The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-09
Portage Lake News.
Monthly Meet OF the
BOARD of Super
viSOrS.
..,, Their Bonds and Are Ap'
proyed BY the board-o'her an
teresting News.

teresting News.
r.o montbly meeting OF the board OF
a.,isors was held yesterday morning.
Tho re0ular routine business was attend
No which will appear later in the offic-
=, .onort The board authorized the
",a,t 70 procure new seal for the regis
~" :, dsads The old ones understand
wv has become defective and the result is
80, y refuses to give I'D any impression.
The setting aside of certain taxes in
7 oird township interested the board Tor
tbe reason that some OF the reasons pre-
.o,tsd 70 the court on the occasion OF
Tho decree had to do with the manner IN
which the board had made the equiliza-
tion mon which the detective roll was
made. The lang uage OF the attorneys in
Giving these reasons was that the board
had indeed attempted to make an equil-
,stiop. This hurt the feelings OF the var
ions members more than charges OF neg
lect could have done; but, it appearing
that this reason, unsupported by Others.
would not have knocked out the taxes,
the board resumed it's wonted good
humor.
The bonds OF the recently elected county
officers were presented and approved as
follows County Treasurer FrimodiR,
Tor 100000, with Charles Briggs, r. II.
Osborn, P. Ruppe. Jr., j. ID. Cuddihy. Jo-
seph Hermann, Josiah Hall, w. b. An
derson, Edward Ryan, j. II. Rice. z. W.
Wright, j. H. Seager and w. Z. Parnall
as sureties; County Clerk Shields, for 3d.
600, with Henry Drittler. Jr., and G. 81.
Nichols as sureties; Sheriff Lean. for &c.,
200, with Peter Ruppe. Jr., Bat Shea,
Stephen Williams and Joseph Gardner as
sureties; Circuit Court Commissioners Shell
den, for $4,000. with C. ID. Sheldon as
surety; Circuit Court Commissioner Kerr,
for $1,000. with Edward Ulseth and
Francis Ward as sureties, and that OF
Coroner Sowden, for $4,000, with Joseph
Hermann and Joseph Gardner as sureties
4 petition was brought before the
board for its endorsement and the sigma
ture Of its members, addressed to the
board of supervisors of Wayne county,
regarding the action TO be taken by that
body in the matter of the kind of stone
to be used in the new county building.
The petition recited the amaZement OF the
signers at the position taken by por-
ton OF the newspapers and citizens of
Detroit in the matter. 1t goes on to
state that the attacks on the Portage
Entry sandstone are unwarranted. The
finest building in the State, which the
new court house will undoubtedly be,
ought to be built OF Michigan stone. The
beauty OF this stone and it's unquestion-
able durability, tested by severest trials
Of climate and conditions, warrant the
pemand oil the petitioners that it should
eused The use OF stone from another
ptate will enable and officially sanction
ne claim that Michigan's famous build
ng stone was not good enough for her
argest and finest building. The using OF
ols stone, the petition elaine, will pro-
note good feeling between the merchants
u THIS section and the wholesalers OF De-
toll, and failure to use it, when it has
Seen admitted by majority OF the
payne supervisors as the best, would be
onsldered as a slap It State industry, by
nose who ought to be it's friends, and
annot iai to work up a feeling of es
faogement between orr people end the
'uslhess men of the States metropolis.
ine petition hau been signed by lead
W business men and was heartily en-
pOrsei by the members OF the board of
uperVlsors. Judge Jay A. Hubbell, in
su'ng It, said he did 40 because the
Michigan Mining School building was
Pul't OF Portage Entry stone and was
'00ng more than satisfactory.