Graham guardian., 1917-03-02
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OFFICE OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
COUNTY OF GRAHAM,
STATE OF ARIZONA,

Stafford. ARIZONA.
February 5, 1917.
The board of supervisors met in
regular session at 900 o'clock a. M,
with the following members pres
ent: Frank A. Webster, Chairman;
James Quinn, Member; j. K. Wei
ker, Member, and Martin Layton,
Clerk.
The minutes of special meeting
held December 80, 1916. and re9u.
lar meetings held January I'd and
Sd, 1917. were read and approved,
after which the board proceeded
with the regular routine of bust
ness. .
Mrs. H. c. Waddell appeared be-
fore the board and requested that
it allow her an INDECENT, allow
ance for the support of her and her
family. The board, after fully con-
sidering the same, by motion, duly
put and carried, granted the said
Mrs. H. C. Waddell an INDECENT al
lowance of $1,000 per month, the
same to be- in effect after the lst
day of February. 1917.
Mrs. w. R. Chambers appeared
before the board in behalf of Mrs.
johnson and requested that it
make an INDECENT allowance, for the
said Mrs. Johnson, on the grounds
that she and her family were all
down sick and had no means of
support. The board, after duly
considering the same, by motion
duly put and carried, granted the
said Mrs. johnson an allowance Of
$35 90.
S. S. Gish appeared before the
board in behalf of Ike Walpole and
requested that it grant the said
Ike WalpOle an INDECENT allowance
for the support of himself and fam
lily. The board, after fully consid-
ering the said request, granted the
said Mr.. Walpole an allowance of
$500 per month, the same to be
in effect after February l., 1917.
Mrs. Carouse Lopez appeared be-
fore the board and requested that
it grant to her an INDECENT allow
ance for the support of herself.
The board, after considering the
said request, granted her an allow
ance of SIS 90 only.
The appointment made by j. N.Y.
ron Alfred. county assessor. of F.
M. Layton and j. Frank Wootan,
as deputy assessors, was filed, and
by unanimous vote of the board,
was approved. The salary of the
said deputies was fixed at $500
per month.
On motion duly put and carried.
L. c. Snow was appointed Graham
County State Fair Commissioner for
year 1917, and the following were
appointed as county fair commits
sioners for the year 1917:
Solomonville-D. H. Claridge.
Safford-Victor Holding, E. W.
Clayton and Byron Smith.
Thatcher-L R. Pace. L. C.
Snow and R. G, Layton, Jr.
Central-E. M. Alfred.
Pima-G. W. Root and Fred
Webb.
Ft. Thomas-W. o. Tuttle.
Graham-Robert Allen Smith.
Eden-Joe Kempton.
Bcnita-Miles L. Wood.
Klondyke-J. R. Wootan.
Lompoc-Phil Hardenbrook.
Stanley-John Blake. ..
Bryce. A. Bryce.
Hubbard. A. Allen.
Geronimo--H. A. McBeath.
The time having arrived for the
consideration of the appointing of
the deputy ranger sheriffs. as re-
quested by 2 C. Prina, at the reg.
ular meeting of the board, held
January 2. 1917. the board. after
duly considering the necessity of
the said deputy ranger sheriffs, by
motion, duly put and carried, denied
the said request.
The time having arrived for the
consideration of petitions for the
establishment and opposition thereto
and all claims for damages of tie
proposed county road in the vicinity
of TT. Thomas, described as follows:
Beginning at the Hot Springs
station and running in northwest
erly direction, on the northeast side
of the Arizona Eastern Railroad
Company's tracks, to the Ft. Thom-
as station, connecting there with
the main county road, or State
and it appearing to the
board that legal notice of said hear
ing had been given and that claims
for damages having been filed, as
follows: M. D. Maloy. E. P. Bryce,
W. H. Roach and Mrs. o. N. Cres.
well, requesting a reasonable price
for the property to be used for the
proposed roadway belonging to
them. all other parties owning prop
erty to be used by the proposed
road agreeing to give the same to
the county free of charge, the
board. after viewing the proposed
road site and after duly considering
all proposals, both for and against
the said proposed road, by motion,