Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-20

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neighborhood:
George NJ. Laird, special agent of
the U. s. land department, was
through this township Thursday, ga
thering sworn aff1davits against L.
8. Hackney's Illegal fencing of gov
eminent land and a few other minor
details regarding Irregularities of the
homestead law.
Life Is about undesirable to the set
tiers with this illegal fencing and
fencing lanes cornerwise across sec
ton corners. The broad and foolish
statement was made three years ago
by w. L. Watson, one Of Haekney's
men. that he would fence them in on
their claims, which he about done by
fencing lanes across section corners.
Every dog has his day, SO this is
the settlers day.
Mr.. Laird has notified Mr.. Hackney
that fences will have to 60, without
any fooling this time, or criminal
prosecution will be started at once,
on the evidence and sworn afiidavits
he carries ready to file. y
It is needless to say that the set
lers are up ON their dignity, for the
reason that a lot of this fencing is
for the benefit OF. the Inconvenience
of the settlers and that Mr.. Hackney,
through some of his men, has been
trying to hoodwink our county COM
missioners, Webb and Patterson.
against badly needed roads for U. s..
stage line. We do not know to what
extent they were tempted, but 1t must
have been considerable, or else their
own cussed lowness, or we would
have had roads instead of petitions
pigeonholed. II
It is needless to say that the set
tiers are ready to be unfenced, though
it's a disgrace to the county that the
federal government is called upon to
use drastic action, as these fence
corners could have been removed by
our county commissioners and roads
made across government land for the
convenience of the settlers.
| Messrs. Webb and Patterson, coun-
ty commissioners, it is needless to say,
are politically dead horses, to the ex.
4 tent of forty-four votes of the entire
male voting population of this town.
ship, 142, range rs.
Our postmaster is in receipt of a
Iletter from the postofice department
inquiring as to the advisability of es
1 tablishing three times week service
instead of twice a week service for
! this Office.
i JEFF. May has disposed of several
hundred dollars worth of horses this
! spring. Metcalf Bros. recently bought
| five head of 1,400-pound horses Of
/ him. aE
! Mrs. A. N. Bickmore has been dan
i gerously i'll, but is recovering now.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Veins were
4 perambulating the streets of Driscol
last Friday.
/ Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob D
Ensz, a girl, February IA.
i John Miller lost. two of his child
rem with scarlet fever since our last
letter
The grippe seems to have prett.
good hold on some of our settlers.
81 David Olson and Gilbert Anderson
: Wisconsin land.
David Butler started for South Da
J kota to visit, Tuesday.
David Olson and Colbert Anderson
were transacting business at Driscol
} Tuesday.
There may be an investigation b.
/ the U. s. land inspector as to tn,
title of some land in 1926, in sec
r lions 2 and 10, which the Lindel
. ranch secured title to through demur
rer Real human beings though the,
are, there is no doubt that they actu
ally filed on the land and reside,
: thereon and that they were place,
r there as hirelings Of the Linden ranch
The boys from Duluth. Mimi. hav
been assigned this district now an
) it goes without saying that they ar
$ hot on the trail of parties securin
| and trying to secure land by fraud.
t Henry Veins was grinding fee
l Tuesday.
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