Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-06-10
MAY PAVE Road
TOWARDS DSBRAlNERD
COUNTY BOARD TO EXPEND ANY
MONEY LEFT FROM BOND IS
SUE FOR THAT PURPOSE

MONEY LEFT FROM BOND Is
SUE FOR THAT PURPOSE
AT regular meeting Of the county
board Tuesday and Wednesday, reso-
luton was passed favoring the hard sur
facing of Trunk Highway No. 27 from
Little Falls to Brainerd. The resolution
stated that "whereas no provision has
yet been made to hard-surface that
part of Trunk Highway No. 81 between
Little Falls and Brainerd, and whereas
that particular piece Of road is heavily
used for traffic and it is desired that the
same be given the earliest attention,
possible, and whereas the board under
stands that Crow Wing county is de-
sirous OF working in conjunction with
Morrison county to get this piece Of
road improved; therefore be it resolved,
-. that the board Of county commissioners
Of Morrison county go On record to ex-
pend any funds left from the bond is
sue authorized at their meeting May "a
for the improvement Of Trunk Highway
No. 81 between Little Falls and Royal
ton, on that piece of the same highway
from Little Falls toward Brainerd.'
The entire board was appointed as
committee to view State Road No. and
to meet at the home of Commissioner
Berglund June Is at II O'Clock for this
purpose. The board was also appointed
us committee to meet at Plerz on
June 20 at 10 a. M, to view State ROAD
No. ! East.
Applications of Aug. Dehler and c..
X. Dickerman for abatement OF taxes
were rejected.
The bills of E. A. Berg & Company
for $33.6l and P. NJ. Markuson, Jr.,
for $4,000, were laid over.
Hearing was granted for the forma-
ton of new school district in Leigh
town out of District SO, also for one in
Hillman and Morrill, towns.
Hearing was granted on petitions to
be set OF from one school district to
another, of the following: Geo. Dubbels
from District l to District 1872; Joseph
Nowakowski from District 135 to Dis
trict 13; Gerhard j. Lano from District
l04 to District 7S.
Hearing was granted on petition for
county road in Cushing and Scandia
Valley townships and Commissioners
Bergmnd, Lunuberg and Pelkey were
appointed committee on same, to meet
at Gushing June II at 2 p. m.
The board rejected the petition for
change of State Road No. 8 in Belle
Prairie, stating that after due consid-
Grafton, they felt that it was for the
: best interests Of all concerned that the
road remain where it is.
The following applications for abate-
ment Of taxes were approved: Jos. Tu-
zinski, Yellow Medicine County Bank;
j. w. Faust, John Sundstrom, Albert
E. Peterson.
Bids were opened for repairing. Of
Bridge No. 1349 in Little Falls town
ship, over the Platte river. The bid
of e. Reynolds and Chris Thoen was
lowest and they were awarded the con-
tract at $3.50 with piling and $264O
without. The county will pay half of
the cost of these repairs and the town
Of Little Falls half.
Tuesday afternoon. large delegation
of farmers appeared before the board,
urging them to appropriate $4,000 for
the farm bureau and home demonstra-
tion work for the ensuing year. The
appropriation was made, Commission
ers Milberry, Berglund, Lundberg and
Pelkey voting for it. Commissioner
Gassert did not vote.
Commissioners Pelkey, Gassert and
Mulberry were appointed as a commit
tee to view the Granite and Pulaski
roads on June IA and to meet with the
town boards of st. Matthias of Crow
Wing county and Of Ripley on June IS
at 2 p. m.
A. 3. Peterson, who has the contract
for the construction of bridge in Two
Rivers, was granted an extension of
time in which to complete the job. He
was given until July l.
Alden & Harris submitted plans for
a new jail and sheriff g residence COM
bined. The plans were accepted and the
auditor was instructed to advertise for
bids for construction of same. The
bids will be received at the July meet
ing. The plans call for the locating Of
the jail directly east Of the court house.
Commissioners Lundberg, Mulberry
mittee to meet with County Engineer
viner June at O'Clock, for the pur-
pose Of inspecting bridge at Upsala.
the officers of school districts 80, 113,
26 and Sc to appear before the board at
its next regular meeting, with their
books, and show the amount Of moneys
on hand when the new district No. 145
was organized.
The final hearing was held on the
petition Of school district 1875 to annex
parts of districts 62 and SS. Petition
was granted, except for the following
property: East half of southwest quar-
ter, Section 5: east half of northwest
quarter, section 8; southwest quarter Of
section s, township Al, range %.
A final hearing was held on the reso-
luton to dissolve school district 103,
in which there had been no school for
some time. Residents of district ap-
peAred and opposed such action and the
matter was dropped.
The petition of G.. G. Lamb to be set
off to district 81 was granted.
Engineer Viner was instructed to sur
vey one mile Of road running north from
Two Rivers township on the proposed
state road No. 5, with the view Of i'm
proving same if state road is designat-
ed there.
Hearing was granted on petitions for
formation Of new school district, also
On the petition for county road in Green
Prairie and Darling towns.
Bill of city Of Little Falls for assess
ment for paving abutting on court
house property, was rejected.
Bills allowed:
Paul Felix, $3.50
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