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f . HOLD NOTE AS RARE RELIC Piece of Money Issued in China More Than Five Centuries Ago Owned in America. Marco Polo found banknotes in China ages ago, printed on paper made from the bark of the mulberry tree. One of these notes, upon which the great Venetian -traveler himself may have gazed, is on exhibition at this day in the office of an American com- pany. It is one of a series issued by the Ming dynasty about 1399 A. D. “current anywhere under the heavens'’ —and seems to have been printed from wooden blocks on a sheet of paper nine by thirteen inches—a bigger sur- face than any man could cover with both hands outstretched. It is good for “one string of cash.” The provi- sion against forgery is simple to the point of severity — “Counterfeiters hereof will be executed. Persons giv- ing information of counterfeiters will be rewarded with taels 250, and, in addition, will receive the property be- longing to the criminal.” The head of the emperor who gave the order and the lopped heads of the counterfeit- ers have long since moldered into im- palpable dust, the property of the criminal vanished and left not so much as a shade, but the faded old banknote, pressed between the, sheets of glass and framed in carven teak, still croaks Its harsh warning to him who can understand It. SAHARA ONCE FERTILE LAND In the Stone Age Africa Far Out- stripped Europe, According to e Chicago Professor. The Sahara desert was once well watered and fertile, and hunters from the Sahara plateay, moving gradually down through a rift in northeastern Africa, located where Egypt now lies, according to Dr. J. Henry Breasted, professor of Egyptology and orlental history, University of Chicago. Doctor Breasted eaid that this all happened about the time of the stone age. Egypt was then one huge lake, but it gradually drained out into the Mediterranean, leaving the Nile val- fey. Here the hunters were afforded every natural resource and founded a civilization which outstripped Europe. It was about 4000 or 3000 B. C. that Egypt had a stable government con- trolling millions of souls. ‘The grain of Egypt was 1,000 years older than any found in Asia, eays Doctor Breasted, and cattle undoubt- edly had their origin In Africa. The Stone age founders of Egypt early de- veloped from hunters to farmers and used the oldest metal Instruments made by human agency. They evi- dently discovered the metal there, and a system of writing was evolved in Egypt thousands of years before Ohrist. Famed Woman Traveler. Madame Pfeiffer should take her Pplace in history alongeide of Rolf the Walker, or Traveler (Ganger), for no woman, living or dead. has accom- plished so much with her legs. She was born in Vienna in 1797. A love affair having gone askew, and an un- fortunate marriage to a man thrice &er age, turned Ida Pfeiffer’s thoughts into the wide, wide world, and she be- gan her famous journeys, four voy- ages, which went four times not only round the world, but in and out of the world, including the islands of canni- dbals near Java, the mysteries of Pern and Ecuador, Bagdad and Otaheite in the Pacific ocean. Panama and the United States. If she had been a gift- ed writer we might have had valuable data. But it is not fair to ask the forehead to equal such underpin- miogs of power and endurance. First Canned Pineapples. Tt was to the discovery of the pos sibilities of a trade in canned pineap- ples that the great pine-farming indus- try in the Fur East is due. Two Eng- tishmen, at Singapore, saw the suita- bility of the fruit for canning. Its shape was just right, It could easily be grown to a uniform size, and it was in great demand In countries where it would not grow out of doors. The trade was soon taken over en- tirely by the industrious Chinese and has for u long time been one of their staple exports. In many of the warm- er parte of China, miles of fields may be seen regularly and neatly planted with the pine. It is invariably multi- pli'ed by suckers from the root. Mountains. Mountains seem to have been bullt for the human race. as at once their schools and their cathedrals; full of treasures of illuminated manuscript for the scholar, kindly in simple les- sons for the worker, quiet in pale cloisters for the thinker, glorious in holiness for the worshiper. They are great cathedrals ~of the earth, with their gates of rock. pavements of cloud, choirs of stream and stone, al- tars of snow, and vaults of purple traversed by the continual siars.