Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-11-22
Grant County G'saaAs''.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRANT C0UN-
TY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
.AFULL REPORT OF ALL
BUSINESS.
THIRD DAY-MoRNING SESSION.
CONTINUED from last 1aeek.)

THIRD DAY-MORNING SESSION.
Order called by the Chairman at S:15
a. m. Roll called and quorum pres
ent.
The CLERK read the journal which
was corrected upon the suggestion of
the chairman, and Mr.. Wilson-that the
motion that so much of the report of
committee on insane refers to building
and furnishing the asylum be adopted
and the property turned over to the
committee on county property be amend
ed so as TO read "be turned over to
the County Board"
The CHAIRMAN-If that is the sense
of the Board the Clerk will be directed
to change the language so as to show
that point. 1t was SO changed. The
minutes stand approved as amended.
Mr.. GRIMM presented the following
petition for ferry across Grant river:
TO The H0norable Board Of Supervisors.
The undersigned would respectfully repre-
sent that he l. now and has been during the mast
three years, under license granted TO him by
your Honorable Board at its November session
IN the year 1889, in possession of the ferry known
a. the Mascyville Ferry, which ferry Is located
on the POtOsi and Cassville river road where said
road crosses Grant River at point near the
bluffs in the Northwest quarter OF Sec. No. five
% of town 2, north OF Range 3-that there Is no
other ferry across Grant River which this appli-
cant Is aware Of. that he has procured the assent
OF the real estate owners owning and control
ing the landing ON either side OF said river as
VIII appear from their written consent hereto
attached, and is prepared to file his bonds and
comply with the law In oil respects to the mau-
agcment and running of said ferry
Your petitioner therefore prays that yonr
honorable Board will grant him a charter for
SAID ferry for the next ensuing three years with
the privilege OF charging the usual rates Of ferri
age.
CHRISTOPHER BUcHAcKER.
Dated POto-, Nov. IL, 1888.
We the owners Of the land on the east and
west side Of Grant river where the ferry now
crosses at Masseyville. the same being on the
Northwest quarter Of See. No. five (5) Of town
ship No two (2l North of range No. three (3l
west, hereby grant to Christopher Bnchacker
the right TO use said land for the purpose of
operating said ferry go long as he shall do 50 in
accordance with law
GEO. II. LEWIS.
Agent estate of 5. +. Lewis.
VALENTINE LANCE.
Dated Nov Q. 1883.
Referred to committee on highways,
bridges and ferries.
Under the call for resolutions, Mr..
Arnold's ordinance was taken up and
read by the Clerk.
The CHAIRMAN-It is a question in
my mind whether the latter part of the
ordinance does not exceed the iursdic-
ton of the County Board.
Mr.. RODoLF-The members of the
Board have widely differing views of the
benefits accrueing to us by the payment
of these bounties have been friendly
to the bill for years but do not think it
has done us great deal of good. The
bill will probably pass. | therefore
wish to offer an amendment striking
out the words Ten Dollars from sec
ton one of said bill and inserting the
words "seven dollars instead.
The bills for bounties are large-much
larger than most people suppose-they
amount to II good deal of money. If we
pay so much money for bounties, wolf
raising will become more profitable than
sheep raising perhaps.
Mr. WHITCHER-I have talked to
some trappers and they have made
some suggestions. They say they are
not paid enough upon female wolves
and some purpose that the bounty be
made fifteen dollars for old females, and
teh or twelve for old males, and about
live dollars for whelps. Ii the object of
paying bounty is to eXterminate wild
animals | would suggest the proprety
of making the largest possible bounty
on old female wolves, little lower
bounty on old male wolves suggestions
having been made by some trappers in
the county that there should be some
discrimination between the sexes. |
am unacquainted with the habits of
wolves and the trapping business.
MIR. SMIrIT-I think the proper way
would be to make the bounty about
the same ms it 10 in the adjoining coun-
ties of this State and in Iowa so as to
remove the temptation to bring their
scalps here as being the best market /
think that is the best way to regulate
the bounty, then no one would bring the
scalps here from other places.
Nix. DAvIs-lt seems to me that if
the object of giving bounty is to ex-
terminate wolves, let us pay enough to
be some inducement to hunt them more,
and thus eXterminate them quicker and
thus the sooner remove the payment of
bounties from the people. In Crawford
county the bounty on female wolf is
over CD twenty dollars. Our hunters
let our wolves run at large, because
they say the bounty is not enough to
pay them for hunting wolves. There
WAS but three dollars on pups, and can
get no State bounty. | am in favor of
paving twelve dollars for each old female
wolf, ten dollars for each old male wolf,
and five dollars for each pup. If they
can be eXterminated by paying rea-
sonable bounty, am in favor of it.
Mr.. RODoLF-I am glad to hear the
gentlemen express themselves, and think
they are correct in discriminating be-
tween sexes and giving more for she
than for a he wolf. think probably the
chairman will know she wolf from
he wolf, if it is brought to him; but do
not believe that ten, twelve of fifteen
dollars will buy she wolf. | have
never known men to destroy their bust
ness. Your talk, gentlemen, about pay
ing enough to pay for hunting so rs to
eXterminate wolves. Ii the hunters ex-
terminate the wolves, their business will
be gone and they will have nothing to
do. No trade or profession does that
They, to a certain extent, have sense
enough to foster their own business,
and that fact must be considered by
this Board; but you may pay pretty
big bounty for she wolf. They are
worth fifty dollars each to the hunters
Twelve dollars, therefore, will never
buy a she wolf The hunters come here
with little wolves, like little kittens
They know where to get them. They
would be big fools to kill the she wolves,
that cost them nothing, and get even
twelve dollars for them. The bills for
bounties are not so heavy this year rs
they were last but they are still big
bills. | do not care what you put the
bounties at. Put the she wolves at
twenty dollars, and the he wolves the
same as pups. Paying for the she
wolves may be good way of extermi-
mating wolves, but a he wolf is worth no
more than pup.
Mr.. Whitcher-It would appear
that the gentleman knows good deal
about the wolf-breeding business him
self. He may be interested in the wolf
breeders. His arguments rather tend
that way.
Mr.. RopoLT-I am willing to pay a
good bounty.
MIR. WHirCHER-If we are going to
pay bounty for the purpose of exter-
minat!ng wolves, let us put on Il good
round one on she wolves.
MIR. RopoLf asks leave to withdraw
his amendment to Mr.. Arnold's or
dinance.
THE CHAlR-It there is no objection
it will be allowed.
Nh. ARNOLD-MV friend from Mus