Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-08-21

PIERRE. SOUTH DAKOT
If John Lipd's mission to Mexica
fails, it will be because John is hon
est, and diplomacy isn't.
Enough nations, however, will be
represented at the Panama exposi-
tion to make it look as if all the
world were there.
The Iowa City Republican says
that most of the people who are acl.-
ing to see the United States lick
Mexico have passed the conscription
age.
Kansas City Times: Beef prices
are to soar this winter, dispatch
says. And the trouble is that that
sort of an aeroplane never seems to
have any engine trouble.
A. IN. Jones. formerly president of
a national bank at Rugby, this state,
and sent to the United States peni-
tertiary for bank wrecking, has been
liberated on parole.
Topeka Capital: A town man occa-
sionally can shape his business Sc
that he may lie down besida it and
take a nap. But, after farmer has
attended to his regular work, he al
ways has we'll to dig.
A call was issued Saturday to the
republican senators and representa-.
tives to caucus August 26 in Wash
ington to elect the national republi
can congressional committee.
The Cherokee Democrat observes
that if a young mans hair is curly
and he wears pink socks girl does
MT care whether his head is filleC
| with sawdust or mush.
1t is cheering reflection that the
prospective advent of so cent bee,
makes it a lot easier for persons
whose physicians have ordered then
to eat little or no meat, to obey theil
| doctors orders.
The postal savings system has now
over $50, 900, 900 deposits, which mus
have come, for the most part, out O.
old stockings, because it has no
stopped the steady increase of de
posits in private savings banks, al
the figures attest.
With an express company cal
make 136 per cent on its investment
it certainly does look as though th'
railroads might drop their figh
against the people on the two cen
fare proposition and make up little
of their loss of earnings from legiti
mate prey.
| Representative burke declines tt
serve again as chairman of the repub
lican congressional committee. Mr.
Burke is either tired of politics or h'
is desirous of getting into it NOR
strenuously. The man who can ga.
with authority which it is, will com
mand hearing in South Dakota.
Senator Crawford has announce.
that he expects to visit South Dako
ia during the state fair to address tn
people of the state upon the politica
situation in South Dakota at the opel
meeting in Huron op the evening o
September 10. This may be regardet
as the formal opening of his cam
paign for reelection as u. S. senator
Men are being blamed for rubber
ing when an X-Ray skirt goes by
but if men didn't lubber, there woult
be no need of skirt of this kind,
says the Rolfe Arrow. Unusually
such things are made to make mel
rubber, and the poor dupes alway
do as they are expected to do.
Senator Sterling's plea before th
senate for duty on sugar in protec
tion of home state industry wa
what might be called dealing in fu
lures, for South Dakota has thus fa
only an expectation that it may som
day grow beets that will be made in
to sugar by subsidized corporations.
The Bryan Hearst hostility agail
crops out in their opposing position,
| in the Mexican affair. ALI the news
oonnr ony,aI ;pA,,ornal 49, NJ.