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Show . , . I . > RIGIO IID GECONOMY ECONOMY IN INr f r ) , ! EXPfNDITURES EXPENDITURES URGED URGEDAt . y 1 ' At a meeting meetmg of the board of county"COlmmssionels countycommissioners county countytommissioneis tommissioneis "COlmmssionels COlmmssionels commissioners " Monday , the need ofex.crcising ofexercising of ofexercising \ ( exercising \ex.crcising ex.crcising . the most rigid rlgld economy In iniicall 1 phases of county business was ois- ois 015- 015 a1s- a1s a1scussed 015.J oiscussed - .J J . cussed A letter was addressed to theGrand theGrand the ; Grand county board of education , urgdng urg- urg urgI urging urg-nng urg nng - I ing dng the continued cooperation of thatbody that ' "body body " in effecting effectmg economiesPreseQt economiesPresent economies PreseQt Present Present at the meeting of the board boardere board"were boardwere i iere " ere Commissioners H G Green , A AI AI AM A.M AM I I . M Robertson and John A Johnston , . Sheriff J B Skewes , Assessor 0 H HNewell HNewell HNewell Newell Newelland and Clerk H W . Balsley . Jones & Cunnlngham Cunningham of Cisco VYereallo wereallowed were VYere allo\\ allo allowed alloed \ ed $100 100 $ for maintaining the Nash Nashwash Nashwash wash county road during the past pastyear pastyear .year year , . ; year . Commissioner 4Commissioner 4 < . Johnston was author author- authorized authorized authorized - ized to look after the relief work to be bedone bedone 1done done in his part of the county in pay- pay payment payment pay-ment pay ment - 1 [ ment of ot R F . C funds advanced since sincethe sinceg sincethe sincethe , the first of the year . g " , ; ' An additional sum of $75 75 $ was appro appro- appro1 appropriated appropriated - - 1 > priated rlated from the county road fund tobe tobe to tobe > be cX expended ended on the Elgin dugway dugway.This dugwayThis . beI This Thts money will augment labor to be'ttone bettone be betrone be'clone I ' trone 'clone clone ' on the road in pa payment 'II1ent II1ent ' of R F F.fS FfS . c . . relief disbursementsN disbursementsThe disbursements Floy.I Floyj N " ? The purchase of lands for the Floy- Floy FloyThompsons - - .I I ! . .Irbompsons j Thompsons -rbompsons rbompsons Thompson - federal aid highway was wasupproved wasapproved wasapproved upproved approved at the meeting T . G . 1W1mmer Wimrner Whnmer of Crescent was paid $375 375 $ for forl for9Vc l , 1 9 } 9Z % Z acres of land , and Eutlmlo Eutimio Duran Duranif Duranof Duran"of Duranof " if of ) Thompsons was paid $50 50 $ for one onetuld oneand oneLand tuld and onehalf one one-halt one halt , ; - ialf acres The board made made1I madeTI madeH [ 1I TI G Ballard of England an offer of ofs75 of'115 of115 ' $75 75 s75 $ for 2.56 256 . . acres of land at Thompsons Thompsons Thomp- Thomp - sons The letter of the commissioners to tothe tothe tothe the board of education follows ' * . ; "This This " letter is being written to re- re request request re request - - quest your continued earnest coopera coopera- coopera'tion cooperation cooperation - - tion 'tion ' in our attempt to reduce the ex- ex exnse exuse ex-pcnse ex pcnse - - | nse use of conducting the county andschool and andschool andIschool school governments of Grand county countyAs county.iAs countyiAs . -As As - you know , we are facing an exceedingly eXCeed- eXCeed eXCeedlngly exceed-'Ingly exceed 'Ingly Ingly - ' lngly ingly critical financial situation , and andt andIt ] t now appears that it will be necessary necessaryor necessarytor or every e\ery e ery eery \ item of county and school schoolxpensc schoolxpense schoolexpense xpensc xpense to be curtailed just as Tar far as asI aspossible aspossible I OSSible possible } ) , consistent with a reasonable reasonabledegree reasonabledegree reasonabledegree degree of efficiency The board ot of otcounty ofcounty ofcounty county commissioners very greatly ap- ap appreciates appreciates ap appreciates - otI - I preciates the efforts made by the theboard theboard theboard board of education last year to reduce reduceits reduceits I its expenses to a very considerable ex- ex ex1 extent extent ex extent - 1 tent , and we v.e ve . do not want v.ant vant . to appeararbitrary appear appeari appeararbitrary appeararbitrary i arbitrary or dictatorial in this matter matterI matternow matternow matternow I now , but v w . we e do . a&k ak a.sk ask & that , in the setting settingof settingt settingi t i your : teachers ' salaries and other othersalaries othersalaries othersalaries salaries and expenses , and in the pre- pre preI preparation preParation pre preparation - I paration of your budget for the coming comingyear comingyear comingyear year , you carefully analyze each and andevery andevery andevery every item , to the end that the cost costof costof costof of continuing the schools in Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty Grandcounty county be held down to tb the minimum minimum'of minimumof ' of your actual requirements . ' "Assuring Assuring " you in advance thate that we we'I ' weshall \e e \ eU 'I I ' U 11 very greatly appreciate your er- er cf- cf erorts cforts cr-iforts cr iforts - orts along the line indicated above abovewe , e Care are arer , Very respectfully ) sours yours ours , , H H . . G . GREEN , Chairmanl Chairman , , [ i A . M . ROBERTSON ROBERTSONf , JOHN A JOHNSTON " |