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The Owyhee Nuggett
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COMMISSIONERS' PROCEEDINGS
Auditor's Quarterly Report
To the Honorable Board of County Commission
ers, Owyhee oounty, Idaho.
Gentlemen:— I herewith submit, pursuant to
law, ray-quarterly report for the quarter ending
April 1st, 1912. •
Respectfully submitted,
J. 8. St Clair,
County Auditor.
SOURCE OF REVENUE
PropeKy tax, 1907, delinquent.
Property tax, 1908, delinquent..
Property tax, 1909, delinquent.
Property tax, 1910, delinquent .
Property tax, 1911.
Costs on Delinquent Property taxes .
Live stock sanitary tax, delinquent _
Live stock sanitary taxes, 1911. . .
Predatory Animal tax, delinquent.... .
Predatory Animal tax, 1911 . .
5 Poll Taxes, delinquent.
144 Poll Taxes, 1911.
3 Road taxes, delinquent..
139 Road taxes, 1911..*.
Interest on Public Funds... ;.
Teachers' certificates .
Sale of Teachers' Registers.
Sale of Trustees' Records.
Fees of Clerk, Auditor and Recorder...
Fees of Probate Judge .
Fees of Assessor..
15 59
34 90
2 18
304 50
27,108 74
230 16
1 12
776 as
77
908 50
12 50
288 00
10 50
417 00
47 33
8 00
4 80
5 50
809 15
63 95
2 00
Refund, account Teachers' Institute ... 83 06
Apportionment State School Fund
Tuition of Ray Chitwood ..
Water Mastér^tax-, l$lf .
Water Master's tax, delinquent.
Miscellaneous licenses .
507 86
20 00
64 40
11 44
785 00
685 33
500 00
Migratory Stock Tax .......
8ale of bonds, School District No. 23 ....
Special tax, schoal <tt#t*icfc Np. 4,1910
8pecial tax, schoel.dlatrict NÄ. 10, 1906..
8pecial tax, school district No. 10,1911..
Öpecial ta^Eç.lrooi district NO; 11,19U w
Special tax, school district No. 15, 1910..
Special tax. school district Ne. W, 1911..
Special tax, 8chool District No. 19,191L.
Special tax, s<;hooldistrict No. 23, 1907..
Special tax, school district No. 23, 1908..
Special tax, school district No 23,1911 .. 352 52
Sp ri tt tol sehool district No. 24, 1911..
.ft.
80
85
40 4S
23 87
1 13
21 29
127 93
72
80
68 10
$34.296 80
REVENUE APPORTIONED
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Current
expense, 1907, fund..
Current expense, 1908, fund. v ...
Current expense, 1909, fund.>Ä ... T7.V'^
Current expense. 1910, fund .
Current Expense, 1911, fund.
Current expense, 1912, fund .
General school fund.
State fund.
Road fund.
26 90
64 35
171 54
9,799 19
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7 50
6,769 00
... 5,339 47
2,638 72
27 74
2,589 44
Bridge fund..
Redemption fund..
Bond tax and sinking fund.
Live stock sanitary- fand. .
Predatory animal ta$, fund . 909 27
Migratory Stock 4fcx tend.v, 685 33
Teachers'Inswtute ¥$[tid !.. ..;_
Mountain Hora&^Wagon Bridge Fund..* 1,936 84
8pecial fund, joint school dist No, 11 ..V 24 67
Special fund school district No. 10....
Special fund, school district No. lo.
Special fund, school district No. 18 .....
Special fund, school district No. 19 _
Special fund, school district No. 23 ....
Special fund, school district No. 24_
1,911 68
.* 777 15
8 00
* -
41 33
,*8 1 13
21 29
127 93
354 04
68 10
*34,296 80
WARRANTS ISSUED
Current expense fund .
Road fund.
School district* funds.
Migratory 8tock Fund .
Remitted State Treasurer .
Certificate of 8tate Board of Health paid
Bond, School District No. 10, paid.
Interest paid on load warrants ............
Interest paid on current expense fund
warrants .. ..
Interest paid on school warrants..
Interest paid on county bonds .
Interest paid on bonds sch. dist. No. 10
.$7,386 06
2,736 94
6,837 72
354 60
.17,752 87
5 75
100 00
67 59
981 60
14 26
915 00
22 50
25 00
175 00
35 00
19
23
24
Warrants outstanding last quarter:
Current expense fund $26,295 67
Road fund .
