Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-08-31

lawyers as honest as newspaper men.
And yet there are some people who
do not believe in the recall of judges
The name of e. c. 1ssenhuth of
Redtield, would not look 50 bad on
the ballots as the republican candi-
date for lieutenant governor. The
Faith.
1t is reported that Canada never
had a more exciting campaign than
the reciprocity campaign now in pro-
gress. Doesn't seem possible with
everything SO quiet over here since
our congress adjourned.
When a hot wave is reported from
the Arctic things are getting serious.
For the first time in years there is no
ice along the coast Of Siberia. 1t
should be a season for the northwest
passage.
Senator Robert M. LaFollette de-
nounces the veto by President Taft of
the Arizona constitution, LaFollette' S
Weekly the senator's paper, saying:
1t was not the recall of judges that
Taft vetoed 1t was the basic princi-
pie of popular government.
A nation wide campaign against
the white slave traffic has been
planned by women of the national
socialist party. A meeting of the
committee made plans for campaign
that will extend all over the United
States to reach the traffic in young
girls.
The threat that China will send
warships to Mexican ports unless that
government pays the demand for
damages done to Chinese citizens dur
ing the late revolution is an indica-
ton of what is going on in China
Mexico, just now, is good subject
for an awakening nation TO practice
on.
1t takes a very severe spell of dry
weather seriously to affect the agri-
cultural production of the United
States. Every summer the crop pessi-
mist has lis hopes raised, but only to
be dashed to the earth again. We
are going to raise as much as ever
panion.
Alexander Henderson, the retiring
commissioner of the Yukon territory
states that the output of gold there
this season will be the largest for the
past four years. He urges the COM
mercial bodies of the coast to take up
the question of securing cheaper
transportation rates into the Yukon
as one of the best means to aid in the
development of the north
John l.. Jones', public examiner,
made no selection of an assistant
after the resignation of Joe Wing.
field, but now has named j. f. Nc
Even, one of the clerks of his depart
ment assistant, this action probably
being taken in anticipation of Jones
possibly being called from the state
to his new position before successor
is ready to take up the work.
a corps of surveyors and geologists
are now at work for the government
securing complete data of the geoglo-
gical formation of the whole Black
Hills for the bureau of geology, G.
w. Hayes of Washington is oversee
ing the work and says it will take
several months to secure the desired
information. Numerous smaller sur
veys have been made, but this is the
first time the government has attempt
ed to cover the whole Black Hills.
While crops in South Dakota this
year are somewhat below the average
candidates for state office are spring
ing up like mushrooms in a hot-bed.
There is no need of dry farming
methods to produce this crop. There
is need only for some winowing pow
er to separate the wheat from the
chaff, the statesmen from the politi-
clans, to the end that the public may
be spared the expensive process of
being practiced upon by would-be
statesmen who have missed their call
ing.
Before congress meets again the
trust magnates of the country will be
summoned before committee, along
with labor leaders, students of eco
nomics, ETC., to tell what they know
about the value to the country of such