— Ruskin, Wrens Like Human Society. The house wren is one of the most sociable and confiding of birds and on this account they will build their nests in little houses that are built for them wo matter how close to a human habl- tation. Furthermore, the wren is one of. the most valuable of birds, for it feeds entirely on insects and thus helps to save the trees and the vegetables in ¢he garden from the pests which would @at them. The wren builds its nest of grass or weeds stuffed into any crev- Sce that takes its fancy. WANTED—Farm help on alfalfa \ dairy farm. See W. G. Schroeder. Gov. Henry J. Allen of Kansas handled the coal strike situation in his state in a way that attracted na- tional attention. He acted on the principle that the pubdlic interest is supreme, seized the mines and set volunteers to work in getting out the coal. He now proposes to give per- . manency to this emergency policy. The Kansas court of industrial rela- tions, planned by Governor Allen and to be submitted to the special session of the legislature, is founded upon the idea of giving the labor unions a direct legal entity and taking away the strike privilege by giving the unions and the employers something else. This court can only be appealed to when efforts at mediation have failed. It can act upon 1ts own initiative .when the public welfare is endangered. It can' take over the operation of an ¥ . % essential industry—it provides only for oprition in disputes involving fuel, food, clothing and transportation— when the owners threaten to closé it down and it can put the owners or managers in jail. It can take over any labor union which conspires to de- crease production or to close an industry, take its money, and put its leaders and its members in jail. 5 The conrt is the direct representative of the public and not the repre- sentative of either the employer or the employee. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL VETERINARIANS INEXPENSI\{E FAME. “T see the newspapers are publish- ing a great deal about you just now.” “Yes,” answered Senator Sog- hum. “That’s one little advantage about politics. It’s about the only business I know ‘of in which a man can depend almost entirely on free publicity.” SUBSCRIBE FOR THE DAILY PIONEER J. WARNINGER VETEAINARY SURGEON ..Office and Hospital 3 doors west.. of Troppman's. Phone No. § 3rd Street and Irvine ave. After the holidays special offer Your Photographs See our popular lines of ‘large folder sepia portraits at only $v. $7 and $4.85. Two extra presents free this month with a dozen por- traits: —your portrait in a calendar, —your portrait in an easel. See our bargains in discontinued lines of pretty folders. Rich Portrait Studio Phone 670W: 10th and Doud Ave. Kodak finishing, of course— highest quality at lowest prices. Dr. W. K. Denison—Dr. D. R. Burgess DENISON & BURGESS Veterinarians Phones: Office 3-R; Res. 99 Bemidji, Minn. . DENTISTS P e i DR- J. W. DIEDRICH DENTIST Y Offiee—O’Leary-Bowser Bld, Phones—Oftice 376-W. Res. —————___—__fl———— , Classified Advertising Department Advertisements in this column cost ONE CENT per word for FIRST INSERTION and HALF CENT per word for subsequent consecutive insertions of same copy. Cash must accompany copy. Ads not paid for at time of insection will be charged for at ONE CENT a word, and then only to those having open accounts on our books. No ad taken for less than 15 cents for first run, and nothing less than 10 cents per issue for additional runs. ————— WHEN OTHER METHODS FAIL TRY A PIONEER WANT ADVERTISEMENT e FOR SALE S e e e g FOR SALE—Set of furs (scarf and Irvine ave. Phone 264-W. 2d1-26 Irvine ave. Phone 264-W. 2d11-26 WANTED WANTED—When you want a wood saw phone 737w. 6d1-27 DR. H. A. HASS E DENTIST Office Over Boardman’s Drug Store. Phone 447 BUSINESS NORTHERN MINN. AGENCY. Dwight D. Miller WE CAN Insure Anything Anywhere Offices, Northern National Bank Bldg., Phone 131 W. G. SCHROEDER . - GENERAL MERCHANDISE Semidsl, Minn. 