The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-01-07
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Award Yearly Contracts And
Transact Much Other Business
Monday and Yesterday

The county commissioners board
met Monday with a full representa-
ton. The awarding of the yearly
contracts for services desired by the
county was among the business in
hand, no change being made with
the exception OF the courthouse jani-
torship, which went to w. l.. Sutton
rather than c. e. Spoon who has
held the position for several years.
Mr.. Spoon offered to care for the
county buildings for a monthly sti-
pend of SIS. c. NJ. Wainscott bid
s68.75 for the same service and the
awardee s6450.
DR.. G. M. Gardner was continued
as county physician and health Off
Ger at an agreed monthly salary of
S19. Drs. Hascall & Hascall bid
s35 and Dr. J. C. Ferrell s33 res
peetiyely.
The contract of j. H. Miller for
the care of the county's INDECENT,
was renewed. The figure of COM
pensation remains the same. Under
Mr. Millers contract he receives a
fat salary of SIS per month and
$3.50 for the care of indigents not
requiring medical attention and one
dollar day for those who do.
Black & Kaiser. single bidders,
were given the contract for the bur-
ial of the county's pauper dead at
s35 each.
G. B. McFarlins contract as coun-
ty telephone manager, was renewed
for the year 1914. Under the
terms he will receive a salary of
5000 per month and he must furn-
ish and feed his own team.
The only service asked for upon
which there was no bid is the feed
ing of the county prisoners. Re-
fra tory characters have been so few
hereabouts that the task of feeding
the county jail inmates has not
been a highly remuneratiye one.
The reports of the treasurer and
auditor were received and approved
for the quarter ending Dec. 31st.
The December report of Sheriff
]. c. Coniff was filed with the board
and approved
Certification was received from
c. w. Foote, cashier of the Church
Ill County bank TO the effect that
the county had on deposit in his in
stitution Monday the sum of S73,-
764.25. This is a substantial sum,
and it is two and one-half times
greater than the county's present
bonded debt, which is but $30,500.
Five thousand dollars of bonded
debt was liquidated this last year
and at this rate it will not be long
before the taxpayers will have no
interest bearing obligations to meet,
which will surely be a happy con-
dition.
The total sum on deposit as stated
above was lcssenei by the county
authorities sending to the state
treasury the sum of $15,04367, the
states share of the December tax
collections and the further sum of
s175.50, the states portion of the
Churchill county sheep tex.
A complaint was made relative to
the clearance of the county's tele-
phone wires near the railroad right
of-way. which was referred by the
board to the county telephone mana
ger.
The reduced bond of ]. C. Coniff
as sheriff, in the sum of $4,000 was
approved by the board.
Acting as a board for the grant
ing of county liquor licenses, the
following were granted the liquor
selling privilege: John Peterson,
Salt Wells; NJ. c. O'Donnell, Clar-
ence Parrott and Middleton e Nc
Loughlin, Hazen; Smith Bros, A.
Jacques and Jas. Burns, Wonder;
Swanson & Regahl and Irene Wal
ters, Fairview; c.. P. Cirac, Stillwa-
ter.
Shober j. Rogers was employed
to expert the county books and an
engineers license was granted ]. II.
Platt of Wonder.
A jury list, containing 200 names,
was drawn by the board yesterday,
from which the grand and trial jur-
les for 1914 will be selected.
The bills allowed will be publish
ed in our next issue.