Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-03-28

methods will be given more attention
in the future than in the past.
1t is confidently predicted by dress
makers that within two years the hoop
skirt will have returned. This, at last,
may be the long locke for explanation
of the universal social unrest.
There was spirited bidding for the
school lands of Grant county when
the grazing privilege was leased last
week. j. G.. Jensen of Stockholm
paid 81 an acre for one 4OO-acre
tract.
There is almost certain to be de-
mand for the application of the refer
endum and recall to the campaign song.
The initiative seems to have been TAX
en- when the masses of the people were
not looking.
There is every indication that poll.
tics will become more active as the
season advances up to certain point;
after that point is reached politics
will be even more active for those
those who receive the nominations,
but duller for those who don't.
Democrats of the house have practi-
cally fixed June Is for adjournment of
the house, if an agreement can be
reached with the senate. Majority
Leader Oscar Underwood says the
business of the house can all be con-
Guided by June Is without doubt and
congress can adjourn if the senate will
get busy"
j. ID. Deets, immigration commits
sioner, has received applications from
the managers oftwo different canning
factories who want to locate in this
state, and if any town desires to Sc
cure such an industry they can be
put in communication with the man
ayers by addressing the state imml
grafton department..
Captain Roald Amundsen, over his
own signature, tells the story of his
dash to the South Pole and details
the work Of his party during the
months they spent in the Polar Re-
gions. Great disappointment is felt
in England that Capt. Scott has not
been heard from and unstinted praise
is given Capt. Amundsen for his
achievements.
AS was anticipated, the consolidat-
ed school is proving to be great pro-
moter of punctuality in attendance.
Pupils quickly learn that they must
be ready for the wagon when it calls
at their homes, and the accidents are
rare which prevent the wagon from
reaching the schoolhouse con time"
Some schools report not a single case
of hardness during term.
The Capital-Jou is in favor of
an amendment to the state constitu-
ton that will permit the state to en-
gage in internal improvements, road
making, irrigation projects, harness
ing water power, for example: The
state is now prohibited by the con-
stitution from indulging in any such
Improvements. The plan commends
itself. 1t is good one to discuss,
containing great possibilities.
The homesteaders who spent the
winter in the east have only about
| three weeks more to get on their land.
| Their leave of absence expiring on
| April 18th. Railroad traffic should
pick up greatly in the next ten DAYS
by both returning homesteaders and
new settlers desiring to secure a home
in the new Eldorado of the west.
With the large amount of moisture in
sight bumper crop is almost GER
tainty.
All that the sea has given up of the
battleship Maine now rest beneath
the sod of Arlington cemetery at
Washington. Last Saturday the un-
identified bones of 81 of those that
died in that disaster were buried in
the plot that was dedicated dozen
years ago to the $50 that were recoy.
cred shortly after the explosion. Ar
lington is a restful place, containing
the dust Of II. 900 soldiers Of the union
army slain daring tAa civil var.