The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-03
EVEN POLITICAL DIVISION
Few Changes in the Make Up of the
Board as Result Of the Elections
Last Spring Important Matters
Coming Ups
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County Clerk Russell II. Jones is busy
making arrangements for the annual
meeting of the county board Of super
visors which is to take place two weeks
from yesterday and which promises to
be one Of the most important ever held
in the county. There will be few
changes in the make up of the board
this year nearly III of the old members
having been reelected at the spring
elections. Already the members OF the
board are beginning to get together to
discuss the question Of chairman OF
the board and it is pretty certain that
the board will be reorganized on nom
partisan lines. The board will be equal
ly divided politically but it is not ex-
pected that this fact will cause any ex-
tended dead lock. The new members
Of the board this year include John
Orth, A. j. Burg, A. Muessler, =. Con-
forte, M. Hensgen all of the city and
Joseph Bishop Of the town Of Somers.
Many of these men have been connect
cd with the board in official positions in
former years and they are well ac-
guainted with the duties of the board
mombers. Henry Jordan of the third
ward has been suggested as a candidate
for chairman of the board and the
names of T. r. Shuart, Charles Kline,
and Michael Hensgen have also been
mentioned in connection with tho snf-
flee. Any one of these men is well
qualified for the Office of chairman of
the board.
The board will undoubtedly have a
busy session and many important mat
ters will come before it. The Racine
county board has arranged to name a
special committee to act on the question
of building joint county institution
for the care of patients suferirH from
consumption and it is thought that the
Kenosha board will take a similar ac-
ton. This question promises to be one
of the big questions before tho boards
of the two cities.l Questions Of road
building will be brought before the
board in some form or another and a
new effort will be made to get some
concerted action among the towns of
the county along lines of road build
ing The question of disposing of the
fund set aside for the rebuilding of
the Jail will also come up. This money
: is now in the hands of the board and it
is possible that they will find way to
divert it into the general funds of the
county and in this manner make pos
sible a reduction of the general county
taxes. There will of course be the u.s.
ual contest in regard to the equaliza-
tion of the taxes and it is expected that
the levy will be about the same as it
was last year. No large expenditures
are slated to be made by the board at
this session.
One of the most important matters to
come before the board at the annual
session will be the election of a super
visor of assessments to succeed Joseph
A. Dalton of Silver Lake. Mr.. Dalton
has held the Office for the past three
years and while he has made no an.
nouncement of the fact it is expected
that he will be candidate for re-elec-
ton to Office. He has given great
deal of time to the study of questions
of taxation and has made an excellent
official. No other candidates have as
yet appeared for the Office but as the
position is one of considerable import
ance it is expected that there will be
a number of candidates in the field be
fore the board convenes for the annual
session. The report of Mr.. Dalton for
his last year is now in the hands of the
printer and will be made public before
the meeting of the board.