Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-22
Road Aid


to reimburse towns and villages which
have advanced funds for road work
in 1917, as follows:
Towns
Merrimack-Prairie du Sac----$1, 10000
Prairie du Sac-Baraboo ----- 100000
Spring Green-Big Hollow - 1,782.OO
Villages
Merrimack-Prairie du Sac S 754.O6
Sank City, Bryant street - 100000
Prairie du Sac, Water street. 10000
Total $9,636.O6
The above is the county's share.
It was also voted to give the town OF
BarabOO aid.
The salary of the janitor at the
courthouse remains the same, $1,000.
County Agent
Supervisors Thomas, Mortimer and
Fnge will act as a committee with the
county agricultural agent.
Chris Dyrud was voted 1884 on
tax title.
Supervisors Mather and Buerki and
District Attorney Hill will settle with
the Audit & Bond company.
State Fair Exhibit
The sum of $3.50 was voted to aid
the county exhibit at the state fair.
Will Buy Truck
It was voted to purchase a two-ton
truck for use at the poor farm, the
cost not to exceed $4,000.
Excelsior Road
Sunervisors Andrews, Barnett, Ca
hoOn, Hawkins and Loos will 1nVestl-
gate the Excelsior road.
The sum of $50 was voted for dirt
roads. Supervisors Mears, Pearson and
Schenck composing the committee
Il was voted to allOt the money for
the trunk line system to Sumpter.
Bridge Commissioners
The following are the bridge COM
missioners:
Fairfeld-W WILDER Cahoon, George B.
McGilvra.
Bear Creek-William Scallon, John
Quinn.
Westfeld Henry Steckelberg, John
Quinn.
Ironton-Thomas Pearson, Bert
Mortimer.
Franklin-John Quinn, John Mears,
Greenfeld-E. R. Thomas, WILDER
Cahoon.
La Valle-James Gregory, William
Johnson.
A resolution introduced by Super
visor Mather in relation to road work
in war times was again introduced and
passed. 1t had been previously passed
and then withdrawn in order to make
some notifications.
Excelsior Road
(From Wednesdays daily,
One of the last acts Of the Novem-
Der session of the county board was
to authorize the construction Of a road
in Excelsior at a cost of $4,000 and
then charge the amount to the town to
be collected by taxes in the regular
way. The county will first find II
this step is legal. The road in ques-
ton is near the Greeney place in Elk
celsiOr, the highway extending from
the Weidman neighbOrhoOd to Able
man. The object is to reduce very
steep grade The proposed road will
be of benefit to but one or two in the
town of Excelsior, and for that rea-
son the town has refused to vote the
money. The case has been in the
courts, an excursion being taken to
the the supreme court. The decisions
have been in favor of constructing the
road. When the vote came to be TAX
en- in the county board all voted in
the affirmative except Supervisor
Behnke Of Excelsior
Husting's> Successor
A resolution was passed in favor of
electing a successor to the late Senat-
or Husting at the spring election.
Kris Kramer was again elected jan
itor of the courthouse.
Getting Interest
Often money is voted for the con-
truction of bridges and highways,
and the work is not done for some
time. In the past the county has col
lected the interest on the sums in the
bank, but in the future the interest
will be added to the sum appropria-
ton, after one year has elapsed.
Raise Sheep Values
The only change in the report of
the supervisor of assessments, c.. H.
Stone, was in the value of sheep.
Their value was increased two dollars,
the assessor having placed their true
value at $500 per head. There are
6,O47 sheep in the county. The work