Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-03-10

The annual spring repairing on
various houses ahd buildings in the
city has started, and all carpenters
and men employed in the building
trades are hard at work on these jobs.
Ours is government Of the people
for the Express Companies few
favored ones. Write to your Congress
man and tell him what you think about
the Parcels-Post. 1t will benefit you
to express yourself on so vital theme.
And there is another advantage in
being country editor, remarks the
Louisiana, (Mo.) journal. After he
Is dead nobody will be digging up his
stomach to find out whether he was
"pizened for the sake of his money.
Arrangements have been completed
for the construction of the main
canal of the Wyoming Central Irriga-
tion company near Riverton. 1t will
be fifty miles long and eight feet
W ide, irrigating 100000 acres. Forty
per cent of the land owners have
guaranteed to take water.
The ranks of the United States
regular army are so full that Adjt.
Gen. B. L. Alvord, of Washington,
D. c., has notified the recruiting
offices not to accept any applicants
unless they are honorable discharged
members of the army. 1t is thought
that this ruling will last several
months.
The live stock market reports that
hogs and sheep are still going up"
This will be interesting information
for the ultimate consumers. who lost
sight OF them several weeks ago. The
packers sent prices skyWard at
time when the trust owned about all
the fat stock Then, too, fabulous
prices offered for fat stock when
none were to had, look good to them
pending the investigation Of the meat
trust by the general government.
Today has been named az the day
and Huron the place for meeting of
the state progressive committee and
all candidates for offices on that tick
ct. h. 0. Richards, chairman Of the
republican primary organization,
gave it as his suggestion, in an Of
fetal statement, "that all progressive
republican candidates who haye not
already announced themselves for
state and federal offices should, in
Justice to the progressive republican
primary organization, make their an
nouncement at once in order for the
organization to treat every body fairly.
Every acre of coal lands in Alaska
ought to remain the property of the
government. The government paid
for it. 1t belongs to the people Those
lands will never be settled in the
sense that lands here are settled The
government should retain full own err
ship OF them and lease them to opera
tors at SO much royalty per ton of
coal. If it is kept. in that way Alaska
will remain national storehouse and
a source of perpetual income. There
ls no reason under the sun why those
rich mineral deposits should be ap-
propriated by the great and rich cor
porations. We did not buy Alaska TO
make more millionaires.
4 The recent decision of Judge Hougn
of the United States circuit court,
quashing the Indictment for libel
against the New York World for it's
exposure of alleged scandals in the
Panama canal purchase is one that
will meet with warm approval from
the members of the printing and pub
fishing fraternity. The liberty of the
press and free speech is the greatest
heritage of the American people, not
withstanding the abuse to which it
has often been subjected. 1t will be
a sad day for the liberties of our peo-
pie when the restraining touch of
politicians succeeds in curtailing the
liberty of the press.
/ When the order in the disbarmept
case against Charles Schulz of Water
town, was called in the supreme
court, March S, Mr.. Schulz was pres
ent as his own attorney, and WAS evil
IDENTIFY loaded to say things, and
asked to be heard on his answer.
But he was notified that the court had
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