Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-18
REPUBLICANS
Now is the Accepted
Time.
The Republican County Ticket Can be
Elected if You so Desire.

Wood County politics has never 6e-
fore leen SO complicated as it is this
fail. Three tickets are now in the field
asking the suffrage Of the people. One
a straight Democratic ticket, the other
a straight Republican ticket. The third
a peoples Anti-Bridge ticket which was
brought about by some disgruntled
Democrats and Republicans in the
northwest part Of the county rs a
blind to cover schemes that some of
the leaders have on hand. We have
u9 positive knowledge just what King
George and his partner l.. Ward want,
neither do we know exactly what
prompts w. III. Upham and L. A. Arnold
to support such q scheme, but that.
there is something else back Of the
Wood County Bridge matter lao one in
this section has any reason to doubt.
Perhaps they have q new county scheme
on foot; some railroad project they de
sire aid in; or they want to change the
county seat to PittsviIle or Marshield,
What surprises us is the fact that Re
publicans outside OF Upham's influence
in Marshfeld, would for moment en-
tertain any such move on the bridge
matter. The Supreme Court viii de-
eide whether Wood county will have to
repair and sustain the Wood County
Bridge. A peoples county ticket has
nothing to do with it, The leaders in
this movement on both sides are hood
winking the people into the belief tor
trying to) that if they elect the Peoples
Anti-Bridge ticket, the cities of Grand
Rapids and Centralia will have to build
= the bridge. Farmers and citizens read
carefully the following taken iron sec
ton 1919, page 2S4 Of the Supplement
to the Revised Statutes Of Wisconsin,
and notice il what we state is not true:
Sac7roN 1919. TAs amended by ch.
rs. 1919, and ch. 3l5, 1881. When
ever It shall appear to the county board
that any one OF the towns in Its county
would be required 10 raise an amount
equal TO more than one-ioUTth of one
per centum Of all the taxable property
in such town, according 10 the last equal
iZed valuation, Tor the purpose OF erect
ING or repairing any bridge or bridges
upon the principally travelled highways
of such town, or when it shall be made
to appear that any bridge or bridges in
any town are necessary for the use and
convenience of the adjoining town,
rather than the town in which such
bridge or bridges shall be located or re-
auired. 1t shall cause such sums to be
levied upon the taxable property of the
comfy as will be sufficient to defray
the expense OF erecting or repairing
such bridge or bridges. Such money,
when collected, shall be paid out on
the order, of the chairman of the
county board and county clerk, in such
manner and at such times rs such board
shall determine. The county board
NAV designate such of Its numbers as 1t
shall deem proper to cooperate with
the town board in The letting, inspect
ing and acceptance of work. And IN
case the whole OF such work is to be
paid for by such county appropriation,
the county board may direct the letting,
inspection and acceptance OF such work
i'll such manner as it may deem proper;
providing, however, thGt nothing IN
this act contained shall in any manner
authorize the levy of any tax upon the
property IN any Incorporated city OF
village that maintains It's own bridges
ana us 10 tStlN SiCl C4tLES OI N4Ald1GS lDiS
actshallnotapply to the county ofGrant
and provided further, that such town OF
towns referred to in this act shall, be-
fore the county shall be required tc
raise any sum for the purposes of such
bridges, be and they are hereby re,
auired to raise such one-tourth of one
per centum of al the taxable property o
sucb town or towns, for erecting or re-
pairing any such bridge on bridges.
After reading the law you viii see
that if Marshfeld and Pittsville sus
tain their own bridges they cannot b.
taxed to support a county bridge, anC
they will throw the burden on th'
towns Voters look well to your inter
ests and don't let Geo Hiles, W. II
Upham, Lara Ward and others hood
wink you into supporting any of thei
schemes for you viii be left in the Ions
run.