Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-18

| 1t is doubtless true that many
/ brave soldier who is at the front
making history would rather be at
home making hay
| Eight hundred thousand dollars in
gold to defray the expenses of the
| Italian exhibits at the San Francisco
exposition went down with the liner
| Ancona.
| The profits of the twelve reserve
banks for October were $S7 1886, ac-
cording to the federal reserve board
statement. The gross earnings were
$221, ,953.
The state live stock commission
is holding its school Of instruction in
| handling hog cholera vaccine at
Moreield, Minnehaha county, this
| week, a large number who are inter-
| ested in the work are in attendance.
The enemy of the allies is indus
triously at work in the shops of the
United States where war supplies are
manufactured. They are burning
and blowing up in all directions.
Some day they will be caught and
will be placed where the law says
they shall go.
In Dawson county an epidemic
of divorce seems to have full swing
On civil court calender of 46 cases,
l9 are actions for divorce. In three.
fourths of these cases it is the wife
who is instituting the proceedings,
for the most part on the grounds of
cruelty and desertion.
When Lord Kitchener predicted a
year ago that the war would last
three years, many people smiled with
incredulity. They did not believe
the prediction could prove true. but
now it is regarded as conservative.
In about three months half of that
period will have been covered.
Former Governor B. T. Carroll of
Iowa, spent several days last week
looking over the Isabel section of
South Dakota, and has expressed
himself as we'll pleased with the soil
and the indications of prosperity. 1t
is rumored he intends to make eavy
investments in land in that section.
The recent renewal by England of
the Warship patrol of the United
States Atlantic coast, eliminating
IN the chase of the steamer Vinland
into Norfolk, may result in a protest
and the demand for the withdrawal
OF the British cruisers. An investi-
cation has been started by b 9th the
state and navy departments.
Mayor H. l.. Howard Of Lead,
while in this city said he had not yet
definitely decided to enter the race
for the republican nomination for
state auditor, but that he is consider
ing such step, and looking over the
| situation before he makes announce
ment as to his intentions along that
line.
The Fergus Falls Power company,
which is negotiating for the purchase
of the Sisseton light and power plant
has just purchased the Browns Val
| ley plant for consideration of $13,-
| 500. If the Sisseton plant is secured
the company will have a string Of
power and light plants in western
| Minnesota and northwestern South
! Dakota.
| The refusal of the national guard
convention at San Francisco to ap-
prove the continental army reserve
plan, may change the plans for the
enlistment of the state militia in the
continentals, according to Secretary
/ Garrison. The guards feel that the
wholesale enlistment of militiamen
in the continentals would weaken
their organization.
The state railway commission has
accepted the compromise rate offered
by the railroad companies at rs per
cent of the late cattle rate, to apply
to both shipments. from terminal
markets to South Dakota points, but
to shipments between points in the
state as we'll, and with it rebates of
excess charges to shippers since the
filing of the complaint.
4 That South Dakota increased it's
output of corn by 10000, 900 bushels
this year is something to place high
on the record. In other western
states the corn yield was greatly re-
duced, the season being unfavorable.