Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-19
COUNTY BOARD.


before the county board at its session
last week was action upon the report of
the committee Gu equalization. The
committees report was adopted with
only nine dissenting votes. The COM
mittee raised the valuation of many of
the towns. The city of Wausau was
raised over million and a half of
dollars.
Upon resolution of A. E Beebee the
election OF asylum trustee, court house
ianitor and supervisor of assessment
was laid over to Thursday. Upon
motion of w. w Thayer the chairman
appointed committee of three to fix
the salaries of those officers and the
chairman named. Messrs. Thayer, Carl
Schroeder and A. Guenther as such
committee.
A resolution offered by w. w. Thayer
tabling the election of county high
way commissioner was adopted, but
later was recOnsidered and withdrawn.
An opinion from the attorney general
on the matter n such election was read
and the district attorney was called on
| for an opinion.
Upon resolution claim against NJ.
b. Rosenberg as guardian of the estate
of one, Carl Hauft, was dismissed.
Some few Yeas ago the board oroered
that the mans estate be turned over to
the county, which order was contested
by Mr.. Rosenberg.
+. I. Wheelock, secretary of the
Wisconsin immigration and Develop
memo association addressed the board
on the work of the association. He
urgedthat an appropriation be made to
assist the work of development in this
county and invited the supervisors TO
become members of the local branch,
which MANY of them did. 1t was in
tended to call the members of the board
together Wednesday evening for the
purpose of more fully demonstrating to
them the work which can be accom-
plished, With little united effort, in
settling up this portion of the state, but
the appearance of w. j Bryan in the
city made it necessary to postpone the
meeting to some future time.
| The special committee appointed to
fix salaries of court house janitor and
supervisor of assessment reported in
favor of giving the former 5000 per year
and the latter 5000, which report was
adopted.
Under new law passed at the last
session of the legislature, giving county
aid to the blind, of which g brief out.
line was given in the PILOT last week,
Miss Lodema Clark of Mosinee, made
application for county pension of 800
per anunm. The lady is fifty nine years
of age and has been blind since infancy
She has resided in this county twenty
nine years. Upon motion of w. N.
Daniels the petition was granted with
out dissenting vote.
p. o. Means, Ferdinand Sellin and
Ed. Protze, members of a special com.
mittee appointed to go over old papers
in the basement vault, made their re
port. During the summer these gentle
men met and carefully examined all the
old papers and records which have been
accommodating since the organization oil
the county and culled out all that were
valueless. The committee furnished q
| list of what had been sorted out and
recommended that they be destroyed
The report of the committee was
adopted.
The session Wednesday afternoon
was very brief, to allow members tc
attend the funeral of Carl I'll. Mueller
A communication from the state
board of control recommended thai
cots be placed in the county jail instead
of the hammocks at present in use. A
representative of the state board visited
the Jail short time ago and found it in
first class condition with only one fault
that mentioned in the communica
ton TO the county board. The matter
was referred to the committee on public
property.
The Wisconsin River Land Co., OF
Merrill; j. g. Prain, of Mosinee, and
Benz. Heinemann and H. q. Flieth, OF
this city, were granted quit claim deeds
to certrain pieces of property mentioned
in their petitions.
The district attorney was instructed
to more vigorously push the collection
of claims for poor charges against other
counties.
On Thursday morning the election of
asylum trustee, court house janitor and
supervisor of assessment was taken up.
On the informal ballot for the first posi-
ton John Treu, of the town of Stettin,
the present incumbent, received 80
votes and Chas. Kramer, of the town of
Brighton, Is. The first formal ballol
resulted in each receiving p votes. Ga
the second ballot Mr.. Cramer was
elected by vote of 33 to % AS there
was only one candidate for the Office of
supervisor of assessment, w. j. Kregel,
Supervisor Edmonds moved that the
clerk cast the vote of the board for that
gentleman, which was carried. For
court house janitor there were two
candidates, II. A. Belize, who at pres
ent holds the position, and w. Water
house. On the informal ballot Mr..
Belize received 81 votes, Mr.. Water
house "a, j. n. Manson and A. E.
] Beebee l. Mr.. Manson evidently did
not appreciate the support of his friends
| for he withdrew in favor of Mr.. Beebee.
On the first formal ballot Mr. Belize
was elected by receiving 80 votes, while
MIR. Waterhouse was given 26 and w !.
J. Kregel /.
The board was addressed by Anton
Mehl, president of the board of asylum
trustees, on existing conditions at the
asylum and poor farm.
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