Humboldt Independent (Newspaper) - August 16, 1938, Humboldt, Iowa Staff in cmm to ft big form and A Show But the it lot to do with tu but brothers regained big cattle op tke teat that the Miller brothers because they still bough always house tot of feeders from th and on and thousands HOARD PROCEEDINGS feral different occasion from the ranges the state of the down in which they ship tress association was the biggest pod to farms and feed lota alt over reason for the ioi becoming a the Twenty percent o household word All over the United these cattle neter saw the io Of course there Is no lot Ranch tt has been all hack ed up the last couple of years and the pieces have gone to the bank ers and The story of the and a large number were shipped there only for slaughter and But what first brought the ranch to public as you all know ranch starts was great 101 Ranch Rodeo and with George who Wild West It started this citron Ma I was given his military title fee was born In in 1870 he sold his Interest in his grand fathers Kentucky plantation and With his wife and infant son start ed bound for But when he reached Colonel 306 Miller the eldest of the together with some Oklahoma newspaper persuade National Edi Association to hold its an meeting on the promis ing them a featur right close to the present Ing cowboy stunts and Indian Oklahoma he happened to overhear a wandering they came and the show Texas cowhand remark about the Burned out to be all that was prom cheapness of Missouri In addition to the editors and is Texas hog meat Is so high newspaper owners who came from youve got to trade a all parts of the sixtyfive Steer for fifty pounds of It the thousand people assembled to see the It became a big business cowboy Colonel George decided that proposition trading fifty pounds of pork for J Of course the newspapermen about fourteen hundred pounds of all wrote It up for their home pa beet on the hoof would be a good and 101 Ranch Rodeo Round way to get And It He bought hogs and smoked hams and which he took to The next year he Came back with four hundred head ot and In partnership with a Texan named Lee he started his first ranch on land leased from the Up In the northeast corner of what is now the state ot Ten years the outfit had expanded to such an extent that Miller and moved farth er west and leased two parcels ot up became world After that it was an annual show at the ranch that always took place over Labor Day Two years later the show had gained such a tremendous reputa tion that the Miller brothers wero invited by President Theodore Roosevelt to bring their cowboy riders and Indians to the James town Exposition at Vir This was a huge and in the Millers put a regular land from the government totaling Wild West show on the Many about sixty thousand one the best cowboy Includ ing the Tom on the Salt Fork of the Arkansas and the other a little farth er north near the Kansas on Deer It was this time that they began to use the famous 101 mark a small brand stamped on horns of the The outfit Used several hide brands at that How this 101 brand origi no one seems to but it as many people because there wero one hundred and one thousand acres of land In the And right here Is the proper place to blast one haywire tradi tion that the 101 Ranch was one of the largest cattle ranches that L ever It The col onel and his boys may hare had a hundred thousand acres under lease at one time or the varied from yoar to but usually they had much less than The greatest amount of land they ever owned outright was a little more than seventeen thousand There and dozens of bigger ranches all over the The 101 as its a outfit as far as the production of beef cat tie was Its fame was due to other factors than The Millers seem to have oper ated what was largely a or feeder ranch up to the While they bred some most of their beef was bought In Job lots down In Texas and held on the range until they were ready for the market and then driven up to the Kansas towns along the roll About Colonel Miller hav ing In the meantime dissolved his partnership with Lee the outfit moved a tew miles down the Salt Fork to what was to become the historic 101 and along about the same time the 101 horn brand was stamped on the left hip of all both horses and taking the place of the sev eral different bide brands that had formerly been About this time two important changes took The 101 Ranch started to go In for blooded cattle and general In it had long since ceased to be pr a beef cattle producer whe it first came to the public It wasnt until 1903 that the fa mous White the tors of the was Colon e George Miller died in an old so dugout before the fine new rest dence That yea the outfit had fifty thousand acre unite Of were In thre thousand Jn corn and wore than thousand In sorghum an JB other th on be place produce ftr more In money than any number ot cattle that been ranged on the remain wen of the ranch the fif the worked In the It was no doubt the best show of Its kind