Barbour County index., 1910-04-13
County Affairs

OF tax matters. In many town
ships assessors were not acquaint-
ed with the technicalities in the
new tax law and hence made erro-
neous assessments, either By double
assessing, listing in wrong school
district or in cities instead of town.
ships, and for that reason there
were more certificates of error al
lowed than usual. Those allowed
were as follows:
H. G. Waltner Mercantile Com
pany, Kiowa, on a valuation of
$I,o75; Kaufman & O'Neil, Moore
township, on valuation of $27,-
900; VIM. Borth, Moore, on a val
uation of $585; Dobbs & Murphy,
Medicine Lodge township, on val
uation of $3.50; w. H. Huffaker,
Sharon city, on a valuation of
salts; Mrs. R. A. Merryman, Kio-
wa city, on valuation of $o25;
Jacob Achenbach, Hardtner, on a
valuation of $4,000, less rebate
already allowed by county treas
urer; c. E. Wilson, Eagle town
ship, on valuation of $84o, as
sessed in wrong school district;
H. G. Bayne, Sharon township, on
a valuation of $I,o5o, property
having been out of the county be-
fore for March I, 1909; Jay Snodderly,
Klowa city, on valuation of
$3.50, property taxable in town
ship instead of city; York Key
Mercantile Company, Kiowa, on
valuation of $4,000.
The road petitioned for by VIM.
Schmidt and others in Nippawalla
was ordered established. All adjoin-
ing land owners signed relinquish-
ments and the view was dispensed
with. The same action was taken
in regard to roads petitioned for
by E: F. McCulley of Lake City,
and ]. E. Wright in the Joint
Pratt Barber road, for the same
reasons. In the latter case, Pratt
county has not yet acted, and the
order OF the Barber county board
applies only to the twenty feet on
the Barber side.
Road petitions were acted upon
favorably and viewers appointed
in the following cases: Petition
by ]. M. Miller, Kiowa, viewers,
]. F. Hall, c. P. Guier, Ed. H.
Smith; F. E. Princehouse, Ell
wood; viewers, Riley Lake, B. E.
Wadsworth, ]. B. Harbaugh. DR..
Wisner and o. A. Winter, each
petitioned for a road in Sharon.
The board of county commission.
ers will act as viewers in each
case.
The road asked for by John
Eckell and others of Valley was
not granted. 1t will finally be
disposed of at the July meeting.
]. w. Corbin was appointed
clerk of Valley township on &C.
count of removal of former clerk.
Judge S. P. Garrison and Sheriff
Mathews were appointed to destroy
the primary election ballots of 1903.
w. A. Rauhut was appointed
treasurer of McAdoo township on
account of removal of former
treasurer.
Bond interest coupons, taken
up by the county treasurer,
amounting to $3.50, were ordered
destroyed.
Unclaimed warrants amounting
to $7.55, having lain in the county
clerks office more than three years,
were ordered destroyed.
The Barber County Index was
reappointed official paper of the
county for the ensuing year.
DR.. A. S. Cloud of Kiowa was
appointed health officer and coun-
ty physician for the second dis
trict at 500 per year. His duties
are to treat all the poor in the
district and perform all the duties
of health officer, furnishing his own
medicine and transportation,
DR.. Hardin Gilbert of this city
was appointed for the first and third
districts on bid of $40 per year,
conditioned that he will furnish a
bond in the sum of 5000, binding
himself to treat all the destitute
sick in the districts, furnishing his
own medicine and transportation.
There seems to be misunderstood.
ing between the commissioners
and DR.. Gilbert as to where his
duties begin and end and it is
possible that this order will not
stand. DR.. Gilbert was not in the
city while the board was in ses.
sion.
An order was made designating
Chairman Lake purchasing agent
for the county, and it was ordered