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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18
THE HOT SUMMER

This long hot and dry spell which
just closed Sunday, or we hope it has
was very trying on man and beast. 1t
seems to have lasted longer and been
worse than any other hot and dry
summer We have ever had, but We
forget from year to year. The fact is
our climate is not regular. We had
good rains and plenty Of them last
spring. The fact that the dry spell
didn't commence in earnest until the
hay and small crops were nearly
made and the corn WAS we'll along in
the making has saved us from being
hard hit. We nearly always are say
ed from calamity here in.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18
FLEEING FROM MEXICO

Dispatches from the state of Tabas.
co, Mexico, tell of an enforced exc
dus Of Americans from the neighbor.
hood of Fronteras, 300 having depart.
ed and 40 more have been forced into
the town by Mexican rebels and are
clamoring for transportation.
These facts from comparatively
limited area are evidence of the wis.
dom of the administration in warn.
ing Americans to leave the scene OF
disturbance and in paying theil
transportation expenses to places Of
safety.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18
DEMOCRACY MADE GOOD

Argus-Leader: The tariff bill cuts
the rates of the existing law by about
20 per cent. This is keeping prom
ise to the people. If the people did
not want this done, they should not
have voted for it. We believe they
wanted it done, and we take not the
slightest stock in the predictions Of
the evils to follow. Certainly with
all the political parties promising
downward revision, it was about time
that at least one of them delivered
the goods.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18
McCAFFREE IS GOING SOME

Huronite: immigration Commits
sioner McCaffree left Huron with the
exhibit he had here, and added to it
the bost of everything in an agricul.
tural exhibit which was displayed at
the fair, taking the entire outfit to
four other state fairs, the first point
being the Michigan state fair at De.
troit, next week of the fifteenth, then
to Cuba, N. Y, for the 23rd to the
Goth, returning to the Illinois state
fair for October 3rd to 1lth. and then
probably to southern Michigan fol-
the 18th of September to October 3rd.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18
BURKE WITHDRAWS
FROM POLITICS

fNOM IOLlllVo
On Monday Congressman Chas. H.
Burke gave out the following state
ment:
my physical condition the past
year has caused me to consider the
advisability of retiring from public
life, and l have contemplated for
some time not being a candidate for
reelection. have now decided not
to be candidate for the reason stat
ed, and for the same reason l will
not be candidate for any other Of
fice am deeply grateful to the peo-
pie of South Dakota for their long
continued confidence, and particular
ly to those personal friends who have
for so many years made my political
success possible. l shall continue to
reside in Pierre.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18
sTATE TREASURER's REpORT

The report of the state treasurer
for the close of business August 81
shows cash in all funds to the amount
of s697, ,119 of which the general fund
carried S143, ,613. The school income
fund which will be distributed in De-
cember already shows up S146, ,655 and
will grow materially before the date
of distribution. The game fund is
$42, ,124 and the twine fund has run up
to $175, 780. The different counties
have remitted to the state Sill 1884 as
their share of the expenses of publi-
cation and distribution of the publ
city pamphlets under the Curtis law
which WAS in effect at the last cleo
finn
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18
MITCHELL CORN PALACE WEEK

Over $4,000 has been spent for at.
fractions Corn Palace week, Sept. &c
to Oct. 4th. Nothing like it ever seen
before in South Dakota. Animals
wild and trained; acrobats, serious
and funny; singing and dancing girls;
music by a forty piece band sensa
tional free street acts, awe inspiring
aerial act; and the exquisite little
English Pony Ballet, combine to
make the "Circus Royal the great.
and best entertainment ever offered
during Corn Palace week.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18
AUTOMOBILE MAPS FREE

The immigration department. has
received from the printer 200, 900
maps Of the state, showing in red
lines, and with prominent printing
the various automobile highways
across the state, as well as railroad
and other usual features of the South
Dakota maps. s
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18
SEEKS TO BE SENATOR

Former United States District Attor-
ney E. E. Wagner of Sioux Falls. who
has been mentioned of late as pos
sible candidate for the United States
senator, announced yesterday that he
had made up his mind to enter race.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18
Almost within speaking distance of
Jack Frost.

