Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-06-09
NO APPROPRIATION
FOR FARM BUREAU
COUNTY BOARD REJECTS AP-
PEAL FOR AID-BERGLUND
FAVoRs APPROPRIATIONS

have to be obtained from other sources
than the county treasury at least for
the. present, as the board Of county
commissioners at it's regular monthly
meeting Tuesday voted to reject the
petition for an appropriation for this
purpose.
A resolution introduced at the pre-
vious meeting providing for an appro-
priation of $4,000 for the Farm Bureau
for the ensuing year was tabled by the
board after large delegation of tax
payers and citizens had appeared and
urged such appropriation. Again at
this meeting large delegation from
all parts of the county appeared and
asked for half this amount and this
time the board fatty rejected the propo-
sition. Commissioner Berglund was
the only commissioner voting for the
appropriation. All the others, all of
whom were present, voted against it. :
Commissioners Pelkey, Lundberg and
Gassert were appointed as a committee
on county road in Belle Prairie town
ship, to meet at the James Leblanc
place Monday, June -, at 10 a. NJ,
and between Sections l and IL, Rip
ley township, at 2 P. NJ, the same day.
The committee appointed to examine
the county road between Swanville
and Swan River townships made re-
port recommending that the county and
Swan River township $3.50 and Swan
vile township $3.50, said townships to
spend an equal amount on said roads.
Commissioners Berglund, M1lbery and
Lundberg were appointed as commit
tee to meet with the town board of
Darling at the Whippler place on Satur-
day, June 10 at 10 a. M, and with the
town board Of Green Prairie ct .. NJ,
Of the same day at Randall.
: A resolution was passed III accord
ance with the recommendation Of a
committee that the township Of Cushing
be given $400 aid on road work, the
town to spend an equal amount.
The entire board was appointed as
committee to meet with the county
board Of Stearns county on Wednes-
day, June 2S, at 2 p. m, at Bowlus, on
the matter Of the judicial road between
Stearns and Morrison counties.
Applications Of Albert 81. Peterson.
Lulu Metz, W. w. Tolles and the N. P.
Ry. Co., for tax abatements were ap-
proved.
Hearing was granted on the petition
of Nick F. Schraut to be set Of from
IDistrict 81 to 112.
The committee on ditching on county
road, Section 1-l2731 and west one
mile, reported and recommended that
the county aid the township Of Elm
dale $2Oo OF same.
Entire county board was appointed
to investigate petition for a change in
state road No. 4, board to meet June
29 between Sections II and 13, Ripley
Ripley township.
Commissioners Lundberg, Milbery
and Pelkey were appointed as a COM
mittee to meet with the town board Of
Elmdale township at Upsala on Satur-
day, June "a, at 10 a. m.
|. Commissioners Lundberg, Berglund
and Milbery were appointed as a COM
mittee to meet with the town board Of
Parker township to look over the judi
cial road, to meet at Randall June 80 at
10 a. m.
A resolution was passed requesting
State Highway Commissioner Babcock
to redesignate State Road No. l
through Hillman as follows: Beginning
at the intersection Of Ash street and
the E and w Il line of Sec. 28-40-28,
thence south along the center line OF
Ash street to the intersection of First
Avenue, thence west along center line
of said First avenue produced to the in
tersection Of the center Of a road as
. now laid out and travelled lying parallel
with and 100 feet distant from the CEN
ter line of the, 500 railway, thence
southwest along said road to the inter
+ section with the section line between
Sections 2S'and 29-40-2S.
Final hearing was held on the peti-
tion to establish county road in Morrill,
and Hillman townships. The report OF
the committee being unfavorable, the
petition was rejected.
The board agreed to pay for the care
and maintenance of Aug. Knop while
he is in the state sanitarium at Walker
Mike Barrett was awarded the con-
tract for the complete job on Job NO.
22O6 at $4,S87.23 and the contract for
graveling opJob No. 2204 for Sc, ,4l9.70.
Adolph Peterson was awarded the grad
ing lob on Job. No. 2204-for $1O, ,297. .69.
A. B. Peterson was awarded the con-
tract for installing monolithic culverts
on Job No. 1904 at $l,016 1 and the
Lyle Corrugated Culvert Company was
awarded the contract fol culverts TOR
both jobs. =
The sum Of $500 was appropriated to
defray the expense of putting on the
exhibit at the state fair this fall.
I The: Anderson Hardware Company
was engaged to fix up the roof Of the
court house building, the county 10
furnish all material. The Anderson
Company agreed to furnish bond to
/ keep the roof in repair for five years
Martin Olson was appointed foreman
on State Road No. / west.
Practically two miles Of Trunk High
way No 81 between Little Falls and
j Darling, known as the Jefferson High
way. will be hard-surfaced this fall, It
steps taken for that purpose by the
4 commissioners Of Morrison county
4 materialize.
i It is estimated that there will be q
q surplus Of about $4,000 out Of the
a amount available for paving Trunk
4 Highway No. ~ to Belle Prairie. 9.
a M. Babcock, state highway commits 1'l
q llsioner, has signiified his willingness to
3 |expend the surplus on the Jefferson
u Highway above Little Falls, it is un-
81 lderstood, and he only desired resolu-
Z tion from the county board authorizing
g same. Such resolution was unanI-
]; mously passed by the board at its meet
]. ing Tuesday sc petitions Nj. Babcoek
!. to expend the balance OF funds remain.
& iingsin paving runk Highway No.
81 ha05n 5nniItnes af fa,e ion 0f liI1e