At that time the McClenahan fence occupied the middle of the "county road," now named "Overland Road." The town board wanted it set back the two rods ; the boys were a little slow about doing it, so the board set Jerry Ragan, then marshal, to do the job. Some division existed on the council for the McClenahans were strong factors in the town at the time, and it was feared they would resist, or not like it. But there was no trouble, and everyone has been satisfied that it was done at the time and the street graded.

In 1903 S. D. Kirkhart and Charles A. Morrill were elected members of the board, and F. A. Wright made clerk and attorney. Heretofore the records had been kept by a member of the board. Therefore, Fred Wright was the first clerk and attorney regularly employed. Kirkhart was chairman of the board.

The election of the spring of 1904 changed the complexion of the board. J. C. McCreary,

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

S. W. Ripley, and E. T. Westervelt took the places of the three retiring members, and they named L. L. Raymond as clerk and attorney. C. W. Baysinger was chosen marshal.

In 1905, Morrill was re-elected and L. A. Larson made the new member, and chairman of the board, with Raymond again chosen clerk and attorney.

were bought and piled into the streets during the summer, and covered with gravel. On July first. Tom Hall was allowed a bill for hauling one hundred and thirty loads of gravel at seventy cents a load, or less than fifty cents a yard.