Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03

~ sAASS hAob III VA L 10 ~
an underground basin in a state of So
luton n the brine is pumped easily
The basin Is not far from the Colorado
river, but. the two are not connected
Explorations SO far confiile the basin
to an area six miles In diameter. A
well. rs feet deep has been bored into
the basin. but this is not the deposits
full depth. Potash is OF great value in
the uses OF and manufactures
and this discovery is of especial impor-
tance just now in time of war. The
analysis Of the brine is SO encouraging
that tho district where it lies already
has been staked full Of claims.
The feast of All Saints, of which OBJ
of Halloween is the precursor,
was instituted In the fourth century by
the Greek shurch, which appointed the
first Sunday after Easter for the OBJ
,~servance. The modern festival was not
instituted by the Roman church, how.
ever. until the Ninth century, by Pope
Gregory ~. 1t was introduced because
OF the im~possibility Of keeping a separ-
ate day for every saint, and also to give
a Christian character to the autumnal
festival, which was Il relic of pagan
times. The lighting of bonfires at
.nightfall by the members of each house.
hold was long the principal feature of
the Halloween observance.
According to the Japan Advertiser,
the most notable social phenomenon in
Japan Is the prevalence of strikes. Dur
ing the last year $50 strikes, involving
10000 XXI have taken place, which
compare with 80 strikes involving
300 Workn1en last year. Compared
with labor conditions in America. there
Is nothing alarming about such figures,
Dut IN Japan 1t invites attention because
OF the comparative freedom from labor
troubles in the past.
Russia may carry out a complete re-
organization on a largo scale of it's in
land waterways IL plans made pre-
,vious to the recent political upheaval
are realized. The project includes inn
,provement of existing waterways, con
%struction OF new waterways and ports,
utilization of waterfalls for producing
electric power, Improvement of naviga-
ton. The work, it is estimated, will be
-
Persons who nlan ia relieve he coal
can figure that two no,,nds of se. soned
WOOD have n fue, value eo,aI TO one
pound Of coal according fo arnerts or
the forest reserve While dirferent
kinds of wood hive different fuel val
ues, the foresters saw that In eanera,
the greater he drv weight ar . nnn.
Es,a o",s Moou; .ae more hea' IL VIII
nIel oullleu.
T~ransm,.e;on 80 nowar ~,
hitherto ,Inisnnn,n p =. ~ a mieuliou
snh;eot , NOV IS .ne interesting
nnnona, ~ al al..lls IA ,he oc.oper
as;na ,rhis ~ opu.ai Mecliiilics MAE
ted II, tha I,a.tnI.y 10 NY pe'iis utli-
miralty. After the war "ai T. vile Viii Ia ana aya az
at,a -, -. Ino "ai = WIZ Ne aVa'i-
Ia - ss.siai use ny an power users
t 1lau i. u ~ saiu, VIII completely revolu-
o plesaIllls ssseeLhs'
War time conditions hro,,.h+ fn,.
thel change IF fra ,,,aes ~
University Of wisconsin ,rha s ~ 1nv
voted to amend tho r,,ia fo,,,id $500
Initiation Of freshmen before tae end
~ +I,a r;as4 6StoiS ~ eiu
mems saeiat;os tn ~ as 20 permit
mamhars ~ a. !" ~. III - .,is'-seaI
sanastar tbis ~ ~ hii ie 81 .ne Ilrsl
STANDINGS arn sat;s ~ .neh aea'eihic
:.
The zigzag trench approach system,
in use during the present wa,. is "a
old as siege warfare since gun powder
was first used In hattie All 1y;.t;no
plans Of the sieges Of iha aays ae
Marlborough and Valban in tho :, na
Flanders country where Rritisb md
French are fighting side by side now.
show aigzag communicative trenchas
connecting the parallels.
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Gently that armament of merchant VOC.
sells under the American flag has been
and a gun crew Of from
,16 to 80 men for each shin has hean
provided. The men were availahIe hnt,
they had to be trained when the ar,na :
ment law went into effect ana n,,ns
wera urnnf;nr go hol a.
: : " p.oNi'e"'
Two thousand two hundred and
tseventy-eight students are enrolled at
the University Of washington On the
same day last year 2.772 had registered
The percentage Of decrease is about is.
were mar mi. year ,,o, u h", s...ounueeaa.n.aa
the pronortion ~ mon tn 40 msr ic caut
- es''
The public utilities commission Of
Colorado has authorized the Denver &.
Salt Lake railroad to increase its local
(" < cani.. aa so.,,d TON ta,n ~ cents q mile
rate IA nor cent Lass i \ : ~ pe ~ .
Az IN the +. nda ~ e recaiun, snaa, ne foaa
non,. traf1ic fo,. sasaraY aa ~ has iiao
seais
The cocoanIt nalm 4. . lana n,,..r
! ,suai uiops rom Ihe trees, which
SInats s .s,n,, ~ ING Wa.srs edse; ana
rInne. ~. X ps.is pIopeleu 70 distant
80 ~ 40 0oOsi dS ~ JANUS