Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-04

The anniversary of the surrender
of CORVALLIS recalls an impression
formed in our school days that this
military gentleman to begin with was
hopelessly unfortunate in the choice
of a name.
The government has caused to have
placed in the United States land
office notice for bids for surveying
two townsites in township north,
range east, and township I south,
range east.
in Spain Alfonso and the rest
are trying to prove an alibi in the Fer
rer tragedy. Probably trying to work
out a theory that Ferror Drained him
self by pounding his head against a
cream puff when the reactionaries
weren't looking,
In some quarters it is suggested that
the Panama canal, instead OF being for
tilted, should be kept forever as neutral
ground in time of war In other words,
it would be closed to our fleet Just when
it wants to get somewhere in hurry.
The registration for the opening 0 f
the Cheynne and Standing Rock lands
closed at midnight last Saturday
night with 81 900 registrations as
compared with 100000 for the Rose
bud in 1904, and ia 900 for Tripp
county last fall. Thee lack o inter
est is great disappointment to the
registration towns
Five thousand girl necktie makers
are on a strike in New York. 1t ap-
pears to be prosperous business,
but the proprietors are opposed to di j.
7lGing any of their prosperity with
the girls The ties are made from rem
nants and odds and ends, but thev
bring a good price when they reach
the consumers
One load of 900 bushels of flax
was hauled by traction engine from
the Brookings farm in Sully county
to the Gettys burg market and brought
the owner $1.55 bushel. This was
good sized marketing, but other
loads of grain from the same farm
this year have netted the owner
practically as much.
Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries
(the negro insisted that as present
champion his name should go iirst)
signed articles in New York to fight
forty five or more rounds to finish
not later than July 5, 1910, before the
club offering the best financial induce
ment, the winner to take side bet of
$4,000 and rs per cent of the purse
the loser to take 25 per cent.
The fourth assistant postmaster
general has issued an order perm lit
ting localpostmasters to suspend rur-
al free mail delivery thirty days when
the carrier reports habitual neglect
of roads by any patron, overseer or
trustee. If the road is not made good
within thirty days the local postmast-
er is requested to recommend the bad
ly kept portion be permanently with
drawn from the route.
Once again the Bank Of England
raised it's discount rate on Thursday,
the advance Of one point bringing it
tc five per cent, the highest point
since the panic of 1907 1t is the
third consecutive week since it has
been felt necessary to prevent gold
leakage by raising the discount a
point. The gold reserve was then
down to s11O,000,O00. Berlin being
strong factor in the gold demand.
Foreign exchange also advanced
Thursday.
In some of the churches in Alabama
the members who are opposed to
placing prohibition in the state con
stition are invited by the other mem
bers to get out of the church, and
several have done SO. There are
some curious ulixups in the lie south
over the liquor question. Some church
members are against prohibitions and
some hard drinkers and all-round
sinners are supporting it, not on.
sheir own account, but on account of
their sons and possible sons-in-l law,
because while they patti oIlizs the bar
themselves, they do not wish to see
their Sons md the. hns bands of their
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