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.£ LOCAL LACONICS The raiiroaii peupie are laying track on tlje new grade east of Pierre street. G=ese, ducks, meadow larks and even Hies are on the wing. Verily, spring is is advancing with along stride. The happiness of the Eastertide and the linish of the long penitential, season was celebrated with solemnness at all of the houses of worship. The record the department of vital statistics for February shows 890 births in the state, 334 deaths, 241 marriages 25 divorces and 100 nationalizations. C. A. Young & Sons will soon estab lish themselves in the plumbing and steam fitting business in Pierre. Both are splendid workmen, and those who employ them will have no regrets coming. It is a rather poor day in South Dako tavvhen two or three scores of imnii grant cars do not come into the state. Things are moving South Dakota wards nowadays, and every citizen of the state should do what he can to boost. Thomas II. Ayres of Pierre, S. 1)., a •real estate man who makes his head quarters in Omaha, returned Saturday from Cuba. He spent a month there to look over the land situation. lie is con vinced that within a few year-- Cuba will exceed California in the output of fruit.—Omaha World-Herald March :il. The Masons oi' Pierre were entertain ed by their brethem of Fort Pierre one night last week. The degree of Master iviasjn was con ft) red upon 11. .J. Brand huber, Grand Lecturer Ives conferring the degree. A banquet was served at which udb'eGall'y acted as toastinaster. That the. dairy industry is taking a firm hold in this section of the state is thoroughly evidenced by the fact that E L. Brown has sold over a hundred head of milch cows in small bunches, to settlers since the tirst of January. With such a movement this early in the season we may look for a big busi ness in milch cows here later on. Butte township is one of the newest among the organized townships of this county. John Steiuer. one of the res idents of that township in the city a few days ago, says that 22 new settlers have already come into that township this spring, and brought with them 20 cars of farm machinery and household goods. The whole eastern end of the county is rapidly taking in new popu lation, generally being those who have purchased lands from the original claimants. Judge C. D. Mead, of this city, a few days -'.go wrote what is probably the heaviest single insurance policy ever is sued out in this city, it being for ©10!), 000 on the freight house and contents of the Northwestern road in this cit y. The huge building is filled practically to the limit with freight, and the ques tion is where to store what is coming every'day, the shipments not going out as fast as they come in. Last week i0 cars of freight'were unloaded here, and the record of this week will probably be as great, and the risk on so large an amount of property piled up in one warehouse is more than the railway company cares to carry for itself. This is certainly a peculiar world one is struggling for justice and anoth er is fleeing from it. One man is saving to build a house and another is trying to sell his for less than cost to get rid of it One man is spending all the mon ey he can make in taking a girl to a theater and sending her flowers, with the hope of making her his wife, while his neighbor is spending what gold he has in getting a divorce. One man will «scape all the diseases that flesh is heir to and gets killed on the railroad. An other escapes with a scratch and die with the whoopiug cough. One man stands olf his creditors and goes trav eling, while another pays his debts and stays at home. That there is a great movement of emigrants to the reservation country west of Pierre is shown by the number of cars which have been pulled into Pierre during the past week. Sunday morning a special train Lrought in thirty-two cars loaded with stock and farm implements, all bound for Stanley county. During the day fourteen more cars came. The movement that start ed in that direction last month means eventually a thorough settling up of that country, ancf within a few months it will be well populated. Men are more thau anxious to get hold of the little government land remaining and none of it will be allowed to go begging at any price. A walk about town is a revelation to anyone who has not been about much the past winter. Mew buildings are go ing up in every part of. town, and yet there is not a dwelling house to be se cured. Every house is rented before the foundation is laid. About two hundred houses were built here iast season, and nearly as many are either in course of construction