Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-10-05

Chicago dispatches say that food
stutfs will all go niger as result of
reciprocity defeat.
Now that the election in Canada
is oyer it is safe to say that as little
will be heard of annexation over
there hereafter as over here.
1t is easier to climb down tree
than to climb up, which explains
why the top is never crowded and
why there is always room there.
Germany has nearly a million arm
ed men in the field. The west beat
this during the last harvest, except
that the arms and the field were diff
ferent.
So many people eat toadstools in
mistake for mushrooms it may be
necessary to direct the attention of
the government to the necessity of
regulating toadstools.
Meade county is not to be outdone
by the other counties of the Hills
in the matter of having county fair.
They will have fair, and have it at
Sturgis, Oct. IL, - and 13.
Mitchell Gazette: Through the
kindness of good republican who at
tended the meeting today we get his
summary, "About hundred men
not frost but a freeze" with George
Egan on the back seat.
This might be a good time for you
to repair your coal box. clean out
your hard coal stove, and withal
clean up your last winters vest. You
will need all of these before long, un-
less the calendar has slipped over
few.
Denver Republican: Why should
Canada lay down the tariff wall 80
long as it can import the American
campaign brand of demogoguery duty
free? 1t was grand opportunity for
its blatherskites, that one to haran-
que the voters on the dangers of an
neXatlon.
The land is in better shape this fall
to raise bumper crop next season
than it has been for years. Instead
of turning under coat of dry dead
stubble as was the case last fall the
land was covered with green yegeta-
tion which when turned under at
once ferments and leaves the soil in
tip top shape.
w. H. Green, editor of the Okobo-
jo Times, will no doubt be candi-
date for member of the legislature
from the Sully district, and it is said
his chances of election are equal to
that of any man. Our sister county
on the north can do no better than
choose Mr.. Green to represent them
in the legislature.
+. G. Robinson, chairman of the
state railway commission, is in
Washington, in attendance upon the
National Association OF Railway
Commissioners, to be held in that
city from October 10 to Is. Mr.. Rob-
inson expects to arrive several days
before the meeting opens, as he is on
a number of important committees,
and has work to do in preparation.
The total receipts from the Septem-
Der call for state taxes, brought but
$5S,377 to the state treasury, which
means that number of warrants will
be registered before the receipts come
in from the December call. The re-
turns for that month are generally
we'll up, as they include the payments
of the last half years taxes in Octo-
Der, and that collection will probably
be followed by call for warrants
out of that time.
The rain which fell Friday night
was welcomed by South Dakotans.
Old residents of the state who have
observed conditions through series
of years have found that when the
year freezes up wet" the prospects
for a good crop the following year is
excellent. Succeeding the dry wealth
er of June came abundant moisture
IN July lg !, AAngnst and September, the
present month closing with a heavy
downpour. During the month of
September three inches of rain fell.
This seems to be good year for