Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-30
County Commissioners!
THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST
THREE DAYS.
Purely Road Business!
Remainder Of Proceedings Will Ap.
pear in Full in Next Weeks
Publication.

First Day, July l3th.-The Board
met In regular session. Present, ID. NJ.
White, chairman, J. A. Wilkinson, G.
w. Walker, commissioners, and III. X
Barnett, clerk.
In the matter Of the Craig and Nor
row read petition, 1t appearing to the
satisfaction of the Board that said pc
titlon was signed by more than ten in
habitants Of road district No. 7, being
the district through which said road is
located, taxable therein for road purpo-
ses and had signed said petition for the
purpose of laying out said road to-wit:
That the Lewiston and Mt Idaho stage
road be changed to run from point ut
the residence of Henry Risdon where
lot one in section one, township 3D.
joins the Indian reservation line, south,
through on the section line between
sections II and II, about one quarter of
mile, thence east on the lands of S. J.
Craig and w. r. Dixon in nw,, section
IL, twp 81, II r2, w. b. IN, until it strikes
the stage road again little less than
one quarter of mile, then following
the stage road about one quarter of IA
mile, thence south on the lands of said
Craig and Dixon about three hundred
feet, thence east on the land of said
Craig and of M. b. Morrow in section
II, little less than one quarter of
mile on the stage road, thence north to
the line between said Craig and Nor
row, distance of a little less than one
quarter of mile, thence east one quar-
ter of mile on the land of said Craig
and Morrow and government land about
one quarter mile, thence south about
three hundred feet to the stage road
again. And it further appearing to the
Board that said petition sets forth the
necessity for and advantages to be
gained by the changes as contemplated
in said petition, as also through whose
land the road petitioned for, will pass,
and that said petition was accompanied
with good and sufficient bond ap-
proved by the Board of county commits
sioners in double the amount of the
probable cost of viewing and laying out
said proposed road, conditioned that
the bondsmen will pay all costs of
viewing and surveying said road in
case the prayer of the petitioners is not
granted. 1t is therefore ordered by the
Board that said petition be approved
and that VIM. Hendrickson, Daniei
Slavens and w. P. Bell be and they
are hereby appointed viewers to view
ut and survey said road.
In the matter OF the petition of F. b
Utter, ct al, for road in road district
No. 5, i, appearing to the satisfaction
of the Board that said petition was in
writing and that the same was signed
by more than ten inhabitants of said
road district No. s, taxable therein for
road purposes and had signed said pc.
tition for the purpose of laying out said
road as follows to-wit: Commencing
t two large blazed pine trees in the
school section No. SO, twp 3S, nr2, W.
b. H., about 25 rods west of point on
east line of said section about 20 rods
south of the ne corner of said SCI ton,
!, thence running on or near the survey
Of the old Nixon road sc to twp line
between and 2, W. b. m., and thence
through The place of Mary Hewett,
. around the the head of rocky canyon to
. point on the half section line running
east and west through section 81, twp
, 38, n l, W. b. m, about 60 rods east OF
said twp line, and thence east on OF
J near said half section line, between
land owned by Jas. w. Rice and John
; Christensen on the south, and Mary
: Hewett and Allen UrtOn on the north
to se corner Of he t, of section 81, twE
, 38, nrl W. b. m, thence following thu
Christensen road east 80 rods, theme,
t east on or near said half section lin,
: dividing section 81 and 80, twp 38, mr. l
3 W. b. M, east and west to corner o
, n W t, sec "a, twp 3S, nr1, W. b. m.
8 said line dividing land owned by An
r drew Stritzel, Thomas Berriman, Franl
t Cuddy and Hiram Cuddy on the soutl
8 and John Ritchel, Frederick Kuther
e Lyman 8. Utter and John McIver OF
= the north. From this point said roa'
d to run north 80 rods on line betweel
9 land owned by John McIver and HI
n ram Cuddy, and thence by best pract
II cable route through the nw4 Of the ne
r of section "a, twp 38, nr1, W. b. m
i owned by Lewis Harris to . point o
q the Whittinger road east Of bridp
ls across Cedar gulch (south branch ,
Cedar creek> where Vt intersects III