INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS PAGE TWO its behalf in the hearing upon charges ing meeting 10.80 PROCEEDINGS Wm. Johnson, hauling wood to preferred '1 officials, ..ud Gust Holm, mileage attending court house 13.12 meeting 8.80 to do .-ucli accs and taL such steps Chas. Richardson, sawing We Loan Money Hugh T. Mcintosh, mileage attending as he deemed advisable in the premises 5.50 wood for court house use.. OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM meeting 15.00 to protect and further the inter16.25 International Ice Co., ice for The motion was seconded by Commissioner MISSIONERS OF KOOCHICHING I ests of said county, and court house Ellingson and carried by Whereas, conditions arose during F. R. Whipple, plat of judicial COUNTY, MINNESOTA. the following vote: 2.00 said investigation requiring the giving road (Official) Ayes, Commissioners French, Ellingson, of advice to the county board and John Harrigan, balance on machine Colburn, Holm and Mcintosh. 110.00 county officials coi,2crairg chair D. J. Sullivan, road work $ 55.00 shed district No. 1... ,a y.j, none. I rights in important matters mand- Oscar Grandstrom, road work 47.oO i. J. Lee, grading approach to This bank loans money. That's the way we make Moved by Commissioner French ing consideration, and S. O. Hafdahl, road work 77.25 682.77 Littlefork bridge that the application of Guy C. Parker H. M. Mickelson, road work.. 25.00 our living. But we don't loan money foolishly nor Anton Zagrishik, county road Whereas, the work performed by for the position of county auditor 9.56 Harry Fisher, road work 60.62 said ney prior to the investigation work 63-25 for imprudent purposes. be taken off the table. Receiving no Ole Peterson, road work 28.75 Martin Jackopic, county road and during the time said hearing upport to his motion the same was 16.87 It is our ambition to see this community prosper O. A. Sandsniark, road work.. 57.00 work 63-22 was in progress, and subsequent to O clared lost. A. E. Erickson, road work 35.00 D. E. Knowles, livery hire for said hearing, developed facts and conditions and it is decidedly to our advantage to see that Chairman Colburn requested that Ed. Sullivan, road work 37.50 28.00 supt. of schools warranting the bringing .f Commissioner Ellingson take the :t does prosper, because if the community prospers recovery Tom Tubat, road work 10.00 Mathison, tool house, district 1 chair. George P. Hughes, road work 42.50 No. 2 35.06 on behalf of the county .of Koochiching, our deposits will be increased and we will have more Vice Chairman Ellingson took the The motion was seconded by Commissioner O. S. Leaman, services as of moneys wr^n~"nlly expended money to loan. It can readily te seen, therefore, that chair, whereupon Commissioner Colburn Ellingson and carried on tractor engineer district No. by county officials a"d others, p.nd moved that the application of we cannot consistently loan money for any purpose the following vote: 10.00 1 Whereas, the work performed by Mac Loman for position of county Ayes, Commissioners Colburn, Mcintosh, Red Boat Line, freighting oil not conductive to the best interests of the community said attorney during said investigation ruditor be taken off the table. Commissioner Ellingson, French and Holm. 1.00 distinct No. 4 will be of very material aid to French seconded the in general and the borrower in particular. On this Nays, none. A. H. Stohl, grader work S. R. the county in prosecuting both civil tion and upon roll call the following Moved by Commissioner French basis this bank loans money gladly. H. No. 20 40-ti4 and criminal actions and proceedings, vote resulted: that the following bills be audited Louis Peterson, hauling grader and the benefits derived will be greatI Ayes, Commissioners Colburn and and allowed, and auditor instructed and work on road district ly in excess of a1 ^es incurred French. to draw warrants for same: No. 1 105.00 or expenditures that th° county will Nays, Commissioners Mcintosh, J. E. Sullivan, board of poor John Richer, grader work S. R. be required to make, and Holm and Ellingson. September $114.00 6.00 H. No. 20 W^reas, an action h*® been commenced The vice chairman thereupon declared vve Loan Money on Farm