Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-23

outF0uTihg OF American young men
to France. They go there Tor pur-
| pose and good one.
/ Now that the Pope has entered the
peace field, ali other peace advocates
should be placed under bonds to keer
the peace themselves.
4 Ii We may judge from the rumpns
1t has raised. the British people are
not anxious fer tie Stockholm con.
ference brand Of peace.
| From the way the hog market is
soaring 1t is evident there are other
things than coal and flour that will
require the attention of the govern
ment's food control body.
There was a decided slump in the
corn market the latter part of last
| week,and the farmers who were holding
thjer last years corn for still higher
prices were very much put out on that
account.
Regardless Of the trillng matter of
seniority it would doubtless be proper
to refer to our only lady congressman
as the Rankin member of the odds
and ends committee Sioux City
Journal.
| Herbert G. Hoover is looking into
the sugar barrel. The food admins
| tration plans to take control of sugar
dealings as soon IS it has completed
a program for supervising wheat
trading and flour and bread manu-
| facture.
| Hogs sold fer S17 q hundred at the
Chicago stock yards on the 10th.
This is the highest price on record at
the yards. This price means As cents
q pound for bacon. Pork is selling
at 81 50.a hundred more than beef,
sS3 higher than lamb, ~ higher than
mutton, and So higher Chan chicken.
III there is a woman in the land to-
day who don't know how to can and
preserve vegetables and fruits it is her
own fault. The newspapers for weets
have been filiea with Instructions
about such matters and hundreds of
lectures and demonstrators have been
busy giving lectures and demonstra.
tions
American troops were accorded a
great welcome in London, an indica-
tion that Uncle Sam may in time
earn a baronetcy in Great Britain.
1t is not recorded that William Wal
dorf Astor led the cheering at Trafal-
gar Square, or that the 'sAm erican
colony in London sent flowers.
The governors and members of the
councils of defense of thirteen middle
western states haye met in Chicago
to formulate some plan to cope with
the coal barons, TO hold down the
price of coal. They will accomplish
their purpose, it is announced, il the
mines have to be taken over and be
operated by the states.
Sioux Falls is to have big gather
ing OF Norwegians of the Northwest
the last days OF October, and prepar-
ations are already commencing for
the celebration and to take care of
the crowds For the 29tb and 3Oth
there will be q gathering of all the
singing societies and on the 31st will
occur the celebration of the 4O0tb
anniversary ff the Reformation.
Ii some of those jay-hawks that sit
around on the corners and tell you
how they would enlist, etc. if they
didn't have. 8 family to support and
of course were not too old, would be
called into service you wouldn't see
anything but a streak of dust going
down the street. 1t is too bad that
such people are always unable to
practice what they preach.
There are great canals in the world,
but only two that are Of great impor-
tance to the entire world Suez
and the. Panama. The two canals
which afford short cuts around con
tinents have in different ways felt the
results OF war. The Suez canal has
not only been naval and military
highway of great Importance but in
the early part OF the war was an OBJ
ject of attack by hostile forces. In
fact, for year it was on 'front.'
and continues to be ina war zone,
although the land fighting has passed
lonward into Palestine.