'Phone $5 FIRE INSURANCE REAL ESTATE REYNOLDS & WINTER 212 Beltrami Avenue Phone 144 H. C. NELSON ing and Pidno and Violin Repairing—Bow Filling 216 Beltrami Ave. Phone 573W Piano Tuni MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Planos, Organs, Sewing Machines 614 Minnesota Ave. Bemidji J. Bisiar, Mgr. Phone §73-W TOM SMART Dray and Tramster Res. Phone 68 ' Office Phone 11 818 America DOCTORS! DR. EINER JOHNSON Physician and Surgeon Bemidji. Minn. DR. H. A. NORTHROP OSTEOPATEIC PHYSIOIANW AND SURGEON Ibertson Block Oftice phone 183 DR. E. H. SMITH Physician and Surgeon Office Security Bank Block DRS. GILMORE & McCANN Physicians and Surgeons Oftice Miles Bloock C. R. SANBORN, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Office: Miles Blosk House Phone 44y——Office phone &8 DR. E. H. MARCUM Office hours, 11 a.m. to 12 m., 2 pm. to 6 p.m. Schroeder Block. Office phone 18, Res. phone 211. A. V. GARLOCK, M. D. Eye—Ear—Nose—Throat Glasses Pitted SPECIALIST LUNDE and DANNENBERG Chiropractors Hours 10 to 12 a.m.;3 t0 6.7 to 8 p.m. Phone ¢01-W Calls made 1st Nationa! Bank Rldg. Bemidjl FOR SALE—Set of furs (scarf and large muff) of natural Lynx. 822 Irvine ave. Prkone 264w. 2d1-23 WANTED—Family and Commercial washing. Phone 473. 6d1-24 —— e WANTED—Men or women, salary $24 full time, 50c an hour spare time, selling guaranteed hosiery to wearer. Experience unnecessary. Guaranteed Mills, Norristown, Pa. 1-21tf ) A A A A HELP WANTED—MALE FOR SALE—Second hand furniture, including baby buggy, high chairs, and cradles. Inquire of Dr. Dan- nenberg or Heck Brown. 2d1-24 IF YOU WANT to sell or exchange your property write me. John J. Black, Minn. St., Chippewa Falls, Wis. 1d1-24 F—BR SALE—Splendid seamless robe from excellent hide. TPrice $76. d1-24 8 Inquire C. W. Jewett Co. 6d1-26 Phone 65. FOR SALE—One new Galloway cream separator, 750 lb. capacity. J. A. Dawson, 711 12th st., Be- midji, Minn. 6d1-26 WANTED—Experienced dairyman on alfalfa dairy farm. See W. G. Schroeder. 3d1-24 B for Railway Mail month. Experience unnecessary. For free particulars examinations, write R. Terry (for- mer Government Examiner) 119 Building, FOR SALE—Some dry white oak inch lumber. Also furnish oak slay timber or wagon timber in green. Price reasonable. W. Y. Squires, Surring, Minn. 3d1-25 YOUNG MEN Clerks, $110 Continental ton. FOR SALE— See the Bemidji Sta- tionary stove for rubber stamps, fac simile eignature stamps, no- tarial geals &nd corporation seale ROOMS FOR RENT FOR RENT—Rooms, furnished and FOR SALE—CITY PROPERTY unfurnished 423 Fourth st. 4d-28 FOR SALE OR RENT—four room house. Cornér Dalton and 13th st. Phone 292-J. 6d1-24 FOR ANY hind of res: estate deal, see or write E. J. Willits, 218 Beltrami Ave. Phone 41. 1213tf FOR SALE—?b room house now being painted and decorated. $30 down, $30 per month, no interest. Sathre office, phone 2; house 717-J. 3d-27 LOST AND FOUND. Please re- 2d1-24 LOST—Bunch of keyt. turn to Pioneer. LOST--One pair of amber rimmed glasses between Hospital and Buss line. Finder leave at Pioneer ftice. ‘4d1-26 OFFICIAL PROCEEDING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY -COMMISSION- ERS OF BELTRAMI COUNTY AT THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING HELD AT BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, JANUARY 6TH, 1920. The Board of Countf' Commissioners met in regular annual meeting, Tues- day January 6th A. D, 1920. Members present Edward Paulson, Hans B. Imsdahl, James F. Hayes, Wm. Lennon and S. W. Ellis. Meeting was called to order by the County Auditor, who asked for nomin- ations for chairman of the board for the ensuing year. It was moved b{ Lennon that Hayes be nominated which was declined for the reason that it was not convenient for him to attend to the duties of the office, whereupon Ellis moved that Len- non be nominated which was promptly seconded by Imsdahl, and being put to a vote was duly carried. The chairman took the chair, and called for nominations for Vice-Chair- man of the County Board, for the en- suing year. B It was moved by Imsdahl, seconded by Ellis that Paulson be nominated for Vice-Chairman, motion was put to a vote and duly carried. