Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-22
COUNTY BOARD.

Ine county board convened last
week beginning Tuesday.
The early session was taken up with
preliminary work.
At the last session of the legisla-
ture an appropriation was made for
the maintenance of two agricultural
experiment stations, and this subject
was brought before tie board. j. f..
Kadonsky, principal of the county
agricultural school, made an address
before the board, urging lit to pass
measures to secure one of these sta
tions. As result the board passed
the following resolutions:
To the Regents OF the University of
Wisconsin:
GENTLEMEN-We, the members of
the county board of Marathon county,
Wis, assembled at Wausau, Wis, do
respectfully submit to you the en-
dOrsement of the request of the Wau-
sau Merchants association, in asking
you to consider the establishment of
the state agricultural experimental
sub station in Marathon county in
the vicinity of the Marathon county
agricultural school.
We, body, composed mostly of
members engaged III agriculture from
the respective towns of Marathon
county, feel the urgent need of agri-
cultural work of this nature, and also
sincerely believe it would be of in
estimable educational value to our
agricultural school.
The law provides that to secure the
school at least eighty acres of land
must be donated by the county. We
learn that this obstacle can be over
come, as certain parties stand ready
to make the donation. There is a
keen rivalry among several counties
to secure one of these schools. At the
conclusion of Mr.. Kadonskys address
he gave each supervisor sample ear
of corn raised on the agricultural
school grounds the past season. This
corn was raised from samples given
out by the state experiment station.
The state bank of Stratford sub
mitted the highest bid as repository
for county money-the bid being three
and one-tenth per cent interest. The
board, however, selected Wausau
banks on account of business reasons.
The district attorney was given or
ders to collect money left by the
death of Mrs. Matilda Freyer, who
died county charge.
The report of the equalization CON-
mittee was accepted. The figures
can b~ found in another part of this
paper.
l.. II. Cook, supervisor of assess
ment, made his annual report.
The committee on roads and bridges
made its report, which showed that
the county was indebted to the towns
of Texas, Maine, Harrison, Plover,
Hull, Flieth and Frankfort i'm the
lump sum of SO, ,297.77, as its share of
6,547. II worth of bridge and macadam
Improvements made in those towns.
The election of successors to L. H.
Cook as supervisor of assessment, Geo.
Halder as court house janitor, and
Chas. Cramer as member of the
board of asylum trustees, resulted in
their reelection. Mr.. Craner was
opposed by Herman Ramthum; the
Others had no opposition.
The working days of the supervisor
of assessment was raised to 275, which
is 100 more than he has been working
under heretofore.
A resolution directing that the SUI
pervisor of assessment and district
attorney meet the state tax commits
sion with a view of hypnotiZing
the latter into the belief that Mara
thon county's valuation had been
placed too high, was defeated. Rep
resentatives have been sent to Madi-
son before and all failed in the hyp-
motto influence.
Upon invitation of the superintend-
ent of the asylum, the board visited
that Institution. Mr.. Roehl provided
street car transportation for the
members.
The finance committee submitted
report of the estimated expenses for
the ensuing year, the figures of which
were as follows: