il *??Vf 1 *& /^r^Y C" -v*^£*§$k**2 fei^sT £jr j^gp- Ik* V* ^•vSr 1 MOWER COUNTY NEWS, AUSTIN, MINN. Page Three Thursday, Aug, 24,1922. County Board Proceedings C. V. Miller, Groceries and supplies for County Home 73.51 LEARN TO EARN. DONOVAN & GOSLEE HELD IN LIQUOR FRAUD E. T. Bemis, Flour and coalfor County Home 55.35 A practical business course will Funeral Directors Decker Bros., Miscellaneous Repairs at County Home 6.32 help you in every walk of life. and Embalmers Golden Eagle Clothing Co., Goods for inmates of County Home 1.38 Tlie County Board in and for the County of Mower, Minnesota, met in G. F. Morgan, Pigs for County Poor.Farm 30.00 We offer you personal instruction, Day Calls—Phone 2188 regular session at the Court House in the City of Austin at 3:00 o'clock P. M., E. T. Bemis, Oats 9.62 Night Calls —up-to-date equipment, selected instructors Monday, July 10th, 1922, pursuant to statute. County Road and Bridge T. W. Donovan—5914 All members present:— and practical instruction at Phillip McLaughlin, Salary as Asst. Engineer r.-.....$ 70.00 ....v. J. H. Krebsbach, Chairman H. A. Goslee—6637 1 reasonable rates. Special proposition John Lux, Repairing wheel scrapers 19.10 Motor and Carriage Service H. P. Johnson to everyone entering by our Big Decker Bros., Misc. supplies 2.00 S. D~. Thompson -r Township of Dexter, 44-inch culvert,.16 feet long •••••., 85.00 Fall Opening Date— Sept. 12th. A. Hotson •. Decker Bros., Misc. supplies 8.42 J. J. Gjerness Write for catalog or pall in person. HOMMEL ELECTRIC John Lux, Repairs on road tools 34.65 Q. J. Simmons, County Auditor University of Southern Minnesota M. J. McGowaii, Assistant Engineer 136.50 The minutes of last meeting were read and on motion duly approved. CO. Schopl of Commerce A. C. White, Misc. expenses of Engineer 13.56 Communications were read and ^placed on file. A. C. White, Postage ...... 2.00 Austin Minnesota. 203 .NORTH MAIN STREET Recess was takeji until 9:00 o'clock A. M., Tuesday, July 11th at wl\ich Charles E. Milner, Expenses 4.00 for Expert Electrician time the board reconvened with all members present. 13-8-c Walter Brown, inspecting culverts 1.00 The County Treasurer having delivered to the County Board a list of H. F. Garbisch, Final payment on job No: 2205 233.14 DIAL 2€7 9 uncollected Personal Property taxes for the year 1921 and said Board having PRINTING H. F. Garbisch, Final payment on job No. 2207 233.14 duly considered said list of uncollected taxes, has cancelled such taxes as H. F. Garbisch, Final payment on job No. 2202 419.24 they are satisfied cannot be collected. The following is a. correct list of said Lyle Culvert & Road Equipment Co., Carload "Armco" Culverts ....$2006.93 uncollected Personal Property taxes in said county for the year 1921 as revised by said Board. W. R. EARL County Jail Building Fund Any kind you want Penalty Total Alden & Harris, Final payment for services as architests 125.04 Name of Assessment Tax Fees and Tax, Penalty E. C. Butler, Balance of contract on jail 977.00 Any quantity FUNERAL DIRECTOR Person Assessed District Costs And Costs On Motion the following resolutions were unanimously -passed: Business Residence you need E. W. Gillson—City of Austin $ 24.01 $ 2.65 $ 26.66 Be It Resolved that the follogin named persons be and they are hereby Phone 2512 Phone 2213 Richardson & Cawiezell—City of Austin 29.59 3.21 32.80 selected from the qualified electors of the several districts of the County of AUSTIN, MINN. Get our prices Zerby, J. D.—Twp. of Austin 109.26 11.17 120.43 Mower, State Of Minnesota to serve as petit jurors to make yp the required Thorson, Wii).—Twp. of Bennington 10.52 1.30 11.82 number for the balance of the year 1922. Reilil, Wm., —Twp. of Grand Meadow 44.50- 4.70 49.20 Aug. Hildebrand, Lyle Vill. Prosperity P. O. Peterson, Udolpho Township Rath, Will—Twp. of Lansing 9.47 1.20 10.67 I. F. Dahl, Lyle till. W. E. Lewis-, Waltham Village MOWER COUNTY Vought, J. L—Twp. of Le Roy 12.22 1.47 13.69 follows the Dairy Cow -Bert Hobkirk, Lyle Vill. Albert Gronseth, Sargeant Twp. U. S. Malt Griffin, former secret Myhre, J. C.—Twp. Nevada 1(K27 1.27 11.54 Tom Murphy, Lyle Twp. I N E W S Jens Jensen, Sargeant Twp. service-chief in Philadelphia, who has BE SURE YOU ATTEND J'HE Miller, Peter—Twp. Pleasant Valley 4.79 .73 5.52 Fred Allen, Lyle Twp. Selmer Johnson, Sargeant Vill. National Dairy waived hearing and been held to the' Stoltz Adolph—Twp. of Pleasant Valley 55 .30 .85 G. L.. Hanson, Clayton Twp. Fred Boeff, Dexter Twp. 202 E. MILL STREET 1 federal grand jury in an alleged five-' Exposition 9 Lark. C. H.—Twp. of Racine 7.87 1.04 8.91 E. A. Wigness, Clayton Twp. Ray Peet, Red Rock Twp. million-dollar liquor fraud conspiracy.' Link, W. J.—Twp. of Racine 24.91 2.74 27.65 Anton Human, Clayton Twp: John F. Knox, Brownsdale Vill. Root, O. W.—Village of Brownsdale 5.13 .76 5.89 R. H. Wood, Lodi Twp. Frank Haney, Lansing Twp. Deyo, Emery—Village of Dexter 6.39 .89 7.28 Austin O. Austinson, Nevada Twp. Handicapped. •J* John Pollock, Lansing Twp. Hanson, H. L.—Village of Dexter 48.36 .5.09 53.45 John Stute, Nevada Twp. Oscar Myhre, Grand Meadow Vill. "That actress looks at least ninety.' Jacobson. Peter—Village of Dexter 17.67 2.02 19.69 T. L. Searles, Nevada Twp. Carl Grimm, Grand Meadow Vill. Do have a look at her through my opera-glasses." O'Brien, J. P.—Village of Waltham 23.48 2.60 26.08 Peter Quast, Austin City Ed Overcamp, Grand Meadow Twp. Lemoch. Dan—Twp. of Adams 30.13 3.26 .33.39 Albert Perl, Austin City Martin Skaran, Grand Meadow Twp. "I I can't have forgotten to put on Paid 25.00 Tom Van Camp, Austin Twp. Alvin Finhart, Grand Meadow Twp. my rings." Howard Christie, Austin Twp. Wm. Conway, Grand Meadow Twp. Balance Due 8.39 F. E. Felch, Windom Twp. A. H. Quandt, Pleasant Valley Twp. Newcom, Fred—Twp. of Bennington 12.98 1.54 14.52 Orman Blabaum, Windom Twp. Ed. Schatz, -Pleasant Valley Twp. Paid 10.00 Otto Rolf, Windom Twp. Spencer Jordan Peter Week, Racine" Twp. Leonard Jackson, Austin Twp. Alfred Lindelien, Racine Twp. Balance Due 4.52 Leslie Ferris, Austin Twp. H. D. Hill, Frankford Twp. Stromley, Christ—Twp. of Lyle 13.51 1.60 15.11 Con Gahagan, Austin Twp. H. Isaacson, Frankford Twp. SPECIAL FAIR DAY LUNCHEONS Funeral Paid 12.00. Director. J. H. Anderson, City of Austin L. C. Larson, Bennington Twp. The Establishment of Geo. C. Potter, City of Austin Christian Madison, Le Roy Village Balance Due 3.11 Lew Lewis, City of Austin Service. Robert Dick, Le Roy Twp. W. J.