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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
A Ramsay Memorial.

Mr.. Asquitb has been selected as
president of a committee of University
College to arrange for a memorial to
the late Sir William Ramsey. The
memorial is to be not merely national,
but international; and this is as it
should be, for Sir William Ramsay
was an international in more than one
sense His gifts were not only scien-
tific, but covered q wide field of knowl-
edge. He was, for instance, master Of
several languages, although he made
light of the accomplishment. When
he went to Stockholm in 1904 to re-
ceive the Nobel prize he surprised
many of the scholars he met by his
ability to speak any language that any
one else happened to be speaking.
"There's nothing in it," he said; "any
waiter can do it," This faculty placed
him in touch with the scientific genius
of the world, and contributed much to
his Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

President Wilson'S message needs
10 comment. Indeed comment would
b futile, since it could add nor detract
nothing from that document whice viii!
stand az one of the remarkable state
papers Of this q
To those Americans who read its
tsenchant paragraphs filled with virile
thoughts nothing more can be said than
70 advise complete accordance with and
assistance in achieving the high aims
expressed there. For those who did
not read it no attempt at synopsis can
make up their loss and the best advice
TO them is "Read it," 1t will make
better Americans of you.
While reading it there came to mind
phrases from that immortal Gettys
burg address that, altered only as to
nouns, fit exactly the present occasion:
NOW we are engaged in a great
(civil) war, testing whether this ma
ton, or any nation 50 conceived and SO
dedicated, can long endure. : 1t
i for %, the living, rather to be dedi-
Gated to the unfinished work that they
have thus far 30 nobly carried on. it
10 rather for Us to be here dedicated to
the great task remaining before US;
that from these honored dead we take
increased devotion, to the cause for
which they gave the last full measure
Of devotion; that we here highly re-
solve that the dead shall not have died
In vain; that the nation shall, under
God, have q new birth of freedom, and
that government of the people, by the
people and for the people, shall not
perish from the earth"
u President Wilson'S message to con-
grsss. 10, in effect, a Gettysburg ad-
dress Of large scale. involving the
world. instead of a single nation. l,
will mark tqe birth of a new worlc
freedom, . new life for democracy.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
HARD COAL L

All concerned in the handling of
hard coal are now facing a very seri-
Gus condition, and there is but one
way to avoid suffering i'll your ccm-
munity. Beginning with the operat-
oIs and miners, stocks OF hard coal
are being distributed At about the
same rate as in 1916. Stocks being
allotted to the wholesalers in this
fashion are in turn being divided
among the dealers. If the hard coal
that is shipped into the country is
distributed a little to each customer,
not to exceed n tor each, the siiua-
ton will be relieved, every body will
be supplied with enough TO take care
of their immediate need, and there
will be nc cases of suffering. The 10.
cal dealers at various points should
not allow their customers TO take in
their full winters supply of coal at
this time or they will have nothing to
distribute to their other customers.
In this connection, we must ask
that the dealers in Hughes county to
connne the sale of hard coal to those
who have equipment not suited to
soft coal.
Consumers having furnaces or 9th,
er apparatus in which soft coal can
be used must help through the pres
sent emergency by burning that grade
until such time as a sufficient supply
of hard coal il available.
1t will require the hearty C 20 opera
ton of everybody to handle the pres
ent situation.
7. b. ROBERTS,
H. G. QuAcKENBUsH,
H. p. WILLIAMS,
Federal Fuel Administrator, Hughes
County.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
sell. if We do not fix prices at which he

