Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-03

The new corn is moving to market
rapidly now, and an average of 250 cars
a day pass out of South Dakota. Much
of this corn is going to Europe, where
there is a great demand for it.
1t has been decided by the congress
of Portugal that, when the time comes
Portugal will cooperate with the allies
in the war that covers nearly all of Eu-
rope and Asia. Portugal will partially
mobilize without delay.
G. M. Drummond, formerly county
superintendent of Ziebach county,
has purchased the Eagle Butte News
of Frank Bowman. 1t is rumored
there that Mr.. Bowman will move to
Centervile, where he will establish
new paper.
With three governments in full blast
in Mexico on Monday morning, there
was evidence that the conference that
was to settle everything has settled
nothing. Washington is still watchful-
ly waiting the determination of the is
sues and characters.
Z. A. Christopherson, of Sioux
Falls, seems to be the likely winner
for the speakership of the lower
house of the next state legislature. P.
j. Tscharner, of Lennon, speaker at
the 1913 session of the legislature, is
a candidate for reelection.
The South Dakota act requiring a
foreign corporation to appoint an agent
to accept service of suit in this state
before suing forgoods sold in interstate
commerce was annulled Monday by the
supreme court as an unconstitutional
burden on interstate commerce.
The war has now been on for four
months. The various armies have suf-
fered in killed, wounded. and missing,
approximately $500, 900 men. There is
as yet no suggestion of peace, but if
the ratio of loss is maintained for an
other four months, the pressure for
peace will be tremendous.
In northern Idaho and Montana,
which had many fires during the past
summer, 35 per cent of the fires on
national forests were caused by rail-
roads, 26 per cent by lightning, and
10 per cent by campers. The remain
der were due to brush and other mis-
cellaneous or unknown causes.
"The voters are tired of having
placed before them at the primary
elections and general alections list
of names for string of Offices that
are no more intelligible than casu-
atty list of the Russian war depart
ment, f" insists the Mason City Times
in advocating the short ballot.
Armour's official newspaper remarks
that "we U. S. & Co., has the world al
its feet, dominance in trade, in manu-.
facture, in world finance and the friend
ship of all nations" :" That is consider.
BILE for the United States to realize al
at once. But the United States is
strong enough to carry the honors.
A mountain lion recently killed ir
the Grand Canyon game preserve
which adjoins the Tusayan natiopa
forest, measured ten feet from nose
to ta,l. Mountain lions and otbe,
beasts of prey, such as wolves, GOV
otes, and wild cats, are killed by for
est officers and game wardens because
they are menace to stock and tt
game animals.
Polk county is leading all the countie.
in Iowa with its contribution of $40 ,Oo(
for the Belgian relief fund. Four car
loads Of grain, worth more than So. 900
have already been sent. Tag day ir
Des Moines netted over %. 600 more ane
contributions from the schools and from
other sources will bring the county's
total up to 80,
In two months the Panama Canal has
collected tolls amounting to $3.50, 600
Nearly all of the money has come from
American vessels. 1t goes to help pay
the cost of operating and maintaining
the canal. and decreases the financial
burden of the nation. It is paid. will.
ingly by the vessel owners, because
they find that the savings in expense
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