Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-08

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frs, Of August. after which date il is
expected that the state Will be in a no
sition to take over the county nav rolls
and settle for all maintenance work on
the Federal Trunk Line System. which
will include all Of roads No. l and No
from the Villas County TO the Ash
land County lines.
The necessary funds with which 10
operate the prospective gravel pit IN
Sec 35-46-2E.. which was purchase
for Iron County by your committee dur.
ing 1917, will be obtained from the
maintenance funds if the appropria-
lions asked for are allowed.
Respectfully submitted.
Henry Meade. ed. Eyenson, Com.
VIM. Weber, County Highway Conl'r.
The board took a recess until l:45
o'clock p. m At Las. p. m. the board
met with all members present.
W. 5. Peters, contractor Of Wakefield.
appeared before the board and took up
with them a matter Of money due him
from the county for surety bond pro-
MUM paid by him on a contract on
road No ,. Town of Quincy.
Moved by Meade and supported bv
White that the claim in the sum Of
$1,000, in behalf of W. s. Peters for
payment of bond premium on road CON
tract be and is hereby recommended To
be allowed by the Committee on Finance
and Printing, upon their meeting as a
board Of audit
Motion carried.
Or. N. 5. Hosmer Of Ashland ap-
peared before the board and addressed
them at length upon the question of es
tablishing joint tuberculosis Sanitar-
lum in conjunction with the counties of
Ashland, bayfield, and Iron.
Moved by Simons and supported by
olmstead that the Chair appoint com
mittee Of i've members of this board to
represent Iron County at a meeting Of
committees to be appointed represent
ing Ashland and bayfield, counties FOL
confer on tuberculosis Sanitarium.
Motion carried.
The Chair appointed the following
members of this board on the Sanitar-
ium committee. Meade, Simon, Schaus
Hannula and White
Moved by White and supported by
Clark that the report of the committee
on County State Aid Highways and
Bridges b. and X hereby approved and
accepted; That We approve and recon-.
mend the appropriations and apportion-
ments Of 1915 highway funds as set
forth in said report Nation carried.
BY Supervisor White:
The County Board of SUPERVISORS of
the County of Iron. 90 ordain as follows
That the name of the Town OF Emer-
son. one OF the municipal organizations
Of the County Of Iron. be and the same
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Town OF Sherman and that the said
Town OF Emerson hereafter be known
as and by the name Town of sherman
Supported by Simon. Unanimously
adopted.
The County Board Of Supervisors for
Iron County.
ent'emen.-Pursuan to a resolution
adopted by the county board at their
April 1917. meeting, the undersigned
special committee appointed under said
resolution. reports as follows:
In connection with the work Of inves-
tigating the desirability of the estab-
hshmeut by Iron County of a county
home and farm for poor persons Of the
county. your committee has visited the
following homes in other counties.
In Douglas County. at Superior. Saw
yer County al Hayward and Oneida
County at Rhinelander.
At Superior we found a large insti-
tuition. elaborate buildings and a farm
OF about six hundred acres all Of which
IS under cultivation; Insane. tubercuIar
and poor persons all are cared for at the
home on this farm and under one man
aEement Their manager. Mr. Cuayess.
advised Us that insane patients were
the paying patients as he had from
twenty-five 10 thirty able bodied men
the greater part of the time and that
they were generally good laboreSe
AT the Sawyer County home. We found
farm Of seven acres OF poor, sandy
soil. very poor. unsanitary and un-