mm v. & r"$r*s w, "|'f^/rv1 5W. "c? *"V S MOWER COUNTY NEWS, AUSTIN, MINNESOTA Page Six Monday, Sept 19, 1921 RAINS FREQUENT east corner of the South Half of said Section 20 thence East one-half a mile Miller-Davis Company, office supplies 82.50 to the center of Section 21 in the township and range last named thence Mower County News, printing Commissioners' Proceedings 30.00 County Commissioners' Proceedings DAMAGE ROADS South one-half a mile to the Section Line thence East one-half a mile to the Mower County News, office supplies 5 90 place of beginning. Hommel Electric Co., goods for jail ..!.!! 8.60 By Order of the Board of County Commissioners of Mower County, Minnesota. N. Nicholsen, boarding prisoners 92.00 Road and Bridge. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION J. H. KREBSBACH, Have Little Effect Upon Attest: Chairman of the Board. A. C. White, postage for Engineer's office. 2 2.00 O.J.SIMMONS, F. H. McCulloch Printing Co., rent of typewriter 3 50 Gravel Surface 1 County Auditor of said Mower County. Leo J. Stier, supplies for engineers 3040 SPECIAL SESSION OF COUNTY BOARD. Roads. E. C. Hensel, groceries for engineers' crew 26 95 Dated this 7th day of September, 1921. The County Board in and for the County of Mower, Minnesota, met in C. J. Robinson, labor and parts for Ford truck !!!!".! 16!78 C. J. Robinson, repairs for Ford car ].' 2 35 regular session at the Court House in the City of Austin at 9:00 o'clock A. M., On motion the following bills were duly audited and allowed: St. Paul, Sept. 17—Minnesota trunk Wednesday, September 7th, 1921, pursuant to call heretofore duly made. G. T. Torgrimson, supplies for engineers........ *!..!!.!. *.! *.11 *.? 9.81 County Poor. highways shows the effects of recent John Lux, repairing grader !..!!!!!!!!!! 2.00 All members present, namely: Geo. Hirsh, goods for County Home $ 4.75 C. T. Nordstrom, surveying transit 200 00 rains, especially on dirt surface sections, Jacob J. Gjernes, Commissioner, First District. O. J. Benton, goods for County Home inmates 3.50 Henry Hahn, supplies for County Engineer.. 2 5 A 5 according to the weekly road H. P. Johnson, Commissioner, Second District. Hommel Electric Co., electrical repairs for County Home 4.30 Willard Carlson, engineering expenses 3 95 condition bulletin issued today by the J. H. Krebsbach, Commissioner, Third District. Farrell Meat Co., meat for County Home 22.37 M. H. Corcoran, filling approach at bridge 90 00 S. D. Thompson, Commissioner, Fourth District. state highway department. McEnaney & Erickson, binder twine for Poor Farm 7.50 N. M. Nelson, grading bridge No. 48 12 00 A. Hotson, Commissioner, Fifth District. Gravel surfaced sections continue in Wm. P. Rahilly, supplies for County Home. 15.00 Mower County Lumber Co., cement .!!!!!!!!!!!.!!!!! l!o5 O. J. Simmons, County Auditor. good condition generally and maintenance Burnett & Thompson, oats, timothy seed and tankage for Poor Farm.. 24.05 Rose Creek Lumber Co., bridge material 22*00 Minutes of the last meeting read and on motion duly approved. superintendents report that a County Revenue. H. F. Garbisch, final payment on bridge No. 41 695^49 Communications read and placed on file. few days of dry weather will enable Hayward Brief Company, copies of brief $ 12.75 On motion the bill of Siems, Helmers & Schaffner amounting to $87.22 patrolmen to restore normal standards Whereas, A petition duly signed by a majority of the legal voters residing Fritz-Cross Company, office supplies 7.04 for guard rail material was rejected. over the system. Austin Insurance Agency, insurance premium on County Fair buildings 82.50 within Consolidated School District No. 25 in the County of Mower and An order of the Highway Commission approving of the extension of the Sportsmen traveling by automobile State of Minnesota, was duly presented to the Board of County Commissionfers A. C. Page, insurance premium on County Fair buildings 123.75 present State Aid Roads Nos. 4 and 7 and the extension of State Aid Road I! of said Mower County, at a session of said Board held on the 18th day of John H. Rochford, insurance premium on County Fair buildings 41.25 to western and north central districts No. 3 thru the villages of Rose Creek, Adams and Taopi and also an order Herald Publishing Co., office supplies 28.00 August, 1921, duly petitioning and requesting that the boundaries of said are advised to go by way of St. Cloud, approving of State Aid Roads Nos. 9, 10 and 11 as per resolution passed by Consolidated School District No. 25 be extended and enlarged so as to include Austin Transfer Line, hauling school exhibits to and from Fair continuing on thru Sauk Center and the County Board November 3rd, 1920, were received and ordered placed on grounds the