—Twp. of Windom Root, 58.63 6.11 64.74 J. L. Rogers, City of Austin Frank Young, Le Roy Vill, Paid 50.00 J. E. Crippen, City of Austin John Smith, Adams Twp. Calvin Kinsman, City of Austin Earl Tigen, Adams Twp. Balance Due 14.74 We cordially welcome all visitors and town Jas. Jordon, City of Austin John Heimer Jr., Adams Twp. House, H. C.—Twp. of Lodi 16.59 1.91 18.50 Richard Anderson, City of Austin Dr. B. T. Johnson Xnut- Gordon, Lodi Twp. following is a correct list of the personal property in said County for The W. E. Harris, City of Austin John LeVrison, Lodi Twp. folks to come here for their lunches, ice cream said which said Board are satisfied cannot be collected and so cancelled year O. N. Peck, City of Austin DENTIST Ben Hanson, Marshall Twp. Board, to-wit: hy said Sam Culdice, City of Austin Gust Jacobson, Marshall Twp. Penalty Total I and soft drinks during the County Fair. Office over Wold Drug Store. Abe Olson, City of Austin. Pete Anderson, Marshall Twp. Name of Assessment Tax Fees and Tax, Penalty W. J. Urbatch, City of Austin Wm. Hartje, Marshall Twp. DIAL 2603 Person Assessed District Costs And Costs Be It Resolved that the following named persons be and they are hereby Gregerson, A.—City of Austin $ 29.59 $ 3.21 $ 32.80 selected from the qualified electors of the several districts in th County of Layden Electric Service Co.—City of Austin 21.14 2.36 23.50 AUSTIN CANDY CO. Mower, State of Minnesota to serve as Grand Jurors to make up the required Leighton, Geo. E.—City of Austin 2.11 .46 2.57 number for the balance of the year 1922. Lysne, John L.—City of Austin .... 6.76 .93 7.69 H. J. Lockwood, Frankford Twp. Lewis Larson, Sargeant Twp. J. F. FAIRBANKS Mclntire, F. E—City of Austin 3.38 .59 3.97 John Friend, Adams Twp. George Bartel, Sargeant Twp. Russell, L. W.—City of Austin 1.78 .43 2.21 B. A. Benson, Clayton Twp. L. E. Vermilyea, Dexter Twp. W. W.—Twp. 10.28 1.27 11.55 Bowers, of Austin Wm. Brunce, Lodi Twp. Wm. Kraft, Dexter Twp. Frank Casey—Twp. of Austin 10.16 1.26 11.42 Geo. Landherr, Nevada Twp. Fred Johnson, Red Rock Twp. €herney, John K.—Twp. of Austin 6.00 .85 6.85 A. T. Anderson, Elkton Village M. E. Hessler, Lansing Twp. Norton, Wm.—Twp. of Austin .*. 3.29 .58 3.87 Herman Oswold, Lyle Village Dealer In Theodore Slettum, Grand Meadow Twp B.—Twp. Schupp, Val. of Austin 2.75 .52" 3.27 F. F. Struck, Rose Creek Village C. A. "King, Racine Twp. Clark, G. D.—Twp. of Bennington 12.64 1.51 14.15 John Vandegrift, City of Austin E. H. Englehart, Racine Twp. Goodrich, Edward—Twp. of Bennington 6.41 .89 7.30 COAL, WOOD, LIME, E. H. Sterling, City of Austin H. Twp. Elmer Sutton, Frankford Leabrue, Alfred—Twp. of Bennington' 8.28 1.07 9.35 C. H.Decker, City of Austin Loyd Buttolph, Frankford Twp. A. CEMENT, SEWER. PIPE, Mullen, A. H.