The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-06-11
OFFICIAL
PROCEEDINGS
Of
the County Commits
siOners
Of
Beltrami County.
Minnesota.
Special Session Held at the Court
House in the City of Bemidji,
on Tuesday, May 2S,
1907, at 10 O'Clock

Minutes Of the meeting of the board Of
county commissioners held at the court house
in the city Of Bemidii. on Tuesday. the 18th
day Of May. 1907. at ten o'clock a. IN.
Board met pursuant to adjournment in
And the following members were presents:
First District-Wes Wright.
Second District-George Gunderson.
Third District-F. o. Sibley.
Fourth District-J. Il. Wagner.
Fifth District-A. W. Danaher.
On motion duly made. seconded and car
read and approved. Against the vote Of A. W.
Danaher.
Moved by Commissioner Gunderson and
seconded by Commissioner Sibley that the
three hundred dollars appropriated out of
the county road and bridge fund to the town
Of Hornet; at the meeting held April 81. 1907
lows: Beginning at the northwest corner of
section thirty-two town $50. range 30. and
running thence due east for distance of two
miles, Motion carried.
On motion duly made. seconded and car
ried the application of S. W. Ellis for correc-
ton of assessment and abatement, Of taxes
for, 1906 was recommended to the state
auditor.
On motion duly made seconded and car
ried Nj. ID. StOner. county surveyor. was in
structed to report as to the most suitable
place to build bridge across the Mississippi
river. east Of Lake Bemidji.
On motion duly made. seconded and car.
ried the board adjourned to meet at z
o'clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Board reconvened as per adjournment
with all members present. c.,
On motion Of Commissioner Sibley and
seconded by Commissioner Wagner that DR..
f. A. Blakeslee take care Of the business of
the county physician during the county
physicians absence from the county at a
as county health officer,
Moved, by Commissioner Sibley and
seconded by Commissioner GunderSOn that
the county auditor be and is hereby in
slructed not to issue any order for the salary
Of Dr. L. A. Ward. as county physician and
chairman Of the county board Of health I'M
Motion duly made. seconded and carried
the board adjourned to meet at $50 p. m.
EVENING SESSION.
Board met per adjournment with all mem
Moved by Commissioner Gunderson and
seconded by Commissioner Wagner that the
supervisor Of assessment be and hereby is
Of the timber belonging to the Pine Tree
Lumber Co.. in the town Of kelliher and re-
On motion of Commissioner Sibley and
seconded by Commissioner Wagner that the
county offer reward Of one hundred dollars
MCKEE Shepherd. lost child. near the will age
of SOlWay: upon the proper proof Of same
being filed with the board Motion carried.
On motion of Commissioner Sibley and
seconded by. Commissioner Gunderson, the
ten dollars allowed j. n. Bailey as custodian
Of the court house lawn be- and the same is
June l. 1907.
Moved by. Commits ioner Wagner and
seconded by Commissioner Sibey the county
board of Beltrami county accept on trial one
horse road roller. from the Austin Western
Co.. Of Chicago, ILL.,, and if found satisfactory
payment will be made according to contract
signed by the chairman. Motion carried.
On motion duly made. seconded and car
red the board adjourned to meet at 10 O'Clock
a. m. May 20. 1907.
MAY 20. 1907
FORENOON SESSION.
Board met as per adjournment with all
members present.
On motion of Commissioner Sibey and
seconded by Commissioner Wagner the appli-
cations of the following persons for correc-
were rejected: AImina Woodward. W. L.
Brooks, Mary Austin, Thief River Falls Lum-
Der Co.. Carl Benson, A. R. Erickson. G.
Sutar.
On motion of Commissioner Sibley and
seconded by Commissioner Gunderson the
application Of E. Franson and Nils Berguuist
for correction Of assessment and abatement
auditor.
On motion duly made, seconded and car
rled board adjourned to meet at 2 O'Clock
D. m.
e, AFTERNOON SESSION.
Board recOnvened as per adjournment with
all members present.
On motion duly made, seconded and car
ried the application OF John c. Comlins to
sell Intoxicating liquors at Graceton town Of
McDougald. was granted. and his bond with
the SuretleS therein was approved.
Moved by Commissioner Sibley and second
ca by Commissioner Gunderson that the petit
ton Of Carl Nicholson, ct al. praying for the
organization of new schoo! district COM
prising the following described territory,
tO-Wit: All township one hundred sixty-two,
range thirty-tWO. be set for hearing at a
meeting of said county board to be held at
n thn l1rth hone ~,
the city Of Bemidji on July s, 1907, at ten
O'Clock. and that the auditor give the proper
Moved by Commissioner sibley and second
ed by Commissioner Gunderson that the
petition Of Anton Geisness ct al. praying for
toe al OF nGW sGh9ol district
to-wit: The west half Of the southwest au ar
ter and the southeast quarter Of the south
tions thirty four thirty-three and thirty-two,
township 147. range 81 town of Eckles> and
sections four, five and six in township 146,
range "a township of Grant Valley be set
to be held at the commissioners room at the
court house in the city of Bemidj On July 8
1907. at ten O'Clock a. M, and that the auditor
give the proper notices.
On motion Of Commissioner Gunderson and
seconded ,9 by Commissioner sibley three hun
county road and bridge fund for road i'm
provement in the town Of Shotley
On motion duly made. seconded and car
lars out OF the county road and bridge fund
to the town OF BuZZle was recOnsidered and
the appropriation allowed at two hundred
dollars.
On motion duly made. seconded and car
ried an application for the cancellation Of
certain taxes against lot four section twenty
one. township l4S, range 30, for the years 1896
to 1900 inclusive. same being governments
land. was recommended to the state auditor
On motion OF Commissioner Sibley and
seconded by Commissioner Gunderson the
following resolution was adopted:
Order of Hearing and appointment of Commit
tee for County Road.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County Of Beltrami. %
Whereas On the goth day of May 1907 a
petition signed by twenty-four freehOlders of
said county was presented to us praying for
the establishing and laying out of highway
running into more than one town of said
county. and not within the limits of any in
corporated city. and described as follows:
end Of Second street in the village of Bau-
dette. with the county road laid out in the
spring Of 1906. between sections two and three,
township 16o Of range 81 west. running thence
south along the section line SO as to continue
said county road SO laid out for a distance Of
about three miles running between sections
twenty-five. and fourteen and fifteen to the
section line. Thence west between sections
fifteen and twenty-five and sections sixteen
range to the west line of said sections sixteen
and twenty-one, thence due south continuing
along the section line lying westof the said
ing said road through township $50 and
to point where the corners Of sixteen and
seventeen and twenty and twenty-one touch
each other in township 1853. range 81 west. or
established by the board in the year 1904 and
to be connected with other roads as follows: