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COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS
State of North Dakota
ss
County of Golden alley)
1-
The regular quarterly meeting of
the County commissioners of Golden
Valley county. N. D. called to order
at 9 a. m. October 5ih, 1914, present,
A. J. O'ki-cfe. O. C. Kuchcmr.n and
Ed. E. E'. an.
Mmutc-!' of past me?tincrs read and
approved exceptm?* that part where
in \V. Smith was allowed a r'.-fun.l
in the sum of $h. 16 on part of 24
140-105 on account of excess valua
tion thus is made to read
of clerical error on transferring vaiua
tion from as*, essor's valuation s'!!s to
assessors return to coumv A'.idiloi.
on account I
The petition o! 1 lai've Robinson, ot
al asking for the removal of the coin-.
ty seat from the City of Beach to the
Village of S
entinc! Butte and that the
proposition be submitted to the vot
ers of Golden Valley county at the
general election Nov. ), 1914. was
taken up at this time, L. F. Crawford,
Guy Let*, A. N. illiamy, C. L. Daw
son, and L. A. Simpson being present.
12 noon, meeting adjourned to meet
at 2 p. ni.
2 p. m. Meeting called to order with
all members present. The matter of
petition from Sentinel Butte was Still
under consideration. Mr. J. A. Beery
Deputy Auditor of Billings county atf.
er being c'.ulv sworn presented the
Abstract of Voles from said Billings
»ounty and certified as to the vote
for Governor for 1912 as shown by
said abstract. Also Nir. L.. A. Craw
ford was duly sworn who swore that
he knew at least Three Hundred of
the signers on said petition to be resi
dent tax payers and legal voters in
said Gr'-drn Valley county. Both wit
nessed being presented and their evi
dence taken by the petitioners pres
ent.
6 p. m. Meeting adjourned until 9
a. m. October 6th.
October 6:h. 9 a. m. Meeting call
ed to order with all members present.
The matter of county seat petition was
again taken up and proceeded to
check up same. The following reso
lution was offered by Commissioner
Kucheman, after being read roll
called and all
Re
solution:
That the prayer of s'aid petitioners
granted and that the question of
the removal of the county seat of
Golden Valley county from the city of
Beach the place where it is now tem
porarily located, to the village of Sen
tinel Butte, in said county be sub
mitted to the electors of said Golden
Volley county at the general election
to be held therein November 3, 1914,
and the county Auditor of said coun
ty is hereby ordered and authorized
to advertise, prepare ballots and sub
mit said ques'tion as provided by law.
12 noon the board adjourned to
meet at 3 p. m.
3 p. m. Meeting called to order
•with all members present. Commiss-
ioner O'Keefe and Egan having been
appointed a committee to view the
J. O. METCALF, Mabel, Ifo.
"After
Using
Peroma
Many
Years
I
can
tho li:u\
ninny r»tl««-r s. It
bridge on section 23 and 26 in 140
104 as Mr. J. M. Brier the contractor
had reported said bridge completed.
Commissioner O Keefe and h.gan re
ported the said bridge completed ac
cording to specification^' and contract
and upon motion made and seconded
warrant was ordered drawn as per
I agreement in contract, upon the
presentation of a b.!l for the con*
-truct.on of this.1 biidv". 6 p. m.
I meeting adjourned until 9 a. m. Oct.
I 7th.
October 7th. 9 a. m. 1914. Board
I met pursuant to adjournment with all
nvmbers present. On motion made
1
and seconded the voting
105
Be it resolved by the Board of
county Commissioners of Golden Val
ley county in regular session on the
6th day of October, 1914, that where alley Progress. Lpon motion
as Harve Robinwn and five hundred made by kucheman and seconded by
30th Egan the Golden Valley Progress was
ninety-seven others did on the
day of September file in the office designated as
that
of the County Auditor of said
ty their petition reciting that each of
the signers' were residents and quali
fied electors in said county of Golden
Valley and to which each of ff.:'d sign
ers made his affidavit reciting that
each signer personally t'igned his
name to the petition knowing the con
tents and purpose thereof, and that, he
was a resident snd qualified eiector
thereof and further reciting that said
county was organized Nov. 12, I!
