Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-01-25

SiAS ioE q SuOFl 6tAy
Chss. Hess of Blunt, was a Capital
City visitor Monday.
Frank O'Brien visited over Sunday
at the Griffen home near Blunt.
Germany seems to be inaugurating
a series Of sub.sea quent events.
Editor Mark Scott of the Sioux
Falls Journal, is a Capital City WISH
tor.
j. F. Olander returned last week
from a business trip to the western
part of the state.
|. ID Aldrich of Big Stone, is in the
city to attend a meeting of the state
board of regents.
President O'dara, of the State
School OF Mines at Rapid City, is in
the city for q short stay.
d. ID, Wipf, ex.secretary of state,
came in from Parkston Tuesday to
take in The grind of the session.
Mr.. and Mrs Louis Graul of Under
wood, are gueste of the formers
brother, Chas. Grsul and family.
Mrs. Joe Rodgers came up from
Huron yesterday for a visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. w. Baker.
Mrs r., e. Walsh and son of Van
Metre, are in the city for a visit with
Mr.. Walsh, who is a patient at the
hospital.
If they can prove that any congressman
got the advantage of the leaks to the stock
market, a lot more people will want to
getinto congress.
With potatoes going at S1.75 per bushel,
being Irish is a condition of circumstance
mo- entirely foreign to General Sherman's
defnation of war.
The recent exchange of "peace''
notes has not brought peace. but 1t did
establish the fact that no one of the
contending parties is yet quite willing
to admit his defeat.
George Hausman of Company A.,
S. ID. N, g., who arrived home from
San Benito several days ago on a 30
day fur!ough, has been given an ad-
ditionai 30 day leave.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Rudolph Smith died at the fam
lily home Tuesday. The funeral was
held yesterday. Interment was made
in Riverside cemetery.
Perhaps now we shall be given some
concrete illustrations of the celebrated
skill of Swiss riflemen. 1t begins to look
as tho the modern Arnold Winklereids
were to have their chance.
The meeting of the states attorneys
here the past week has developed two
candidates for attorney general IN the
1918 primaries in Harlem Busnfield of
Miller, and Howard G. Fuller of Pierre.
A special train went to Canning
during the heavy blizzard Sunday,
bringing to the hospital here Norval
Cooper, who was critically i'll with
appendicitis. Mr.. Cooper submitted
to an operation Immediately and at
the present writing is getting along
nicely.
The Geographic wires a day or two ago
told Of a shipment of potatoes from Colo
RADIO 10 The east being accompanied by
armed guards. The impression was Civ
en- that.it was the value of the potatoes
that caused them to be guarded, but
that was not the truth, it was the fear of
Jack Frost.
The concentration of American out
post troops at Colonia Dublan has been
completed and a number of truck trains
have started north, according to infor-
nation received at the Carranza consul
late, at Ell Palso. No troop movement
north Of the punitive expedition had
been begun yesterday.
Many farm women this winter have
been making butter for the first time
in several years. The notable country
bu~ttermakers are now able to com
mand butterfat prices for their butter.
That is, if butterfat brings 35 cents a
pound they can sell their countrywide
butter for 35 cents. This gives them
an average profit of about 20 per cent
for the trouble of making and market
ing. The marketing is easy after one
has established customers who have
found they can depend on quality and
weight.
On February 9th the Reclamation Ser
vice of the United States will open for
settlement about 1000 acres on the Belle
Fourche project. The homesteader will
be allowed to take eighty acres. He
must pay a filing fee of 81 and in addition
S per cent of the cost of the irrigating
plant. which is S22 rs Nor acre and ha