Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-09-26

to hear something like a warwhoop
from him when he gets worked up.
Crossing the Alps is not what it
was in Hannibal's day, as is innicat
ed by the fact that through the Sim
plon tunnel alone 100000 passengers
were carried Italy and switzerland
last year.
Editor Sem of the Deadwood Tele-
gram, together with others of the
bull moose, declare they have sighted
ghost. We predicted all along the
moosers would be seeing strange
things.''
Sioux Falls Journal: Building op-
erations around Sioux Falls wouldn't
suggest that there is presidential
election approaching. Money gener-
ally goes in hiding presidential years,
but not so in Sioux Falls.
The range country is western South
and North Dakota and Montana is in
better condition today than ranchers
have seen it for twenty years. Grass
is fine, cattle and sheep in splendid
shap and prospects never better.
Detectives are evidently becoming
close students of human nature. Dur
ing the past week four famous murd.
erers were captured after months of
search. All were discovered by
shadowing either the wives or sweet
hearts of the men wanted.
No use to beat around the bush and
call it departing summer" the
thing is gone, good and gone. Only
few days more and Mr.. Common
People will be trotting up and down
his basement steps, keeping his fur
mace full of coal, or gold, which ever
term is preferable.
A new law which passed congress
demands that every publisher in the
United States shall on October 1st
and April 1st of each year make an
2 ffidavil to the postmaster of the
amount of circulation, owners of
paper, names of stockholders and
holders of mortgages, and other in
| formation.
The mere suggestion that Senator
LaFollette is coming to South Dako-
ia to make few campaign speeches.
is enough to throw Pierre bosses into
night sweats. The bosses, while pre-
tending to be supporting LaFollette,
was really throwing their campaign
literature into the Missouri river and
they don't care to have everybody
know it.
Now on the square what would one
think of democratic convention
called to nominate democratic presi-
Dental electors that named candi.
dates known to be committed to the
support of the presidential candidate
of some other party2 What would
one think of moose convention that
nominated candidates pledged to the
support of Wi;s0ufp-SSiou1 W City J our.
nal.
The Sioux City Tribune is worried
for fear the South Dakota state su
preme court will render decisions in
i the various political contests now ar
before it, in some way that will hurt
the feelings of the people, or in oppo.
sition to popular sentiment. The su.
preme court, doubtless, will render
its decisions in accordance with South
Dakota law, and it is barely possible
the justices of the supreme court are
more coenizant of the provisions of
the state law than is tine Sioux City
Tribune.
Il
1t is planned to make "the greatest
and most important target tourna-
ment ever held in the United States
feature of the Panama.Pacific Un.
iversal Exposition at San Francisco
10 1915. The big event will be arrang-
ed on 9 scale to do justice to the i'm
portance Of the shooting sport in
America, and will receive the en-.
dorsement and support of shooting
clubs throughout the country. Cali.
fornia shooters have formed : cor.
poration. with capital Of e20, 900. te
promote the art Of target sheoting
and this organization is prominent il
booming the lalt tournament.