Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-06-12

PIERRE. SOUTH DAKoT
Castor oil has been placed on the
free list. It Is plain to see that the
small boy has no vote.
Yes, it is trifle warm, but this is
the month when days begin to shorten
and we begin slipping towards winter
again.
Col. Roosevelt's vindication may
satisfy him, but it has failed to make
a hit with either the distillers or the
preachers.
Texas, Kansas and other states in
the south are reported to be suffering
from lack of rain, but there is little
prospect from any such condition in
the states to the north.
Those hungry candidates for post
Offices and federal plums are of the.
opinion that President Wilson could cut
down the high cost of living very mate
rally by coming across forthwith with
the dessert.
Senator Crawford, Of South Dako-
ia, has introduced bill in the United
States senate for the regulation of
lobbyists. requiring them to register
and to be subject to stringent rules.
1t seems trifle odd, after so much
truth has been told about the horrors
of war. that people who ordinarily
are thoughtful should find anything
amusing in the hope for universal
peace.
Mentioning the cream business it
brings tothe mind the thought that
more cream could be marketed east of
the river. The dairy business is Ger.
tain to become moro prosperous and
popular each year.
Germany. Bolivia and Argentina
have manifested an intention TO ap-
prove OF the proposal for universal
peace, having asked for drafts Of the
proposed treaties. Thirteen nations
4 have now responded favorably.
Wheat prices ranges from to s
cent higher per bushel in Winnipeg
than in Minneapolis. Now comes
the Canadian farmers and urge their
4 government to put ten cent duty on
Iimportations of wheat from the Unit
ed States.
Fifteen hundred employees of the
packing plants at Sioux City are on q
strike. The situation was considered
somewhat serious last week, as both
strikers and employers were firm in
declaring they would neither concede
nor compromise. 81
4 If Secretary of War Daniels sue
ceeds in making every ship in the
American navy aschool forthe young
man aboard he will have made good
the fowery indorsement held out to
the boys Of of our country in the al.
Turing advertisements of the recruit
ing stations !,
I A colony of grasshoppers FIVE miles
wide and twenty miles long are trav-
cling in New Mexico. Oklahoma and
Texas, destroying grass and foliage
Stock is left in starving condition.
The government, state and railroad
experts are combineiEg forces to fight
the grasshoppers.
n Nearly everything the government
goes into in merchandising way
pays large profits. Those little pos
tage stamp books, for instance, earn.
ed $3.50, 600 net last year. OF course,
the government enjoys the advantage
of having some things for that the
people cannot get elsewhere.
| Corn is coming along fine these days
many fields plainly showing the rows.
and cultivating will in order in 9
week Though the corn crop had
rather q late start, the soil is in ex
cellent condition, and hot weather
will bring the corn along 90 it will nc
doubt be knee high" BY the glorious
Forth.
II might be good idea to lock the
senate up during the life Of the ses.
sion. making provision for . sufficient
number of guards during the hours 81
l meeting and for escort to and frou