—Twp. of Bennington 4.06 .65 4.71 O. N Hegg, Bennington Twp. Mullen, Elmer—Twp. of Bennington 4.63 .71 5.34 BRICK AND WALL .Hess. W. D.—Twp. of Bennington 5.54 .80 6.34 A. M., On Motion the meeting adjourned until 9:00 o'clock Friday the 28tli Ydis AJoIync. Leo J.—Twp. of Bonnington .. 5.14 .76 5.90 PLASTER. flay of Julv 1922 when tliev reconvened vritl) all members"present. C. W.—Twp. of Clayton 14.23 1.07 15.90 On Motion the bond of'A. M. Smith as County Treasurer was approved. Meyer, Fred—Twp. of Clayton 11.12 1.36 11.48 On Motion the following bills were duly audited and allowed: Stephens, P. H.—Twp. of Clayton 9.01 1.15 10.16 County Revenue Knapp Albert—Twp. of Dexter 11.42 1.39 12.81 Office 301 East Bridge St. Edwin Price, Service as juror in Justice Court $ 1-00 Mcintosh, Bert—Twp. of Dexter 10.65 1.31 11.96 1.00 W. S. Horn, Service as juror in Justice Court Greene, R. C.—Twp. of Frankford 9.12 1.16 10.28 Phone: Main 32 O. N. Holt, Service as juror in Justice Court 1.00 Travestad, Mabel H.—Twp. of Frankford ... 15.95' 1.85 17.80 1.00 U. L. Stilwell, Service as juror in Justice Court Varden, Bosch, G.—Twp. of Frankford 3.28 .57 3.85 Meyers, Geo. C.—Twp. of Grand Meadow ... 8.29 1.08 9.37 County Poor Austin, Minn. Eclipse Luinber Co., Misc. lumber and supplies ••••$ 13.50 Jones, Joseph—Twp. of Lansing 1.40 .39 1.79 TIRED AND HUNGRY Geo. Hirsh, Clothing for inmates of County Home 4.65 Seams, L. W.—Twp. of Lansing 4.98 .75 5.73 Van House Grocery, Misc. groceries for County Home 109.14 Warford, H. L.—Twp. of Lansing 2r.14 .. .46 2.60 Wenthe, John—Twp. of Le Roy 13.54 1.60 15.ll" Road and Bridge Arthur Leeper, Foreman, Construction of State Road No. 7 .... $ 62.40 Boley, C. E.—Twp. of Lyle 2.23 .47 2.70 Robert Smith, Labor Construction State Road No. 7 24.00 Thrasher, Eluster—Twp. of Lyle 13.11 1.56 14.67 Mr. Pep After a busy day at the Fair you will want. Nelson, Ray—Twp. of Marshall 5.61 .81 6:42 Geo. Benzel, Labor Construction State Road No..7 39.00 J. Hall, Labor Construction State Road No. 7 38.40 Tiedemann, H. D.—Twp. of Marshall *i0.30 1.28 11.58 •J*- Herbert McClellan, Labor Construction State Road No. 7 33.00 Johnson, Martin E.—Twp. of Nevada. 38 .29 .67 something good to eat. Try our sandwiches Lester Hill, Labor Construction State Road No. 7 14.00 •. Trees, Isac E.—Twp. of Pleasant Valley 8.57 1.11 9.68 John Winkels, Labor Construction State Road No. 7 v.. 66.00 Oltman, John—Twp. of Red Rock 11.46 1.40 12.86 and coifee or take home with you some of our, Roy Jacobs, Labor Construction State Road No. 7 66.50 Griggs, A. R.—Twp. of Sargeant 11.85 1.43 13.28 Will Jacobs, Labor Construction State Road No. 7 65.50 Meier, M. J.—Twp. of Sargeant .67 .32 .99 D. D. Lonie, Labor Construction State Road No. 7 40.00 crisp rolls, deliciously baked cakes and McCoy, Orel—Twp. of Sargeant 8.02 1.05 9.07 T. J. McClellan, Labor Construction State Road No. 7 63.50 Nash, Frank—Twp. of Sargeant 3.38 .59 3,97 Chris Rettig, Labor Construction State Road No. 7 66.00 Hadley, M. E.—Twp. of Udolpho 3.88 .64 4.52 doughnuts. Chas. Stankey, Repair road scraper and tools 10.65 Smith, Scothorn—Twp. of Udolpho 11.59 1.41 13.00 H. F. Garbisch, Balance on Job No. 2204, Culverts 378.37 O. A.