Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-12-04
THE COUNTY BOARD
ANNUAL FALL SESSION MARKED
BY FEW HARD "FIGHTS."
OPPOSED TO COMMISSION PLAN
Matter ct Bonding County for Recla-
nation Purposes is indefinitely
Postponed

The annual fall session of the
county board for Rusk county was
marked by few hard flights" and the
business was transacted in remark
ably quick time, considering that the
state dairymen's convention occupied
the center of the stage most of +he
time, the board holding it's sessions
mornings and evenings so as not to
interfere with the convention, and
also as a greater part of the board
members wanted to attend the con-
vention themselves.
To make up for the afternoons,
midnight oil'' had to be burned.
! The board held it's first and very
brief session Monday afternoon, ad-
iourning until after supper. The ses-
sion that evening was devoted prin-
cipally to hearing petitiors for
bridges and additions to the county
road system, various resolutions, re-
ports of the county officers etc., the
petitions and resolutions being re-
| ferred to the proper committees, and
| the reports of the officers being ac-
cepted. Sessions were also held
Tuesday forenoon and evening and
| on Wednesday forenoon, when the
| final adjournment was taken. All
members were present, except on the
first day
Tuesday evening the report OF
County Highway Commissioners Phil
Koehler was read and accepted and
Mr. Koehler was also unanimously
reelected commissioner for the en-
suing year.
JAG Speich was re-engaged as jani-
| tor.
The question of the necessity for
a new bridge over the Chippewa
river at Beldenville, near Bruce, was
brought up and the bridge committee
was authorized by resolution to Sc
cure the services of the state engl-
neer to inspect said bridge and II
same is found unsafe the resolution
provided an appropriation of $4,000
| for the purpose of building a new
bridge. With the $4,000 appropriat-
| ed previously for putting in new
abuttments, it is thought the appro-
priation will be ample to secure
fine bridge.
Supervisor Blackburn moved that
$40 be appropriated to the Rusk
| County Fair Association for taking
potato exhibit to Grand Rapids re-
Gently, where Rusk county received
fourth prize. The appropriation was
carried.
| Resolutions were then presented
calling for appropriations of sou
each to each of the fairs in thls
county. The discussion waxed warm
on this proposition and finally an
adjournment was taken until after
supper. A new resolution was then
presented by Supervisor Streater,
which was carried.
Mr.. Streater's resolution was as
follows:
Whereas, as it does not seem adj
visable for the county board to give
financial support to two county fairs
and whereas there is movement on
foot to consolidate the Rusk County
Fair Association with the Rusk Coun-
ty Agricultural Society, the latter
taking over the Rusk county fair if
a satisfactory agreement can be made
between the two societies. Be it
resolved, that the two appropriations
asked for be combined into one ap-
preparation of 81 900 and an order for
that amount drawn by the chairman
of the board and the county clerk
and paid to the treasurer of the re-
naming agricultural society as soon
as the consolidation is effected.
The bridge committee was in
structed to look into the matter OF
location of a bridge site across the
Chippewa river in the southern part
of T. "a, Z, or in 33-7 or 8, for which
petitions were presented to the board,
having in view the advantage of such
a bridge to the county as whole.
The matter of bonding the county
for reclamation purposes was indefl-
nitely postponed.
i A. A Hadden presented a reSOlu-
ton to the board, favoring the enact
ment of a law providing that all tax
es be paid directly to the county
treasurer, and asking that the legis-