The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02
HOT SPRINGS STAR.
BENEDICT 4 HANFoRD,
PRorRrETo1ss.

BENEDICT l. HANFNRD,
PRopRrEToNs.
Indications are, that Deadwood will
receive 100000 appropriation from
the national government for a public
building.
The first meeting of the trustees of
the Dakota School of Mines was held at
Rapid City last Friday. The following
named gentlemen constitute the board
of trustees: 7. o. Bogart, Scotland; j.
w. Thornby, Hermosa; Don 9. Need
ham, Jerauld County; and John R.
Brennan, Rapid City.
WHAT an excellent (?)thing it would
be to make Jones the county officers
for Fall River county. We would
then have county affairs run with that
same business-like sagacity that now
hovers over and controls affairs at the
Advocate Office. OF course a mechan-
les lien or SO might hover es a grim
spectre over the county, but that
would not count. But then he could
manage public affairs. He knows just
how that should be done.
A school book trust was to go into
effect the first of this month, which for
a time at least lowers instead of raises
the prices on books. The cry that mo-
nopolies raise prices induced the trust
to make AN exception to the rule, but
it is thought that this will be changed
when the feeling against the trust has
died out. The reduction is to be %
per cent. The combination includes
the prominent houses of ~1vescn, Blake
man e. Co. S. c. Griggs & Co, G,nn &
Co., ID. c. Heath 4 Co, \. S. Barnes &
Co., and others.
The Advocate of last week comes out
with a "cut-an illustration. AS a
work of art the artist succeeded fairly
well, but as a representation of facts.
like things that usually appear in that
paper, it is a miserable failure. In
the first place the register of deeds
does not get and lever has received his
pay from the county general fund
that is created by taxes; but his salary
comes from fees. Up to date but one
dollar has been received 10y Mr.. Saw
yer from the county general fund, and
that was for recording a deed of lands
the title of which is vested IN the coun-
t.y. In the second place, the county
commissioners are represented as hav-
ing fat places at the county crib, while
the county superintendent has no
place at all. Now then, any one
knows and Jones knows that the u
ty superintendent draws more money
from the county treasury than any one
or the county commissioners. In fact
he gets nearly as much as all three
combined, and yet he does not draw as
much salary from the county as the
services of a county superintendent
are worth. The county commissioners
do not, We believe, draw to exceed $3.50.
a year apiece from the county treas
ury. So much for the erroneous inn
pressions that might be conveyed by
the "cnt' referred to. Then again
Jones lowls about the county paying
rent for buildings in which to conduct
its business. The STAR will favor the
building of a court house: but Jones
will kick on that. Jones lays great
stress upon the debt of the county.
From tho lest information we can get
there is not a county in the Hills with
as small a debt as Fall River. Jones
howl is the blatant babbling of a dem
agogue who seeks to make himself solid
with the people by the cry of "stop
thief The STAR asserts and is will
ing to s~ubstantlate by comparisons,
that the affairs OF Fall River county
are conducted with as much business
skill as the average county of the state,
Jones to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Silver on the Reservation.
~CuAMBrRlA1s SPECIAL. April 20
settler just III says that a ranchman in
the western portion of the newly
opened Sioux county was somewhat
surprised yesterday Oh visiting his