The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-01-18
Money i'm the Public Ditch
improvements.
BONDS ARE TO BE ISSUED
=, Twenty Thousand Dollars Will Be
; Asked For; County Board in
Session Today.
From Thursdays Daily.

FROM IDuTSudN Dduy.
The county has something like $4,000
tied up in public ditch Improvements,
where the payments are deferred, and
the property owners have ten years in
which to make complete payments. The
money to pay for the work has been
advanced from the revenue fund, which
is a heavy drain. The deferred pay
ments bear but six per cent interest,
and in order not to lose anything and
keep the revenue fund in shape, the
county board this forenoon directed the
county auditor, with the assistance of
the country attorney, TO advertise for
bids for the sale of not TO exceed $780,
600 of ditch bonds, to be received at the
next meeting, Feb. 25, and to take such
other preliminary steps as may be nee
essary. The bonds are to bear the low
est possible rate of interest, and are to
be issued as the board thinks best, and
to run not longer than six years.
The board yesterday afternoon pre-
pared lists from which will be chosen
the names of those who are to serve as
jurors at the February term of the dis
trict court
A petition signed by Louis label and
others for a bridge across slough be-
tween sections % and "a, in Danville,
was received and placed on file.
The following bids were received for
hauling stone to Rice lake, section Is,
in Mcpherson: Fred Lemke, $l0.25 per
cord; Arthur Matteson, SIG per cord;
John Bowen, $l4 per cord; NJ. p. Dem,
$500 for 10 cords; w. j. Nixon, $l4 per
cord.
The following wood bids were re-
John Lang, 50 cords Of dry mixed,
1885; IS cords of green mixed, $3.50.
Albert Hilgers, 10 cords of dry mixed,
81.
Mrs. E. H. Sontag, 90 cords of dry
mixed, 1926; 80 cords of green mixed,
So.
H. A. Wilder, 10 cords of dry mixed,
$3.50.
F.. J. Carr, 80 cords of dry mixed,
s4.6O
r. c. Woods, Is cords of dry maple,
81.
j. A. Lulsdorf, 43 cords of dry elm,
1925; 10 cords of dry Eastwood, 1913.
Sebastian Wagner, so cords of green
maplet, $595; so cords of dry mixed,
1915.
The bids of Sebastian Wagner on 80
cords of dry mixed wood at 1915; John
Lang, so cords of green maple at $685.;
John Lang, Is cords of green mixed
wood at $3.50; J. A. Lulsdorf, 43 cords
of dry elm at $425 and 10 cords of dry
Eastwood at 1895.
The official bond of James H. Moore
as deputy coroner, with Paul Iverson
and Nelson Weed as sureties, was APP
proved.
1t was voted to pay one-half of the
cost of ditching the road across the
Baschnett slough in Lyra, the town pay
ing the other half, in accordance with
the promise of the committee that Wis
tied the road.
County Surveyor Brooks was directed
to prepare plans and specifications for a
steel bridge over the Little Cobb river
in sections 9 and 4, Medo, petitioned fol-
by w. NJ. Weaver and others, and to
have them ready by Feb. 25.
This morning the poor farm report
was received and approved.
The chairman named Commissioners
Jones, Hansen and Young as poor
farm committee.
The chairman also complied with q
new law and named Commissioners
Young and Jones and DR.. A. G. Liedlof
county board of health.
The financial statement for 1906 was
presented, approved and ordered printed
emitting warrant numbers to make i
less expensive.
The board went to Waseca county
this afternoon on business connected
with the joint bridge between Blue
Earth aud Waseca counties.