The Dickinson press., 1913-01-11
STARK COUNTY OFFICIALS
Appointments Are Made
Some History of County Officers. Commissioners Select Debert
Hughes Chairman. Supt. Vegel Re-apponted and IL
Deputies Named Road Fund Appointments Same Last
Year Sheriff Brown Appoints Ellis Hoist and Adam
Weller His Deputies.

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The county board of commissioners
organized on Monday by electing Delbert
Hughes chairman for 1913. This position
was held in 1912 by Frank Roquette.
Adam Mischel did not take his seat on
the board until Tuesday and Herman
Leutz continued as member for the first
days session of the regular quarterly
meeting.
One of the first things taken under
consideration was the designation of
official papers for 1913. which resulted
in the choice of The PRESS, the Re-
cozder-Post and the Taylor Reporter.
The county board of health. is 7. F.
Muftha. president; Ed. Hughes. vice
president j. W. Bowen. superinten-
dent.
The new insanity board is Judge
Fred MaseF. DR.. j. W. Bowen and At
torney H. j. Blanchard.
Surveyor W. R. Veigel was reap
pointed superintendent of highways for
two years. Mr.. Veigel has IL deputies
in the county, each man having three
townships to look after, as follows -
First commissioner district-Wm.
Sellman, Octave Duvall. Ed. Horan and
j. H. Towberman.
Second district-Carl Reiman. Charles
Offet, John Metz and Frank Dobner.
Third district-Fred Traumann, John
Schultz. Joe Schultz and VIM. Streu.
Monday afternoon was the day for
considering bids for county repositories.
The bids submitted by the 10 banks of
the county were the same-the mini
mum allowed by law. or 3 per cent in
terest on daily balances. 1t was voted
to designate all the banks on basis
of capital stock and the bond furnished.
The approving, Of bonds and allowing
bills occupied q large portion Of the
two first days of the session and then
came the heavy work of checking the
accounts of the auditor and treasurer
and other officers. 1t was expected that
the work would be cleared up Friday or
Saturday and that an adjournment
would be taken until February 18th.
when the road leading into Zenith
from the north will be considered:
COUNTY OFFICERS
Once in two years new officials, other
than the commissioners, are elected.
This occurs in the fall of every even
numbered year, and the first of the year
the duly elected officials, with excep-
tion of auditor and treasurer, file the
required bonds and qualify. Hence at
this time brief sketch of the various
officers will prove interesting to readers
of the PRESS. The write-up of the in
dividual members of the board appear
ed in these columns last week.
AUDITOR HUGHES
John L. Hughes. who has been serv-
ing as county auditor for little over
three years. came to Dickinson from La
Crosse. Wis.,. on the 28th of February,
1900, as cashier of the Dakota State
bank. He also served as cashier of the
Merchants National bank and did a
great deal of expert accountant work for
various firms prior to taking his present
office Oh December 23rd, 1909. His first
election bv the people was in the fall
of 1910. the first fifteen months of his
incumbency being filled by appoint
ment. Last fall Auditor Hughes was re-
elected on the republican ticket without
opposition. He will renew his $40. 600
bond and qualify for the second regular
term on April 1st. The seed grain
contracts and the listing of coal lands
has made great amount of extra work
the past year for Auditor Hughes. He
has as clerA in his Office Miss Gene
We've White. who has filled her present
position for about FIVE years and has
become very efficient in the work. Miss
Jessie Stewart has been filling the posi-
tion of stenographer and typewriter in
the Office since some time in September.
Mr.. Hughes was married to Miss Estelle
Auld in 1908.
REGISTER OF DEEDS LEASK
John Leask, who has just rounded
out six years in the Office, was born in
Scotland, coming to America in Febru-
ary of 1885. In July Of the same year
he came from Wisconsin to Stark
county. For short time he was on q
cattle ranch-the Triangle Bar. owned
by Beckett & Foote. He was next in
charge Of the collections and insurance
at the law Office Of VIM. Gibson, in an
old frame building where the Dakota
National bank now stands. Mr. Leask
served one winter as deputy clerk Of