Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-02-25
SOMETHING OF A SNAP.

Dr. Alloway's Combined Duty and
BO0kkeeper Admits Tint He Has
Fat sit.
Bismarck, OAK, Feb. 22-The investi-
CATION OF the expenditures and conduct
of the territorial veterinarian office is
source of considerable gossip and racy
comment. Deputy George Eastman OF
Grand Forks was here this week and
testified. He isa well known loan man
and real estate operator. and naturally
the legislative committee was anxious to
know what he know about glsnders. It
developed, however, that he was not
deputy, but a clerk in the employ of DR..
AllowAy, OK more correctly speaking,
attended TO the DOCTORS correspondence
in his absence from town. He bad to be
enrolled as deputy, as there was no al
lowancs for clerical assistance, and we
believe none contemplated by the law.
Upon his CROSS examination before the
committee, conducted by Frank Aikens,
Eastman admitted that the olerkship
under the cover OF deputy was soft
snap. Deputy Gross, recently examined,
admitted he hes been only one day in
thC Souutly Whth lO WAS CHi'ol iubO bu6
| service OF the territory and was sent to
kill horses without any knowledge OF the
| disease che animals were supposed to be
afflicted with. he seemed TO be wholly
| IN the dark as to the glenders. 1t is
charged that Deputy Blackwood, !,
| stationed at the Minnesota transfer, ST.
Paul, was incompetent. and the salaries
paid him were very large, far beyond
what 8 good man should have. II is
charged that DR.. Alloway was an active
political agent OF Gov. Church and made
extensive trips in his service last spring.
1t is charged that he used the indemnity
stock fund, contrary to the interest, il
not the letter, of the Law. that Gov
OhuIch warned him against extravagant
expenditures after the fund was ex-
haussed; that he rode on railroad passes
and charged the fare up to the territory
and chat he killed animals in the Black
Hills and southern Dakota that were
not afflicted with the glapders. Deputy
Gross admitted that he charged his reil.
road fare up TO the territory when bt
rode on a pass. Made affidavit: to it OF
on actual outlay. The prejudice against
this office or its conduct is 80 strong
that the legislature would wipe it on
entirely If the stock interests OF the ter.
ritory did not demand the watchfal care
OF a veterinarian.
There are stockmen in Bismarck th!
week from different parts OF the terri
tory. Mouse river, jamestown and tht
Red river valley are represented. II
Ispesking OF the veterinarian bill one o
them said: "We do not think il policy
to repeal the law entirely, but il should
be amended or modified SO as to make i
q protection TO the 1--we stocK interests
In it's present form we do not like il
According to the veterin8risn's repor
bis salsry and travelling expenses from
March 2Sth, 1887, to November 30tt
1888, is SS .754 so, from the stock indenn
} nifty fund he claims TO have paid So .052
43 for hire of deputies and incidenta
expenses. It seems there is a stock in
demnity fund under the law, but that
contains no provision for the peymen
of losses where stock is condemned an
: killed by his order. Yet he finds We
to get at this fund to pay deputies an
. incidentsls. Many of these deputie
we're incompetent to rander service as o
inspector even. One of them, Eastman
performed clerical duties 10 loan of1ic
/ at Grand Forks, and another, Deput
| Gross; was bookkeeper for cattle com
pany at Grand Forks in which the doc
tor was interested. The tormer DIRE
$3.50 and the latter 81, ,774 To Deput
Ely at Mouse river he claims to hav
paid about $3.50, and Deputy Reid $15
} These two are good stockmen and csI
? able. Dol. Ely is one OF the best Judge
of stock in Dakota, but the doctor seem
to have required the services of sue
men very seldora. Travelling ey penses
incidentas and inefficient deputie
, have consumed large sum OF none,
but efficiency does not seem TO be in de
, mand. We no not like it. We get n
COOK from it, but it can be made to &C
complish much good.'