Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-11-09

to try to take Ohio away from Frasi-
dent Taft.
A mountain lion, measuring seven
feet from tip to tip and weighing $50
pounds, was killed near Sturgis last
week. The animal is thought to be
twenty years old.
One of the drawb backs that might
attend certain possible presidential
nomination is the temptation there
would be in it for the organization of
Harmonica clubs.
President Taft, after his western
t. p, practically said he believed the
republican party would lose out in the
nation next year and there would be a
democratic president.
Brooks comet is again develping
tail. 1t extended over twenty. degrees
when last seen. 1t remains to be seen
how many columns in extent the pre-
sent tale will develope.
p. j. Scharner, of Lennon. has
concluded not to run for congress
against Mr.. Martin in the third dis
trict because he is unable to stand
the cost of campaign.
The government is paying out S14,-
0O0 interest On trust funds to Indians
at Cheyenne Indian agency today,
which will mean lively times at that
agency for few days.
The owner of the Dakota Frele
Presse, a German newspaper publish
ed at Aberdeen, having been moved
to that city from Yankton, has sold
a half interest in the paper for $685.
900.
The republican secretary of state
of Nebraska has declined to permit
the name of Dan V. Stephens, demo-
cratic nominee for congress in the
Third Nebraska district, to appear
| ON the populist ticket on the ground
that the populist convention was not
regularly called.
The auto registration for October
shows falling off for the close of the
season, as only 121 new machines
were registered for the month A few
are coming along these November
days, but the registrations will be
light until spring comes again.
| The slice of winter that has been
unloaded on the northern latitudes
during the current week invaded
southern ATTITUDES as far as Texas,
where blizzard deposited six inches
| Of snow. The cool wave served as a
reminder of the near approach of the
| season OF icy inconveniences.
The remark, "We will have peace
though we have to ight for it" is a
queer expression, but there is much
more truth than poetry in the para
dox that peace is won through war.
1t is strange, too, that when people
elsewhere are coming to realize the
horrors of war and clamor more for
the blessings of peace, should be the
time for armed conflicts and insur-
rections in various parts of the world.
While in st. Paul, last week, Gov
ernor Wesley practically made the
necessary steps to place South Dako
ia in the list with an exhibit on the
governor special which tours the
east in December. 1t will be neces-
sary to raise about fifteen hundred
dollars for this, but most of it has
been pledged, and there is no ques-
tion that the funds will be ready for
the occasion.
Two buffalo, seen at Pierre in sa.
loon by thousands during the capitol
fight, and since then placed in the
rotunda and at different places in the
statehouse, have at last been given a
final resting place in the west end of
capitol basement, where they will be
protected from the curious seeking
locks of buffalo hair, by stout steel
fence. Despite frequent ''hands off
signs, without protection, it was diff
ficulty to keep them from injury.
| Wagner seems to have won over
Lake Andes in the Charles Mix coun-
ty seat fight. That does not mean
1 that Waonor ia aocnro0 of fha oo,n+ =