The silver messenger., July 31, 1894, Image 3

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COUNTY BOARD.
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Proceedings of the County Commit
«loner« for the July 8e»»ion.
JULY 9. 1894.
The Board met pursuant to law
at 10 o'clock a. m. Present, John
Dudley, Chairman, and Fi A.
Carter, C. E. Kinney, Commis
sioners, and F. J. Clyde, Clerk.
In the matter of bridges dam
aged or washed away, the Board
having at a special meeting held
June 19, 1894, ordered notices to
be posted according to law in
viting bids for the repair or con
struction thereof, and such notic
es having been duly posted as
required, and bids having been
filed with the clerk as in such
notices required and the time
therein stated for opening such
bids having arrived the Board
ordered them opened, found as
follows :
Winters, Parsons & Boomer
propose to repair three bridges
as per plans and specifications
on file for $2,500; also to rebuild
the bridge below Bayhorse creek
as per plans and specifications
on file for $2,500.
Nick Millich and Con Hurst
propose to build the bridge, as
plans and specifications filed, for
$1,250 of the Bayhorse bridge
above named.
Robert Layton. Wm. Lutz and j
George Morrow propose as per |
plans and specifications on file
for $675.
Chas. Pfeiffer and Rube Jones
propose to repair two bridges on j
Yankee Fork, one above and one j
below the Fox mill per plat for !
$215.63.
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Bids all being opened and |
plans and specifications filed— j
ordered that those filed by Nick
Millich and Con Hnrst be and !
they are hereby accepted and the j
contract awarded by their
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an approved bond.
JULY 10.
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In the matter of the Bayhorse .
bridge Millich & Hurst filed an '
approved bond and contract j
awarded them.
In the matter of issuing a |
duplicate county warrant for No.
268 drawn October 25. 1893 in
favor R. A. Pierce for the sum
of $95 that was burned in Chal
lis fire. Said Pierce having filed
a good and sufficient bond to
idemnify the county in the sum
of $200 therefor. Ordered that
said bond be approved and a
duplicate of said warrant be is
sued and registered the same as
was the original.
In the matter of warrant No.
28, dated Feb. 2, 1892, drawn in
favor of Robert Shilling (Road
Fund) for $21, and warrant No.
8, dated June 21, 1893, drawn on
the General Fund in favor of S.
j H. Kent for the sum of $8. both
I of said warrants having been
I duly advertised for redemption
and the time having expired.
Ordered that the Treasurer be
authorized to pay the same out
of any monies in the respective
funds on which they were drawn
not otherwise appropriated.
In the matter of bids of Wint
ers, Parsons & Boomer for
bridges, it is ordered that all of
the same are rejected; and that
the Board endeavor to contract
for the repair of the two bridges
near Clayton by private contract.
In the matter of repair of
bridge at the mouth of Squaw
creek. Ordered that the bid of
Layton, etal.. be accepted and
the contract is hereby awarded
on condition that they do the
j same for $25 less than the origi
i nal bid.
company having filed a sufficient
bond therein, the same is ap
proved and contract awarded to
said company for the sum of
$1.950.
; George Harland, Justice of
! Peace, of Bayhorse precinct, and,
JULY 11.
In the matter of repairing the
bridges on Salmon river just
above and bekrw Clayton. Con
tract entered into with the Clay
ton Mining & Smelting Company,
an incorporation, by their agent,
Lawerence Greene, and said
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I. B. Giles, Justice of the Peace
of Clayton precinct having filed
their respective resignations,
Ordered that both be accepted to
In the matter of establishing|
election precincts as required by
sections 37 and 38 of election \
laws of the State of Idaho.
take effect immediately.
Or -1
dered that all precincts be and j
remain the same as established
and recorded July 15, 1892,
pages 329 to 332 inclusive, of
this record book, except that the
Seafoam precinct is hereby
abolished and added to Bonanza
precinct, and the polling place
in Stanley precinct shall be at
Arthur McGowan's store in said
precinct, instead of at Challis &
Sturkey's house as designated in
the record made as aforesaid in
1892. And the polling place in
Antelope precinct is hereby
changed from the Antelope
school house to J. B. Hood's
house in said precinct, and the
polling place in Sunol precinct
shall be at the house of W. C.
Smith being the same place des
ignated in the year 1892, said
Smith having purchased the
same of Elmer D. Reese, the
former owner.
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Distributing
Ordered that
election officers be and they are
hereby appointed as follows :
Antelope precinct: Register
—J. C. Merritt. Judges—W. F.
Taylor, Chas. Saydell and J. G.
