Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 4, 1899, Page 1

= oe Voi VIIL—No. 31 Granp Rarips, Irasca County, Minn,, SATURDAY, MARGE q Two Do.tuars a YEAR 1899 . Pesseessasesesoenengesesenness Se ee ae a ae Mee ae ae ae ae ate ae ae ae eae a a ewe ae a ae ae ee a ae ae ae eae ae ae ae ae ae eae a a SAE NER ERES ER SEHS EE EE SALEPRRRR ETE SESPESR SESS SSERE ERE SRE ORE ROS ELEN ES ER ESSE ee: Eee. seen. | Fyand Rapids eraldRebvielv, | | see sesases behead 4 seat SER TR Delivery: Tuesdays and Fridays. L deck opeokeod Sti the+eerTeeeT Tere TTT Ter TTT sea ate a ah al ce ak ae at fe ss a ae aE Lapratrie We Have Just Completed Our Annual “Stock Taking” § PROMPT D (LIVERY, Itasca Mercantile Company, aS te se oe ae he ae oe ee se eae ae ae ae ae aoe eae a sea a eae ae a ae ae ie aS Grand Rapids, Minn. New Advertis eee gu SESS son cesermearmnnnrrs = SS We Want Your Trade Our Stock is so Large and our wiil hav sortment of goods so complete t ) difficulty in tiuding whatever ¥ want right here. SVSLSLSVSVSMS 2A BLSPVSOSLSOSVSGSTSVEWVES ; MARKET AT DEER RIVER. City Meat ‘Market SSLOLSP Publication of the Pro- tings of FEBRUARY 25, A. D, 1899, Of the Board of County Coin- itissioners of Itasca Co. Auditor’s Office, Itasca ‘County, Minnesota, February 15, 1899. Pursuant to call the board of county ;commissioners met at the auditor's office this 1th day of February, 1899. | Chairman Rellis being absent it | was moved by Commissioner Fuller that Commissioner Everton act as chairman pro tem. Roll call: Present—Commissioners Minnets of the last meeting were read and approved. Commissioner Fuller asked that the county attorney be called in to ins t the board ss to whether the | proceeding of the meeting of the | board of commissioners held on Jan. | 6th, 1899, were legal. Moved by Commissioner Fuller,mo- tion seconded by Commissioner Ever- ton, that the board proceed to organ- i placed on file. | proved. Everton, Myers, Leeman and Fuller. | jinterest upon property in the town of Atl of which reports were ordered The official report of the grand | jury of Itasca county, Minn., for the general term, January, 1899, was read and upon motion was ordered placed | on file. The bond of E. C. Kiley, publisher of the Grand Rapids Herald-Review, in the sum of one thousand dollars, with E. C. Kiley as principal and W. C. Gilbert, D. M. Gunn and A. M. Jobson as sureties, for the correct publication of the tax list of Said cousty as rendered to him by the county auditor, was read and on mo- tion duly made and seconded, was ap- An application from Chas. Kearney was read in which he applied for the appointment of assessor for the county of Itasca, On motion duly carried said application was laid on the table. The application of T, E. Dockery, for the abatement of taxes on the lands owned by the Hannaford Im- provement Co. in the plat of Hauna- ford was read, after careful considera- tion was recommended to the State Auditor for approval. Applicaton of Jessie M. Lawrence, for the cancellation of taxes, upon lands assessed prior to the entry of, and white said lands were the proper- ty of the United States, was recom- mended to the State Auditor for approval An application of Jessie M. Law- rence, for abatement of penalty and Bass Brook, was read and after care- ful consideration of same, the applica- tion was recommended to the State Auditor for his approval. Mr. A, 8. Clair appeared before Resolved, That the statement §pre- pared by the county auditor is hereby approved by this board and the audi- ditor is hereby authorized to cause the same to be published pursuant to law, and the board respectfully sub- mits the statement to the taxpayers of Itasca county. The resolution was adopted. The following resolution was oftered by Commissioner Leeman: ‘That, Whereas, At a meeting of the board of county commissioners of Itasca county, Minn., held on the 6th day of January, 1899, a resolution was duly adopted designating the Grand Rapids Herald-Review the newspaper in which should be pub- lished the financial statement, the pro- ceedings of the board of county com- missioners, and any and all matter by law required to be published; Now Therefore, Be It Resolved, That the auditor in and for said Jtasca county, Minn., be and 1s_here- by instrusted and empowered to exe- cute a contract on vehalf of said county of Itasca, Minn., with E, C. Kiley, the publisher of the Grand Rapids Herald-Review, pursuant to said resolution and at the maximum rate fixed by law. Roll call being taken, the resolution wasadopted. | Commissioners Ever- Rellis, Myers and Leenian voted for said resolution; Commissioner Fuller voting no. Commissioner Myers then asked that he be allowed to change his vote to no. The recommendation of the out- going board of county commissioners that the incoming hoard require at missioner Fuller offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: Whereas, Itasca county was inter- ested in the event of the quo warranto proceedings brought in the supreme court to test the title to the seat of commissioner from district No, 2 of this county, end a majority of com- missioners deemed it advisable to em- ploy counsel to carry on the