Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-21

Saturday, was the last day that Emil
W. Victor, the convicted murderer of
j. W. Christie family and Michael
Ronagne, had to appeal his case to the
Supreme court. by filing bill of ex-
ceptions.
The enterprising men who have
made South Dakota one of the great
est agricultural states in the Union.
will help to build up Alberta, Saskat-
chewan, and Manitoba. We cannot
help regretting that the United States
is losing such good citizens, but if
they must depart. we would rather
they wentto Canada than anywhere
else.
The report of the comptroller of
the currency, showing the condition
OF national banks in this state, indi-
Gates an increase of $47s,5O in the
individual deposits in that class of
banks in South Dakota, from the
previous call on June 2s. The total
individual deposits September being
s2e, ,s55,245. Individual deposits in
banks of all classes in South Dakota
total not far from $6O,OOO,O 600.
Representatives of the state land
department are out on the Cheyenne
River river and Standing Rock reser-
vations making selections of practi
cally forty Thousand acres of land on
that reserve, as indemnity for the
state school lands which have been
included in Indian allotments on that
reserve. They will be out for some
time, and will get good sized slice
of some of the good farming lands on
these reserves by the time they have
selected all which is due the state as
such indemnity.
This city yill at once begin the
sinking of test we'll to find what
lies below the altesian basin, The
city voted s25 900 for this and drill
ing rig costing five Thousand dollars
has beenpnrchased. It is warranted
to work down as far as five thousand
teetsas required Of it, and an expert
Is here to set up the rig and drill the
hole. Up to the. present all the gas
used in the city is secured in the ar
tesian flow at about 1,4O0 feet and
the belief in a stronger flow at a
greater depth is to be put to a practi-
cal test, and if it is found, to develop
the natural resources in that line in
this part of the state.
The report Of the state bank ex-
amlner on the condition of state
banks in South Dakota on September
] and that of the national bank condi. !.
tions for the same date show that the
people of the state were carrying in
dividual deposits of s72 1886 1904. This,
with population estimated at less
than 6O0,00O is a showing of which
any state might be proud. The show
ing Of both class of banks is that the
savings of the people Of the state in
creased S3,10S,96 from the 1st Of
June to the 1st Of September. The
state banks, 472 in number, were
carrying the bulk of the deposits
with s45, $50, 1894 while the ninety
five national banks of the state were
carrying s2e,s55, ,245.O5.
One of tae Roosevelt policies went
glimmering, without single objection
from even the most Jealous newspaper
devotee Of. the policies, when Judge
Anderson, last week, threw out Of
court the libel suits against the news
papers whichhad accused certain men
high in station of crookedness in con.
nection with the Panama canal pur-
chase. Nobody seriously doubts that
the newspapers which implicated Pre-
sident Roosevelt, Douglas Robinson
and Charles P. Taft in a crooked deal.
lied aboutit tut it Was the place for the
individuals assailed to bring suit for
libel, if any was brought, instead of
pushing private grievances through the
medium Of the United States govern
ment. Aberdeen News.
United States Consul General An
derson of Rio de Jeneiro tells the bu-
reau of manufacturers some things
which ought to receive the country's
attention. He says that while the
trade of the United States with Bra
zil in 1908 fell off. as compared with
1907, that of England, France and
Germany increased. While the
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