Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-12-12

llCC@d Tor D1QS ana given to the low
est bidders, which will account in part
Tor some printing firms receiving
considerably more than others and
also is due the fact that the printing
Of the board proceedings and other
similar jobs must necessarily be d0na
at the county seat where the work
can be supervised by the officers get
ting out the work. The different
amounts paid are as follows:
Fennimore Times, $245.80; Grant
County Herald, $466.15; The Teller,
1857 90; Standardization Co, $195.04;
Bloomington Record, $70.S5; Grant
County News, $215.30 Progressive
Printing Co., $164 ($100 from 1870 !;
Platteville Witness, $125.00; Dial-En-
terprise, $3.50; Platteville Journal,
$74.70; Grant County Democrat, $32
Cassville Index, 1920; Cassville Rec
ord, $37; Montfort Mail, $25; Bosco-
bel Sentinel, $25; Blue River Infor-
mer, $25.
We have also paid out $429.61 for
postage for the different Offices dur
ing the year; $1308.30 for blank books
and stationery and other supplies;
$27355 for light for court house and
jail; $1335.99 for fuel for court house
and Jail; $96.15 for water for court
house and Jail including the fountain
in the court house park; $84.38 for
telephone service for court house and
Jail; about $50 paid out by the clerk
for various small items, mostly freight
and express; $122.45 for bills incurred
Oy the exemption board, the most of
which was for extra clerk hire. An
effort is being made to recover this
last item from the government; 1928
has been paid for indemnities; $1276.80
for road machinery and $3.50 for the
burial Of INDECENT soldiers and soldiers
widows.
The painting of the interior of the
Jail was submitted for bids and the
contract for labor and material was
awarded to Lane Bros, for the sum Of
$225.
We entered into the usual contract
with the telephone companies for tele-
phone service as we were directed to
90, but we find it necessary to report
that the service between the court
house and the outside towns, villages
and cities has been very unsatisfac-
tory to us as we feel that it must
have been to those people around the
county who have tried to transact
business with us in that way. 1t has
been especially annoying from the
fact that the service has been more in
demand than usual this season on
account of the records of the eXemp-
ton board all being in the court house
and all the work having been done
there. We hope to have a proposition
TO submit to the board before the SEES
sion closes looking toward a remedy
for the difficulty.
At the request Of the district at
tOrney and with the consent Of the
chairman the sheriff offered a reward
Of 500 for the capture of a prisoner
who escaped from the county jail
about April first. The man was
brought back and the treasurer paid
the amount to the parties entitled to
it.
Since the last meeting Of the board
vacancy has occurred on the COM
mittee on common schools Mr.. David
James, who was elected at the last
session for term Ofs three years
found that he was ineligible to serve
on account OF being member Of the
county board. He, therefore, resign
ed and no one else having been ap-
pointed to take his place the vacancy
still exists and it will now be neces-
Sary to elect two members of that
committee instead of one.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted.
JOSEPH T. BENNETT,
FL. J. JOHNSON, Chairman
County Clerk.
Dated at Lancaster, Wis, this 18th
day OF November, 1917.
Mr.. Mathews nominated J. T. Ben
nett for chairman OF the board for
the ensuing year, to succeed himself.
This nomination being seconded, and
there being no further nominations,
j. I. Bennett was duly elected chair
man OF the board for the ensuing year.
The chairman, Mr.. Bennett, there
upon announced the appointment Of
the following standing committees:
Finance-L. D. Eastman, chairman:
David James; w. D. Burr; G. J. Me
haus.
Equalization-H. G. Brown, chair
man; J. B. Nauert; James Cullen; w.
Z. Suttle; F. G. Wetmore; w. F. Nc
Corm1ck; Toay Garner; Thos. OFlah-
rity; j. Ell. Ziegler; Thos. Bailie;
Joseph Mitchell; O. D. Miller; Peter
Quinn
Highways, Bridges and Ferries
f. Morse, chairman; A. e. Rundell;
]. 4. Shemak; John Kelly; John w.
Jerrett; Henry j. Kelly; John w. Jer-
Jerrett; Henry j. Kettler; John Long
botham; John Dobson; Andrew Zenz;
VIM. Fischer; Oscar Knapp; j. H.
Budden; Lewis Craigo.
General Claims-William Victoria,
chairman; S. A. Parish; L. Newman;
Fred A. Parish; c. Weittenhiller;
Fred A. Jentz; George Foner.
Officers claims, including sheriff's
E. w. Guentzel, chairman; Henry
Kleinhammer; J. H. Cox; VIM. Gates;
Albert Sails; Henry Blindert; Joe v.
Staskal; Peter Clare; John S. Baker.
Charitable Institutions and Public
PrOperty-Hugh Mathews, chairman;
Henry Kleinhammer; DR.. E. Mcdonald;
George B. Snowden; o. S. Laughton;
George w. Kendall; John Rech; Alva
McVay; G. M. Knox; Louis Boebel.
Education-Dr. Ed. Mcdonald, chair