sell, if we do not fix prices at which he
can buy.
"This is not solely a food question. II
we limit the farmer as to what ne must
charge for his wheat, we must control he
price to him Of fertilizer, clothing, ma
chinery and of everything he must buy.
II is the same for the retailer. 1t is a
matter of human justice to take the prob
lem all around.
"What is to be done rests with congress
but I believe that the country is between
the two horns of a dilemma. Either the
prices of commodities must be regulated
or we must expect continuous increases
n wages, and every time there is an in
crease in wages there is a decrease of
national efficiency, as wage increases are
not gained without trouble.
"We must bring the rising cost of liv-
ing to a stop or have a constantly increas-
ing wage scale. The lesser of these two
evils is to bring IA stop to the increasing
cost of living. We must regulate, at
least, the great primary ~comrnodies- the
frils of life don't matter. That issue has
been faced by every European country as
the war went on, and l don't see any pos
sible evasion of it here"
In effect Mr.. Hoover means that pro-
iteering by the small retailer must stop
at once if it is not to bring serious com
plications upon the life OF the nation.
His words are a warning to congress
chat, having gone half way it must go
the whole route and extend that author
ity 10 the middleman who stands be.
tween the jobbers aud the consumers.
The nation having had opportunity to
verify Mr.. Hoover's contentious, is
ready to give him its support. Having
had it proved that fixing of producing
and wholesale prices will not reouce re-
tail prices will not reduce prices the
people are willing, indeed DESTROYS, of
having congress empower the food adj
ministration to fig retail prices as well
IN order that they may get the benefit
of what Legislation has already been
accomplished.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
KARCHgP-sAHR

Another wedding OF interest in
Pierre occurred Salutday aeon when
Miss Marguerite Eareaer was joined
in weclock to NJ Fred Sahr. The
ceremony took PTS At Trinity Epis-
copal church in u. presence of a fe W
relatives and friend, Rev, w. H..
Anthony ofiiciating.
A luncheon whs served after the
ceremony at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs, Karcher, Misses Adelaide Ayres
and Marjorie Giro presiding.
Mrs. Sahr is tbs only daughter of
MI. and Mrs. HeeIy karcher and has
always lived in 1-5grre. She is a
graduate of Ferry Hall school at
Lake Forest, IL. also OF Wellesley.
Mr.. Sahr has ne'd the position of
clerk and steIographer With the
Pierre National bank until bis en-
trance at the officers training camp
at Fort onellint .his fall. He has
been awarded TIN commission as lien.
tenant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ssnr lett on the after
noon train on atglp 10 the Twin Git
les, after which be LItuteDant will
continue his tn 70 Catup Lewis,
Wash, where ID >s beea ordered to
report tor DUTY. 9ls oanr Will visit
at points in Illiu .!e l8get joIuing her
husband in the V d.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
Petroleum,s Discovery.

Experts furnish us with data as to
potential supplies of English petro-
leum which the government has COM
Wandered, but they omit the astound-
ing romance Of that little trickle of oil
in a Riddings coalpit which became
the %progenitor of the whole enormous
Industry in petroleum products. The
oil was a nuisance where it was until
the future Lord Playfair analysed it
and understood 1t, and got it turned
over to "Parafin" Young. Young
farmed that stream and set the whole
world tapping new resources.-London
Chronicle.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
Scene or ROMANCE
Gatchina Palace Built BY Cath
crime II. for Gregory 0rIoff.
Former Grand Duke Michael and Paul
Alexandrovitch Held There After
Discovery of Counter Revolt.

CATCHING, where the former Russian
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch
and Paul Alexandrovitch were held
following the discovery of a counter
revolutionary plot, is described in the
war geography bulletin, issued by the
National Geographic society, as fol-
lows:
Built upon fiat, marshy lands on
the shores of two small lakes-the
White and the Black--the attractive
town of Gatchina lies, % miles south
of %Petrograd. Its resident population
numbers between $4,000 and $4,000,
but in peace times it is q popular sum-
mer resort for the wealthy classes of
the capital.
"Gatchina's only claim to industrial
distinction is a porcelain factory, but
its place in the sun of history is as
sured by the magnificent imperial pal
ace with its 600 rooms, surrounded by
u beautiful park, a quarter of a mile
from the Baltic railroad station of
the town.
MANY Americans have visited this
palace, which under the old regime
was open to visitors during the alb
sence of the dowager empress, who
made it her residence.
1.-THE erection of the palace, which
dates from 177O, recalls one of the
most dramatic periods in the history
of any European royal family. 1t was
built by Catherine ii. as a present to
Gregory Orloff, the young artillery Off
Ger who caught the fancy of the fu-
ture famous empress while she was
still merely the consort Of the half
imbecile Peter Ill. 1t was Gregory
Orloff, aided by his two brothers, who
effected the sensational coup d'etat Of
July, 1852, in which Peter was seized
and spirited away to the chateau of
Ropsha, where he vas eventually MUIR
dered. Thus Catherine III. acquired
supreme power upon the throne.
The grateful and infatuated Cath
crime rewarded Orloff not only with
the palace of Gatchina, but with the
title of count, a commission as adju-
~tant-general, then director-general and
finally general-in-chief of the Russian
forces. He might even have sue
ceeded in marrying the great states
woman had it not been for the inter-
ference of Panin, the governor and
tutor Of Paul, GATHERINGS son.
"When he assembled the throne upon
the death of his mother, Paul chose
the Gatchina palace as his favorite
summer residence and bestowed upon
the town municipal rights in 1897.
THE palace is a three-storied struc-
ture with one-story wings connected
with the main building by long colon
nades. 1t contains a famous art gal
lery, a theater and three throne
rooms.
Gregory Orloff did not bring his
days to a close in Gatchina. Upon
his return to the capital after an I'M
successful diplomatic mission he
found a new favorite installed in the
winter palace. Subsequently he lost
his mind and died in Moscow. His
brother, Alexis, the actual slayer of
Peter Ill, became a horse breeder
near Moscow after winning honors in
the war against the Turks. He left
an immense estate valued at 100000
rubles and 10000 serfs."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
SIMPLE SYSTEM OF TRAINING

