Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-25

follow, but Mr.. B~arraclough in his
haste slipped and fell from a precipice,
fracturing a rib and hurting himself
otherwise. The bear is still at large.
The new state board of agriculture
of South Dakota held the regular
annual meeting in Huron on Tuesday,
January 10th. Forester III. Smith,
@. @. Moulton and II. S. Fletcher,
having been re-appointed by the
governor, there was no change in the
personnel of the board. The following
officers were elected, President, For.
roster FL. Smith. of Groton; vice presi-
dent, John H. King, of Huron; secre.
tary, Bayard Z. Beach, of Huron;
treasurer, j. E. Platt, of Clark; Mrs
Elizabeth Jarvis was also reelected
superintendent of the woman's depart
ment; f. H, Smith superintendent Of
tickets aud gates O. p Sherwood
superintendent of the dairy depart.
ment; H S Fletcher superintendent Of
cattle and horses; @ G. Moultou super.
iutendent of sheep and swine; George
Ia. Whiting superintendent OF agri-
culture aud horticulture. George D.
NcEathron's retirement from score.
taryship is very much regretted nv the
board Mr., McBathron's Business
81 kes him away from the state uch o
usiderable portion Of the year fhsrit
was ~impractieoh.e for him to srvs
THE board imam mously passed resoLl-
tions o. appreciation Of his services
nd ability and hive created the Office
of advertising agent aud elected air.
0icEathrou to this position.
The United States authorizes Of
South Dakota have commenced q war.
fare on cattlemen and others who dur.
ing the last few years are alleged to
have secured by fraudulent means vast
tracts of government land IN Western
south Dakota. The methods employed
IN this alleged wholesale grabbing Of
the public domain are said to be SINH.
lar TO those employed by ranchmen in
Western Nebraska. AS the opening
chapter IN the war 10 be waged against
the illegal holders of public land in
south Dakota, the United States
authorities have instituted civil actions
against several persons, with the
of having the federal courts
cancel patents %(titles) which were
issued by the government in cases
where fraud is alleged to have been
used in securing the land from the
government. One oil the cases is
the United States VS.. Ella
Henry and Carl Petan; another is
the United States VS.. Emma
M. Pretezar and Carl Petan, while the
.defendent in the third case is John i. I
Petan is one of the most promi-
uent stockmen in Western South
Dakota 1t is alleged that be has
lncIosed an aggregate of 1000 acres
a fence, and the object of the
snits is TO attempt to prove that at
pCA Va tn1S AuLitUSt tihN'
VAS secured by fraud, The govern.
ut expects to show, when the cases
are tried, that Petan induced Miss
aud Miss Prefer to make home
entries on tracts of 100 acres each
snd that when they had made final
proof he paid them sums in the neigh.
rood OF $50 ms an inducement for them
= transfer their homesteads to him.
The iapd entered by the two young
onaen is situated within the 1000
rs rae fenced by him. The case
4 inst Ryan Is on somewhat similar
rounds. he also being a stockman,
his range in Western South
In addition to the civil actions
or their purpose the cancellation of the
governments titles TO the land on the
ground that the land was
ecured q tlie result of conspiracy q
By ifraud, tho 9oyernment also Will
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