2
and that there had been no general
election in said county since the tem
porary location of the county seat at
Beach ar.d that no court house has
been erected or owned by said coun
ty and further reciting that the peti
tioners petitioned the said Board of
County Commissioners that said
Board of County Commissioners sub
mit to the electors of Golden Valley
county, N. D. at the next general elec
tion to be held on November 3, 1914
the question of m'oving the county
seat from the City of Beach in said
county where it is now temporally lo
cated to another place, towit the
village cf Sentinel Butte in said coun
ty, and the t'aid Board having exam
ined said petition and finding that the
same was properly signed and verified
by qualified electors) of said county to
the nun.'ier of at least three fifths
of the votes cast at s'aid county at the
last preceeding general, election held
therein row therefore it is resolved:
\.-i
t-y
a
Know:! cumTMny. who are
l-oriVctly reliable."
a alive qualities.
"T ha v.* a ivr^at
liviuv othfT:* wikinir this
J0 iv\n-:y, and I imiv.- yet
futlr.J to fu.so V.*Vuto
ih.i «•").itus«* «.£ 1'u-ru
ua n»t «.»w:pktU' a. i-at
fa, c-iiro in rcuson
:.bhi iiin.-.'*
place for
was chang.
W itiianis precinct, 3t
cd from section I in said township to]
scction I 0.
Mr. Fred Wolf was appointed In
."pector of Election for Stoddard pre
cinct on account of j. C. Myers the In
spector for the Primary Election hav
ing n.'oved from this precinct.
1 2 nocn adjournment was
until 2 p. m.
2 p. m. Meeting callcd to
with al) members present.
The clerk o? the District
presented a request to fill the jury
list as said list way short seventy five
names. The number of jurors names
to be drawn from each District are as
follows:
First Commissioners District
Elmwood
Beach Civil
Lone Tree
Bullion
Village of Sentinel Butte
Delhi
Divide
Third Commissioners District
Saddle Butte
City of Beach
Bui"! Run
Garner
Court
.6
7
.3
.5
.3
9
'.'.3
.3
.14
Sentinel Township
Elk Creek
Wr.nagan
6 p. m. Meeting adjourned until
a. n.'. Oct. 8, 1914.
October 8th, 1914. 9 a. m. meeting
called to order with all members pres
ent:
The report of the Clerk of the Dis-
was trict court. Auditor, Register of Deeds
members voted "Aye":' and State's' Attorney were received and
ordered placed on file.
.Applications for publication of the
Delinquent tax sale list were received
from the Beach Advance and the Gol-
foi
the official paper
O
made and s'econded the 'Auditor was
instructed to purchas'e ten revised
Codes from the Lawyers Co-Opera
tive Company of New York, city of
Rochester a?.' provided by law Chap
ter 199 of the session laws of 1913.
Motion adopted.
12 nocn adjourned to meet at 2 p.
m.
2 p. m. meeting called to order
with all members present. On motion
made and seconded the Treasurer was
allowed a deputy begining October 9th
at th_, rate of $7 5.00 per month. The
Auditor was ordered to procure 19
additional ballot boxes. The following
report was submitted by the commiss
ioners on the
examination of the county
offices: The commissioners examined
the books and account.') of the follow
ing named offices: Treasurer Auditor.
Register of Deeds, Clerk of the Dis
trict court and Probate Judge the fol
lowing report for the office of the
reas'urer
July I, 1914, cash on hand $21,983.00
Collections from miscellaneous
Sources 5,509.07
Collection from Interest on
State Loans 100.00
Collection from Redemptions. 570.98
Collectio nfrom Taxes. 7,399.47
Total $35,562.52
Cash paid out by vouchers
On hand 21,557.07
September 30. 1914 cash on
Hand $14,005.45
We further checked up the fee
books of the Auditor. Register of
Deeds and Clerk of Court and find
they have correctly accounted for the
fees of their offices and paid same in
to the county Treasury.
Edw. E. Egan,
O. C. Kucheman,
A. J. O'Keefe.
No other baking
powder will raise
nicer, lighter bis
cuits, cakes and
pastry, none is more
pure and wholesome
Then Why Pay More
Commissioners.
The following applications for abat
ement of Taxes were presented taken
up and allowed and the Auditor was
instructed to make out a refunding
order as
follows
To E. Brown for $ 1 this being for
t'chool poll paid in Beach Civil twp.
as Mr. Brown paid S. P. in the city of
Beach Hubert Bares for school poll in
sum of $ I as Mr. Bares lives and re
sides at Parkston. S. Dak., he is not
subject to taxation for S. P. in this
state.
The following bills were taken up O.
K.'ci and ordered paid during the Ses
sion
Golden Valley Automobile Club
for 2 ni'on filling holes on N.
\V. Trail $29.70
O^'cor Scott, O/2 days for man
and team work on N. W.
trail
Bert Monaban, 13 \A dnya for
man and teuri on N. W. trail
Pat Moran, 16 days with two
teams on N. W. trail
M. J. Moran, I 6 days as over
seer on \. W. trail
Golden Valley Tel. Co.for Aug.
