The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-28


was of the opinion that the following
additions or increase in valuation
should be entered upon the assessment
book, and the clerk vas instructed to
notify by letter all persons interested
that further consideration and hear
ing on the proposed action of the
board would be given on August g.,
1903:
Custer Sheep Co., 5000 sheep; incom-
plete assessment; $4,000.
Snidow Sheep Co., 1000 sheep; in
complete assessment; $4,000.
Gilsdorf Bros, goods, wares and
merchandise; valuation too low; $3.50.
J.. Zywert, goods wares and merchan,
! disc; valuation too low; 5000.
| P. b. Moss, improvements on lots
1 to Is, block 3, West Side addition;
valuation too low; $4,000.
J. F. Platt, 1000 sheep; incomplete
assessment; $4,000.
Slater Brick Co., goods, ares and
merchandise; escaped assessment;
$500.
The clerk vas instructed to decrease
the following assessments:
Henry Thorson, goods, wares and
merchandise; double assessment;
$500.
B. G. Shorey, section II township
3 north, range 10 east; valuation too
high; $500.
A communication from the Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company
protesting against the assessment OF
their franchise was laid before the
board, and on motion was ordered
filed.
The board then adjourned to meet
at 2 o'clock p. m. as a board of coun-
ty commissioners.
Afternoon Session. o'clock p. NJ.
This being the day and hour adver-
tised for the receiving and opening of
bids for the building OF a bridge across
the drainage ditch at T~wenty-ninth
street north, the board met as a board
OF county commissioners.
One bid for the building OF a steel
bridge was presented by Messrs.. w.
s.. Hewett & Co., who proposed to
build such a bridge at The place named
for the sum of Sligo. The board
acting under the reservation of the
notice. rejected the bid
The clerk was instructed to draw
a warrant on the bridge FUND in the
sum of 81, 900, in favor OF W. S. Hewett
4 Co., same being partial payment
of contract for the repairs on Laurel
bridge.
The following described real estate
standing in the name of the county
for delinquent taxes was sold to the
persons named, they being the highest
and best bidders, and the clerk was
directed to execute quit-claim deeds
therefor:
Mrs. Hilma sieber, lots 1, 3, block
sc, Park City, $13.5S.
Nicholas Weber, lot 8, block SO, Park
City, $4.25.
II. E. Gay, lots l to 10, block 80,
Junction, $3.50.
, +. E. Gay, lot IA, block IS, junction
, $3.50.
T. E. Gay, lot 26, block IS, Junction
$3.50.
d. F. Nicholas, lots II, IS, 10, 20
block 266, Billings, $24.99.
The board then resolved itself into
a board of equalization and resumed
T it's work on the assessment book.
; For the reasons stated, the boart
was of the opinion that the follow
! ing additions or increase should b.
directed the clerk to notify the persons
! interested that further consideration
: and hearing would be given on Angus
e 6, 1908, on the proposed action of tn
board:
II Thirty-Mile Cattle Co., improve
0 ments on southeast quarter section
10, township 5 north, range 26 east
u valuation too low; $500.
p Thompson-McGregor Lumber Co
o goods, wares and merchandise; valus
ton too low; $4,000.
IS H. NJ. Allen & Co, goods, ware
and merchandise; valuation too low
9 $4,000.
IS Geo. Vaughan, north half southeas
quarter section 10, township l south
e range 26 east; valuation too low; $4O(
u Joe Zimmerman, south half an
south half north half section "a, tow
ship 1 north, range 25 east; valuatio
- too low; $3.50.