Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-07-29

house was dedicated on Monday last.
The second crop of alfalfa is ready
to cut and is heavier, if anything,
than the first.
Lynn Hollen of Platte has purchas-
ed the Wagner Post of Editor Black
man, and is now in charge of the
publication. Blackman has not yet
decided on his future location.
The first meeting of the county ag-
rlcultural agents of the various coun
ties of South Dakota, now organized
under the new Smith Lever bill will
be held st Brookings August and 3.
That the farmers are attempting to
eliminate the middleman to at least
a certain extent is shown by the
many equity exchanges which are
being organized for the purpose of
handling farm supplies.
Lawrence county has fallen off in
population during the past five years
to the extent of nearly 1000 persons,
Deadwood experiencing loss of a
half q thousand and Lead quarter
| of thousand, these cities being min
ing towns.
The report of condition of the state
treasury for the date of June 80, last,
closing the fiscal year, showed $780,
s35 in all funds, The twine fund
carried Ss3, 1872. the game fund S34 1854
aud the common school income is up
to $l0S, ITO.
Chicago bankers would like to see
the demand for money stiffen up to
lift the current interest rate above
the present 81 per cent level. Com
plant about too much money is hard
for anybody but banker to under
stand,
By the Interstate commerce COM
| missien, the complaint of the Mil
| waukee chamber of commerce that
grain rates from South Dakota and
| other states via the Northw estern
road to Milwaukee are greater than
to other points has been dismissed
| American newspaper comment gen.
orally highly commends the position
taken by the president in his last
note to the German government. Pub
lie sentiment will adjust itself within
the next few days. 1t is believed
that the country will endorse the
president wholly Huron Huronite.
Owing TO an alfalfa campaign con-
Quoted by the Miller Commercial
club, it is estimated that over 1900
acres have been sown to alfalfa in
Hand county during the past two
years. The club furnished 6,4OO
pounds of alfalfa seed in 1914 and
1850 pounds in 1915, while T. f. SUIT
phen furnished 1000 pounds.
The presidents note to Germany,
this time, reads more like the note
Mr.. Bryan led the nation to expect
had been written when he resigned as
| secretary of state because be consid-
cred the language used too strong. If
that note was modified after Bryan s
resignation, as Bryan claim ed, his
action seems to have merely post
poned, not to have averted, the in
evitable.
That assessors who did the work in
the unorganized counties of the state
will have to wait for special appro-
priation for their pay is the holding
of the state auditor and the sta te
legal department The last legisla-
ture provided for such assessments in
new act which sought to make the
law more specific than the old one,
and fixed q compensation of 81 for
such ass essment work.
At recent meeting in Dublin, the
Irishmen in attendance declared that
"any attempt to bring into force a
system of compulsory military SER
vice will meet with our vigorous re-
sistence, The Irish people are not
enlisting with general patriotic spirit.
Their young men are coming to
America in largely augmented num-
bers, fearing the conscription that
Dublin cries down.
Mexico City is again cut off from
the world. Carranza went out and
Villa went in, is the last heard from
that scene of turmoil. Carranza was