Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-08-03


in the vicinity of Baskerville, To-, reduc-
ed to ashes much property on Monday.
Denver Republican: At least it is to
be admitted that Texas came nearer to
refusing to take drine than any body
seriously thought it would.
The trade in baseball players has
become so important business that
the major leagues now issue regular
market reports concerning it.
1t is now said that alfalfa can be
made into a nutritious and palatable
breakfast food. Now all that is lack
ing is the name-and the Advertising
The state game law allows the kill
ing Of prairie chickens this year from
September 10 until October 10, this
being the first year of open season for
two years.
September 18th to 18th are the dates
for the coming South Dakota fair,
and assurance is given by the secre
tary that it will be bigger and better
than ever before.
Sioux Falls has been selected as the
place for holding the next meeting of
the South Dakota commercial clubs
when they will form permanent
organization and get together for the
purpose of boosting the state.
Maine will have prohibition refer
endum in September, but it is not at
all sure prohibition will be repealed
Having found the issue good one TO
get in on, the democrats may decide
it will be a good one to stay in on.
The lumber trust is now trying to
convince the Canadian farmer that it
VIII be ruin Tor him TO compete with
the s!nderpaid and oyerworked farm
ers OF the northwest. The trust is
versatile and energetic but somehow
not SO awfully convincing.
Corn throughout this section is do
ing Well. With no untoWard circum-
stance occurring the yield Will be at
least normal. Late planted corn will
produce much better than the early
variety, the drought and hot winds
having occurred at a stage of it's de-
yeiopment which precluded serious
injury.
Morocco, you know OF the country.
It's land of some prone promise in
a mineral and commercial way, COM
pletely surrounded by Germany, Spain,
England and France And if anybody
who lives in that country has any thing
lett after those enterprising nations get
through protecting" it he may have
our hat
Delegate Wickersham of Alaska,
appeared before the house committee
on Judiciary Monday and reiterated
his charge "that Attorney General
WickeTsham shielded criminals in
Alaska. F" He said the Guggenheim-
Alaska syndicate controlled the APP
pointing of officials and controlled
them in office and that the situation
is getting worse.
The Sioux City Tribune points out
the fact that the president cannot
consistently veto the LaFollette-
Democratic wool bill on the ground
that he wants to defer tariff tinker
ing until the new tariff board is ready
to report, because the president him
self ignored the new tariff board
when he negotiated the reciprocity
treaty and forced congress to endorse
it.
Associate Press news is to the eff
feet that large delegation CT ssiia-
tors and members of the house will
represent the United States at a
parliamentary conference in the in
terest of world peace, to be held in
Rome next October, 3 to5, according
to Representative Barthold of Mis-
sour. t..osos : ;:.;s .::Te already ex-
pressed an intention of attending in
clude Senator Eben w. Martin of
South Dakota.
The campaign for the control OF
parliament, with reciprocity as the
issue, is the most bitter in the his
tory of the dominion. The vote of
the cities at the election on Septem-
Der 81 is not expected to change the
political complexion Of parliament
| much, but what the Canadian farmer
will do is not known, particularly as
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