Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-04-02
county News, along with the other board
members. WHY? Surely he did not
forget to do so.


members. WHY? Surely he did No,
forget to do so.
Mr.. Pinch left Flambeau for
Eagle River at about 10 a m
last thursday. Arrived here in
the afternoon. The current
article spoken of in the resolu-
ton above, was put to press
Wednesday afternoon and
mailed Thursday forenoon-the
same forenoon DR.. Pinch started
Tor Eagle River. IF HE PRE-
PARED HIS RESOLUTION OF CEN
SURE AT FLAMBEAU, HOW COULD
He HAVE SEEN OUR ARTICLE
WHICH HAD NOT BEEN PRINTED
AT THAT TIME.
Another point: If every mem
Der was thoroughly alive to the
tact OF $4,000 beng levied, and
OF it having been brought to the
attention OF every member in
dividually. WHY is IT that we
can prove that at least two
members of the board claimed.
before witnesses, that they did
not understand concerning that
$50, 900 for highway purposes.
If that isn't sufficient to con-
vince, the News can furnish much
more evidence regarding the
above if the board demands it'll
Again, in the Statement of
Facts" of the above resolution
this paragraph appears: "The
chairman of the board = = nor
any member of the board
at that time or any other time
attempt to put through
any measure without the full
knowledge and consent of every
member of the board"
How about the letting of the
contract for five bridges last
August by but two members of
the road committee and without
the entire knowledge of the other
members of the road committee
or of the. county board? The en-
tire board did not know of this
void contract until As days after
ward. The county saved almost
$4,000 by putting the matter up
to the entire board, resembling
the contract.
Why was $4,000 levied by a
motion? Why, when it involved
such large sum of money, was
it not put in the form of a reso-
luton? That was not done until
afterward. The official board pro-
ceedings published in both Eagle
River papers on Jan % and "a,
shows that $4,000 for high
way purposes was levied by
motion and not by resolution.
In replying to Mr.. Pinch S
statement before the board that
Mr.. Menefee had not given the
board a word of commentator
during his term of service, we can
best answer him by saying that
Mr.. Menefee had been given to
understand that the Villas county
board of supervisors had their
own publicity exploiter or press
agent.
Read the following Inspection
of Highways" which appeared in
the Eagle River Review under
date Of July 5th, 1912, and draw
your own conclusions. One
would be led to believe that the
Eagle River Review editor wrote
it. He did not. IT WAS HANDED
IN FOR PUBLICATION BY L.
NEMACHECK, CHAIRMAN at that
tine1 OF THE COUNTY BOARD.
INSPECTION OF HIGH WAYS.
Fred Gates, civil engineer, and +.
Nj. Balsey, superintendent of construc-
ton of the state highway commission
have about finished thorough IN
spection of Villas county's proposed
system of county highways. Both
are very enthusiastic over the able
work done by our county highway
committee in the laying out and con-
struction of roads. Mr.. Balsey was
agreeably surprised at the manner
and progress of our road construction
as he got the impression from some
slight agitation last fall that our roads
were being layed out and constructed
in a haphazard manner with no IDEA
as to permanency or known llnes.
That the impression was wholly with
out foundation he was pleased TO as
certain to his entire satisfaction. MI.
Balsey makes the statement that Was
county has mapped out q system OF
highways that will be credit to It's
citizens and northern Wisconsin when
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