Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-04
LOCAL NEWS

A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Bruce Sunday.
Alfred Zoske, banker. at Draper,
passed Tuesday in the city.
Miss Frances Mower celebrated her
9th birthday at her home Monday.
Mrs. Frank Smith returned Tuesday
from a several days stay in Sioux City.
Miss Bernice Smith has accepted a
position in the state railway depart
ment.
Miss Grace Satterlee returned Mon
day from a visit with friends at Yves
sington.
A dance will be given at the st.
Charles this evening by che young men
of Trinit church.
Gov. Norbeck went to Mitchell
Tuesday TO attend a meeting of Dagi-
o county farmers.
c. W. Sullivan expects to go to
Iowa in 4 few days, owing to the ill.,
ness of his mother.
a meeting of the Central South Oak
ota Poultry association was held at the
court house Tuesday night.
H. G. Wegner while IN Minnea
polls last week contracted for ssle
agency of The Dodge cars,
A large and noisy flock of cranes
could have been seer this morning
winging sheir way southwark.
The Altar society of the Catholic
church was entertained yesterday af
ternoon at the Academy building.
Miss Louisa Schmidt arrived Monday
from Springfield, MINI. having accept
ed a position with the Lucas store.
Rev. Father Willard arrived home on
Tuesday from the east, where he went
to meet his mother, who recently arriv-
ed from France.
The farmer with a field of matur-
ing orn finds more in the weather re.
port than the average person does in
a column Of War News.
Hunting has been the order Of the
day since the opening of the season
and those who have been out say the
ducks are plentiful, bat chickens are
few,
Mrs, William Griffith of Leslie
who came to the city last week to Wis
it a o in Company A, vent to Hur-
on Saturday to visit with another
son.
Ed. S. Sutton, the we'll known and
popular Sully county farmer and
rancher, is in Pierre today. He in
tends soon to ship two trainloads of
cattle to Chicago.
Miss Grace Parry, who has been en-
ployed as stenograpber at Brookings
for several months, arrived home Sun
day, having accepted a position with
the rural credits board.
Robt. Henry and family departed
Tor their home in Iowa after a short
visit at the j. r. Henry home. Mr..
Henry has farm property west of the
river which needed his attention,
An order governing the sale of po-
tatoes has been issued by the depart
ment of agriculture, The sale of
sunburned or unmerch8ntable tubers
is a violation Of the rule and car
rles with it a penalty.
B. A. Cummins and Chas. Slough of
this city and Judge Rice Of Deadwood,
returned Monday from q hunting trip
to Big Stone lake. They brought home
a good supply of ducks, many Of which
they passed on to friends.
Judge John F. Hughes will convene
the circuit court for this county
Tuesday, October Is, There are ten
criminal cases and thirty civil cases.
No application has been filed asking
for naturalization papers.
Ed. A Rowland of Sioux Falls.
was here the first of the week looking
over the country with q view of locat-
ing. He was much pleased with the
appearance Of things and will proba-
bly move here in the near future.
Walter Ward Of the National Bank
of Commerce left the first of the week
for a visit at his home at Elm0re
Mimi, and went from that point to
Ogilvie, Mum, where his marriage
to Miss Margaret Campbell took
place Tuesday.
Many farmers in this vicinity have
finished threshing, and while some
are storing their grain in anticipation
of better prices, g great many are
satisfied with the present high prices
and are selling their wheat and sur
plus of other small grain. The wheat
raised in this section this year Is
nearly all of excellent quality.
q r I,und. Ward Lambert and