The trail of the Loup; being a history of the Loup River region . 25,1874. When the vote was counted the bond issue was found to havecarried by a good majority. Even yetthe North Loupers did not lose was some question as to the legal-ity of the election, just what it was theauthor has never been able to any rate the contesting faction sentthe sheriff, who was a North Loup man,all the way overland to West Point, toapply to the District Court for an injunc-tion to stop the issuing of the was now precious. A commission-ers meeting must be held, the bondsmust be i
The trail of the Loup; being a history of the Loup River region . 25,1874. When the vote was counted the bond issue was found to havecarried by a good majority. Even yetthe North Loupers did not lose was some question as to the legal-ity of the election, just what it was theauthor has never been able to any rate the contesting faction sentthe sheriff, who was a North Loup man,all the way overland to West Point, toapply to the District Court for an injunc-tion to stop the issuing of the was now precious. A commission-ers meeting must be held, the bondsmust be issued and sold, all in a legalmanner and before the injunction couldbe returned and served. We may restassured that the up-river men did notlet the grass grow under their feet! A purchaser fur the bonds was already at Grandpa Daniel Cooley Bailey at the Age of 85 hand in the person of John Means, the Grand Island contractor andbridge-builder. The required three days notice was given and the Boardof County Commissioners met bright and early on September the 9th,. 106 THE TRAIL OF THE LOUP 1874, at the residence of Chairman Bancroft—that is, all with the excep-tion of Mr. Jacobs, who flatly refused to have anything to do with the pro-ceedings. The meeting although hurriedly called, was nevertheless held inabsolute conformity with the law, as the clerks minutes show. They read: Commissioners meeting, Sept. 9 th, 74The Co. Cleik being ordered by the Comms., brought forth the abstract of votes castat an election held in and for said Valley county, Neb., on the 25th day of August, 1874,wherein the proposition of issuing the bonds of said county to build a bridge across the NorthLoup river was duly submitted to the quiilified voters of said county, and upon examination ofthe same it whs found that said prorosition had carried in the affirmative. Wliereupon theoommif sioners resolved to issue the said bonds and let the construction of said bridge toprivate parties. But such prosaic r
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