Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08

Painters are planning for a busy
years work.
Mrs. Hugh Palmer of Onida, passed
Saturday in the city.
Attorney H. G, Fuller went to Min
neapolis last week to look after legal
business.
VIM. Habel of Huron, visited with
friends here the latter part of last
week.
The kindergarten classes of the city
schools opened Monday, Miss Red mond
being in charge.
DR.. w. II. Tweedle returned Friday
from Canada, where he was called to
attend the funeral of his father.
Emil Engstrom left Friday for Abb
erdeen, where he has accepted a posi-
ton in the railway mail service.
L. l.. Brazeau. who was employed as
telegraph operator at the Capitol dur
ing the session. departed Sunday for
Minneapolis,
Much water is running over the ice
in the Missouri river. and indications
bear evidence that the usual flow of
ice is near at hand.
Miss Nellie Clark arrived last week
from Mobridge for a visit with friends
here. Miss Clark was formerly EN-.
ployed in the state railway DEPART
ment.
Blunt Advocate George NJ. Coates
of Canning, was q business visitor in
town between trains Wednesday. Mr..
Coates is now located on the Ulmet
property which joins the town.
Canning correspondence Blunt Adj
vocate: Mrs. Nellie Metzgar moved
to Pierre on Monday, where she will
reside for the present. Her friends
regret to have her leave and trust she
will not forget her sojourn here.
A company of farmers have purchas-
ed the cold storage warehouse and
converted it into a grain: cleaning
warehouse. There more than 5000
bushels of alfalfa seed has been clean
ed and forwarded to eastern markets.
William Burrus, long ianitor of the
opera house block, has decided to go
back to his farm, which he left five
years ago. He will again begin stock
raising and farming in Stanley coun-
ty, where he is certain to succeed.
G. w. Sullivan returned last week
from a stay of a month at his stock
ranch. near Ottumwa. He reported
cattle now coming through the win
ter months in good condition, and that
stockmen are hopeful Of a handsome
seasons profit.
March did not exactly Come in like
a lamb"-it was zero weather-but
the sun shone brightly and there was
very little wind. When it comes to
the weather proposition, it is q toss
up between the ground hog and the
lamb.
Blunt Advocate: There were four
new families that unloaded here last
week and five this week. The new
corners are the ones that gladden. the
hearts of the old timers. This country
! pHJ|1 hQvn paaru hr,lv,l,n. -. -
and still not be crowded. When one
drives over these prairies in the fall
and sees the abundance of some of the
most nutritious native grasses known
going to waste each year it seems as
though more effort should be put forth
IN trying to put these grasses to some
account.
Charles McCaffree in charge of the
state labor commissioners office, de-
clares that there is apparently a great
er scarcity Of laborers for common
labor this spring than v The CON
tinued shortage in im~migration,
which stopped in the fall of 1914 o 0
aiter the European war got under
way, is of course one of the main
causes of the scarcity. Then many
Industries in this country are at the
height of production and labor gener-
ally has been in demand right through
the winter months.
1t wasn't a Missouri editor but a
printers devil who vas going through
his first experience of making up
forms. The paper was late and the
boys got the galIeys mixed. The last
part of the obituary notice had been
dumped in the forms and the next
handful of type came off the galley
describing a recent fire. 1t read like
this: "The ~pallbearers lowered the
body to the grave, and as it was con-
signed to the flames there were few,
il any regrets, for the old wreck had