Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-03-28
The County Board of Commissioners
meet on Tuesday, April 2.

meet ON tuesday, April 2.
Mrs. John B. Perkins of Highmore,
is a patient at the hospital.
A. w. Ewert left the first of the
week on a business visit to points east.
Get your Sunday papers at the
Smoke House.-F. N. Beacon.
A meeting of the State Buttermak-
ers' association is being held at Rap
id City this week.
The Big Muddy is running bank
high and large quantities of ice con-
tinue to come down stream.
Chas. Smith of Custer. an old time
resident of Pierre, vas in the city on
Tuesday renewing acquaintance.
VIM. j. Mundt has sold several tracts
of land, located in Stanley county, dur
ing the month of March, this year.
The Womans Relief Corps will be
entertained tomorrow afternoon at
the Dotson home by Mesdames Dot
son and Ward.
Miller Sun: Fred Greene has tap
ped the maple tree by his house. This
is the first time that a maple here
has been put to sugar making.
Miss Marie Moore was released
from the hospital Tuesday, where
she submitted to an operation for ap.
pendicitis, and is recovering nicely.
Mrs. Stroup of Fort Pierre, left last
week for Louisiana, where she was
called by the illness of her daughter,
g Mrs. Fred Steele, formerly of Pierre,
w. G. Gowdy and H. C. Quacken-
bush went to Winner Monday on a
short business visit, making the trip
by auto. They returned home yes,
terday.
Mrs. Melitta Ruble arrived home
@ last week from Chicago for a short
o visit with homefClks. Mrs, Ruple is
@ taking a course in kindergarten work
in Chicago.
Miss Helen Westover returned on
Monday from q short stay at bel
. home near Canning and has again
II taken up her duties at the telephone
exchange.
Adam Thereof, one of the old time
ranchers in the vicinity of Sansarc
+ Stanley county, is in the city today
% for a visit with his daughter. Mrs
! Bert Langland.
The State Rural Credits board ha'
! issued the announcement that they hav,
appointed no agents for work over the
state and that all farm loans are mad,
u directly through the state board.
j., a large Service Flag has been huns
81 on the walls of the w. r.. C. hall an,
= a star for each soldier of the count
~ who is or will be serving with tn
the colors'' will find a place thereon
at The German State bank at Wolse
ay is among the banking institutions t.
IS change its name and discard the wor
%. German" 1t will hereafter b
known as the First State Bank {
Wolsey.
Elk
od Miss Elsie Williams, VINO has bee
seriously i'll at her home for owe tw
cd weeks, is slowly gaining, though stl
=, very weak. Elsie suffered anothe
attack of rheumatism and it has lie
her with heart trouble.
as
=. The week for the gathering of bool
for the soldiers libraries, which clio
~ ed on Saturday night, showed TIL
-ba Pierre people had given 546 book
and representing gifts from son
seventy-f7e families.
to e. G.. Lee has moved his harne
Me shop and saddlerv to the building
to purchased several months ago on low
Pierre street. The building has undo
gone extensive improvements and Civ
- him much better display room.
Groton school boys entered the
of high school building one night Ia
week, collected all of the Germ
h text books, carried them to the sic
walk in front of the school house a
totally destroyed them by fire.
70. In watching the stock shipmer
,as coming into this section on eve
If freight one is given a fair idea as
~ the way in which farmers and stoc
men are getting stocked up. 1t
amazing to note the incoming sh,
ments.
ore The Minstrel show put on at t
,rt Grand last Thursday and Frid
ono nights by the Home Guards were t
of of the best performances ever put
ost by home talent III Pierre. The bt
were given good houses both mig
and a large sum was realized, VIII
will go toward the purchase of u
forms for the Home Guards.