Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-19
Frank Grandie ia in from his rancl

a visit st points west.
Pure food Inspector Cox is in the
city from Rapid City.
Jack Exc returned from a several
days visit in the Twin Cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r.. Denue of Rapid
city, were Pierre visitors Monday
Rev. siecfriedt of Sioux Falls, i.eld
services at the Episcopal church Sun
day.
Mrs. II. II. Gregg came up from
Blnnt yesterday for q week end visit
with friends.
Fl. j. Knapp and family left last
week for Leslie. where they will make
their home Oh q farm.
Mrs. C, D. Meek, formerly of this
city, arrived from Redfield Tuesday
sor q visit with friends.
Alexander Calhoon came in. from
Midland Monday and while here joined
the ranks Of Company A..
Eventually they may even go so far
as to eliminate the kings and queens
from a deck of playing cards.
Elmer Pfifer, who has conducted a
roller rink at Rapid City since last
fall, has returned to the city
Miss Blanche Burris is again a pa
tient at the hospital, having UNDER
gone an operation yesterday.
A young son of VIM. Fraser of Blunt,
was brought to the city Saturday for
treatment of a d~islocated elbow.
VIM. Burrus in hauling the last of
his household goods and personal
effects TO his farm in Stanley county.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Oldield are
making preparations to move to Sully
county, where they will reside en- a
ranch.
Amid the general din the breaking
Of diplomatic relations nowadays
makes hardly enough noise to be no.
ticed.
Remember there is no twilight zone
in patriofism-you are either for or
against the United States in the pres
ent war.
The minstrel show, put on by the
Fort Pierre Commercial club was given
in that city last night and will be given
again this evening.
Rapid City Journal:-Mr. and Mrs.
John Soules, who recently came from
near Pierre, have secured a house in
the eastern part of town and expect
to make their home here.
u, P Solberg went to Fort Pierre
yesterday in a land transfer matter.
Mr. Solberg is confident that many
transfers will take place next month.
For sale Or trade, cheap-5 roc
house and lot, small barn, and chick
en- house; near East Pierre school
house, q block from Capital avenue.
Phone 1-6-B-Carl Hansen.
Therlist spring rain of the season
occurred IN Pierre yesterday. Ac-
cording to the %foreeaster the weather
in this vicinity will be unsettled for
many days.
German soldiers, who went on record
by writing on the walls of Belgium,
KAISER William, Emperor of the
World" may have had something to do
with the United States going on record
against such a contingency.
Uncle Sam may not be as efficient in
putting a large army in the field on
short notice as some of the European
countries, but when it comes to mobil-
izing dollars for the conflict he has all
them beat a mile and a half.
In some Of the eastern cities where a
number Of Young men are rushing to
get married to escape military duty
they are referred to as Towards
and "slackers." 1t will take a long
time to live down such an appelation.-
Doland Times Record.
Governor Norbeck has appoined j..
Il. Ziebach a member of the state
loan board. The appointment came
as a surprise to MI. Ziebach. bus the
, governor could make no better APP
pointmint, and Mr.. Ziebach's friends
J are very much pleased over it.
1t will be noted in reports from the
: war front in France and Belgium that
the Canadians are giving good account
of themselves. Why shouldn't they?
They are as near Americans as it is
/ possible to be and not be citizens of
j the United States.
Theodore Roosevelt in internal affairs
is quite a different individual in inter
national affairs. In internal affairs he
is a dislurber and f%actionaIist. In IN
ternational affairs he is an American
patriot, an organizer and a fighter if
, piyan fhn opphptunitu