Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-05-03
Board Refuses Further ApprO-
priatiOn For DemOnStra-
ton Farm at Con-
rath
CAROW. DEFEATS
STUBBS FOR CHAIRMAN
Board Orders Contested Road In Town
of Dewey Built.-Limits Cost
to $3,500

The May session OF the county board
ended Wednesday evening, the routine
Of business being finished up with the
usual speed that has become character
istic of the Rusk county board.
One of the principal surprises of the
session was the election of j. w. Carow,
of this city, to succeed j. c. Stubbs, of
Weyerhaeuser who has so long Off
years there has been no opposition to
Mr.. Stubbs His defeat was in no way
Il reflection on the able manner in
which he has presided over the board
meetings. The vote was 20 to 10.
On motion of L. c. Streater, rising
vote of thanks was rendered Mr..
Stubbs by the board for his efficient
services as chairman for the past sew
eral years. Later, Mr.. Stubbs thanked
the board for their assistance and CO.
operation with him while he presided
over the body.
ID. j. Summerville was elected vice
president without opposition.
For county surveyor, ID. e. Getchel
defeated Matt Edgar.
In recognition of the large amount of
work that has devolved upon the cOun-
ty agricultural agent G. M. House
holder, the board voted to allow him
clerk hire to the extent of 1925 per
year.
\ resolution was passed establish
ing office hours at the court house as
follows: 9 200 a. IN. to u 200; and 100
to ) 200 p. M; Saturdays l 200 to 300
p. m. This is done to allow the vari-
Gus offices a period for work at the
close of each day without constant in
terruption, thereby enabling them to
better and more efficiently handle the
coumty's business. These hours are
now in effect in many court houses
and the work here, especially in the
county clerks office has become SO
strenuous that something had to be
done County Clerk Munroe has cheer
fully handled an amount of work that,
without some Improvement in hours,
was becoming too much for a man to
handle and maintain his health. This
establishing of office hours will doubt
less prove material help in many
ways to all the county officers.
The board refused to pass an appro-
priation of $500 a year for three years
for carrying on work at the county
demonstration farm at COnrath. After
considerable debate, the chairman was
finally, by resolution, authorized to
appoint a committee of three to inves-
tigate as to the advisability of con-
tinuing or relocating the demonstra-
tion farm and report to the next ses-
sion of the county board. The chair
man appointed Messrs. Frank Conrath,
John Helm and J. w. Schmitz on this
committee.
In the debate on this proposition,
both Ladysmith and Glen Flora were
mentioned as possible locations for the
demonstration farm. At Glen Flora
the county has the poor farm which
could be utilized for this purpose, while
the advantage of locating it at Lady
smith would be it's accessibility to peo-
pie from all parts of the county by rea-
son of being centrally located.
Quite a fight resulted on the Dewey
road proposition. This was in regard
to a road running north from the new
bridge across the Flambeau in the
town of Dewey, on which they are only
three settlers, opposition being based
~, +bo ooct Of providinU a road for Gu
few settlers. 1t was charged that ii
was being put through to benefit the
big land owners, by Supervisor j. w.
Hamilton The county board had at
the last meeting ordered this road to be
built as part of the county highway
system, over-ruling objection by the
town board of Dewey. In support of
building the road it was argued that,
granting that the road would benefit
the large land owners in that section,
who have long been heavy taxpayers
i'm the town, the settlers now there
were entitled to a road and building it
would help materially in developing
that part Of the town of Dewey. With
out building this road, the fine bridge
built last year would be absolutely use
less and it would seem that the Oppo-
sition to this improvement was very ill
advised. That seemed to be the senti-
ment of the board, anyway, and the
board adopted resolution directing
that the road be put through and in
conditinO for travel limiting the cost
to $4,000, which includes the $1,000 or
more already spent on it.