Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-02
COUNTY BOARD MEETS
BUSY TWO DAYS ADJOURNED
REGULAR SESSION
LvOYSMITH GETS $40, 900 BRIDGE
MANY Additions Made to the County
Road System. Tax Levy
Is Increased

Many Additions Made to the County
Road System. Tax Levy
Is Increased
The annual session Of the county
board, held this week, was short but
lively, opening Wednesday afternoon
and closing Thursday evening. In ad-
dition to the routine business Of audit
ing claims and checking over the work
of county officers, considerable import
ant business was compressed into that
short space Of time.
An appropriation of $4,000 was made
for the Training School building, and of
$500 for the County Fair. 800 was ap.
propriated to the Children's Home
Society Of Milwaukee.
1t was provided that the county
funds be deposited in the three banks
in the county in proportion to their
respective capital stock.
The election of supervisor of assess
ments was closely contested between
Sever Serley, the present incumbent,
and P. H. Shafer, Of Ingram, Mr..
Serley winning out by a yete of l2 to
10. The pay CT the office was reduced
to the minimum fixed by the law, So. 90
per day for not to exceed rs days.
JAG. Speich was reelected janitor of
the court house.
Mrs. Crystal Munroe was reelected
deputy county clerk at salary Of 5000
per year.
Provision was made for placing
$40, 900 insurance on the Training school,
same to be let to the lowest responsible le
bidder. 1t will be observed that this
action is ratification of Supervisor
Goocher's action last spring in break
ing up the insurance mon ,poly and open
ing the court house to bids.
Provision was made for the erection
of county bridge across the Flambeau
just south Of the 500 bridge east of
this city, at cost not to exceed
$4,000. There was strong opposition
to this proposal on the part of some
members, but after considerable dis
cussion it was carried by the decisive
vote of IS to 7. The success of the
bridge must be credited largely to the
indef atigable efforts Of Supervisor o.
z. Peterson, who presented it as a
logical and proper step in the develop
ment of county road system. of which
also Mr.. Peterson has been an ardent
supporter. 1t was pointed out that the
bridge is not simply of local benefit to
I4adysmith, but is necessary to the
completion Of a road across the county,
and it is more urgently demanded by
the people living east Of the Flambeau
than by Ladysmith. Moreover, the
city of Ladysmith pays each year into
the county road and bridge fund So. 600,
none Of such money being spent On
the streets of the city but applied to
developing the roads outside. Thus in
five years the city will have paid int
the county road fund the cost of this
bridge.
The resolution providing for this
bridge also provided for making the
bridge across the Chippewa at Bruce
a county bridge, proposition that has
been insistently but hitherto unsuccess-
fully before the county board at each
session since the county was organized.
A resolution signed by C. P. Coon and
Chris P. Ellingson was introduced to
make the salary of the county Super
intendent of schools $500. The idea Of
this resolution was started by the fact
that Douglas county with fewer teach
ers and districts than Rusk county, has
made the salary $500. 0. E. Peterson
of the second ward of Ladysmith moved
that the resolution be laid on the table
and this was carried. The present
salary is $75 a month, and the board
realized that larger amount should be
offered for that position. The salary
was raised s1OO, making it now $1,000,
which will take effect when the next
term begins, the first Monday in July,
1911. Ladysmith does not help to pay
the county superintendent salary
consequently her supervlsions have nc
vote thereon. One of the amusing
incidents of the present meeting took
place when one of the city supervisors
asking where his vote came in, was
told by farmer that he could have il
next spring, referring to the las
election Of the county superintendent.
The equalized valuation of real estate
in the various towns was fixed per acr,
as follows:
Atlanta ..s..$ Z 90 Marshall -. So 81
Big Bend.... s 90 Rusk .......... Z On