Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-03-05
position with the Lake Wausau Gran
tie Co., in this city.
MARATHON COUNTY COUNCIL OF
DEFENSE

1
MARATHON COUNTY COUNCIL OF
/ DEFENSE
The regular meeting of the Mara
thor County Council of Defense was
held at the court house on Tuesday
evening, February rs.
| The County Agricultural and
Emergency Demonstration Agents
asked that a representative of the
Marathon County Council attend their
state meeting to be held in Eau Claire
on March 2, at which Mr.. Norgord
and others were to speak. A. G.
Burg was asked to attend
| Mr.. Bird stated that Mayor H. E.
Marquardt had consented to accept
the appointment of enrolment agent
under the U. S. Dept. of Labor for
the enrolment of laborers in the
Public Service Reserve, and as re-
quested by the Department, he had
sent in his name for the appointment.
! C. S. Dernbach, president of the
Wausau Service company, which has
in charge the Wausau Cooperative
Delivery system, and o. P Rabbit,
county food commissioner, appeared
before the Council and talked upon
the system as organized here early
in the year. They entered into de-
. tails, showing that our merchants,
generally, were not giving support to
the organization. Both recommended
that committee be appointed to make
a thorough investigation and a re-
port, which could be made public.
Mr.. Rabbit said that many of the
cities and villages had entered into
the cooperative system as a war
measure, making deliveries over the
various routes once a day. Some
cities have had such a system in
operation for several years and found
it very successful.
1t was voted that a committee of
three be appointed by the chair to
make such investigation and report.
Messrs. B. F. Wilson, NJ G. Ewing
and Mrs. ]. M. Lull were appointed as
such committee.
Mr.. Babbitt further stated that he
had attended the statewide meeting
of the State Council of Defense held
at Madison on the ii and Is days of
February. Mr.. Norgord, at that meet
ing, gave a talk on the seed corn
conditions, which he said was very
serious in Wisconsin and the country
at large, that many samples of corn
tested 70 per cent, failed to terminate.
! The speaker showed samples of Flint
corn grown in Maine, which he
recommended and said was adapted
to this climate. Mr.. Rabbit thought
the farmers should get busy and Sc
cure what seed they wanted early,
and he recommended that posters be
distributed throughout the county,
asking the farmers to report their
needs to the Council at once.
The secretary was instructed to
communicate with the State Council
and ascertain whether they had such
posters on hand.
Mr.. Burg reported that he had Or
dered 200 bushels of guaranteed Flint
seed corn on his own responsibility
and that he could get 500 bushels
now if it was wanted.
Mrs. W. H. Nablo, chairman of the
Women's Work committee, reported
that Mrs. L. H. Wheeler had been
appointed as a member of the gen.
eral committee for the Tuesday Must
cal club, also that it was the inten-
ton of the committee to extend it's
organization into every township and
village in the county and at present
the principal feature to be pushed
was the conservation of food.
On April l, the Child's Welfare
Work, under Mrs. G. D. Jones, chair
man is to begin. Mrs. G.. H. Ingra-
ham, chairman of the speakers COM
mittee, is having many of the ladies
talk at gatherings upon whatever
work the committee has in hand and
much good is being accomplished.
Miss Hanna Brunstad of the Indus
trial school, is able to give consid-
cradle time in demonstration of food
conservation at the school building
and in the churches
DR.. Joseph Smith read q communi-
cation from the committee on nursing
of the State Council of Defense on
the enrolment of young women for
three years training in the schools of
accredited hospitals, which stated that
45 per cent of all registered nurses
are required to fill the requirements
of the army for 1918. This emergency
has been met in part by the intensi-
fled training of young women; the
future emergency can only be met
by endorsing the training schools of
the hospitals of the state and filling
them to their capacity. $50 young
women must be enrolled for this work
by June 1. Applicants must have
completed at least two years in the
high school and be prepared to de-
vote three years in the service. 1t
was urged that the Council make an
active campaign to enroll young
ladies for this course.