—Twp. of Udolpho 6.22 .87 7.09 Swanson, C. A. Carlson, Repairs and supplies for County Eningeer's car 87.13 Terral, Tom—Twp. of Waltham 3.26 .57 3.83 C. A. Carlson, Gasoline and supplies for county's and Engineer's cars .. 219.13 Gray, Ed.—Twp. of Waltham 13.51 1.60 15.11 B. E. Jones, Driving truck hauling tile 8.00 Karr, Geo. B.—Twp. of Waltham 5.76 .83 6.59 Lyle Culvert & Road Equipment Co., Armco Culverts 164.44 Reed, H. L.—Twp. of Waltham -6.13 -.86 6.99 KENT Lyle Culvert & Road Equipment Co., Armco Culverts 108.94 Danley, Orza L.—Village of Brownsdale .... 3.34 *58 3.92 Earl Carpenter, Labor Construction State Road No. 7 36.50 Amerlin Co.—Village of Le Roy ... 64.93 6.74- 71.67 Lyle Culvert & Road Equipment Co., Armco Iron Culverts 745.00 Doughert. Raymond—Village of Le Roy 5.46 .80 6.26 Lyle Culvert & Road Equipment Co., Armco Iron Culverts 1855.02 Cerney, J. L.—Village of Lyle 6.36 .88 7.24 To the Honorable County Board of Mower County, Minnesota. Isaacson. Fred—Village of Taopi :. 11.83 1.43 13.26 Pursuant to law I present below, a statement showing the amount of taxes Stemler, Chas.—Village of Elkton .. A 20.35 2.28 22.63 levied for County purposes for the current year, amounts collected and Johnson Paul—City of Austin .30 .28 .58 apportioned to date, and the balances uncollected, together with the actual Hanson, Harry S.—-City of Austin. 1.52 .40 1.92 cash balance remaining to the credit of each county fund at the close of business Wise, J. H.—Twp. of Bennington 16.93 1.94 18.87 on the 30th day of June, 1922. Paid 10.00 ... O.J.SIMMONS, County Auditor. Balance Due 8.87 Amount Levied Amount Collected Bal. Uncollected Prentis, G. J.—Twp. of Le Roy 8.43 1.09 9.52 and Apportioned or Unapportioned Funds for Current Paid it* 4* 5.00 We ouGfht to Year Co. Rev. Fund $22 458.43 $62,000.00 $39,541.57 Balance Due 4.52 3,070.02 cbrefuWW) Co. Poor Fund 4,929.98 A. 8,000.00 On Motion the meeting adjourned until 9:00' o'clock M., July 20th, 1922 53,543.35 Co. Road and Bridge 86,456.65 140,000.00 when they reconvened with all members present. Balances Remaining to the Credit of Each F»und are as followsr On Motion the following bills were duly audited and allowed: \.W reW\ & Vv&W Balances Amourtts Funds County Revenue Debit Credit Debit Credit G. S. Burnham Makftag Real Estate Delinquent Tax List $ 81.25 £38,570.13 $ 66,872.12 $ 38,301.99 Co. Rev: Fund Chris Johnson, Constable fees 5.75 Here Are Some of Oar Every Day Prices 5,775.28 3,771.59 9.546.87 Co. Poor Fund J. F. Langlais.*Witness fee in justice court 15.00 143,530.67 44,988.13 188.518.80 Co. Road and Bridge E. L. Erickson, Witness fee in justice court 14.00 24,283.12 28,499.99 4,216.87 Ditch Fund Sam L. Carroll, Witness fee in justice court 14.00 The chief thing about us is 10,150.00 12,546.68 -2,396.68 Jail Bldg. Fund H. J. Boyd, Constable fees *. 