Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-12-25

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hsenreiter, Of Webster, S. ID.
and cSasSRW. A. PR1py, of Mount yer-
Hnon, H., examiners Of the department
of justice, Washington, d. O., yester-
day concluded the work Of the annual
examination Of the books of the several
federal officials Of the Indiana district.
To-day they go to Grand Rapids to
begin the work in the Michigan district.
The work in this district has occupied
the examiners for the past four weeks,
and the greater part Of this time has
been spent in indianapolis, but as the
work was conducted quietly and the
arrival of Mr.. Ochsenreiter and General
Payey was not heralded by a blast Of
trumpets the fact that they were here
for that purpose has 50 far escaped pub
lications
The federal officers render an account
to the Department of Justice at Wash
ington every three months, but an
inspection Of their books is made but
once a year. In Indiana there are the
judges Of the federal district and circuit
courts, the clerks of the courts, the
United States marshal and his deputies,
the United States attorney and about
fifteen United States commissioners,
consequently the task Of going over all
their books is 40 small one. Mr.. OCH
senreiter said last night at the Denison
Hotel that the work in this district was
easy. however, compared to what they
had TO do in many other districts.
ssrhe Indiana district is one Of the
very best in the country" he said,
'.The officials are all efficient, accurate,
painstaking, and their books ere kept
right up to date. AS a result we have
had every assistance that they could
give us in making the examination, and
our stay in this state has been very
pleasant.
COMPLIMENT OFFICIALS.
81 feel that we are especially indebted
TO Judge John Fl. Baker, Of the district
court. Judge Baker is one OF the ablest
men on the federal bench, and every
thing abour his Office is par excellence.
In addition : that he is an afable and
accommodating gentlemen and ne has
been very kind to us. Mr.. Petit, the
United States marshall, Is another
excellent official. Everything about his
office is in the best of shape. I hope
that it viii fall to my lot to be sent back
to this district another year"
Mr.. Ochsenreiter is a comparatively
new man in the federal service, as he
was appointed to his present position,
the FIRST he has ever held under the gov
eminent, last July. He has been a
prominent Republican n South Dakota
for several years and he received the
position as a recognition of his service
to the party and OF his ability as a bust.
ness man. Mr.. Ochsenreiter told an
interesting story Of his life in South
Dakota last night.
He walked to the Dakotas twenty-one
years ago, long before there was a rail-
road bniit into that section of the
country, and befors the Dakotas had
been admitted to statehood. He settled
on a claim near the site Of the City OF
Webster, his present home, and slept
under a wagon for the first few weeks
he was there. The country was entirely
undeveloped, there were no towns and
settlements Of any size within hundreds
Of miles, but in a few years Mr.. Ochsen-
reiter and the sturdy pioneers Of his
kind worked wonders in transforming
the rough prairies into fine farms and
in establishing towns and cities that
now compare favorably with others of
their size in any of the eastern states.
"The City Of Webster said Mr..
O~chsenreiter, ''now has a population Of
over 1000 and Is q wideawake and pro-
gressive in every respect. 1t has cleo
tric lights, good streets, good water,
good business houses aud good city gov
eminent. Recently steps were taken
for the erection of a SIS, 900 court house
there, and when hat is completed we
shall have a of the best county seats
in the state"
ACTIVE IN POLITICS.
Mr.. Ochsenreiter was the first treas
urer Of Day county, the county in which
Webster is situated. He has beer active
in state politics as well, but the only
state Office hat he has ever held was