Lands. Call and See Us J. E. Sullivan, board of poor Amos Barion, repairing grader on behalf of said county by the motion lost. October 130.00 25.10 and labor on S. R. H. No. 20 said attorney against L. H. Slocum, Commissioner Colburn moved that Iiittlefork Mercantile Co., supplies August Gilchrist, grader work R. S. McDonald, George A. Elder, J. a ballot be taken on the matter of appointing for Mrs. E. Barnett 18.00 S. R. H. No. 20 county auditor. Comminsoner A. Duffy, Commercial Investment Co. 15.71 Oct John Richer, scraper work S. French seconded the motion, vl rhn Farmers National bank of Littlefork Mercantile Co., supplies The First National Bank R. H. No. 20 18.00 On roll call the following vot: :-.u" Red Lake Falls. Minnesota, to recover for Mrs. John Lee Louis Peterson, grader work upwards of $50,000.00 wrongfully ed: 15.12 Oct 70.00 S. R. H. No. 20 from the treasury of said county Ayes, Commissioners French and Littlefork Mercrv.tile Co., supplies T. Grotberg, repair work S. R. Colburn. 15.75 by said defendants in the form of for May Oct 32.50 H. No. 9 Nays, Commissioners Mcintosh. c-mrviiocMrvng on the of and issue Littlefork Mr-mntile Co., supplies Geo. R. Scarlet, part payment Holm and Ellingson. 15.10 of $765,000.00 of ditch bonds, and interest for .Joannes Olson Oct on contract filling gully, The chairman thereupon declare7 accruing on said bonds before Mike Nagurski, supplies for 179.00 69-23 the motion lost. fv delivery thereof, Mrs. Orlick Oct. 17.45 ILERS The motion on the above was secoi Moved by Commissioner Ellingson Now. therefore, in order to insure C. A. Peterson, supplies for ded by Commissioner Mcintosh and that Special County Attorney Arnold said attorney compensation for the I. S. Thompson 20.00 carried on the following vote: be authorized and directed to i^\such services performed, be it resolved, by John Glava, supplies Mrs. H. Ayes, Commissioners Colburn, Mcintosh, steps as is necessary to clean up the county of Koochiching Torlandy Sept: 15.95 bo**rd Holm, French and Ellingson. the blind pigs of the county, ard particularly county, that we hereby ratify, confirm The motion was seconded by-Commissioner Nays, none. in the Gemmell district. Th.? Mcintosh and carried upon a~d approve the acts of said N. Moved by Commissioner French roll was callcd and the motion wa B. Arnold as attorney for the county the following vote: that the following hi'ls be audited and carried upon the following vote: Ayes, Commissioners Colburn, Mcintosh, of Koochiching, under the employment, WILLIAM FARNUM allowed, and auditor instructed to Ayes, Commissioners Colburn, Mcintosh, Ellingson, French and Holm. heretofore made by this boo/"' draw warrants for the same: Holm, French and Ellingson. Nays, none. in all kings' except the matter of Jacob Kohler, witness fees Nays, none. KATHLYN WILLIAMS Moved by Commissioner French vhe- dfm-nd for the return of the 13.96 county investigation Whereas, the work of the investigation that the following bills be audited $175,000.00 of ditch bonds in suit E. A. Dahl, witness fees county of the county auditor's office and and allowed, and auditor instructed above mentioned, action on wlrch 21.52 investigation the work necessary to bring the delinquent to draw warrants for same: matter we hereby reserve, E. J. W. Kohlhase, witness tax records and proceedings A. A. Johnson, electric lamps Be it fur^Vr resolved, that in view THE NEW EDITION fees county investigation... 8.20 up to date, will involve a great deal 4.50 for court house of the benefits derived and to be derived, M. R. Adams, witness fees of clerical work and increase the expense H. L. Frank, supplies for jail 4.00 from th^ work of said N. IN TWELVE REELS 5.20 county investigation of that office for clerical hire Littlefork Times, printing supplies Arnold in conducting the investigation H. W. Ottow, witness fees beyond the appropriation heretofore for auditor and treasurer before the Honorable M. J. 1.12 county investigation 3.50 made and in order to efficiently conduct Brown, special commissioner, we Nils Muus, witness fees county the affairs of that office, it will Hainy River Improvement Co., hereby ratify, apn—^ and confirm investigation 3.16 be necessary to appropriate a further Sept. electricity court house his employment as attorney for the Geo. H. French, witness fees 33.50 sum of $500.00 for clerk hire, now and jail county of Koochiching, including the county investigation 3.16 Therefore, be it resolved, by the International Telephone Co., •v-ite of compms./' viz: $25.00 per Geo. B. Partridge, witness fees county board of Koochiching county, Oct. telephone service, court day and expen^en for invest] a vinv.. county investi r,?.v. ovi 51.36 pursuant to the provisions of section house ... 