Richardson. Distributing clerk,
Jacob Bailey,
Battle Ground precinct. Reg
ister—Clay Vance. Judges—J.
|H. Bascom, W T m. Bradshaw and
Distributing
C. C. Davidson,
clerk. Valentine Bowers.
Bonanza precinct. Register—
C. C. Clawson. Judges—Horace
Dodge, J. J. McCarthy and John
Cleary. Distributing clerk, J.
W. Faulkner,
! Bayhorse precinct.
j W. A.
Register
J udges—Charles
! Baker, Con. Hurst and Charles
i Smith. Distributing clerk. Ar
Gill.
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Register—
Judges—Thomas
Jose. H. F. Powell and J. G.
Distributing clerk,
Finnell.
| Alfred G. Clemow.
Register—
Judges—Wm. E.
Crystal precinct.
D. F. Osgood.
Morris. Ed. Stevens and James
Papworth. Distributing clerk,
Ed. Fitzgerald.
Clayton precinct. Register—
R. H. Haysman. Judges—Sam.
Leigh.
Tewalt.
Joe Boggs and David
Distributing clerk, Con
Sullivan.
Custer precinct. Register—C.
A. Pfeiffer. Judges—Wm. Dunn,
John Thomas and D. B. Varney.
Distributing clerk, George B.
Baldwin.
Houston precinct. Register—
J. H. Baxter. Judges—A. D.
Streeter, H. Selkirk and Abel S.
Cotter. Distributing clerk. A.
M. Howes.
Pahsimari precinct. Register
—Elmer Reese. Judges— C. F.
Graves. James Hooper and J. S.
Alger. Distributing clerk. Wm.
Flenniken.
Ramshorn precinct. Register
—Geo. W. Emery. Judges—R.
W. Osborne. Wm. Little and W.
C. Chambers.
clerk, Chris. Bambauer.
Sunol precinct. Register—W.
C. Smith. Judges—George A.
Ellis, James M. Shoup and Geo.
L. Morgan. Distributing clerk,
Wilson Ellis.
Stanley precinct. Register—
S. C. Calkins. Judges—A. P.
Challis, Wm. Bowen and Tim
Cooper. Distributing clerk,
Chas. Tassel.
JULY 12.
Full Board present.
In the matter of licenses for
the sale of intoxicating liquors.
C. S. Jorden & Co., of Challis.
Robert Campbell and Kœninger
Bros., of Clayton, having filed
bonds and made application for
the sale thereof in their respec
tive places named, and their re
spective bonds having been ap
proved by the Board it is order
ed that the sheriff of Custer
county issue licenses therefor
and that said bonds be placed on
record in the office of the County
Recorder. / - ,
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In the matter of the petition
for a new school district to be
set apart from school district
No. 8, a remonstrance having
been filed, and the Superintend
ent of Schools having disap
proved of said petition and rec
ommended that the boundaries
of such new district be as he had
recommended in his report to
Board for the quarter ending
July 9, 1894, and after careful
consideration of the matter, it is
ordered that a new district be
set apart from District No. 8, to
be known and designated as Dis
trict No. 3, with boundaries as
follows :
Commencing at the Northwest
comer of George Fox's ranch
and running thence in a direct
line to the divide between Thous
and Spring Valley and Pahsim
ari Valley, where the road be
tween said valleys crosses the
divide; thence following the di
vide between the waters flowing
into Lost river and those flowing
into Salmon river and East Fork
of Salmon river to the line be
tween Custer and Alturas coun
ties; thence following said line
to a point due South of Reed &
Davidson's mine; thence in a di
rect line from said place of be
ginning.
In the matter of the petition
for a change in School District
No. 11. Ordered that the prayer
of petitioners be granted and the
boundaries as set forth in the
petition be entered of record of
School District boundaries.
JULY 13.
JULY 13.
Full Board present.
In the matter of the bid of C.
A. Pfeiffer and Rube Jones for
repairing the tw r o bridges on
Yankee Fork just above and just
below the Fox saw-mill. They
having accepted the offer of the
Board for such repair. Ordered
that the contract be awarded
them. Work to be done accord
ing to specifications on file for
the sum of $200.
In the matter of providing
wood for the county officers. Or
dered that the clerk be required
to advertise in The Silver Mes
senger in at least two issues
prior to August 25,1894, inviting
bids for furnishing such wood to
the amount of 20 cords of good
dry wood, either fir or pine, to
be delivered at the various offices
where it is to be used.
In the matter of providing
election supplies for the general
election to be held in November
next. Ordered that the clerk is
hereby directed to provide the
same as by law required.
