Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-06-08
Clashes With School Super
intendent Over Appoint
ment Of Deputy
MAKE TAX REBATES
County Realty to be Appraised
Hereafter before Sold.
Contracts Awarded

MONTESANO, June 6.-The fric-
tloh existing between County School
Superintendent Mckillip and the coun
! " commissioners since the last conn.
" institute was not lessened by the
| actions OF both at the meeting of the
board here yesterday. The superin.
tendent has been desirous of appoint
lnS an assistant for some time and the
commissioners objected to the addi-
uonal expense, not considering the du-
ties OF the office any more than a one
man job. Yesterday Mckillip served
formal notice on the board of his in
tentlon to appoint deputy, a matter
clearly within his province and with
which the commissioners have nothing
to do. But they have to do with the
purse strings and they promptly pro-
vided salary of 81 a month for the
deputy and the war is on
The board decided that hereafter all
real estate owned by the county shall
be appraised before being offered for
sale a auction, and that all such sales
be made subject to the approval of
the board
H. P. Reyvaan was appointed sup.
efvisor of Road District No. 3, vice N.
{. lversOn resigned.
Peter Hunley was awarded the con-
tract for graveling the Copalis road
for $1,000, and Gordon Simmons that
for furnishing 200 cords of slab wood
at the courthouse, for $3.50 a cord.
The Vance Lumber company was
given permission to construct and
maintain an overhead crossing, on the
MoX-Chehalis road, near it's junction
with the ElmaPorter road
n1n Inn, nf A
the loss of horse through an alleged
was referred to the attorney.
A petition for a change in the road
between Westport and Cohassett was
referred to the engineer.
The engineer was ordered to exam
inc the North river road and report
the amount of timber alleged to have
been taken for the bridge by Schafer
Bros, from lands of the Willapa Lum-
ber company.
The engineer was ordered to make
survey of the McAfee route for the
proposed Quiniault road.
Four hundred, ninety eight dollars
and 10 cents was transferred from the
road and bridge fund to road district
No. 3, to reimburse the district for
lumber used in a bridge.
The auditor wis directed to purchase
a copy of "Elliott on Roads" for the
use of the board.
. The game warden was allowed an
other deputy at $3.50 a day and ex-
penSeS.
Hearing the reports of the engineer
on the Henry LentZ and j. A. Moore
roads was fixed for July 8.
The following erroneous assess
ments were ordered stricken from the
tax rolls: The west one-half of south
west quarter of northwest quarter Of
section I. Il. g. for 1901-0S-09-10; the
personal property of the Aberdeen
Masonic lodge and the improvement
tax on lot 3. block 6, Byles First ad-
dition to Montesano, amounting to
. $12S4
Lot 5, section I, Il, was taken from
the Montesano rolls and placed on that
of road district No. |.
The assessed valuation of the west
one-half of lot 2, block 46 Benn's plat,
Aberdeen, was reduced from $4,000 to
$500, to correct clerical error.
The treasurer was directed to make
the following tax rebates:
| G. S. Crowl, Rice's addition to Aber-
deem lots IA and 15, block 19, SAL.
/ William Lord. lots 6 and I, section
~, II, I, s5.17.
I ]. B. Cotter, Hoquiam addition to
Aberdeen, lot s. block p, S5.01
l.. l.. Leighton, First addition to
/ South Aberdeen, lot %. block 13, s1.17.
O. E. Kittredge. West End to Alb
erdeen, lot 6. block 26. 81 cents.