Migratory stock fund.
Sheep bounty fund....
School dist. No. 18 ....
School dist. No. 19 ....
School dist No. 21 ......
School dist. No. 22_
School dist. No. 23_
School dist. No. 25 ....
3,388 05
143 92
22 50
98 62
.95 00
70 00
195 00
429 89
180 15
30,918 80
»68 318 69
WARRANTS PAID
Current expense fund ...
Road fund.
School districts.
Migratory Stock Fund.
Remitted State Treasurer
Certificate State Health Board paid_
Bond, School District No. 10, paid.
Interest paid on current Expense Fund
warrants.
Interest paid on road warrants .
merest paid on School District war- *
rants . .
Interest paid on county bonds.
...$27,665 57
... 5,777 24
7,037 68
..... 354 60
... 17,762 87
6 75
100 00
981 60
67 59
14 26
915 00
Interest paid ou bonds, sch. diet. No. 10
22 60
25 00
175 00
35 00
18
23
24
Wancnts now outstanding:
Current expense fund »6,016 16
Road fund.
Migratory stock fund..
Sheep bounty fund....
Sch. Dist. No. 1 .......
. " *• 11 .
" " 19.
347 75
118 92
22 50
252 30
10
66 00
65 00
" 23.
" 25.
15$ 75
7,399 03
»68,318 89
CASH ON HAND
Current expense, 1912 fund ..
General school fund.
State fund .
Road fund..
Bridge fund....
Redemption fund.
Bond tax and sinking fund
Live Stock Sanitary Tax fund
Predatory animal tax fund...
8heep bounty fund .
Migratory stock tax fund.
Teachers' Institute fund .
Mountain Home Wagon Bridge fund .. 5,993 71
Special fund, school district No. 1.
Special fund, joint school dist. No. 11..
Special fund, school district No. 5 .
I 7 50
18,238 61
291 19
154 24
820 18
1,098 62
to
10,189 18
9 54
6 06
67 27
919 85
8 00
47 17
115 02
40
109 17
13 86
127 84
130 70
26 24
« 7.
44 10 .
44 10 .
" 11 .
5 90
44 15.
336 70
4 ' 18.
802 89
" 19
100 00
44 92
44 22 .
44 23.
41 24. ...
735 47
163 47
40,053 20
SCHOOL DISTRICTS BALANCES
No. 2 .
No. 3 .
No. 11 (joint)
No. 5 .
No. 6 .
No. 7 .
No. 8 .
No. 9* %Vi />..
No. 10 ...
No. 12 .
763 33
20 60
206 74
814 27
1,309 25
842 28
1,869 98
177 93
361 46
No. 13
.... 1,130 86
.... 1,364 72
. 481 51
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No. 14 À ..£♦..
No. 15 ....
no. i6 ;...
no. is
No. 19 ....
No. 20 ....
No. 21 ....
No. 22
No. 23 .
No. 24
No. 26 .
No. 27 .
362 49
1 25
41 20
35 36
86 63
9 22
251 81
229 84
158 26
284 58
463 90
No. 28
111,150 79
Districts overdrawn:
No. 1.
No. 11.
-No. 25.
.1247 64
. 51 43
152 39 ' 451 46
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To be apportioned ....
Warrants outstanding
6,670 58
868 70 7,539 28
Balance as per General School fund $18,238 61
Filed April 6,1912.
J. 8. ST CLAIR, Clerk
Approved April 8, 1912.
CHAS. H. GRETE, Chairman
76—2t—First publication Apr. 11.1912
Last publication Apr. 18, 19J2
Commissioners' Proceedings.
Silver City, Idaho
Monday, April 8th, 1912
Pursuant to Section 1918 ol the Political Code
of the State of Idaho, the Board of County Com
missioners of Owyhee County, Idaho, met in
regular session at the office of the Clerk thereof
in Silver City, the county seat of said County,
on Monday, the 8th day of April, 1912, at ten
o'clock a. m.
Present: Ohas. H. Grate, Chairman; A. J.
Harley, Commissioner; and J. S. 8t Clair. Clerk.
