Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-06-30


y. II Id said the Ballinger investigat-
ing committee will meet Saturday,
vote q to for acquittal Of the secre
stAry and then the voluminous pro-
ceedings will be printed to be sub
mitted with the findings of the com
4mittee to congress in the fall. In the
meantime 1t is expected that the bird
will have flown, so what's the use!
The report, however, will give a lot
OF windy senators and representa-
tiyes who do not expend all their
energies In repairing political fences
this summer an opportunity to in
dulge insome legislative pyrotechnics
Tor home consumption.
Very gratifying is the steady
growth In efficiency of the successive
\ submarines which are being tried
u out for the United States navy. The
s Salmon. !" built at the Fore River
yards and designed for II knots at
I the surface and 10 knots submerged,
@estab lished last month surface
record Of 1874 knsts. -Four torpedoes.
discharged when the ships was atfull.
spsed Ia the submerge condition,
1 scored what was practically series
81 bulls-eyes.
IL is probable the platform adopted
sby the South Dakota Republican
state conventionlwil lie fairly salts
factory TO all persons concerned.
The newspaper discussion Of the
( matter viii serve merely to clear the
4 atmosphere and enable the delegates
sto get together on some sort of COM
promise. After all Of there are a
Ilamber6 f things upon which all things
upon which all South Dakota Repub-
licaIs ought to agree.
The Huronite issued a greater
Huron. edition last week that speaks
we'll for the city. Huron has come
Ito the front very rapidly the past
few years and has the making Of one
re the best towns in the state. The
splendid new buildings and public
works are in keeping with city Of
twice the population that is claimed
for Huron.
a splendid testimony to the condi-
Sttons existing IN South Dakota is
shown In the annual report Of the
Masonic bodies of the state which
shows that during the past year the
grand lodge was not called on to
sxpend one penny for charitable
object.
The democratic state executive
committee Of Texas has decide do
sgrant the petition Of over Sc, 900 mem
5bers Of the party to submitat the
coming state primary election the
sproposition as to whether Or not the
Legislature shall submit to the voters
Il statewide prohibition amendment
% thbSc onstitut ton.
If airships are to get into the habit
Iof dropping on people, as happened
- this country twice last week. there
viii BE q strong movement for q
system of covered ways like the 4
porticoes ~ which one could walk
about imperial Rome without
expose 70 rain Of monkey wrenches
would bs even worse.
An experiment inirrigation will be
10 ata the Indian school ct Pierre
sby superinten dent Rastall. III.
Crandal ~ and s. q. Shank government
perts will draw the plans. The
llantsw ill 81 operated BY natural gas
|and artesIAn s. Missouri river water
MN ensed.
me- ting Will be held at Rapid
cn ~ 18TH and 18th of July for
ehs 05lf6a nisa ZION of : state branch 81
sthe NationAl DIV arming congress-.
~ Rapid City ID the
lln,ati2 81 tthe state 90 ittee, and
4! M Act the no ".
MI ~ j. I'M Ielee u ii The ~ Ill
Mn South Dakota
tore iq]nite benc-
M NJ ping - ton