Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-09

oWueis ueStfoy property Wnlcn mas
been condemned, he will start action
against them in the circuit court.
The Huron postotfice primary
among the democrats of that city will
be held on Dec Is, according to an
nouncement made by G. w. Hoch-
stettler Beadle county chairman.
The half billion dollar loan made
by England and France is to be paid
back in a hundred years Here's
hoping that their memory is good
even unto the fourth and fifth gener-
ations.
Pope Benedict's allocution to the
consistory of cardinals contained a
stirring appeal for early peace. The
council announced the appointment
of Bishop Joseph Busch, formerly of
Lead, S, D., to ST. Cloud, Minnesota.
Within the national forest bound
vate ownership, consisting of lands
granted or taken up for one purpose
or another before the forests were
created or of homestead entries made
since.
Meyer London of New York, the
only socialist member in congress,
who preferred to be taken care of by
the democrats in the committee as
signment rather than the republicans
was given memberships of the labor
committee as be had asked
The poor packers are to be pittied.
Their plea generally is that they only
make three or four per cent on their
investment, and they usually get
away with the talk But now comes
the announcement that the Cudahys
will cut big Christmas melon of
So 900, ,000 which amounts to 5S per
cent on the capital stock.
Without much delay, the jury that
tried the Ham burg A merican steam
ship company's officers found four
of them guilty of violating the laws
of the United States in shipping sup
nj n To
of the United States. The maximum
penalty is two years Imprisonment
and $4,000 fine in each case.
Garrett Fort, general passenger
agent of the Union Pacific, points
out that the railroads of the United
States demonstrated their faith in
newspaper advertising by spending
$50, 900 for newspaper space in
the last fiscal year. incidentally, he
might have added, some of them got
a whole lot of space which they would
rather not have had.
The United States ambassador to
London has protested against the
British habit of taking the vessels of
this nation whenever it sees fit. The
troubles of the past between the
United States and England have been
largely caused by its interference
with the shipping and the sailors of
this country. England cannot break
with its old habits.
There is considerable comment
over the state just at the present time
as to the numerous deaths or disa bill
ity caused by paralysis. The comment
is along the line of whether there is
any particular reason for this pre-
valence at this time, or whether it
'just happens" that there are numer-
Gus cases without any special reason
for the happening.
Dakota Republican: The Lester
Vile Ledger is of the opinion that it
will not be long before it will be i'm
possible to tell a republican from
democrat or vice versa. And con-
tinuation of the story might include
the statement that at no distant date
it will be hard to distinguish demo-
crat or a republican from a prohi-
bitionist-or vice versa.
The total mileage of railroad lines
now in the hands of receivers is
Al 1888, or a little more than one-sixth
of the total mileage of the country.
The capitalization of these lines is
81, 264 100000. The question of pres
eDt condition of the roads is whether
their ills are due to general business
conditions, too much legislation or