Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-13
\ STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
sEEPiNG EYE on TREspAssERs.
Land Department Has Been
Busy the Past Year.

1atiu department mas Been
Busy the Past Year.
state land department has been
TOT the past year keeping one man
" busy looking after trespass cases, and
u has in this manner collected a large
N amount for the school fund In Faull1
q county there were numerous cases,
q and all were settled except one, that
against William Krom, which was
taken into court, and the state defeat
Led when it alleged trespass on endow-
g#ment lands, when in fact the trespass
Tas on the indemnity lands.
In mentioning it locally the Faulk
county papers say it was test to see
sif a cattle owner must herd his cattle
bf state lands and not allow them to
roam at will, (which is the usual Gus
tom" Commissioner Beck smilingly
admits defeat in that particular suit,
4 but no farther. So far as the usual
/ custom is concerned, it will have to
give way when it runs up against
determination of the state commits
1 sioner to enforce section 53S of the pc
Il nal CODE which refuses to recognize
e That custom. 1t provides that any at.
tempt to illegally pasture or remove
y hay from any of the state lands is
Y mlsdemeanor and punishable as such,
II RI hn off no, :,
year in seeing that the section is en-
SAforced. While it met defeat in that
" particular case on a technicality, that
lin no way deters the work which has
been carried on and will be kept up in
eyery section of the state.
ssSas The state land department has
gscompleted a three-year lease of the old
Fort Sisseton military reservation to
"a Sisseton firm at the rate of $275
year. which goes to the state militia
4sfund to help out the difference in the
between this year and
Mast year. And in that relation the
NSuewly formed Fourth regiment will
Alot be so badly Off. The legislature
appropriated at the rate of $4,000
year, and the state will draw about
/ $500 in cash from the national govern
ment this year instead of taking /. in
supplies as for the past two years, the
!, regiment being thoroughly supplied.
This will give the one regiment over
4 $4,000 for the year, while two regi-
ments divided $4,000 between them
q last year. While the legislature re-
\ duced the amount from the state by
reducing the organization it is better
off than the combined organization in
\ the past.
The old saying, "a story never loses
in the telling" is well exemplifed in
regard to the White River Valley Rail
Il way organization, incorporated under
4 the laws Of South Dakota. The gen
n eral run Of comment at the present
q time is that with $50,000000 of CAPT
4 talization it certainly means more
a than stub line west of the river"
q now in the Office of the secretary of
u state, show a capitalization of $500,O00.
# After the incorporation begun to be
discussed it first rose to $5,000,O00,
and from that rose to $50,000,000, and
h q few went as high as $500,000,O0O,
which is 1000 times the amount OF
] he real figures in the articles filed.
aF SaThe fees in the office OF the secre-
IN Try of state for the month of March
s;siA ere heavier than for any former
85u- Nth in the history of the office, IN
net going to almost double what it
-Shas been for many months, the March
Neceipts going to $3,1o6S5, at which
tie for a year the department would
) 1es going long way in helping out
+ state revenues.
4 l.. M. Simons, secretary OF the late
u session of the senate, was in the city
Il looking after matters in relation to the
closing up of the work of the journal
\ of that body.
The probability is that meeting OF
4 the capitol commission will be called
II within a few days to discuss matters
| In relation to beginning the work which
II was outlined for them under the pro-
n visions of the capitol bill.