ever put under a I think seeing Colonel Joes famous with his ten thous and dollar sad alone was worth the price of To add further wealth to the 101 oil was discovered on the Oil wells Jumped tho family Income a quarter million a 101 tho the whole the but group ot too big to be handled by a loosely organized family As long as tho three brothers lived and could co operate In Its management things went all but first Joe and thei George Just about the time the 1929 panic nit the country the outfit passed into the hands of Zack Miller and two of his young all good but none experienced in financial Jug The price of hogs and agricultural produce hit rock bot Oil went way down In The show was losing Credi tors started and Zack Mill er Is said to have stopped one forced sale of the property with a He was but was re leased by the state under in an Adjourned Session of the June session of said Board on at Oclock With the following named present on roll call Stank Menr Be U R That on In the it day of the county Board of Supervisors of Humboldt met In session for the purpose of a hearing upon the budget estimate as filed with this There was present a um as required by Thereupon the board investigated and found that the notice of the time and place of law and M directed by the been published on the IB and 19 day of In the Humboldt Re publican and Humboldt Independent official and that the affidavit of publication thereof was on file with the County Audi Thereafter and on said day the estimate was taken up and consid ered and taxpayers heard for and against said The Humboldt County Taxpayers Association was represented by six persons who appeared at the hear Thereafter and after hearing all taxpayers desiring to be the board took up the estimate for final consideration and after being fully the board determined that said estimate be corrected and completed so that when completed It should be In words and figures as stated The Chairman of the board and the county auditor were thereupon directed to properly certify the en and to file the same In the office of the county auditor as re by County Auditor t Nof tl by the Board of o Humboldt this in day of that j by be and hereby Is appoints tomftke a and of said lands showing their rela Mid condition of drain Dated of with reference to at Dakota county Auditor Subscribed and to before ma wallukait of cour by day and to make and m with the County Auditor a report o his findings tof ether with hi recommendations roll call all members SEAL County Clerk of Humboldt Thereupon the Chairman de dared said Resolution duly adopt claim for refund In the amoun Moved by Superior rude and seconded by Supervisor Prank that the Beat Electric ot be and is hereby authorised and having been died bj Franklin as Executor of th John Paulsen Estate on account o erroneous assessment for the yea It Is moved by Hoffmann am to Install 141 feet of underground service cable and a by Sawyer that said be allowed and the County conduit and for a to Issue a refund warran service for the Electric payment of Ayes Hoff In accordance with Change Order which Is attached Weir am and forms a part of this Motion by Saverude and that the Best Electric Company of be paid for Sawyer that Randall Melson and McCollough Ayes Wesley appointed Commissioners to In Frank Lewis William Weir and and classify all of the lands benefited by the reconstruction ol Naye Extension of Drainage Whereupon the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors declared Ayes Weir and Motion duly by Saverude and Certificate County Hoffmann that September 6 1938 at oclock be set as of Humboldt do date for hearing on claims for by certify above Is a filed In connection with and correct copy of the establishment of Drainage Dis passed by said Board of Ayes Save this of Weir and as the same appears from the by Hoffmann and seconded utes of said Weir that the petition for clean Dated this day of of Drainage District 35 at Dakota by et be re O County on account ot lack of Moved by Hoffmann and Ayes by Weir that Arno Schumann Weir and paid per month as motion Board adjourned to on Court House 1938 at 9 oclock with August Board all and County Auditor of wt aiMI StSe state tics fees poultry Sell f do A cov tedium hauling 1 59 m materials and 400 on gasoline Rutland Lumber mater ials Sawyers killed Proponed tures 1939 Funds General Court Poor State Insane County School Soldiers Relief Bovine Tuberculosis Funding Court House Emergency Secondary Road Funds Construction H mill 1 mills 3 mills Fair Ground Proponed tures decided at hearing Estimated Income Balance other than on hand taxation June to be 1938 deducted 698 802 Amount necessary to be Expend raised by taxation S 750 lures for 1937 100 300 tures for 1936 J 153 Botsford Lumber mater drain Clare Lumber IS 1868 Drainage District reimbursement 11 oo estimates Lumber tool John MidWest Service mater Henry 91 A Rutland Lumber cement Royal Oil gasoline repair work Thor Lumber materials Poor Anderson home