Show TELEPHONE AND FERRY granted green river parties by co commissioners money appropriated for lawrence bridge and R R co petitioned for warehouse at mounds the county board of commissioners were in session monday and tuesday chairman andrew nelson and larsen were the members present commissioner A P johnsoni being ill remained at homo ih two important items of interest transacted were the granting of a t ie phone franchise to frank cook of green and the granting of a ferry fran chise to E whisler of biam and green river mr cook had already secured a franchise from the town of green river for telephone privileges the action of the county board will ena ble him to extend and operate his system hi system to points outside of the cor borate limits of the town mr whisler ferry franchise allows him to construct and a general ferry system across green river at i point about one mile above the ra broad bridge and above the old ferry the rates in his are considerable less than the old ferry rates the franchise will appear in next week s progress the application 1 iolj farrer for a ferry fian was held t another matter considered by the i baird w as that of putting the county road to mounds in fine shape and poti the railroad company to erect a warehouse there for the tion 0 merchants and other citizens of emery county shipp ng in and out more or les fi eight this matter has been frequently brought to the board s atten tion and one point strongly urged 13 that the twenty or more peddlers run ning regularly to san aside may call at and p ck up freight without go ng out of the way to price the lack of a decent bridge over lillei creek ind the absence of a bridge of any sort over drunkard s wash tha board instructed county clerk tuttle to draw up a petit on and forward it to railroad lail road headquarters and also notify all mer chants and her shippers of much freight to add their assistance in the cause the county having been notified that the state appropriation of would soon be available for and road purposes the board appropriated for the completion of the bridge across creek at lawrence ole tuft and john P hansen will conati tute two of a committee of three to finish this bridge the abutments of which are already in for the repair and strengthening the piers and upper frame of the orange ville bridge which are about ed the board appropriated the sum of out of th state appropriation mayor rod mcdonald s resignation as justice of the peace of green river w as accepted and L P fullmer was ap pointed in his stead wm hitchcock was appointed to succeed I 1 W behunin res ened as health officer of clawson precinct will J seely was appointed constable of Cast ledale precinct succeeding jos eph hansen resigned the emery county beekeepers as petitioned for the appointment of deputy bee inspectors in several pre cinita in conformity with the new state law those appointed were W L marshall and N guymon jr of Olang eville jensen and john for ferron molen Claw I 1 mery and christian for cas tl edale the office of county game warden hav ing been abolished by the late legisla ture at the request of state game warden H cromer a s ate deputy was appointed and J W seely was given the appointment at a salary of 60 per year county school bupt supt ds appropriated oa 05 out of the school fund to attend the annual of tho national educational association at los angeles in july to conform with tl e requirements of the new horticultural law J J hanan of perron was ie 1 county fruit tree inspector and W H shane of green river was 0 pointed deputy in ejector W H pace of green ki er was ip pointed a deputy sheriff to take caie of obstreperous persons in the river corn county attorney A D dickso i was appointed official to dispose of the coal land at coming motion sale on may 20 |