Board of Supervisors
SOURCE: The Clinton Mirror - 22 Sept 1900. I typed this up because there are alot of names here, however, I'm sure what some of the names refer to. For example, under SOLDIERS' RELIEF FUND is Nicholas Schreiner, wood, $70 and G W Salzer, mdse $12. Did these guys provide wood and stuff for local soldiers? or were they soldiers and needed the help of the fund? I don't know. The same is true when it comes to the POOR FUND. I think it may be a mixture of both but I don't know. But it is a name and a date and a possible link to more info :)
Also, on a side note, a dollar in 1900 is equal to 26.50 in 2020.
CLINTON, Monday, Sept. 10, 1900
The Board of Supervisors met according to adjournment.
Present, Supervisors Burken, Gohlmann and Frazier.
The following claims against the county were allowed and warrants in
payment of same ordered drawn on the different funds as follows:
| COUNTY FUND | ||
| Age Pub Co., blank books | $ | 28.25 |
| G U Gordon, salary | 32.00 | |
| Age Pub Co | 59.60 | |
| P F Hallinan, drayage | 5.00 | |
| J L Bohnson, premium on insurance | 15.00 | |
| R C Langan, same | 30.00 | |
| J Q Jeffries & Co, same | 30.00 | |
| T R Murray, same | 20.00 | |
| J C Crennen, assessing saloons, Elk River | 4.00 | |
| Robt Hall, same, Low Moor | 2.00 | |
| J F Feddersen, printing | 20.00 | |
| COURT FUND | ||
| Age Pub Co, printing court docket | 90.00 | |
| Sol Hirsch, mdse to jail | 6.50 | |
| Simon Tolson, material and labor to jail | ||
| claimed $29.50 allowed | 27.10 | |
| Henry Specht, mdse to jail | 9.55 | |
| SOLDIERS' RELIEF FUND | ||
| Nicholas Schreiner, wood | 70.00 | |
| G W Salzer, mdse | 12.00 | |
| ROAD FUND | ||
| Tom Williams, labor in rock quarry, Elvira road | 9.90 | |
| Henry Bambro, same | 9.90 | |
| R. Sorengsen, same | 7.92 | |
| S Simons, same | 12.60 | |
| John Dempsey, same | 9.90 | |
| Carl Sorgensen, same | 9.07 | |
| Carl Beck, same | 9.90 | |
| L Miller, same | 8.25 | |
| Wm Steele, use of tools | 6.00 | |
| H Petersen, labor | 9.90 | |
| Will Morey, hauling gravel | 1.10 | |
| J Hostert, labor | 35.00 | |
| Hans Edens, same | 3.30 | |
| Pat Gilroy, same | 33.00 | |
| Wm Henning, same | 32.40 | |
| Geo Dixon, same | 15.75 | |
| Bruce Laycock, same | 6.00 | |
| John Voget, same | 13.50 | |
| Fred Hart, same | 21.09 | |
| Chris Jensen, labor Berlin | 7.75 | |
| N Jensen, same | 8.50 | |
| J Jacobsen, same | 13.25 | |
| J Schroeder, same | 7.00 | |
| H Blunk, same | 4.25 | |
| Ad Barnes, same | 7.50 | |
| L Dosland | 4.25 | |
| M Dosland, same | 7.75 | |
| J Bliedorn, same | 6.60 | |
| J Deitch, same | 1.50 | |
| C Sampson, same | 5.25 | |
| H Dosland, same | 2.00 | |
| H C Gabriel, labor on road, Olive | 6.00 | |
| Wm Griebel, same | 6.00 | |
| John Gibson, same | 9.00 | |
| Niels Petersen, same | 6.00 | |
| Geo Wulf, same | 9.00 | |
| Mick Doherty | 4.00 | |
| Gus Griebel, same | 6.00 | |
| Chas Weick, same | 3.00 | |
| Peter Ehlers, same | 5.50 | |
| Michael Murphy, same | 4.50 | |
| Martin Ruhs, same | 5.50 | |
| Chas Bu Bolos, same | 1.50 | |
| Paul Hartman, same | 3.00 | |
| Henry Pinter, labor Olive | 21.90 | |
| Henry Greible, same | 27.20 | |
| BRIDGE FUND | ||
| E G Franklin, lumber and labor, Brookfield | 14.96 | |
| Wm Struve, planks, Elk River | 3.17 | |
| POOR FUND | ||
| C Lamb & Sons, Clinton | 2.00 | |
| Towle & Spreter, mdse | 14.75 | |
| Sarah Ward, rent | 6.00 | |
| G W Salzar, mdse | 11.00 | |
| P J Barnes, mdse | 7.00 | |
| Wm Schmidt, care of orphans | 4.00 |
In the matter of the petition of Isaac and Elizabeth Baldwin, it was
ordered by the board that the Clerk of the District Court be, and he
is hereby instructed to cancel the costs due the county, provided
the balance of the costs are settled by the plaintiff, as
recommended by the County Attorney.
