Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-04-14


Mount Aetna is again on the up
heavel, and the people residing near
it are fleeing for their lives from the
flowing lava.
Kentucky has substituted electro
ton for hanging. Lynchings will
continue to be pulled off according to
old fashioned methods.
So long as none of Peqry' 8 magazine
articles come back from the editors
declined with thanks he will never
know what the real terrors of polar
climate are.
Oklahoma fat women are rolling
over and over OH the floor to reduce
their flesh. The thin ones are eating
fudge to make them plump. Nobody
is ever satisfied.
The latest venture on the trouble sea
OF journalism is the Historian, printed
by Abe Van Osdell, at Nilsson Hill.
The paper is an excellent sheet and
worhy of field much larger than that
afforded at Nilsson HILL
1t was in the Black Hills. within
10 miles of Deadwood, that the late
Thomas F. Walsh, of Colorado, the
multl-millionaire, laid the foupda-
ton for great wealth. Mr.. Walsh
came to the hills overland from Chey-
enne in 1875.
1t is with keen delight we note the
return of rhubarb to the marts of
trade. Rhubarb used to be the sig
nal for pulling shoes at home and 90
ing barefoot and this coincidence al
ways filled the hearts and stomachs
of certain small boys with delight
and pie.
The past week a great many loads
CT household goods, belonging to new
settlers have been passing through
the city. The influx of settlers will
take up the bulk of the free lands I'M
this state and from this on the only
available bomesteads will be the
Moreau river
A decidedly warm liquor campaign
is on at Miller. The temperance peo-
PIE believe that the license advocates
are making secret hunt for votes.
ms belief has caused them to get in
some of the ablest speakers in the
country. The result will be watched
with interest.
Emporia GaZette Joe Cannon
discussed the hereafter in a funeral
address the other day and practical
ly confessed that he doesn't know
what 1t Will be. One thing is reason
aoly certain, however, and that is
tliat he viii have no trouble in get
olilS llSHl LOT MS cigar.
Inc young men of Philip think they
would like to organize a militia com
Pany, the first west Of the Missouri
outside of the Black Hills, and they
are taking steps toward such an or
ganization, to become a part of the
state guard as soon as there is an
opening for them to get into the list
The agricultural experiment station
at Brookings has put out a compre-
henslVe bulletin on corn, which is of
great value to farmers at this time
and should be read by all Of them, IT.
treats OF methods of testing seed corn
and OF selecting seed besides giving
tables showing the different varieties
OF corn and the results obtained with
each in field tests.
1t is dangerous act when Won
come to consider it in its proper light
to have United States Judge over
ride the will of the people as expires
sed by their legislature and stop the
enactment of railroad laws by in
junction. The day is not far distant
until the people will turn their at
tentlons to these judges and find a
way to get rid Of them.
The Missouri river is at an unusual
~ low stage for this season of the
year, in fact about as low as in mid
summer, which leads to the conclu-
sion that there hasn't been much rain
up north SO far this spring. The
snow slipping away SO easily and
spring rains not having set in it
makes an unusual condition in the
water supply and one not haratoforo |