Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
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narily, it is nice thing to go to
the assistance of a man who meets
with misfortune, but In this matter
a bad precedent has been establish
ed. 1t is now a fixed practice for
every man who has a fire loss, TO
appeal to the county for relief In
our judgment Mr.. Lake has taken
the proper stand.
The Citizens State Bank of this
city was again designated the coun-
ty depository. The Southwestern
State Bank of Kiowa, through its
cashier, c. D. Sample, asked for the
use Of the county funds and offered
81 per cent. on average daily bal
ances. The Citizens Bank has been
the depository for fifteen years and
has always paid three per cent. Mr..
Sample said if he secured the funds
he would arrange to deposit a suf-
ficient amount with a Medicine
Lodge bank to carry on local busi
ness, for convenience. Commissioner
Grouse took decided stand in fav-
or of the Kiowa bank, but Com
missioners Lake and Wadsworth
took the stand that inasmuch as
the Kiowa bank was new institu-
ton, that it had not yet paid taxes,
while the Citizens Bank had paid
taxes for many years, and had paid
three per cent for a long time when
other counties were paying only
two, and that if again agitated it
might result in the county's not re-
ceiying any interest which at one
time was the case, the small differ
ence of one fourth of one per
cent was no inducenent to make
a change. The average deposits
run between 100000 and $780,
10000 and a majority of the board
considered it unwise to place such
a great amount of money in new
and strange hands when the profit
to be derived is practically nothing,
while a change would bring more
trouble next year when all the
banks would probably become
disturbed and none could afford to
pay as high as three per cent. on
account of the uncertainty of get
ting it. 1t is highly probable that
if the matter were repeatedly sub
mitted to bids no bank would offer
three per cent. in a few years
hence, at least that is an expert
ence prior boards have had.
B. Neal, L. c. Vandivier and
]. r. Newsom were appointed ap-
praisers of the Wisner school quar-.
ter III Sharon township.
f. ]. Cartan and Aug. Schmidt
were appointed to assist the pro-
bate Judge in making the next quar-
terly examination of the county
treasurer books.
The Board purchased SIX lots
from A. w. Smith, adjoining Capt.
]. n. Titus residence on Kansas
Avenue east, on which 10 construct
the courthouse cess pool. They
paid $3.50 for the six lots, abstracts
and warranty deed to be furnished.
Captain Titus protests against the
action of the Board and will fight
it out in the courts. He does not
want a cess pool near his residence
and claims it will not only affect
Iiiili III d sanitary way Out IT Will
also depreciate the value of his
property.
There is great amount of what
seems to us Just indignation over
an expense bill allowed to the
county attorney of nearly $3.50.
1t is money for time and expense in
resisting the Crawford pardon. Mr..
lincher made number of trips to
Lansing and Topeka and employed
physicians to examine Oscar Craw
ford, in resisting the pardon and he
presented Il bill. Commissioners
Grouse and Wadsworth voted for il
| and Commissioners | AXE onposed #