Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-01-19
County Board Proceedings.

Eagle River, Wis, Jan. 3, 1917,
The county, board of supervisors Of
Villas county, Wisconsin, met in the
county clerks office in the court
house in the village of Eagle River,
Villas county, Wis, at 800 p. M. and
was called to order 10y the chairman
Chas. III. Kamke. All members Of the
board were present. The minutes Of
the previous meeting were read ano
approved, all members voting aye.
Petition No. L.
To the board of supervisors of Villas
county,
Gentlemen: Appended is petition
of one hundred and f0rty-fYe resi-
dents Of your county as follows:
9 We the undersigned resident tax
payers in the several towns c0mpriS-
ing the county of Villas are in favor of
securing a suitable tract of land as
near the village as possible and to use
the same as permanent location to
hold the Villas County Fair and any
other meetings that may be OF inter
est and benefit to farmers generally
throughout the county"
In further support Of this petition,
the attention OF your honorable body
is called to the following facts and con-
siderations;
1. There is organized and existing
the Villas County Agricultural Society,
which has for its purpose the agricul-
tural development of the county
This society is organized under the
statute which provides that one such
society organized in each comfy
within the state OF Wisconsin shall
receive state aid TO the extent of
slightly per cent of the premiums act
ually paid at the annual fair Of the
society,
2. Through the generosity of your
honorable body, it was possible for The
the Villas County Agricultural Society
to hold it's first animal fair and dairy
show at Eagle River On September
seventh, 1915. The exhibits OF grains,
grasses, fruits and dairy cattle did
much to stimulate a greater interest
ia better agriculture.
3. There is manifest desire on the
part of the farmers and stock raisers
Of Villas county to continue to hold
an annual meeting and fair or the
Villas County Agricultural Society.
The agricultural society mas no
location for holding such q fair aud
has no site upon which it may erect
sS4A&OdOlG DOiiA1AlEO Ava OtAO NOA4AOA VI
live stock and convenience of the pub
1ir at tie time Of the annual meeting.
A.. Ii Is therefore the prayer Of your
petitioners that the county of Villas
possess a suitable number of acres Of
land in the vicinity of Eagle River
which may in part be leased to the
Ydlas County Agricultural Society
Ter term of years and upon which
the agricultural society may make
such permanent improvements IS it's
purpose may demand.
5. Ii is further suggested that a
suitable tract OF land for county pur-
poses may be purchased to best ad.
vantage at the present time, antlcl-
pating the future need OF the county
for a poor farm, a demonstration farm,
a county work farm and q fair grounds
for the use of the Villas County Agri,
cultural Society. The purchase and
development OF wild land by the var
ious counties in upper Wisconsin has
been found prohJaDle in giving en-
plOynent to county prisoners county
dependents. Villas county is possessed
of various tools and implements now
used in road construction Whichcould
be employed to advantage i'll land
clearing. 1t employs in its public SER
vice. men who are competent TO super
intend and direct the development of
ounty property. In common With
other counties Of upper Wisconsin,
Villas county can gradually and econ
Smically utilize the labor OF county
prisoners and dependents. 1t can AID
in the rapid development OF the live
stock industry, by maintaining pure
bred sireS. 1t can aid the potato IN
.duStry. 1t can maintain puDIlc mar
Ket, and tract OF land owned Dy the
county can in time be utilized by the
public school for short course agrlcal.
bural training:
Jas. I'll. Bottle, Guy Barnard, @. e.
Bowen, Herman hOrGh, Ii. A. CroKers
Henry RaJh, Dave Seward, FREQ Dol
.anski, H. "A. Hanson, Peter Sandbeck,
August Korth, Nick Numerlck, Chas.
II. Kamke, John Gudegas6, =. j.,
Mack, b, b. Ialmage, ana l29 others.
Villas County Agricultural Society,
BY OSCAR GUNDERSON, Sec.
On motion petition No. was laid
over Tor future consideration, all
members voting aye.
Resolution No. l,
Resolution No. offered by Super
visor CHAS. BACKSTkoM.
Whereas Geo ii. O'Connor, district
attorney of Villas county, was on the
third Gay OF October, 1916. appointed.
by The WISCONSIN supreme couf6
special reIeree in Glle case Of State OF
Wisconsin, ex rel, sWalter Z. Owen,
Attorney General, PIalntltf, VS.. john
S. Donal.,, secretary OF state, defend-
anu, in the matter Oh the petition OF
the Wausau Investment company and
others for an order directing redemp,
tion 10y the state OF certain tax sale
certificates outstanding and claimed
to be lien on certain OF the lands III
the above entitled action. and under
such appointment CANNOT attend to
ANY maJUers connected with said action
for Villas county;
And Whereas on or about May 10Th;
1916. Curtis Van Doren g. Cole, attor-
news, were appointed by Hon. A, Ii.
Roid curcnit, iudp4. to assist ChaS. I'll.