Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
G. M. Livingstone is turning Ian,

VI M. Livingstone is turning land
deals.
The epidemic of smallpox is having
q good run at Onida.
Miss Castle Carlin has accepted q
position at Moores' store.
Mrs. j. F. MeEwen left Saturday
for a visit with a o at Cuthbert.
LIE Snider came over from onida
yesterday on a short business visit.
Mrs. I. b. Roberts, Jr., returned
Monday from a visit with friends at
Huron.
W. M. Cox, deputy pure food com.
missioner, left Tuesday for his home at
Rapid City.
Mrs, G. l.. Sullivan left today for
points in Iowa, where she will visit
with relatives.
MIS-. Minard Calhoon was released
from the hospital Monday and returned
to her home at Blunt.
For Sale--lSo-egg Cyphers incubator
as good as new. A bargain if taken at
once. Enquire at this office.
Arthur uadley, formerly a Pierre
resident, came up from Sioux City
Sunday for a visit with friends.
Midland is to have n movie house,
Q. T, Coyne and M. e. Young INSTALL
ing an outfit in the opera house.
Chas. Caffree, immigration com
missioner, returned Saturday from a
trip to the eastern part of the state.
w, W. Underwood, county agricul-
tG1 ~ agent, has gone to Brookings.
VII re he is in attendance at a meet
ing of county agents.
Miss Ruth Glow, who has been
home from Huron College the past
two weeks returned to that place Sat
urday to resume her studies there.
Rev. e. F. Siegfriedt, Episcopal
missionary for the district of South
Dakota, of Sioux Falls, will preach
in Trinity Episcopal Church Sunday
morning.
j. l. Wingield, state bank exam
liner, has rendered his resignation in
that capacity, to take effect April LIST.
Chris liirning has been selected to
| fin tha uononav
A small blaze at the John Rowland
home in East Pierre Friday was the
cause OF the liremen being called out,
but the fire was extinguished before
their arrival there.
The high school debating team,
composed of Gale Hartwell, Maurice
Lynott and Ernest Stephens, have
gone to Clark, where they take part
in q debate tomorrow evening.
j. j. Jackley, one of the oldest real
estate dealers in Pierre, is rustling
sales of land as never before. He saws
much land in Hughes county will be
put under cultivation during the pres
ent year.
Yesterday Karl Graf exchanged
his stock l040-acre ranch, situated one-
half mile south of Canning, this coun-
ty, for $31, 600; the purchaser beng a
resident of VermilIion, this state. Mr..
Graf owns a tract of land near Pierre
ana may decide to improve the same
this year, and thinks he will seed the
half section tract to alfalfa.
The state wide meeting of county au.
ditors was held in Pierre this week;
the business of the session was finished
today. The new officers are: Presi-
dent, j. Maus, of Bon Homme county;
First vice President, f j. Murphy of
Meade county; Second vice President,
A. c. Bernau, of Jackson county; Sec
rotary Treasurer, w. o. Nelson of
1ankton county.
Mrs, A. S. Thorne, who has been in
III health for many months, passed
away at the hospital last evening at
the age of 81 years. Mrs. Thorne
had made her home with her son, A.
l.. Ihorne, in this city for several
years. Private funeral services will
be held from the Thorne home san
day. lnterment will take place at
RIVERSIDE cemetery.
Hisega News in Rapid City Journal:
The three large trees that formerly
went up through the roof of the Schu
bert house have been cut down. III G
trees had grown SO rapidly that they
came in contact with the wall of the
house and when the wind blew hard
caused some alarm to those within.
Mrs. Schubert had become somewhat
nervous about them so Messrs. Lar
son and Johnson removed them.
Every n predicted the ruin OF the
house in the effort but the work was