Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-02

RRE.. SOUTH DAKOTA, I
| If you're talking about the war and
can't pronounce the name, sneeze.
and you're all right.
The Adventists are again predicting
the end of the world-when it only
looks like the end of Europe.
Adjutant General w. A. Morris
has issued orders mastering out the
Howard company of the South Da-
kota national guard.
Reduced freight rates after Janu-
airy on livestock shipments to and
from South st. Paul was ordered by
| the Minnesota railroad commission.
Switching charges have been aband-
oned.
The state railway commission has
taken up tea rates on complaint of
a Mitchell firm, and has secured a
reduction of 32 cents per hundred OH
all shipments from the Pacific coast
to Mitchell.
For the first time in twelve years
moose hunting is permitted in Wyom-
ing. During the 1856 season fifty
ial 500 licenses, hunter to be accom-
panied by deputy warden.
During the football season just
closed only sixteen players were kill
ed. The public is accepting these
annual sacrifices without murmur,
although 1T was once given to objec-
tions to the slaughter of boys.
Another chapter has been added to
| the Van Denmark II osaple libel suit
| Senator Van Denmark, instead of US
| ing the 500 which he received from
Hosaple as damages, has turned the
same over to the state w. c. L. U. as
a donation.
| 1t is with steel now as it was year
ago with wheat. So much is going
out that Uncle Sam finds himself on
short rations at .exorbitant prices
| Nobody wants an embargo here, bat
it can always be had if American ex
porters overdo themselves.
Attorneys for Mike Carmel of the
Black Hills, now serving twenty
years in the Sioux Fails penitentiary
1 for criminal assault on his step
daughter, announce that they are TAX
ing steps in requesting the supreme
court to give the case rehearing.
/ The scheme of a get-rich- quick
scotsman who has been selling pearl
millet seed worth 8 or 10 cents a
pound to farmers in the vicinity OF
i Annandale, Mimi, at So pound has
just been exposed by the state seed
laboratory at the Minnesota College
of Agriculture.
| After hearing the argument last
Saturday, the supreme court Of South
Dakota took under advisement the
application of certain national banks
to restrain the state banking COM
mission from enforcing it's order re-
quiring state banks to deposit one
half of their reserves in the state.
Japan expresses Willingness to send
an army to the aid of the entente
allies, ii it becomes necessary. But
Japan believes it can afford sufficient
assistance by arming the troops al
ready available. 1t says that Russia
has armed only one-third of the men
it has mobilized and Japan is now
busy armlng the other two-thirds.
Earl Kitchener told the Greek
officials that England would have
100000 soldiers in the field next
March and would be prepared to arm
and provision 6.0O0, 900 Russian sold
iers. The earl has made several ven
lures in high mathematics since the
war in Europe started and Greece
should be onto his curves by this
time.
I Some 200 million acres of wood
land are said to be in the hands OF
farmers, with stand of 311 billion
board feet Of lumber and one and q
half billion cords of wood. Farm
woodlots aggregate more than a
third of the total forest area anG
about one-eighth of the total timb bel