The following proceedings were had, to wit:
In the matter of the petition
of T. C. Coffin and others
for the organization of the
Eagle Cove Irrigation Dis
trict:
It appearing that a petition in the above
titled matter was duly filed with the Clerk of
the Board of County Commissioners of Owyhee
County, Idaho, on the 20th day of March, 1912,
and that upon filing said petition the Clerk
caused to be duly pnplished a general notice
that T. C. Coffin and others had filed a petition
for the organization of an irrigation district,
which said notice contained the matters requir
ed by law to contain therein, and among other
things stated that said petition would be
sented to the Board of County Commissioners
of Owyhee County, Idaho, on Monday, the 8th
day of April, A. D„ 1912, at the hour of ten
o'clock A. M.
Thereupon said petition was duly presented
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Ayd it appearing to the Board that general
notice of the filing of such petition, as required
by law, has been duly published for the period
of tw
weeks, and proof of said publication hav
ing been duly made and filed,
And it further appearing to the Board that
said petition is accompanied by a map of the
proposed Eagle Cove Irrigation District, which
map contains such information as is required
by law, to be contained ^herein, and said
tition is also accompanied by a bond In the
of 1500.00 with the National Surety Company,
as surety thereon, which bond is in double the
probable cost to the oounty of organising such
district, conditioned that said surety will pay all
said costs, in ease said organization be not effect
ed, which bond In the opinion of the Board, is
a good and sufficient bond for that purpose,
It is therefore ordered that said bond be and
the same is hereby approved, and that C. H.
Grete, Chairman of the Board, be and he is here
by authorized to endorse said approval thereon,
behalf of said County of Owyhee,
State of Idaho, by Its Board of County Com
missioners.
It is further ordered that the hearing upon
said petition be and the same is hereby set for
Monday, tho I3th day of May, 1912, at ten o'clock
A. M., and that the Clerk of the Board give
notice thereof, by publication thereof in the
Owyhee Nugget, a newspaper published in
Owyhee County, for the period of at least three
weeks before suen hearing,
In the matter of the petition ^
of M. I. Belsher and others
for the organization of the
Indian Cove Irrigation Dis
trict:
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It appearing that a petition In the above
titled matter was duly filed with the Clerk of the
Board of County Commissioners of Owyhee
County, Idaho, on the 20th day of March. 1912,
and that upon filing said petition the Clerk
caused to be duly published a general notice
that M. I. Belsher and others had filed a petition
for the organization of an irrigation district,
which said notice contained the matters required
by law to be contained therein, and among other
things stated that said petition would be .
sen ted to the Board of County Commissioners of
Owyhee County, Idaho, on Monday, the 8th day
of April, A. D., 1912, at the hour of ten
A. M.
Thereupon said petition was duly presented to
the Board.
And it appearing to the Board that
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o'clock
general
notice of the filing of such petition, as required
by law, has been duly published for the period
of two weeks, and proof of said publication
having been duly made and filed,
And it further appearing to the Board that
said petition is accompah ied by a map of the
proposed Indian Cove Irrigation District, which
map contains such information as is required
by law to be contained therein, and that said
petition is also accompanied by a bond in the
sum of *500.00 with the National Surety Com
pany, as surety thereon, which bond is in double
the probable cost to the county of organizing
snch district, conditioned that said surety will
pay all costs, in case said organization be not
effected, which-bond, in : the opinion of the
Board, Is a go'od 'and sufficient bond for that
purpose.
It is therefore ordered that said bond he
the same is hereby approved, and that
and
Grete, Chairman, of the Board, be and h e H
hereby authorized to indorse 'said approval
thereon, for and on behalf of said County
Owyhee, State of Idaho, by its Board of County
Commissioners.
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It Is further ordered that the hearing
said petltMtf'bb'ärid'lBe aarrrd is hereby :
Monday, the 13th day of May, 1912, at ten o'clock
A. M., and that the Clerk of the Board give
notice thereof, by publication thereof in the
Owyhee Nugget, a newspaper published in
0w *k8fc.Co n ."*J r . Wripd ot.f, least three
weeks before such hearing. ' " "
Whereupon, U is ordered that the report of
Charles J. Crosby.Coroner of Twin Falla County,
Idaho, relative to in investigation conducted
by him, on the body of John Eturuga, deceased,
onthe24»h day'of February, '1912,- ifr Owyhee
County, Idaho, and near the line between Owy
hee and Twin Falls Counties, be placed on file.
Whereupon, the Board examined and duly
approved the following reports, to wit:
Fee Report of Clerk, Auditor and Recorder.
Fee Report of Probate Judge.
