Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-03-23

PIERRE IPE2PEeE, SOUTH DAKOTl
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The Northern normal and Indus
trial school of Aberdeen claims the
championship in collegiate basketball
in South Dakota.
Dick Richards is "a former newspa
per man, which may explain why the
legislature handed him a bump at
the first opportunity y.-Brookings
Register.
The Huronite remarks that the
members of the legislature ''haye
generally maintained silence" since
adjournment. Certainly. There
wasn't anything left for them.
Now that Winner, q new town in
Tripp county, is the undisputed hold
er of the county seat, the town is pre-
pairing TO assume metropolitan airs.
AS the first step in this, a special
election has been called for March Il
A special election to vote on issu-
ing bonds in the sum of SGT 900 to ill.,
stall d system of waterworks in Ka
doka was held and the proposition
carried without q vote against ii.
Fifty-nine votes were cast.
Judge Rice of Deadwood overruled
an effort of attorneys TO have two
Syrian witnesses take the oath of the
Koran under the Mohamme form,
holding this is Christian country
and the Syrians must conform to the
| American custom.
On " Wednesday, May IL, the mag
nifcent Odd Fellows home, just COM
pleted at Dell Rapids, will be dedi
Gated with the imposing ceremonies
of the order. and it is expected that
at least $500 members of the order
will take part in same.
Stamford, on the Milwaukee line in
Stanley county, will be one OF the dry
towns this spring, the petition asking
for vote on license not being sutli-
cient 1t was discovered that out of
the thirty-hye names upon the petit
ton, mite of the signers were not free
holders.
1t has been intimated that Presi
dent Taft will send a special message
to congress in which he will deal with
international troubles back of the
mobilization of the army along the
Texas frontier. 1t is his opinion that
an invasion of Mexico would be tant-
amount to a declaration of war.
In the midst of the excitement at
the late session of congress, it devel-
ops, the treasury department secured
authority to issue gold certificates
| against both. foreign coins and do
mestic bullion without going through
the formality of recoining or coming.
| If this is to go into history AS 'the
crime of 1911" the possibility has as
yet excited no one.
Champ Clark and Senator Bob Tay-
| lor are the only chautauqua states
men who have been out on the circuit
since the adjournment of congress.
Senator Taylor who filled a brief en-
gagement in Ohio and Kentucky has
returned to Washington. Mr.. Clark
announced when he left Washington,
that he intended to go to sleep for
about two weeks. He appears to
| have walked up.
The Grand Lodge, Rebekah assem-
bly,, grand encampment, and patri-
arcbs militant department council
will be held in Sioux Falls May 16 to
20, and prospects are for a record
breaking crowd of the three link fra
ternity at that tine. All four
| branches of the order are in splendid
condition in this state and making
rapid growth.
/ Married twice in the same day by
the same minister, but in two differ
ent states, is the somewhat novel dis
/ tinction held by Earl Crawford of
Spearfsh, and Miss Mary Finch of