Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-24
COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE

The Marathon County Council OF
Defense. met in regular meeting on
Tuesday evening. The day OF meet
ing has been changed from Monday to
| Tuesday and a meeting is held now
once in two weeks, while before a
meeting was held once week. rms
| Change was made because the day was
more convenient to most OF the mem
! bers and because there is not so much
| to look after as there was the first
| few months of its organization.
The meeting on Tuesday evening
was largely attended, only two mem
bers being absent.
The matter of securing storage &C
| commodations for farmers through
out our city and county, where pota-
| toes and all kinds of vegetables could
be placed, was discussed. 1t was the
general opinion that ample room
| should be secured, with an attendant
and kept warm in cold weather.
| O.P. Babbitt, general manager OF the
Wausau Canning company, was pres
| ent anG rendered the use of the COM
| pany's warehouse for storage pur-
poses. He said that the building
would be clear of goods by the latter
part of August; that there were men
at the building during the day, who
could receive and receipt for produce
and that the building was always kept
warm in cold weather. The offer was
| accepted and it was voted by the
council to let the farmers know of
| such arrangements and to urge all
| who have not sufficient storage room
| to make application direct to the
| council and space would be reserved.
| Mr.. Rabbit also stated that of those
wanting tin cans would let him know,
| he would make arrangements to meet
| the demand.
w. A. Won Berg of Mosinee, gave
some valuable information on the
pure seed question, relative to the
county. The past spring, he said,
there was a great scarcity OF pure
seed and at the last farmers had to
grab for what they could get, and the
result was that much impure seed
was distributed and more weeds have
| grown up in many places than the
crop which was intended. Mr.. Won
| Berg felt that there should be an
ample supply of pure seeds on hand
| this fall and that farmers should buy
their supply this fall rather than
wait until they had to plant, next
spring. This was the sense of those
| present.
The wood and coal situation was
fully discussed and it seemed evil
| dent that there would be a shortage
in this vicinity the coming winter,
unless some active work was done in
stirring up our farmers to cut up a
| larger quantity of wood than on pre-
| vious winters. 1t was voted that the
| chairman appoint a committee to
make a thorough investigation and to
| confer with Mayor Marquardt, who is
already making preparations for a
large winters supply for the city.
The Wausau Rotary club had been
called upon by the government to
commence a campaign of education as
| to the causes of the present war with
| Germany, and to see to the distribu-
| ton of a pamphlet on 'How the War
| Came to America" which has been
issued by the government. The club
proposed that it would secure the
number necessary for the city and
county; that it would attend to dis
| tributing the pamphlets in the city,
provided the council would attend to
| the county, which was agreed to.
DR.. Joseph Smith reported the fol-
lowing with reference to physicians
| and nurses in the city:
l. The number and distribution of
physicians in the county commits
stoned in medical reserve corps and
liable to be called to the service. Not
| known by the county secretary.
q. The number and distribution of
physicians in county serving in the
| National Guard. One.
3. The number of graduate regis
| tered nurses in the county and their
distribution. Seven-all in Wausau.
4. The number of such nurses en-
rolled in the Red Cross and liable
| to be called away for duty elsewhere.
| None so far as known.
| 5. The number of such nurses that
might be furnished for Red Cross
work, but not yet enrolled. Probably
five or six.
| 6. The number of practical nurses
in the county and their distribution.
Probably three or four-all in Wau-
sau.
| Z. The number of trained attend
| ants for the sick (Health Aids) tina t