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of the counties east of the river in
which such lands are located. The
sales will be made in May, and the Of
ferings at prices set by the state ap-
praisement board. which work has not
yet been completed. The sales will be
for Hyde county, May 13; Hand, May
IA; Faulk, May Is; Potter, May 16;
Edmun6s, May 21; Mcpherson, May
%: and Sully, May 25. The offerings
will all be made at the county seats Of
the various counties. The terms Of
sale will be one-third cash: one-sixth
Dec. 1 next, and the balance on a
five-year mortgage bearing 6k per
cent interest. At the time Of the sale
a contract for deed will be made.
and the deed will be delivered to tho
second payment and the execution OF
the mortgage for the last half Of the
payments. The mortgages are to run
five years, with annual interest pay
ments, but bearing a provision that
the purchaser can pay 500 or any
multiple of that amount on the princi-
pal at the time Of any interest pay
ment date after the second year. The
lands are to be offered in forty-acre
tracts, with the commission reserving
the right to offer them in any sized
tracts thought to be best above the
minimum. Under the law Of last win
ter the $40 minimum on such lands
was removed, and the appraisement
board can fix minimum at any price
which they think the lands will bring.
Attorney General Clark has held In
case which was referred to him from
Walworth county that the county
commissioners cannot legally grant a
license to sell liquors in an unincor-
porated village where there has been
no favorable vote on the question. The
village is not within an Incorporated
township and the question Of a vote
would be a difficult one to settle At
torney General Clark has the same
question before him in a case which
is before the supreme court from Ly-
man county, and until the court passes
upon 1t he holds it as his opinion that
no legal license can be granted. HE
contention Is on the ground that the
present state liquor law is in effect a
prohibition measure, with local option
features, and is in force as a prohib-
itory law where a vote cannot be Sc
cured, or where on vote ii is decided
not to allow licenses. To sum up, the
present law is absolutely prohibitory
in counties where there are no organ
lied townships or towns in which to
secure q vote.
The new law in regard to the clerk
OF the supreme court and the fees to
be charged for cases in the court is
not popular proposition with attor-
neys Of the state. The law requires
them to advance $40 before they can
have case filed in the court. This
takes the place Of all other fees in the
cases in that court, but when a client
does not pay his fees In advance the
attorney must either do the advance
act himself or allow the case Of his
client to lag. A number of cases which
were before the court come under this
class, and attorneys were called upon
to advance the required fees in these
cases before they could proceed TAX
ing the average number of cases filed
In the court, the fees will just about
assistant, and the state will not be
gamer to any great extent by changing
The office from a fee to a salary basis.
The county auditors in session with
he state board Of equalization went
over schedules Of assessment for the
coming year. The figures on personal
nrnnArfV for tho In -
practically as for the last year, but
there was a general raise in real es-
tate prices. Most of the counties are
affected by the change, although in
some cases where the board consider
ed the amount too strong last year.
the change is very slight. While the
auditors paid their own expenses,
those who were present feel that they
profited by the trip. The Black Hills
was well represented considering the
distance they have to travel. every
county In that section except Custer
and Pennington being represented.
The delegation Of Cheyenne river
Indians who went to Washington to
look up matters in that city Of inter
est to the reds, have returned, and re-
port their agreement to the plan to
lease a portion Of their reservation
to the band Of Utes, which has been
held at Fort Meade all winter. They
get in return concessions which they
desired. The Utes will probably be
located somewhere along the west line
of the reservation, and If they keep I'D
their reputation, trouble between them
and white settlers in the way of rows
and quarrels can be expected at any
lime.
number Of the irrigation states
are preparing to take extensive exhib-
its to the national irrigation conven-
ton which meets at San Francisco in
September. This state has been ask
ed to join in that work but has not
yet reached stage in irrigation work
which will warrant such action, but
as soon as the Belle Fourche project is