Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-22
COUNTY BOARD.

Il
The county board held its first SEES
siop last Tuesday afternoon, the pro-
ceedings of which was printed in our
issue of that day.
On Wednesday morning Co. Supt.
John 4. Lamont appeared before the
body and in behalf of the board of trus-
tees of the county school of agriculture
and domestic economy, invited the
board members TO take dinner at The
school. The invitation was accepted
and at the noon hour the members
walked over to the school where a
chicken dinner, with all accessories,
was spread for them. After being
shown through the building they sat
down to. dinner. Mr.. Lamont presided
and after dinner cigars were passed
around and he called upon a number
to give their impressions of the build
ing and ten or more responded These
little dinners each year help materially
in advertising the school.
The committee on salaries in its re-
port favored fixing the salary of the
court house janitor for the coming year
at $3.50; that of the supervisor of assess
ment At $500 per day, but limiting him
to 200 days in working on his assess
ment and 90 days in correcting land
descriptions; that of the. county super
intendent of schools at 81 200, in addi-
ton to the $500 allowed by law for trav-
cling expenses and $500 for stationery.
The committee on agriculture in its
report stated that its members had Wis
tied the county fair in recent years and
noted the increased exhibit each year of
agricultural, stock and dairy products,
and they believed the fair to be a very
good advertising medium in inducing
settlers to come here and develop the
county. But one feature which has
served as draw back is the increased
tax levy each year, and the committee
recommended that hereafter in making
an assessment of farm lands the valua-
ton be placed at lower figure.
Wednesday afternoon an asylum trus-
tee was elected to succeed G. &. Knoll
Ter, whose term expired The informal
vote, which was afterward made form
al, resulted as follows: John Treu, 81;
g. G. Knoller, 81; C. b. Bird, IL; F. C.
Kienow, l.
For supervisor of assessment, VIM.
Warehouse received 80 votes and VIM
Kregel IL.
The tax levy as reported by the com
mittee on equalization was adopted,
except that portion relating to the roads
and bridges appropriation
A resolution was offered and passed
giving the county treasurer the power
to borrow such sum of money, not to
exceed $25, 600, as will be necessary to
pay the running expenses of county
government until taxes have been col
lected, the same to be returned to the
bank from this years tax levy.
w. +. GOetz, John Ringle and c. S.
Gilbert, the special committee appoint
ed at the last session to meet and con-
fer with the state board of assessment,
reported that they exerted every in
fuence to secure a lower rate of taxa
ton for Marathon county, but in spite
of that this county's assessed valuation
had been increased about $4,000, 600.
Notwithstanding the fact that apparent
ly their efforts had resulted in nothing,
they said they recommended that such
committee be retained.
E. c. Kretlow, in a communication
offered to make new map of the
county showing each town, section,
ownership of lands, highways, schools,
town halls, saw mills, churches, rural
mail routes, cheese factories, cream
cries, ETC., and to deliver $50 of such
maps TO the county at the rate of $3.50
each. The committee on public prop
erty, to whom the matter was referred,
recommended that the proposition be
accepted
On Thursday morning a committee
submitted a report favoring fixing the
bonds, of the newly elected treasurer
at 100000, the county clerk at s. 800,
the sheriff at 10000, and of all other
officers as fixed by law or as previously
defined by action of the county board
DR.. Sauerhering, the county physi-
clan, submitted his annual report
While the general health of county
charges the past year has been better
than usual, still he answered more calls
than he did year ago. This was due
to the advanced age of patients. He
was called to the poor house 80 times
and to the Jail "a times. During the
year he reported eight deaths, and the
total cost was 1924. He recommended
the building of county hospital.
A petition signed by property holders
of the town of Weston, asking that a
new town be created from that portion
of the town lying west of the river, was
referred to the judiciary committee.
The sum of l2,S7l.75 was appropri-
ated as the county's share OF building
roads and bridges in the various towns.
The chair appointed the following
committees to settle with the treasurer
and clerk: With the treasurer-Messrs.
j. Ringle, Geo. Harrington and F..
OConnor. With the cleyK-A f Bee
bee, A. Guenther and w f. Goetz.
II. l.. Empey, in petition, stated
that he is almost totally blind and that
he is unable to earn livelihood and
petitioned the county to give him $500
with which 10 pay the expense of hav-
ing cataracts removed from his eyes,
he having been assured by DR.. Bach.
of Milwaukee, that it could be done for
that amount. His petition was killed.