Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-04-12

have the right of way on all country
roads and that all other carriages or
conveyances must surrender the right
of way to the rural carriers. This
order was issued as the result Of
numerous complaints on the part of
the carriers who were not able to
deliver their mail in the specified
time because carriages and convey
ances which they met refused to give
them the right of way and often
made it necessary for them to drive
slower or to wait until the road was
clear before they could proceed
A fine will be charged to all who in
any way interfere with the speedy
delivery Of the rural mail, and as a
carrier is also fined and sometimes
deposed for late delivery, he will no
doubt see to it that person respon-
sible for his delay will bear the
punishment instead of himself.
Every member of the state board
of charities and corrections carries a
pass over the Northwestern and the
Milwaukee systems in this state. No
member OF the board charges the
state mileage for riding over these
lines on pass. The public exami-
ner carries pass over these systems
and makes no charge for mileage
when using pass. The adjutant
general carries pass but charges
no mileage on either road. The
commissioner of school and public
lands has pass over both roads
and charges the state no mileage.
The pure food commissioner rides
on pass and charges no mileage
for such travel. The governor rides
on pass and charges no mileage
anywhere over any road that fur
nishes a pess. So far as publicly
known only one state official charges
the state mileage for travel that
costs him nothing for railroad fare.
And he is running for public Office
upon reform" issue involving,
among other things, death to free
passes"
In looking up the records of
"reformers" whom the people of
South Dakota are asked to support
by Coe |. Crawford, "Reformer"
Basford and the insurgents gener-
ally We have discovered something
of interest relative to Philo Hall, the
great and good man who rides on a
pass and charges the state for the
miles travelled. We have secured
from the Office of the state auditor
copies of all the vouchers fled by
the attorney general since July },
1905, the date on which the last
report of the auditor was published.
From these vouchers we observe
that the sum of SS41.55, which
represents the amount the attorney
general drew from the state treasury
as mileage prior to last July, has
grown since. But other interesting
things are shown by these vouchers.
For example, the July vouchers
show that Mr.. Hall needed three
stenographers. He paid Mike Gull
hane $50, Albert Matson $50 and
Tom Madden $40, or $3.50 per
month. This continued until the
time the press spoke OF the great
personal sacrifice it was to have the
state pay the salary of the superin-
tendent of the firms collection
department, to be more specific,
until January first. Then he dis
covered he didn't need the services
Of Culhane as stenographer any
longer, and he was dropped from the
pay roll But Philo needed the
$3.50 per month for stenographers
just the same, and beginning Janu-
airy LIST, Matson and Madden have
been drawing $75 each per month.
In spite of the fact that the state
was paying three stenographers for
doing she work in connection with
the Office, Philo took Tom Madden
to Pierre last November to do some
stenographic work in connection
with an insurance hearing held on
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