Colonel j. A. Ryan, commander Of
the Fort Sheridan officers training
camp, has proposed q system for uni
vsrsal military training for the young
men Of America from II to FL years,
inclusive, that ia one Of the most ap-
psAling Of ito sort go far suggested.
HiS plan. with the very logical argu.
msnts he advances for Its adoption,
10 contained In the following brief
statement:
"FIrst-With universal training at
tho end Of Eve years we will have in
0ur reserve approximately 1900, 900
men, ct tho end Of ten years 100000
and should that continue no nation On
earth would ever dare attack the Uni
ted States.
'Second-The introduction of univ
srsal military training in the United
States will be force which will
ultimately abolish wal in the world.
'.Third-I advocate three months SER
,sviee each year for four years II, 1s. 10
md 80. 90 that when young men reach
tho age Of 81 they will have attended
four camps Of intensive training during
III monthsspt June. July and August.
Fourth-Thess three months are the
months Of vacation for all colleges.
They are the three months of the year
when mon will be out of doors and are
~ longest days in the year.
"Fifth-My idea in regard to the
regular army is to keep it's officers and
nsnl q ! training body. and during the
nine months from September to June
10y will garrison their forts and drill
their regiments 50 that they can act as
Instructors for the camps throughout
,ths United States and its possessions
daring The summer months.
tConclusions--I believe the three
months would appeal TO all college
men. O well % TO their parents. / be-
key0 that III great employers Of labor
eould y induced to make arrange.
msnts for men between II to 81 tn
taks Tint training and not lose their
positions q their salaries.n
America has been convinced Of. the
y00Ddsf maintaining larger defensive
1900 Al the foturs than ia the past.
1h1e0 r no fair way TO DO this except
nipples = military training. and it is
s6n1htf1lM more simple plan than
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
Give cheerfulness a Chance.

C~heerfulness is u much rarer quality
than is generally supposed, especially
among the rich. 1t was not common
even before we learned that, in spite
his heaven, nevertheless, all is wrong
In the world.
If most men lead lives of quiet
desperation" as Thoreau says they do,
1t is, | suspect, because they will not
them when it will. A good disposition
is worth a fortune. Give cheerfulness
a chance and let the professed philoso-
pher go hang.-A. Edward Newton, in
the Atlantic.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
japanese champaune.

