The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-03
IN SPECIAL SESSION
County Commissioners Met to Con.
fer ON Drainage Matters and
Other ImpOrtant Questions.

Other Important Questions.
The board met as per call publish
ed, Thursday morning, Feb. oath,
1910 for the purpose of eq%ualizing the
ditch.
Board called to order at 10 O'Clock
a. m. Members present, VIM. Nash, A.
j. Annis, J.. r. Allison, E. d. Wat
kins.
The board spent all day on the as
sessment of the Loomis drain.
Friday Morning, Feb. 25th.
Board met at 9 o'clock a. m. Mem
bers present VIM. Nash, j. r. Allison,
A. ]. Annis, e. d. Watkins and T. b.
Haynes.
The board spent some time on the
G. w. Downs and the H. r. Kibbee
proposed drainage.
At II o'clock the county commits
.sioners, County Auditor and States
Attorney of Aurora county met by
appointment with the board for the
purpose of discussing the advisability
of a proposed drainage ditch passing
through eastern part of Aurora and
a short distance in western Blendon
township, Dawson county. The bal
ance of the day was spent discussing
the merits of the drain.
The Board set the 10Th day of
March, 1910, for hearing on the as
sessment on the G. w. Downs and the
H. R. Kibbee bitches, and also for a
new hearing on the F. A. Mccormack
ditch in Blendon township on the
same date.
At 5 o'clock the Board vas called
together as a board of county COM
m%issioners and the following bills
we're allowed to-wit:
E. X. Mathers, for survey on
the Loomis drain ......$154 90
e. K. Mather. for survey on
Mccormack drain in Blen-
0O0 GA w
Fred B3odstrop. for building
bridge north Of Ethan. 235 90
w. A. Branch, county printing
and stationery .......... ~ 20
Mitchell Printing Co., county
printing and stationary. Is IS
Siberz Bros. & Craig, coal
for county and county poor 201 SO
G. T. Martin caring for A.
Scott family while quaran-
tined ...... .......... 90 oO
Ne!s Jensen, salary county
cattle inspector for the past
year ...... .......... 1875 90
Perkins Bros. & Co., registra-
ton books and blanks for
county $1,000. ... Ao oo
Perry township, rebuilding
bridge near Walrath ranch
$40, County's share. .410 90
Mitchell Gazette, Teachers
notices, county s%uperinten-
dent ........ ...... q. 0 gu
w. NJ. White, merchandise
county Jail ...... 5000. 6 rs
Mitchell Power Co., lights for
court house and repairs for
January, 1910 ........ 20 AZ
j. w. Broadbent & Co., mdse.
for county Jail .......... Z 90
Mitchell Heating & Plumbing
Co. plumbing at court house 16 80
Motion made and carried to ad-
journ to 8 o'clock Saturday morning
Saturday Morning, Feb. Goth.
Board called to order at 8 o'clock.
Members all present.
The following bills were allowed:
CHM & Co. school books. Is SO
Rand & McNally Co. school
books ...... ........ =. y w
American Book Co., school
books ...... ...... is w
Silver Burdette & Co., school
hooks 81 &C
Dakota Central telephone COM
pany, phones for November
1909 ,....... - 70
Dakota Central telephone com
pany, phones for January.
1910 ........ ......... IL
Geo. D. Barnard & Co. books
for county ........... rs 9:
j. L. Lovinger, merchandise
| for county poor ........ 20 ~
Siberz Bros. & Craig, coal
for county poor 5000. -. 3 81
w. M. WEIGH & Co. merchan-
disc for county ......... 2 81
Prosper township repairs on
bridge, total paid out $780,
65, allowed. .......... SO %
Clerk of courts made his report II
the matter of the alleged insanity o.
Frank Gelles and on motion the re
port was accepted and the following
fees allowed to-wit:
Wy Abbey one day commits