The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-10-16
Commissioners
|OfPOlkCOunty
In Session
MUCH BUSINESS OF I'M
PORTANCE TRANS
ACTED
County Demonstrating Agent
Makes Report; Roadwork
Given Proper Consid-
Grafton and Atten-
ton
No. 2s1

Barlow, Oct. 16.-Tn regular
monthly session the county commits
sioners transacted considerable rou-
tine business, among other matters
of Importance coming before the
board being the following report
submitted by County Demonstrating
Agent A. A. Lewis:
Travelled in the county 1,789
miles, visited 221 farmers and fruit
growers, assisted 34 boys Of the
Corn Club, assisted the Girls Can
ming Club and others In the canning
OF vegetables. I have vacinated "a
hogs for cholera, have aided in 9th
er spcc::::.!! work, such as vegetable
and strawberry growing. also the
home mixing of fertilizer. %
The following named boys Of the
Corn Club have reported and the
number of bushels each produced:
Bushels
Kerfoot Bryant, Kathleen ..... Sc
Guy Wilds, Lakeland ........,. IS
Paul Sellers, Ft. Meade ...... So
Louis Harrell, Socrum -. ~. 81
Allison Patrick, Ft. Meade -. SO
v. E. Ii ghtsey. Tiger Bay. 4S
Geo. Llewlyn, Jr., Galloway. 48
Grover Costine, Richland ..... As
Tf1y,nou C10Vy Nontnr AK
Numerous others report yields
somewhat smaller.
Petition Of H. l.. Kelley. M. l..
Prime, Lee Woods ct al, asking the
board to grant and open up a pub
lie road as follows. Beginning
where the grade ends west of Grit
fin, Fla, depot and going west to
tn Hillsborough county line to in
tersect with road to Knights sta
tion, granted.
Petition of s. s. Griffin, E. w.
Crawford, F. A. Perkins ct al ask
ing the board to grant and open a
public road as follows on the quar-
ter section line, south of township
line % from Florida avenue on the
east to the Hillsborough county
line on the west. Granted.
The board acting on the petition
of r. L. Wilson, l.. C. Johnson, J.
B. Howe ct al. granted aid to Mrs.
John Cloud, the amount allowed
being IS per month.
Motion by Mr.. J. G. Swindel
that the board of county commits
sioners donate $1,000 to the Polk
County Fair Association. Carried.
The board ordered the clerk to
notify Capt. Stone of Auburndale
to have repaired and put in safe
condition the bridge on the Auburn
dale and Florence Villa road, the
bridge being about one fourth mile
southeast from the Auburndale cem-
etery.
Champion Bridge Co., being the
lowest bidders the board accepted
their bid for the construction of the
bridge across Peace river east of
Homeland, the plan accepted by the
board is shown on drawing as plan
B, settlement to be made as follows:
$4,000 in cash to be paid on COM
pletion of the bridge, $2,s55.88 to
be paid April 1. 1916; s2.S55.S7 to
be paid on April 1, 1917.
The board ordered concrete
floor and toilet placed above the
cells for colored men in the new
Jail now under construction, price
agreed upon being 1892, work to be
done by present contractors build
ing the new Jail.
The collector reported Ii
censes collected as re-
quired by law ........$ A go
The collector was ordered credit
ed and treasurer charged with re-
ceipt No. 14s on licenses collect
ed TO 1914 as follows:
General fund, licenses ....s A. 90
Sheriff ordered credited with
fines amounting to-. 556. 50
Judge of county court re-
ported fines imposed
amounting to ......... ATS. 90
On motion the board adjourned to
inject again the first Monday In No.