Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-04-18

Invest in the United States. 1t is
safer than gold mine, for all the gold
mines are in it and back of it.
The Dan Patch road has had more
crisis per mile of road than any other
streak of iron and rust in the United
States.
Are you the possessor of Liberty
bond? There's nothing more beauti-
full than one of those Liberty but
tons and it shows the patriotism of
of the wearer.
South Dakota has been called upon
to furnish 72O men for the draft
which comes April Goth. No allow
ance will be made for the numerous
enlistments from this state.
The bronze statue Of Frederick the
Great which has ornamented the
war college building on the banks
of the Potomac at the national capi.
tai. has been taken down by sections
and is now out of sight.
1t takes one sailor for every five
soldiers your country sends across.
Ships are waiting for you to volun-
teer. The Allies need more soldiers.
Will you help take them across?
Now that the scientists have ex-
tracted the bray from the mule we
may look for them to solve our power
problems by extracting the horse
from horseradish and cows from the
cowslip.
The Nebraska Farmers War Coun-
Gil, the first organization of it's kind
in the United States, has struck re-
sponsive cho1d. Over 10000 signed
service cards have been returned to
headquarters in the Federal Reserve
BANK at Omaha.
The Stacker in any capacity is sure
to be exposed. 1t is coming to the
point where the person who fails to
do his or her duty with regard to any
features of helping to win the war
will be known and must give an &C
counting for their action.-Lead Call.
All wheat in the hands of North
Dakota farmers must be marketed
before May Is on account of the
shortage of foodstuffs, according to
an official statement just issued in
that state. Failure to market wheat
before that date will result in the
wheat being taken away and sold.
A German submarine is said to
have fired upon the United States
fsteamer Smith. Say, If the Kaiser
gets those Smiths stirred up he ney-
er will hear the last of it. Why,
there are enough Smiths alone in the
United States to take the Germans to
cleaning, says the Howard Demo-
crat.
Billy Sunday says the worlds three
! worst enemies are whisky, satan and
the kaiser. Billy is in danger. If
Bill can lay hands on him it will go
hard on him for putting "me" second
to any devil on earth, and if satan
can get into the courts he'll be justi-
fed in entering libel suit ag ainst
Billy for mentioning him as being in
disreputable company.
The live hen killing order (rule 4D
of the U. S. food administration, pro-
hibiting licenses from handling live
or freshly killed hens or pullets be-
tween February II and April 80, has
been amended to end at midnight,
April 10, announces G. N. Herried,
federal food administrators for Sout b
Dakota. Notice of the amendment
has just been received from Washing
ton.
Every available acre must be Used,
if not, for crops, then for pastur J;
every available animal should be
raised in order that food for ourselves
and our Allies may not fail. and in
the meantime the American farmer
will not fail to insist that the great
est and most vital business of the ma )
tion is set into full motion with
leadership in the hands of men from
it's ranks and acquainted with its
problems.
Leading agricultural speakers are
carrying to the farmers Of the South
message that the United States de.
partment Of agriculture des ,ribes az
vital and supreme Importance in en-.
abling this country to win the war;
1 ThAir meaHa0n In khia. tsA raHucod