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I LITTLE SAND LAKE I
Seth Person plowed for Goggle-eyes
Friday.
Pete Oslund called at A. Wadman’s
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Alvin Wadman called on Mrs.
E. S. Dahlberg Sunday.
Alvin Wadman plowed and harrow
ed for August Setterberg last Satur
day.
Ole Pearson of Max called at A.
Okerman's and August Satterberg’s
Sunday.
Alvin Wadman called at the Han
ilton place in southern Sand Lake on
Sunday.
Seth Person skidded up logs for
a bam for Ole Pearson of Max, Tues
day and Wednesday.
E. S. Dahlberg walked to Jessie
Lake Saturday and visited his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Dahlberg,
returning Sunday.
Having experienced a severe win
ter, we fully expected an early
spring but it seems not. The weath
erman seems to have forgotten us.
County Commissioner C. M. King,
together with Mrs. King and Engi
neer O. J. Lidberg, autoed through
this locality Saturday, being out to
inspect roads.
The wanagan on Sand lake was al
most destroyed in the big storm of
a week ago and the boom broke, scat
tering all the logs, about 3,000,000
feet, over the lakes and down the
river. It is learned that three horses
and a cow were killed by falling tim
ber during this storm in Sand Lake.
MARBLE
Rev. W. E. Ellis was a Nashwauk
visitor Friday.
Mrs. D. M. Vermilyea spent Satur
day in Hibbing.
Mrs. Forest Dockeray was a Cole
raine visitor Friday.
Mrs. J. P. Caldwell and baby son
returned from Duluth Saturday.
J. F. Carson and Miss Vida Williams
attended the dance at Coleraine Sat
urday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. John Larson, Mrs. H.
L. Van Horn and Miss Violet Van
Horn motored to Coleraine Friday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Butler were Du
luth visitors the early part of the
week, returning home in their new
Willys-Knight car.
Mrs. John Davis, Mrs. A. Jonnum,
Mrs. Clifford Brown and Mrs. J. H.
Bush went to Bovey Thursday even
ing to see “Damaged Goods,” at the
threater there.
The home talent play “The Dutch
Detective” given Wednesday evening
at Nashwauk for the benefit of the
Nashwauk M. E. church was attended
by a large crowd.
DORA LAKE
F. Shaw is now located at Dora
Lake.
Carl Shogrin called in Dora Lake
Wednesday.
T. V. Robinson went to Stanley on
Wednesday.
Miss Jennie Kelrose spent a few
days at the Congdon home this week,
Pioneer Store
Warmer Weather
Is Here
So is our line of
MUNSING
Men, Women and Children’s
Warm Weather Underwear.
Two-piece and Union Suits.
Queen Quality Shoes for Women
King Quality Shoes for Men
Kalt Zimmer Shoes for Children
JOHN BECKFELT
en route to her home in Round Lake.
Jesse Harry passed through Dora
Lake Wednesday.
W. J. Ibbitson, the town assessor,
took up his work this week.
Charles Cross is plowing for J. B.
Shanner of Popple, this week.
J. Ervin of Bemidji, spent a couple
of days in Dora Lake on business.
Mrs. B. N. Congdon and family
called at the Leigh home Sunday.
W. Forsyth of Stanley, has made
several business calls here this week.
Hary Leigh and Dick Robinson
made a business trip to Stanley this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Leigh returned
Friday from Akeley where they spent
the last three weeks visiting.
Mrs. Charles Cross and Miss Myrtle
Johnston called on Miss Alice Scott
of Stanley, Friday afternoon.
F ALVWOOD I
o o
George Johnson was a Moose Park
caller Thursday.
Katie and Alma Sandnes were Alv
wood school visitors Wednesday after
noon.
John Milland quit -work as engineer
at the local mill Thursday evening as
he intends leaving today.
Aimer Meland and Katie Sandnes
were pleasant callers at the Birch
Park farm Friday evening.
Word was received from Deer River
the past week that J. J. Johnson was
sick with inflamatory rheumatism.