4.90 The Following Is A- Statement Of The Accounts Remaining Unpaid On 14c Per Lb. Picnic Hams that we try to make our eusfriends. J. E. Detwiler, Justice fees 56.90 The Contracts Already Entered Into By The Board: Harry Jones, Juror fees 1.00 Amount of Amount Balance tomers our Selling Ray Chaffee, justice fees 47.05 Bacon Squares 12&c" Due Contract Paid- Waldecker, Repairing and rebuilding safe locks in court house H. C. 100.00 good Road Grading .$109,084.50 $10,652.48 $98,432.02 Urbatch & Bro., Rope for flagstaff 4.35 W. J. Fancy 20c Bacon Strips tt 9,874.06 Bridges 12,844.44', 2,970.38 Ghris Johnson, Witness fees 2.44 Flour and Feed, Seeds, 2,515.30 Guard Rail 2 515.30 2.92 Earl Horgan, Witness fees So Thick Short Ribs of Bool 7,744.37 Corrugated Iron Culverts""*. 10,000.00 2,255.63 Herald Publishing Co., Publishing Commissioners Proceedings 42.85 following esti The County Auditor submitted to the County -Board the Poultry Supplies and Herald Publishing* Co., Rural School Commencement Programs 12.75 (C II mates of County expenses for the ensuing year, chargeable to County Revenue Boiling Boot Hommel Electric Co., Electric supplies for court house 1.35 4c Fund: J. C. Penney Co. gauze 4.59 Beekeepers Supplies Salaries of County Officials including Clerks ana County Commissioners Harvey Watkins, Hauling ashes from court house .................. 8.00 Hamburgar Steak II II 9c $30,000.00 Chas. V. Miller, Janitor supplies -. S.SO1 Mothers' Pensions 4,000.00 N. Nicholsen, Boarding prisoners". 51.00 II Roast Beef 9c-15e District Court Expenses 7,000.00 F. H. McCulloch, Supplies for County Superintendent 3.00 at right prices is the method we Court House and General 5,000.00 R. R. Yates, Office Supplies 13.50. Books, Blanks and Office Supplies 6,000.00 Fritz-Cross Co., Office supplies 7.49 employ to accomplish our aim. ^Special Prices Given to Farmers Buying in Large Printing and Advertising 4,000.00 County Poor Freight, Drayage and Postage ..v....................0'^ 600.00 Quantities for Threshing etc. Wm. R. Whitney, V. S.—Veterinarian services 6.50 Justice Court Expenses 600.00 Decker & Galloway, WindoW screens and repairs at County Home .. 14.38 Sheriff's Expenses J. M. Lindsay, Strawberries 3.50 HARE & G0SS We Pay the Highest Cash Price for Poultry. Returns of Births and Deaths 300.00 Mower County Co-operative Co., Goods for county home 13.29 Expenses of Insane "..........i. 500.00 Bert Diddams, Harvester for county home 106.00 Expenses of Feeble Minded *1,000.00 Minnie Lappin, Nurse at county home 60.00 FEED & SEED STORE Farm Bureau 2 .. .1,200.00 Matt Bear, Ambulance for Fletta Sha^r 6.00 Jail Expense Tony Knauer & Son, Meat for County Home 22.82 v.^#3,500.00 FARRELL MEAT COMPANY Expense of County Supt. of Schools 300.00 Alma Sibriel and Jacob Krotter ....' 130.25 .• 5,000.00 fe^Austin, Minn..^ St. Olaf Hospital, Hospital care for John Jones ............ v.\.... 58.00 Miscellanebus g!19 East Bridge Street Burnett & Thompson, Oats and Chicken feed for County Poor Farm 15.00 &L Total ... .$70,000.00 Minnesota State Sanatorium. Board and treatment for Bessie Hill, Commissioner Johnson offered the'following resolution and moved its'. Herald Publishing Co., Herald subscription for County Home 4.50 J. C. Penney & Co., Supplies for County Home .13.90 (Continued on page 7.) l/Jt .L