The Flowery Kingdom has, in the
course Of the war, been saturated with
so much wealth that the government
brewery at Takinogawa deemed it a
good investment to go into the cham
payne producing business at 9 yen
tyen, 80 cents) per bottle. The effer-
vescent power of the Japanese Mad
anne Cliquot" is so great that by
carelaSsly u%ncorking a bottle half of
its contents is lost on the floor. This,
mt least, is the report printed in "The
North China Herald" Probably, q
combination of trade jealousy and po'
litical MISUNDERSTANDING.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

The railroads Of the United States.
so we + informed, have practically
reached the limit of their capacity
The freight traffic. however, has not
reached its limit, but instead is grow
ing hourly. To solve the difficult
problem there was but one thing to
do-increase the efficiency of the
roads. The war board hopes the un-
if1cation of control will do exactly
that.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
SUMMERSiD1-HEpPERLE

A pretty wedu.pg zoos place last
Thursday aiterneat at the home of
Mrs. VIM. Sun. uv:siGe when her
daughter, Miss E zAoeGh, was united
in marriage t. HecDert Hepperle,
with Il few friena5 "a Attendance;
Rev. John Fl. A. SIS of lae Jougre-
gationsi church >itvlmiag the cere-
mony.
The bride is t., 20uns 81 a~aughter
OF Mrs. Summe.-.de sud is a gladu-
ate of the Pier nigb SCHOOL, later
entering the VeemtJoa university,
where she is q 4 presena taking a
course.
Mr.. Hspperle $3.50 al Que time q
resident of Pier ais father being
state land commissioner. He is &
graduate from iaa A.te and science
course of the s.ale university and
this year he will e3oDlele : course in
law. Both Mr.. ana Mrs. uepperle
nave been popu:s5 II the different
circles connected Nith mai institu-
ton of learning.
The newly married couple left on
a short trip after %nlcn they will re.
turn to Vermilliou 20 resume thei,
studies.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
T. b. ROBERTS,
H. G. QuACKENBUsH,
n u w1rJrA.ro

Canada. in after years, will be
ashamed of these opponents of con.
scriptlon, but that does not mend
matters now. The nations leaders
who realize the duty of citizenship
must insist on CONSUMPTION and put
down opposition as rnthlessIy as they
would crush sedltion of any other
sort. Only in that way can the ideals
of democracy be realized.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
Notice To BIDDERS

Sealed bios for the renal of the NEM of Sec
ton u. TWP. liz. R. 20, Known as the Poor
FARM will be received b" the Board OF County
commissioners at the cou.ity auditors office up
to2:3oP. M. on January Sth, 1918. Bids may be
offered for rental of this farm for one year and
the keeping of county paor per week. or an offer
may be made for the rental Of this farm for a
term of one year with nc otter Of keeping county
poor. j. =. ERICKSON.
County Auditor.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

Generals Kaledines. Koeniloff and
Dotloff have begun q revolt in south
eastern Russia. This marks the pass
ing Of the IKE as : necessary step to
leadership. Perhaps Dutof will be
able to overcome the handicap.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

Toxic papers are urging Japan send
Eve million troops into Russia if the
latter repudiates its agreement with
the allies and declares a separate peace.
The laps. having once beaten Russia,
evidently believe like Grand father
Squires that they we .'the hang Of it
now and can dot again.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
Motor Pessimism.

"Care much for. the outdoor life,
Doppel"
Not since I bought an automobile
y should think that would have
just the opposite effect"
No. The outdoor life means moth
ing to me now but punctures, engine
trouble and motorcycle policemen"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13

.sAs they might say before Cam
brai, the British got ST tanked up
says the New sYotk World. On the
contrary, We should say 1t was the
GeTmsns who rot thanked"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
PIERRE NEWS
This Case Has a Hint for Many
Free Pres Readers.

Free Press Readers.
A Pierre woma.i las used Doan's
kidney Pills.
She has found them % represented
She wishes her nsie: oors to know.
She publicly Recommends them.
No need to look further for a tested
kidney remedy.
The proof of me.l@ il acre and can
be investigated.
Profit by the statement OF Mrs. j,
j. Workman, 476 Washington Ave.
She says: 81 suffc.9d from back.
ache a few years ago aud l had q
gnawing pain in H.. sa4Ilof my back
| wasn't feeling we'll az all. | started
using Doan's Kidaey Pills and found
they Were just what | needed. They
did me a wonderful lot of good"
Price Coo, at ai dealers. Don't
simply ask for a Kidney yemedy-get
Doan's Kidney F,tts--the same tina,
Mrs. Workman naa. Foster-Mil.
burnCo., Mfgrs., Buffalo, n. Y.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
State of South Dakota

