Whistle Creek, Robert Neice.

The next meeting of the board was April twenty-ninth, at which the first liquor

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license in Sic'itx county was ordered issued to Charles H. Weller, who made it a practice to be about the first man on hand at the towns along the railroad. Harrison was not incorporated, so it was a county license for the precinct of Bowen, and the price was five hundred dollars.

There may be no connection between the two incidents but the same day, the board decided that the county needed a jail, and M. Nelson was given the contract to build it for fifty-four dollars and fifty cents.

A petition from the tax-payers was that day presented to the board, asking that the school lands of the county be appraised for leasing purposes. The board proceeded ti> and did appraise the lands as requested during the early season of eighteen eightyseven.

The first petition for a public mad was filed at this meeting. It was signed by John W. Hunter and others, and was to establish the public road from Bodarc to Bowenj The

road was established, and with slight modifications is in use at this time.

The first brand committee appointed in Sioux count}' was in February, eighteen eighty-seven, and consisted of George Walker and Samuel B. Coffee.

Owing to the creation of commissioner's districts throwing two of the members of the board in one district, and one of the other districts being without a member. Commissioner Morris resigned March fifteenth, and Samuel B. Coffee was appointed to fill his place. Coffee failed to qualify, and Don Wier was appointed. Mr. Wier accepted the office and qualified April twentyninth.