Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25

DAYS were spent in building screens
Win metal caps on the corners and
Se.leI. storm doors we're also made.
announcer defect on the north side of
house was where the dirt had he
come settled, leaving il low NEXT to
the wall, causing the water to run
INTO the basement, flooding the floors.
rms was r-meaied by the flli-r IL of
art ana building of cement curbs
around the windows.
want TO say, gentlemen. that there
are otner minor improvements thar
nave taken more work than might &C.
cur 10 you, but we have worked hard
anu faithfully, ard yet did not neg
lect the farm work, as our report will
show. Of course there is pIentv 70
do yet and in time we hone To az
cCmplish our aims
Most of you gentlemen of the conntv
board have seen the work, and nov
leave you to judge for yourselves.
| thank you!
Sincerely yours,
CHAS. W. POWELL,
Supt. of Poor.
Gentlenen:-I have the honor of herewith pne-
sent.ss 70 you my 5th annual report and state
Va hAIaHIeo anu Ol0eT matter 8 pertaining to
the poor of Vernon county from November h. 1911
70 November II, 1879:
Amt in hands Of Co. treas. Nov - 1911 s. $40 IS
Zen approp for current expenses 5000 90
Appropriation for perm. improvements LOCO 90
Board receipts ~ q
iotaL.....-...->.-.. .....--....... S.442 SO
Expenditures During Year
Outside aid Towns 1892. "a. villages 675.44
wards iO3;5s Co at large $685. perm.
improve iiSo.34 eur.exp. ..... 502s.7l 9Gs2 %
Shortage in county treasurer's office. $40 IS
Receipts from Co. Farm and House
Butter sold ll5.7a, cream 524.7O. calves
i15. ~ barley 81 10. n IS 81 g. beef GA. g.
beef hides 9.34, beets SOL -four 81 silo
FORMS - 3D. vases 10. oats so. eggs .7g
onions ~ g. meat2 %, lard l.. cement
bags 10 rags co.. ..."-........ 1880 81
Board receipts. w Weeden note 5000
Otis Cogburn l625.... . ..... TBS
Live Stock on Farm
six horses l.lOO 8 HoIstein cows eOO,s off.
cows 100. I off COW 5, Y good m xed cows
go, reg stored bull rs. Holstein yeariing
a. 4 hoistein calves ZI5, 2grade calves
70. Is hogs 42o. $50 chickens 5O........ $3.50 %
Farm and Garden Products
Corn $500. oats zs5, barley 1865 potatoes
go carrots 10, table beets G. satisfy 4
beans sugar beets So onions IS mar
ships !. ensiage $50. hay 375 straw 75
cut oats for feed 275. pumpkins s. cab
bage "a. vinegar 5. cucumber pickles 5,
dried corn "a. chopped tomato pickles
s, sweet tomato pickles 5. plumb butter
,. preserves 10. spieed apples 3, canned
fruit lol. canned vegetables 81. Jelly g.. 1921 90
On hand; Coal 1885, -four and feed l4O. 295 90
Other Sources
Note secured by mortgage on P Mar
den property Ontario ................ 100 90
Deed from Mrs Marden for her interest
in two lots, Ontario ... p 90
Que from jackson Co, aid to John Slaugh-
ter 2 81 aid 10 &. Parker 49, ........ 20 81
AID to Ransom b ASS .......... 2 SO
Three =" eeden no. ............ .......... POS 81
Due from Monroe Co, case of Eye Jones
II bf, . + Powell 25.0l ................. SO 6S
Johnson, rent Hazeltine LAM. Greenwood So so
Due from Richlapd Co., Belle Case case 8 O5
Due from Sauk Co, Geo. Parkhurst case. 81 35
Total. $500. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5lS 81
L ABILITIES: None.a all legal bills pre-
scented to date IF report have been paid
Current Exp. Including Perm. Imp.
Fuel S74.22. groceries and vegetables 5746
clothing 289 "a. bran 240 gasoline n g.
ordinary repairs 81 81. labor on repairs
lIS plumbing and supplies PAS 40, paint
1885, lumber 245. 49, labor perm. i'm
prove. 24l hardware 1856 49, freight Is so
meat l29.65. corn AID feed Si7.3 house,
turnis Kings Ia. &c. -four 2S0. medical serV
5000, vet. services Is, soap So IS, disiH-
tectant SO "a, telephone 4465 ,dTugse2. 10,
cows 3D. Holsten calf 50, ertizer 40,
blaeksm thing p 55. wagon and tr ok.
II. so. plaster board % So light IL i0but--
ter cutter TO- binder Irvine I435. bur-
tais 1910 harness and repairs is 80 dou-
bic cock range 100, laundry tub 4S 80.
bath tub 1870 gasoline tanks 80 10. gas
2llne engine - sand 30 95 gaiv. iron
2l.l5 glass 935. ice 50 so, dishes is 49,.
team of horses $50, cleaning Of Chin
neys 8, potatoes 50, kal and papecing %,
grinding feed 1895. seeds g.. SO. thresh-
ing rs 30, disk harrow 90, seed wheat
u, u. man and team ulling siio Z, cream
separator repairs ID 25,fence posts 66.O6,
fence wire GAO. plaster fibre 20. cement
1915. screen mould 6 3, nursery stock
10, mi! tgFssss S..2aA dynamite = B2f945
Outside Aid
Towns: ChristianA a6 Clinton 4f.sS For
est 2}7e5 Genoa 88 50. Greenwood 20,
Hamburg 80 go, Harmony l50 6s, Hills
b3ro IS 20, KIckaDoo 4S Is Liberty IS,
stark 55tS Union TO- Viroqua 1880
ebster 81. 81. Wheatiand l35. CO, Whites
town 30. ...,............... 1892 q
'illages: Coon Valley 80. De Soto 1872 Is.
Hill boro 1888 70 La Fargo ll.33 Ontar-
10 l2Et9 Readstown SO IS, Viola a. TO- SIS "a
City of Vroqua: LIST ward l07 20. ID ward
l1o.is 3Td ward 422. 30 .......... ....... 7O5 S.
The towns Of Bergen. Coon. Franklin, jefferson
STEERING, and the villages OF Westby and Stoddard
rec w q 40 aid during the ear.
Population of Co. House Male Female total
Number IA 90 house Nov.lS l9ll.. 10 20 50
Received during year ............... 8 10
6oEn during year .....--............ 0
Total population during year IS &c A
Died during year ...........4
Bound oaI p ADOPTED during year 9
Discharges dGllng year. .........-... 3
Total loss of population ....... 10
No in aims house Nov. II. 1872. ...11 20 81
Additional statistics are included in my June
report made to State Board of Control for the
> ear ended June 80. 1912.
Respectfully submitted
c. W. FOW ELL, Com. of Poor
Resolution Of committee on poor
and insane in -egard to sals of
poor commissioner read and adoLted,
all voting in the affirmative.
Resolved That the compensation of poor
commissioner be liked at the sum Of 81 500 the
salary ana expense Of hired help except for one
man tor six months OF the year. to be paid by
yhe commissioner of poor except for perma-
nent improvements.
Resolution and ordinance present
cd by Mr. Hamilton read. The reso-
ution was adopted and the ordinance
passed, all voting in the affirmative
except MIR. Dalton
Resolved. That the SUN Of 500 be appropri-
tted and set apart in the hands of the county
.te.4otrer. to oe known as the district attor-