The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-08
Will Experiment
With Road Dressing


The County Court met for the Aug
ust term Monday morning with all Of
ficers present. The proceedings are:
After a discussion as to road inn
provement, upon the recommendation
Of County Highway Engineer Holman
and Attorney Z. A. Rozier, it was or
dered by the court that quarter
mile stretch on the Flat
River road, at whatever site C. II. L.
Holman selects, be improved and
treated to a coat of crushed granite.
The purpose Of this is to test the val
ue of crushed granite as a road dress
ing.
Other Proceedings
A license for one year granted to
j. w. Hopkins to operate four pool
tables in Pennington.
County Collector Brewer relieved Of
visiting each municipal township to
collect taxes as provided in Section
11454 R. S. 1909.
Warrants were allowed as follows,
in addition to the monthly salaries of
county officers:
]. c. Louis, supplies, $24.19; G. E.
Jones, supplies small pox patients,
$1O0; Mrs. J. Hlghley, 6 months rent
Robbs family. $36; Chas. Gravelin, re-
lief, $40; VIM. Marcum, relief, SIS; G..
o. Rodgers, relief, SIS; f. o. Brooks,
relief Mary E. Polite, $40; Carr &
Thomson, relief Cornell sisters, $685.;
Mrs. Mary Sandberg, relief poor per-
sons at Knob Lick, S29.50; J. II. Tet-
ley, relief poor persons at Farming
ton, $24; Mrs. c. K. Bramblet, relief
poor persons at Flat River, $25; Mrs.
Geo. Houser, relief of poor persons at
Desloge and Mrs. Campbell at Elvins,
$50; J. s. Boyer, relief poor persons at
Leadwood, $50; VIM. Lunsford, relief,
SIS; Walt McEnroe, relief, $50; Mrs.
Elsie Buckner, relief, $5; Dayse Baker,
relief Maggie Burks, Sc; Mrs. Jennie
Forster, relief Lucy Mooten, IS; May
berry, Byington & Tullock, hauling
sod for court house lawn, $50; St.
Francois County Farm Bureau, sal
ary and expenses, $2S9.33; Marvin W.
Crowder, stamps, expenses, 1854;
Geo. Sutherland, 2 months services
as night watchman, So; A. J. Hawn,
supplies at court house, $1260; Farm
ington Times Printing Co., supplies
for county offices, $3105; w. E. Cof-
fer, stamps and telephone, $500; W.
X. Poston, supplies county offices,
$5.25; Schramm Bottling & Ice Mfg.
Co., ice books for court house and Jail,
$12; W. X. Poston, supplies, $l2.1O;
Lang Mfg. & Nero. Co., supplies, $3.-
25; C. H. Adams, care court house,
$1815; C. H. Adams, board of prison
Iers, $117,75; ]. W. Jones, 5 days ser
vices and mileage, May term, S26; F,
M. Matkin, s days services tsi.1smile-
age, May term, $25.70; J. W. Beall,
supplies for Co. Supt. of Schools, $5.-
rs; J. Clyde Akers, clerical hire, etc,
1927; Mccarthy Lumber Co., repair
ing screens, $22.56; Pelty's Book
Store, supplies, $7.15; City Drug
Store, supplies, $1.10; Municipal
Light Plant, light and power, $27.50;
C. H. Adams, days attendance May
term, $40.
The court appropriates 1904 to add
to like sum raised for the improve
ment of the Pilot Knob Pennington
road by ]. D. Huff, who was issued a
warrant for $608 and appointed su-
pervisor Of improvement.
Amount of $3.50 appropriated for
improvement of Iron Mountain-Liber-
tyville road to go with like sum
raised by J. A. Overton for same i'm
provemont. Overton made supervisor
of improvement.
J. B. Compton, appearing to the
court to be a worthy poor person, was
ordered to be admitted to the County
Infrmary for care.
School fund loan of $685. made to
J. E. Williams. Mortgage deed re-
corded as security.
Inspection of old Jackson road, near
Libertyville, made by court accom-
panied by County Highway Engineer