Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-11-15
Fine Cigars and Tobacco at the
Smoke House.-F. n. Beacon.

Smoke House,. N. Beacon.
w. S. Green of OkoboJo. vas in the
city Monday, dispatchiug business
Daily Papers and Magazines at the
Smoke House.-F. N. Beacon.
A. G. Lstta came in from Blunt to-
day. Business called him to Pierre.
Elmer Young of TT. Pierre, is at the
hospital suffering from blood poisoning
in his hand.
j. r. Mcknight left today for Aber-
deem, where be will attend a term of
the federal court.
Mrs, j. r. Mcknight has gone to
Sioux Falls for a several days visit
with relatives.
Miss Aline Cummins entertained a
company of friends at her home
Tuesday evening.
Rev. Anthony and wife of the Epis-
copal church were given a shower of
canned goods by the ladies of the
church yesterday afternoon.
The list of lands in this county up
on which taxes for 1917, now due,
have not been paid, will appear in
the next issue of the Free Press.
T. l.. Riggs, a rancher near Oahe
this county, has on sale today in
Pierre. a number of fine Hereford
cattle. One animal sold for $4,000.
Blunt Advocate: Gustave Grosz is
erecting a garage 5oxl00 on Main
street south OF the Riggle building
and will sheet it with galvanized
iron.
True, marriage is a blessed com
pact in which two people struggle
joyously uphill shoulder to shoulde,
and go placidly down hill hand il
hand.
E. ID. Morcom of Omaha. s%arrivet
in the city Monday on a short bust
ness visit. Mr.. Morcom is connect
:, ed with the Federal Loan Board 0
Omaha.
M A. Saugstad, adweller in Pierr
in the long ago., came in from Hitch
cock on Friday. lie owns niue
property here, and is proud of hi
: holdings.
A son vas born at the hospits
e Monday to MIR. and Mrs. Ira Whale
a of Fort Pierre. Mrs. Whalen will b
J. remembered by Pierre people as Mis-
g Laura Stearns.
d The Milwaukee bridge at Chamber
s lain is again in running order. Is
e being out of commission last week
threatened TO tie up 400 ions of go'
: eminent coal during the wintt
b months.
d A Kansas editor has noticed tbs
is when a man finds fault with his loo;
J. paper the chances are ten to one |
hasn't an advertisement in if; five
of one that he never gave it "a job
re- work; three to one that he is delil
r. quent in his subscription; even no
to ey that he never did anything to a
sist The publisher to make it a go'
r. paper; and forty to Il that he
no most anxious to see it when it com
To- out.-Browns Valley Tribune.
Id Buffalo county suffered a severe lc
by a prairie fire last week which sta1
es ed by a runaway team and through
A desire of the hired man for q smo
m while working in a hay field. The hir
mar was using a hay sweep to pile h
and lighted his pipe, soon afterwa
finding the hay gathered in the swe
~ to be burning, He attempted to !
49, hitch the team, but they became frig
~ ened and broke away from him, sc
T, tering fire across the prairie as tt
ran, one of the horses being ba'
burned before they broke loose fr
'' the flaming torch which they WI
y dragging. a large amount of prai
~" was burned over and several stacks
hay destroyed before the fire was G
ten under control.
he
Daily Huronite: The following o
GERS were elected at the regular me
" ing Of the Order of Railway Condl
re- tors on Sunday: J.J. Greene, c.
Is w. w. King, A. G. G.; g. A. Poo
80 secretary and treasurer; j. Gree
81 trustee; ID. G.. Glennon, trustee;
'el f. Given, trustee; D. G. Glenn
j. legislative representative; j. l.. CT
Ft. ty, alternate; G. A. Poole, deleg
to to convention at st. Louis; e..
as LOOMS, alternate; b. I. Glitch
ing chairman membership committee;
D. Streeter, chairman members
1ey COMMITTEES; r. S. Williams, CHI
.u- man membership committee; G
Poole, chairman local committee
60 n Straatpr vice chairman local r.