The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-24
WILL SELL BONDS AT ONCE
First National Bank Shows County Pa
triotism and Stands Behind Bid for
Purchase of Town Bonds-County
Board In Short Session Today.

The county board made another eff
fort to clean up the road work in Pleas
ant Prairie this morning when by a
unanimous vote the Board adopted a
resolution directin- the chairman of
the county board and the county clerk
| to proceed at once to sell at either public
or private sale the county bonds issued
for the fund for the completion of the
roads in that town. With this resolu-
| tion it is expected that the county bonds
will be sold within the next few days
and that the fund for the building of
the Sheridan road and other roads in
the town will be ready by the first of
June. Contracts for the roads have
not been let but with the funds raised
the county hie ay committee will pro-
coed at once with view of having the
work started at the earliest possible
time and it is thought that part if not
all of the work will be completed this
year. District Attorney Peter Fisher
appeared before the Board and present
I
legal difficulties in regard to the bond
issue had been disposed of apd that
there was a chance for the immediate
sale of the county bonds at par and ac-
| erued interest. Attor1~y A. L. Drury
who represents the town of Pleasant
Prairie announced that the First Ma
tional bank had agreed to stand behind
| its proposition to purchase the town
bonds. He asserted that the action Of
the bank would mean that it would
make considerable contribution to the
good roads movement on account of the
fact that at the presen1 market it might
be very difficult to dispose of the
bonds of the town. The county chair
man and the county clerk will get into
touch with bond buyers this afternoon
and it is possible THAI the sale Of the
county bonds will be negotiated before
the daysis over
The road business was the important
matter to come before the board but
half an hour Of the time of the mem
bers was taken up with their expression
of their Indignation against the reck
| less automobile driver who on last We'd
nesday night ran down and terribly in
jured Anton Bredek on the Geneva road.
| Supervisor Roders moved that the board
offer a reward of $3.50 for information
which would lead to the arrest and con-
viction of the men responsible for the
| injury of Bredek Other members of
| the Board declared that the safeguard
ing of the roads was one of the first
| functions of county board and they
insisted that the reward offered by the
county be made high enough to get
results On the motion of Supervisor
Bacon Of the town of Bristol the amount
of the reward was increased to five
hundred dollars and the motion as
amended was unanimously passed.
Board members expressed the desire
| to take every possible action to secure
the arrest Of the men in the automobile
and District Attorney Fisher who
strongly urged the offering of the re-
ward and who presented the matter to
the board declared that his office would
do everything possible to secure an ar
rest and conviction.
There was small amount Of routine
business to come before the board but
the adjournment was taken early in the
afternoon. It is not expected that
there will be any further sessions of the
board until the November session.