Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-11-02

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Last week s crop of new notaries is |
especially slim, the average run be-
ing about fifteen.
The state regents of education have
selected section of land two miles
from Oelrichs as a new experiment |
station site.
Right on top of President Taft's
world peace talk and activity, we
have few more wars than have TAX
en- place for years.
Watertown Public Oplnion: 1t
would take some time to enumerate
the Americans who would rather be
Baker than be president.
In the Mcnamara trial it does seem
that they are making farce of the law
of evidence, as applied to the examina-
tion of jurors. 1t may be that the
Judge is not onto his job.
This is busy season for comets.
New ones are discovered almost
every night, and now the Brooks
phenomenon threatens to spread it's
tail across the big dipper.
The hoop skirt Of our grandmother's4
time is to return and the hobble skirt
laid aside. The men will no doubt
receive it with open arms and the
street cars will have to be widened
and heightened.
With the election year off, the po-
litical field resembles q bee hive in
swarming time: and if Candidates keep
multiplying at the present rate, the
question will not be who the candidates
are, but who is not a candidate.
~ hSlS Stptii iO ICi tshihiy
self proud on that Panama canal
stunt. He won't need to phil many
engineering feats OF that size until
the country viii get into the notion
of turning the railroads over to his
care.
The wisdom of governors man
sion at Pierre is suggested at this
time by the report that while Presi-
dent Taft was entertained at Con-
gresham Burke's home, the governor
entertained him at luncheon at the
hotel.
John Barleycorn got in his work on
Taft day in Aberdeen and laid out
more progressive republicans, demo-
Gratis, socialists, standpatters and all
classes of politicians than Mr.. Taft's
speeches. Score one for John b
Aberdeen Democrat.
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officials are much exercised over the
Jail delivery of Tom Moore, wanted
for cattle rustling, whose trial was
set for the present term of court at Ft.
Pierre. The officials are making
every effort to locate him,
Another revolution is on in Mexico.
Reyes is on the rampage, and he has
a large following. Operations began
in Tamaulipais, a State hitherto very
quiet and in which Americans, in
cluding not few in this count, have
considerable money invested.
| Indians from the reservation met
| president Taft at Deadwood and
wanted the Black Hills country given
| back to them or in place of it they
wanted fifty cents an acre to put in
their own pockets. The Great Father
told them he would see about it.
While it is too late to progress to any
great extent with the new building at
the government Indian school this fall,
the first work of excavation for the
| building has been commenced and all the
prelimary work will be completed this
| fall, to be ready to rush actual con-
struction work with the coming OF
warmer weather next spring.
On the question of football, George
Fitch writes: Football is played
mostly by collegians because by the
time a man is out of college he has
sense enough not to play it. An old