The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-11-30
DAOKTA NEWS NOTES.
GOV, oRpwAY's REPORT.

WASHINGTON. Sp.cisi Telegram, Nov. 10
Gov. Urdway Ii in the city. ana hrs peeh u
gagged to-day in reading the PROOF OF MS NJ
nual report He discovers that tho wires. III
transmitting a synop.i. of 1t, have changed
some words, giving 1T q meaning ehtreiJ o'i-
rereLt from what he int, ndei. for lbs ahce,
! he 'tso-ca. led constitutional convention.
WAS made to read s'scatterea constitutional
convention" According to his report, LIE es'i-
mate If The whea! crop in Dakota was h'teeh
to thirty bushels per acre. The to'ai scnooi
revenues are $500, 900, insttai OF Sl2o,ooo.
Tho FOLLOWING inn ortant suggestions IN re-
gard 10 county organic .tion have been added
10 the + port
The &C; Of congress for the organization and gov
eminent of Territories evidently die not contem-
plate imposl & upon the governor suci important,
varied and extensive duties as the itI'siSliVe as.
sembiy of Dakota has imposed. Among the m 81
important and difficult is taat imposed Dy law III
tie organization vi new counaes- Chapter - Oh
the p5i,tl,al code provides that whenever fitty or
upwards of the Legal voters III an
unofg4nized county shall petition me
yoy,rpor. he shall proceed, in case he
4 is satisfied that there are fly or more sesal ana
au .iueu voters in the county, to organize IT by ap"
pointing three persons residents thereof as couuty
commissioners. Th, s. comm ssloners. after hay
ing dual, lied, are II law unto thelnse YES So far as
I tie government is concerned, ana are autAOriz ~ 10
appoint ali of the county officers, l'ca;e
s xsi,s TX viii; ,h' almSst uni initsd powers.
There is no provision of law sulhorizing the gov
eruor 10 suspend or remove eliher tue commas
sion-rs whom ne has appointed. or any OF lh1ir APP
poiu,ees acting as c,uuty .fdfe rs. All OF These
officers hold and continue III ouice nutti the mex
general elec ion. which occurs oncc IL two years;
hence o!iiceIs appo'n'ed suor'!y alter a gen,
eral election hold neAr'y two Years. ana nave
ample tm., through their aptolntees, To SO
mold and h4pr the affairs of the new county thai
designing meu can fa,ten themselves ana their sat
1,FpS p,pn ID. ~ mi at altS nnrnt pleClOns. IN
short, everything depends upon tins taisiitulnesS
and fidelity of the first or appo1nted county com
%issionsrs SHORTY s st.Gs aSs ,h4,s 9 nns $.
lions early. but a bitter exp =riehct
in organizing The county OF DodR!as salisIcd me
that n sufficient delay, In otd,r to develop We
character of the persons rrpresrutlu 6 the d h-ren!
factions in a new county, was almost
absu utely n-cessarv. IL tue case of Douglas
to which l have reterrei. after Two weeks
investigations commissions were ISSUED
for the parties Recommended IN the petition uadei
the belief tnat a vety cumpr,en hoa.d had beer
secured. A few months later came Il
| the executive that one OF the parties tC
whom IL commission had been issued haC
not qualified; Tat another was a mytt
in he company, and that the one who had pre-
SEN @. the petition, an / the member OF the council
who recommended htm, had deliberately ueceiVec
the executive with Il forged and ~perJnred petition
and were issuing and selling frauaaieht warrants
and school bonds issued against the c tnpany to
very large amount. Sufficient evidence having
been produced to me. proving that but one
of the parties ID WD"tn l hau otgihalN
issued a comm ssion for the OF ganizAlion of Doug
las county had pretended to quailfy, l TOOK the
responsibility of roorganIzing the county with q
competent and honest board of commissioners
who refused 10 r coguize any of the traudulen
warrants or bonds pretended To have been issu-c
by The first board. The legislative as>emb,,
approved my action, and passed a law
making it a penal offense for any officer OF DougIa
county to rec pgniZe or pay any OF these 1rauluien
claims against n, county, and in this way the
comfy has been saved from financial ruin and il
RAPIDLY filing mp with an excotlen. class of settlers
In one or two other instances L have
been deceived by the pressure fol
bas;y action. II mono of the counties
whe ample time has been taken for careful iuvesti.
CATION, and also 10 enable the early settlers to be
come better acquainted with one another. hay,
there been any serious frauds perpe,rated Th'
ciaInor, however, tor early organization Is cons'an
and exceedingly annoslng. The las Legislative
assembly enacted strong refnndiug bills for TIL
repudiating county of ianktou and ths
enormous bonded Indebtedness of Lawrence
county, and also for several other counties. whereof,
the rate of interest has Eeen so much reduced tina
no Reputation OF comfy debts Will be likely to &C
cur in Dakota.