Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-07
State Land Commissioner knight
left Saturday for Watertown.

State Land Commissioner knight
left Saturday for Watertown.
Instead of laughing at the mistakes
of others, try to profit by your own.
Miss Eva Rain was called to her
home at Huron yesterday by the
death of q relative.
Miss Nellie Brown, matron at the
Indian school, is spending the week
with friends at Highmore.
Local iremen will leave Monday
morning for Rapid City to take part
in the annual tournament.
Miss Eva Barber arrived from ST.
Paul Yesterday for a visit with her
niece, Miss Pearl Hunkins.
#. l.. Villas, deputy United States
marshal, left this morning for Dead
wood, called there on official bust.
ness.
M. O. Langeiand returned Sunday
from an auto trip to the Cheyenne
Agency, where he took a couple of
cattle buyers.
Mrs. Barton who has spent several
weeks here with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wadleigh, departed today for
her home in Boston.
George Bronte finished the erection
of a fine barn this week. The improve
ment was made upon his holdings ten
miles northeast of Pierre.
2. j. Murphy, formerly deputy
state auditor. is president of the Far
mers Bank of Onida. A new lot of
capitalists bought the bank some two
weeks ago.
Che ides of June approach and the
rams ever this section Of the state
makes them joyous with the promiee
OF a bumper crop. Let someone say
something about a bumper crop.
The state department has as We
received no complete returns on Tues
days registration. 1t will no doubt
ne several days before the returns are
received from all the counties.
Your garden truck may not be
growing as fast as you think it
should but that will come along with
warm weather. Now is the time to
keep the weeds down and to get the
other seed into the ground.
Mr.. and Mrs, G C. Bennett will
leave tomorrow for Milwaukee,
where they will visit with Mr.. Ben.
nett's son, Richard, who is a member
of an artillery company there. The
Company mas received orders to re-
port at Fort Douglas on June IS.
Miller San: Hanniman Hays. q
character of Miller since 1883, was
adjudged insane by the county board
OF insanity n ordered sent TO the
state hospital for the insane at Yank-
ton. He never revealed anything
about his family or where he came
from.
The lowly rhubarb or pie plant is
quite plentiful now and will be for
weeks to come. In years gone by
large quantities of it have been al
lowed to go to waste. This wear
what is not consumed during the sea-
son should be canned. 1t is a good
substitute for fruit during the winter
months and is quite healthful..
Wheneve a call goes out services to
be donated or money to be advanced.
John w. Laughlin is always there with
the goods. In the matter of sending
out supplies to the several precincts in
the county and accounting for the re-
turns of all records made, requiring ten
days of labor. together with much ex-
pense, Mr.. Laughlin promptly discharg-
ed every duty and when there were
b'iis TO pay he met them promptly.
This IS not the first time Mr.. Lauphlin
has needed the helpless call OF Uncle
sam; there IS a warm friendship be-
tween these two wearers OF the blue.
One hundred farm boys of LYMAN.
Hughes and Stanley countries Will! ride
horseback 70 Bookings for Boys
Week at State College, June $3.50.
The average distance travelled by each
boy will be nearly $50 miles one way,
allowing 5 days from Presho and a da VS.
from Pierre. The party will be led
by County Agents Dick Lewallen, Vey
Valentine and w. w. Underwood and
will stop over night at Pierre on June
20; Hlghmore, June 81; Miller, June
Gi' huron. June %, and DeSmet, June
"a Entertainment by the local con
'nercial clubs aud visits to prominent
farms will be features at each stop
ping place.