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and amended as follows: On age 41, the 12th, 13th, 16th, and 16th tems shown as Markham and Dalton hotels respectively should read Wm. Lennon, Edward Paulson, S. W. Ellis and James F. Hayes, and shown as such on page 159 of warrant register No. 9. It was moved by Ellis seconded by Hayes that minutes be approved as corrected. = a The following bids_ for the County printing were received and opened: The Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Co. To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners: Gentlemen: ‘We hereby submit the following_bid for {)ubusmng the Delinquent Tax List for the year 1920 in the Bemidji Weekly . Pioneer: Fifteen (15¢) Cents per Description. The legal papers of Beltrami County have mutually agreed to publish in our respective newspapers the complete tax lists, supplements of which will be furnishe hg' the Bemidji Pioneer thus fproviding ail tax payers with such list. 'he papers included in this bid are all legal faf)e" in the County, viz: The Bemidji Daily Pioneer, Bemld&i ‘W eekl: Pioneer, idjl Sentinel, Blackduci American, Kelliher Journal, Williams Northern Light, Spooner Northern News and Baudette Region. Respectfully submitted, The Bemiddi Ploneer Publishing Co. o . B. H. DE]?U, Manag: Bemidji Sentinel Publishing Co. To_the Honorable Board of County Commissioners. Gentlemen: We herewith submit the following bid for the printing of the County Commis- sloner’s proceedings for the coming year, the financial statement, and all notices required by law: For the first insertion, 75¢ per folio. lFl‘or each subsequent insertion, 35¢ per er. olio. . ‘We further agree to furnish supple- ments containing the proceedings, to the following newspapers, which have agreed to give them circulation, as in previous years: The Bemidji Daily Pioneer, "Bemidji ‘Weekly Pioneer, Blackduck American, Kelliher Journal, Williams Northern Light, Spooner Nor- thern News, Baudette Region. Respectfully submitted, Bemidji Sentinel Publishing Co., W. ¥. Marcum, Pres. H. Z. Mitchell, Sec. ‘The following resolution was offered by_llis, seconded by Hayes: Resolved: That the Bemidji Weekly Pioneer be, and the same is hereby des- ignated by the county Board of the county of Beltrami, a3 the newspaper in which the notice and iist of Real lis- tate remaining delinquent on the first Monday of January, 1920, shall be pub- lished. Resolution was put to a vote and duly carried. It was moved. by Paulson, seconded by Imsdahl; that the bond of the Bemid- Pioneer for the publication of thel7, i %ellnquent ‘Tax List, be fixed at $2,000. It was moved by Paulson, seconded by Hayes, that the bid of the Bemidji Sen- tinel Publishing Co., for the publishing of the Financial Statement, Commis- sioners’ proceedings, and other legal no- tices, be accepted. Motion carried. It was moved by Imsdahl, seconded b Paulson, that the bond of the Bemidji Sentinel Publishing Co., in the matter of the publication of the Financial Statement and other legal publication, be fixed at $1,500.00. Motion carried. oved, seconded and carried to take a recess to 1:30 P. M. Board reconvened at 1:30 as per ad- journment, with all members present. Hearing on resurvey of Section 32, 149-33 came up for hearing, there being a number of protests against grantin, prayer of petition, as this section ha already been subdivided and would add unnecessar{ expense to parties who would receive no benefit. Therefore, it was moved, seconded and carried to re- Ject the petition. The petition tor re-survey of section 13-146-30, came up for hearing, there being no objections made, it was moved, seconded and carried to grant the peti- tion and appoint R. K. Bliler, County Surveyor, to make the survey, com- mencing February 2nd, 1920. The petition for resurvey of section 4-146-30 came up for hearing; there be- ing no objections made, it was moved, seconded and carried to grant the pe- tition and appoint R. K. Bliler, County Surveyor, to make the survey, com- mencing February 9th, 1920. The geuuon for resurvey of section 12-148-30 came up for hearing; there being no objections made, it was moved, seconded and carried to grant the peti- tion and appoint R. K. Bliler, County Surveyor, to make the survey, com- mencing February 16th, 1920, The petition for resurvey of section 13-148-31 came up for hearing; there being no objections made, it was moved, seconded and carried to grant the peti- tion and appoint R. K. Bliler, County Surveyor, to make the ‘survey, com- mencing February 23rd, 1920. The Quarterly report of the Superin- tendent of Schools