Edward Norbo has taken the en
gine job at the local mill in place of
John Meland, starting work Friday.
The state veterinary took dinner at
the D. Danielson home Sunday and in
the afternoon drove on to Good Hope.
Esther, Mildred and Elgert Bodier
spent Sunday afternoon and evening
playing with Clars and Julia Bloom
quist.
Mrs. C. 0. Peterson and daughter,
Florence, called at the Alvwood mill
Thursday afternoon to see it in opera
tion for the first time.
Edward Nelson has brought his
family back to his homestead in
Moose Park from Minneapolis. He
expects to remain here now.
Anna Moran and Muriel Stapleton
enjoyed the picnic last Sunday given
on the shore of Island lake by the P.
P. Q. lodge from Northome.
Alma Sandnes and Bert Stonefield
report a swell time at the dance given
last Saturday evening by Al Bondy
in the new house on Dixon lake.
Alma Sandnes returned to her home
in Good Hope Thursday after spend
ing a week and a half at the Alvwood
saw mill assisting her sister, Katie,
with the house work during the ab
sence of Mrs. Emil Johnson.
The Alvwood school of the Silver
Star club will give an entertainment
to parents and friends May 30th, in
the afternoon. Everybody is invited.
There will be on exhibition the work
done by the school during the year.
Soon youll have
Ell —s- —
NEW LINE
Grand Rapids, Minn.
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1916
BOARD OF AUDIT REPORT
To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners, Itasca County, Minnesota.
Gentlemen:
The undersigned Board of Audit of said Itasca county, met at the
office of the county treasurer of said county, on the 29th day of April, A. D.
1916, for the purpose of examining and auditing the accounts, books and
vouchers of John E. McMahon, treasurer of said county, and to count and as
certain the kind, description and amount of funds in the county treasury and
belonging thereto. We respectfully make the following report thereon:
Treasurer's receipts from December 31st, 1915, to May Ist, 1916—
Balance in the treasury $211,046.05
From Tax Collection 104,236.62
j From Mtg. Reg. Tax 655.66
From Collections on. Public Lands 4,845.13
From Collections on Private Redemptions 4,002.71
From Collections Road and Bridge 5,852.24
From Collections Bonds and Interest 29,368.00
From School Apportionment and State Aid 801.01
From Revenue 3,217.98
From Assurance 2.46
From Teachers Fund 151.77
From Poor Fund ._ 186.03
Total Balance and Receipts (a) $364,365.66
Disbursements from January Ist, 1916, to May Ist, 1916—
Paid Orders on Revenue Fund $ 46,781.45
Paid Orders on Poor Fund 10,052.16
Paid Warrants on Private Redemption Fund 4,441.46
Paid Warrants on Road and Bridge Fund 33,399.39
Paid Warrants on Interest Fund 940.50
Paid Warrants on General Ditch Fund 8,517.97
Paid Warrants on Town and Village Funds 21,691.51
Paid Warrants on School District Fund 41,957.86
Paid Warrants on Collections from Public Lands 1,400.88
Paid Warrants on Mortgage Tax 11.16
Paid Warrants on Incidental 200.73
Paid Warrants on Refund 501.03
Paid Warrants on Teachers Fund 151.77
Paid Warrants on County Attorney Contingent Fund 277.51
Balance at close of business April 29th, 1916, (b) $194,040.28
Total Disbursements and Balance (a) $364,365.66
Bank Deposits and Cash on Hand (to balance) —
Cash in Safe and Drawer $ 149.52
Cash Items, Checks, Money Orders 3,257.63
Deposited in First National bank. Grand Rapids 11,545.90
Deposited in First State bank, Grand Rapids 11,798.59
Deposited in First National bank. Deer River 15,312.76
Deposited in First State bank, Bovey 12,059.68
Deposited in First National bank, Coleraine 9,434.36
Deposited in First State bank. Marble ; 6,652.48
Deposited in First State bank, Keewatin 7,225.11
Deposited in First National bank, Nashwauk 8,807.66
Deposited in First State bank, Bigfork 6,302.17
Deposited in Farmers State bank. Deer River 12,000.00
Deposited in Security State bank. Grand Rapids 30,000.00
Deposited in Warba State bank, Warba 10,000.00
Deposited in Merchants & Miners. Hibbing 10,000.00
Deposited in Cohasset State bank, Cohasset 8,570.87
Mortgage Loans 14,500.00
Kremer Securities 13,625.00
Ditch Warrants 130.60
Ditch Bonds 2',667.95
Total Funds * (b) .$194,040.28
Respectfully submitted this 22nd day of May, 1916.