cash allow Given under my hand and seal of office In Dakota City lown thin Chairman Board of Supervisors Q JOHN Board took a to oclock oclock Board all members for tho purpose of receiving bids for the Elevator Contract Work Jail Equipment Electric Light Fix tures Contract Work and General Equipment Contract Resolution 10 Supervisor Henry Sawyer road ind moved the adoption of the lowing resolution and the duly seconded by Supervisor Frank the bid of the In th of County Auditor On motion Board adjourned to August 1938 at oclock M FRANK HOFFMANN LEWIS HENRY SAWYER WEIR ww BOOTHROYD Humboldt County Board of Attest County ADJOURNED filed his quarterly report for period ending June 1938 showing fees collected and disbursed to be accompanied by Treasurers Receipt 290 for like It Is moved by Hoffmann and seconded by Sawyer that said report be hereby Is Ayes Weir and Moved by Saverude and seconded of Council e amount of being the lowest bid for Elevator Contract there Bo It that tho said Elevator Contract Work be and Is awarded to Brothers Company the of Council the Rill order of Governor Alfalfa In the end the fight was In July of 1936 the White with all Its was sold over the and the famous 101 Ranch passed out of In tho amount of Said bid being made up of the allowing Base Bid Passed and approved this 20th day of The vote on tho above resolution was aa follows Ayes Wesley Frank William Weir and Henry Naye 11 Supervisor William Weir read and moved the adoption of the fol lowing resolution and the resolu that the of Supervisors of P Humboldt Iowa met In an on June 1938 Session of Board on 1938 at oclock with the following named sors present on roll call Frank Lewis Henry Weir and Weir r oclock Ayes recess to 1938 r J oclock Board all members Moved by Hoffmann and second ed by Weir that the Engineers Re port on Inclusion of additional land Drainage and tlon duly seconded Henry by Supervisor the Colonel Wf e Ol wealth and IrH toe land VM from sire of an east an jagt Friday two Know Iowa Rural Young Peoples Tour Is Rural young people are to see their state en masse tbl In keeping with Iowas centon a Know Iowa tour is being planned fo members of rural young groups in the The tour wll begirt at Iowa August The itinerary Includes Pall sades and Backbone state parks historical such as Julien Du buques the first and the first school building in the state educational institutions and Industrial Two days will bi spent in the northeastern part o the state in the Switzerland o climaxed with a boat trip down the The tour will be made by char tered Prune Out Old Raspberry Canes Those who prune out their old raspberry ones that bore fruit this anc burn hem stand a better of good crop and the minimum of disease next of the Section at State ap both to and black the hid of tho Fries Steel Construction and Engin eering In tho amount of being the low est bid for the Jail Equipment Contract Bo It that the said Jail Equipment Contract Work be and Is hereby awarded the Fries Stool Construction Engin eering In the amount of Said Bid being made up of tho following Base Bid Passed and approved thin day of Tho vote on the above resolution wan as follows Aye Frank Lewis Save William Wesley and Henry Nayo 12 Supervisor Frank Hoffmann read and moved adoption of the fol lowing resolution and the resolu tion duly by Supervisor William the bid of the Best Electric Company of In the amount of being tho lowest bid for the Electric Light Fixtures Contract Be It that the said Electric Light Fixtures Contract Work be and la hereby awarded to the Best Electric Company of by Weir that the County Auditor pause notice to bo served by Sher iff on Robert Davis and Fred Puff and Slmp jon Arthur Smith and Francis and Nat Claman and and Niels Nielsen and Pierce and Charlie and Albert and Flannagan and family depart and on Lewis and Anderson and Arne and Gloason and Daisy to Sawyer WeJr and Moved by and seconded by Weir that the claims be allowed as per attached Schedule Including per diem and for this Board for this Session and all Inter vening Sessions since tho last Reg ular Session and the County Audi tor be and Is Instructed to issue warrants drawn on the sever al as In the amounts as specified In payment of Ayes Saw Weir and aid extra home for poor and home Bruhn alona aid care Conner provisions Council Oak provisions care cash allowance commodity room provi sions Doudna Drug UU II EL East Side Mercantile provisions grind ing care Farmers Elevator Fisher provi slons Rejected care Gangestad medi cine care Gllmore Drug Gllmore Otto care A P Tea Part and on Auditors of Webster and Buona Vista to remove and on Carl Kannen berg and Carl I to depart and on Auditor of Wright County to Ayes Schedule of County Fund In the amount of made up of the Said Bid being following Base Bid Famed and approved this day of The vote on the above was as follows Aye Wesley Prank Hoff William Weir and Henry Naye Resolution 13 Supervisor Henry Sawyer read and moved the of the fol and the resolu