State of South Dakota
IS In County Court
County of Hughes
In the Matter of the Estate OF
Katie L. McGlade. NOTICE
To J. F. McGlade. J. H. MeGlade and G. r.,
McGlade, and to the Creators in the Matter Of
the Estate Of Katie l. McGlaoe, Deceased.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, That G.. r. Nc
Glade has petitioned this Court. praying that the
probate proceedings had IN said es ate in the
state Of Iowa be ADMITTED III this state. as a pro-
bate Of said estate. under and by virtue of Chap
ter lG5 of the session. iIws Of the state of South
Dakota for 1907. You are therefore notified that
the Court has fixed Monday het3lst day of Dec
ember. 1917, at ten o'clocie III the forenoon of that
day at the Office Of the Court III the City of Pierre,
state of South Dakota. as the lime and place
when and where said petition will be heard, and
you and each of you are hereby notified to appear
at said time and place and make your objections,
II any. you have. to the granting of said petition
and to the admitting Of said probate proceedings
IN the state OF Iowa as q probate of said estate.
Done in open court by the Court this 18th day
of December. 1917.
BY TIE COURT:
ATTEST JOHN II. McCoRD,
J.E. SLNDEE. Judge of the County
Clerk. Court. Hughes County,
SEAL SD.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
Letting Him Down Easy

Letting Him Down Easy
Critic-"Brown has painted a dread
fully bad picture. What shall I say
about it2"
Layman-.Just say it Ii full az n,
aavidnAAtY.'-Town TQnio
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
"TARTARUS"
WHAT DOES 1T MEAN?

Occurs in 2 Pet. ga and 6 Pet. and
~misrendered ''hell'' and referring to
the fallen angels. Get the answer in
100 page booklets explaining how Satans
minion are infestjng the habitable. lOc
postpaid Authoritative. Priceless.
Pamphlet free.
JOSEPH GREIG.
Box 421 Parker, South Dakota.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-01-06
Some Trees.

In the angle between the Kings and
Kern canyons lies a woodland empire
beside which the Harz and Black for
est of Germany would appear almost
diminutive. Within the borders of the
Sequoia National park and the General
Grant National park near by there are
no fewer than 1,166,O00 sequoia trees,
and Of these 10000 are more than ten
feet in diameter. In the Sequoia Ma
tional park stands the largest tree in
the world-nOt the tallest, but the larg-
est-the General Sherman tree, with a
diameter of 36.5 feet and a height Of
279.9 feet. Its massive trunk and
branches contain about 100000 feet
Of lumber, board measure. This is
equal to the amount of lumber that Is
cut from forty acres of average Mime
sofa OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-01-06
Honesty Extraordinary.

A traveller writing in an Italian mag
azine says that the Swiss canton Of
Ticino is inhabited by the most honest
folk it is possible to imagine. In most
Of the Ticinese villages, the writer
says, the oldest inhabitants do not re-
member any case of thieving. however
petty, within a lifetime. Lost objects
when found must never be taken
away. They must be left where they
were dropped or placed in a conspicu-
Gus position. so that the rightful own
er can find his property more easily.
The case is cited of an American wom-
an tourist who lost her purse on an
excursion in the Val Capriasca. The
purse contained gold coin and a jew
eled watch. Upon returning from her
trip she found the purse with its con-
tents intact on little heap of leaves,
so placed that it could not fail to at
tract her attention.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-01-06
Our First Theater.

In 1852 the first theater In the Unit
ed States was opened in the colony Of
Virginia at old Williamsburg. The
originator was an English actor, VIII
liam Hallam. ST., who brought his own
company from overseas and presented
1.-The Merchant Of Venice" as the In
itial performance. The idea spread
rapidly, and soon New York, Phi ladel-
phia and the other leading communi-
ties of colonial America each had its
theater. While the Virginia playhouse
was the first in the United States, &C
tors had played in the colonies before
this date. The first is said to have
been the English strolling player An
thony Aston, who was known as Mat
Medley. The actor and his art of that
day were generally deSpiSed by the
Puritanical colonistS. The Massachu-
sets legislature passed a law shortly
after amateurs had given The Or
phans" at the Coffee House in Boston
In 1749 which forbade such perform
ances, prescribing a penalty for &C.
tors and spectators alike of $50 each.