Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-10-26

1t is scarcely possible that there was
anything suggestive in South Dakota's
Taft with a gold brick.
The Deadwood miners made it the real
thing, habit of theirs.
Selling the farm and moving into
town to join the store-boX club is a
good deal like trading off the best COW
for a yellow dog. Don't do it, brother,
as long as you can plow furrow.
That Pierre is not suffering mater
tally from the effects of the so called
"hard times" may be surprising to
many not familiar with the amount |
of I'M rovement and development |
which has either been cemnleted or is
under way the present year.
Already there is movement in ma
tional political circles to have the main |
headquarters of the republican and
democratic national executive commit |
tees in Chicago during the presidential
campaign of next year. This was the
case in 1896 and 1900 and partly SO in
1908
1t is believed by railroad men ip
Nebraska that automobiles are hurt
ing the railway business. The rail
road men should have some positive
knowledge as to the fact That they
are not certain about it would seem
to indicate that the 9,30o AUTOMOBILES
in the state are run only for pleasure.
The dry and comparatively mild
winters of this section of the state,
the excellence of the natural grasses
for both summer and winter feed,
combine TO make the raising OF cattle
aud horses most profitable indust-
ry, while other lines of farming are
being developed. Grand Valley Her.
aid.
The thousand of eager homeseekets
who registered for lands in the Rosebud
is refutation of the scare presumably
thrown into the people east of here
about the crop shortage. People have
faith in this state and are showing it
by desire to obtain slice for them
selves.
Colonel Roosevelt in spite of his an
nouncement of self-imposed silence,
delivered an address last night before
the civic forum of New York and in
the course of his remarks he said: ''Tbe
judiciary of the United States must be
brought within control and answerable
to the well thought out judgment of the
people,"
During the last year 5000, 600 acres
of public land has been taken from
the forest reserve and opened for
settlement. Other lands of a like
character will probably be released
shortly for the benefit OF homestead
ers. Uncle Sans farm is not so
large as it used to be, but he is still
able to set up in housekeeping many
thousands of his sons and daughters.
The Rosebud reservation registra
tion did not reach the hundred thou
sand total so freely predicted a short
time since, but the rush is by no means
an inconsequential incident. The in.
dications are that perhaps thirty
thousand persons will take chance
the last available area of the public
domain open to settlement in South
Dakota.
The New York Sun has started a
'let-us-alone, " campaign, backed by
business men who want the antitrust
law repealed, railroad regulations
dropped, and all agitation in favor of
more democratic forms of govern
ment summarily squelched. The cry
is for a great man like Mark Hanna.
Well, 1912 is presidential year and
perhaps the prayer will be answered;
also, perhaps notl
South Dakota is to participate in the
defense of the constitutional right of
states to apply the initiative and refer
endum now being contested in the su
preme court of the United States by an
Oregon telephone company. AS the
original initiative and referendum state,
South Dakota has been invited to take
part and the attorney general has re-
sponded favorably, the Direct Legisla-
tion league bearing the expense.