FRANK SHERMAN, County Auditor.
MORRIS O’BRIEN, Chairman Board County Com’rs.
I. D. RASSMUSSEN, Clerk District Court.
Notice of Receiving Sealed Bids—Road Construction.
Notice is hereby given that the board of county commissioners of
Itasca county, Minn., will receive sealed bids, offers and tenures for the build
ing and construction of part of County Road No. 166, described as follows:
Beginning at the quarter post between Sections 33, and 32, Township 55,
Range 23, and thence running east on the center line of said Section 32, a
distance of one-half mile to the center of said Section 32, and thence running
south on the center line of Section 32 a distance of one-half mile to in
tersect the Town Line road between Townships 55-23 and 54-23.
Plans and specifications may be seen at the office of the superintendent
of highways, and at the office of the county auditor.
Bids will be received up to the hour of ten o’clock of June 16, 1916,
at the office of the county auditor in the county board rooms, in the county
court house, in the village of Grand Rapids, Minn., for this work.
A certified check of five per cent of the amount of the bid must
accompany each offer and tenure.
Address all bids in sealed envelopes and mail or deliver same to
Frank Sherman, county auditor. Grand Rapids, Minn., and mark all enve
lopes containing bids, “BIDS FOR ROAD NO. 166.”
The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
Dated May 16th, 1916.
By order of the county board,
MORRIS O’BRIEN,
Attest: Chairman.
FRANK SHERMAN, County Auditor.
(County Auditor's Seal.)
May 24, 31 and. June 7. 1916
Mortgage Foreclosure Sale
Notice is hereby given, that default
has been made in the conditions of a
mortgage executed and delivered by
Madam Philomana Kinney (formerly
Madam P. Sayer) and Patrick S. Kinney,
her husband, mortgagors, to Cohasset
State bank, a Minnesota corporation,
mortgagee, dated December 21, 1910,
and recorded in the office of the register
of deeds of Itasca county, Minnesota,
on December 29, 1910, at 5 o’clock p. m.,
in Book "W” of mortgages at Page
83; that the amount due and claimed
to be due on said mortgage at this
date is the sum of four hundred thirty
eight and 45-100 dollars ($438.45); that
the premises described in and covered
by said mortgage are lots five (5) and
thirty-seven (37) of Block one (1), of
the Original plat of COhasset, Minne
sota, situated in Itasca county, Minne
sota. according to the plat thereof on
file in the office of the register of
deeds of said county; that by virtue
of the power of sale contained in said
mortgage and pursuant to the statute
in such case made and provided, such
mortgage will be foreclosed by the sale
of said premises at public vendue to
the highest bidder for cash by the
sheriff of said Itasca county, at the
front door of the county court house in
the Village of Grand Rapids in said
county and state on Saturday, the first
day of July, 1916, at 10 o’clock a. m.,
to satisfy the amount then due on said
mortgage, including interest and taxes,
if any, which may then have been paid
by said mortgagee on said premises,
together with the costs of such sale
and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) at
torney’s fees stipulated in said mort
gage and allowed by law.
Dated May 15, 1916.
COHASSET STATE BANK,
Mortgagee.
