Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-21
COUNTY BOARD.

noon. Here are few things which
the board acted upon at this meeting:
Upon the reading of a petltl!oni
from the Black River Falls reliel
committee, the sum of 500 was 10
mated.
1t was voted to cancel a previous
order extending pension TO CaIi
Woller, on the ground that he IS the
possessor of property. He was recelf-
ing county aid under the "bllnd man
law"
The board was addressed by DR.. ID:
E. Dearholt, Harvey Dee Brown Oh
the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculos1s So
ciety, and DIR. j. w. Coon of the sanl-
forum located near Wales.
The former said that the old poor
house, with an expenditure OF S5,0oo,
could be fitted for the needs OF a
sanitorium, and that the monthly
cost of maintenance would be SOU,
with SO per week state aid for each
patient. Getting down TO vital sua-
tistics he showed that the annual
death toll in this county, from this
disease is about fifty annually, at
loss to the county of SIS, 900 per victim,
besides the loss which must be sus-
tanned by the county in caring for
the dependents of the victims in I'M
fortunate financial circumstances.
4 D. Brown said that the most
daTgerO1s thing community has 10
deal are the advanced stages OF
tuberculosis, and it has been found
that the best 10 ethod Of dealing with
the disease is in the establish
lishment OF county sanitoriums.
DIR. Coon spoke of the saving 10
Marathon county if such an instltu-
tion were established. He said that.
of all the cases which he had dealt.
with at the state sanitorium fifty per
cent. had been cured, and that large
number has afterward secured lie
insurance in the best companies in
the country. DR.. Coon said that 1T
is the history of such institutions
that after their establishment con-
sumption decreases in the locality.
Mr.. Brown showed lantern slides
illustrating many phases of the tuber-
culosis question.
Drs. d. Sauerhering and S. M. b
Smith also addressed the board on
the subject When a vote was taken
on the matter Of establishing county
sanitorium it was decisively voted
down.
Gus. Heinemann, w. H. Mylrea,
Chas. Guenther, e. d. Jones and F.
II. Pardoe were named as delegates to
the National Irrigation congress, to
be held in Chicago next month.
A resolution was passed which or
ders all county officers who are re-
munerated with fees to make report
of all such fees covering the period
from Jan. l, 1911, to date.
A rising vote of thanks for efficient
work done the past year was given to
L. I'll. Cook, supervisor of assessment.
Senator John S. Donald of Dane
county spoke before the board, relative
to the working of the new highway
law. He explained that it should be
the object of each county to start
from the county seat and build
permanent roads to the nearest viii
lagos, connecting the latter later and
eventually carrying the work until
the entire county is provided with
good roads. During the limited time
Mr.. Donald had he gave much valu-
able information as to the working of
the law. He was asked many ques-
lions by the board members, and
answered them fully. He stated that
to get the most good out of the sys-
tenn it would be necessary to elect
good man as highway commissioner.
The committee on agriculture sub
mityed it's report which showed that
Notwithstanding the rainy weather,
the last county fair was a financial
success. The total receipts were
S70T2.74 and the expenditures were
$6,85L65. The committee recon-
menoed that an appropriation be
made for the building of another ag-
ricultural hall on the grounds. Later,
which a resolution was presented pro-
viding for such appropriation, it was
voted down. The board, however,
voted an appropriation of $500 for
planning the next fair.
The county committee on finance
was authorized to borrow $4,000 to
meet current expenses, until taxes are
collected.
The committee on poor was author
lied to enter into new contract for
county physician, and later to sub
NIT the report of DR.. w. A. Ladwig,
the present county physician, who is
i'll with typhoid fever.
For county highway commissioner
the names of John G. Wesley of the
town of Eau Pleine, and B. +. Nc
MILAN of the village of Mcmillan
were proposed. On the first ballot
each received like number of votes
On the second ballot Mr.. Wesley's
vote was increased by three. The
right of Mr.. Wesley to serve, mas
much as he is a county board member,
was raised and he withdrew. Post
ponement of election was then taken
until the next day, when the names
of r. III. Brown, ex-county, surveyor,
was proposed and he was elected on
the first ballot, the vote being 80 for
Mr. Brown and % for Mr. Mcmillan
For trustee of the agricultural
school Ben Lang was chosen and E.
j. Benson was elected trustee for
the training school. Aug. f. Mar
quardt was elected to succeed Anton
Mehl as an asylum trustee, the latter
refusing to serve longer. Geo. Halder
was reelected court house janitor, his
nearest rival being John Manson, who
received Is votes.
Mr.. Manson supplied a photograph
concert for the members on Thursday
afternoon, and the way some of the
members took pull at sing
Ing line WaUcn on the Rhine
was a terror to cricketS. Canned
music will probably be one of
the regular features of board meetings
in this and otker counties in the
future.
A tax budget was agreed upon as
follows:
Salaries. 24.O00.0
Court expenses. ....... 100000
County board. ............ $4,000
Sheriff and justice fees. -. 100000
Public property. 100000
Printing and stationery. 100000
Illegal taxes. ............... 100000
Fees, per uIer.. mileage. -. 100000
Asylum bends aud Int. $4,000
Agricultural school bonds. 100000
Asylum expenses. .. 20,000.0O
Training school ....... 100000
Agricultural school. $500. 100000
Blind and poor. 5000. 0S