The Cook County news-herald., 1918-10-09
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Extra Meeting Of the County Board,
Cook County, Minnesota.
Grand Marais, Minnesota.

The County Board of Cook County
met at 10 A. NJ. this 18th day of Sep
tember 1918, pursuant to adjournment.
Present Commissioners Allen. Bal]y,
Jacobson, Peterson, and Chairman En-
gelsen. Absent None.
Minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
The following bills were upon mo-
tion audited and allowed:
Matt johnson, printing county
board proceedings, station
ary for county officials. ...$ 3O725
North Shore Garage, repairing
county machinery .......... 4O.52
Sam Zimmerman, Jr., freight
sam Zimmerman, Jr., freight oo
and drayLge ............... 4.Oo
sam Zimmerman. Jr., drayage. 400
Y. N. Johnson, painting mile
posts and repairing car. 25.oo
Ole Olson, supplies for Bayle's ., o.
Andrew j1:e!v Hedstrom lumber for
Devils Track bridge. 1867
Miller Davis Co., l dozen STEM o,,
ugraphers note books. :... 81
Minneapolis Steel & Machinery
Co., supplies for tractor. ala
John Gustafson, supplies for =, 6,
Tom ma' i Biom6erg, SUPPLIES for
r:I7ny iiay'' olson' supplies for 40
Il > CLAlp
Andrew EverSOn, supplies 1Of
WuhlstrOms camp .....'. lz.oo
Lester Smith, II meals fur 70
WIN: n's"el H;llauist' asist'' supplies for
chas. Blade, , trips with auto
with grader man. ;::...:::: o''o
'rru r",n,y v'11hv.h machinerM ''. 11.5o
Albert Heimerson, supplies for
road ,, tamp l,.t :o,,, hoard from 'A'
April 18TH to July Sth' l, c;. 1919
ing furnished tractor crew. 49o
Like Shore Telephone Co.,
telephone rent and messages 81. 81
r.d. Toftey & Co., supplies for
G. or O. Isackiund, cement for:
Maple Hill bridge. ....:... 2250
{. @. Backlund, cement FOR ~ o
ch.s H""'' S%6 MGrN labor on Grand "O'00
K ke,i.y !'HSt"ff Flow y""f Thomson Co.. $40
gals. linseed oil, 20 S gal orr or
kits Of Hickory paint. :..;. 365.?9
Mnrshall-Wells Co., single ~ ~
wins. "t'''i Bal1y. @ labor and supplies
on county machinery: 5o.S9
publishing notice of bond
rurgess 7i;se Electric CO., Bur-
CESS dry cells g.: o.'4
Armour & Co., supplies for o
camp 176.69
The following resolution was pres
cnted and upon motion unanimously
adopted:
BE 1t Resolved by the Board of
County Commissioners of Cook County,
and approval Of the, State Highwny
shore road as follows: Commencing at
the Rosebush road in the Northwest
quarter Of the Northeast quarter of
sStenHn4 a. thence IN N Westerly or
Southwest direction to a point where
the same intersects with the Lake
shore road in the Northwest quarter
Township 81, Range ! West, be, and
the same is hereby designated as
STATE Road same to become part OF
BE 1t Further Resolved that the
County Auditor is hereby instructed
to transmit to the State Highway Com
mission /; certified copy of this resolu-
ton.
The following communication rela-
tive to the acceptance Of work done in
Cook County and Known as Job No.
1901 was read and upon motion duly
made and carried same was ordered
placed on file:
STATE or M1NNEsoTA,}
County Of Cook
We the undersigned members of the
County Board of the above named
county; and constituting e INA majority
thereof do hereby certify that we we
work done in Cook County known as
Job No. 1901 and that we have on the
18th Of August 1913, when said in
quired, was properly done and per,
formed in accordance with plans and
specifications for said job, and written
instructions Of Engineer in charge of
said work.
That we hereby approve of the En-
gineers final statement of work at
tached hereto including variations
from original plans Of said job.
Cost Of work amounting to $32,4OO.
90, according to said statement.
Dated September 26, 1918.
II: o. ENGELSEN,
SAM 9l:li BAht4. 3: htkEN'
5oRGEN MANHEN PEpERsoNi, fAGGfs3Si
Members Of County Board.
Attest: T. l. CARTER,
County Auditor.
This being. the date set for the open
of bids for the sale of $100, 900 of Cook
County bonds, and no bids having been
received, Il proposition of F. B. Myers
to find a purchaser for said bonds was
read and submitted to the Board.
M w. MdtleSOn OF Nalnan, Matte
son and Wood appeared before the
Board along with +. b. Myers and Of
fered a proposition for the purchase of
said bonds which proposition and GER
titled check attached is now on file in
the office of the County Auditor
1t was moved by Commissioner Bally
and seconded by Commissioner Jacob
son that the propositions of F. B. N.Y.
ers and Kalman, Matteson and Wood
for the purchase of said bonds be and
the same hereby are accepted. subject
however to Board reserving the right
to accept better proposition if re-
ceiyed from Crawford Livingston withs
in ten days and upon vote said motion
carried. Ayes Commissioners Allen.
Bally. Jacobson and Chairman Engel-
sen. Nays Commissioner Peterson.
1t was moved and carried that the
County Auditor be Instructed to go to
Duluth and communicate by wire at
once with Crawford Livingston,
New York City, relative to receiving
offer from him for the purchase of
the Cook County bond issue.
Upon motion duly made and carried
Board adjourned to 10 A. NJ. September
2Gth, 1918.
r. I. CARTER
County Auditor.