John J. Madison, board of pris
oners 133.50
Golden Valley State Bank, jur
or cers. 206, 201, 195, 190,
197. 203, 132, 188., .. 69.20
Beach State Bank, juror certs.
204. 205, 119 25.20
50.00
67.50
155.00
sept. ar. Oct..
,'cseph A. Kittchen, mileage for
the 4 ending Sept. 30
H. L. Halliday. n.'eeting board
cf health and R. R. Expense.
Dakota Prir.tin r.p.d Staty. Co.
Supplies for Co. offices.
F. B. Stout. I day as juror &
46 n.iles travjl
The Best at Any Price
56.00
10.00
48.35
9.52
1.95
5.30
(Continued on page six)
FOR SALE at a bargain two
six room houses, one three room
house, four nice resident lots. In
quire of P. H. Lee. 50-51
Hon? Tom
HEDGES FOR THE GARDEN
They Protect the Yard, Mark Boun
daries, Hide Ugly Spots and Serve
Many Useful Purposes.
Hedges, if you have place for them,
serve at once the uses of utility and
beauty. They protect your yard, help
you out in many ways, such as mark
ing boundaries, hit!itss ugly eights oi
guarding beds of tender tilings from
blustery winds, and they add to the
appearance of your gmlen. In older
times there is reatvn to believe that
the protective feature of hedges com
mended them chiefly to landowners,
keeping out cattle, and even men.
There are a great many hedges in the
country which were planted and
trained with that purpose.
Think for a minute of the places
where you could use a hedge. It can
mark off the boundary between front
yard and back can mark off tho
limits of a vegetable garden, and pro
tect It, too: it can hide a boundary
fence, if you wish, and make it a
thing of beauty ii can be used as a
background for a border of llowers.
Hedges are of slower growth than
the average tilings the gardener
plants, but they improve from year
to year, and it is tin excellent cor
rective to have things of this more
leisurely class about the place.
California privet is the hedge gen
erally chosen for practical use. It
has much to endear it to the gardener.
It will grow rapidly and can be
clipped as much as you please. Few
if any pests have a fondness for the
California privet, and it holds its
greenness well through the season.
The main objection is that it is too
common and it is well to remember,
too, that one curse of small gardens
In this country is that they are too
formal. California privet will add to
that formality.
Other varieties of the privet hedge
have been much used, too. There is a
hardy Sheridan sort that has many
excellent qualities of resistance, ami
attractive appearance. Dox is not to
be recommended' to the average gar
dener in this region.
Evergreen hedges are a good choice
as a rule. Hemlock, arbor vitae and
Norway spruce are three standard se
lections. Arbor vitae, once universal,
has now lost much of its popularity
to hemlock. Norway spruce may be
made into an attractive hedge.
There are other hedges of extra
ordinary grace and beauty. The Jap
anese barberry is one. Eoth leaf and
stem of this plant are graceful and
delicate, and the conformation of the
plant is pleasing. The red berries
stay on through the winter.
The rosa rugosa makes a splendid
hedge, but one should be wary ol
planting it on too small a space. It
is best to keep the proportions in gar
dens as well as in architecture.
There are many other hedge possibili
ties lilac, spiraeas, honeysuckle,
cedar.—New York Post.
LIGHTING OF OUR STREETS
Rapid Change in Respect to lllumt
nants Throws Municipal Engineers
Into Quandary.
Municipal engineers who find them
selves confronted with the renewal
of city lighting contracts are just now
in somewhat of a quandary. A rapid
and extensive change Is going on with
respect to illuminants, and it brings
with it the,possibility of extremely
radical changes in street lighting. For
the first time there is now available
a highly efllcictit lamp of a thoroughly
practical character in units of mod
erate size. The tungsten lamp as used
In the last few years is an excellent
snifl!! unit, but not for a moment com
parable in efliciency, that Is in candle
power per dollar, with the modern
arcs which came into use about the
same time. At the present the nitro
gen lanvp is beginning rapidly to push
out the older tungsten form of in
candescent and will p«)bably end by
displacing as well all except the high
er grade of arc lighting.—Engineer
ing Record.
Decadence of Villages.