or contemplated by men who will build. Facts like these are what talk. It is not what is going to be done, but what has been or is being done. People are coming every day and we have nowhere to put thern. Already there are shanties up and oc cupied, and with the warmth ot spring there will be more. Meanwhile people are getting aloug the best they can un *der the circumstances, waiting for more ^wailing, hoaaea to- be pat op. .1 ). Thos. H. Leach was in the city Mon uay from Marroid. J. 11. J. Black was in the city Tues day, from Sioux Falls. Miss Marguerite Karcher is spending vacation days in Pierre. I). A. Stinger, a representative citi zen of Blunt, was in the city Tuesday. Miss Grace Evans, who has been ill for some time, has almost regained her health. Mrs. O. II. Burke and daughter Jose phine, went to Sioux Falls Tuesday, to visit friends. Miss Dorothy Hutchinson is home from Iowa and will spend her vacation days in Pierre. County Commissioner Metzger, of Canning, arrived Tuesday, accompa nied by his wife. F. N.Stewart, division superintendent of the Northwestern railway, arrived Tuesday from Huron. If the conductors and trainmen do strike it won't make much difference whether the fare is 21:. or 3 cents a mile. Farmers are already in their fields sowing in anticipation of a "bumper l'.t()7 crop." May their hopes be realized to an overflowing measure. C. B. Billinghursl left today for Ash ton to join Mrs. Billinghnrst and Miss Anna who have been spending the week in that city, visiting relatives. They intend returning Saturday. Misses Pearl Ksttelson and Inez Den nison, teachers in the city schools, are their vacation at their homes in Aber deen. Both have done splendid work in the schools during the past year. Fine spring weather has prevailed all this week, a continuation of the warm wave which prevailed the latter part of last week, and the farmers have been busy in the fields all of the week, A Madison stock shipper made a trip to Milwaukee to see why he could not get cars, and on returninir said the trouble must be in the power depart-, ment, as he found the yards full of '•empties." The Western Union Telegraph Com pany has made an advance 'of 20 per cent, in its cluirges for transmitting messages. These piping times of pros perity have their advantages and disadvantages. in-. The foundation of one of Mr. Xew bntik'R houses on Prospect street is well under way, and excavation for the sec ond has been commenced, Mr Newbanks is pushing the worK as rapidly as pos sible and is having the water pipes put The threshing crew got through with Clyde Shodmakers wheat last week and he reports a yield of 28 bushels. A pretty good Yield considering that a large amount was wasted being too damp to thresh out good.—Reliance Record. The threatened strike of railroad em ployes will not occur. The better sense of both employes and employer has pre vailed and a great strike has been pre vented. This result isiargely due to the common sense of the railroad engin eers and trainmen throughout the country. The contract for the new creamery building at Fort Pierre was let last Friday for *,074. The main building will be 30 50 feet, constructed of con crete and cement blocks, with corrugat ed galvanized iron roof and will be of the most modern and sanitary pattern. Judge F. R. Aiken of Sioux Falls is here before the supreme court to argue a motion for new trial in the case of State vs. Mrs. Lal'iue. The defendant was convicted on the charge of man slaughter in the Lake county circuit court a year ago, but the case was ap pealed to the superior court. A general council of Cheyenne In dians is to be held at the agency, begin ning April 15, for the purpose of dis cussing and voting on the proposition to leasing a portion of their reservation to the Utes, now at Fort Meade It is expected that some 1,500 Indians will take part in the pow-wow. A Larson, a representative of the Chas. W.Gnndeil Co., a leading con tracting firm of Chicago, is in the city looking after the prices of material for the new passenger depot. Mr. Larson is the first of the contractors to appear, and-is authority for the statement that the depot will be a brick structure, 30 feet by 330 feet. Hereafter Mr. Neuhauser, owner of the European houce and Pierre Hotel, will have management of both houses, except the first floor of the Pierre Hotel which has been leased to D. A. LaMotte recently from Clinton, Iowa, who will engage in the business of manufactur ing rugs. The hotel properties are sep arated by a vacant let ,upou which he will erect a two story building, con necting hotel properties. The steam breaking plow