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Several days ago an application
tame from Iowa for an extradition
warrant for Clarence A. Thompson, OF
y oeadwood, who was charged. on COM
plaint of Ovid Wien, of Council Bluffs,
with larceny, as bailee, the property in
question being one watch Of the value
a II $50. About the same time attorneys
or Thompson wired asking that he be
h granted a hearing before action was
AIKEN AS the affidavit Of Wen was
h iather hazy the delay was granted,
ind Thompson has filed an affidavit in
his own behalf. He says in substance,
hat he was working at railroad work
IN Council Bluffs and decided to return
10 his home in Deadwood. The rail-
toad company at that time owed him
t37, and he borrowed $50 of Wen,
agreeing to pay interest at the rate Of
81 week on the loan. He then as
signed his pay check to Wien, and as
further security gave a mortgage on
lis watch. He then went to Deadwood,
and later Wen secured the $37 due
IN his pay check, and now claims the
watch on his mortgage. Taking into
consideration the affidavit OF Wien that
he LOANED the watch" to Thompson
after taking it as security, and the affi-
aavit of Thompson, Gov. Elrod consid-
sred that it was an attempt to collect
In overpaid debt and declined to
grant the warrant.
- While the irrigation law passed at
The last session OF the legislature pro-
Vides for state engineer Of irrigation,
with an office at the state capital and
IN annual salary Of $4,000, no such
appointment has been made. The
some law provides for three water
commissioners, who shall be allowed
IS a day and expenses, not to exceed
, 100 days work in any one year. and
Dther expenses are provided for under,
the law. While this law was given
practically as much consideration as
any act of the last legislature, yet, af-
ter providing for these officials for car
rying out it's provisions, it only appro-
PIRATES a total of $4,000 for the time
from July 1, 1905, to July /, 1907. This
appropriation would not go very far in
paying salaries for two years, without
expenses, if all officers called for
should be appointed. Two Of the wa
ter commissioners have been selected,
the one for district No. 1 being Walter
s. Hamilton, of Belle Fourche, and for
district No. 2, S. f. Wilson, of Hot
Springs. If no engineer is appointed
the appropriation will probably cover
the expense of the commissioners, but
with an engineer to provide for the
fund would run short.
The state auditors office has COM
pleted a compilation of the taxes ex-
tended in all the counties of the state
or the years of 1904 and 1905, show
ing the total amount of taxes which
will be called for all purposes, state,
county. township and municipal. The
figures show an increase of practically
$4,000 for 1905 over 1904. The total
amount asked for in 1904 was 5000
S46.S7, and to meet the demands Of
1905 calls for $3.50, S3o.SS. The total
valuations for 1905, as shown by the
extensions by county boards, show a
discrepancy of $1,000,000 when COM
pared with the figures left by the state
board after equaliZing the returns
made to them. The completed work
of the state board showed a total VAL
uation for assessment purposes in tho
state Of 1919, 647,674, and the values
under the county tax extensions are
$220,592,32 This increase of $1,000
900 evidently comes from corrections
in the assessment returns making a
good sized total aggregate between the
returns to the state board and the final
footings.
! Tn the case of William Peano VS.
John r. Brennan which has been de-
the lower court of Fail River County,
Peano, an Indian, sues Brennan, In
dian agent, for damages. Peano
fenced a tract on the Pine Ridge res
ervation and put in several acres of
crop. The fence shut off a trail on the
reservation, and Agent Brennan or
dered the Indian police to remove the
fence, which they did, allowing cattle
to destroy the crop which had been
put in by Peano. Suit for $1,675 dam
ages was brought in Fall River Coun-
ty, but thrown out on demurrer charg-
Ing lack Of Jurisdiction, as the alleged
offense was committed on govern
ment Indian reservation. This finding
IS sustained by the supreme court.
, c. G. Niemen, hailing from Free
mont, Neb., who was in Pierre recent
ly attempting to take orders for shade
trees at cent apiece, quietly left He
claimed to be an agent Of the govern
ment, and on that account could fur
nish the trees at the low price which