Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-08
NOTARIAL COMMITS.
SIONS NOT CANCELLED
GOVERNOR NSSH DECIDES NOT TO
REVOKE COMMISSIONS OF TWO
TIMBER LAKE men.

Fain and B. M. Herman. on the
order to show cause why their no
tarial commissions should not be
cancelled. Governor Wesley deci-
ded that the situation was not such
that they should be deprived of
their rights to act as notaries in
this state. With such finding it
is not likely that there will be any
further hearing on the others con-
cerned, or at least not at the pres
ent time. The indications from
stories of the contending parties
appears to show that there is a
fight on between Register Burns
of the Gregory land office, and the
attorneys in question. and while
there have been lot of charges
made, when it came down to the
hearing none of the charges were
backed by anything stronger than
mere assertion, all of which was
denied just as strongly by the men
called in for hearing, and on such
a showing no action is at all likely
unless the charges are given sub
stantial backing.
1t appears that several months
ago an old soldier, G. M. Silsbee
of Savage, Mimi. preferred charg
es against Register Burns of Greg
DRY, alleging Mr.. Burns defrauded
him out of a quarter section of land.
Burns in turn claimed that Baker
& Co., locators, and Morrison &
Leslie, attorneys for Silsbee, all of
Gregory, were responsible for the
old mans loss. 1t appears that
Burns wanted an immediate inves-
tigation of the Silsbee matter by an
agent of the general land office,
while the parties accused by Burns
insisted that a congressional inves-
tigation necessary to insure a thoro
and impartial one. 1t is under
stood many additional charges
were filed against Burns, among
them that of speculation in govern
ment land and forgery of a home
stead entry. and involving his re-
cord as land office official both at
Mitchell and Gregory. Charges
were filed with the committee on
expenditures in the interior depart
ment. That committee assumed
Jurisdiction Of the matter and
when the committee asked Mr..
Burns to be present he informed
the committe that his daughter was
i'll and that he could not come for
some time, and for this reason the
committe postponed further inves-
tigation until it meets in Washing
ton to continue this investigation.
DR.. Roberts complete line of
veterinary remedies. - Mccarthy
Drug Co.
Insure your property at Stock
Growers State Bank. Best COM
panies and cheapest rates.
FOR SALE-A number of
mich cows with calves, also two
blooded bulls. Call upon or write
E. H. Stafford.
Two shipments of Matador range
steers, sent to Chicago markets re-
Gently, were sold at very flattering
prices, one trainload of 26 cars
selling for $6.35 to $3.50 per hun
dred. The steers in this train av-
eraged 1900 pounds. Another
trainload the following day sold
for So per hundred. These prices
were near top of the market and
nearly eqYalled the prices the best
corn fed steers sold for on those
days.
We were greatly surprised to
learn that instead of a letter mailed
at this place for Timber Lake or
Faith, instead of going to these
towns direct it has to first go to
Mobridge and the next day brought
back. 1t thus requires from three
to four days to send letter and
get an answer back that should