Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-01-18
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPER
VISORS.

siding. After referring the bills to
the various committees, the board
adjourned until Thursday morning at
9 o'clock.
Thursday was taken up in listen
ing to annual reports. A. G. Burg,
principal of the Marathon County
Agricultural school, rendered report
showing the work done by the Mara
thon County Order of the Wisconsin
Experiment station. He told of the
various gains with which our farmers
had experimental and the results OBJ
tained.
A report from Louis Marchetti,
Judge of the Municipal Court, Show
ed the number of cases disposed of
There was also report made by the
County Treasurer, H. ]. Abraham,
which showed the county's finances
to be in splendid condition.
The reports of F. E. Bump, County
Judge, and HI. A Belize, Clerk of the
Court, were also submitted and
adopted.
The special committees appointed
to settle with the various county
officers, reported and the reports
adopted. The highway commission
er's report showed that some of the
towns had overdrawn the amounts
appropriated them. 1t was explained
that this was done because improve
ments overrun the estimates. The
deficiency will be made up by the
| towns in the next tax levy. A resolu-
tion was passed to the effect that
hereafter no overdrafts should be
allowed.
SANITORIUM SITE.
The committee on public property,
which had been instructed to select
site for the tuberculosis sanitorium,
reported that the site selected was
on the county farm in the town of
Stettin and recommended that the
| building be placed there. The site
| had been inspected by the members
of the State Board of Control on
| Tuesday. The members inspecting
were James O. Davidson of Madison,
Miss K r. Williams of Milwaukee,
and George B. Harris of Waukesha
| The choice of the committee was
approved by them, and they expressed
/ r l,n, n1 fa Offn hot 10
was not finer location for such a
Sanitorium in the state. The site is
located near the Northwestern rail-
road; it is OH a plateau of about ten
| feet access on the banks of Rib river,
and with mparatively very little
work be made a veritable beauty
spot. 1t was also shown that the in
stitution could be operated there
much more economically on account
of being on the county 700-acre farm,
than if placed elsewhere. The county
board unanimously adopted the
recommendations of the committee
on public property and the Marathon
County's new sanitarium will be
placed on the banks of Big Rib in
the town of Stettin.
The board listened to an address of
Randall Johnson, principal of the
Marathon County Training school,
giving a resume of the work done by
the school.
On Friday morning j. E. Giessel,
Supt. of the schools of Marathon
County, submitted his annual repor t,
which showed the schools of our
county to be in excellent condition.
In the discussion which followed
Supt. Giessel was complimented upon
the excellent report which he had
made. An additional sum for pub
licity was appropriated Supt. Giessel
and it is probable his report will be
printed in pamphlet form and dis
tributed throughout the county.
E. D. Clapp, highway commissioner,
submitted his annual report and in it
he made several splendid recommend.
ations.
DR.. W. A. Ladwig was again
selected as county physician and the
health committee authorized to SC
contract with him.
The board concluded it's work on
Friday forenoon. During the morn
ing session letter was read from N.
fP. Peterson of Colby, who had repre-
sente6 the East Ward of that city for
many years, who regretted, on ac-
count of illness, not to be present at
the meeting. George S. Cook of Un-
/ ity, and William Grammar of the
town of Hull, were appointed com.
mittee to secure flowers and present
them to Supervisor Peterson, on be.
half of the board.
1t was voted to provide for state
fair exhibit next September.
The report of the committee, rec
ommending that the salary of the
Registry of Probate be raised to 81, ,20(
per annum, was adopted.
The Ladies' Aid society of the city
of Wausau, sent a communication tx
the board expressing thanks fol
, authorizing the building of an anti
tuberculosis sanitorium in the coun
ty, which the society deemed of tht
greatest Importance. The communi
cation was read by Chairman ] d
Christie.
Many reports of various committee
. were read during the afternoon ant
adopted.
5 The board adjourned after fixing
! salaries of the various officers of tn
county to be elected at the next elec
3 tion, viz:
3 Municipal Judge. ge................s2, 40
County Clerk. k.................. 30
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