River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-11-20
County Board Adjourns
(From The Ellsworth Record)

lie county BOARD Oh supervisors
adjourned sine die last Saturday for
noon after being in session only five
days and thereby equalled the record
of the two previous sessions in length
of time required to transact the coun
lty's business.
This session of the Board will go
down in history as the most liberal,
and as having to deal with some os
| the most important measures in the
| history of Pierce county.
One of the most, if not the most i'm
| fore the board was the county agea.
proposition. The board, after listen
ing to two brief speeches, one by Geo.
Wilde, Of Elmwood, and the other b.
supervisor Lloyd Tombleson Of Salem.
unanimously passed a resolution offer
led by Supervisor Tombleson providing
| for county agent. There were few
members opposed to the resolution,
but thy did not vote. Immediately ar
| terward the board passed another res
| olution creating a special committee
on agriculture to consist of the chair
man of the county board, county sup
erintendent of schools, and three prac-
| teal farmers representing the agri-
cultural interests of the county, one
of whom is a member of the county
board, the three last named to be an
pointed by the chairman Of the board
This committee will hire a county
agent and work with him.
The resolution providing for the
county agent appropriated $4,000 to
cover the expense for a period of two
years. This appropriation will be
met with both state and federal aid.
1t is understood that the special agri-
cultural committee will very shortly
begin work on seeking man for the
position.
Richards Is Highway Commissioner
w. H. Richards of Gilman was elect
ed highway commissioner over the
present incumbent, C. F. Kennall, by
vote Of 16 to IL. He takes Office
the first Of the year.
Supervisor Fred Smith of River
Falls town, Ed. Wild Of Rock Elm
and Fl. G. Fielder Of Prescott were
elected to serve on the county road
and bridge committee. u
Rebuild Ells.-River Falls Highway
Another very important piece of
business coming before the board was
| the disposition of the $4,000 to be
spent in road construction next year.
It was agreed to entirely reconstruct
the Ellsworth Falls highway
and spend as much Of the above men
toned sum as is necessary to resur-
face, gravel and straighten said road.
It is estimated that about $4,000 will
be necessary to do this work. The
state highway commission, however,
had practically ordered this work
done, SO that the board cannot take
too much credit for their action.
This undoubtedly established pol
icy which will be adhered to hereafter
of rebuilding and putting in good
shape Of an entire highway each year,
and thereby doing away with the
|piece-meal highway building.
1 Sheriff on Salary Basis
It was voted by the board shortly
before adjournment to put the sheriff
on a salary basis beginning next term.
The salaries. committee provided for
a salary of $500 per year for county
work only, criminal work outside the
county to be paid for extra. Sheriff
j. w. Maier can accept this if lie
chooses; if not he will continue under
the present fee system, but the next
sheriff will have to accept it.
The salaries committee recommend
ed the raising of all county officers
salaries and this was adopted unani-
|mously. The increased salaries be-
Icome effective next term. The county
clerk was increased to $4,000 per year
and $500 for clerk hire: county treas
Iurer to $1,000 with an additional $500
for services as clerk of the highway
COMMITTEE; clerk of court $1100; coun-
ty judges salary was left at $1,000,
but salary of $500 year was given
Ito the juvenile judge, an office at pres
lent combined with the county Judge
| ship, thereby increasing this office
$500 per year; register in probate,
$1,000; highway commissioner. $4,000,
with $500 clerk hire; superintendent
lof poor farm $50 per month, and the
lnatron of the farm $50 per month
district attorney, $500 per year. The
Ijanitor Of the court house was raised
to 500 per month effective Nov. Of
!. this year
Tax Levy Is Very High
One Of the last things coming before
the board was the levying of the coun-
Ity taxes for next year The total
amount levied for all purposes was
$3.50, 662.61, which is within a few
Icents of being just twice as much as