Political intrigue occupied much of
the time at the state fair at Huron,
according to reports.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18

The corn crop is under the wire and
able to approach these cool nights in
most complacent demeanor.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18

There are no better schools in the
United States today for the training
of diplomatists than the war and ma
Wy departments. When the secre-
tarien of these departments return
from Washington after visiting the
army posts and navy yards whereof
discontinuance has been proposed.
they are equipped for the non com
initial handling of any question.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18

The Mexican situation is so quiet
that Secretary Bryan is getting on
swimmingly with his engagements.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18

Owing to the rank growth Of yege-
tation that covers the prairies Of
South Dakota this year the state fire
warden has issued timely warning to
the public regarding the danger from
fires. It behooves every resident Of
this state to take extra precantion to
prevent prairie ores % BY 90 doing
the grass can be saved to retain the
snow next winter and thereby.add to
the moisture for next years crops.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18

If the plans of the Anti-saloon
League 60 through there will be sew
eral hundred ministers in this state
in addition to large numbers of lay
men who will go to the big national
convention of the Anti-Saloon
League which meets in Columbus,
Ohio. November 10 to l3 next.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18

Yankton Press and Dakotan: The
Deadwood Telegram says: WORD
now comes from the east part of the
state that George w. Egan has come
to the conclusion that he can be Of
more service to the people Of this
state as member of congress than as
governor, and that he will 60 after
Congressman billions scalp in the
First district
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18

With view of knocking out the
1-2 cent fare law in South Dakota
in favor of the 2-cent rate of the law
of 1909, Attorney General johnson
will argue before Judge C. A. Will
lard, of the federal court at Pierre on
Sept. % to dissolve an injunction &C..
cured by the railways of the state.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18

A funny old bird is the pelican, his
bill can hold more than his belican.
He can take in his beak enough for a
week, but we don't understand how
the helican.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18

IF Mark Scott. of the Sioux Falls
Journal, says the Kimball Graphic,
could not have libel suit pending
he would not enjoy life little bit.
He hires his attorneys by the year" J"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18

Chicago Record Herald: LaFol-
lette says he voted for the Wilson
Underwood tariff bill at political
sacrifice. He may find later that it
was one of the most profitable sacri-
fees he ever made.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18

An exchange suggests that it may
be that circuses take lot of money
out of town, but look at the mail or.
der houses-they don't even give q
parade.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18

1t should be encouraging to those
who are striving to bring about clos
er trade relations between the United
States and South America to learn
that the largest percentage in gain in
American exports Of machinery has
bas been in the movement to tho
southern republics.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18

Although the ballots at the New
York primaries may be as much as
Is feet long, the politicians are wor-
rying lest some of the people under
stand how to vote.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18

The campaign in South Dakota will
not prove dull if platforms that are
original, novel, and revolutionary are
able to inject life and action into poll
tics.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18

Governor Eberhart of Minnesota is
about to call special session of the
legislature, And this in face of the
trouble Governor Sulzer's special Sc es-
sion caused the New York governor.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-19
City Hall Proposition Re.Affirmed.

Carroll, Nov. 13-The city hall prop
osition carried at the special election
on Friday by a vote that was proper
tionately as affirmative as that of the
earlier election in April, although the
total vote was only a little more than
one-third of that in the spring. Only
sol ballots were cast, Of which 252
were cast by male voters and 40 by
women. Every woman's vote was in
favor of the proposition while Is of
the men voted against it. Twenty
seven of the women's ballots, or more
than half of them, were cast in the
second ward.
A failure of the proposition at this
election would have been serious
embarrassment to the city govern
ment, as the council. acting under the
belief that the action of the election
in the spring was entirely valid, had
let the contract for the city hall which
is now approaching completion and
had incurred obligations to the con.
tractor, architect and others which
could not have been voided even if the
voters had repudiated their previous
delegation of authority.
The vote in the various precincts
was as follows:
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-19
Tough on Old Soldiers.

The democratic administration is
bearing down heavily upon the old sol
diers of the civil war. Veterans seek
ing pensions must furnish proofs of
their family name, their employment
for the ten years preceding 1860 and
produce a bible record of their fam
lily. Large numbers of veterans would
be unable to meet all these require
ments. How many civilians could go
back to 1850 and furnish absolute
proof of employment and how many
could produce a family bible in evil
dence? In a family of half a dozen
or more children sixty years ago the
family bible possessed by the parents
could pass to only one of the children
and frequently such records are lost.
The negro veterans especially would
find it impossible to furnish bible rec
ords. And perhaps that is the object
of the order by the commissioners of
pensions-a readaption Of the ingen-
ious grandfather clause" -Burling-
ton Hawkeye.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-19
vii, Thi. Be a Mild Winter?