THWING & ROSSMAN,
Attorneys for Mortgagee,
Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
—May 17. 24, 31, June 7, 14, 21
Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale
Default having occurred in the con
ditions of a certain mortgage executed
and delivered by John H. Meinke and
Minnie Meinke, his wife, mortgagors,
to George Dredge, mortgagee, said
mortgage bearing date the 30th day
of September, 1911, and filed for record
in the office of the register of deeds
in and for Itasca county, Minnesota, on
the 11th day of October, 1911, at 2:15 I
o’clock p. m. in Book ‘,T” of Mortgages |
on Page 516, and
Said mortgage was duly assigned by
an instrument in writing by said George
Dredge to Marie G. Shea, which said
assignment is dated the 6th day of
October. 1911, and recorded in the of
fice of the register of deeds in and for
Itasca county, Minnesota, on the 16th
day of December, 1911, at 8:40 o’clock
a. m. in Book "R” of Mortgages on Page
465. That the premises described in
and covered by said mortgage are des
cribed as follows, to-wit:
The west half of the northwest
quarter NW^) of Section eleven
(11), and the south half of the north
east quarter (S% NEU) of Section 12,
all of Township fifty-six (56), North
of Range twenty-seven (27), West of
the Fifth Principal Meridian, contain
ing one hundred and sixty (160) acres,
more or less, Itasca county, Minnesota,
according to the government survey
thereof, and subject to one-half of the
regular mineral reservation.
And "Whereas, there is now claimed
to be due and there is due on said
mortgage the sum of five hundred
dollars ($500.00) as principal, and
। eighty-nine and 70-100 dollars ($89.70)
as interest, making the total thereof
the sum of five hundred eighty-nine
and 70-100 dollars ($589.70). That no
action or proceeding having been in
stituted at law or otherwise to recover
the debt secured by said mortgage or
any part thereof.
Now, Therefore, Notice is Hereby
Given, that by virtue of the power of
sale in said mortgage contained, and
pursuant to the statute in such case
made and provided, the said mortgage
will be foreclosed by sale of the prem
ises described in and covered by said
mortgage, at public vendue, to the
highest bidder for cash, by the sheriff
of Itasca county. Minnesota, which sale
will be held at the office of said sheriff
in the court house at Grand Rapids,
Minnesota, on Monday, the 19th day
of June, 1916, at 10 o’clock in the fore
noon of said day, to satisfy the amount
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
then due on said mortgage and the
taxes, if any, on said premises together
with the costs and disbursements of
said sale, and twenty-five dollars
($25.00) attorney’s fees, as stipulated
in and by said mortgage in case of
foreclosure; subject to redemption at
any time within one (1) year from
the date of sale as provided by law.
Dated April 24th, 1916.
MARIE G. SHEA,
Assignee of Mortgagee.
JOHN O. LOEFFLER,
Attorney for Assignee of mortgagee,
806 Plymouth Building,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
—May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, June 7.
Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.
Notice is hereby given that default
has occurred in the performance of the
terms and conditions of a certain real
estate mortgage, made, executed and
delivered by George H.' South and
Hattie R. South, his wife, as mortgag
ors, to James B. Bradshaw and Daw
son Bradshaw, copartners doing busi
ness as Bradshaw Brothers, dated the
15th day of August, 1912, filed for
record in the office of the register of
deeds of Itasca county, Minnesota, on
the 9th day of September, 1912, at
4:30 o’clock, p. m., and duly recorded
therein in Book 4 of mortgages on
page 111, and describing and mortgag
ing the following described premises,
tying and being in Itasca county, Min
nesota, to-wit: Lots two (2), three
(3), four (4), and the Southeast
quarter of Northwest quarter (SE% of
NW%) of Section five (5), in Town
ship one hundred forty-eight (148),
north of Range twenty-nine (29), West
of the fifth principal Meridian (5 P. M.);
That the amount due on said mortgage
at the date of this notice is three
hundred eighty dollars ($380.00), being
the sum of three hundred dollars
($300.00) with interest thereon from the
2nd day of January, 1913, at the rate of
eight per cent (B%)per annum; that on
Saturday, the 17th day of June, 1916, at
10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the sheriff’s
office in the village of Grand Rapids,
county of Itasca and state of Minne
sota, the said mortgagees will sell said
premises at public vendue to the high
est bidder for cash to satisfy the
amount due on said mortgage and in
terest and costs and expenses of sale,
including an attorney’s fee of fifty
dollars ($50.00), stipulated to be paid
in and by said mortgage in the event
of foreclosure thereof.
