The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-05-17

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to view the crossing of the bluff
road and C. & N. W. railway in
Lime township. The view is badly
INSTRUCTED and the crossing danger
Gus. The board will view the cross
| ing.
G. w. Schlottman of the village
board of CORTLAND reported the ap
| proach of the Minnesota river bridge
in bad shape and washing away
Filling and riprapping are neces
sary. The board will view the
bridge.
Petition Of r. l.. HOuk and others
for change in state road No. 7 in
section "a, Rapidan, and section 3
Lyra, was read. The petition being
reasonable on its face, the full board
was appointed as committee on
the petition. They will view the
! road Thursday, May 2, 1912, at 10
a. m.
The following is a list of voters
and taxpayers offered by the board
of county commissioners out OF
which list will be drawn the names
of those who will serve as grand
and petit jurors the year 1912:
Grand-Charles Schwarble, LeRay;
Joseph p Fasnacht, Jamestown; M
Huebl, Mankato township; Matt
Borgmeier, Lime; A. Deike, city, first
ward, Nick Peterson, Joseph Bic
napfl, second ward; George Wiede
man, third ward; Conner Jones,
fourth ward; E. p Rutan, H. B. Per.
rim, E. H. Agnew, fifth ward; Swan
Johnson, sixth ward; Ed Wigley
Lake Crystal; Oscar Mccarthy, Lin.
coin; Jes Mobiles, Ceresco; Louis
label, Danville; James Faley, Medo;
A. J. Knight, MapletOn village; Fred
Cramer, Beauford; julius Dalluege,
Lyra; Fl. c.. Mielke, Good Thunder
Petit-Fred Kruse, Mcpherson;
c. J. Wells, LeRay; c. S. Braden
Eagle Lake, John Puetz, Madison
Lake; Charles Laube, Harry Matti,
son, Decoria; Hubert Bruels, Man
kato township; Joseph Rausch,
Lime; Anton Klages, Ed Pfiefer, city
second ward; Jake Wagon, l.. Salet,
fourth ward; Hans c. Jorgensen,
Andrew Rudberg, fifth ward; Charles
Mailman, sixth ward; John w. Rob.
erts, South Bend; Wallie Anderson,
Judson; John r. Owens, Butternut
Valley; George F. Yaeger, Rapidan !;
William Mees, Amboy; J. H. Robin,
son, Vernon Center village; George
Cooling, Ceresco; Mack Atcherson,
P. F. Oftedahl, Medic; o. w. Healey,
Mapleton township; John Krengel,
Beaufort; John Weir, Sterling; Au,
gust Rosin, Matt Weir, Lyra; Ed
ward Flynn, Good Thunder. .
F.. Mrs. Thompson, representing the
Jean Martin Brown home for de-
pendent children, came before the
board in the interest of the chill
}dren of William Simmons of Ver-
non Center.
Board adjourned at 5 p. m. to meet
at $3.50 a. M, April 26th.
Mankato, Mimi, April 26th, 1872
Board met at $3.50 a. m, pursuant
to adjournment. ..-.
The board checked up and talked
over certain bills.
The board took up the matter OF
appropriating money for observing
Memorial day They moved to grant
assistance as follows: Mapleton,
$40; city of Mankato, $35; Lake
Crystal, $40; Eagle Lake, SIS.
Abatement of taxes approved as
! follows: r. L. Houk, George A.
Seawright and T. M. Burns.
Board adjourned from IL m. to
1870 p. m.
Board met at 1870 p. M, pursuant
to adjournment.
Petition of Thomas Carey and 9th.
ers for tile drain ditch in Dan
vile, Medo and Mapleton townships
received and May 25th at p. m
set as date for hearing. This ditch
will be known as ditch No. 20.
Next session May oath, 1912, at 9
a. m.
The board took up the matter OF
exhibit at state fair and decided
not to make any appropriation this
! year.
On motion the following bills were
allowed:
/ Alderman G.. NJ, viewer ditch
! No. % Observation-Disclosures. .$55 gu
Alleman, A. A., goods to poor 5,OO
Andrews, DR.. j. w., assisting
in operations .............. ID .Oo
Balzer, Louie, livery TO poor
| farm $500. |'"o
Barnard, George d., goods to
court house ..... ~ .0C
! Bashaw, Alec, coal to poor. Sou
Bates, F. W., transcripts. $40
Booth, Walter S. & Son, blanks 600
Botsford Lumber Co., coal to
moor -. 46 &c
Brell, Carl & Son, goods to
poor As 90
Brooks, Walter F., auditors
| Mats 20. 90
Brooks, Walter F., road and
bridge committee .......... 80 65
Brooks, Walter F., ditch work. los II
Brooks, Walter F., repairs on
typewriter ................. lO .OO
Bundy, A. A., board Of view
! ers, ETC., ditch No. %. ..... IL .OC
Byrnes Bros, coal to poor. 26. OO
City of Mankato, water rent. -. Ia