The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
OFFICIAL
of the Board OF County Commissioners of
Ch""teau County. at Their Regular
December Session. 1906.
FIRST DAY.

Fort Benton. Mont. Dec. ;. 1906.
The board mel IN regular session at
10 o'clock. Members present. 4. II.
Reser and the clerk. As there was
not aquorum present the board adj
j%ourned until 10 o'clock a. m. Tues
day. December T..
SECOND DAY.
The board met at 10 o'clock a. m,
Members present. y. II. Reser. w.
E. French and the clerk. The board
took up road matters as follows:
In the matter of the Flanagan change
in the Tiger Ridge to East Havre road.
K. f. O'Keefe, representing r. b.
Anderson, objected to the petition on
the grounds that a woman is not a
freehOlder and taxable for road pur-
poses. and that the terminal East
Havre is not a proper description, and
that neither ten OF a majority of the
freeholders of Road District No. %.
who are taxable therein for road our
poses have signed the petition.
The board then adjourned until >
O'Clock p. m.
Board met at , o'clock D.. m. and
proceeded to open the bids for medi-
cal attendance upon the county poor,
sick and intirm, also for furnishing
medicines tor the county poor. Also
for the ear and maintenance of the
county poor. DR.. \. =. Rooney. bid
to furnish medical attendan ce within
a radius of eleven miles of Harlem for
one year, $500. DR.. w. +. Hamilton.
for Havre and vicinity. $500. Drs.
Hopkins x O'Malley. for Chinook
and vicinity, $500. Drs. .Atkisson.
Russell 4 Carroll, within a radius of
twenty miles of Fort Benton, sl,62O.
For furnishing medicines for the
county sick, poor and intirm. D. G.
Lockwood proposed to furnish all
medicines for county poor in the hos
pital and inmates of the county jail
for $500 per year. w. j. Minar, bid
to furnish the same for S4S5 per year.
including wines and liquors. The St.
Glare hospital bid to care for and
maintain the county poor for the sum
cludc lodging. feeding, clothing. mend
ing and washing: also burial expenses.
In the matter of the petition for a
county road from Zortman to CO.
burns ranch. filed July II. 1906. ac-
ton is deferred until the March meet
ing. awaiting right Of way from the
interior department Of the United
States.
The petition for a county road from
Xortman to the Dodson road. filed
July II, 1906, a deferred until the
March meeting, awaiting the right of
way from the interior Department of
the United States.
The petition for county road from
Box Elder to Mack's coal mine. filed
June LIST. 1906, i, granted this 4th day
day of December. 1906, and the road
is declared to be Il public highway.
The road supervisor of District No.
II is ordered to open the same to the
public, and the county surveyor is di-
rected to survey and plat the same
the county clerk.
The petition for Il county road from
Schulcr's road to the foothills, filed
May 30, 1906, was granted and the
road declared to be a public highway.
The road supervisor of District No. !
is ordered to open the same to the
public and the county surveyor is di-
rected to survey and plat same and
file plat and field notes with the coun-
~ clerk.
In the matter of the petition for a
county road from Box Elder to the
Military reservation, filed March 9.
1906. the petition was granted and the
road declared to be u public highway.
The road supervisor of district Nc.
II is ordered to open same to the pub
lie and the county surveyor is directed
to survey and plat same and file the
plat and field notes with the county
clerk.
The petition for a county road from
the township line between townships
y. and %. on the south side of Milk
river to Fort Belknap reservation.
l ella T.., 1nns A%-,, g. lFl
until the March meeting, 1907, await
ing right of way from 3. D. Phillips.
The petition for a county road from
Peters ranch to the Harlem-Savoy
road. filed December l. 1905, was
granted and the road declared to be a
public highway. The road supervisor
of district No. ) is ordered to open
same t. the public and the county sur-
veyOr is directed to survey and plat
same and file plat and field notes with
| the county clerk.
, The petition for a county road from
T the Canadian boundary line to the
;. Chester-Gold Butte road, filed March
2, 1906, action was deferred until the
March meeting, 1907, for riyht-of-way
from Wallace N. Porter.
: The petition for a county road from
= Il. \. Barnes ranch to and around
the south side OF West Butte TO the
( Teton county line, July Is, 1905, &C
| ton deferred until the March meeting
' 1907, waiting right-of-way from Peter
Wagner.
=, The petition for a county road from
: Gold Butte west and south to the
. Teton county line road, filed July. IS,
1906. Report of the viewers examined
and the board fixed March !, 1907, a:
3 the time for hearing the evidence to-
and against the proposed road. Th.
clerk is directed to notify any non
%conscnting land owners OF the time
: fixed for such hearing.
The petition for IL county road from
:. Harlem to Woody Island creek a
: Maloneys, filed November 49,, 1906
l. Viewers appointed, Silas Gamble, w
y d. Dodge and \. w. Merritield.
o The petition for a change in tn
II county road from Iortmant to Wilder