26.50 and prepaT,o.tio~ cases for hearing Geo. A, Snyder, witness fees 835, R. S. 1913, we hereby appropriate 'Green Hdwe. Co., burial of unknown said M. J. Brown as spcclr." county investigation 1.12 the sum of $500.00 out of any 25.00 commif:.:-ic:^r. and civil suits comirrrx^d C. L. Sheeran, witness fees monies in the treasury not otherwise •John Berg, certificate of expense and t° be begun and th"" su. county investigation 15.00 appropriated for clerk hire for the ease of Mrs. Anna of $50.00 per de.y and expenses fo: J. A. Duffy, witness fees county office of auditor, subject to the approval Carlson 4.20 -ctual time spent in hearings before investigation 31.14 of the attorney general and Berg, certificate of expense John ,1'- commissioner, and befoi-e the dr G?rtrude Sullivan, checking public examiner. case of Mrs. Marie ,:ct court, and in tl auditor's records The foregoing resolution was offered 4.20 2.80 Carlson nuits commenced and to be commenced. Beatrice A. Van Nest, checking by Commissioner C. P- Elline-rjr* H. C. Fraser, clerk of municipal auditor's records 20.13 on lr supported hCommissioner 140.90 court fees Oct v-.\'v tl'-.t 3' M':rie K. Millard, checking Hugh Mcintosh, wiW Andrew Lund, roid work in the employment of said N. auditor's records 13.30 declared carrd on the 'following 30.00 sec. 19 and 24-68-27 Arnold, that he be, and he hereby is ig aud- vote: John Kurzeck, bplunce on ,:p!oy as spe^' "Horney for the 4.20 Ayes, Commissioners Ellingson. county road work. sec. 1.770-24' itor's records ... count- board to g,ve "dvice in rnat-fove IvTcI rtosh, Holm, French and Colburn. 235.50 Lillian Feldman, stenographic the board growir 12.90 Nays. none. "Wright-Barrett & Stillwell, work for N. B. Arnold out of the in- and out On motion the board adjourned to supplies for county offices. Ruth Vipond, checking auditor's 22.80 civil suits commenced and to be commenced. meet at 7:30 p. m. J. E. Sullivan, wood for county records 4.20 and in n- matters hoppU"''! OcL. 26 25 Eleanor Lord, checking- auditor's tho board concerning which 'C. A. Peterson, supplies for records 11.20 The board -^d at 7:30 p. m. they reonire advic° 36.45 tr^ctrv di--,tv'ct No. 5 Anna O'Malley, checking auditor's Roll call—Member's present, Colburn, The foregoing resolution was offby J. J. Doran, supplies for tractor 7.00 records Mcintosh, Ellingson, Holm and Co™™' P. Ellingson C. and repair at jiil ... 9.00 Gladys Yernberg, checking French, absent, none. and on his motion supported by GRAND THEATRE L. A. Ogaard, certificate of expense 17.50 auditor's records Moved by Commissioner Ellingson Hug1" Mcintosh and de­ 6.96 Mrs. H. Pitblado, checking that the auditor be instructed to dispose clared carried upon the following S. E. Thompson & Son, hauling 4.55 auditors records of the five cows now at the county vote: wood to court house and Caroline Polenske, stenographic poor farm for the reason they are Ayes, "Wdntosh, Ellingson, Holm. 15.75 jail n^-1- -"•'•'-ed for dairy purposes, and th work 4.00 French and Colburn. a .'-ing testimony proceeds of such sale to be credited Thos. P. White, fees and expenses Nays, none. blind pig ci^e^ 10.00 to the poor fund. The motion was subpoenaing M. R. Moved by Commissioner French -F. P. Pelland, county road seconded by Commissioner Mclr+and Adams, et al 3.29 ONE NIGHT that the following bills of J. H. Ward work 25.00 carried upon the following vote: Thos. P. White, expenses case fame being for part myment on contract W. E. Martin, removing screen Ayes, Cor" French, Ellingson, case of county vs. Harrigan 7.37 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12 for state road No. 24, twp. 6322, windows and putting on Holm, Mcintosh and Colburn. Geo. P. Watson, supplies 3.50 be audited and allowed, and audiinstructed storm windows at court Nays. none. Ray Barton, services as to draw warrants for "house and jail 23.10 the auditor b~ instructed to purchase chairman and expenses on same: 32. W. Webb, supplies for resurvey forty-two (42) storm windows and road No. 9 60.05 J. H. Ward, part payment on ADMISSION: ADULTS* 35j CHILDREN, 20 sec. 6-259-27 2.