Dated May 2, 1916.
JAMES B. BRADSHAW and
DAWSON BRADSHAW,
Copartners, doing busi
ness as Bradshaw Broth
ers, Mortgagees.
THWING & ROSSMAN,
Attorneys for Mortgagees,
Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
May 3, 10, 17, 23 June 7, 14.
Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale
Notice is Hereby Given, That default
has occurred in the performance of the
terms and conditions of a certain real
estate mortgage, made, executed and
delivered by Frederick J. Martin and
Luella L. Martin, his wife, as mort
gagors, to Advance Land company, a
corporation under the laws of the
State of Minnesota, as mortgagee, which
mortgage is dated, the first day of
February, 1912, and was filed for record
in the office of the register of deeds
of Itasca county, Minnesota, on the
3rd day of February, 1912, at 1:10
o’clock p. m., and was duly recorded
therein in Book “T” of Mortgages at
Page 575; that a description of the
premises described, mortgaged and con
veyed in and by said mortgage is as
follows:
The west half of the northwest
quarter (W% of NW%) of Section
thirty-four (34), in Township fifty-four
(54) north, of Range twenty-three (23)
west of the Fourth Principal Meridian,
containing eighty acres, more or less,
according to the United States Govern
ment survey thereof, and lot eight (8)
of Section twenty-eight (28), in Town
ship fifty-four (54) north, of Range
twenty-three (23) west of the Fourth
Principal Meridian, according to the
United States Government survey there
of, and all that part of the south half
of the northeast quarter of the south
east quarter (S% of NE^ of SE%) of
Section twenty-eight (28), in Town
ship fifty-four (54) north, of Range
twenty-three (23) west of the Fourth
Principal Meridian, lying south and
west of the right of way of the Great
। Northern Railroad company as said
right of way was, on January 6, 1910,
। laid out, surveyed and located over,
upon and across said northeast quarter
of the southeast quarter (NE% of
SE*4) of said Section twenty-eight (28),
and all that part of the northwest
quarter of the northeast quarter (NW%
i of NE^) of Section thirty-four (34),
in Township fifty-four (54) north, of
Range twenty-three (23) west of the
Fourth Principal Meridian, which lies
south and west of the right of way of
the Great Northern Railway company
as said right of way was, on January
6th, 1910, surveyed, laid out and locat
ed over, upon and across said north
-1 west quarter of the northeast quarter
(NWU of NE%) of said Section thirty
four (34), subject, however to the
mineral reservation and all rights
reserved to St. Anthony Lumber com
pany, a corporation, in that certain
deed from St. Anthony Lumber com
-1 pany, a corporation, to William »C.
i Yancey bearing date March 2nd, 1904,
i and filed May 3rd, 1904, and recorded
I in Book 15 of Deeds on Page 281 in
| the office of the Register of Deeds of
said Itasca county, and the east half
I of the northwest quarter (E% of NW%.)