Joint Quarterly Report of Auditor and Treas
urer. :
Quarterly Report sf Probate Judge.
Quarterly Report of Assessor and ex-officio
Tax Collector.
Quarterly report of School Superintendent.
Whereupon, it is ordered that this Board take
R recess until Tuesday, the 9th Inst., at ten
o'clock A. M.
upon
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CHAS. H. GRETE
Attest:
Chairman
J. S. ST CLAIR, Clerk
Silver City, Idaho
Tuesday, April 9th, 1913
The Board of County Commissioners met
pursuant to recess of yesteiday at ten o'clock
A. M.
Present: Chas. H. Grete, Chairman; R. J. Gif
ford and A. J. Harley, Commissioners, and J 8
St Clair, Clerk.
The following proceedings were had, to wit:
The minutes of the previous meeting
read and duly approved.
Whereupon, the Board examined, audited and
allowed the following bills and accounts, and
ordered warrants drawn on the Current Expense
fund in payment thereof, to wit:
J 8 St Clair, Salary as Clerk, Auditor
and Recorder.
J E Dickens, salary as Deputy Clerk.
Auditor and Recorder.
Leona Grete, sal'y as Deputy Recorder
Margaret Caveney salary and expenses
as Treasurer.
F W Hulett, salary as County Surveyor
FS Heer, salary as Probate Judge.
William Healy, salary and expenses as
Prosecuting Attorney .
0 F Brunzell, salary as Sheriff .
1 O Hanson, salary as Deputy Sheriff ...
W H Townsend, salary as Dep. Sheriff.
Zeno Pinkston, salary as Dep. Sheriff..
Jennie Farrar Avery, Salary and
penses as School Supt. . .. ..
Southern Idaho Light, Heat & Power
Co., lights and repairs.
W H Schuyler, contract County Hosp'l
W H Schuyler, examining Insane....
James Murray, services as Night Watch
were
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875 00
270 00
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$ 302 60
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125 00
275 00
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379 90
500 00
800 00
150 00
150 00
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73 40 i
400 00 !
10 00 <
man and Fire Guard .
Myrtle Hastings Shea, Rent of Treas
urer's office ..
C H Lake, bounty
Jesse Lawson, bounty on cougars.
J C Hailey, bounty on cougar ..
A A Getchell, merchandise ..
Silver City Supply Company, supplies
for oounty offices .
Silver City Supply Company, supplies
for Blind Pete.
c M Caldwell, supplies for jail .
Idaho Hotel, water rent.
L C Eisenhart, blacksmith work .
Ed Matheson,' expressage .. .
Byms-York Co., supplies for
and school supt. . .......
C M Brown, fees as Justice of Peace
Remington Typewriter Co., typewriter
supplies...
S D Drollinger, wood for indigent Chi
nese
Owyhee Meat Co., meat for Blind Pete
R 8 Hawes, fees as Justice of the Peace
and Peariine. ...
K H McLeod, services as jailer.
Owyhee Nugget, stationery and records
Owyhee Nugget, ofBcial publications..
James Prior, fees as Justices of
Peace, State v. Sibbuld ..
Albert Austin, taking testimony, Statq .
v. Slbbald . . . 2 9g
Whereupon, it is ordered that the bill of the
Childrens Home Finding Aid Society, In the'
sum of 150.00 for care of dependent children be
and the same is hereby disallowed,
Whereupon, It is ordered that the bill of J. ß.
Bartlett. M. D., in the sum of »10.85 for pro
fessional services rendered John Day and Joe
Brady, respectively, be and the same is hereby
disallowed.
Whereas, It appearing to the Board of County
Commissioners in and for the County of Owy
hee, State of Idaho, that the population of the
town of Homedale and the vioinity thereof, is
rapidly Increasing, and, that the value of tax
able property lii said locality will have an im
mense increase within a short time,
And whereas, the only method of crossing the
Snake River at said point, at the present time,
is by means of ferries,
Ar d whereas, believing that the Increase In
population and taxable property In said locality
is sufficient to justify the construction of a
bridge across said river to accommodate tne in
creased traffic between the Counties of Canyon
and Owyhee, and that such proposed bridge
would be of great benefit .to the people of the
County of Owyhee in general, and of Homedale
and vicinity in particular, be it therefore
Resolved, That the Board of County Commis
sioners of Owyhee County, Idaho, indorse the
construction of said proposed (bridge, and
ommend that the next session of the State legis
lature make un appropriation, which, in
nection with the assistance received from pri
vate sources and the Counties of Canyon and
Owyhee, will be sufficient to insure the erection
thereof. ,
Whereupon, it is ordered that this Board take
a recess until Wednesday, the 10th inst., at ten
o'clock A. M.