is taking the place of horse plows all over this part of the state. The new settlers west of the river are getting them in. and many of them are scattered over this part of the state east of the river. Several were worked in Sully county last year, and proved so satisfactory in every way that more are being ordered for the work in that country, while the eastern end of this country is being worked with that manner of plowing up the grairie sod. dSEkX-ai- fV^ j- Ik $ Ml r**j -^r^r ,4 «*»,-». VN *& •4**- Chas. J. Porter, the lawyer-postmas tier at Madison, is in the city. State Supt. Ustrud left on the after noon train for a trip to Watertown and Sioux Falls. Secretary D. D. Wipf returned from a tiip to Hutchinson county, where he spent Suuday. Mrs. Kate Shannon arrived from LeMars, Iowa, for a visit with her sister at Fort Pierre. The society of Eagles are planning to build a lodge home. They are of the class who can build. Louis Webber, who has spent the winter in the city hist today for his homestead at Hayes. -Milton Goodlier leaves in the morn ing for a visit of several days with friends in Vermillion. Miss Nichola, one of the teachers in the Central school, began work on the examining board today. John W. Laughlin is enjoying a visit from his father ^nd mother, who arriv ed last night from Mt. Pul&ska, 111. Miss Daisy Williams arrived this af ternoon from Webster after a short vis it with her sifter. Mrs. F. Denton. Attorney Bartlett Tripp of Yankton arrived last night, and appeared before the supreme co.urt today on legal bus iness. Richard R. Wickham arrived in the city today from Madison. He filed a homestead entry upon land in Stanley county and will shortly take up his residence in that county. Hiram Waldo of DeWitt, Netr., who has been visiting his brother, Guy Wa ldo and family for several days, left this morning for Ottumwa, S. D., where he will start in farming. O. L. Lnndin, a brother-in-law of C. Kindley, arrived last night from Cle mens, Iowa, for a few days visit with relatives. His two boys have been here with Mr. Kindley for several months. Grand Leeturere B. F. Ives will come to Pierre this week to conduct Royal Arch Mason work in the Pierre chapter, A large number of members have been elected and are waiting to receive the degrees. The county commissioners went out to the Snake Buttes bridge yesterday to examine it. The bridge is getting in bad shape and the board may abandon it next year aud condemn land west of it for a road. There is some agitation among the church circles to have a revival meet ing here. The churches could stand the membership and society would not be hurt any if the Madison result should take place. The Hughes County Teachers' Nor mal Institute, for 1.SI07, will be held in Pierre, beginning June 3 and continu ing one week. Some of the best nstruc tors in the state wili assist Superintend ent Hatch during the session. A. P, Osgood has purchased two lots 011 Kee Street of C. B. Ingham and is cleaning them off, preparing to plans trees, shrubberies, etc. In the fall he will erect anew home there, for him and his daughter, Miss Osgood. Rev. H. L. Russell received his ordi nation as a minister of the Trinity Episcopal church at Sioux Falls this morning. His many friends of this city will congratulate Rev. Russell most heartily. The members of the church will tender him a reception up on his arrival home from Sioux Falls. John L. Lockhart reports inquiries for lands greatly 011 .e. the increase. He has as large a list of lands, perhaps, as afiy dealer in the state and his extended acquaintance is proving of great bene lit to him at this Lime. He has farms and ranches for sale at prices that can not fail to bring the biggest kind of re turns to those who invest now. A very pleasant social and business meeting of the Baptist Young People was held in the church parlors last ev ening. After the business matters had been adjusted, little Mildred Thomas recited, and a selection was read by Miss Chapman which were both ranch enjoyed. Progressive games furnished the entertaiumeat fur those present,un til after ten. Lunch was then served after whi the crowd dispersed, hav ing spent a most pleasant evening. Ferry crossing is all this place will have until the permanent bridge of the Northwestern company is completed. The company which has all the requir ed material 011 the west side of the riv er for the heavy work on that part of the extension work from this end out tf Philip, will not attempt to again put in the temporary bridge, Whatever lighter material will be necessar.y in the work will be crossing on many barges. The grading work is so far completed that the people of Philip are counting on the trains running to that point by thelastof May. There is more work in several heavy cuts west of Philip, but the hope of the railway company is now to get the line in operation from Fort Pierre to Rapid City -by the 1st of July. The through trains will be delayed by the permanent bridge, whieh will not likely be completed before the 1st of September. With average weather and river conditions the road should be re ady for through trains by that time, but all dependsupon these two condi tions to alarge extent. 