Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-03-04
COUNTY BOARD
HAD BUSY SESSION
RESIGNATION OF NURSE ACCEPT
D-yuNER MADE SUPT. OF
ROAD MAINTENANCE

Inc ct>Iuty board met IN regular ses-
sion ~ Tuesday and Wednesday OF this
week. Al members present.
Tho bond of DIR. o. J. Brown as cor
oner was approved and ordered filed.
Mias Janet Worden, county nurse,
submitted her resignation, effective
March. 10. The resignation was accept.
ed aad the appointment of her successor
laid oveT .,ntil the next meeting. "A
Delegation Of citizens appeared before
the board and urged the retention of
the county nurse.
Auplications for abatement of taxes
were granted to the following: c. l..
Nelson, Sam Hammerbeck, C. l.. Stodol-
ka, Walter Deering, Frank Lutzke,
Frank Kruzel, Jos. Slaby and Ole John.
son We applications of Max Mayer
and Nrs~ Nels B. Twist were rejected.
Hearing on the application to set off
from one school district to another was
granted to the following: Aug. F..
Schwanke from district 80 to district
100 Ole Sletton from district ~ to
dist1ic* J. The applications Of N: NJ.
Moran and Jos. C. Tomala were reject.
ed. The petition Of Geo. w. Givens to
be sot OF from district al to district
10 WA 4diu over.
The aew road which commences in
the Brickyards and runs due south past
Bowlus to the Stearns county line was
designated as state road, subject to
the approval Of the commissioner OF
highways
School district lC6 was reorganizcd
out or Consolidated District No. Ill,
Gushing.
A 1,skition to change the county road
in BoIle Prairie was laid over to the
next meeting.
The bonds of the different banks as
county repositories were approved.
A. petition for the formation of a
new achool district in Morrill, was laid
over to the next meeting, also peti-
tion for the formation of new dis
trict II the townships of Ripley and
Platte nad a part of Crow Wing county.
Crawford Sheldon, county superin-
tenden&. Of schools, appeared before the
board anl requested that he be provid-
ed with an assistant and recommending
that the salary Of the assistant be fixed
at $l96" His request was granted. The
additional allowance which had hereto
fore been given the superintendent was
taken ax and his salary was fixed at
$1,000 per year.
May was set as the date for a hear
ing on the petition Of residents Of Oar
ling and Pike Creek townships to have
county road changed. Commissioners
Lundberg Mulberry and Berglund we're
appoisted as committee to examine
tho change and to meet at the Geo.
Whiprier place for that purpose on
April lS at p. m.
J. r. Viner, district engineer, was
appointed superintendent Of road main
tcnance- for the county and was allowed
an additional assistant at $125 per
montb It was also decided to allow the
engineer extra expenses in connection
with same.
All applications. for appointments as
truck drivers and mechanics were re-
iected ::
A committee consisting Of Commits
sioners Lrndberg, Mulberry, Berglund,
and Engineer Viner was appointed to
90 to st. Paul and interview G. M.
Baboock. commissioner of highways, in
regard to road work and trucks.
The county auditor was instructed to
write to Alden & Harris, architects, and
have them appear before the board at
the meeting on April to discuss the
proposition of drawing up plans. and
specifications for new county jail and
sheriff q residence. The present build
ing has been condemned by the state
authorities and they will not consent to
tho repair Of same.