Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01

southerner treats a colored porter,
Britannia which boasted of ruling
the waves finds them at times Just q
bit unIuly.
All this publicity President Wilson
is getting doesn't increase Roose-
velt's liking for him.
The prudent income tax dodger is
very careful to wipe the egg off his
chin before coming downtown.
Uncle Sam himself is feeling the
print paper pinch, and his supplies
will cost him million or two more
this year than last
Many are fretting over the income
tax, the people over the exemption
because they have to pay, and those
under because they don't.
just about the time the grip germs
are having a merry party, blast
from Medicine Hat comes along and
kills off few billion of them.
1t may be perfectly safe for for
eigners in Mexico, but Americans
still left there are anxious to move
out with the United States regulars.
Fhestatesman's cares once more begin
Again he hears the warning shout,
cob, take the Christmas stocking In
And hang the old pork barrel out. "
The average man would rather
shovel snow than coal-he' III be par
doned for believing there's a leak
somewhere when he's compelled TO
shovel both.
When an understanding among na-
tons to prevent war is discussed, .Ja-
pan may offer some interesting infor-
nation as to what she intends to do
with all that navy.
1t has finally reached the "5-and 10
cent stores, the high price wave, and
1T is announced that in some places
after March 1st they will become "5
10-and l5cent" stores.
Governor comment that the gener-
al assembly will be responsible for
eVerv statute it leaves on the books
is the most potential hint ever circu.
lated in logging camp.
The new half dollars will be treas
ured for awhile as relics by few
devoted coin collectors. But they'll
slip through most of our hands just
as readily as the old ones do.
Among the people who profted by
the recent stock market slump were
| those who lost just enough to teach
them the benefits of keeping their
money home and attending to busi-
| ness.
Carranza is evidently giving little
more attention to suggestions from
Washington as news dispatches state
condemned Catholic bishop has
been given his liberty and is now en-
route the United States.
The house committee of the Texas
legislature has favorably reported
! the bill for the submission of pro
| hibitory amendment by vote of /;
to 2. In his retreat John BarleycorI
viii! be able to rescue only scattered
| detachments.
| A Pennsylvania judge has decided
that pedestrian has the right of way
in the streets. Every pedestrian
should nave certified copy of this de.
cision to wave at motorists who inso
lently honk honk at him while sWoop
ing along the highway on the high gear
The republicans in congress carried
their buffing and taunting too far and
| probably have considerable embarrass
ment in store for them, because no one
who knows the man very well believes
! for moment that Lawson has any
| thing to communicate he has not al
ready communicated.
Though it was predicted by hit
critics that President Wilson was
making d great blunder when he sent
the note relative to peace terms it is
noticeable that the answers of both
the entente allies and the centra