It was moved that the action of the board in the matter of the
so-called Lockwood road case be re-considered. Upon call of
the roll Burken voted yes and Frazier and Gohlmann voted no.
The motion was declared lost.
Petition of Mrs. Fick asking abatement of taxes of 1899, on account
of poverty, was granted.
Ordered by the board that C. T. Swords, of De Witt, be, and is here
by re-appointed Soldiers' Relief Commissioner for the term of three
years.
Ordered by the Board that C. Boyson and Pat Hosty be, and they are
hereby appointed to destroy the ballots of the 1899 election.
Petition of A H Polley, asking the soldier's exemption was
continued.
Petition of Chas. Gluck, asking refund of mulct tax was rejected.
The time having arrived for the letting of the contract to furnish
coal for the Court House and poor farm, the following bids were
opened and read:
S. Shoecraft & Son -- screened soft nut coal, delivered at Court
House, $2.50 per ton; Standard lump coal, delivered at Charlotte,
$3.10 per ton; Chunk coal, delivered at Charlotte, $3.20 per ton.
Smith & Oakes -- soft nut delivered at Court House, $2.50 per ton;
Third Vein chunk, delivered at Charlotte, $3.20 per ton; Standard
lump delivered at Charlotte, $3.10 per ton.
E G Fenlon -- Nut and Pea coal delivered at Court House, $1.85 per
ton; Screened Nut, Third vein delivered at Court House, $2.26 per
ton; large Nut, Third Vein, delivered at Court House, $2.71 per ton;
Spring Valley lump delivered at Charlotte, $3.20; 2d Vein lump
delivered at Charlotte, 2.75 per ton.
Wilke Bros -- Third vein Spring Valley screened nut delivered at
Court House, $2.29 per ton; Third Vein Spring Valley screened lump,
delivered at Charlotte, $3.20 per ton.
The Board awarded the contract for furnishing Third Vein screened
nut coal, delivered at Court House at $2.25 per ton to E G Fenlon,
and for furnishing Third Vein chunk coal, delivered at Charlotte at
$3.20 per ton to Smith & Oakes.
Ordered by the board that the following named electors be, and the same are, hereby appointed judges and clerks of election of the general election to be held on the 6th day of November, 1900, in the several townships voting precints of Clinton county.
BERLIN
Judges - Christ Gohlman d, Henry Schuber d, Wm Copenhafer r.
Clerks - T F Hughes d, A B Correll.
BLOOMFIELD
Judges - T Shollenberger r, J G Spence r, James McGonegle d.
Clerks - J A Fitzpatrick r, John Foley d.
BROOKFIELD
Judges - J W Andersen d, Wm Ruggeberg r, Wm Myers d. Clerks -
W S Hill r, T B Leimbaugh d.
CAMANCHE
Judges - Theo. Hoyt r, W A Tyler d, John Trainer r. Clerks - A
Arp d, A R Nissley r.
CENTER
Judges - J Rathman d, W J Schwartz d, Scott Hamilton r. Clerks
- A H Steudeman d, R J Gibson r.
DEEP CREEK
Judges - Louis Kruse d, Freemont Watts r, Thos Farrell d.
Clerks - W Conrad r, Geo. Ingwersen d.
DeWITT
Judges - M O'Hern d, N S Harrington d, H Osterber r. Clerks -
M F Kelley d, Chas Howson r.
EDEN
Judges - G W Powell r, J L Griswold r, Nathan Brooks d. Clerks
- R Hall r, Edw Hazard d.
ELK RIVER
Judges - John McGrath d, Louis Gradert d, Wm Koch r. Clerks -
H H Petersen d, E C Forest r.
HAMPSHIRE
Judges - Detlef Dierks d, Nick Everhart r, Henry Ashpole r. Clerks -
L J Buell d, Geo. Cook r.
LIBERTY
Judges - John Hoker d, Geo Robinson d, T W Kidd r. Clerks - B
C Horstman d, N J Edwards r.
LINCOLN
Judges - Robert Rasmussen d, Noble Vosberg r, Bert Kelley r.
Clerks - Geo Dixon ind, Thos Hawke r.
OLIVE
Judges - N O Olsen r, David Wagner r, Paul Siegmund d. Clerks - W W
A Huntington r, Hans Johnson d.
