Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-12-15
LA SALLEAN AGAIN
IS CHOSEN COUNTY
MINE INSPECTOR
JOHN o'BRlEN, PRESENT lNcUM.
BENT, WINS APPOINTMENT AT
ELECTION HELD THIS MORN.
ING BY COUNTY soARD-DE.
FEATs OPPONENT IS TO IA.

by vote of 50 to IA John O'Brien
OF La Sale, was reelected county
mine Inspector. over John REYNOLDS,
MIS- Streator opponent at this morn.
lng's meeting Of the board OF super.
Visors The election OF n mine in.
spector was made special order of
business for today but was not ex.
pected by those "in the know" TO
turn out such lopsided affair.
After 1t was shown that O'Brien
had the field virtually to himself. NJ.
A. Bronson, of Streator, moved that
the election be made unanimous.
which course was followed by the
solons.
Today's session was opened at 10
O'Clock and was given over largely to
the reading OF reports OF standing and
special committees, following which
an adjournment was taken until to-
morrow morning.
The La Sale county poultry asso.
citation petitoned the board for an
allowance of $3.50 toward their an.
nual show which will be held at
Streator, H., from Jan. TO IA. The
petition was referred to the judiciary
and the finance committees to be re.
ported on at this session.
Reports of the state charities and
OF the court house and Jail commit
tees were then read and approved.
Extended Blind Aid.
The special committee 10 whom
the matter Of the petitions from Geo.
Armstrong of Streator and Rudolph
Genowski of La Sale, asking for aid
under the blind act, were referred
to at yesterdays meeting, reported
back to the board that they had in
vestigated the petitions, and that
they had reached an agreement by
which each of the petitioners should
receive $50 per year
The sheriff's report for the past six
months, ending Dec. /, was read and
showed that an amount of $437.90
was due the county from the office
for that length Of time. The report
was approved by the auditor.
County Clerk Thomas A. Ferguson's
report OF receipts and expenditures
for the fiscal year was then read.
The report stated that during the
year a total of 4OS marriage licenses
had been issued. The report was
adopted by the board.
The Mine Inspectors Pay.
The fees and salaries committee
reported that the salary Of the coun-
ty mine inspector for the ensuing
wear should remain the same, S. per
day, and that he should be allowed
s25 per month for travelling expenses.
The committee also reported back to
the, board that they had considered
the appointment by County Judge
Harry B. Reck of Mrs. Anna Free
bury as cook at the county detention
home and of William Willy as JAM
tor at the same institution, and that
they found the appointments salts
factory and recommended the pay
mept of salaries as fixed by Judge
Reck.
Prepare for Pauper Relief.
Following the reading Of the com
munications and the adoption or the
above reports former Chairman M. A.
Bronson Of Streator introduced and
moved the adoption Of the following
resolution:
"Whereas, there are large num-
her OF persons out of employment in
our county and the applications for
aid will become too great for the
funds available TO the supervisors and
their respective towns, now,
Therefore Be 1t Resolved, that the
finance committee the and is hereby
authorized to make adequate provis-
ions from the funds now or may be
available for the purpose of meeting
this emergency.
NJ. A. BRONSON"
The resolution was adopted unan'
tmously by the board.
Not to Sue Matthiessens.
Mixing a letter covering matters
nertajning to the Matthiessen estate
with n resolution ordering the state s
attorney to file suits to collect de-
Iinouent taxes, the board of super
vkors yesterday at their regular
meeting left the impression among
scribes that the move was aimed at
the lone-standing troubles between
the zinc manufacturer heirs and