advo-
cate, called Saturday evening. He
publishes a splendid paper and is max
ing it pay.
Mrs. Alice Dewell and daughter
departed tocay for the Great Lakes
training camp rear Chicago, where
she will visit her son Julian.
j. E. Kelley returned Monday after
an absence of two weeks. He declares
crops promise a big yield in Moody
county and that portion of the state.
Homer b. Pyle arrived today from
Dodgeville, Wis. His marriage to
Miss Ruth Checker Of this city, takes
place at the BRIDES home here on
August Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Peters left Mon
day morning, going to Huron, where
they intend to engage in business. To
that place they bear with them the best
wishes of Pierre people.
Mrs. VIM. Zwicky and daughter.
Miss Lillian, who spent several days
in the city with Lieut.. Ywicky of the
Company | detachment, left for their
home at Rapid City Friday.
Considerable damage was done to
crops in the northeastern part of the
state Sunday by a hail storm which
hit that section. A strip ten miles
by two between West Port and Gro
ton war devasted.
A meeting of the boosters of the
Black and Yellow trail will be held
at Rapid City Monday. T.B. Roberts
of this city, president of the B. and
Y. trail association, will be in attend
ance and deliver IN address.
Blunt Advocate: Ray Pool of Arnott
drove in Tuesday and was a passenger
to Pierre, between trains. Mr.. Pool
reports the hay crop good in the section
in which he lives; cattle are in prime
condition and there is plenty of feed.
Miss Daisy Selberg went to Blunt
Friday and checked up the school
book depository. The report of de-
pository was correct, and the one. in
|charge highly complimented for the
efficient manner in which the same
had been managed by Bro. Marietta.
Haymakers are busy and the crop
is heavy and good. 1t is not so heavy
on the ground as last year but the
feeding quality is better. 1t may be
necessary to NOV over more ground to
get the same amount of hay, but the
nutrition is there in great quantities.
The musical farce ooh Pardon Me-"
put on at the Bijou Monday night by
members of Company A proved to be a
good attraction, and owing to the storm
the early part of the evening many
were prevented from attending. The
play will be given again this evening
that all may attend. The cast was com
posed of Misses Lillian and Helen
Handlin, Edna Kemp, Marie Holm.
Peggy Address, Marjorie Grid. Nina
Sterud, Helen Grid and Mildred Eager;
members of Company A: ARCHIE
Whiteman, Verne Dorothy, James
Foote, Carl Ostendorf, Arthur Miller,
Leland Walker, Raymond Magness, G.
w. Evers, Charles Thorne, Robert
Hardy and Will Heck, with Regina
HOLSTER as accompahist. The Jazz
band furnished music during intermis-
sion. Those who attended were well
well pleased with the performance.