The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-21
THE OFFICIAL
PROCEEDINGS
Board of County Commissioners, BOT
tinea1 County, N. OAK.

Board Of County Commissioners, bot
tinea2 County, N. Oak.
Bottineau, N. D., January 20, 1918.
Tuesday 900 A M.
Board convened in an adjourned ses-
Members present, Chairman Nichol,
Commissioners Finstad, Nelson and Sid
ener.
A. p. Henderson and J. NJ. Humph-
peared before the Board, annual reports
for the year, 1917 were submitted, on
motion na t reR3oFts were We Ga ap a9FiC; n or
ings as follows; A. p Henderson,s re-
courant, j: NJ: Humphreys report to be
the Lansford Journal.
On motion the board adjourned until
two o'clock p. m n::oo ~
Board in0session.
All members present.
Balance of the day consumed by the
board discussing bridge and road mat
On motion the board adjourned until
Wednesday, January aoth, 1918.
Board in session. ~
All members present.
S. T.. Olson, agent, for the Northwest
ern Sheet & Iron Works of .Wahpeton,
IN. Oak. appeared before the board, cul-
vert matters discussed.
Auditing committees appointed by the
chairman as follows: .
and dre Ns1non ana AUDITORS onice-Ho'
OFFICE. Of sheriff-Finstad, sidener
| and Nichol.
office Of Register of Deeds-Finstad.
Office of Clerk of District Court
| F1nstad, Sidener and Nichol.
Office of superintendent of Schools
FinStad, Sidener and NichOl.
Office of County Judge-E1nStad, SID
ener and Nichol.
:. Balance of the day consumed by the
Annual Report for the year 1917, sub
mitted by a. p. Henderson, County Az
Introduction:
The major projects as laid out at
the beginning Of the year have been car
to these projects; in addition to this a
large amount of work has been incident
al to our country becoming engaged In
orTanizations:
Federal Farm Loan Associations. At
the beginning of the year the major
projects We're the carrying to the farm
adopted by Congress in July 1916. A
series of educational meetings were con-
Quoted in practically every town n
ter. eliminating in an organization
meeting that was held in Bottineau the
latter days of January 1917, at when
fourteen charter members, with $54,-
10000 in loans subscribed for with the
necessary accompanying stock subscrlp--
to govern the local association, a board
of directors, and an appraisement board
elected and a Secretary-treasurer APP
pointed in the person n, OF NJ VI J; Il R Ney-
of Bottineau, who has done most excel.
this time the organization has grown
al Land Bank district, comprising the
states Of North Dakota, Minnesota, Wis
consin n part of Michigan. with
ed upon By the Federal Appraiser Of
s425. 0OO.0 90 with fair prospects of reach
ing Of the year Of 1918. This project
ers' met + y %i has greet neipe aavo t. 0y re she earm all
least two per cent and has effected q
saving to the armer who haye aValieed
themselves of the measure Of $13,0OO.-
90 in interest for the year Of their en-
rollment as stated by Mr.. Fahey, Fed
eral Land Bank Appraiser.
Ground Squirrel: Our second major
project was the continuance of the
ground squirrel determination campaign
supplied with poisoned grain. in ad,
5dition to some townships who had used
up their supply being provided with q
carried over q considerable amount OF
the poisoned grain so not a great deal
has to be mixed this year, and the
ground, sc squire tan rel ] has rssn Deen a. y this r 1argri2I
insect Control:
on saw Fly ! 4 The The 6 @eo m1i,v aepred Of 9hs
on the wheat fields of this section has
been carried on with the result that our
farmers are familiar with the cause of
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