Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-01-25

q. j. Corrick went to Canning YES
terday for a short visit with friends.
Mr.. and-Mrs. Milo Brown of Opida.
are among the visitors in the CITY to.
day.
Huron defeated the Pierre basket.
bali team here Friday, the score being
20 to g.
w. w. Soule of Rapid City, is So
]ournlng among acquaintance in the
the city,
Attorney j. Ii. Voorhees, of Sioux
rails, was in the city yesterday on
professional business.
&. FL. Jaynes of the Peoples mar
ket has invested in a new Ford auto
for delivery purposes.
j. j. Smith is in the city from
1ankton on matters in connection
with the First National Life.
G. Nj. Woodland of the Red6eld
Press, is sojourning among old ac-
qaaintances in the city this week.
State Land Commissioner Knight
spent Sunday at his home at Thomas,
where he was called by the illness of
his son.
Miss Hazel Mallory came down
from Redield last week to act as
stenographer to Adjutant General
Morris.
Frank Wright came up from Can
ming Friday and while here disposed
OF eight fine hogs, receiving 5000 for
the lot.
The usua! January weather has pre-
vailed here almost since the month be-
gan, with the thermometer going the
a below mark on Monday.
Miss Anna Davis of Fort Pierre,
entered The hospital for treatment last
week, Miss Davis is suffering with
All attack of typhoid fever.
Irons orchestra of Huron furnish
ed music for the dance at the Audi
torinm Tuesday evening. They will
also furnish music for the dance here
on February
Tomorrow evening the Kings
Daughters will be entertained at the
Q~nacbenbush home by Mesdames
Q~uackenbush and S~teyensons as
hostesses.
Mrs, Marian Walsh. who was
brought to the hospital from Capa
last week, passed away last Thurs
day. Mrs Walsh was the mother of
h. & Walsh of Van Metre.
The Altar Society of the Catholic
church was entertained at the A. ID.
Hengel home this Afternoon with
Mesdames E. J.. HengeL Oblinger
and A. ID. Hengel as b~ostesses.
Captain Linstad of Company A, S.
ID NJ G. has received notice that he
will not be compelled to return to the
border until February Is, which is
good news to his many Pierre friends.
Even the seed houses are taking their
profits and are demanding double prices
in many instances for seeds that have
not cost them one cent more per ton
than they did a year Or two ago.
Bercsford Republican: Isaac and
Sigvold Lykken came up from the Nora
country Monday and licleted for Pierre,
where they will imbibe the capitol air
for a week or two. The men are cous-
ms of Governor Norbeck.
Forty-fve carloads of potatoes shipped
under armed guards from Greeley, Colo,
and destined to Peoria and Chicago were
delivered Tuesday. Ten cars were sent
to Peoria, the balance going to Chicago.
At the market price of potatoes to-
day dealers figured the train load worth
S50,400.
An English Militant crusader STROLL
ing intoa barn where a-'nan was milk
ing a COW. With a snort she asked:
"How is it that you are not at the front,
young man?'
"Because, ma'am," answered the
mixer, there amt no milk at that
end. hattie Lake Review.
The Fifemen's annual ball at the
Audilos ium last Thursday evening
drew out one of the largest crowds of
the season, the floor being filled with
dancers from an early hour 10 the close
of the event. The Oppola orchestra
furnished music and this with good
management made the evening a most
enjoyable one.
Some one with a mathematical turn
has estimated that prices now average
SIS 9 per cent higher than than a year
ago, 50 8 per cent higher than two years
ago and 52.8 per cent higher than the