Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-09-12
ak months in her life until she was put
in as school teacher.

L N'-- ~ aSA AAtC Aukll BIG WAS put
in as school teacher.
After heated discussion the chair.
man of the board of commissioners or.
dered the county superintendent to visit
the Poplar Grove school and thoroughly
investigate the matter, and if necessary
for the ends ofjustice to fire the whole
school board.
Tho bill Of the News. Democrat for
publishing county proceedings for &S4
was investigated.
The county clerk stated that the bill
was 33i per cent too high, and he never
would audit the bill at its face.
Mr.. j. f. Davis, of the Diebold Safe
and Lock company, made proposition
to furnish the county with steel cells,
but Commissioner Creel wished to as
certain from other companies what cells
could be bought for. The board then
took Mr.. Davis proposition into consid.
Grafton.
Commissioner Creel moved that q
statement Of the accounts and of all the
money that has been expended since
the organization of the county up to
date be made out by the county clerk,
and that bids be received from the pa
pers here for the publication of it. and
that it be lot to whoever will print it At
the lowe price.
The county clerk said he would do
so If tho board authorized him and paid
for the work, as 1t WAS extra work.
Mr.. Barton wanted to know it it could
| not be printed in the official paper,
Creel said no, as it was not official
proceedings any more than the printing
OF the delinquent tax list was. The list
went to the lowest bidder when he was
| running a paper, and the INTER-OCEAN
got it.
After some discussion the motion WAS
carried.
TIE NEWSDEMOCRAT STEAL.
In the afternoon the News Democrat
bill OF printing official proceedings was
taken up. Commissioner Cleel said that
the printing bills were very high; the
paper was getting fat on it and he would
like to take stock again in the paper.
Commissioner Rumney and County
Clerk Percival measured the proceed
lngs and found lS6 inches Or folos, but
when counted at 100 words per folio it
would make only lO6 legal iolos. Com
missioner Creel thought the bill IS per
cent too much. After some discussion
tho bill $s4.30 WIS allowed at $75.
Moved by Mr.. Barton that the county
treasurer notify Finley Chisholm to re-
fund the road poll tax that belongs to
Morris and Dry lake townships. Carried.
Adjourned until Wednesday ut 4
o'clock.
WEDNESDAYS MEETING
The board met Wednesday, full
board being present.
Mr.. Sparks, Of Minneapolis appeared
before the board and explained the sys
tenn Of the Jail cells he sold and said that
his company had supplied the best jails
in the country. In Fort Worth, Texas,
they beat ten competitors. He gave a
scientific discourse upon the composite
parts OF metals and Of the qualities Of
different kinds vf steel
MIR. Crcel remarked that ho did NOT.
suppose that the board was much inter-
cstcd i'll the modus operandi Of steel
manufacturing; what they wanted was
the best steel cells at the lowest price
The board took recess until 7 D. m.,
when MIR. Sparks showed them his mod.
els of cells
THURSDAYS MEETING
The board met Thursday morning.
Mr.. j. L. Davis and Mr.. Sparks we're
both present in the interest of their
companies and to persuade the board
to buy their steel clad cells. Quite a dis
| cusslon arose between the two gentle
men as to the most appropriate size OF
cells
Mr.. Sparks put in two bids, one on
chrome steel cells and the other ON
Pauly steel cells. The former was at
1915 on cars in st. Louis, or erected in
the county, $3.50; the latter at $3.50 Oh
cars at st. Louis and at $3.50 erected in
the county. Mr.. Sparks made II speech
before the commissioners showing that
the Diebold Safe compnny's steel cells
were no good Whatever, and that his
were the best in the world. He also
said Mr.. Davis was II very fine gentle
man, but did not know anything about
steel cells.
Mr.. Davis addressed the board and
said that his compctitornade very fine
address and tried to pick out flaws in
his work, but the board was too intcIli.
gent to give them any consideration.
Mr.. Davis offered to put the cells in the
county Jail Of chrome steel at 81 lao, or
at $lO25 at Canton, o., no freight paid.
The two representatives. got into very
warm discussion as to the relative quail
ties OF the Pauly steel and the chrome
steel. Sparks challenged Davis to trial
Of their steel in the blacksmith's shop.
Mr.. Crcel moved that all bids be re-
jected and the clerk notify each Of the
parties to put in new bids at . o'clock
for the same kind ofcels delivered here.
freight prepaid, and erected in Jail, as
the present bids are not complete. Car
ried.
The following bills were allowed for
county services:
II. NJ. Creel, s53.4O; John Barton,
$47 80; VIM. Y. Rumney, $54.
a STEEL JAIL PURCHAsED.
The board met as per adjournment at
2 p. m. Commissioners Rumney and
Barton were present at the appointed
time, but Crecl was late as usual, and
kept the board waiting about an hour
Mr.. Sparks told the board that he
came here with one kind of jail--the
Pauly steel .jail-that has been built
successfully for number of years, and
it is just as we'll TO have good Jail as a
fiimsey one, and he thought that in the
board making him give bid for a
chrome steel Jail they were showing IA
vor to Mr.. Davis. He wanted them to
allow him to put in bid for Pauly
steel Jail, and the lock that Mr.. Davis
specifies in his bid u an infringement on
the Pauly patent: and if Mr. Davis bid
is accepted he certainly shall prosecute
the county for infringing on the Pauly
patent. At Grafton he got 300 more