Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
County Business.

The principal business transacted
aside from the allowance of bills. is as
follows:
F. E. Read was allowed to redeem
the w ne & W Sc of 26-34-l4 for fiat
tax and penalty without interest.
| {. b. Armstrong was allowed GER
tihcate Of error for 1892 on account Of
error in assessment in Medicine Logde
township.
| c. w. Ellis was given a certificate Of
error for $8oo8 on account Of double
assessment
! J. S. Kellogg was given a certificate
OF error on a valuation Of S., 300 in
Aetna township on account OF assessor
error.
lhe county treasurer was ordered to
cancel sales Of 1893 on ne & NV Sc
and sw 2l-34-l4 on account of being
government land.
| Chas. Harley was granted certificate
Of error on S 40 valuation on account Of
assessment in two townships.
| Z. P. Ball Of Eagle was granted cer-
ti6cate Of error on 5000 valuation, no ex-
emption having been allowed by assess
or.
| John Englehardt was granted GER
ti6cate Of error on 5000 valuation on
account Of double assessment.
! G. H. Ives was granted certificate Of
error on $500 valuation, kiowa city,
improvements being assessed against
wrong lots.
The Mo. P. Ry. Co was granted GER
ti6cate Of error for $20.82 on account Of
excessive levy in school district 5.
Jesse Brewer Of Elm Mills was grant
ed certificate Of error on $720 valu-
alton, error Of assessor.
S. S. kinkaid was given an assign
ment on ne 2 and NV NV 22-34-l4
for fiat tax and penalty. without interest,
tax Of 1907 and prior tax.
M. J. Lane. Clarence Martin and A.
| I. Groendycke were appointed to ap-
praise school land as follows ne NV
and Sc sw 36-33-l2. 4
The road pet6oned for by II. M.
Churchill and others in Sharon township
was ordered established.
| il. Pelton was allowed a certificate
of error on $500 valuation, Sharon
township.
A road petition was presented to the
board by c. Mckinney and Others Of
Hazelton. S. S. Kinkaid, Robert
Haberlein and Robt. Carver were an
pointed viewers. On petition present
ed by Clarence Martin Of Nippawalla,
the commissioners decided to view the
proposed road themselves. The same
action was taken with respect to road
peiioned by G. R. Smith Of Elwood.
A road petition signed by o. N.
Ballard and others for a road in Hazel
ton township was disposed Of by the es-
tabGshment Of the road at once. All
land owners Interested signed relinquish-
ment and the survey and other prelimi-
nary expense was dispensed with.
! Road peitioned for by F. H. He'll
man in Valley was ordered established.
M. r. Winter was given an assign
ment to ne Sc l3-3l-l3 for fiat tax and
penalties on back sales except sale of
1903 which is to be paid in full.
| The colored gentlemen. Chas. Fiinner
(Balaam) and Nathan Thomas. who have
been in jail since last fall on conviction
Of "bootlegging in kiowa, were releas-
ed on Thursday upon solemn promise
by both that they would leave the county
and never return. Both signed up an
monclad agreement and shook the dust
Of Medicine Lodge from their heels in
stanter. To show his appreciation Of
what had been done for him Balaam
danced Jig as final farewell and gave
vent to his feelings at being permitted to
depart.
The new board met on Monday and
re- organized by re-electing Riley Lake
chairman. Commissioners Wadsworth
and Harbaugh both voted for Mr.. Lake.
Chairman Lake himself was unable to
attend the meeting.
After reorganization the board dis
posed Of the following business:
Verd Thrasher was appointed trustee
Of Lake City township. VIM. Roark
who was elected to that Office refused to
qualify.
! J.L. Weidner's lease on the poor
farm was renewed for the year 1909 on
the same terms as the lease of 1908.
| The board advised with County As
sessor Bailey in the matter of appointing
deputy assessors for 1909 and partial
list was agreed upon provided they will
accept. The board and the county as
SCISSOR will meet early IN February to
finally dispose Of the appointments.