The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-05-06
County Commissioners Meet.


The board of county commissioners
met III regular session at the office of
the county auditor last Tuesday
All members were present.. and
Chairman Eckdall presided.
A resolution was adopted to the
effect that the 1915 state road work
in this county be done on the 80 per
cent basis as provided by law.
! A claim presented by Peter Pratt
Of Onamia under the terms Of the
workingman's compensation act was
examined by the board and then re-
terred to the county attorney. Mr..
Pratt claims to have been injured
while employed by the county on
state road No. l, job No. /, and
seeks recompense therefor.
A petition asking that a. new
school district be formed from terri
tory in townships Al and AZ, range q,
was rejected on the grounds that the
petition was defective. The terri
tory referred to is now part of
school districts 81 and Is.
A petition asking for the resurvey
of section Is in the town of Prince
ton was presented to the board, and
the date of hearing on same was set
for June Is, 1915.
The sum of $50 was appropriated
from the general revenue fund of the
county, to the local G. A. R. post to
be used in the observance of Memoir
ial day at Princeton.
The depository bond of the State
Bank of Pease in the sum of 5000
was examined by the board, and
same was approved.
The depository bond of the Long
Siding bank was rejected, because
the rate of interest to be paid on
county deposits, which was fixed in
said bond, was one per cent lower
than the rate being paid by other
county banks.
A petition from E. E.. WATSON ct
al, asking for the formation of new
school district to be composed of ter
1itory in the town of Mudgett, this
county, and Knife Lake, Kanabec
county, was rejected because same
had not been properly approved by
the county superintendent of either
county.
A petition was presented to the
board by Aug. Svedman asking to
have certain lands owned by him set
off from school district No. and at
tached to district No. 8, and the
date of hearing on same was set for
June Is, 1915.
A petition from Will White, ask
ing that certain lands owned by him
be detached from school district No.
6 and attached to district No. 8, was
rejected as his lands do not adjoin
said district 8.
A school petition from John G.
Grant ct al, asking for the forma-
tion of new school district in the
town of Isle Harbor, was also re-
jected owing to defective acknowl-
edgement Of the petition and be-
cause the county superintendent
recommended consolidation.
The county auditor was instructed
to advertise for bids for an overseer
at the county poor farm. The pres
ent overseer's contract will te1mi-
nate on June 10, 1915.
A plat of the resurvey of section
"A in the town of Milaca was pre-
sented to the board by r. S. Chap
man, and same was examined and
unanimously accepted. One.sixteenth
of the costs of said resurvey was as
sessed to each 40-acre government
subdivision in said section.
A motion was made, and seconded
that a competent engineer be en-
ployed by the county to make
thorough examination Of the court
house vaults for the purpose of de-
termining whether same are fire.
proof, and upon roll call the motion
was carried.
After acting on numerous bills the
board adjourned
Better Depot Facilities Badly Needed.
Milaca wants a new passenger
depot. If the usual rule of the
Great Northern is followed they will
spend money enough Investigating
the needs Of the new station to build
at least two.-St. Cloud Journal
Press.
We sincerely hope the bustling vii
lage Of N1ilaca will secure better
depot facilities. The depot platform
at that place is abnormally narrow
and always congested when passen-
gers are getting on and off trains.