JULY 14.
Full Board present.
Accounts allowed—J. J. Mitch
ell's bill returned with a request
to file new bill in conformity to
fee (bill of the First Session
of Legislature approved March
31, 1891).
In the matter of A. K. Zeigler's
bill filed on General Fund for
blanks, etc., furnished by the
Smith Printing Company. Or
dered that it be rejected—con
tract without authority of law.
In the matter of witness cer
tificate Nos. 14 and 15 for attend
ance at the June term of District
Court in 1894, for $24 and $21
respectively. Ordered that $3
be allowed on No. 14 and $2.50 on
No. 15 as over charge for mile
age.
For services as clerk of Dis
trict Court by F. J. Clyde,
dered that the bill be laid over
Or
until the October meeting of the
Board to enable the Board to
examine the lawfulness thereof.
count of sickness.
1 Custer county bonds which were
payable at the banking house of
Lamprecht Bros. & Co., in the
city of New \ ork. Said bank
ing house having discontinued
their banking house in said city,
jjeso/mi, that the Importers &
Traders National bank of said
j city be and they are hereby ap
JULY 16.
Dudley and Kinney present.
Carter unable to attend on ac
In the matter of a place for
the payment of the $50,000 of
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pointed the fiscal agents: of the
county of Custer, and that the
cupons of all bonds of said* coun
ty are from this date payable at
the office of said Importers &
Traders bank, though upon their
face they may be paid elsewhere.
On account of sickness the
Board adjourned to the 17th.
JULY 17.
Present—Dudley and Kinney.
On application of K. D. Wil
liam, etal., to change road Dist.
No. 4, at Sturkey Bar. Ordered
that permission be granted, pro
vided the petitioners build at
their own expense such a new
road instead as shall be approv
ed by the Board before they in
any manner interfere with the
present road.
In the matter of Road warrant
No. 5 and 7, dated April 28,1894,
drawn in favor B. C. Dunniway
as an award of damages for run
ning a road through his land
which said Dunniway rejected.
Ordered that said warrants be
declared null and void; and the
Treasurer is directed to strike
the same from the list of regis
tered warrants, and that the
same be destroyed by the Board.
Disposition of bills filed for
allowance laid over on account
Carter's ill health.
JULY 18.
Present same as yesterday.
Nothing being before the
Board excepting allowance of
bills, adjourned on account of
absence of Mr. Carter.
JULY 19.
JULY
Present as of yesterday.
In the matter of the bid of
Winters, Parsons & Boomer for
rebuilding the bridge across
Salmon river on the road from
Challis to Pahsimari, which was
opened July 16, and action de
fered on account of disagreement
of Chairman Dudley and Com
missioner Kinney, Com. Carter
being unable to attend, Dudley
being in favor and Kinney op
posed to granting the contract
to Winters & Co. Moved and
carried and ordered that the two
commissioners, Dudley and Kin
ney. visit the bridge for tne pur
pose of'enabling them to form
an estimate of the cJSfT . .qf re- ^
building, and the p«*ba£LLi*s: ; of
utilizing the old br'A^e that was
washed away for that purpose.
July 20 set for making said vîSÜ
and the Board took a recess tin til
July 21 at 10 o'clock a. m.
JULY 21.
In the matter of Winters, Par
sons & Boomer's bid to build the
bridge across Salmon river, be
tween Challis and Pahsimari—
full Board being present. On
motion of Kinney, seconed by
Carter. Ordered that said bid
be rejected, Dudley opposing,
and the clerk is hereby instruct
ed to advertise in The Silver
Messenger in each issue from
the present time until August 25,
1894, and that ail bids filed be
opened and considered on said
day, and in making said bids
parties may bid to replace the
old bridge or use the material
thereof in constructing a new
bridge and allow for the value
thereof; such value to be apprais
ed in such manner as may be
agreed upon between the bidder
and the Board. Such order be
ing made on the vote of Carter
and Kinney and opposed by
Dudley, he declaring in favor of
letting the contract on the bid of
Winters & Co. to rebuild the
bridge according to their bid.
In the matter of providing for
a District Court room; office for
the Clerk of the District Court
and ex-officio Auditor and Re
corder, Sheriff and Probate
Judge and ex-officio School Sup
erintendent. Ordered that a
contract be entered into with J.
F. Wilkinson to prepare the
county building heretofore used
for a county hospital for use as
such court room, in accordance
to
of
w pj 1 specifications furnished by
an( j now on tü e with the
c | Pr k f or pne sum of $85, and
prepared the Sheriff
& occupy the West front
^xmi-ashis office; the District
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