following described territory in Common School District No. 103 of said file and on motion the following resolution was unanimously passed: Glenwood for western points and thru Paul Adams, repairing boiler at Court House.. Mower County, to-wit: East Half of Southwest Quarter of Section 8 all of Little Falls and Staples for points Be It Resolved, That the Highway Engineer be and he is hereby instructed Section 17 except the East Half of Northeast Quarter all of Section 20 the Earl Printing Co., office supplies to make the necessary surveys and prepare plans, specifications and further north. Mower County News, printing and advertising Southwest Quarter of Section 21, all lying and being in Township 102 North estimates for the construction of the above laid out State Roads. Extracts from the highway department Mower County News, printing and advertising of Range 16 West bulletin concerning routes in And Whereas, It was th^n ordered by said Board that a hearing should J. E. Detwiler, justice fees Pursuant to an advertisement heretofore made, the following proposals J. E. Detwiler, justice fees for furnishing coal were received: this immediate vicinity follow: be had on such petition at a session of said Board commencing on the 7th day J. E. Detwiler, justice fees of September, 1921, at the Court House in the City of Austin, in said Mower TRUNK HIGHWAYS:— J. E. Detwiler, justice fees County (Continued on Page 7.) No. 1 FAIR—Albert Lea, St. Paul, And Whereas, Due notice of the time and place of such hearing was given Duluth and North Shore. South State by posting said notice, by publication of the same, and by service thereof line good, Albert Lea good, fair, Owatonna upon the Clerks of the School Boards of the respective Districts involved in rough, Faribault paved, Northfield said petition, due proof of which said service and publication and mailing was rough, Farmington fair, detour, made and filed with said Board paved, St. Paul paved, White Bear And Whereas, At the session of said Board of County Commissioners commencing on said 7th day of September, 1921, said petition was publicly good, Forest Lake good, Wyoming read and considered and all evidence offered by any persons interested for good, Rush City good, Pine City fair, and against the said petition was heard Hinckley fair, Sandstone fair, Moose And Whereas, After listening to the evidence and the arguments offered Lake fair, Carlton fair, Duluth good, at said hearing and duly considering said matter, the said Board of County Two Harbors good, Grand Marias Commissioners find it conducive to the good of the inhabitants of the territory good, Pidgeon River. affected by said petition No. 9 FAIR—GOOD—La Crescent, Now Therefore, It is hereby ordered and determined, that the said petition Fairmont and Luverne. La Crescent be granted, and that the territory above described be and is hereby included within said Consolidated School District No. 25,-and that the boundaries fair, Hokah fair, Houston fair, Rushford of said Consolidated School District No. 25 be and are hereby extended fair, Lanesboro fair, Preston and enlarged so as to include all of said described territory. That the boundaries poor, Fountain fair, Spring Valley of said Consolidated School District No. 25 as so enlarged and extended good, Grand Meadow good, Austin by this order are hereby fixed as follows: good, fair, Albert Lea good, Blue Beginning at the Northwest corner of Section 21 in Township 102 Range Earth fair, detour, Fairmont good, 17 thence East on the Section Line one-half a mile thence North one-half Sherburne good, Jackson poor detour, a mile to the center of Section 16 in the Township and Range last named thence East 2 miles to the center of Section 14 in the Township and Range construction, "Worthington good, last named thence North to the Section Line thence East on the Section line Adrian good, Luverne good, State 2 miles and a quarter thence North 80 rods thence East 80 rods to the Section Line. Line thence South 80 rods on the Section Line to the Southeast corner No. 20 GOOD—Canton, Rochester, of Section 7 in Township 102 Range 16 thence East 80 rods on the Section and Cannon Falls. Canton good, Pres Line thence North one-half a mile thence East 80 rods to the center of Section ton poor, Fountain fair, Chatfield 8 thence South one-half a mile to the South Line of said Section 8 good, Rochester good, Oronoco good, thence East on the Section Line 80 rods thence South one-half a mile thence Pine Island good, Zumbrota good, East 80 rods to the center of the West line of Section 16 in Township 102 Range 16 thence South on the Section Line one mile to the center of the Cannon Falls fair, M. T. H. No. 3. East Line of Section 20 thence East one-half a mile to the