The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-08-14

month and partition it ready for the offices. The oHe
was voted down two to one. Weinrich for, Young an(
Leeson against.
The committee then offered that in the event tn,
board decided to buy the Coliseum, the city of Wolf Poin
would still put in the partitions free of cost to the county
An offer that had never been made before. No decision
having been made as to buying the building, no actor
was called for on the committees last offer.
The Railroad Building
The offer that came in for the greater part of the
boards consideration Thursday was the Great Northern
building located near the depot. Commissioner Leesor
has been in favor of the railroads offer from the start
He believes it by far the best and most economical dea
that can be made by the county. Many agree with
him. The building was occupied and therefore not avail
able in 1922 when the Coliseum was offered.
The building is about Sc by 1913 one story with high
half basement, we'll built, especially for office purposes,
and for several years was occupied, by about 40 officials,
clerks, etc. 1t has one room of suitable size for court. The
smaller rooms are set off by movable partitions. 1t has
a first class steam heating plant, water, sewer, toilets, is
wired for lights, has plenty of windows and is surround
ed by a beautiful growing lawn and many trees. The con-
crete basement is light and dry and could be made to
serve many purposes besides holding the county jail cells.
The Great Northern, through it's agent, G. P. Swed-
berg, offers to construct such a vault as the county requires
and lease the building at $40 a month, S9OO a year plus
ten per cent of the cost of the vault or for a term of five
years at SIS a month, or 5000 a year plus 20 per cent of the
cost Of the vault. The companys engineer estimated the
cost Of the vault at 1925 to 5000 which would make the
monthly rent figure out $82 or 500 according rs the lease
was for ten or five years. After the close of either of those
terms, the rent would be only SIS.
The rent of the building, it was explained, was put
at an extremely low figure since the company has no use
for the building since moving the superintendent offices
back to Havre in 1923.
The cost Of the vault seemed very low to the board
when it was recalled that the vault at Poplar, of similar
size, with only three walls of its own, and without fixtures
cost 2,700. The rent seemed very low since the rent of
the court room and the county attorneys office at Poplar
was $110 a month or $500 a year.
Commissioner Lesson was ready to close the deal
for the Great Northern building and have the matter set
tied. Weinrich wanted more specific figures, which
would in turn call for definite specifications by the county.
Hence the adjournment, on motion of Young.
The Agreement and Check
The original copy of the agreement, signed in 1922
by rs businessmen, and the $1,000 check, put up as a sur
ETY. bond for the fulfillment of the agreement, having been
given into the custody of Clerk Hardie to exhibit to the
board, was examined. The agreement proved to be exact
ly the same as published in the Wolf Point Herald during
the campaign and reads:
eve, the undersigned residents of Wolf Point Mon
tana, do hereby bind and pledge ourselves to move all
records office furniture and fixtures from the buildings
now located at Poplar Montana, used as the county court
house and jail to Wolf Point, free of all charge and with
out any expense to Roosevelt county, if Wolf Point is sue
cessful in winning the county seat.
dated at Wolf Point, Montana, the 10th day of Oct
ober, A. D.. 1922"
Signed by rs we'll known businessmen of Wolf Point.
The check was pinned to the agreement and is a cash
lers check for 100000 drawn to NV Schnitzler, Trustee
Weinrich referred to applying the check on the pur-
chase OF the Coliseum and later moved that the check be
cashed and placed to the credit of the county. This was of
course a good joke but impossible without an endorsement
and the motion received no second.
Next MI. Weinrich moved that Mr.. Schnitzler be ask
ed to endorse the check. This was also a pleasant Jest. as
the signers have aleady fulfilled their pledge. The motion
was not seconded. 1t seemed a new idea to those present
to ask forfeiture of surety when the thing pledged had
been performed. The Wolf Point signers have already
moved the county records and fXt1rnc froo of ooc+ ond