was presented and examined. It was moved, seconded and carried that the report be accepted and placed on file. A communication from the B. F. Good- rich Rubber Co., was received, request- ing the county to furnish a map, show- ing all roads in Beltrami county, and which they would use in making up a tourist guide book. It was moved, sec- onded and carried that the highway en- gineer Dbe instructed to furnish such map. A report from the County Attorney, showing expenditure from the Contin- gent Fund, was presented, after same aving been read was moved, seconded and carried that report be accepted and placed on file. It was moved by Imsdahl, seconded by Paulson, that Commissioner Hayes, be agpointed the County Board member of the Beltrami County Farm Bureau Association. Motion was put to a vote and duly carried. It was moved, seconded and_carried to adjourn until 9:00 A. M., Wednesday, January 7th, 1920. Board reconvened at 9:00 o'clock A. M., per adjournment, with all members present. Resurvey plats of Sections 6-149-33, 11-147-33, 24-148-32, were presented by R. K. Bliler, County Surveyor. It was moved, seconded and carried that the plats be accepted and ordered filed. The bill of Goss, Swindlehurst and Suitor was presented by Mr. Suitor, for cost of raising bridge over Turtle River, in Town 147, Range 30, being in amount of $220.73, 'As the bridge was not fin- ished or left in a condition so traffic could be carried on over this bridge, as before, due to the approaches not being Eruded up to the new level established y change, it was moved by Ellis and promptly seconded by Paulson that bill be cut 50 per cent, and being put to a vote was duly carried. Moved by Hayes, seconded by Ims- dahl, to Bnpr?fn‘iate $1,000.00 from the Revenue Fund to the credit of Inci- dental fund. Motion carried. Moved by Imsdahl and seconded by Hayes that the following be appointed assessors for the unorganized territory for the County for ensuing year, with compensation at the rate of $4.00 per day while actually in service: Unorganized District No. 2, Gust Palm, Baudette, Minn. District No. 3, P. Sarff, Unor%anlzed ‘Waskish, Minn. Unorganized District No. 5, Dick Wil- lems, Shilling, Minn. Motion was put to a vote and duly carried. Ilt“ws\s moved to take recess until 2:00 Board reconvened at 2:00 P. M., as per adjournment, with all members present. Babcock road plans were discussed at length, with others matters con- cerning Ditch No. 31, during the after- noon session. It was moved and seconded, carried, to adjourn to 9:00 A. M., Thursday, Jan- uary 8th, 1920. 3 2 eeting was called to order at 9:00 A. M., as per adjournment, with all members gresent. on January 8th, 1920. Moved by Imsdahl and seconded by Hayes that the following be appointed road overseers for the unorganized ter- ritory for the ensuing year, with com- pensation at the rate of $4.00 per day while actually in service: Unorganized District No. 2, Gust Palm, Baudette, Minn. Unorganized District No. 3, H. L. Bowen, Waskish, Minn. Unorganized District No. 5, W. C. Schilling, Shilling, Minn. Al\gotlon was put to vote and duly car- ried. A Communication from the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation was received, requesting a member of the board to at- tend Annual Conference to be held in St. Paul from the 27th to the 31st, in- clusive, of Jahuary, 1920. being & board member, was appoint to attend if convenient for him to do so. Moved by Hayes, seconded by Ims- dahl, that to appropriate from the Rev- enue Fund $500.00 to the County Attor- ney Contingent Fund. Motion carried. Moved by Imsdahl_and seconded by Paulson that Henry Pfund be appoint- ed supervisor of assessors for the en- suing year, with compensation at $5.00 per day and actual expenses while en- gaged in the duties of the position. Mo- tion was carried. It was moved, seconded and carried that Wm, Lennon, S. W. Ellis, and the County Auditor be appoint as the purchasing committee for the ensuing year. Moved by Ellis, seconded by Hayes, that the following be appointed as members of Committee to care for the burial of old soldiers: Mr. S. J. Dietel, Nebish, Minn. Mr. Chas. Hayden, Blackduck, Minn. Mr. O. E. Selund, Wilton, Minn. Mr. D. W. Bell, Williams, Minn. Mr. M. J. Phillippi, Bemidji, Minn. Motion carried. : Moved, seconded and