Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-06

the real battle will be staged-that
Is it the participants can get enough
people interested for respectable
hearing. g.-Vermillion Republican.
"Once," said the truthful citizen.
81 was in the KIondike when 1T was
80 cold that my breath froze and
broke it off and threw it away"
eyes, you scoundrel," broke in the
deacon, "and I've been looking for
you these 20 years. You threw that
chunk into my eye aud it melted, and
I've had a cataract ever since"
Many counties of the state are can
ceiling their fairs, Deuel. being the
last one to do so. This move seems
to be one in the right direction. If
the county fairs would quit during
the duration of the war, and put a
little more effort in the big state fair
the one ought to answer the purpose
of the whole caboodle. -Waterlown
Herald.
The Costa Rican congress last Fri
day adopted a resolution declaring
that state of war existed between
Costa Rica and Germany, after Pres
ident Tinoca had appeared before the
senate and chamber of deputies in
joint session aid explained the mo-
tives in asking for the war declara
tion. There are 81 nations aligned
now against Germany.
Count Won Bernstorff, former Ger
man Ambassador to IN e United
States, and Captain Won Papen, arch
| German plotter in America. were in
volved in the conspiracy to start a
revolution in Ireland, in which Ger
man troops were to participate. This
was made known last Saturday by a
statement issued by the British gov
ernmdnt on the Sim Fein situation.
To show how farmers of the United
States are meeting the shortage of
farm help a field agent of the bureau
of crop estimates in a recent report
told of seeing a farmer in Indiana
driving a team of six horses hitched
to disc pillow and leading three
horses drawing harrow. He was
working nine horses and two modern
farming implements, and dong the
work of several men and teams under
the old system of farming.
Women between the ages of 81 and
35 who have had high school educa-
tion or it's equivalent, will be eligible
for admission to the army School of
Nursing, arrangements for which
were recently made by the War de-
partment. 1t is intended to start
several schools in selected military
hospitals. Unless otherwise specified
applications should be sent directly
to the Army School of Nursing, office
of the Surgeon General of the Army,
Washington, D. G.
| Deliveries of the 5000 motor trucks
recently ordered by the Motor Trans
port Service of the War department
are to be made between August and
December l. These trucks, known
as "Class B Standard" will have a
capacity of from to tons, and will
be distributed as needed through the
various branches of the army. Ter
thousand of these class b standard.
lied trucks have previously been
ordered and are now in process OF
manufacture and delivery.
Under new agreement the Army
will handle all mail for the expedi
tionary forces after it leaves United
States ports. The postofice depart.
ment will deliver the mail to mill.
tary authorities at the port of EN-.
barkation in this country and receive
It from them at port in France fol
dispatch to the United States. The
domestic money.order servi to the
troops will, for the present at least
continue under the direction of the
postofice department In France.