The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-04-15
ASSERTS RELATIVE
Of HEPPERL[ isn't
NEEDED BY STATE
Forester Ousted AS
Saying Brother-in
law is Valueless.
$1,000 IN WASTE
$1,000 IN WASTE
Hanson In Retort Says For
ester Was Willing to Cut
this Sum for Estimate.
no the Editor of The Republican:

To the Editor of The Republican,:
1 do not think the people of the
state are vitality interested in Mr..
Hipperlc's or my own personal or
private affairs. and as the principal
part OF his communication of April
B, IL petty TRADE and billingsgate, 1
shall pass that entirely without COM
mont. AS to the remainder / shall
limit myself to plaintiffs parliament
tary right to five minutes for rebuff
tai and the controversy will be clos
ed as long as Mr.. Hipperle is willing
to remain the goat for the machine"
Mr.. Hipperle openly or tacitly adj
mits every charge that ! made ex-
cept that OF incompetence, and his
communication leaves little room for
argument as to that. He however,
brings up q number Of matters which.
involves either a question Of YER
acity or OF judgment between MI.
Hipperlc and myself. The latter u
am perfectly willing to submit with
out argument. AS to the former, !
shall submit a few additional facts
and figures.
II Ia true that the State Forester
recommended an increase in Hep
perle's br0ther-in-law's salary, but
only after Mr.. Hepperle had ordered
him TO make such recommendation,
and ] have in my possession n letter
from this same State Forester stat
Ing that III the nepotism bill then
pending were passed, thus automa-
ticaIly dispensing with this ranger.
his. place need not be filled, and his
estimate for the Forestry DEPART
ment could be pared down $4,000
per year. My letting out this Estate
secret may be- the cause Of the
State Forester,s also being asked to
resign. Let MS watch and see
Will not ask for space at this
timo for figures to prove who Is
telling the truth as to the a%ppraisc-
4 ments In Mr.. Hcpperle's home county
last year. ] took the trouble to look
up the record as to that a few days
before ! left the office and anyone
who wishes to Inform himself as to
who is the liar may do SO by looking
in these records.
departments Income.
Mr.. Hepperle makes another state
ment indicating his calibre when he
SAYS that since he became commits
sioner iii March, 1918. the increase
81 the income Of the department is
about $150,000 annually" On that
date the sale counties for 1913 had
All been selected, and the rate OF
rental had been fixed for all the
other counties, and during that
month State Auditor Anderson and
myself made the leasing and selling
a~ppraisements in all the sale coun-
ties. Mr.. Hepperle is therefore en-
titled to neither credit o blame
for results up to June 80, 1918. but
is entitled to full responsibility for
/ the following fiscal year ending June
80, 1914. Following is the increase
In income for year for the last four
a as found on page Sc of the
latest report Of the department OF
schools and public lands:
Fiscal year ending June 30. 1911
~$6O.355.S4.
Fiscal year ending June 80, 1912
$98.24S.54.
Fiscal yenr ending juno 80. 1913
$96.121.68.
Fiscal year ending June so, 1914
$21,753.66.
IL Will be seen from the above that
during the three years that was
I'm practically absolute charge of PIP.
Draisement matters under Mr.. Brink
or. there was an Increase of nearly
100000 per year. while during Mr..
Hcpperle'S first year this dwindled
dawn to less than $4,000, due az
stated before, to the fact that tQc
much time was consumed by Mr.
Hepperle and the employees under
his directions to relatively unim-
nOrtant matters. /. did ns Mr.. Hep
nerlee claims, advise him that more
helpi would eventually be needed
bnt II is not needed under his policy
Of doing most OF his field work by
correspondence.
Legislature With Hanson.
I freely admit that ! differed with
Mr.. Hipperle as to o number OF
measures which were before the last
session of the legislature. as we'll as
over nearly every other matter Of
Importance which has been before
the department during the last two
4 Az to legislation, / deemed
Il my duty to give such counsel as J
thought was to tho best interest OF
the state, as the state of South Da-
laota. and no Mr.. Hepprle was my
employer. The measures to which
MI. Hepperie objected most siren
ously we're enacted into laws ,ovt'r his
objections, and thus when he ac-
cuses me OF working against the best
interest OF the state In favOring these
measures he indirectly prefers the
same charge against the legislature
for enacting them. 1 am thus placed
in distinguished company.
Again, MIR. Hepperle prevaricates
when he says 1 went to RGdfleld and
Huron Ito see prominent men ask
ing them To- bring their pressure up
on me dnsorder to keep him in Office"
Ighaye not asked q soul to intercede
FOR me,sand i challenge him to get a
single Individual to assert that ]
have, and further than that. I told
one very prominent Redfeld man
whom / met ia Pierre and who sug-
Kested to ME that i compromise
might be effected that my determine
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