Great Falls tribune., 1889-12-11
CASCADE COUNTY WORK,
Business Transactions by the County
U... Conn mmissiOners,

Business Transactions by the Count,
M. Commissioners.
The regular session which ended o,
Saturday was attended by County Com
missioners Hawkins, Wegner and Dicke,
and the county clerk, Howard Crosby
The warrants Of the United States treas
urer for rent of court room to United
States court from April 1, 1883, to june
30, 1889, for the sum Of $3.50, were re.
ceived and the clerk was directed to pass
warrants over to the county treasurer.
The official bond of j. F. McClelland
county treasurer-elect, in the sum of $75,
600, was filed and approved. His sureties
are f. E. Atkinson, Jacob Switzer, Peter
Larson, viii Hanks and j. j. Ellis.
The county attorney was directed to
notify the superintendent of the Belt
mountains railroad to repair the public
road at the foot of Castner's grade and
widen the same to at least 80 feet by re-
moving part Of the fill.
G. N. Frost, Owen Fergus and F. c.
Poole were appointed to meet at Frost's
ranch on Dec. 16, 1889, and proceed to
view road petitioned for by Thos. Shan.
non and others.
DR.. E. Crutcher's contract for the care
of sick and INDECENT was extended to
March 6, 1890, and the clerk was directed
to advertise for bids for a new contract to
run from that date.
The clerk was directed to notify Super
visor ]. G. Wells to expend the sum OF
$50 to repair the road from Otter creek
to Belt and place bridge across Arming-
toms coulee and clean out the rock on
grade near Rice's.
Oscar Swanson was appointed super
visor in district No. 10, vice Thos. Geer,
removed.
The petition of the Utah Live Stock
company for reduction of assessment was
not granted.
The quarterly reports of Justices of the
Peace W. H. Race, Helsing, J. M. Frs
kline, Geo. Raban, NJ. @. Larkin, A. c.
Lux and Jos. Kaufman were examined,
and filed.
The reports of ex-Probate Judge J. P.
Dyas and Clerk and Recorder H. Crosby
we're approved and filed.
The petitions of j. NJ. Erskine ct al
for roads in Chestnut valley were LAID
over until the regular March meeting.
County Surveyor W. Z. Kern's report
on the road from Sand Coulee to Neihart
was referred back for more explicit
map and description.
j. G. Wells report as supervisor district
No. 13 was referred and an itemized ac-
count called for.
The board appropriated 5000 to repair
the road between the Montana smelter
and Great Falls under the direction Of
Thos. Mcmahon. Also the same amount
for the Sand Coulee road, under the di
rection Of ]. q. Blanding.
The office of fish and game warden was
from Nov. 20, 1889.
Ordered that J. X. Castner be allowed
$40 month for building at Belt to be
used as a jail, and that he be allowed 1876
for repairing the building,
Chas. Rumnell was appointed deputy
sheriff at Sun River, los. Beckett at St.
Clair, D. Mcleod at Belt and o. E. Estey
at Sand Coulee and the salary was fixed
at $50 per quarter.
John GERMS resignation as constable
was accepted.
The report of County Treasurer Clark
was approved and accepted.
J. NJ Erskine's bill, as acting coroner,
was ordered returned to him for a report
of mileage. =---
The board allowed large number Of
bills, the total amounting to over $4,000.
Ralmoral Skirt Patterns going at &c