12-30-1904 VCM
December 29, 1904: Posted 3 Notices of Annual Village Election to be held Jan. 10, 1905, at
Odd Fellows Hall between the hours of 1 P.M. to 4 P.M.:
One notice in Post office
One notice on outside door of Odd Fellows Hall
One notice on outside door of Courthouse
W.F. Chadbourne
Village Recorder
VILLAGE OF ELK RIVER COUNCIL MEETING
December 30, 1904
The Common Council met at Romdeune’s Drug Store December 30, 1904.
Present: A.H. Nickerson, Pres.; J. DeBooy, H.B. Nickerson and J.H. Romdeune, Trustees;
W.F. Chadbourne, Village Recorder.
This being the last meeting of the year, the council as board of auditors proceeded to examine the
records. The Treasurer having presented his statement, the board compared same with order book
and report of Recorder, canceling orders at the same time. Everything was found OK, there being a
balance on hand in Treasury of $24.17 with debt outstanding of $648.93.
The following bills were presented and on motion allowed:
Geo. Gooding, testing engine, etc., $2.50
Opitz and Mendenhall, repairing lamps, $1.25
Walter S. Booth and Son, blanks, $3.60
Davis Bros., ore glass, etc., $3.15
W.F. Chadbourne, Recorder’s salary, $35.00
Heebner Mercantile Co., oil, $.65
Charles M. Babcock, rent of engine house \[for\] 1904, $60.00
W.B. Eaton, lighting lamps \[for\] Dec., $15.00
J.H. Romdeune, glass for st. lamps, $.45
Opitz and Mendenhall, goods for engine, $3.66
The Standard Oil Co., gasoline, $4.20
No further business, board adjourned \[illegible\].
W.F. Chadbourne
Village Recorder