Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1923-03-01
PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
January Session
January Is, 1923
Monday. Seventh Term Day

! house. Present, N. Il. PettibOn(
: chairman, August Schroeder and I
G. LYDIA, commissioners, and Henr
Telcher, clerk. Minutes of last meet
ing read and approved whereupon tn
board proceeded TO business as fol
lows:
In the matter Of the employment O.
county agent for the coming year
In considering the petitions presented
i'm favor and against the employmn
of such agent, it was found by the
board that the names appearing OF
the petition against the employment
of the agent were overwhelmingly In
| the majority, taking this as an indi.
cation that the majority of the peo-
pie were in favor of disseminating the
extension work in Idaho county, 1t is
hereby ordered that the office of coun-
| ty agent be discontinued. However,
! it appearing that there are certain
projects and plans that have been
launched and are nearing completion,
and that it would be loss and waste
to the taxpayers If the office was i'm
mediately abandoned, it is hereby fur
Their ordered that the present county
agent be retained until the 18th day
Of February in order that the work
now under way may be brought to
final close and finished. 1t is further
ordered that the petitions In the above
matter be filed in the office Of the
clerk of this board.
In the matter Of the appointment of
county physician, two applications
containing bids and proposals for such
work were filed with the board for
action, that of DIR. G. s. Stockton and
DR.. b. Chapman. After due consid-
GRAFTON being given both applications
it is hereby ordered that the appli-
cation and bid Of DIR. b Chapman be
accepted, and that he be and Is here
by appointed county physician for
the ensuing two years, and that
contract be entered into by the coun-
ty and DIR. B. Chapman in accordan.
&c with the bid filed, and that DR.. B. |
Chapman give a bond in the sum of |
$500 90 for the faithful performance
and proposal of DR.. G.. S. Stockton
rejected.
The application Of Il. s. Hancock,
to bury the county indi |
gent dead at $4,000 each and furnish
Ill things necessary in connection |
herewith, here accepted and 1t is
hereby ordered that the county of
Idaho and e. s. Hancock enter into
IN agreement in accordance with
;uch proposal
The agreement between the county
# Idaho and ]. @ Safely in regard
o the county printing, here signed
md ordered filed in the office Of the
Jerk of this board.
Order of the probate judge, dated
oct. 81, 1922. placing Henry Hunts
on on record as an INDECENT blind /
,erson, here rejected on the advice
4 the present probate judge.
Petition of Fred Tautfest ct al, cal
ing the attention of the board to the
ndigency of Jake Woodring, here ex-
mined and ordered filed, and that
august Schroeder investigate the
ase.
On application duly filed, Joe carp
5 hereby appointed overseer Of road
istrict No 1.
Petition of J. f. Brown for the ap-
ointment of overseer of road run.
ing from Mt. Idaho to Cove placers
elected.
VII dpplicdllCh uuiy ilicu, II. VI.
benny is hereby appointed overseer
road district No. 3.
Petition of Joe w. Hazelbaker for
ne appointment of overseer Of road
istrict No. 3 rejected.
On petition of T J. Carey ct al
ndy Kavanaugh is hereby appoint
1 Overseer of road district No. s.
On petition of James w. Dyar ct al.
@. Nitz is hereby appointed over
Ter of road districts numbered 8, II
nd "a, covering the roads Of Elk
ity, Dixie and Orogrande.
On application duly filed. Jack o.
cary is hereby appointed overseer Of .
,ad district No. 10.
On application duly filed, J o.
Oward is hereby appointed overseer :
road district No. 10.
On petition of Lester Toll, ct al, -
ssse O. Hemphill is hereby appoint
overseer of road district No. Is.
The petition of II. III. Renshaw ct
asking that Jacob Lycan be APP
,inted Overseer of road district No. =
here rejected.
On petition Of Charles Cadman ct
, John Chamberlin is hereby APP A
'inted overseer Of that certain road
district No. 10 beginning at the
ate bridge and ending at the mouth
Rapid river
On applica tiOin, X. J.. Freeman Is
reby appointed overseer of that GER 6
in road i'm district No. 10 beginning a
the mouth of Rapid river and end q,
2 at the point heretofore to which q
L. Freeman has worked. m
On petition of Walter M Kerr ct al
r. Coder is hereby appointed over u,
ar of road district No. %. or
On petition Of T. s. Wicks ct al. o.
Perkins is hereby appointed over re
# Of road district No. 81. m
On application duly filed. Calvin or
lddleson is hereby appointed, over
# of that part of the South Fork he
i'll living between Castle creek and
and in connection there i'm
IN it is hereby ordered that not to
,eed the sum of STOOLS authorized to in
expended on said trail at this time an
IN petition of J. H. Camp ct al
IN Hagen is hereby appointed co
'rseer Of road district No. go ed
On petition Of Ira Jeffries ct al.
G. Watkins ifs hereby appointed sh
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