the north half of the southwest quarter
(N% of SW*4) and the northwest
1 quarter of the southeast quarter (NW%
of SE&) of Section thirty-four (34),
in Township fifty-four (54) north, of
Range twenty-three (23) west of the
Fourth Principal Meridian, according
to the United States Government sur
vey thereof, and that parcel of land
lying within the following described
lines, to-wit: Commencing at a point
one hundred twenty-five (125) feet
east of the southeast corner of lot
two (2) in block seven (7) in the
Townsite of Feeley, according to the
plat thereof on file and of record in the
office of the register of deeds in and
for Itasca county, Minnesota, and
running thence east one hundred and
seventy-five (175) feet, thence north
one hundred twenty-four (124) feet,
thence west one hundred seventy-fi.e
(175) feet, thence south one hundred
twenty-four (124) feet to the place of
beginning, being a tract of land one
hundred twenty-four (124) feet wide
and one hundred seventy-five (175)
feet long, and being the same land
conveyed by Andrew Johnson and wife
to Archibald A. Hall by deed bearing
date November 4th, 1909, and record
ed in the office of the register of
deeds of Itasca county, Minnesota, on
the 20th day of December, 1909, in
Book 57 of Deeds on Page 4;
That by instrument of assignment
dated the 27th day of May, 1914, said
Advance Land company duly assigned
said mortgage to Anna Johnson, which
instrument of assignment was filed for
record in the office of said register of
deeds on the 20th day of June, 1914, at
9 o’clock a m., and was duly recorded in
Book “W” of Mortgages on Page 284:
that by instrument of assignment dated
the 23rd day of December, 1915, the
said Anna Johnson assigned said
mortgage to the United States National
bank of Superior, a corporation organ
ized and existing under the laws of
the United States, which assignment
was filed for record in the office of
said register of deeds on the 24th day
of December, 1915, at 3 o’clock p. m.,
and was duly recorded therein in Book
13 of Mortgages on Page 11; that no
action or proceeding in law or in
equity has been instituted to recover
the debt now remaining secured by the
said mortgage or any part thereof;
that there is due at the date of this
notice on the indebtedness secured by
said mortgage, the sum of six thousand
three hundred fifty-nine and 75|100
dollars ($6,359.75) described in and se
cured by said mortgage, the prin
cipal sum of said indebtedness
being the sum of fifty-two hun
dred dollars ($5,200.00), with inter
est thereon from the first day of March,
1913, at the rate of seven per cent
(7%) per annum; that on Saturday, the
24th- day of June, 1916, at 10 o’clock
in the forenoon, at the sheriff’s office
in the county .court house building in
the village of Grand Rapids in said
county, the mortgagee, pursuant to the
power of sale contained in said mort
gage becoming operative by reason of
the default of the mortagaors to pay
the principal and interest due on said
mortgage as same became due, will
sell said mortgaged premises and all
of the same at public vendue to the
highest bidder- for cash to satisfy the
amounts due on said mortgage and in
terest and the costs and expenses of
sale, including an attorneys’ fee of
one hundred dollars ($100.00) as stipu
lated in said mortgage to be paid on*
the foreclosure thereof.
. Dated May 8, 1916.
THE UNITED STATES
NATIONAL BANK OF
SUPERIOR, Mortgagee.
Superior, Wisconsin.
THWING & ROSSMAN,
Attorneys for Mortgagee,
Grand Rapids, Minn.
—May 10, 17, 24, 31, June 7, 14
Order For Hearing on Petition to Con
vey Lands on Contract
State of Minnesota, 1
ss
County of Itasca. J
In Probate Court,
In the matter of the estate of Antti
Juhanson, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of
Herman Kangas claiming to be entitled
to a conveyance of certain real estate
from the administratrix of said estate,
setting forth that Antti Juhanson, de
ceased, was bound by a contract in
writing to convey said real estate to
he said Herman Kangas upon the terms
and conditions therein stated, with a
description of the land to be conveyed,
and the facts upon which such claim to
conveyance is predicated, and praying
that the probate court make a decree
authorizing and directing the said
administratrix of said estate to convey
said real estate to said petitioner as
the person entitled thereto.
It is therefore ordered. That all per
sons interested in said estate may ap
pear before this court, at a special term
thereof to be held on Thursday, the
Bth day of June, A. D. 1916, at 2 o’clock
in the afternoon at the probate office
in the court house in Village of Grand
Rapids in said county and oppose said
petition.
And it is further ordered. That this
order shall be published once in each
week for three successive weeks prior
to said day of hearing in the Grand
Rapids Herald-Review, a legal weekly
newspaper printed and published at
Grand Rapids, in said county.
