Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-08-15

| If Jack johnson really keeps his
word and retires from the ring, many
white hopes will again rise to take
advantage of the situation.
News that the United States gov
eminent has no ready money to pay
its bills made many man feel
a little bit less like social outcast.
Be square with yourself. If you
can't vote for Taft, be man enough to
cast your ballot for Woodrow Will
son." advises the Webster City Jour
nal.
1t is reported that Senator Craw-
ford will not join the bull moose
party. He thinks he would like TO
live his life over again. Isn't once
bad enough?
So many are withdrawing their sub
stantial support from politics at pres
ent that politics may eventually pc
driven, like many other things equal
| ly deserving, to support itself.
With prices of cattle and all sorts
sorts of beef stuff soaring around the
highest point in 40 years, the inevit
able increase in the retail price of
meats has begun to make itself felt.
In view OF the pertinacity of the
movement for the judicial recall, it
will seem to some an appropriate
thing that recent appointee to the
United States should be named Dodge.
"Woodrow Wilson ought to send
Teddy a message of congratulation, :"
says the Cedar Rapids Gazette. "The
bull moose is making Wilson's path
to the White House comparatively
easy"
Brown-takes-the-g Is the name of
an Indian arrested on the Standing
Rock agency on the charge of cattle
rustling. Perhaps his name could be
changed to Brown takes the cattle to
clear him.
Record yields Of small grain are
being reported from all parts of the
state. A yield of 35 bushels per acre
has been reported for wheat and rs
bushels of oats.
The adjournment of congress by
Aug. IL has been definitely fixed by
the leaders of both sides, following
the action of the senate in approving
free passage for American vessels
through the Panama canal.
The destitution of American refu-
gees from Mexico, now quartered at
El Paso, resulted in the passage by
the senate of resolution authorizing
the war department to spend $1O0, 900
in transporting them TO such points
in the United States as they wish to
reach.
On July 1st, the grand total of canal
excavation was 173, ,269, ,S15 cubic yards
leaving to be excayated 22,os,5e 90 osa 5e4 Gu
bic yards. This means that more
than one-eighth of the entire amount
necessary for the completed canal re-
mains to be excavated.
Denver Republican: The British
admiralty investigation into the Ii
tanic calamity took longer than that
of the United States senate, but it
reached practically the same conclu-
sions. 1t might have been avoided, j,
but nobody was to blame!
Wonder if any of the members of
the colored regiment that rescued the
colonel at San Juan were among the
rejected delegates. But for their at
tentions during that affair. his soul
might now be marching on unaccom-
panied by his mundane personality.
Cresbard Beacon: The joke is on
Curtiss this time. Now that the
pamphlet containing the referended
laws is out, the newspapers are re-
quested to publish long explanations
that the people may understand them,
and be able to vote intelligently upon
them. II is whispered about that a
corporation has organized for the de-
feat Of some of the measures. Let
cnrtiss issue another pamphlet ex-
! plaiaing The situation for tha vats1a.