-50 —lissioner French moved that Charles Meserve, services as contract state ro*^1 Vi, 24. .$107.18 Andv Ryan, services as axeman five (5) storm doors for the county rodman and expenses on Ward, part payment on 4.50 TJr resurvey sec. 6-159-27. COME EARLY as the length of the picture allows only one show building. Commissioner road No. 24 16.35 contract state road No. 24.. 27 2^ Peder S^hre services as axemry Intosh src^^M -"•'V'ryn njij the Peter Marschall, services as H. Ward, part on re-survey sec. 6-159-27 9.0V0 was car^"-'1 the following rodman and expenses on Oo rg Magladry, services as ",t"te road No. 24.: 52.31 vote: ditch No. 18 44.66 H. Ward, par* ~"t on re-"uvvrv sec. 6159-37 Ayes, Commissioners Colburn. McTr.^v Peter Marschall, services as 24.. 58.50 19.13 Ellingson. French and Holm. chairman and expenses on S. REMEMBER THE MAN promises community progress. J. H. Ward, part ^~"t on Dan Dan'elson. services as N-^ys. none. R. H. Nos. 5 and 9 61.06 WHO IS BEHIND THE GUN him contract state road No. 24.. 46.12 In actual practice we find :v°?"n sec. 6-159-27...... 7.31 Co'mrussioner French Motion was seconded by Commissioner J. H. Ward, part payment on G. E. Lyng, services as ass'e that the county purchase one Delco his doing this in his columns, by Ellingson and carried on the r»««trn.et state road No. 24.. 85.81 engineer re-survey sec. 6159-27 lip-Mrngp svst^m p^d motor for conntv following vote: his When you sit down to read, Personal influence, and by 41.05 Motion was seconded by Commissioner building ^o be used for lighting Ayes, Commissioners Ellingson, means—as far as they will permit—for 3?. E. JTart.in, services as rodman Ellingson and carried upon the and also ^r. approximate your newspaper give a thought Mcintosh, French, Holm and Colburn. re-survey sec. 6-159-27 15.00 I never heard of a close folowing vote: cost to be about $325.00, Commissioner Nays, none. now and then to the editor who Motion seconded by Commissionjr Ayes, Commissioners Holm, Ellingson, Elling""" fisted editor in all my experience. On motion the board adjourned to has done his best to edit' something Mcintosh and carried upon the following French, Mcintosh and Colburn. tion and ^pon rol1 +he same wa~ convene at 1:30 p. m. He gives back in overflowing vote: c"1",n'oH upon the fo^wying vote: that you will enjoy reading, Nays. none. measures for all that he re- Ayes, Commissioners French, Mcintosh, Commissioner French moved that and pause to think that ofttimes The board r^-c^vjned at 1:30 p. m. Colburn, Holm and Ellingson. the following bills for labor on state McT^tosh. French, Colburn and Holm, when you are snug in bed he is jceives- Moose Lake Star. Roll call—members yresent: Colburn, Nays, none. road No. 25 be audited and allowed ^vs. none. Mcintosh, French, Holm and Commissioner French moved that fnd •--~H»r,ct'-d to draw warrants On motion bv Commissioner poring over his desk till late at MINNESOTA DRY IN 2 Ellingson absent, none. the following bills be audited and allowed Frpnch.. seconded by Commissioner for same: night that you may not be disappointed Whereas, the committee appointed YEARS, SAYS PETERSON and auditor instructed to draw v^^ngson and earned bu John Sundeen, repairs on in your paper when you to secure an engineer pursuant to resolution (varT'ints for the same: vote, the audits* w?s authorized grader and road scraper 5.50 and instruction of the board, Moorhead, Minn, Nov. 27.— have received it. 3. E. Lyng, asst. engineer have a. wn»lr ^Violvinp' built John Sundeen, clearing right secured the services of George B. county road township 63-22$ 13.42 Minnesota will be voted "dry" in The following article by J. P. in the vault of auditor's office. of-way 19.62 Hughes, road engineer of Cook county *G. E. Lyng. asst. engineer John Sundeen, team labor.... 