carried that A. Aamodt, County Agricultural Agent, be appointed State Fair Manager for Bel- trami County for the ensuing year. Moved, seconded and carried that sal- ary of the county assistant Superinten ent of Schools, be fixed at $100.00 per month, with actual expenses while in Mr. Hayes, [81 ted performance of his duties in the coun- Considerable discussien of floating bonds to take up the Babcock Plan, was had. A representative from a reliable bonding house of St. Paul, was present, and presented a proposition to sell ‘the bonds as a fiscal agent for the county, but as the board had not received the groper certificate from the highway epartment and publication not yet made, it was moved, seconded and car- ried to reject the offer. Bonds will be ready for sale about the first week in February, at which time we expect to have the proper authority from the Highway Commissioner, Babcock. 5 Mov«:fl, 95380?;“51 ang ‘c[;irrledJ to ad- ourn to 9: . M., Friday, Januar: 9th, 1920. i X Board reconvened at 9:00 A. M. as per adjournment, Friday, January 9th, 1920, with all members present. Moved by Hayes, seconded by Paul- son, that the bond of the Bemidji Pion- eer Publishing Company, in the sum of $2,000.00, be accepted and placed on file. Motion carried. . Moved, seconded and carried that the bond furnished by the Bemidji Sentinel in the sum of $1,500.00, be approved and ordered filed. ‘Whereas, a number of petitions fer the survey of land have been presented to this board of County Commissioners of Beltrami County, asking that said board shall cause to be surveyed, lo- cated and staked out, pursuant to Chap- ter 250, Laws of 1895, all sections and property lines pertaining to sections 19-12811-] lfi :ownsh{p ost 1;1};ylor, Section i ownship; Section 32-150-33, Nebish a’.l.‘ov\rnshlp:p o ‘32 10¢-38 Therefore, hearing will be héld on the above men'dnned petitions in the Com- missioners’ room in the Court house at Bemidji, Minnesota, on Tuesday, the 2nd day of March, at 2 o'clock in the uf%gr;‘noon. i Vhereas, a petition, signed by John Knudsen, a freeholder of gchoo‘l istrict No. 20, in this county, representin, that he is the owner of KJ E. of 8. Ef %, and E. % of N. E. % and Lot 1, of section one, Township 1564, Range 31, was presented to the county board of Beltrami County, and asking that his sald lands may 'be set off from district’ No. 20 to district No. 95, and the said board has appointed a time and a place for the hearing thereon; Therefore, it was moved and second- ed and, carried that said petition be heard By said board at session thereof commencing on the 2nd day of March, 1920, at 2:30 o'clock in the after- noon, in the commissioners’ room at the court house in Bemidji, in said county, - at which time and piace the board w{{f hear the evidence and arguments of all ersons interested, for or against grant- ng the prayer of the petitioner. Whereas, a petition signed by Peter Bock, a freeholder of school ‘district No. 20, in this county, representing that he is the owner of NW¥% of Section five, Township 153, Range 30, was pre- sented to the board of County Cofn- missioners, and asking that his said lands may be set off from district No. 121 to No. 95, and the said board has appointed a time and a place for the hearing thereon; Therefore, it was moved, seconded and carried that the said petition. be heard by said board at a session there- of, commencing on the 2nd day of March, 1920, at 2:30 o’clock in the after- noon, in the Commissioners’ room, at the court house in Bemidji, in the said county, at which time and place the board will hear the evidenceé and argu- ments of all persons interest for or against granting the prayer of the pe- titioner. A petition signed by O. H. Thorsen, et al, praying for the establishment of a new school ‘district, was presented to this board of commissioners and terri- tory to be affected is as follows: Sec- tions 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33, all in the township of 150, Range 34, and Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 17 and 18 and west %' of the NWY%, Sec- tion 10; SWY% of the SW1 of Section 3; West % of the NW% of Section 14, all in town 149-34, It ,was moved, seconded and carried the following numbered applications be approved and referred to the Minnesota Tax Commission