The Dickinson press., 1913-01-11

court for Frank Hatch. when Judge
Rose was presiding over court matters
in this territory. This was previous
to the incumbency of Judge Francis
and Judge W. H. Winchester who
came with statehood in 1888. For six
years Mr. Leask was car clerk. night
ticket agent. baggage and express man
with the Northern Pacific at Dickinson.
He then served four years each as audi
tor and treasurer. There is a vast
amount Of work in the register of deeds
Office. the number of instruments for
record averaging about 900 per month.
For December, 1911. the office turned
over S706.95 in fees. Misses Stella
Boulger, Marion Howe and Juanita
Young are clerks in the office
and from long experience have
become expert in the work. Mr.. Leask
is under $40, bond. Within a
few days he will move to the room
formerly occupied by the clerk k of court,
in order to get more vault room for
records. Mr.. Leask was married to Miss
Laura Matheson in 1897. They have
wo daughters.
TREASURER KILMER
Geo. W. KLINE. was born in Tennes-
see where his parents still reside. He
started with the Northern Pacific in
1896 at Glendive and Miles City as an
operator. He was station agent at He
bron for three years, coming to Dickin-
son in 1901 where he filled the position
of agent for 10 years, succeeding Dick
Richardson. Mr.. Kilmer married Miss
Lennice Smith in 1900 and they have
four children. Treasurer Geo. W. Kill
mer is under a $50, 600 bond to Stark
county, the heaviest carried by any
official AT tke court house. He is fin
'ishine Eds FIRST term and next May will
qualify for another term of two years to
which he was elected on the democratic
ticket last fall without opposition. The
tax receipt books for Stark county for
1912 will show about $3.50, 900. The
treasurer's Office has already collected
about $50, 600 of the seed grain con-
tracts. leaving little over $23. 900 in
this fund to collect. The delinquent
1911 tax collections fer the past two
months have been something like $780, =
600. This includes both personal and
real estate. On account of the lateness
of marketing grain this season, less
than $40. 600 of the 1912 taxes are paid.
Ordinarily $40. 0OO would have been
paid by the first of the year. The 1912
taxes will become delinquent on March
first. when five per cent penalty at
taches. This makes February heavy
tax-paying month and the receipts this
year will likely reach $50, GOO. Mi.
kilmer made a warrant call month or
so ago and expects to pay off SIS. 900
more in another week but the big call
for warrants will come about April 1st.
John Reuter- is deputy in the treasurer's
office, a position he has filled accepta-
bly, for some years.
JUDGE FRED MASER
Fred Maser, who entered upon his
duties as county judge on Monday came
to Dickinson from Belle Plain. Minne-
sofa. about nine years ago. He came
here with his wife and children as the
secretary and resident manager of the
Rainy Butte Land Company, cor
poration having large land holdings in
this territory which have since been
mostly closed out to resident farmers.
Mr.. Maser owns good home on Mar
guerite Boulevard, and for two terms
held the position of alderman in the
Fifth ward. resignine last spring to ac-
cept the nomination for probate judge
on the republican ticket. He is COL
lege educated man and writes and
speaks Auently both English and
German. He is good public speaker
and during the last few years has iden-
titled himself with Farmers Institute
and Good Roads Work as much or more
than any man in Stark county. Tues
day morning Judge Maser issued his
fret marriage license to Joseph Des-
Eschan Of Kniferiver and Miss Emile
Kuper Of Richardton, and in the after
noon Of the same day, at his office in
the court house. he had his first probate
case, the final accounting in the
Charles Burdick estate. Judge Maser
performed hundreds Of marriages before
coming to North Dakota, so such cere-
monies are no new thing for the new
judge. The Office hours Of the county
judge will be from 9 O'Clock in the
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