Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
George Ridgeway went to St. Paul
Monday for a several bays stay.

l. B. Albright returned Saturday
from a business visit to Sioux Falls.
Herman Sterud left Monday for
Brookinef county for a visit with his
mother.
Doane Robinson. state historian,
has returned from a trip to the south.
ern part of the state.
Mrs. Burke O'Brien arrived from
Lead last week for a visit at the home
OF her son, W. S. O'Brien.
Harold Journal: Bert Latta has
SOLO his farm to some Huron people
VINO expect to make it their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Brickell of Wat
ertown, are guests at the home of \.
i. Knight, state land commissioner.
Mrs. A. B. Nelson is slowly gain
ing from the effects of the stroke of
paralysis which she suffered last
week.
Sheldon Kelley departed Sunday
for Mare Island, Cal, where he is al
tending the government wireless
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Wanbaugh
have shipped their household goods
10 Watertown. where they will make
their home.
What has become of the man who in
sisted that we could not transport ar.
mics to Europe and who questioned
our military resources?
j. z. Youngberg was in Pierre the
lrst OF the week. His acquaintances
here are grieved to learn that he is
not so healthful as in former years.
Federal Farm Loans at 5 per cent,
. to 40 years, optional payment. Cali
or write First National Farm Loan
Association, 2S5 Pierre ST., Pierre,
S D. s2o4
w. 5. Biliinghurst, father of Mrs.
tt. q. Fuller and a brother of our
townsman, c. b. Billinghurst, arriv-
ed last week from Tacomah, Wash.
Tor a several days visit,
Mrs. d. W. Hyde Of We ster, VITO
has been a guest at the Hurlbut home
north of the city was given a sur
prise by q number of ladies from
! I'iArra CAT, y, rSo o. % ftor,,.
A. o. Pond left this morning for his
home in Sheridan, Wyoming. He will
cover the distance by automobile, and
hopes tc reach his dwelling place in
time for services Sunday evening.
Judge John F. Hughes of Fort
Pierre was in the city Monday and
held hearings in the divorce cases of
Peter II. Lyman vs. Nancy Il. Lyman
and Winfield S. Powers VS. Ethel V
Powers.
The State University defeated the
North Dakota university team by a
score of 10 to 0, and the Minnesota
University team defeated the South
Dakotans by p score of Ga to 0 in the
football games on Saturday.
Material to build a suspension bridge
over the Missouri river at Chamberlain
has been ordered by the Chicago, Mil.
waukee & st. Paul railway company
and those in authority are confident the
bridge will be completed during 1918.
County Treasurer j. H. Starkey
has received word from his son,
James, that be has enlisted with the
engineering corps for service in
France and that he is now stationed
at Jefferson Barracks near ST. Louis.
The we'll drillers who put down the
artesian well on the Bronte farm
have moved their outfit TO the Green
farm near Okobojo, where the work
of digging another well will be push
ed as rapidly as possible. From the
Green farm they will move on to the
Gowdy ranch.
S. Il. Putnam, who has engaged
heavily in gardening on his farm near
Canning the past summer, is reapiDg
the reward of his tolls. MIR. Putnam
recently sold 1000. bushels of potatoes
at 81 90 per bushel to buyers for tie
eastern markets, and yet has over
j, 900 bushels for the market.
Forest City Press: Ed Sutton, ac-
companied by another train Of hog
wagons, went to LaPlant last Friday
aud Saturday where they loaded up
another lot Of shoats purchased OF
various settlers west of that point.
He purchased 400 head Of the shoats
in company with his partner, Geo.
Fairbank. They are taking them to
their ranch to feed.
Spufiing Bros. at their Leslie ranch,
last week threshed alfalfa, SO acres OF
seed crop, which yielded well. Es.
pscially their 40 acres of Grimm al.
faifa which thresIed out 325 bushels
apd is worth SIS per bushel. The