1 A For Sale. Pure bred Barred Plymouth llock Cockerels. SI 00 each. Also, eggs for hatching, SI 00 for 15. A Tr-usU slope: "Their leader suddenly saw the precipice beneath his feet and far be low, through the wreathing snow, the sea. Another step would have taken him over the edge. He sprang back with cry of warning, and. those behind him, hearing it, dug their heels instinct ively into the surface, and, with one excepti,n. all succeeded in slopping. What followed was over in an instant. Before his horror stricken companions had timcfto tlrink pool Vincc, unable to check himself with his soft fur boots, had slurt from among tlieni, flashed past the leader and disappeared." Vincc was never seen again, but. Hare, the tirst .missing man, staggered back to the ship two days after the others, remembering nothing between strug gling to a patch of rock for shelter and waiving thirty-Six hours later covered with snow. The Neatest And Cleanest RESTAURANT ir, the -state. It can h.-tiKi. one to live htm Everything io 2/* Mks. James A. Rose, Pierre, So. Dak. OVER THE PRECIPICE. Adventure In Blizzard In the Autaretie, Hero is an adventure In the antarctic regions taken from Captain Robert F. Scott's "The Voyage of the Discovery." Nine men five relm-uiug from a sledge expedition in a blinding snowstorm "A11 unusually violent squall prevented us from seeing even 0110 another. I im mediately ordered a chain to be form ed at right angles and extending across our trad each man keeping in touch with .'lie rest, with the idea of inter cepting Hare, who was missing, when lie came on. We shouted and blew whistles, and while this was going 011 Evans stepped back on to .a patch of bare, smooth ice and shot out of sight, immediately. Thinking the slope to be one of the short ones so common in the folds of the liills, Bame sat down and deliberately starlet! to slide in Evans' track. In a moment or two the slope grew steelier, and soon he was going at a pace whioli left him 110 power to con trol his movemcmS. lie whipped out his clasp knife and dug it into the ice, but the blade snapped off short and failed to check his wild career. In a flash the ice changed to snow, which grew softer until, in a smother of fly ing particles, his rapid flight was ar rested and he stood up to find Evans within a few feet of him." A third man joined them in similar fashion: "Realizing 1he impossibility of ascending again by the way they had come, they started to desceud, but within four paces of the place at which they had been brought to rest they found that, the slope ended suddenly in a steep precipice, beyond which they Sould see uothing but the clouds of whirling snow, 'liven as they recoiled from this new dan.rer and dimly real ized the merciful patch of soft snow which had saved then from it, a yelp ing dog flew past them, clawing madly at the icy slope, and disappeared for ever into the gloom beyond." The six others eventually moved on until they, too, found themselves 011 i«y crowd from' ui. oked to your taste ami served without delay. When in Pierre get your meuls at this old and popular place. 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That "Holding Hack" sensation commonly felt when riding on asphalt or soft roads is overcome by the patent "Basket Weave" tread which prevents all air from being squeezed out between the tire arid the road thus overcoming all suction. The regular price of these iit'S i« Ccl r»F»r TVl ir hiif fnr nrl nrr nurT^fiCrxi wa ot-#» ninl-iticrn or»*nio1 (oAtAru «\r?M tsx lltA We have hundreds of letters from satisfied custoHKrs stating FPHajs? if you send one nickel paid orders (these metal Tires to be returned 1. Ask your Postmaster. If you order a pair of saddles, pedals, parts and repairs, and I SmM W Pierre D. Q* Jordan, Twenty years' experience Iti.Homesteads, fin al proofs, protests and contests enables me to carefully present all cases before the United States Land Office. Office on Pierre «t Burdette C. Thayer, Pltrr*. S. -"7-y-rir a.TXOKNEY AT LAW: Practice Before Land Office a Bpeoalltj S. 1 1 H. JAYNSS.