Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1915 — COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. [ARTICLE]

COMMISSIONERS’ COURT.

All petition® for bridges are continued for the term. 8. C. Irwin Stone Road. Supt. A. B. Lowman and Engineer Devere Yeoman file final report and road Is accepted by the board. ‘ Cause continued for filing of financial report .Reuben €. Yeoman Road. Supt. Robert Yeoman flies final report showing total charges, of $16,841.82 and credits the same. Superintendent allowed $576.64 for his services. Lewis Fritz Road. Viewer® granted an extension of time to file report to and including'Feb. 1, 1915. Christian Roush Road. Viewers granted extension of time to file report to and Including Feb. 2, 1915. - '• 'Fred Karch Road. Report and supplemental report approved. Road ordered established without an election. Contract to be let on Feb. 2, 1915. P. R. Blue allowed an attorney fee of $75. Geo." H. May Road. Contract ordered sold on Feb. 1, 1915: C. W. Markin Road. New highway W. Frank Osborne, Frank Alter and Walter V. Porter appointed viewers and directed to meet and qualify at auditor’s office Jan. 18, 1915, and make report Feb. Ist, 1915. Royal L. Bussell Road. Notice of letting contract ordered for Feb. 2, 1915. All other road matters are continued for the term. C. J. Hobbs Ditch. A Halleck allowed $350 attorney fee. Charles Erb Ditch. Report and assessments approved and confirmed and ditch ordered established. Joe Stewart is appointed superintendent and directed to give bond in sum of $5,000. G. A. Williams allowed S9O attorney fee. King and Lawler Ditch. Board finds for remonstrator, Henry Paulus, and reduces his assessment. Board also finds for remonstrators, Makeever, Stockton and Williams, aftd reduces assessment and directs that report shall be so amended hhat the tile through e!4 of ne% of 26-29-7 be properly coupled to main tile at expense of Makeever lands and that other lands owned by Makeever estate may be drained into main tile when proper to do go through, tile now on lands of Vincent Eisele and at expense of Makeever estate and Makeever estate agrees to take no appeal. Ditch, ordered established and assessmnts approvd and confirmed* Frank King is appointed superintendent of construction and gives bond in sum of $5,000. J. A. Du/ lap allowed fee of S7O and W. H, Parkinson’allowed fee of S3O. Nathan Steffen ditch, Surveyor granted extension of time to file amended report, to andjncluding Feb. I,’ 1915. All other ditch matters are continued for the term. Miscellaneous. Auditor allowed $250 for preparing plat of lands for use in assessing real estate for the year 1915. H. W. Marble, commissioner from the first district, presents certificate of election with oath attached and the board reorganizes by electing Chas, A. Welch president. Albert J. Snip appointed constable for Keener township. E. D. Britten resign® as assistant highway superintendent and Albert B. Robbins appointed. Engineer Devere Yeoman presents general specifications for stone roads and the board examines and, approves the same. Hereafter all; roads constructed must in the main conform to-the standard specifications so adopted. The specifications adapted will make stone roads cost about $4,500 per mile. The reason of adopting such specifications is to get better roads, the county already feeling it a great burden to keep up the cheaply constructed roads, Bank Reports. Interest on public funds for December, 1914: First National .$130.80 Trust & Savings * 58.25 State Bank Rensselaer ....‘. 59.66 State Bank Remington 51.19 Wheatfleld Bank, no report. ' Bank proposals for public fund®: First National $200,000.00 Trust & Savings 200,000.00 State Bank Rensselaer... 100,000.00 State Bank Remington,. 50,000.00 Bank of Wheatfleld .... 40,000.00 All bids examined and approved] and the fund® are awarded to the: different bidders in proportion to their capital stock an l plus; Under the law the treasurer is required to distribute ibis fund® accordingly. ‘ ,

Ethel Bradshaw, of Attica, has been appointed assistant matron of the Sac and Fox Indian school, in Oklahoma. Federal troops stationed in northern Colorado coal fields have' received orders to leave the district at once. ;: > •-! m m Prince Cantacuzene, husband of Julia Debt Grant, has been decorated by the Czar for heroism in the Galician campaign. Abe Martin says: “It seems like ,th’ more adept a feller becomes in hand shakin’ th’ less he amounts to. When we read th’ “January Sales? we kind o’ wish we’d waited till Easter give' our Christmas ffres&itS.