35.75 Engineer L. M. Berg appeared before Lowry on the country editor as two years. state road No. 25, twp. 64-22 40.36 board and made a report of John Sundeen, team labor.... 16.50 Senator F. H. Peterson, "father a community builder, seems to Now. therefore, be it resolved that G. E. Lyng, asst. engineer oo +n /»nnd'tions and proerress John Sundeen, services as said employment be and hereby is in county road sec. 17-70-24 .. 5.25 cover the point we desire to of the Minnesota county option of work on Judicial ditch No. tractor engineer 17.50, all things confirmed, and the salary G. E. Lyng, asst. engineer 18. law," says so. The motion was seconded by Commissioner make very clear. of said Hughes and his assistants be off-take ditch twp. 160-27.. 14.40 Commissioner Ellingson moved Mcintosh and carried upon "The country editor has a little Senator Peterson aims in the the same as heretofore fixed by the G. E. Lyng, asst. engineer /.owirnittee to the following vote: board of engineers and assistants. world of his own, and he is its coming session of the legislature state road No. 8, twp. 158-25 7.55 investigate ditch matters in freneroi Ayes, Commissioners, Mcintosh, G. E. Lyng, asst. engineer The foregoing resolution was offered with a view of stopping or continuing servant. We call this little world to effect the passage of a constitutional Ellingson, French, Holm and Colburn. county road twp. 63-25 and by Commissioner C. A. Ellingson, wrtrlc in the county and to Nays, none. 'the community/ His business is amendment banning the towH 26 37.04 and on his motion supported by. into the of sale of l«*rd Moved by Commissioner French, to give that community vision sale of liquor within the confines engineer G. E. Lyng, asst. Commissioner Mcintosh, was declared under th» Volstead act in Beltrami seconded by Commissioner Ellingson, state road No. 24, twr. 63-25 7.60 of the state. to create or awaken community carried on the following vote: eorni+v. th* results obtained and that the bill of the Free Press Co. H. W. Leseman, livery hire for other detailed information as increa® consciousness to give, expression "North Dakota and South Dakota Ayes, Ellingson, Mcintosh, Holm, date of October 9th, amount $198.75 engineers county road work 13.00 ip fayps, e+c. Th* motion was seconded French and Golburn. for election supplies be audited and to the community mind. His on our west, and Iowa on M. as axeman Riordan, services by Comm Fr"*»ch Nays, none. auditor instructed -nved. and to county road work 63-26 4.00 newspapers should be a composite the south, are or will be dry carried by unanimous vote. The Whereas, an investigation was ordered draw warrant for same. Montion John Kurzeck, part payment chairman annoin^ a* such commitrvr«irpcsionpr^ likeness of all the varied interests Minnesota will vote for statewide by Governor Burnquist under carried. on contract, sec. 17-70-24.. 75.00 Ellingson a-'1 of the community life, prohibition when the issue petitions for the removal of L. H. Commissioner French moved that Tr~anch. and °lc,o '-"drman. who Standard Oil Co., gasoline for Slocum, R. S. McDonald, William quickening the common thought the following commissioners' bills be comes before the people and I tractor district No. 2 38.92 will act ex-officio. Harrigan, Harold Royem, M. A. Ulvedahl audited and allowed, and auditor instructed On the hoard H^"'»**icd *o and directing it into those channels am confident that the coming Standard Oil Co., gasoline for and John Bursack, county officials to draw warrants for same: meet on Tuesday, December 12, 1916, tractor for district No. 2.. 31.19 which lead to progress and session of the legislature will of the county of Koochiching, A.. B. Colburn, mileage attending ~f 10 o'clock a. m. E. M- Klin^, services as tractor and. advancement. take favorable action on constitutional meeting $ 1.20 A. B. Colburn, engineer district No. 3.. 90.50 Whereas, N. B. Arnold was employed C. P. Ellingson, mileage attending "It is for him to actively support prohibition," said the Attestr Chairman. wood to Wm. Johnson, hauling by this l)oard to appear for meeting 39.60 every enterprise which senator today. Wi^on. Tir court house 7.50 the county of Koochiching and act" in G. H. French, mileage attend­ A syv* AjLL-M-TVst'M' v.