Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-13
Several Questions Are Discussed
for Benefit of Assemblyman
Carl KOenig
DESIRES TO KNOW ABOUT
NEEDED LEGISLATION
Urban D. Mather Is Unanimously
Elected Member Of The County
Training School Board
From Thursdays Daily

At the opening sessions Of the Jan
uary meeting of the county board of
supervisors, several matters were
weighed and few of them decided up
on.
Herman Kasiska desired that res.
Olution be passed that members not
sign bonds Of county officers. Some
of the members are on bonds at the
present time and moreover thought it
an individual matter. No action was
taken.
One of the members, Supervisor Carl
Koenig of Westfeld, is member of
the legislature and he desired an ex-
preston as to future legislation. For
mer Assemblyman Wilber Cahoon
arose and said that he would like the
dog law repealed. He raises dogs
and said the tax was no small amount.
Mr. Koenig replied that he was in
favor of the law but would vote as the
people of the county desired. He did
not think the law out of the way, that
horses were taxed and why not dogs.
He said he once owned two dogs either
Of which was worth more than any
about $500 each. Moreover, he said,
before the law went into effect there
were 27 dogs in Loganville and when
tax paying time came there was but
one, From the way bills were coming
in for COWS and sheep killed he thought
lou oh ,jcrht inDE obi
ficatiOns might be made.
Mr.. KOenig said he was receiving
letters from automobile dealers ask
ing the. license fee of autos be l'educ-
ed to $500 on July 1 and to $500 on
October /. He was opposed to this.
He spoke of heavy trucks on the road,
like the Marshfield machine hauling
logs from Wards Corners to Reeds
burg, and believed such trucks should
pay more. Other members were of
the same opinion AS to tourists he
said the state highway commission
was opposed to taxing them since they
brought much money into the state.
The Training School
When it came to the election Of
member of the training school board
to fill the vacancy caused by the
death Of the late ]. w. Waterbury,
much discussion arose concerning the
school. The whole sifted down to the
form of musement-dancing Some of
the members are opposed to the pub
lie being invited to dances in the build
ing and surprise was expressed at
bill Of $763 for a floor A member of
the board during the past year said he
understood the floor was to be re-
paired at an expense of about $100
but that without his knowledge or
consent a floor costing $763 had been
laid. The floor is in the basement
and used for dances part of the time
1t was stated during the discussion
the principal had said many of the
pupils would not remain in the school
unless there was some form of amuse-
ment. When it came to the election
of Urban D. Mather as a member of
the Sank County Training School
board in place. of Mr. Waterbury
he said he would rather not
take the position but if chosen he de-
sired a resolution passed that he
might know on what ground to stand
in order to be in harmony with the
board Mr.. Mather was elected but
no resolution was presented at the
time.
Bills Presented
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bill of $25.67 presented by Miss Palma
II. GRAIN, the county nurse. Under
the direction of the county judge she
had taken a patient to tuberculosis
sanitarium and children to an institu-
ton The question arose whether
or not the bill should be paid out of
the nurses fund or out of some other
fund. 1t also developed that part
% the bill might be paid by some of
those interested. The whole matter
was referred.
Miss Grain also presented q bill
of $99.71 for running expenses Of her
offCe. Her yearly allowance had
been exhausted, also an extra appro-
priation This bill was likewise re
ferred.
Miss Maude Battles, stenographer
presented bill of $10O for reporting
a damage suit in county court against
q power company. It developed the
regular stenographer in county court
could not take the testimony and il
was necessary to call in an expert