proceed- ings and did employ C. L. Pratt as attorney to prosecute said proceed- ings; be it Resolved that the sum of ninety- six dollars and fifty cents be paid to C. L. Pratt to recompense him for his services and expenses and costs ad- vanced in said proceedings; that a warrant upon the treasurer of the county bejdrawn for said sum for said purposes. Commissioner Leeman took excep- tion to the resolution as offered on the ground that the county commis- sioners or a majority thereof did not employ counsel, and did not employ C. L. Pratt ag attorney to prosecute said proceedings, and asked that the resolution be laid over until the fol- lowing day in order to inquire as to the right of the commissioners to al- low said ciaim. The objection was overruled. Roil-call being taxen the resolution was carried by the foilow- ing vote: Commissioners Everton, Myers and Fuller voting fur the reso- lution and Commissioner Leeman vot- ing no. Upon motion properly carried the board adjourned until Friday mora- ing, February 17th, 1899, at 10 o’clock a. m, Friday, February 17th, 1899, 10 o’clock a. m. Pursuant to adjournment the board met at the auditor’s office. Present Commissioners Everton, Fuller and a sa eae ae aes jive teat i hack aes gi c eee ae the Board, for H. E, Rogers, and | least $15,000 additional security on|and Leeman, Chairman Rellis and G p all R Mi tion seconded by aMinceicce aie jasked for the cancellation of taxes | the hond of the county treasurer was | Commissioner Myers being absent. ran apid ds, Nitin ton, “that . Connnissioner Fuller be | Upon land assessed prior to the entry | taken under consideration and after a| The board proceeded to audit the jelected chairman. Said motion car- of, and while the said land was the careful review of said bond, it was remaining claims and accounts. eiibanssyes Cul hiee | ried. property of the United States, the | moved and seconded that the original Bp hapten go fl Sf ey Wholesele and Retail Dealer in Camp Beef, Pork oe ee of ve Subteme oe eupucaton ‘was recommended to the | bond be approved by this board. fore the board and stated that one and All Kinds ot Fresh and Salt Meats, Fish, Etc. 1H. Wilder, was ead sea ofdBea H Ser Ree ae by w ope Ae ‘The motion was carried. W. J. Welsn had applied for admis- 5 lalaced conte: this time the Board went into com- The recommendation of the out- sion to the home for poor, and that Statements wing the fees andj mittee of the whole to consider the going board that the TERRE of deeds “se Nake ue a aes jemolume nts f the several county | matter of claims and accounts, the | pe required to give additional security ify eeoe iti weuid hes megeatace tal SISLISSSE SLSLSLSE SLSLSLSLSOSVSESELS: Jot ficers for the year 1898, were read | PESES2 | 15 follows: 1, M. L. Toole, Sheriff, $2,845.35. I. D. Rassmussen, clerk of court; $991.89. 50. A. B. Clair, register of deeds, $888, }. Kiley, judge of probate, $500. C. CG. McCarthy, county attorney, } $1,210. H. B. Eble, county physician and coroner, $394.20. ‘until Thursday morning February H.R, King, county auditor, $1,224,-} Mrs ©. EL. Stilson, “superintendent entire afternoon was taken up by the comunittee auditing bilis. Motion duly carried the meeting was adjourned 16th, 1899, at 10;00 a. m. _ Thursday, February 16th 10:00 a. m. Board met, all members present, j except Chairman Rellis. ‘The Board decided to take up the matter of auditing bills and went into committee of the whole. Eleven o’clock a. m. Chairman was taken up, and after careful con- sideration the sureties on said bond were deemed sufficient and it was moved, seconded and carried that said bond be approved by this board, A recess was taken until one thirty p.m. At 1:30 p. m. the board met, ail the members being present. Chairnian Rellis announced that he had been called home by telegram and that he could not take further buy clothes for him, and roquested the board to instruct bps what to da in the matter. Atthis time Chairman Rellis ap- peared and took part In the proceed- ings. On motion made and seconded it ! was ordered that Mr. McHugh admit W. J. Welsh to the home for poor and buy the necessary clothing, said mo- tion being.adopted. The board having finished the aud- iting of accounts the anditor read the. bills separately, avd such bills as i : ; : ; i —_+— $ | jof sc! hools, & $500. Rs | Rellis appeared. _ Being a full board | part in the proceedings. - eddinoe oblectad to were:allapedd | § | ©. H. Stilson. court commissioner, | present they decided to review the} The board then went into commit. Register of Deeds A. B. Clair ap- | x) as eae MN sete nee financial statement for the year 1898 | tee of the whole, auditing claims and| peared before the board and request~ | foe Bs Fee Sr CORDA BO mR as prepared by the auditor, After | accounts. ed that plats of all surveyed towns of Merchant Tailors, - SVE ‘The afternoon was spent in auditing | which there is not a plat in the regis- AOE EN EAR SIRES bce Coatinyed on page = = careful examination of the statement bar following ‘resolution was offered ; bills, and por to adjourginent. »Com- Grant Rapids, Mina, | ¢ eae. 3. C. Finnegan, county conimis- sioner, $51.00. M: