Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-03-01

heretofore duly appointed, with some
modification of said report in relation
to certain lands in said district, which
notifications fully appear in the drain
age record of the proceedings of said
boards, to which record reference is
hereby made for the particular modi-
fication ordered, and it appearing that
the estimate of the aggregate amount
OF said costs, expenses costs of con-
struction, fees and damages so appor-
toned and confirmed for the costs of
said contemplated reclamation and inn
provelnent upon the lands situated in
said Harrison county, Iowa, aggregate
the sum of S6O5O59l Now, for the
purpose of paying the said costs, eN-
pcnses, cost of construction fees and
damages assessed for the reclamation
and Improvement of the lands in said
Monona- Harrison drainage district No
| as heretofore ordered and established
by the boards of supervisors of Mono
ma and Harrison counties, Iowa, acting
jointly, it is now ordered by the board
of supervisors of Harrison county,
Iowa. that there be and hereby is
levied and assessed upon and against
all the landslocated within the Monona-
Harrison drainage district No inlHar-
rison county, Iowa, the total sum of
S i05D5.9l and the auditor of said]H arri-
SON county be and hereby is directed
and instructed to make proper tax
list of the lands within said drainage
district, located in Harrison county,
Iowa, and to extend said tax and
assessment against the lands within
said drainage district in said Harrison
county in accordance with and i'll pro-
portion to the classification and bene-
fits as shown and contained in the re-
port in writing to said boards of super
visors of H l. Wingate, of Monona
county, C w Hunt of Harrison county
and { l. Huff. engineer, commissioners
of classification heretofore duly APP
pointed, and as amended and modified
by the boards of supervisors of Monona
county, Iowa, and Harrison county,
Iowa. acting jointly in joint session
held in Onawa in said Monona county
Iowa, on the sth 9th and 10th dav OF
January, 1906
And it is hereby further ordered that
the classification and assessment OF
benefits to lands situated in said Harri-
son county, Iowa. and included in the
district known as Monona- Harrison
drainage No l as reported by the COM
and modified by the action of the
boards of supervisors of Monona and
Harrison counties. Iowa, acting jointly
on the 10th day of January 1906, SO fal
as the same relates to the lands in Har
rison county, as aforesaid, is hereby
approved.
Ats p m the board adjourned tc
meet at 8 m February n, 1906
G w. Atkins, Auditor
February 2l, l9OG-The board ol
supervisors of Harrison county met OF
the above date persuant to adjourn
ment. Present, S Hall, A b Hos
brook and NJ Murray.
This being the time set for the hear
ing of the contest for official paper fol
the year 1906 wherein /, w White j.
contesting the subscription list of tho
Logan Gazette, said matter came on fol
hearing. NJ Davis, editor of the Lo
gan Gazette, was present IN person
and represented by Attorneys c W
Kellogg and J A Traver, and Contest
ant l. w White was present and repre-
sentcd by Attorney T G Smith.
Each party to the contest introduced
at1idavits to sustain their claims, ant
when all evidence had been introduced
and the arguments were made tho
board made the following finding,
The matter of the contest Of the list
of subscribers having come on for hear
ing and both sides to the contest hav
ing submitted their evidence and made
their arguments and the board being
fully advised in the matter finds,
That the evidence herein shows that
the list OF subscribers to the Logan
Gazette which was filed before thi.
board on January 3, 1906, is SO tainted
with fraud that said list is rejected as a
4. n ~, Ia
hereby declared to be one of the ofticia
papers OF Harrison county for the yeal
1895.
Roll being called on the above find
ing the vote was as follows:
Murray, nay, Hosbrook. aye; Hall
aye.
NJ Davis. one of the contestants
excerpts to the ruling of the board and
ives notice of appeal from the finding
gf the board in awarding the printing
to the Woodbine Chronicle and in re
jecting the list filed by the Logan Ga
zette, to the District court in and fol
Harrison county, Iowa.
Moved by Hosbrook and seconded by
Murray that the appeal bond in Tho
above named case be and the same i.
hereby fixed at 5000, to be approved by
the auditor if filed when the board il
not in session Motion prevails, al
members voting aye.
On motion of Murray the board ad
journed to meet February % at 8 m
q, 1Iy A t1.:,c And;4n.