Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
Rev. Address returned today from

q trip east.
DR.. A. H. Youngs was an east-going
passenger on Sunday.
Miss Grace Satrer!ee spent Sunday
with friends at Highmore.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. McEwen will
occupy the new Horner residence on
Capital avenue.
DR.. and Mrs. H. T. Kenney went
to Yankton Tuesday to be in attend
ance at the state medical convention.
Mrs. Stokes, who has been a guest
at the H. p. Williams home, left
Tuesday for her home at Mitchell,
Iowa.
A mar sat in a restaurant. As he
turned his plate he found on the bot
tom of it, Made in Germany" by
George" he said, 81 bet when they
turn hell owe they'll find the same in
scription on Tx.
Fishing parties were out by large
numbers Sunday, ain reporting fair
luck, it not being unusual to get sew
eral pounds of fine catfish without
going any further than to the river
near the park.
Moving pasture lands when the weeds
are in full bloom is an excellent prac-
tlce, as it prevents the formation of
weed seed. Most weeds, even of the
perennial type. can gradually be taken
under control if they are not allowed to
produce for several years in succession.
Cultivation should not be delayed un-
Til the field looks weedy. Only a little
stirring of the soil il required to kill
weeds Immediately after they germin-
ate and before they have used much
soil moisture, but to destroy weeds
that are we'll rooted, the soil must be
worked deeply and thoroughly.
The Retail Merchants association in
session in Sioux Falls some two weeks
ago selected Pierre as their next meet
ing place and elected the following
officers: President, j. R. Cole, Red
field; vice-president, J.. B. Lockhart,
.Centerville; treasurer, Gus Meyer,
Parker; secretary, N. S. Tyler, Sioux
Falls.
Redfeld Press: Hen. o. S. Basford
of Bismarck, N. D., was the guest of
relatives and friends in the city the
first of the week. Mr.. Basford is ar
ranging matters so that he may 90 to
Duluth, Mimi, where he will be with
Mrs. Basford who is visiting at the
home of her son. Mrs. Basford is i'm
proving slowly, after an illness of a
month.
Isabel News: Hon. Harry L. Candy
is sending out a number of letters ask
ing the residents of the section west of
the river what their wishes are in the
matter of selling the unentered portion
of the land that still remains. Every
one who receives n of these letters
should answer Mr.. Candy at once, 80
that he may be guided by the wishes
Of his constituents.
Mas 80. 1917, the people of the ma
tion paid tribute to the soldiers of two
wars, the war of the rebellion and the
Spanish American war. Let us hope
that when memorial day, May 80. 1918,
arrives the nation will not be called on
to pay tribute to a great cost of fallen
heroes of the war with Germany. Let
US hope further, that by that time the
war will have been brought to an end
and that the results are such as to Sc
cure for all time the principles of de-
nocracyf for which the soldiers of all of
these wars fought and bled and.died.
Sioux Falls Journal: DR.. j. T Nc
Gilvray arrived home Friday from
Ft. Pierre with two remarkably fine
specimens of buffalo, secured from
the Seotty Philip herd near that city.
They will be placed in the park zoo
They were taken to Philips park and
placed in the basement of the barn
for the present. After q few DAYS
they will be turned out to pasture.
One of the buffaloes is q bull, the
other a heifer. both nearly two years
old. They are a little thin now, but a
short time in pasture will make a de.
cided change in their appearance.
They were shipped in crates, by Ok.
press, and the lack of feed made them
lock thin.
Authorities are advised to be on the
lookout for a travelingman who of
: late has been making Kansas cities
and towns, claiming that he is an
agent of the Red Cross hospital work
He takes the names of the young wo-
men with the statement that as soon
as their services are required they
will be telegraphed for. He seems to
work especially among the servant
girls in hotels. He gives no official
assurance Of his authority. and caro-