The typical American village, from
New York to New Mexico, is often
wanting in civic spirit. That fact is
writ large upon its face. It has one
focus of interest in the school and
half a dozen in the churches and
lodges. But it lacks the solidarity
that would manifest itself in a genu
ine village pride. A population small
enough to be roallv a unit and perma
nent enough to strike its roots deep,
(ret does not organize itself. This is
not true of the towns of New Eng-
land, which 50 years ago looked after
their lyceums. their commons, shade
trees and white palings. T!ut the
irearineRs of most western, Atlantic
ind southern villages testifies to the
rule they bear ail unkempt aspect
which, as William Allen White wrote,
requires the touch of twilight to give
it kindliness.
The ch-ange must follow upon the
birth of a new social spirit in the vil
lage itself. Wherever in the future
we have a beautiful center we may
be eure a set of social minded peo
|1« has been created.
GOLDEN VALLEY CHRONICLE
DO HINT SERVICE
"Veteran" Writes Interestingly of
United States Marines.
Gallant Corps Is Older Than tfea Re
public Itself, Having Been Organ
ized by Act of Continental
Congress in 1775.
By a Veteran.
Washington, D. C.—It was the cam
paign of the Allies against the Uoxers
iu 1
it00. They had captured Tientsin
by a hard three-day buttle. A confer
ence had been called of all the com
manders to discuss the question of
advancing or waiting for reinforce
ments. Gen. Robert Meade, in com
mand of the United States marines,
was ill and Col. Littleton T. Waller,
then a major, was the junior officer
of the representatives of many na
tions in the conference.
One by one the elder men gavo
their opinions that there was no press
ing need of an advance and that the
troops must have several more days
of recuperating. Finally, Major Wal
ler's opinion was asked and he stood
up and said:
"Gentlemen, I don't know just what
the rest of you mean to do, but tha
marines start for Peking at six o'clock
in the morning."
The marines did start at six o'clock
in tho morning, taking the allies
along.
This incident was recalled to my
mind on seeing that Colonel Waller
had been ordered East from the const
and is likely to get mixed up in tho
doings in Mexico. Waller's reply was
typical of the gallant little corps
which is older than the republic it
self. An act of the Continental con
gress In 1T75, a year before the Dec
laration of Independence, organized
the corps r'-:ng the lines of a similar
British boc'.v.
Just one hundred years before the
marines bettered at the gates of the
Forbidden city they did a heroic feat
in Tripoli. In 1^03 a detachment of
these soldiers of tho sea marched Cfi)
miles across the African desert tj
subjugate the insolent tyrants of tha
Mediterranean. They pulled flown tha
mnlodorous flag of the Tripolitans and
hoisted the Star Spangled Banner
over an ancient fortress before a
horde which had in large number
never seen it before.
The marine as a fighting man
aboard ship is said'bv one historian
to date back to the Persian empires
Marines are mentioned in connection
with the battle of Lade, in the tinii
of Darius I, king of Persia, about
49.1 B. C.
In the old days of engagements at
close quarters the marines were the
"cutlass crews." The fighting of na
val battles at a range of five to ten
miles has destroyed the usefulness of
the slashing boarder, but there ia
plenty of work left for the soldier ot
sea and land. As Josephus Daniels,
secretary of the navy, said recently:
"The marines and bluejackets havo
rendered valiant service at Vera Cruz,
The marines as well as the blue
jackets have proved their caliber, al
ways understood by our own peopla
as well as those of other nations. It
Is the marine who is always called
upon to form the entering wedge, to
blaze the trail in landing on foreign
shores."
To illustrate the manifold services
of the marine, let us take the example
of Haggerty, one of the three marines
who fell in the first day's fighting at
Vera Cruz. He had been under fire at
Samar and again at Peking. He had
gone into action twice in Nicaragua
and had had rifles aimed in his direc
tion in Hayti.
Just one hundred years after theii
march to Tripoli the United Statea
marines touched again on African soil,
but on the peaceful mission of es
corting a representative of the state
department to the court of King Mene
lik of Abyssinia. They took a camel
back ride of several hundred miles.
Between the Peking expedition and
this they also had a touch of excite
ment at Samar, Panama and Colon,
and even while the detachment waa
crossing the Abyssinian sands another
band of their comrades was aiding in
quelling the insurrection of 1903 ia
Seoul, Cuba. Santo Domingo, Hayti.
The warships, are manned bx sea?
men or blueJac'SetS, whs, in time ol
need, must become soldiers for serv.
ice ashore. The marine is not a sol
dier pure and simple. His uniform
resembles that of a soldier, but ha
has an actual part in tho manning
of the ship, in that he has his regular
duty aboard with a "battle station"
to which he must spring whenever
"battle stations" is sounded, and the
ship goes into action.
