Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-05-31
BOARD PROCEEDINGS.
County Commissioners Of Lin
coin County, Idaho.
Third Day OF Session.

Shoshone. Idaho, May 21st, 1917.
The Board of County Commission
ers met this day pursuant to a recess
taken with the following officers pres
ent: w. j. Taper, Chairman; Robt.
]. Mcmahon and Anders Anderson,
Commissioners; and ]. w. Lundin,
Clerk.
This being the day advertised to
receive bids for the $4,000 Lincoln
County Refunding Bonds, said issue
being for the purpose Of refunding
an old issue of bonds, the Board pro-
ceeded to open the bids and reviewed
bids from the following bond houses:
Splitter, Rorick G. Co., Salt Lake
City. Utah.
C. II. Coffin. Chicago, Ills.
Palmer Bond & Mortgage Co., Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Sweet. Causey, Foster & Co., Salt
Lake City. Utah.
Bosworth, Chanute & Co., Denver,
Colorado. y
Z. H. Rollins & Sons, Denver, Colo.
John f. Pierce & Co.. Seattle,
Wash
1t appearing to the Board that the
bid of Bosworth, Chanute & Co., for
the $4,000 Lincoln County Refund
ing Bonds, bearing interest at the
rate of per cent per annum, pay
able one bond for 1000 in each Of
the years 1927 to 1896. inc, for
which they agreed to pay 1898 or
S67 below par. to be the best bid re-
ceived and was therefore accepted.
The following claims against the
current expense fund were examined
and allowed and the Auditor instruct
ed to issue warrants for the same:
Lincoln County Times. pub
fishing luminous $731.85
North Side News, publishing
summons ol.oU
NJ. Silva, Ford car. etc, Coun-
ty Agent ...... 443.60
Elloy M. Dill. probat'n officer 10000
In the matter of the herd district
north of Big Wood River: J. H. Hell
man appeared before the Board and
presented the petition Of R. B. Mol
see and 10 other qualified electors pc
tain territory north and west of Big
Wood River in the northwest corner
of Lincoln County to be a herd dis
trict Whereupon the Board set Mon.
day, June, 4th, 1917. at 10 O'Clock
a. m, as the time when remonstranc
es and objections to the creation OIL
such a herd district will be heard.
The resignation OF Z. A. Bowler a:
Senior Deputy Clerk OF the Distric
Court and Ex-Oficio Auditor and Re
corder was accepted and the appoint
ment OF E. NJ Walker in the above
capacity was approved.
The War Production Committee o
Lincoln County met jointly with thu
Board for the purpose of devisini
ways and means of procuring NOR
farm laborers to assist in the irriga
ton, cultivation and harvesting o
the farm crops in Lincoln County
After hearing reports from numerou
, we'll posted farmers and a complet
discussion OF the grave danger tina
is now threatening entire Souther
, Idaho by reason of the fact that Their
are not sufficient farm laborers avail
able for the proper handling of tn
crops. and that owing to the scarcit
, of farm laborers advantage OF the at
solute necessity OF the farmers is be
r ing taken to secure exorbitant wages
{ a resolution was offered that our rel
% resentatives in Congress be requisite
to take any action which In the
judgment they might deem to be
the best interest for the purpose {
y procuring an adequate supply of far
: laborers for Southern Idaho. an
o that the Governor and the other stat
h officials OF Idaho be requested to a
sist in any movement along this liz
o that may to them seem practical.
= And thereupon the Board took
o. recess until June 4th, 1917.
4, (Signed) w. j. TAPER, Chairman
4 Attest: J. w. LUNDIN, Clerk.