Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08

IRE. SOUTH DAKOTA,
The bane of the shoe man is the
people who wish to fit, not their feet
but their pride.
| Circus press agents advertise that
there's shortage in clowns. Have
[ they canyassed some of our legisla.
lures?
The presidents speech was sent to
Germany by wireless, but that does
not mean that it will be published in
Germany.
England has captured good many
submarines, but what the world
| would like to know is how many she
| hasn t captured.
The American hen is doing her best
to bring down the cost of eggs to con
sumers. Combinations may defeat
the hen, however.
We may say rough things about our
president ourselves, but we don't feel
at all pleased when the chancellor of
Germany does it.
1t is not to be supposed for min
ute that the republicans are anxious
for an extra setslon of congress be-
cause that would add to President
Wilson's happiness
The boycott on potatoes bore fruit
in Chicago Monday when the price
declined fifteen cents, This was on
the heels of 80 cents yesterday.
Eggs dropped one cent.
The following is credited to Mis-
sonli editor: "The wind bloweth, the
water tloWetb, the farmer soweth,
the subscriber oweth, and the Lord
knoWeth we are in need of our dues.
SO come rnnnin' ere we go gunnin'.
This thing of dunnin' gives us the
blues
Once more has Senator Cummins
imposed his personal opinions in man
ner to hamper the president of the
United States. Again it may be said
with all truthfulness that it would
not be Albert B Cummins if he did
not do these things.
Brown Con fishing trip Boys the
boat is sinking! Is there any one
here who knows how to pray?
Jones (eagerly)-"I do. f"
Brown" "All right. You pray and
the rest of us will put on life belts.
There is one shy New York Globe.
Sioux City Tribune: German plots
against the United States and state
ments of high German officials may
incline pork hunting congressman
and peace at any price propagandists
to allow President Wilson sufficient
power now to go ahead and protect
the country.
A Philosopher says man is, after
all, OF no very great account. There
are three important times in his life
when he is born, when he marries,
and when he dies. But even then his
personal Importance is overshowed
by the curiosity to know whether he
is boy or a girl, what the bride
wore, and ROW much he left in his
will.
During the year 1916 there were
built in the United States 1866 new
ships, of which 546 were built on the
Atlantic coast and on the gulf, while
263 were constructed on the Pacific
coast, and the rest on the Great Lakes
and the Mississippi river. This is a
good start for larger merchant ma
rine but we should like to see greater
progress during the present year.
The farmers of Hughes county be-
gan series of alfalfa demonstrations
last year under the direction of ". w.
Underwood, county agent, to determine
the best methods of securing stand
and the best variety of alfalfa for that
locality. Thirty demonstrations were
started with three varieties of alfalfa:
Grimm, Cossack and native, distributed
on about 2 900 acres so that bottom land
and level upland and hilly rolling land
would have several demonstrations of
each variety. 1t will take two or three
years to get definite results from these
projects, but thus far the farmers have
learned that alfalfa should he sown