River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04

John bridge, Day labor by Town of
Hartland, $622.50 price.
We do hereby respectfully report that
said above named bridges have been com
| pleted according to the specifications fur
nished by the State Bridge Engineer and
adopted by us and we would therefore re-
spectfully recommend that the County
| Board appropriate such sum as is requir-
ed by Section 1919 to be paid by the COun-
ty as aid to said town of Hartland in de-
fraying the expenses of erecting said
| bridge.
Dated this 18th day of Nov. 1916.
w. III. RICHARDS.
/ BEN ANDERSON.
! FRED SMITH.
! County, State and Bridge Com.
| Sup. Chinook moved that the Board ad-
| journ until o'clock this afternoon. Mo-
| ton prevailed.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Board reconvened at o'clock. Roll call
| showed all members present. The Journal
! was read and approved.
| Sup. Powers introduced the following
Resolution and moved it's adoption:
RESOLUTION
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Pierce County, Wisconsin:
Resolved That the County Purchasing
Agent is hereby instructed to pay the JAN
Hundred Twenty Dollars per year, COM
mencing January /, 1917 The same to be
paid in monthly installments of Sixty
eight and one-third dollars per month.
Respectfully submitted,
e. III. POWERS.
Sup. TheO. Swanson moved an amend
ment to refer said Resolution to- special
committee of three. to report tomorrow
morning Amendment lost Resolution
was adopted.
Sup. Skidmore read the following reso-
luton and moved that it be adopted.
RESOLUTION
To the Honorable Board Of Supervisors,
Pierce County. Wisconsin:
Resolved that the chairman of the board
appoint committee of seven members of
this board to consider the question of the
adoption of the County Unit or SO called
Trunk Line road system. To furnish a
map of proposed roads and to recommend
the manner of payment for same and to
report to a special session of this board
to be held Wednesday evening, November
= 80 = JOHN sKIDMoRE.
Sup. Fitzgerald moved an amendment to
lay said resolution on the table. Amend
ment lost by the following vote
Ayes: Fitzgerald, Mattson, Halvorson,
Churchill, Tombleson, MCFARLAND, Chin
mock, Pratt g votesl;
Nays: SkidmOre, Christensen, Richards,
Theo. Swanson, Isaacson, Hartman, Smith,
Vic. Swanson Powers, Anderson BjOrlee,
J. M. Johnson, Joe johnson, Carpenter,
Giles, Park, Giebler, Miller Mcdonald,
Resolution was adopted and the chair
man appointed the following committee:
H.
Park, Christensen Bjorlee.
Resolution relating to the County Unit
or Trunk Line of County and State roads
was read by Sup. Carpenter
Sup. Fitzgerald moved that action on
said resolution be deferred until Thursday
morning at o'clock. Motion carried.
Report of Special Committee on Relief
for Blind was accepted and the recon-
| mendatiOnS therein contained adopted.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE FOR THE
RELIEF OF THE BLIND
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Pierce County, Wisconsin:
| Your Committee appointed to consider
the matter of relief Of blind persons under
| the provisions of Section 572i of the
/ Statutes of 1915 would respectfully re-
port, that we find the following named
| S25 payable quarterly at the present time
1. John L. Brewer, City of Prescott.
| 2. Aggie Sweet, Village OF Spring Valley.
3. Minnie Deering, Village of Plum City.
4. Castor Taylor, Town of Salem.
/ 5. Hannah Hendrickson, Town of Gilman
6. Carl Nelson, City of River Falls.
Z. William Cramer, Town OF Diamond Bluff
/ s. John SandstrOm, Town of Salem.
9. Frank Ingli, Village of Plum City.
| 10. Mary Ann O'Brien, Town of Maiden
Rock.
IL George f. Wolf, Town of Oak Grove.
IL. Oline O. Ostness, Town of Martell.
10. Jacob Simon, Town of Oak Grove.
IA. Eunie Whitaker Village of ElmwoOd.
We also find that since the last session
4
/ changes in the list of persons receiving re-
j lief for the blind have been made: Gun
ner Stangfield of Salem has died, Mary
| Thorson of Spring Valley has moved out
of the state, and Eunie Whitaker of Elm
| wood has been added to the list.
That the sum of Fourteen Hundred dol
! lars be appropriated for the benefit of the
/ above named persons pursuant to Chap
i ter 30, Laws of 1915.
We further recommend that in each case
where such relief be granted that the sew
eral amounts be paid to the Chairman of
the Town Board, the President of the Vii
lage Board or the Mayor of the City in
which such blind person may reside. Such
payment to be made quarterly in trust for
/ the blind person and be expended under
1 the direction of the officers receiving the
i same in such a manner as they NAV deem
Dated this DIST day of November 1916.
THEODORE SWANSON.
JOE JOHNSON
P. MCFARLAND.
Committee on Relief For Blind
Mr.. n. o. Watrud, representative of the
J United States Agricultural Department APP
| peared before the Board and spoke in re-
/ tural Agent
Board adjourned until O'Clock tomor-
row morning on motion of Sup. Skidmore
WEDNESDAY, NOV. %
Board met pursuant to adjournment with
/ yice-chairman Park in the chair. Roll
| showed quorum present Journal was
read and approved
The following resolution was introduced
| Motion to adopt was lost.
RESOLUTION
Resolved That the Chairman of the
County Board appoint a committee Of
/ three members which shall investigate the