Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
DUNCAN, SECRETARY.
Marathon County Agricultural Society
Holds Annual Meeting.

Holds Annual Meeting.
The members of the Marathon County
Agricultural society met Wednesday
eve ing in annual session in the court
house for the purpose of electine
officers for the year and listening to
reports of officers The report of the
secretary showed that the receipts the
past year were sl4, 4,522.50 and the fair
expenses, including permanent I'M
provements, notes in bank. salary OF
secretary, etc, amounted to Sl4, ,4S2.41
leaving balance on hand of $40 09.
L. K Wright rendered his resigna-
tion as secretary, which was accepted
with a spirit of dissatisfaction. M. ID.
Duncan. president, was unanimously
chosen as Mr. Wright's successor. The
other officers chosen were:
President-Pat German.
Vice -president-David Thompson.
Treasurer-E. C. Zimmerman.
These were all elected by acclama-
tion. A ballot was then taken for an
executive board which resulted as fol
lows
S. M. Quaw, VIM. Lemke, H. G.
Head, Geo. Rick, Fred hmm, Jr., A. f.
Marquardt and G. A. Mills.
j. F. Lamont introduced the follow
ing resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
WHEREAS, during the several years
past, our retiring secretary, l.. X.
Wright, has done more than any other
man toward placing this society in a
front rank among fair associations of
the state; it is through his untiring
efforts that our fair has come to be
respected at home and abroad; through
his work this county has been able to
take first prize in the county exhibits at
the state fair several times, and he has
brought to bear every power that
could influence for the upbuilding of
this county and its agricultural re-
sources. Therefore be it
ResolUed, that the members of this
society extend to Mr.. Wright a sincere
vote of thanks and that we assure him
of our lasting regard"
S. M. Quaw, of the executive board
announced that 1t would be the policy
of The board this year to make no
further improvements on the grounds
for two reasons. One of these is that
the society at present has ample build
ing accommodation and sufficiently inn
proved grounds to carry on fair; the
other is that a number of those who
have been connected with the associa-
tioE for years wish to see the society
out of debt beforesthey retire.
1t was announced that the committee
which had made an effort to have the
fair grounds property decided to the
county, had been unsuccessful. 1t is
probable that an effort will be made
this winter to have some bill passed in
the legislature which will safeguard the
society's interests. -
Carl Schewe, chairman of the town of
Stettin. presented a petition requesting
that the high board fence ON the north
side of the society's grounds be torn
down as it causes the road to drift full of
snow after every snow storm. The
matter was referred to the executive
board
Pat German, the newly elected presi-
dent, has been connected with the
society for years and will make splen-
ded executive official.
David Tompson, the vice-president,
is a young man living in Athens who is
interested in improving the cattle herds
of Marathon county farmers. He was
induced to come here few years ago
at the solicitation of the late Fred Reit-
brock and has since been engaged in
teaching farmers in the western part of
the county improved methods in stock
raising.
M. III. Duncan, secretary, was presi-
dent of the society last year and has
been connected with it for years. He
has been associated with Mr.. Wright
great deal of the time in planning and
carrying out the work of the fairs and
therefore understands the work thor
oughly.
+. &. Zimmerman, the treasurer,
has held that Office for several years
and consequently is familiar with the
duties. He has given the society valu-
able assistance ever since he was con-
neeted with it and is an untiring officer.
The executive board is the same as
last year with two exceptions, viz:
Messrs hmm and Mills. These two,
however, have been connected with
for several years and the
work is not new to them.
The outlook, therefore, is that the
of the society has been
entrusted to good hands for the coming
year and that the fair of 1907 will be
equally as good, if not better, than last
year. Our fairs have been improving
every year of late and it is not proposed
to go backward but to take another