Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-04-24

The schoolboy is watching the cal
endar with extraordinary interest
these days.
What is more pleasant than to be
awakened in the morning by the
music of a tree full of robins?
The baseball season is now wide open
and has crowded the Bulkan war and
the Mexican revolution off the boards.
The tariff situation is said to be a
matter of worry to other nations.
Haven't they any troubles of their
own?
''The privilege of association with
the president ought to raise the rat
ing of congressman, says the Sibley
Tribute.
Governor Byrne returned to Pierre
on Saturday from the eastern part of
the state. While absent from the city
he did some boss trading.
October 5, 1918. is the date fixed for
the floating of the first ship through
the Panama canal. This will be in
the nature of private rehearsal,
however.
Down in St. Louis girl has attended
church a .723 times in the last 26 years,
and has walked 8,9ls miles on her way
to worship. It's too late for US to try
to beat that record.
Brookings Press: The real optimist
must be the fellow who can make
himself see nice things about inside
work in the springtime, when all ma
ture beckons HIM to come out in the
open.
DR.. Friedman appears to be gain
ing confidence of the public. He is
now selling the invention that he feels
assured will cure tuberculosis and no
objections are being made by those
who originally opposed his claims.
From the California viewpoint the
Japs are acting foolishly in. getting
excltedo over the antialien law. From
the Japanese viewpoint the Califor.
mans are foolish to get excited over
the ownership of land by aliens
CITY Journal.
In the ranks of the Modern Wood
men of America order there is discord
and a factional strife has reach ed
such climax that meeting has
been called at Mitchell for all Wood
men of South Dakota who are oppos-
ed to the action of the Chicago Head
Camp.
The population of South Dakota is
growing at the rate of 5000 a year
along natural lines. the births ex-
ceeding the deaths annually by that
number. In ten years the natural in
crease in the population would thus
be 50, 900 and twice that number ought
to be added by immigration.
William j. Bryan and Senator r. M.
LaFollette are both rejoicing over the
winning of the fight for direct election
of U. S. senators. 1t took forty years
of agitation to get this popular measure
enacted into law. The voters will no
longer stand for interference with their
rights by handful of plutocrats.
The house democrats finished the
tariff caucus Saturday, giving final
approval to the Underwood bill. The
details of the income tax were gone
over. AS the bill now stands, death
or maturity claims on insurance poll
cies will not be taxed upon payment
to the benefciaries, but future in
comes from such proceeds may be
| taxed.
The secretary of the interior on last
Friday approved an order of the com
missioner of the general land Office
granting to persons who filed on land in
Mellette and Bennett counties, in this
state, and whose six months time with
in which to begin residence has expired
or about to expire, an extension until
May Is of the time within which to be-
gin residence.
By the commissioner appointed by
the supreme court of the state of Mis-
souri,, it has been decided that Wilson
r. Nelson of the Kansas City Star,
was found not guilty of contempt of
Judge Joseph A. Guthrie, althong Ii
the Judge SO charged and inflicted q