Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20
w, C. Allen left Saturday for a visit

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with friends in the city over Sunday.
Yoar photograph is your exclusive
Nmas gift. Leland Art Studio. Ad.
The days will be shortest the 22d.
after which the sun will begin to come
back.
Mrs. Alice Clifford went down to Blunt
yesterday to attend a meeting of the
o. E. S.
Irons orchestra of Huron furnished
music for a dance at the st. Charles
last night.
A meeting of the Hughes County
farm bureau has been set for Satur-
day afternoon.
Miss Marion Ihli, who is teaching
school near Blunt, spent Sunday at
her home here.
See the Katzenjammer Kids at the
the Grand on Christmas dav, matt
nee and evening.
Mr. and Mrs. W. ]. Harris expect to
leave tomorrow for a visit with the
iatiefs parents, at Ainsworth, Neb.
Beginning with the week trains be-
gan running on schedule time. The
cold wave passed US on Saturday.
Miss Wmmifred Ridgeway expects
to leave next week for a holiday visit
with relatives at Cedar Rapids, Iowa
and points east.
Mrs. ID. W. March arrived home
The tirst of the week from North Da-
Eota points, where she had been OF a
visit 10 relatives.
II 6. Smith, who has been at Roches-
ter hospital for several weeks, is expected
home for Christmas, His many Pierre
friends are glad to welcome him home.
Edwin jaynes has written home OF
his transfer from Cape Henry TO the
the NationaI Capital, where he is on
guard duty at the presidents library.
Alarge branch from a cottonwood tree
near the J. F. Thomas home is on dis
play at the Thomas grocery. The branch
is heavily budded as the buds appear in
early spring.
Eighteen of the fine buffalo from
the famous Seotty Philip herd are to
be killed for the holiday trade and
most of the meat will be shipped to
eastern markets.
The work of cutting the wood on
Farm Island is now in charge of Cuff
ford Sh&ul, This island belongs to
the city and the wood is 10 be dis
posed of at So 50 per rick.
The city schools will close Friday
for the annual holiday vacation OF
two weeks. Most of the teaching
faculty will spend their vacation al
their homes at various points.
Unofficial report has it that Com.
pany A. composed mostly of young
men from Pierre, have left the United
States, the time of departure and
destination place being unknown.
Gov. Norbeck of South Dakota
arrived at Camp Cody to visit the ma
tlonal guardsmen from his state sta
toned there. H. was accompanied
by e, j. Mather. They were guest,
of Col. j. Englesby.
Will Hard wick, who has been en-
plQyed in a bakery at RedGeld, ha,
moved with his family to FIT. Pierre
where he is employed in the Fishe
store. Mr.. Hardwick was employed
at the Hits grocery fora number O
years.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. b. Wadleigh ar
! passing the present delightful day
5 in New Jersey. While Mr.. WadleigI
J is wonderfully sprY for a nan of hi
} years, yet it may so happen that b
, will not get back to Pierre before th
advent of 1918.
Personal-Widower, SO yrs, weigh
135, height 5 TT. 6, who owns comfort
able home and has steady employ
ment at good wages, would like t
meet lady or widow without children
about 10 years, anne weight an,
height, who is q good cook, goo
looking and desires a good home
Address "Housekeeper" care Ere
Press.
The federal department of agricuI
ture has sent Ed L. Hayes to Sout
Dakota to conduct a campaign fo
greater poultry production, workin
S through the state college extensio
y department. Mr.. Hayes is a pract
cal poultry raiser and is a license
: Judge in the American Poultry ass,
citation. He is familiar with all tt
Ii details of management of all Yari
8 ties of poultry and has organized
number of associations. In Sout
It Dakota he will co operate with coul
ty agents, emergency food agent