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CHAS. H. ORETE
Chairman
Attest:
J. 8. ST CLAIR, Clerk
8ilver City, Idaho"
Wednesday, Af>ril 10,1912
Board met pursuant to recess of yesterday at
ten o'clock A. M. ' • »
Present: Chas. H. Grete, Chairman; R. j.
Gilford and A. J. Harley, Commissioners, and J.
8. St Clair, Clerk.
The following proceedings were had. to wit:
The minutes of the previous meeting
read and duly approved.
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Caldwell Commercial Bank
CALDWELL, IDAHO'
; Capital and Surplus, $120,000
The 8oHci°ed a ^ e ° f the 8ma11 a8 "' e11 as the lar S e depositor
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JOHN C. BICE, President
J. H. LOWELL. Vice-President
E. H. PLOWHEAD, Cashier '
w. E. PARKER, Asst. Cashier 1
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Murphy, Silver City, Dewey
and De Lamar
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to and from Silver City, De Lamar and other points in Owyhee. KeeD pond
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Whereupon, the Bonrd examined, audited and
allowed the following bills and accounts, and
ordered warrants drawn on the Current Expense
Fund in payment thereof:
Ah Dick, board of prisoners.
A V Townsend, salary, Deputy hire,
and expenses as assessor .
C. C. Hedum, balance due In case of
State v Lawson.
Bank of Nampa, witness certificate,
justice court.
Connors & Brumbaugh, witness certs,
probate court .
C F Simmons, witness certs, Justice
oourt.,,....
A V Townsend, juror certificate, Dist.
court.
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30 00
Whereupon, the Board examined,
audited and allowed the following bills
and accounts and ordered
drawn on the Road Fund In
thereof:
Matt Frond, labor on Poison Creek rd.
B F Robertson, contract District No. 7,
plowing, etc. „ .
Valley Merc. Co, blacksmithing.
G W-Green, hauling lnmber.
E M Ulrich, hauling gravel at Oreana..
Jesse Pinkston, hauling gravel at Bru
neau lane ...
Murphy Lumber Co., lumber and nails.
Maxey and Schnabel, nails.
R L Orr, labor on roads .
Ross McKeeth, contract No. 6, hauling.
John Groom, hauling gravel, Bruneau
lane.
George Randall, hauling gravel, Brun
eau lane...
Joe Harley, labor on Bruneau lane ....
Conrad Rahn, labor on Bruneau lane ..
Ben Crabb, hauling gravel, Bruneau la
P F Branca, contract District 5.
Clarence Wilson, hauling gravel, Bru
neau lane. . .
Ola Bacheler, labor on roads, District
No. 2 ..
William Slattery, Contract Dist. No 1
Silver City Supply Co, lumber.
A J McSweeney, Contract Dist. 3 and
staking road.
Ed Matheson, grader blade and repairs
In the matter of the petition
of the Southern Idaho Light ^
Heat «k Power Company,
for permission to construct,
maintain and operate a pow
er line, now existing or
templated, upon all
of the highways within the
route or territory described
in said petition, in the
ner provided by law.
warrants
payment
146 50
261 00
6 26
70 70
99 00
9 80
17 70
5 00
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246 00
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Whereupon, the petition of the
Idaho Light, H^at & Power Company
mission to construct, maintain
Southern
lor per
and operate a
power lihe, now existing or contemplated,
all or any of the highways within
territory described in said petition, in the man
ner provided by law, etc., came on regularly for
hearing, and the Board having duly considered
the same, and
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Board
from said petition that the Southern Idaho Light,
Heat & power Company is a corporation duly
organized aud existing under the laws
stateof Maine, and doing business in „
of Idaho, for the purpose of supplying, ,
mltdni?, Delivering and furnishing electric pow
er or electric energy by wires, cables or other
method or means, and has duly complied with
thé Constitution and laws of the State of Idaho
relating to foreign corporations and is duly
authorized to carry on the purposes of its ln
corpofttlotf Mithin said 8tate; and that said
Southern Idaho Light, Heat & Power Company
is the successor in title and interest of the Swan
upon
the route
of the
the State
trans-