for final approval: No. 931 Carl B. Hanson. No. 932 Government Lands. No. 935 John Wilcox. No. 934 Gustave Erickson. No. 936 Katie Dodge. It was moved, seconded and carried to grant a hearing on petition March 2, at 3 o'clock, at the court house in the cit&' of Bemidji. n motion duly seconded and carried the application of the Hamm Realty Co. for reduction in the assessed valu- - ation of real estate, be rejected, as it was shown that the land was assessed as to its value in land, and not timber, as shown bdy the records of the assessor. Board adjourned to 1:30 P. Board reconvened at 1:30 P. M., Jan- ua{y 9th, 1920, with @11 members pres- ent. Moved, seconded and carried. to ac- cept the surety bond of the larmers’ State Bank, of Bemidji, Minn. in the sum of $30,000. Dated December 2nd, 1919, expiration date, Nov. 6th, 1921. This bank is a county depository. It was moved, seconded and carried that the salary of the Highway Engin- eer be fixed at $250.00 per month, com- mencing with January 1st, 1920. The county to be reimbursed as heretofore for the state’s share of this amount, Commissioner Hayes offered the fol- lowing resolution, and moved its adop- tion: Whereas, the County Board of Bel- trami County deems it necessary and proper in its judgment, to raise the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Thous- and Dollars for the purpose of paying the expense necessary to be incurred in permanently improving state roads within such county, the routes and ter- mini of such roads to be permanently improved, being as follows: State Road No. 11—Beginning at a point on the section line 1,000 feet west of the Winter Road Riv section 36, Township 161, Range 32, und following State Road No. 11 east to the crosskg of Silver Creek in Section 10, Town 160, Range 30, and there ending. State Road No. 12—Beginning at the quarter corner of sections 26 and 35, Town 152, Range 30, and running in a northwesterly direction to the north- west corner Section 29, Town 153, Range 30, and _there ending. State Road No. 6—Beginning at a point in section 14, town 148, Range 32, 100 feet southwest along the Minne- sota and International Railway, from the north section line of * section 13, Township 148, Range 32, and running in a. northeasterly direction to a point in section 1, Township 148, Range 32, and running north two miles and east two miles_to the southeast corner of sec- tion 29, Township 149, Range 31, and tnere ending. State Road No. $—Beginning at the southeast corner of Section 29, Town- ship 147, Range 34, and running north to the north quarter corner section 21, Township 150, Range 34. and there end- ing. State Road No. 4—Beginning at the southwest corner of section 19, Town- ship 147, Range 35, and running in an easterly direction to the southwest cor- ner of Section 4, Township 146, Range 33, and beginning again on the south line of section 15, Township 146, Range 33, 4,787 feet west of the southeast cor- ner of said section, and running east and south to_the southeast corner of said section 31,~Township 146, Range Now, therefore, be 1t resolved by this county board of the county of Beitrami that said County of Beltrami issue its’ negotiable bonds in the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars for the purpose of paying the expense to be incurred in permanently improv- ing such State Roads within such’coun- ty; such bonds to be denominations of One Thousand Dollars each, to be dat- ed as of the date of their issue, to bear interest at the rate of six (6%) per cent per annum, interest payable semi-annu- ally, both principal and interest to be payabdle at such place in the United States as the purchaser or purchasers thereof may direct, said bonds to ma- ;ure in ten years from the date of their ssue. Said resolution was seconded by Com- missioner Ellis, was put to a vote and carried. On roll-call, the following Commis- sioners voted Aye: Paulson, %\lls( Ims- dahl, Lennon and Hayes. No, none. Said resolution was thereon unanimously carried, and by ‘the chairman presiding so declared. Commissioner Paulson offered the fol- It?wing resolution, and moved its adop- on: Resolved: That a meeting of the County Board of Beltrami County, Min- nesota, be held at the Court Houee im the city of Bemidji, Minnesota, on the 5th day of February, 1920, at two