Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-13
LOCAL NEWS


with friends in Blunt.
Death to every common barberry
bush in Hughes county.
Rev. 7. L Riggs and DR.. T. F. Riggs
left Monday for Chicago.
E. II. Wood of Washington Springs,
is in the city on a short business visit.
Judge Gatfy went to st. Paul Friday
to attend a meeting of insurance men.
The Home Guard band recently or
gained. held a rehearsal Tuesday eve.
Mrs. W. d. Johnson returned Sunday
from a visit with relatives in Minneso.
ia.
New line of French Briar Pipes at
the Smoke House.
F. N. Beacon.
Miss Lucille Pettyjohn submitted to
a slight operation at the hospital Sun.
day.
Miss Zoa Robinson of Onida, is
among those in attendance at sum.
mer school.
The Catholic Altar society served a,
cafeteria dinner at the high school
building yesterday.
Miss Floy Brassfield. clerk at the
Moore store, has returned from a visit
with homefolks at Rapid City.
The six weeks joint summer school
and institute opened in the city on
Monday with a large attendance.
f. P. Satterlee, brother of A. C.
Satterlee, came overland yesterday
from Chamberlain, for a short visit
with relatives.
Miss Minnie Rozelle arrived the first
of the week from Des Moines, Iowa,
and is a guest at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. o. N Hoyt.
MI. INC Mrs. AL Hildebrandt ex-
pect to leave Saturday for Aberdeen,
making the trip by auto. Mrs. Hill
debrandt expects to remain there dur
ing the summer.
Miss Mildred Eager arrived home ON
Sunday from Grand Fords, N. D.,
where she has taught school the past
year, Miss Eager has accepted a
%clerkship at the Lucas store for the
summer.
Through the efforts of the Lawrence
county farm bureau, an appraiser of
the Federal Loan Bank, at Omaha, was
secured, who visited three dry ranches
for which loans had been asked. Irri.
cation ranch owners, asking for loans
will be appraised by a specialist in the
near future.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
has announced that the class of 1918
reglstrants will not be allowed to en-
list IN the navy or marines and That
10 voluntary inductions will be grant
ed until order and serial numbers are
assigned, members may enlist if they
obtain release from their local board.
Thomas Lyle, long a farmer and
stock raiser in this county, came to
Pierre last Monday morning. To us he
said, that Gin all the years | have
operated in this county all growing
crops never looked SO good or so prom
ising of an abundant yield, ana stock
were fat and growing fast. Everything
is the finest here today in the Lords
Vineyard.
One million, four hundred thousand
pieces of mail were sent in response to
the Mothers Day appeal. 1t arrived
safely and was landed without delay.
Sixteen hundred thousand letters writ
ten by American soldiers overseas to
their homee on Mothers Day, have
been received at Atlantic ports and are
now being delivered.
The supply of water which has been
furnished the past few days, little as
it may seem. has beer greatly appre-
ciated by all u people. The CITY is
NoioS ~ II 4 fONCl w supply wafer
and it is hoped with the big engine
brought to the city yesterday that
the earring of water for several
blocks will be eliminated.
The campmeeting of the South Dako.
ia Holiness association this year will
mark the twenty-fiftn anniversary of
the founding of the association and will
emphasize the event as an epoch in the
great work carried on in the religious
field. The camp meeting will be held
on the fine association grounds, 4 miles
northeast of Mitchell, heal Riverside
station. The dates are June 20 to july 7.
Here. are points you nav want to
know. Our boys in France are on a
latitude just about the sam me as Lake
Superior, and they sre exactly a quar-.
ter Of the way around the world from
us. When We are eating dinner, they
are eating supper. At 8 p. N. here it
is mid night over there, and when we
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