ORANGE
Judges - John H Blunck d, Geo B Smith d, John R Merrell r.
Clerks - P H Blunck d, L D Harrington r.
SHARON
Judges - C Guyer d, H Dickman d, F E Sanderson r. Clerks - A E Haak
d, C W Comstock r.
SPRING ROCK
Judges - L F Homerighausen d, A Dieckmann d, J W Tooker r. Clerks -
J E Klahn d, J W Hover r.
SPRING VALLEY
Judges - Fred Wenzel r, P D Gaffney d, E M Aikman r. Clerks -
John H Krebs d, Charles Au r.
WASHINGTON
Judges - John Magoon d, Joseph Cranney d, Henry Drews r.
Clerks - Joseph McDermott d, Wm Lamp r.
WATERFORD
Judges - Hugh Hanrahan d, James McDermott d, Harry Beeby r.
Clerks - John P Clark d, Arthur Monahan r.
WELTON
Judges - Charles Rielly d, Henry Hilbert d, Frank Buck r.
Clerks - Jerry Donnegan d, John Howat r.
CLINTON 1st WARD, 1st PRECINCT
Judges - Fred Dieckmann d, Fred Meyer d, Gus Johnson r. Clerks
- Thomas Allen d, Herman Burde r.
1st WARD, 2d PRECINCT
Judges - J Andresen d, Nis Nissen d, Ed Worrell r. Clerks -
Sam French d, F A Frink r.
2d WARD
Judges - W L Callender r, M W Bailey d, J S Hart d. Clerks -
John Richardson d, L F Sutton r.
3d WARD
Judges - T W Hall d, E J Saxton d, E L Miller r. Clerks - W J
Keefe d, P S Bannister r.
4th WARD, 1st PRECINCT
Judges - W H Poston d, Knute Johnson d, Olof Norlin r. Clerks
- J L McDonehue d, Clark Chalker r.
4th WARD, 2d PRECINCT
Judges - H B Hobein d, Life Harrison r, Po C Donahue d. Clerks
- H E Oates r, Jens Bohnson d.
5th WARD
Judges - J Petersen r, John Logan d, Nels Howard r. Clerks - H
Hoffman d, H E Carr r.
6th WARD, 1st PRECINCT
Judges - F L Holleran d, W J Cook r, P H O'Connor d. Clerks -
Ed Kamer d, Arthur Holmes r.
6th WARD, 2nd PRECINCT
Judges - Dr. Hamilton d, Pat Nutley d, S C Scott r. Clerks - W
E Russell r, Mike Jordan d.
7th Ward, 1st PRECINCT
Judges - M Foran d, L C Moeszinger d, John McDonald r. Clerks
- L P Schneider d, F E Leffingwell r.
7th WARD, 2nd PRECINCT
Judges - Jake Borman d, Thomas Ashton r, M D Madden d. Clerks
- P S Eaton r, John Overcamp d.
In the matter of the appointing of judges of election for the first precinct of the Sixth ward, it was motioned that J E Anderson be appointed one of said judges. On call of the roll Frazier and Gohlmann voted no and Burken yes. The motion was declared lost.
Ordered by the board that the payment of the judges and clerks of election, of the election to be held Nov 6th, 1900, be as follows: In townships or precints where the number of votes cast is 200 or less, $4. In townships or precincts where the numbers of votes cast is more than 200 and less than 500 $5. In townships or precints where the number of votes cast is 500 or more $6.
The following claimes against the county were examined, allowed and ordered by the Board that warrants in payment of the same be drawn on the different funds as follows
| COUNTY FUND | ||
| Carroll Bros, premium on insurance | $ | 20.00 |
| W J Keefe, same | 15.00 | |
| N D Patterson, same | 30.00 | |
| Paddock & Dieckmann, same | 40.00 | |
| John Richardson, same | 20.00 | |
| L N Frazier, com work | 3.20 | |
| M T Gohlmann, same | 11.30 | |
| C Nelson, assessing saloons, Olive | 2.00 | |
| ROAD FUND | ||
| T Lyons, pt pay on road work, Spring Valley | 25.00 | |
| COURT FUND | ||
| J L McCarthy, repair at jail | 12.75 | |
| The following Supervisor's bills, per diem and mileage were allowed | ||
| H Burken, 2 days, 2 miles | 8.10 | |
| M Gohlmann, 2 days, 70 miles | 11.50 | |
| L N Frazier, 2 days, 90 miles | 12.50 | |
The minutes of meeting were read and approved and the Board adjourned to meet Monday, Oct. 1, 1900 at 9 o'clock, A. M.
L. RUTENBECK, County Auditor