While 80 per cent or more of the
people in this section are hunting up
their last years overcoats and heavy
underwear because of the present pre-
mature cold snap, the promises of a
mild winter in Iowa this year comes
like benediction.
The weather man, pursuing policy
of caution, has issued no statement of
this kind. BY the older inhabitants,
who year after year have catalogued
the seasons and witnessed the signs
preceding them, declare that nature
has made no preparation for cold
weather-and nature knows.
Muskrats are building small winter
houses this year, indicating mild
season. Wander out to big lake. or
visit some of the creeks, and every
muskrat house, built of weeds and
sticks and mud, is small and has thin
walls, indicating that cold weather
will be mighty scarce during the win
ter.
Investigations need not end with the
muskrat Gophers are unfailing wealth.
er prophets, old timers say, and when.
ever a severe winter impends they dig
their holes deep into the ground. Deep
holes are marked by large piles OF
earth at the opening of the holes. and
this sign is not in evidence this year,
it is said.
And there is still another sign. The
corn husks are thin, and this is de.
clared to be an unfailing sign of a
mild winter. Many of the ears of corn
are practically exposed. and none OF
the ears have an especially heavy Gov
ering.
But with all these "signs" the mem.
DRY of the present cold snap is still
vivid and the prudent ones will go
ahead and prepare for hard winter
just the same as if natures weather
prophets" had not spoken.
In justification of their acts they
will point to the long, hot summer just
past as an indication of long, cold
winter.-Jefferson Bee.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-19

purchased the Pease property in the
south part of town.
Miss Emma Schnoor left Monday for
a visit with the L. LEM family at Den
ison.
Miss Myra Bush has resigned her
position at the local telephone office
and has accepted position at the c.
L. Potter restaurant.
Wednesday evening the Rounds eel.
ebrated ladies' orchestra gave q very
pleasing entertainment in the opera
hous as the third number of our lecture
course Each member was an artist
and all present enjoyed themselves.
The Verein society will give anoth.
er ball on Thanksgiving night, Novem.
Der 9th. Downs orchestra will fur
|nish music.
Landlord F. NJ Ofinger is having
the Park hotel treated to new coat of
paint this week. w. H. Conrad and
man are doing the work.
Miss Ethel Jordan arrived here Sun
day evening from Perry for visit at
the James Jordan home and with her
brother, Glen, and family.
Mrs. A. j. Barrow went to Hayes
township the latter part of the week
to the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Geo.
Slater, who is seriously ill.,
John Davis went to Omaha Monday
to enter sanitarium for a months
treatment, he having been slightly un-
der the weather for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoffeins went to Oma-
ha Monday, where Mrs. Hoffeins en-
tered St. Joseph's hospital to under
go an operation for the removal of a
tumor. The operation was performed
Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. This is
the second operation she has under
gone in the past year. Word from the
hospital at noon Tuesday gives out
the encouraging word that the opera
ton was successful and that she is
getting along as nicely as could be ex-
nected. Friends here are glad to know
that everything is alright and that she
will be home in about two weeks. va
Charley Fredrickson has been suf-
fering the past week with a severe case
of blood poisoning. Two years ago
he was hurt in a runaway and his leg
was bruised and he never fully recov-
cred. This has caused a great deal of
trouble lately and last week developed
into a severe case of poisoning. About
three weeks ago we mentioned about
him going to South Dakota to look af-
ter his farm. He stopped at the home
of his daughter on account of the
painful condition of his leg. He was
at Sioux City several days nursing his
leg before returning home, and since
that time has been confined to his
h,me. ..s. .l,sf'. SIS.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-19
NATIONAL GAME
CORN HUSKING
George Fitch Gives Lively Description
of the National Game Of Husk-
ing Now in Progress.
is NOT A COLLEGE DIVERSION
Game Has Sent Thousands to College
Requires Much Room; Cannot
Be Played Inside

