Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-15
COUNTY JAIL
BIDS REJECTED
BOARD CONSIDERS BIDS TOO
HIGH-1921 TAX LEVY
fixed AT $4,000

county Jail were received at the regu
lar July meeting of the board OF coun-
ty commissioners this week, but all
bids were rejected as being too high.
About twelve bids we're received and
representatives Of the bidding con-
Germs were present, also Mr.. Foley q
representative Of the state board Of
control. The lowest bid was about
$4,000 and the highest $31, 600, for the
general contract. The board was in
session Monday and Tuesday.
A. F. Kerich-was re-appointed custo-
dian of the court house for the ensuing
year, at 500 per month. -
Appropriations of $500 were made to
the Little Falls and Motley county
fairs.
An appropriation Of $1,000 was vot-
ed from the revenue fund for work on
State Road No. 8 and Napoleon Gotta
was named as foreman of the job,
which is to be done under the 1915
law.
Plats Of McRae's Addition, Swan
vile, and Anderson's Lake Lots at
Lake Alexander were submitted and
approved.
The Northwestern Bell Telephone
Company was granted permission to
trim the trees on the court house
square so that they do not interfere
with the telephone lines, it being un-
derstood that the cables will be put
underground as soon as possible. Coun-
ty Auditor McNairy and Custodian
Kerich were appointed to supervise
tho work of trimming the trees.
The auditor was instructed to adver-
tise for bids for the construction of
high beam span bridge in Elmdale
township. Estimated cost was $4,000.
A resolution was passed designating
state road in the towns of Culdrum,
Parker and Cushing. The road con-
meets Trunk Highway No. % to Swan
vile in Culdrum town.
Representatives of school boards of
Districts 26, Sc, 80 and l13 appeared
before the board with their books and
a division of their funds with District
145, newly formed, was made, districts
26 and 113 being ordered to pay dis
trict 145 $1s.45 and $24.32 respective
ly. The other districts had no money
on hand May 3, the date taken for the
division.
A final hearing was held on the petit
tion for formation of new school dis
trict in Richardson township out of
District SO. There was no opposition
and petition was granted, the new dis
trict to be numbered l46. Final hear
ing was also held on formation of a
new school district in Hillman and
Morrill, townships and petition was
granted, the following tracts being ex-,
cepted: SE Sc Il Section 3-39-29, EA
Section "a, S1a SWA Section 34-4O.29.
Said District numbered LAT.
County Auditor McNairy read a COM
munication referred to him by Judge
Nye, from the Minnesota League OF
Women Voters, which asked that a pro-
portionate number Of names of women
be placed on the jury lists, both grand
and petit. 1t was decided to do this
and list of % names were prepared
from which additional jurors will be
drawn for the grand jury and another
list for the petit jury. The names sell
ected were as follows:
Grand Jurors
Mrs. r. G. Tedford, City; Mrs. F. D.
Leblanc, City; Mrs. Edward Laforce,
Ripley; Mrs. A. N. Smith, Platte; Mrs.
Edward Guertin, City; Mrs. A. G..
Bowers, Royalton; Mrs. Flora Werner,
Royalton; Mrs. A. A. Fitch, Royalton;
Mrs. Geo. Pierzina, Bowlus; Mrs. Anton
Redle, Bowlus; Mrs. John Pepin, Swan
Vile township; Mrs. G. H. Freeman,
Culdrum; Mrs. Christ Larson, Pike
Creek; Mrs. L. G. Savage, Pike Creek;
Mrs. L. o. Vessel, city; Mrs. G. W..
Massey, city; Miss Mabel Berg, city;
Mrs. Herman Tanner, city; Miss Anna
Denis, city; Mrs. w. N. Morrey, Mot
ley; Mrs. William Hanson, Lincoln;
Mrs. A. D. Grant, Darling; Mrs. Charles
Lightner, Rail Prairie.
Petit Jurors
Searle Stodolka, Bellevue; Christ Sjo-
berg, Bellevue; C. G. Connor, Bellevue;
Peter Psick, Bowlus; Joseph Boras,
Bowlus; Nick Mueller, Buckman;
Frank Mischke, Buckman; Mat. Bower,
Morrill,; Peter J. Mueller, Morrill,;
Charles Chestney, Lakin; Geo. Ogg,
Lakin; John j. Boser, Village Pierz;
John Dombovy, Village Pierz; Frank
Hoheisel, Pierz; John Mischke, Pierz;
Otto L. Hoffman, Buh; Andrew Luck
ing, Buh; Chas. Weis, Buh; Jos. Grube.,
Agram; j. N. Rauch, Agram; Theo.
Stumpf, Genola; O. Q. Torgerson,
Village Motley; Edward Jacobs, VII
lage Motley; U: A. Winslow, Motley;
Gust Fransen, Rosing; Sam Tedford,
Clough; Neil Patton, Clough; Nels
Swanson, Scandia Valley; Carl Mos
from, Scandia Valley; Walter Good
win, Scandia Valley; William Seigei,
Clough; H. F. Ledoux, Ripley; Homer
Doucette, Ripley; William Heroux,
Ripley; NJ. Heroux, Little Falls; Walter
Kolaz, Little Falls; Harvey Garfield,
Little Falls; Dan. Leahy, Little Falls;
Ben. Compton, Platte; Ed. Powers,
Platte; P. j. Wallmark, Pulaski; John
Hoppe, Pulaski; Otto Neiman, Pike
Creek; August Piehowski, Pike Creek
Erick Lundin, Pike Creek; Charlie
Vanslow, Culdrum; John Olson, .Cul,
drum: Alfred Lundgren, Culdrum; Paul
Jabas, Swan River; Christ Zak, Swan
River; Fritz Olson, Elm Dale; Ed.
Swanson, Elm Dale.
The delinquent personal tax list was
turned over to the board by Treasurer
Renick and was checked over, prior to
being handed to the sheriff for collec-
ton
Petitions for formation of a new
school district in Morrison and Crow
Wing county and for one in Platte
townhsip were laid over until the next
meeting.
The committee on investigation Of
changes of county roads in Darling,
Green Prairie, Gushing, and scandia
Valley townships, .petitioned for, re,
ported favorably on same and final
hearing was ordered. A petition FOR
a county road in Randall was rejected: !:
A petition was filed for vacation OF
part of a county road in Darling town
ship. Commissioners Lundberg, Mil
herrv and Berglund were appointed as