The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-04-17
nJim,, Martin county ohairman.


People who take an interest in Ke-
nosha county and the big things that
the county is planning to do during
the coming year will be nightly pleas
ed with the action Of the county board
in the election of James Martin as
Chairman. His friends call him " Jim y
Martin and lot Of people call him
"Jim.
We have heard lot Of men elected
to political Offices say Gentlemen,
this lis great surprise to me-" but
when Jim Martin said that to the
board the other day he was telling the
truth. He never thought Of being elect
ed chairman Of the board and at the
time he was elected he was busy trying
to see that one of his fellow members
was named for the office. just the
same Chairman Martin, if precedent
counts for anything, is a mighty good
man to have at the head of the county
governing board while big things are
being done.
He is not only likable fellow, just
spreading harmony wherever he goes,
but he has an excellent head on his
shoulders and nc knows how to use it.
The work that he has done for the
county as lay member of the board
has impressed people with the serious
ness Of his view of the Importance Of
the county government and with his
willingness to meet every call made up
on him for work Time was when
Brighton was long ways from Ke-
nosha They referred to it as f'The
State Of Brighton and intimated that
it had sort Of separate existence
off by itself out in the western part
Of the county Jim Martin did q lot
to change this view. He let the people
know that Brighton was part Of Ke-
no5ha county and that as part of
Kenosha county Brighton wanted to do
everything that was expected of it.
When it came to starting Brighton in
the great war work Jim Martin Just
naturally supposed that the Town
Chairman was the man who should do
it and he pulled off his coat and went
to it. He served with the Red Cross
the Patriot Is Fund, the Council of De-
Tense and every other council that was
proposed. He did not say "Let George
do it" but rather ''This is up to Jim I"
and he went right out and did every
thing that was asked Of him.
He has felt a real heart and soul in
terest in the demands made upon him
by the county board. The road is never
too hard or the storm too bad to keep
Jim Martin from keeping his appoint
ments when matters of interest to the
county are at stake. He has given
his big store Of common sense to lot
of measures to make Kenosha county
better and he has always been right at
tho front of the procession Of the men
who st for progressive county. He
is a man Of big ideas with energy to
carry then, out. True enough he is a
farmer but he is an honor to the men
who call themselves farmers. His 10y
atty, his likable disposition, his wide
vision for the future Of Kenosha and
Kenosha county and his knowledge of
tho value of dollar and what a man
and a county should get in return for
it should make him q mighty valuable
asset for Kenosba county in this year
of big things One thing is certain
and that is that Chairman Jim Martin
is going to be right on the job al the
time. He is going to give to Kenosha
county every bit of energy and good
hard sense that he can give and his
loyalty and attention to business is go
ing to compel that same loyalty and at
tention from members of the board
who work with him.
Il would have been mighty hard for
the county to have made better choice
than "Jim" Martin for County Chair
man.