Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08
Mayor Burnside of Sioux Falls, is
among the Shriners in the citv

points.
MISS Margaret Campbell arrived to.
day from Brookings for a visit with
friends.
Mrs. c. E, Hanon entertained a
number of friends at her home Tnes.
day afternoon.
Miss Isabell Benton, who is teaching
school near Harold, spent Sunday in
the city with friends.
He, Preston of the state tax COM
mission. returned Tuesday from a
visit at his home at Mitchell.
Among the applicants in the city
for the state bar examination is Mrs.
b b Sloan of Belle Fourche.
Albert ellis, who has been en-
pioyed at the cigar factory here, has
returned to his home at Rapid City.
Grandma Lyman has been confined
TO her bed the past few days, but is
ho% reported as improving in health.
The Lutheran Aid society was enter
tanned at the Gil Erickson home Tues
day afternoon by Mesdames Cav Kelly
and Erickson.
Senator and Mrs. VIM. Howes of
Wolsey, are the proud parents of a
daughter, born to them at the hospi-
tai here Tuesday.
Many farmers who stacked their
hay in the field last summer are ex-
periencing great difficulty in getting
it hauled to their stock.
Mrs. Peter Norb ok. Mrs. w. FL.
Lyon and Mrs. Bickelhaupt will en-
tertaiD a company of ladies at the st.
Charles Tuesday afternoon.
q musical will be given in Pierre
on Friday evening of next week by
Miss JNsephine Uildasmith of Denver,
a former South Dakota lady.
Carl Watne, who is employed in
the United States LAND office at Rapid
City, IS among the applicants in the
city for the state bar examination,
y disastrous fire at Wasta at an
early hour Sunday morning DESTROY
ed the p%ostoffice and a drug store, to-
gether with their contents. The loss
is placed at So, 800.
Life may not be ell roses on the
farm, but there's a heap of satisfac.
ton in knowing that every time a hen
cackIas~you can hear the money ling.
ling in your pockets.
Mrs, Ira Whalen and Miss Mary
Hall came in from Wendt Saturday.
the former leaving for North Dakota,
where with her husband they will
make their home.
Chas. McCaffree, immigration com
missioner, left Saturday for Kansas
City, whore he is in attendance at a
meeting of the National Farm Labor
association. Mr.. McCaffree is presi-
dent of the association.
All Shriners, their wives and
friends will enjoy q dance at the
Auditorium this evening. The event
promises to be one of more than
passing interest, The Frolic orches-
ira OF Lead will furnish music.
The farm department at the state
penitentiary will begin experiment.
ing this spring with the raising of
sisai for binding Irvine. The expert
ments are to be conducted under the
supervision of the government bureau
of plant industry.
Potatoes are worth 50 so a bpshel:
beef SOC per pound; pork 85c per
pound; 20 eggs for..S2. so; tobacco 9Oc,
and butter S100 per pound in nol-
lane, according to Peter Andriessen
of Hudson, who recently received a
letter from his parents there, Flour
is not to be had, but each FAMILY re-
ceiges so many pounds of bread per
week.
Ramona is the only picture which
has ever shown in the Auditorium in
in Chicago and made a success
of it, and she played to ca
pacity IN the house which is as large
and any other two theatres in that
city. Pierre people will like it as
we'll as Chicago people did. The same
pictures at the Grand Opera House
February IA Is.
A meeting of the Fire State Board
of Controll is being held in this city
today. Arrangements for the holding
of the next state tournament at Rapid
City IS being discussed. The board
here are G. F. Feeney. Yankton, pres.
F. r. Hopper, Rapid City,
vice president: A j. Gldrig, Red
field, secretary; w, S. O'Brien,
Pierre, treasurer; John Mueller, Hot
Springs; Matt Behrens, Parkston.
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