Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-03-07

Ihe Bank or w.fte ma ceased to ex-
LIST at the town of White. Brookings
county, and the Farmers state Bank
mas taken its place. At a meeting of
the stockholders of the new bank. the
following officers were elected: Presi-
Dent +. w. Davies: vice president, I.
Atkinson; cashier, w. b. Denhart;
assistant cashier. r. H. Holden. For
the present the bank will occupy the
pudding formerly occupied by the
BANK or White, but in the spring a fine
new building will be erected.
The Black Hills Pioneers have de-
clued to hold a carnival at Deadwood
next summer. lasting four days. cele-
pratlng the twenty-fifth anniversary
or the settlement of the Black Hills.
1t Will commence July 3.
The Beresford board of education
has adopted a resolution calling upon
the mayor to issue a call for a special
election to vote upon the proposition of
issuing bonds in the sum of 81, 900 for
the construction of a new school build
ing.
Five fat steers, valued at nearly $500.
were stolen from a yard in the heart
or Sioux Falls. By the merast chance,
the animals were located in the cattle
sheds of the Illinois Central railroad,
where they had evidently been taken
by the thieves, preparatory to ship
ping them out of the city.
Patriotic people in Rapid City cele-
brated the twenty-ffth anniversary of
the founding of the town. Twenty-Five
years ago a party Of men, who had
been prospecting in Palmer's Gulch,
laid out the town by means of a tape
Inc and a pocket compass. Samuel
Scott, now Of Custer, commenced build
ing the first cabin in the town on that
day.
1t Is reported at Deadwood that the
Gilman syndicate of Denver has pur-
chased 500 acres of choice mining land
in the Ragged Top mining district, ad-
joining the ground Of the Spearfish
company of Colorado Springs. The re-
ported consideration is about 500, 600.
Ten per cent is on first payment.
There are large bodies of ore hat will
be treated by a cyanide plant. which
is to be built.
The supreme court recently handed
down it's decision in what is known as
the board Of charities case, and holds
that the appointees of Gov. Lee hold
for their full terms. The opinion was
written by Judge Haney, and holds,
practically, that the governor can ap-
point to fill vacancies on the board
without the consent of the senate, and
that the vacancies existed at the time
of the appointment of h members,
Lien and Brown, in 1896, and that their
resignation, in 1900, did not in any way
change the statute; but that, which
ever position was taken, the vacancy
existed to be filled, and was filled in a
legal manner. This leaves the Popu-
list heads in the various charitable and
penal institutions in charge of these
institutions for at least two years
more.
Judge Campbell of Aberdeen has rem
dered a decision in the first move of a
case which promises to attract consid-
cradle attention in South Dakota. At
the last election over 1000 votes were
cast in Brown county. Under a pro-
vision of law, County Judge Hauser
claims hat the county auditor is au-
thorized to multiply the vote of the
county by five, to ascertain the popu-
lation, and that, this done, Brown
county has over 10000 population. The
county judge further claims that the
statutes provide that, in counties of
20, 900 or over, the county judge shall
have jurisdiction in civil cases where
less than 81, 900 is involved, and that
the salary paid shall be $500 per
year. The county commissioners, at
the first meeting in the year, fixed the
county judges pay at $500 per yeais
and the matter was taken before
Judge Campbell on a writ Of certiora-
ri. Judge Campbell holds the county
commissioners have no right to fix the
salary. The case will come up on the
question of whether the legislature has
the right to authorize the county au-
ditor to find the population by multi
plying the vote by five. This gives a
total of 20,110, whereas the census bu-
reau reports the county to have only
15,2S6.