Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-05-05

Trainloads of southern young cattle
are arriving daily in LaBeau over the
st. Louis road and other loads are in
transit from the Rio Grande river ter
ritory in Texas and Mexico.
Newspaper men observe with con-
siderable solicitude that the price of
white paper is steadily advancing un-
der the operation of the new tariff
act. At any rate, it is advancing CO.
incident with the operation of the
new tariff act.
The American Newspaper Publishers
association at its annual meeting at
the Waldorf New York, Wednesday
elected Herman Ridder, of the New
York States Zeitung, president All
other officers were reelected.
Moses called the first strike,' says
a labor leader We are not given
the particulars, but presume the cleo
trio plants were shut down, which
may have been the origin of the conun-
drum, "Where was Moses when the
light went out?"
Hudson. N. Y. April Weston's
injured foot still bothered him consider
ably when he resumed his transconti-
mental walk here at 1880 this morning.
He expected to make his next stop
at Rinebeck, twenty miles south of
Hudson.
Articles of Incorporation have
been filed for the Farmers Security
bank of Peever, with capital of
$4,000 and long string of incorpo-
rators. The officers OF the new
institution are f. b. Boharis, presi
dent; Alfred Nelson, vice president;
}. S. Hammond, cashier.
The supreme court is located in the
new capitol, leaving the governor the
sole occupant of the old structure.
The records of his department will
likely be carted across to the new
building this week, and allow the
wreckers to get busy at the destruc-
tion of the old building.
Summeris close at hand. Ice deal
ers at Minneapolis have already
boosted the price, although the coal
man, on account of the late spring
and threatened strikes, has not vet
reached the point where he feels able
p reduce the price Of coal. There
fore people are catching it going and
coming.
While the talk of county division is
on in the western part of the state
some of the old time residents of the
state would like to see Ziebach county
restored out of that part of Penning-
ton county east of the Cheyenne river.
That was its old time name, and the
early residents believe that F. M.
Ziebach should have the honor of
county bearing his name.
Confidence in the reliability of the
Washington Post statement concern
ing certain letters said to have been
written by Colonel Roosevelt to Pres
ident Taft and Mr.. Loeb has fallen
into pieces. Col. Roosevelt says for
publication that he has written no
such letters and Nh Taft and Mr.,
Loeb say they have received no such
letters. That ought to close the cor
respOndence.
The inroads of science and invention
are felt even in the realms of the
paragrapher and jokesmith. Someone
has devised a thiefproor umbrella. BY
removing the handle, which you can put
in your pocket, the umbrella, now use
less, may be left anywhere with safety.
The time honored story of Smith and
his umbrella has gone it's last rounds.
We may now prepare ourselves to hear
of a slipless banana peel, a sootless
stovepipe, and mother in -lawless
marriage.
Wolf bounty claims this year bid
fair to bring less cash to their
holders than they did last year, if
the record to date is an indication ot
the final ratio. Up to the last of
April last year claims fled amounted
to 1886. Up to practically the same
date this year the claims filed had
reached SS,696, showing a good ILL
crease, and the pro rata amount on
amount on certificates is likely to go
below 10 cents this year.
Cents, being of small value. are