Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-05-10

fTeSlueuC BOARD Oh 0IOCk OOmm1S-
w. G. PREUITT,
Secretary Board of Stock Commits !
siOners.
First publication May 10.
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.
Minutes of a special session of the
board of commissioners Of Fergus
county, Montana, held after due notice
had been given as required by law
and called for the purpose of attend
ing to certain road matters and the
transaction Of such other business
as may regularly come before said
meeting.
Board called to order at 9 a. m.
May 2, 1905.
Present, Samuel Phillips, chairman;
w. T. Neill, commissioner; F. J. Haz-
en-, clerk.
Petitions having been received from
Johnson Bros. and She'll and Erick-
son, of Garneill, and D. j. Kipe, of
Moore, asking that county licenses
for the sale of liquors at retail be
issued the said petitions were approx.
ed and the county treasurer was in
structed to issue licenses to the above
mentioned petitioners for saloons at
the above mentioned places.
A communication was received from
the Billings Mutual Tele-
phone Co. asking that permit be
granted to construct telephone line
at various points in Fergus county
and said permit was granted as asked
| for.
1t appearing to the board that va
cancies existed upon the board of
trustees of the Fergus County Free
High School the board appointed to
fill said vacancies the following:
Frank e. Wright, David Hilger, Ru-
dolf Won Tobel, Theo. Hogeland, Frank
A. Barnes, Walter H. Peck.
Road supervisors were appointed
as follows:
District No. 8, Thos. Merryfield.
District No. z, Christian Knerr.
District No. 20, D. o. Holmberg.
District No. 80, l.. P. Stigen.
District No. 35 F. H. Stokes.
/ S. S. HObsOn was appointed direc-
tor of the Montana State Fair.
Geo. Ayers and Swend Holland were
appointed viewers of proposed road
to run from the Sc corner of the John
Mabry place; thence running in q
northerly direction to intersect the
Fort Maginnis- Grass Range road.
Board adjourned to a. m. May
3, 1905.
Board called to order at a. m.
May 8, 1905.
, Present: Samuel Phillips, chair
man; w. T. Nel, commissioner; F.
]. Hazen, clerk.
In regard to road petitioned for
to run from point on the now trav.
> eled road at the northwest corner of
the neA of section II, tp 16 n, IL e.;
thence following the north and south
: line between the nel4 and the nwA,
OF section II, tp 16 n, r IL e, to again
intersect the now travelled road the
: viewers recommended that the road
be allowed as follows:
Beginning at n section corner on
north boundary of section II, tp 16 n
IL e; thence east 80 feet, thence
south $3.50 feet to within 80 feel
: of the south boundary line of section
II, thence east 2.34O feet to old Utica
: Stanford road. Said road was allow
;: ed and declared a county road by the
board as recommended by the view
ers, no damages being asked.
In regard to change of road petit
:: toned for to be run as Follows: Be
: ginning at a point on the now trav
o eled road between Garneill and Ube
). near the Patrick Hatton house on OF
!, near the township line between town
ships II and IL n, Is e, thence run
O ming due west along said township
: line about q mile to again intersec
= the now travelled road at or near tn.
q southeast corner of sec "a, tip II n
q r Is e, the viewers recommended tina
y the road be allowed as petitioned TO
and said road was allowed and de
If clared county road by the boar'
r. as recommended by the viewers. Fo
a moving fence on this road Mrs. A. B
q Barrows was allowed $50.
" In regard to change of road peti
lf toned for to run as follows: Begin
r. ming at point on the now travele,
IS road at the center of the north bound
1t airy line of section a., tip Is n, Is G
h thence running south one mile, theme
n east on section line 2h miles, theme
n easterly and southerly IL mile
e. through the ranch of c. NJ. Clary t
,r again intersect the now travelled roa
ID at the center of section 81, tp Is r
,: 16 e, the viewers recommended tina
IS the road be allowed as shown in view
IS ers' report and as per plat on file an
Or said road was allowed by the boar
ii and declared a county road as re,
b, commended by the viewers. The boar
IS, allowed c. NJ. Clary $3.50 damages o
ID account of said road.
~ In regard to a petition for the abai
is donment of a road as follows: Tha
III part of the road running from the oil
IS town of Tibet to the w. B. Shell
tn ranch that runs north two miles frol
IS, the said town of Ubet, the viewer
IL recommended that the road describe
ty as follows be abandoned: Beginnin
en- about a mile north of the old tow
e, of Ubet, where the Utica road brancl
ne es off to the west, and running thent
We north about tx miles and said roa
was abandoned by the board as re
ed commended by viewers with the III
S. derstanding that gates be left
C. points where Travelled roads enter an
w. leave this road.
of The petition for road beginnir
lp- about 200 yards below the Sprir
at creek bridge, thence running dow
&C. Spring creek keeping above the POI
of err plant ditch to point below tt
power plant. by the most practical
! routo ~ or,;,> ;,,torcoct the now tro