center of Section No. 40 GOOD—Lyle, Austin and 21 thence South one-half a mile to the South Line of Section 21 thence West Owatonna. Lyle good, Austin good, on the Section Line three-quarters of a mile thence South 80 rods thence fair, Blooming Prairie good, fair, East 80 rods to the Section Line thence South on the Section Line to the Owatonna. center of the East Line of Section 32 in Township 102 Range 16 thence West No. 41—FAIR—Blooming Prairie 80 rods thence South 80 rods thence West three-quarters of a mile to the and Hay field, (under construction. Section Line thence South on the Section Line to the Southeast corner of No. 56 POOR Kenyon, Dodge Section 31 in the Township and Range last named thence West on the Section Line 3 and a half miles to the center of the South Line of Section 34 Center and Brownsdale. Kenyon poor, Township 102 Range 17 thence North one-half a mile to the center of Section West Concord good, Dodge Center 34 thence West one mile to the center of Section 33 thence North one mile fair, Hayfield poor, Brownsdale good, to the center of Section 25 thence East one mile to the center of Section 27 T. H. No. 9. thence North onerhalf mile to the center of the South Line of Section 22 in No. 57—GOOD—Mantorville and M. the Township and Range last named thence West to the Southwest" corner :i T. H. No. 7. of said Section 22 thence North to the Railroad track thence Northwesterly No. 59—FAIR—Spring Valley, along the Railroad track to the West Line of Section 21 thence North on the Section Line to the place of beginning. Rochester and Lake City. Spring Valley By Order of the Board of County Commissioners of Mower County, Minnesota. fair rough, construction, Stewartville good fair, Rochester poor, Zumbro J. H. KREBSBACH, Falls fair, Lake City.. Attest: Chairman of the Board. BEGINNING NEW WRMDOES O. J. SIMMONS, County Auditor of said Mower County. Dated this 7th day of September, 1921. LARGE BUSINESS Whereas, a petition duly signed by a majority of the legal voters residing within Consolidated School District No. 69 in the County of Mower and State 2:00 P. M. TUESDAY, of Minnesota, was duly presented to the Board of County Commissioners of said Mower County, at a session of said Board held on the 18th day of August, Co-operative Company 1921, duly petitioning and requesting that the boundaries of said Consolidated School District No. 69 be extended and enlarged so as to include the Handles 31,000 First following described territory in Common School District No. 103 of said Mower County, to-wit the Southeast Quarter of Section Eight the East SEPTEMBER 20 Four Weeks. Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section Seventeen all of Section Sixteen the North Half of Section Twenty-one the Southeast Quarter of Section Twenty-one the West Half of the Southwest Quarter and the West Half of By NEIL SWANSON. the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section Fifteen all lying South St. Paul, Sept. 19.—Marketing and being in Township One Hundred Two North, of Range Sixteen West twice the quantity of livestock And Whereas, It was then ordered by said Board that a hearing should handled by any other commission firm be had on such petition at a session of said Board commencing on the 7th here, the Central Co-operative Commission 35S5B5555555S 55555^Sg day of September, 1921, at the Court House in the City of Austin, in said S- association has conducted its Mower County And continuing until all goods are disposed of. first four weeks of business at a cost, And Whereas, Due notice of the time and place of such hearing was of 45 per cent less than current given by posting said notice, by publication of the same, and by service P. thereof upon the Clerks of the School Boards of the respective Districts involved charges, according to W. A. McKerrow, Sale Every-Day at 2 and 7 M. in said petition, due proof of which said service and publication and general manager. mailing was made and filed with said Board The co-operative selling agency, And Whereas, At the session of said Board of County Commissioners hacked by the Minnesota Farm Bureau commencing on said 7th day of September, 192i, said petition was publicly federation, is charging commission Farmers Lighting Plants Will Be Sold Wednesday read and considered and all evidence offered by any persons interested for rates 25 per cent below prevailing and against the said petition was heard rates, he said, and has been able And Whereas, After listening to the evidence and the arguments offered to pay 20 per cent of its earnings into at said hearing and duly considering said matter, the said Board of County Everything must be sold at once so as to get the building Commissioners find it conducive to the good of the inhabitants