Corn husking is national game
that commences about the time Dast
ball peters out and continues until tht
blizzard season. 1t produces the same
distressing results to the finger tina
baseball does, but as dividend pro
ducer it is a thousand times more Ell
fective.
Corn husking is not college diver
sion, but it has sent thousands OF then
to college and has given him the sin
ewy wrist with which to grasp the
flyiug halfback by the spinal column
and check him in his mad career Corr
husking cannot be played in stadl
um or amphitheater. 1t requires al
much room as golf. A forty acre tielc
will keep one hundred golfers busy
for years, but a hundred acre fielc
will only last two expert corn huskers
for a few weeks.
Corn husking is the most valuable
exercise in America. Corn that hasn't
been husked is as valueless as Sa
lone dancer in street clothes. Hun
dreds of throbbing geniuses have
spent their lives in trying to invent a
machine which will deity remove an
ear of corn from it's garments and toss
it into the wagon, but the only entire
" reliable machine of this sort in use
is the farmer boy who rises at 4:OC
a. m. and grasps hundreds bushels
of corn between his aching thumb and
fore finger before the sun goes down
The rules of corn husking are very
simple. The husker arms himself with
a large pair of mittens with armored
thumbs and follows a wagon across
the corn field, denuding two rows OF
stalks as he goes and trying to keel
the horses from eating themselves tc
death while waiting for him. The wag
on keeps moving all day long, and ii
the shucker is beside it at night ne
wins. If he doesn't the wagon wins
1t is an exciting game, but not suit
ed to delicate young athletes will
fragile, manicured fingers. Many 3
man who can follow golf ball all day
with the grim tenacity of fox hound
following an anise-seed bag has re
tired from a husking bee at noon with
q low moan and q bunch of dessicated
digits.
There are many husking experts
who can keep three eras of corn in the
air all the time and can hurl two hun
bred bushels of corn into wagon in
ten hours, only missing it occasional
~. The man who can do this Is
worth more to humanity than the man
who can hurl two hundred spit balls
per day before shouting thousands
or the daredevils who can travel two
hundred miles per hour on a motor
cycle in the last stages Of hydrophobia
There are 1000, 100000 bushels of corn
to be undressed and hurled into the
country each fall and only few
million red-necked and horny-fngered
farmer boys stand between US and
ruin.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-19
MANILA ITEMS.

(Taken IRON the IlmeS.)
w. E. Saiter shipped in another car
of cattle from Omaha Friday, which
he will fatten for the block.
Miss Kate Cody, who has been i'll
the past week, is reported greatly i'm
proved.
Mrs. Guy Hadley is here from Wis.
consin visiting with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry VAIL.
The bridge crew of the Milwaukee
have just completed new bridge on
the north spur Of the "Y."
VIM. Hook has opened up bowling
alley on lower Main street. The place
is being well patronized and is afford
ing healthful amusement and good ex-
ercise for the men folks and boys.
Rev. and Mrs. H. Wendt returned
Friday evening from their visit in
Sterling, Neb., and Kansas City. They
report having enjoyed very pleasant
time while away with friends and rel
atives.
Arthur Thorpe. of Salida, Colo, ar
rived here the first of the week on bus
mess. He reports his mother and Sis
ters well. Arthur is holding down a
good position out there and is getting
fat.
Mr.. and Mrs Hiram Tryon, of Terre
Haute, Ind, who were enroute to Cali
fornia to spend the winter, visited the
mast week with their son, John, and
family near Denison, and with the Try
on family in our city.
A deal was closed Monday whereby
4 B. Longwell becomes the owner Of
the H. E. Cooper residence property.
Mr. Longwell intends to move the
house to the west and make some Inn
movements on it. Mr.. Cooper in turn
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-19

! Be of good courage. That is the
main thing.-Thoreau.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-19

A man should be upright, not be
kept upright.-Marcus Aurelius.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-19
MEN WOMEN

The Abba, Iowa, Republican, tells of
a farmer near there who spent $25 in
advertising his public sale, which is
about six times the amount usually
spent. The result was the sale brought
him close to $1,000 more than his high
est estimate, so he thinks it was mon
ey well spent. Farmers are just be-
ginning to learn the value of liberal
newspaper advertising for public sales.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-19

When Mrs. Pankhust gets elected
to the English Pertinent, all she will
have to do when the majority goes
against her will be to go without her
breakfast. Then they will pass any
law she wants.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-19

If the Mexican Congress had remain
ed quietly in their seats and had not
ventured to discuss the affairs of the
nation, President Huerta would never
have put them in Jail. 81t,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-19
COMMITTEES FOR
CORN SHOW
Actual Work Now on for Manilla's An
nuaI Corn Show-Various Conn.,
mittees Are Named.
LIBERAL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
Excellent Program Viii Be Made Up
and Big Crowds Expected
Manila News Items.

Manila, Nov. l4-MOnday evening
in R. G. Saunders Office in the Flint
block the executive committee put In
four hours or more making their Sc
lection of those who will have charge
of the work at Manilla's. annual corn
and poultry show. There is a wide.
spread interest in this event again
this year. The soliciting committee
reports the business men cOntribut-
ing literally of cash and other valu.
able prizes and the executive commit
tee feels exultant over the outlook and
the prospects are for one of the fin
est exhibits yet held here.
The selection of such committees
requires a great amount of fOrethOught
and much hard work and in the list
chosen the committee has aimed to
make it representative and to select
those whom they know from past ex-
perience are interested and will give
their time and do their part towards
making the event a success.
The list of committees selected fol-
lows: r.
Executive-A. ]. Barrow, F. L. Van
Slyke, R. c. Saunders, J.. B. Schmidt,
Geo. NJ. Deter.
Soliciting-R. c. Saunders, J. B.
Schmidt, Geo. NJ. Deter, A. J. Bar
row, F. L. VanSlyke.
Hail.. B. Schmidt, F. Proescholdt.
Printing!. c. Jackson, j. J. Nc.
Dermott, F.. Proescholdt.
Fancy Work, to include Hand Paint
ed China, Burnt Wood, Etc.-Mrs. E.
C. Baker, Mrs. Rose Simson, Mrs. DR..
Draper, Mrs r. r. Moser, Mrs. Isaac
Hird, Miss Augusta Miller, Mrs. H. J.
Willy, Mrs. DR.. Weber, Mrs. M. E.
Weir; Mrs. Will E. Bliven, Mrs. DR..
Coin, Mrs. VIM. Goddard.
Canned Goods of All Kjnds-Mrs.
C. Morgan, Mrs. ]. B. Schmidt, Mrs.
F. Proescholdt. Mrs. Fred Schram,
Mrs. Wtil white. s.ss,.}25s., 80 -s9-7;s.
Baked Goods-Mrs. Charles Lefferts,
Mrs. r. Rasmussen, Mrs. Geo. M. Det-
er, Mrs. Frank A. Brown, Mrs. Geo.
r. Hird.
Baby Show-Mrs. Chas. Steckelberg,
Mrs. VIM. Grimes, Mrs. J. H. Healy.
Decorating-Will G.. White, H. H.
Kleepsies, Albert Hutchinson, Rockley
Barber, Ed Schram, VIM. Otto, Frank
Knott, Will Bliven, Henry Hamann,
Lorene Jackson, Amy Emery, Ellen
Palmer. ."
Program-R. c. Saunders. VIM. B.
McCracken. E. S. Wyckoff, Mrs. w.
S. Moore, Miss Osia, Miss Hatch, Miss
Walker.
School Exhibits-Mrs., e. S. Wyck-
off, Miss Cook, Miss Paymer, Miss
Pease, Miss Hird, Mrs. Smethurst,
Miss McCracken.
Old Folks-E. G. Baker, Rev. r.
r. Moser, Rev. A. NJ. Mcintosh, Rev. G.
Tillmans, Rev. H. Wendt. Father
Lynch, ]. L. Breckenridge, George H.
Baker, John G.. Hamann, Andrew o.
son, EdW. Saunders.
Arrangements-Isaac Hird, w. H.
Hadley, L. Huber. A. Bohlander, F. A.
Brown, G. H. Foye.
Receiving and Placing-A. ]. Bar.
row, Edw. Theobald. F. L. Kerr, J.
B. Schmidt, Geo. M. Deter. Guy Flint,
Henry Boeck, Willie Myers.
Speaker and Judge-F. L. Van
Slyke, J. F. Carnahan, R. c. Jackson,
E. D. McLaren.
Poultry. w. Vennink, Will Bliv-
en-, Chas. Lefferts, Ray Flint.
Order. r. Copeland, Bert Blair,
H. J. Willy.-Manilla Times.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-26

What the children think of US is
pretty nearly SO.