Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-12

tho opSLh uOuo6 dt Dluu0 WAS Ctl-
demned by State Fire Marshal Grams
last week.
Mrs. JAS. Cox of Pleasant Valley.
township is visiting with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Greenough.
DR.. G. M. Hollister went ont to
Philip Sunday, where he assisted DR..
Gesrhart in a surgical operation.
Captain Linstad went to Madison
Monday, where he has been assigned
to Company for a short period.
Mrs. N. B. Gearhart and daugh-
tiers, Ruth and Winnifred, have gone
out to Philip to remain for some
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. l.. Barton of Har-
rold, visited in the city over Sunday.
guests at the home of their son, e. e.
Barton.
Judge McCord went out to Midland
Saturday, where he assisted in the
organization of an order of the r..
a. M.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nordvald of Mobridge,
are in the city, called here by the
death of their brother-in,law, B. f.
Huney.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. E. Snyder of Oni.
da. passed through the city Monday,
enroute home from a several days'
outing at Hisega.
Mrs. lone Russell and daughter,
Mrs. Maude Carter, city librarian,
returned Tuesday from a months
trip to Colorado points.
Judge j. II. Mccoy went to Mil
bank Monday, where no took part in
the dedication exercises of the new
Grant county court house.
Yankee Robinson, the widely known
Snowman, is billed to give two per-
formances here July %. He is said to
have many new attractions this year.
Fred Hepperle, former state land
commissioner, passed through the
city Yesterday enroute to his home
at Eureka from an outing at Hisega.
Miss Gladys Bennett and sister ar
rived home Monday from Pipestone,
Mimi, whore they spent several days
with their brother, Claude.
Mrs. HaFan Person of Blunt, pass.
ed away at her home Friday. The
funeral was held from the home Sun
day. Deceased is survived by eight
children.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Walker arrived
the fore part of the week from Cedar
Nails, Iowa, and are guests at the
home of Mrs. Walkers mother. Mrs
Carson.
The marriage of Miss Mae Robin
son, formerly of this city, and George
Becker of Onida. took place at the
brides home near Onida last Thurs
day. The bride has taught school in
Sully county for a couple of years and
is one of the popular young ladies of
that county. Mr.. Becker is connect
ed with a well drilling outfit. The
young couple Will make their home
at Onida.
The nearest oasis for the parched
tongue sufferers and those whose
whistles demand moisture is now said
to be at Mankato, Mimi. 1t is a
matter of some two hundred miles up
to Mankato, and it is a ten-to one
shot that the thirsty will think twice
before making the pilgrimage to this
distant shrine. II is furthermore q
safe bet that if the saloonists of Man
kato make the hogs of themselves as
did some of those who haye been put
out OF business by the operation of
law in South Dakota, that they will
be ousted from their last stand in the
one bright spot of this great north
western Sahara. -Vermillion Repub-
lican.
Residents west of the Hyde block
on Capital avenue were treated to
one of the most fiIthful odors of rot
ted garbage last night. A large bar
rel which has stood under the west
entrance to the block since early last
fall and which was used by it's ten
ants as a garbage barrel has scented
up that neighborhood for several
days and many complaints made to
the owner of the block we're unheed-
ed until last night when some mis-
creant entered the alley from the rear
Of the Opera House block, dumped
the barrel over and deliberately walk
ed away, leaving all the pleasures to
residents, to combine this nuisance
with the heat of the night. Passersby
were led to believe that the stencil
came from the ear Of the Hits gro.
Gerry, but such al not the case, as
Mr.. Hits maintains n of the clean
est back-door premises of the city. A
complaint to the city authorities this