The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-12-30
The OFFICIAL
PROCEEDINGS

BOARD or COUNTY conrn6Iss1oH-.
ERs BoTTINEAu COUNTY
NORTH DAKOTA
Ks Bottineau, N. Oak,
July 6. 1920.
Board met in regular session. :
All members present.
Board spent part Of morning on equal
. A. N. July 18th.
Board in session. -
All members present. 49,, -.
Board spent part of morning on equal
ization matters and on account Of the
County Fair adjourned till 9 A. M. July
ga. M. July 8, 1920.
Board in session.
+ All members present. x
An application for q correction Of
Hail Tax was received from John ~and
Will Dammann on the WE sen, Ell
-SWA of Sec. 31-161-82. Said parties
were assessed on 100 acres Of crop where
no crop had been put in. }
Board granted request.
An application for a refund Of taxes
: Of the personal property Of Condit &
received. This was asked for ION the
grounds that the plant had been as
sessed at full value by the assessor and
raised SO per cent by h State Board
Moved by Commissioner Nichol and
seconded by Commissioner Walker that
the above request be granted. Carried.
the 9Th District recommended the fol-
In Renville Twp. the bridge near Dam
mann's land was to be redrove and one
extra span put In.
Bridge one mile west Of Forfar to be
One six foot cement culvert recon-
,onArSAS Fny Tho h~i1opo AnA.h01f rnf1o
south Of Forfar.
In Elms township. one cement culvert
west Of the John Olson farm.
driven bridge straight south OF Maxbass
and Just south Of 500 track asx8s
North Of Hurd, near where new bridge
had .o, been built tw ree ssatsen the Seof sDans e
one place where heavy floods washed
over the road and one span at another
One span wa recommended along the
Ed. Rowe farm.
On motion made and carried Board
sold Lot %. Block As. Comstock's First
Roland for $500 and ordered Auditor
to cancel all delinquent taxes on the
above mentioned lot and issue tax deed
County Agent Aamodt and a. G. Bur
ported that the Gr~asshoppers were doing
serious damage in different parts OF the
A Committee from the Commercial
Club Of Bottineau, conferred with the
Board and urged that they request ala
ing the hoppers. This matter was taken
up thru North Dakota's Representatives
in Congress. The result was that the
there were no funds available for this
purpose. A small appropriation had been
made for the study of Insect Extermin-
alton but none for the determination OF
30: On motion Board adjourned till 9 A.
- 9 A. M. July 9, 1920.
Board in session. .'-
All members present.
Board decided to adjourn till July ~
and make an inspection trip into the
gate their methods Of fighting hoppers
and to look into g~rasshopper conditions
In the west end OF the County: They
sraI eG~rasshopper Expert, Stewart Lock-
wood, State Specialist, county Agent
Aamodt, q. D.. Bower, a. D. Ertresyaag,
Clarence Emery OF Willow City n the
e 9 A. M. July 10, 1920
Board in session. =
All members present.
and road matters and on motion ad-
joruned till 2 P. NJ. %
Board audited and allowed bills and
on motion adjourned till July 18th.
: vi July 18th. 1920.
Board In session.
All members present.
County Agent Aamodt presented peti-
tons from over ten percent Of the voters
Of III County, asking that the Boaro
of County Commissioners make 9 Ievy
year. The Board agreed to comply with
fhe request of the, petitioners.
The Board took up the matter OF re-
tanning A. c. Burrill to aid in the Grass
%1,opvnar no roNp ion and passed a rCSOlu-
ton and had It forwarded TO- ". K:
Walton, in charge of Cereal q Forage
Insect 1n~yestigation' Bur F ass 81 E thet
Mr.. Burrill be allowed to stay in the
County another month for the purpose
fof pushing a speaking campaign as 70
ing the destruction of Grasshoppers.,
The Board then took up the ~canvassing
of election, returns, during h rest OF
the lay and and On PIN motion ad'ourneo> TIL
. A. M. July IA, 1920
Board in session.
All members present. g ~
Board spent the q In o~anvasSing
election returns and. on motion ad-
journed till 9 A. M; July Z II 18th 18th i: 1920.
Board in session.
All members present.
Board spent day on canvassing cleo
ton returns and on motion adjourned
till . A. M. July 18th n :1u,v 1s. 1920.
Board in session.
All members present.
Board completed canvassing of cleo
ton returns and spent some time on.
equalization matters.
THE question of a school nurse was
again presented by Miss Burr. the e
school nurse. but on account Of the II
nancial condition of the County they
laid the matter over till some future
time.
Board t~o-provide funds for starting Cow
Associations was considered butSit was
thought best for the County not to take
this up at this time. .
On motion adjourned untils9A IA.
July 10th. ,.an 200
Board In session.
IN All members present.
Board spent most OF the day IN COM
pietfng the equalization meeting. During
I the afternoon the question. Of raising
.funds to take UP outstanding Seed and
Feed warrants was thoroughly discussed.
The Board had considered the Feasibility
OF issuing time warrants, payable in the
fall when seed and feed contracts were
due, allowing a brokerage fee Of dis
count sufficient to make the Warfanta