Dated at Grand Rapids, Minnesota,
the 16th day of May, A. D. 1916.
By the Court,
CLARENCE B. WEBSTER,
(Court Seal) Judge of Probate.
—May 17, 24, 31
Notice of Sealed Bids
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Education, School District No.
One, Itasca county, Minn., at Grand
Rapids, Minnesota, up until 7:30 p. m.
of Saturday, June 3, 1916, for install
ing heating, plumbing and sewerage
disposal apparatus in school buildings
being erected at Warba and Bigfork,
Minnesota.
Separate or combined bids will be
received.
A certified check for 5 per cent of
the amount thereof must accompany
each bid.
Plans and specifications may be ob
tained from Holstead & Sullivan,
Architects, Palladio Bldg., Duluth,
Minn., upon the deposit of a certified
check for $20.00 which check will for
feit to school district No. One if plans
and specifications are not returned and
bids are not submitted.
The board reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids.
J. D. DORAN, Clerk.
—May 24, 31
Notice of Receiving Sealed Bids
—Road Construction—
Notice is hereby given that sealed
offers, tenures and proposals will be
received by the board of county com
missioners of Itasca county, Minnesota,
at a meeting of said county board to
be held at the county board rooms, in
the court house, in the village of
Grand Rapids. Minn., on Tuesday, the
16th day of May, 1916, at the hour of
ten o’clock in the forenoon of said day,
for the construction of County Road
No. 111, (known as the Hegdahl road.)
according to the plans and specifica
tions therefor on file with Oscar J.
Lidberg, county superintendent of high
ways, Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
Bids will be received up to the hour
of the calling of said meeting, and each
bid must be accompanied with a certi
fied check equal to ten per cent of the
amount of the bid submitted, cton-
t ditioned that if said bidder is awarded
1 a contract said bidder will furnish a
, bond to be approved by the county at
, torney for the completion of said con
i' tract as per the specifications therefor.
’ Address all bids in envelopes, marked
, “Bid Upon County Road No. 111, Itasca
t County,” to Frank Sherman, county
, Auditor.
, The board reserves the right to re
t ject any and all bids. By order of the
s county board, dated April 18th, 1916.
’ (Auditor’s Seal)
t FRANK SHERMAN,
’ County Auditor, Itasca County, Minn.
’ April 26, May 3, 10.
' SALE OF SCHOOL AND
OTHER STATE LANDS
' State of Minnesota, State Auditor’s
office. St. Paul, Minn., April 24, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that on June
19, 1916, at 10 o’clock a. m., in the of
fice of the county auditor at Grand
Rapids, Itasca county, in the State of
Minnesota, I will offer for sale certain
unsold state lands and also those state
lands which have reverted to the state
by reason of the non-payment of in
terest.
TERMS OF SALE
Fifteen per cent of the purchase price
is payable to the county treasurer at
the time of sale. The unpaid balance
is payable at any time in whole or in
part on or before forty years from the
date of sale at an interest rate of four
per cent per annum, due on June first
of each year; provided, that the inter
est can be paid at any time within the
interest year without penalty. In ef
fect, this means that the interest
money may be paid any time between
June first and May thirty-first with
out penalty.
Appraised value of timber, when so
stated, must be paid for in full at the
time of sale.
All mineral rights are reserved to
the state by the laws of the state.
All lands are sold subject to any and
all ditch taxes thereon.
Lands on which the interest has be
come delinquent may be redeemed at
any time up to the hour of sale, or be
fore resale, to the actual purchaser.
Such lands are listed under the cap
tion: “Delinquent Lands.”
No person can purchase more than
320 acres of land as provided by the
General Laws 1905; provided, however,
that state lands purchased previous to
1905 is not charged against such pur
chaser.
Agents acting for purchasers must
furnish affidavit of authority.
Appraisers’ reports showing quality
and kind of soil are on file in this
office.