tion duly seconded by Supervisor Frank the bid of the Jaqua Printing Company of In the amount of being the lowest eral Equipment bid for the Oen Contract Be It that the said general Equipment Contract Work be and Is hereby awarded to the Jaqua Printing Company of Huro m 287 Iowa ln the of Said Bid up of the following Sawyer Weir and Booth Oscar Olson having fllod a peti tion for compromise of delinquent personal taxes In tho Town of It Is moved by Holtmann and seconded by Sawyer that said petition be accepted and the County Auditor ordered to notify the Coun ty Treasurer of Hoff Weir and Moved by Hoffmann and seconded by Weir that the bond of In the amount of an Soldiers Relief Commissioner for the term beginning June bo and hereby Is All voting Moved by Hoffmann and seconded by Sawyer that Ran dall Melson and McCollough be appointed Commissioners to flx damages on claims In connec tion with the construction of Drainage District Weir and Board took oclock a recess to extension Base Bid Passed and approved thla day of The vote on the above wag as follows Ayes Wesley Prank Hoft William Weir and Henry Naye 14 Supervisor William Weir read and moved the adaption of the folT owing resolution and the ion duly seconded by Supervisor Henry the funds available for be project are as Bonds Premium Owners Other Funds Be It that the Chair man of the Board of of the County of be empowered and direct to contract with In oclock Board all Moved by Sawyer and seconded by Hoffmann that the contract with Cromer for the collection of omitted Moneys and Credits be ex tended to July 1939 and the Chairman of the Board be and here by Is authorized to execute such All voting Board proceeded to audit On motion Board adjourned to August 1938 at oclock August Board all members Board continued to audit claims Board took a recess to oclock Board all members present Supervisor Hoffmann Introduced and read the following Resolution and moved Its seconded by Sawyer Of Whereas it has become apparent from a closer examination of the lands Included in Drainage District That certain lands in the West quarter of Section 19 will be benefited by the In said district 118 and should have included In said District when Be It Resolved by the Board of Supervisors of Hum boldt Iowa this 2nd tiny of 1988 that Smith be and be hereby U appointed Bn to examine said make ft and nle with tno In and paid and Lumber repairs 1722 Burroughs Adding Machine weed commis Boone Blank Book sup plies 30 73 weed commissioner Chamber sup plies of review Humboldt and notices Humboldt and City water rent Hoods Cash care cash allowance medj care Hubbards Drug medi cine Rural tor Ives Iowa State Psychopathic extra home care Loo Lutheran care McCroary provisions provisions rent and Loran glasses auditor setting forth the and condition of drainage with District of recommendations with roll call all voted Thereupon the Chairman de said resolution duly introduced and and seconded by Humboldt Farm 3rd appropriation Iowa Public Service for house and re lief office relief office Jaqua Pointing supplies extra office 13 oo Kiln to Loose Leaf sup 143 Koch Donna steno relief postage of review of review Frances mileage Matt Parrott Sons 39 gfi Pierce supplies Molander photos goo Bell Telephone rents and work In office 80 00 rent and supplies and bd and care of 69 45 weed com 50 70 mem ber of Welfare M aid and room Monson Ole cash allow ance Bell Telephone Telephone home rent Pioneer Radio Electric Service home prov 13 67 Royal 400 Oil and gas for poor and home medicine provisions rent provisions Sohultz care 104 35 rent of review i oo weed commis 13 go Tale Publishing supplies ol CUIms session work 4 days 50 miles work 3 days W session work 4 days 48 miles work days 178 session work 4 days 118 miles work 7 days 805 tallea Renry session work 4 88 miles 4 days 98 41 10 hauling Shimon Drug Smith provisions provisions 94 73 milk rent 00 Stop Shop prov 10 20 home 13 go provisions 612 care care siso Dewey milk Sh Je CouA B Provisions Wilder Funeral service 2 00 Wisconsin Lumber fuel cash al lowance in Welters Local Fund Concrete Materials 41 Concrete Products pipe Hunter on Iowa Paint 1898 Ule and Intake work a BA W session days work n days 884 i Northwestern Oil BMO work g an Hardware muter lala and rr Ben and n 89 Lumber Dodge equip ment i Thor materials of State of use vonderhaar equip 14 jg White supplies hauling gravel 6 00 Leo fees as mem ber of Relief Comm ttvM tiling 897 11 Snyder supplies Western Asphalt Paving final Court Jail Adams Post rent Best Electric contract 4 00 builders risk Insurance 81 45 Carstens 3 Humboldt notice to bidders nn Construction estimate 3 12331 Bell ti County CARDS FRANKLIN JAQUA Af LAW LAW WARREN Dentist Mom SiMfler Carl FOOT Flow HIM Day tight FARM LOANS We invite you to call at our office and tell ua about the farm loan you will We have all kinds of loans at 4 to per Perhaps we can suggest the loan best suited to 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