Among other things the marine
must possess good eyesight, for under
modern conditions, with high-powered
riiles, the greater part of land fight
ing would be done at a range of about
a mile.
The training of the marines includes
not only the signal drills, scarchligln
and heliograph practise in which the
sol(i:"rs of the army are trained, but
also the drills peculiar to the manage
ment of a sdlip of war, such as !iq
use of the wireless wig-wag, signal
ing. semaphore signaling, and in ninny
cases the handling of small boats.
Bold Robbers Get $370.
Chicago.— In plain view of hundreds
of pedestrians, robbers carried a
1.0' li-jioutid safe from a window in a
lo.'i restaurant to the basement
where it v, is blown oputi and $670 in
.CuiTuicy obtained.
t'ed ihwf»..v-rrles sucker vigorously
luring the summer. Some of these
.!ov.* plants fill in vacant spaces, but
3'hers come where the plants are al
thick, and should be treated as
weeds.
The cockerels not wanted for home
jse can be disposed of to good advan
tage along about Thanksgiving or
Christmas time. The pullets will go
into winter quarters in good shape
md repay you well with eggs when
the older hens are taking their sum-
12 it
W
3
U'iM
IT ALL DEPENDS
"Imitation is the sincerest flatter1^."
"Perhaps it is, but I'm not going tc
take chanccs of being arrested foi
forgery."
ART NOTES
First Artist—Yes, hang it
my palette knife yesterday.
Second Artist—Great Scott!
do you eat with now?
Brown—Why is your daughter going
to talk against the permanence of a
republic in that college debate?
Smith—Because she thought the ad
vocacy of a republic would not go well
with her new empire gown.
Exhausting Experience.
"What's the matter with our morosa
friend?"
"Political indige^tiOB," replied Sena
tor Sorghum. "The pork barrel and
pie counter were too much for him."
The Wrong Diagnosis.
"I like your face, sir," said the In
quisitive stranger. "It is a cheery face,
a face with a mission it is the face ot
a man who believes in reducing th«
burdens and annoyances of his fel
low men."
"Mebby it is," said the little man.
"You're the sort of man who be
lieves in banishing the shadows," the
Inquisitive man went on.
"Nope," replied the little man with
a vigorous shake of his head. "You've
lost me this time. I'm the man who
puta up the awnings."
Scene from the "The Girl and the Stampede" Beach Opera House Oct.
OR washing dishes
bought-
some women
IVORY SOAP.
Ik
1I«
lost
What
WOULD NEVER DO
FRIDAY OCTOBER 23, 1914
jMwmi
hat*.
ks-.ly use laundry soap which
is bound to contain lye, then
spend considerable time and
money trying to keep their hands
from becoming red, rough
and sore.
Other women use nothing but
Ivory Soap for their dishwashing
and have no trouble in keeping the skin
soft, smooth and white.
In washing dishes, as in all personal and household
cleansing, Ivory Soap only cleanses. It does not injure
anything it touches because there is nothing in it that
can do harm.
W/
BEACH OPERA HOUSE
Monday, Oct 26
MERLE H. NORTON & VICTOR LAMBERT
OFFER
THE BIG NEW YORK SUCCESS
The Girl
NOTES
&IADOWBROOK
FARM
Apply manure any time.
Keep the hen roosts low.
Be careful in selecting seed.
The pig and cow pasture should bi
separate.
AND
The Stampede
A ROMANCE OF WYOMING
Elaborate Scenery and Effects Carried and Introducing
Cowgirls-Cowboys-Indians
Order Seats Now at Otto Stensrud's. Prices are
25 cents to $1.00
Don't let any butcher have youi
best ewe lambs.
Don't guess that there are no ticki
on the sheep—be sure.
Lambs are more Busceotible to atom
I
26th.
PURE
EAGLE VALLEY NEWS
We are having rain to night
the first rain for a long time- It
will help some for fall plowing.
Grandpa Clemenice of Skaar
passed through the Valley on
Tuesday cf hist week. He had
been to Beach where he went to,
meet his children from South
Dakota. He had four children
and eight grand children in the
wagon he was taking them home
with him to Skaar where there
will be a family reunion. A lady
in the Valley told them that they
all looked happy and they told
her that they were happy to be
able to mset with father and
mother once again and said they'
were going to stay a month and
celebrate the whole time and Mr.
Clemence says that Skaar is just
a booming. He is the postmast'
er at Skaar.
The Wildes brothers were in
the Valley Sunday.
The autoes from Beach
passed,
through the Valley on their way
to the Hubbard school house this
week also the autoes from1 Sen
tinel Butte.

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