Lists giving legal descriptions of
lands to be offered may be obtained
of the state auditor or the immigra
tion commissioner at St. Paul, and of
the county auditor at above address.
J. A. O. PREUS,
State Auditor.
—May 3, 10, 17, 24.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
School Board
OF
School District No. 1, Grand Rap
ids. Itasca County. Minnesota.
Grand Rapids, Minn.,
May 6, 1916.
A meeting of the school board of
school district No. One was held in the
Central school building at nine o’clock
a. m. Trustees Stockwell, Roecker and
Doran were present.
Cash was received as follows: Rent
of auditorium, $5.00; sale of note books,
The following bills were allowed:
Pay of teachers of rural schools
for month ending May 5 $3905.96
Pay of drivers of school buses
for month ending May 5 1042 25
Oscar Tenhunen, transporting
children to Smith school 51 41
Edward ' Wilson, expenses as
truant officer 9 80
C. W. Forrest, freight, express
and drayage 12 54
George Lothrop, postag'e on
supplies shipped 6 25
F. W. Stockwell, expenses on
school trips 11 54
A. L. Roecker, expenses on
school trips 7 97
Central Drug Store, formalde-
hyde, etc, Cohasset school 10 50
Dunn & Marcia, lumber for
manual training 18 10
Estella Sherman, supplies for
Hayden school 1 05
W. A. Robertson, hauling sup-
plies, Max and Kananen 1 00
Draper Shade Co., window
shades for Cain school 7 41
Lillie Franti, teaching night
school, Maki school 5 00
E. O. Walley, supplies for Wirt
school 55
Willie Robinson, labor at Cain
school i 00
Mrs. John Santa, cleaning West
Fork school house 3 00
John A. Saari, hauling sup-
plies to West Fork school 50
Joonas Ainasoja. labor on ap-
paratus, West Fork school-. 1 00
Kiley & Rossman, printing 4 00
W. A. Brown, janitor services
and freight paid, Bigfork 7 25
Clarence Buchanan, livery teams
for board and superintendent 27 50
J. H. Grady & Co., supplies
for Cohasset school 13 54
World Book Co., drill papers
and text books 46 39
Alvin Raher, labor at Effie
school 1 00
Lars Brude, repair material,
Bearville school 9 06
Clars Bloomquist, janitor ser-
vices, Alvwood school 1 75
The meeting adjourned to nine
o'clock a. m. of Saturday, May 13th.
J. D. DORAN. Clerk.
Grand Rapids, Minn.,
May 13, 1916.
A meeting of the school board of
school district No. One was held in the
Central school building at nine o’clock
a. m. Trustees Stockwell, Roecker and
Doran were present.
The minutes of the meetings of April
22nd and 29th were read and ap
proved.
Carl Becker was employed to drill a
well for the new,Warba school build
ing at a price of $1.50 per foot for the
first 100 feet, $1.75 per foot for the
next 50 feet; said Becker to furnish
and put in an iron pipe 4% inches in
diameter.
The matter of appointing teachers
for the rural schools.was put over to
the next meeting.
The following bills were allowed:
C. A. Carlson, rent of building
for Carlson school $ 45 00
L. S. Cummings, tuning and re
pairing pianos 16 50
A. L. LeFreniere, publishing
proceedings and notices 12 15
H. D. Powers, apparatus 9 65
Mesaba Telephone Co., tolls
and rentals 23 48
Mable Knable, cleaning B«rg-
ville school house 3 00
Edward Wilson, expenses as
truant officer 1 50
E. C. Kiley, postmaster, stamp-
ed envelopes 88 00
Waterman-Waterbury Co., re-
pairs for heaters 2 58
City Lumber Co., repair ma-
terial 4 74
A. J. LeFebvre, freight, ex-
press and drayage 12 00
Ernest Fleming, livery team
for school board 1" 50
Water & Light Comm., elec-
tric light and power — 55 15
The meeting adjourned to nine o clock
a. m. of Saturday May 20th.
J. D. DORAN, Clerk.