Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1915-01-08
FRAME-UP
GOES THRU
new BOARD FALLS into Line
AND OLD TACTICS GO
BANQUET TO CELEBRATE
fIMES- HERALD man FEEDS COMMITS
SI0NERS and Ex COMMISSIONERS
AFTER GETTING HIS PIE

AFTER GETTING HIS PIE
The board of county commissioners
met at the county court house Monday,
January 4th after winding up the busi-
ness Of the old year the new board
members in the person of Paul Cope,
OF Lithia. and Jesse Rineer, of Ard.
more, were sworn in to take the place
OF Hugh Houghton of the third district
and Arthur Ferrell, deceased, of the
first district.
After taking the oath of office lanes
CLARK, the hold over member of the
board was elected chairman for the on.
suing year. The board then adjourn
ed to meet Tuesday the 5th One Of
the first matters to come before them
at this time was the appointment of
the official papers of the county for
the ensuing year, This however was q
mere formality for in caucus duly as.
sembled the slate had been made and
each OF the commissioners named a
paper in his district with the result
that Cope chose the Oelriohs Advocate.
Rineer. the Edgemont Enterprise and
CLARK, the Hot Springs Times. Herald.
Editor Caylor Of the Ardmore Amer
icap was then called up and given a
verbal agreement the text Of which
may be easily surmised from the
pleased expression on his face, 1t be-
ing unlawful as this board just found
out to appoint any more than three Of
doial papers or to have other than
three put in bills to the county.
Editor Goddard, of the Express at
Edgemont, was on hand and also the
Star man but as the last named has
got the worst Of the dea! for the past
three years and expected the same
treatment again, we can truthfully say
IN the words of an eminent writer We
once heard of I'VE smole q smile"
In all fairness to the new msmhera
be it said that in appointing their
papers they did as they thought right.
Or at least what they thought would
do them the most good, one of them
stated that he had to favor the four
paper combination or he couldn't be
elected again four years from now.
To give the people of the county
some insight into the printing affairs
of the county for the past few years we
will give few figures as to the
amounts paid out for Identical
work to each of the favored ones.
In the April bills 1918, the bill of the
Times Herald for legal printing ex-
elusive Of commercial work was SAG 80
the Edgemont Enterprise. S28. .25: the
Oelrichs Advocate, 1923 95 all for the
same work making an overohsrRe OF
S23 90 for the Times-Herald and 81
for the Enterprise besing the claim on
the bill of the oelrichs Advocate owned
by E l., Sem, of Dsadwood,
In June Both, 1913 the bill of the
Times-Hersld exclusive of commerc,al
work was 1880; the Enterprise, $50 rs
and the Oelrichs Advocate S47. 10 maxi
i.g an overcharge of s46.4O tor the
Times Herald and SO. 65 for the Enter.
prise. The editor of the Times. Herald
was learning the ropes fast,
Bills allowed at the October 1915
meeting gave the Times Herald sll1 .lE
for proceedings and legal notices: the
Enterprise s97 05 and the Advocate
S6o % making al overchsrRe of s45 4(
for the Times-Herald and S3l. 80 70,
the Enterprise, The Enterprise man
was also getting to be better charger
The January 1914 meeting appeared
with bill from the Times- Herald fo,
legal printing exclusive Of other vorl
OF SOB 80; the Enterprise 500 80 and
the Advocate s6l.95. This allows TO,
an overcharge of BAL 80 for. the Tines
Herald and s37 s5 for the Enterprise
This Is where they commenced to 90
together. Both the Herald and tn,
Enterprise were doing better.
But when it comes to genuine graf
the official ballots and the referendnm
Is where good work was done. In Jan
uary 1911 the board of commissioners
allowed bill to the Times-Har.,
, then under different management O
l sloS.5O for 2l000 ballots and referer
dums. In October 1912 the board al
lowed the Times-Hersld $500 for th
same work and under date of Octobe
}. 18th, 1914 the Times-Hersld aasi