The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-15
County Clerk Making Arrange.
ments for Annual Meeting Of
Kenosha County Board
MAY OPEN COUNTY POOR FARM
Board Will Also be Asked to rake
Some Steps in Regard to Improve
ments at the County Jail
May Act on Road Plan

County Clerk Russell II. Jones has
begun to make preparations for the
annual meeting of the County Board
which will open at Che Court House
month from tomorrow and the SEES
sion promises to be very busy one.
Several matters of Importance were left
over from the last session Of the
Board and it is expected that there
will be plenty of other business to
keep the Board busy until at least af
ter Thanksgiving Day. There will be
a change in the Craftsmanship Of the
Board this year, as George Kreuscher
of Paris, who served so acceptably as
chairman Of the Board at the last two
sessions, was not a candidate for re-
election this year and his place will be
filed by new man. Henry Jordan
is being mentioned as a possible sue
cessor to Mr.. Kreuscher as chairman
Of the Board Mr. Jordan has acted
as chairman Of the Board in former
years and made an excellent official.
It is expected that the matter Of
building new county Jail Or Ie-Dlild-
ing the present Jail will be The most
important matter to come before the
board. At it's session on next Monday
the Wisconsin State Board of Control
Will take up the matter of making
some recommendations in regard to the
jail and these recommendations will
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Der session. Dr. Almah J. Frisby of
Milwaukee, who inspected the jail for
the State Board, stated that the Board
would put the matter up to the County
Board in vigorous manner and while
the State Board had no power at this
time to demand the building of a new
Jail it would make every possible eff
fort to show the members Of the Board
that changes should be made in order
to have the Jail suitable for the in
generation of prisoners.
IT is pretty certain that some effort
viii be made to get county support for
road building at this session Of the
Poard The County Boards in all
parts of the state have declined to
elect a road supervisor as demanded by
the state law, but Notwithstanding this
fact many of the County Boards have
made provisions to have the county
take part in road building and aid the
towns in the construction of roads
largely used. The town of Pleasant
Prairie has started the work Of road
building and it is thought that the
work will be well under way by the
time the Board meets and the .Doara
will be asked to look over this work
with a view Of having the county ex-
tend aid for building similar roads.
The city will bring very important
matter before the Board in the way of
the proposed purchase of a county poor
farm to be used for the care of the
paupers from all the towns and the
city. This plan is being strongly urged
by the State Board Of Control and it
is thought that it will appeal to many
Of the members of the County Board
The City Council at its last session
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action along this line and it is under
stood that the plan is favored by su-
pervisors from several Of the towns of
the county. Racine, Walworth and
Rock Counties all have county farms
and they are said to have proved most
successful.
There will be the usual large amount
of routine business to come before the
Board at the session and the election
will make an extra large number of
bills to pay. There will be many
changes in the make up of the Board
this year, only small majority of
the former members having been re-
turned at the spring elections.