Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-13
Coal and Prices.

law the county can lease. Under the
same law, w. A. Wheat leased the ct
nw3 & sw4 net i nw3 set of 27-33 IA for
SO. The lease is in force from March
l-l9H to March 1-l905.
0. S. Boggs was allowed S66 so for
supplies and caIe In his present sick
ness. Mr.. B0ggs Is an old soldier and
under the law the county mus: assist
old soldiers whenever they need assist
ance. Mr.. Boggs has been very sick
for month or more.
Waldron Chase secured e rebate on
his personal property taxes on account
Of the loss sustained by the big fire.
His entire tax on his hardware stock
, and building was 1921 So, including
penalty. He asked to have it all Can
celled. The Board, after considering
the matter few days, decided to throw
| off the personal and penalty which was
1902 -19. Commissioner Lake was en-
phaticaIly against the proposition. and
went on record as voting no. He said
| hundreds of farmers and cattlsmen in
! the county have sustained as great
loss as Mr. Chase has during the past
year without getting any relief.
! There was spirited controversy over
the school land issue on Wednesday
and Thursday. d. l.. Iford and j L.
Farley each made settlement on quar-
ter of school land IN the Wsner pas.
ture in Sharon township after Mr.. Wis.
ner's lease had expired. but Mr. Wisner
had a petition on file In the county
clerks Office to expose the land to sale
! and asked that the commissioners act
on his petition and refuse to recognize
| the settlers. The county superintend.
i ent recognized the settlers for the rea.
son that Mr.. Wisner's petition was not
filed in his Office. The matter was sub.
mitted to the attorney general who de.
| cided IN Mr.. Wisper's favor.
On the school land question, E. Sample
| took occasion to give the commission.
ers free lecture on the action of the
county attorney, growing out of the
Moon settlement at Aetna. On the ad-
vice OF the county attorney rhe county
clerk refused to accept Mr.. Moons set.
tlement on quarter in the Johnson
pasture but later accepted Mr.. John.
sons fling on the ground that he had a
REIMBURSEMENT from prior settler.
whose settlement Mr.. Sample held to
be void. Mr. Sample stated that the
county attorney was dong wrong In
representing clients interest i'm the
capacity of county attorney and he did
a neat job at roasting. so the bystanders
report. There Will be an appeal from
the county attorneys decision In this
case.
/ The Board re organized for the year
1904 on Monday. They prt the chair
manship on Riley Lake. The other two
commissioners voted for him.
| L. " Brown was given an assign
ment to lots IN Kiowa for So SO per lot
aud fees. r l.. Welsh got 8 lots for
81 90 and fees. T.. A. Kent got 8 for 25c.
and fees aud j. B. Cramer bought 6
! for 20 cents and fees.
| Tip McCracken was appointed
tr ustee OF ElwOcd township TO succeed
T.. :. Cru UDpacker. resigned.
Charley Henningsen was ordered re-
leased from the county Jail and taken
To the poor farm. His parents are
Charley'S time has expired and the
commissioners remitted the fine
The Board tried TO formulate a plan
to put prisoners detained in the county
Jail on public works, but they couldn't
devise ang feasible plans and nothing
was done in that direction at this meet
/ ing
a leather bottom revolving chair was
ordered for the county clerks office
The last official business transacted
| wasthe re appointment of Commission
er Grouse purchasing agent for the
county. with rigid clause that all sup.
plies purchased for the county must be
purchased by him or on his written or
der. The Board say that no bill will
he allowed where goods are furnished
without it is furnished on the county
purchasing agents order. either verbal
or written.
| The Board ;djourned Monday after
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