The Glenwood post., 1905-03-11
GARFIELD COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
Road Overseers, Water Commis-
SiOnerS and Health Officers
Appointed LdwbredkerS
Not Encouraged
USUAL GRlST OF BILLS PASSED

The board of county commissioners
met last Monday aud continued in
sessi on three days
I. S. Anderson, in charge of the
South Canon ferry, was instructed to
put in proper landings on each side of
the river and present the bill to the
county.
}. F. Myser, horticultural inspector
appeared before the board and made a
very interesting talk upon horticul
ture especially in regard to the infor
nation and instructions which should
be given the, orchardists con cerning
the method of dealing with blight
and fruit pests. He was advised to
issue circular or bulletin at once
embodying his ideas upon these sub
iects
G. NJ. RulisOn made statement to
the board in regard to the approaches
and roads leading to the new state
bridge at Balzac and the board decid-
ed to make a personal investigation
of the conditions, which they did on
Thursday.
II. G. Brown and William Lacy
appeared to protest against the APP
pointment heretofore made of W. L.
Clark as road overseer of District 10.
The board instructed the clerk to
secure bids from Kamm & Co. and
Doll Bros. q Smith, of New Castle
on red spruce plank suitable for
bridge flooring. The following reso-
luton was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, it has pleased God in His
infinite wisdom to call home on Feb
ruary 22nd, 1905 Mr. George Bennett
ii pioneer of Garfield. and
Whereas, he was prominent and
honored citizen of this county on
whom it devolved to blaze ont the
way and build many public highways
now in use and
Whereas, the whole county by rea-
son of his death has suffered an ire
parale loss
Therefore, be it resolved by the
Board of County Commissioners of
Garfield county. Colorado, that by
reason of the death of Mr.. Bennett the
citizens of the county have lost a
public spirited, honorable, citizen, one
who has left many permanent results
of his industry in the building of
public highways at his own expense
to the benefit of the county, and that
it is only fitting and proper that
record of his demise should be made
sioners' record and that the commits
sioners in the name of the people of
the county also express thereby a
sense of great loss, not only to his sor
rowing wife and relatives but also to
the entire community, and that Ger
tilted copy of this resolution be furn-
ished the widow and to John W. Bea
man who rendered such considerate
services in assisting Mr.. Bennett $
family in the hour of their great be
reavement
DR.. j. A. Mckinney was appointed
health officer for Grand Valley, and
J. L. Cochran received like appoint.
ment for Rife George L. Hardwick
was appointed road overseer for road
district No. to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of George Bennett
Charles II. Harris was recommended
to the governor for appointment as
water commissioner of water district
No 3s.
Mrs, Frank Johnson appeared be-
fore the board and stated that since
her husband had been sentenced to
sixty days in the county Jail for vio-
lnting the game laws she found it i'm
possible to support herself-and chill
dren and on this account asked the
release of her husband. Game War
den Gordon and Justice Witten, who
sentenced johnson, were called in
and as they knew of no way in which
the prisoner could legally he released
and Mr.. Gordon stating very positive
ly his belief in johnson s guilt and
insisting that he be compelled to
serve his entire sentence the board
declined 10 take any action looking to
johnson 8 release.
The commissioners clearly cx
pressed themselves as opposed to in
any manner interfering with the reg
ular course of the law in such cases
and said that rather than encourage
in any manner the softening of the
penalty provided by law for such
offenses they would rather furnish