Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1915 — FEBRUARY TERM OF THE COMMISSIONERS [ARTICLE]

FEBRUARY TERM OF THE COMMISSIONERS

Roads, Ditches and Other Matters Keep Commissioners Busy at Two Days’ Session.

Miscellaneous. Liquor remonstrances in esch ol <the four wards of Rensselaer found sufficient. , Interest public funds: First Nation®! $122.14 Trust & Savings Bank 51.18 Remingtoq State Bank 44.33 Rensselaer State Bank 57.78 Wheatfield Bank 10.70 Trustee of Marion township requested permission to extend additional aid for Emma Bowser, Win. Benson, Chas, Vick, Nellie Williams, Rosa Culp, John Albertson, Anna Elder and Alice Potts, and same is granted. Auditor directed to advertise for bids for material to repair county roads, consisting of crushed Mmestone, to be laid down at Goodland, Percy Junction, Remington, MteOoysbung, Pleasant Ridge, Rensselaer, Fair Oaks, DeMotte, Stoutsburg, Wheatfield, Tefft, Medaryville, bids to be on file by 2 o’clock March 2, 1915, at auditor’s office. Auditor directed to advertise for bids for removal and replacing two bridges across the Dexter ditch, bids to be on file at 1 o’clock Fdb. 20, 1915, auditor’s office. Ditches.

Michael Jungles, contractor for Davis Jungles ditch, offers to surrender contract for completion of said ditch and Devere Yeoman, commissioner of construction, files his report, showing construction impracticable from station a.... to outlet. Ditch is completed according to specifications, and that as to balance of drain (or that portion above the big sand cut) be abandoned and no further money expended thereon and cause is dropped from the docket. It is the intention of land owners above the Sand cut to divert the course of the ditch into the Infield ditch, thereby avoiding the sand cut which proved to be impracticable and a petition is now signed up and ready for filing to accomplish the work. Other ditch causes continued. Roads, C. W. Markin road in Barkley and Walker townships is ordered constructed. Karc’h stone road in Walker township was sold to Albert Keen for $3,970. May Stone Road, Carpenter township; sold to W. F. Smith & Co. for $9,000. Bussell Stone Road in Hanging Grove township sold to Monyhan & Son for $21,700. Fritz Stone Road. Viewers file Report and continued for objections. Roush Stone Road. Continued for filing of report. Hunt Stone Road. Final report approved and road accepted. For this week only; our 15c cans of asparagus tips, pink salmon, spinach, pie peaches or sweet potatoes for 10c. JOHN EGER. Prices for “The Little Princess’ all reserve seats 35c. General admission 25c. Phone 98 for reserve.