Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-07-26

Liz OF a sale maze ON
the order Of the board on April 10th,
1917, and May End. 1917, were on mo,
tion approved and quit claim deeds
were issued to the various buyers and
the mortgages and notes given to the
county were filed.
The a%plication of E.G. Barr for a
loan from the Permanent School Fund
of $1,000 was granted. Security the
SWA and the WE of the SEA, sec
tion Is, and the VIZ of the NEA of
section %, all in township 116, range
"a.
The following refunds were on mo,
ton granted by authority of the
abatement and refund law:
John Coleman, dog tax, $I.00. :
J.. P. Nasbuck, school POLL $1.00.
A. o. Skogstad, school poll, $1.00.
Dan Sullivan, dog tax, $1.00.
The application of the American
Express Co. for an abatement of tax
for the year 1916 was on motion
granted by authority of subdivision 6
OF s. B. 81.
The application of Carl Winkler
and F.. R. Benson for refund and
abatement were on motion rejected,
the board being advised that S. b. 81
did not cove these cases.
The following claims against the
county were on motion allowed:
Watertown Chamber of Com
merce, donation to help de-
fray the expense of recruit
ing the local cavalry troops..$500. 90
j. e. Dyer, work on county
road - SU.Uu
The board on motion adjourned I'M
til 8 o'clock a. M, July 7th.
July 9TH.
The, board met as per adjournment;
all members were present
On motion the following bills were
allowed:
Lyman Dean, road work, Peli-
can - 300
ID. NJ. Bannister, per diem and
expense, stalking out county
road &. $500
The application of F. j. Weckman
for abatement of 1911 tax, $3.50, was
on motion granted, he having filed af-
idavit that he raj not a resident of
Watertown at that time.
The board made a trip to inspect
the work being done on the county
road.
Received of D. N. Bannister $500,
being money collected from Martin
johnson for coal furnished him last
winter Same was credited to the
poor fund.
The clerk Of courts having made a
reuuisition that 40 jurors be drawn
to complete his jury list, the follow
ing names were drawn from the box
in the auditors Office.
WATERFOWL: Ira Woodward, Emil
Eichhorst, James Patterson, A. J.
French, Walter L. Cooke, G. B. Tan
ney, F. J. Scholtz, Chas. p. Park, ii,
b. Williamson, r. @. Wood. Waverly:
Paul Markus Mic H. Stricherz, Phipps,
Peter Peterson. Leola, Chas Meseberg
|Kranzburg, Frank Ruhr, John M. Fox,
Sheridan, C. B. Moorehouse. Pelican:
Ed Butts. Rauville, Harry LaFram'
boise, Herman Lang. South Shore
Herman Schoepp, Nick j. Benn. Wal
lace, 3. A. Adams. Kampeska, Her
man Benthin. Henry township, Pat
rick Walsh. Henry village, G. S. Fea-
sci, DeLuce Kelton. Fuller, G. A
White, W. b. Murphy. Germantown,
Ferdinand Kannas, Carl Gunderson
Eden, Andrew Kelly. Elmira, Fred
Kirsch. Lake, Emil Borns. Richland,
s.. a.. Roberds. Graceland, Carl
Swanson. Forence, B. R. Cole, Krist
Gilbertson. Dexter, w. j. Putnam
|Manley Owen.
On motion the board adjourned un-
til 8 o'clock a. M. July 9th.
July 9Th.
The board met as per adjournment;
all members were present.
Thereafter the board went to- Henry
to take up the drainage and sewage
proposition at that place. Upon their
return action on the anne was de
ferred owing to the fact that another
petition was being prepared.
The following claims against the
county, having been duly audited,
were on motion allowed:
Austin Western Road Ma
chinery Co, / rooter pillow Is 1890
Austin Western Road Ma
chinery CO., 4 12-ft. blade
grader 81. 10000
The application Of w. RI Lambert
to be appointed a county book de
p~ository was on motion rejected.
The board on motion convened as a
board of equalization.
Moved and seconded that the petit.
ton of the Dakota life Insurance Co,
asking that their assessment in the
city Of Waterfowl be reduced to
$1,000 be granted. Voting on motion,
8 ayes, one not voting, motion car
ried.
On motion, the following changes
were made in the assessemnt Of ag-
ricultural lands, Class "a, including
structures, in the various townships:
Raised; Kranzburg IS per cent,
Kampeska 3 per cent, Henry : pei
cent, Lake 8 per cent, Graceland 20
per cent, Waverly2 "a per cent, Phipps
S per cent, Dexter 5 per cent.
Lowered: Eden 8 per cent.
The board on motion adjourned I'm
til O'Clock q. M, July 10th.
July 10th.
The board met as per adjournment;
all members were present. The hoard
met as board OF equalization.
Mrs 4. r. Eastwood came before
the board and asked that the struc
Iture on her property In Lake town
Sh;n ho rnd,Irad x2s000s same