of the territory a reserve fund. affected by said petition Records compiled by the state railroad Now Therefore, It is hereby ordered and determined, that the said petition and warehouse commission and Ready for the NEW STOCK be granted, and the the territory above described be and is hereby included •the bureau of markets show that in with said Consolidated School District No. 69, and that the boundaries its first four weeks of business, the of said Consolidated School District No. 69 be and are hereby extended farmer-owned company handled 31,534 and enlarged so as to include all of said described territory. That the boundaries Most of these articles are only slightly smoked ancl damaged. Kow is head of livestock while its nearest of said Consolidated School District No. 69 as so enlarged and entended by this order are hereby fixed as follows: competitor handled 15,327 head. Beginning at the Northeast corner of Section 28, in Township 103 North your opportunity to buy Companies doing the next largest of Range 15 West thence running South along the Section Line 5 miles business in this period handled 12,710 to the Southeast corner of Section 16, Township 102 North, of Range 15 West and 10,914 and 8,812 head respectively. Electric Irons, Vacuum Cleaners, Washing Machines, thence West on the Section Line one mile thence South on the Section Line one mile and a half to the Southeast corner of the North Half of Section 29 One of the most important services in said To wnshipl02, Range 15 thence West one mile thence North on the furnished by the new organization, Section Line one-half a mile to the Southwest corner of Section 20 in said Fans, Toasters, Lamps, Fixtures, Pianos, according to farm bureau officers, is Township 102, Range 15 thence west one-half a mile thence north one-half the transfer of stockers and feeders a mile to the center of Section 19 in the township and range last named direct from farmer to farmer at minimum thence West one-half a mile thence North on the Section Line one-half a Phonographs, Records, Player Rolls mile to the Southwest corner of Section 18 in said township and range last cost. In four weeks, the firm named thence West on the Section Line one mile and a half to the center of shipped sixty-three carloads of stockters the South Line of Section 14 in Township 102, Range 16 thence South onehalf and feeders. An expert from the factory is the'pianos in condition mile to the center of Section 23 in the township and range last named putting A1 thence West a mile and a half thence South one-half a mile to the Southeast Must Have Been Dead at Least 6 "It corner of Section 21 in the township and range last named thence West Months, But Didn't Smell." on the Section Line one-half a mile thence North one-half a mile to the center "Saw a big rat in our cellar last of Section 21 in the township and range last named thence West one-half COL. ALBERT H0PFE, Auctioneer fall" writes Mrs. Joanny "and bought a mile to the Section Line thence North one mile to the center of the West a 35c cake of RAT-SNAP, broke it up Section Line of Section 16 in the township and range last named thence West into small pieces. Last week while 80 rods thence North one-half a mile thence West 80 rods thence North moving we came across the dead rat. one-half a mile to the center of Section 8 in Township 102, Range 16 thence Must have been dead six months, did East one-half a mile to the Section Line thence North on the West Section Austin Electric Supply Co. not smell. RAT-SNAP is wonderful." Line of Section 9 in the township and range last named thence West on the Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and Section Line one-half a mile thence North one-half a mile to the center of guaranteed by Pooler Drug Co. Advertisement. Section 5 thence East one-half a mile thence North on the Section/ Line 3 miles to the Northwest corner of the South Half of Section 21, Township 103, Range 16 thence East 2 miles through the center of Ejections 21 and 22 to the Insurance Specialists center of the West line of Section 23 in the township and range last named thence South one-half a mile to the Southwest corner of said Section 23 Terms Will Be Given On Day Of Sale. thence East along the Section Line 2 miles and a half to the center of the Austin Insurance Agency .if North Line of Section 30 in the township and range last named thence North E. Ray Cory, Manager t, 4 one-half a mile to the center of Section 19 thence East one-half a mile Babcock Building thence North one-half a, mile to the Northwest corner of Section 20 thence AUSTIN, MINNESOTA 4 East one-half a mile thence South to the Railroad thence Southeast along said railroad to the Section Line thence South about 80 rods to the North- ibi Jk 4