Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-05-06
COUNTY BOARD MEETS
VOTE TO ERECT $4,000 TRAIN
ING SCHOOL BUILDING
PROPOSED BONDS VOTED DOWN
Compromise by Making Large Levy
Available for Road Building
This Season

The board of county supervisors met
in a special called session Tuesday with
all members present. A. F. Helm was
elected chairman on the first ballot.
The vote stood: Helm, II, Miller, 6,
Peterson, 8, blank, L. The following
committees were appointed by the
chairman:
C. A. Coon, Arpin, Ellingson, Goocher. Koehler
Finance and Taxation. Stubs, G. P. Coon Blood
Justices and Constabes 49, Blood, Gagnon Austin
Sheriff and Coroner Austin Koehler, Gourdoux
Audit and Settlement. ......
ElingsOn, Boyer, C. Z. Coon
Town Organization C. P. Coon, Bierman, Koehler
Buildings and Grounds. .......,..;
Observation-Disclosures. Gagnon, Conrath, McCann Stubbs
Roads and Bridges ........ Koehler, McHugh
Illegal Certificates ~ McCann, Peterson. Worden
........ Gourdoux Koehler, Apker
Miscellaneous ........ McHugh, Goocher, Stubbs
DEVELOPMENT - Miller, Peterson, Worden
Poor Farm .. Manley, c. A. Coon Stubbs
County Fair ....... Gagnon, Ellingson, Arpin
Per Diem . Conrath, Bierman, MeHugh
This session of the county board will
certainly not go down into history as
do-nothing session. Important matters
were thoroughly discussed, and the
action taken thereon was along pro
gressive lines.
The road problem occupied the center
of the stage much of the time, and,
while the discussion rambled consider
ably at times, the various phases of the
question were pretty thoroughly aired.
Discussion developed the fact that
while there was much difference of
opinion regarding methods, there was
practical unanimity in the desire to I'M
prove the road system of the county.
What was supposed to be bombshell
of huge proportions was precipitated at
the Wednesday morning session. l.. E.
McGill had discovered that the action
of the board last fall in adopting
system of prospective county roads
was Illegal. Egregious error was
committed. A deep, wide and irremed-
liable flaw was discovered by his eagle
eye. Accordingly resolution drafted
by him was presented, resembling all
action heretofore had in connection
with the county road system. The flaw
consisted in the failure to have the
system of prospective county roads
approved by the county commissioner
of highways A very impressive and
emphatic argument was made by him
in support of his position. Things
looked squally for the county road sys
tenn. Prof. w. o. HOtchkiss, of the
geological survey, who was present at
the session, explained that the county
commissioner had nothing to do with
the adoption of system of prospective
county roads. After roads are inn
proved to correspond with specifica-
tions, they may be approved by the
commissioner, and then become county
roads. the county then becoming abso-
lutely responsible for them. A brief
examination of the statutes showed the
obiector that his objection was not we'll
taken, and-well, he had immediate
business down town The board voted
down the resolution.
A resolution was introduced provid-
ing for the issue of long time bonds to
the amount of 100000, to be spent in
the improvement of the prospective
county roads, the money to be distrib-
uted among the various towns in pro-