The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20
County Board Turns Down Resolution to Sub
nit Question to the People Without
Record Vote This Morning.
TOO NEAR TO THE SPRING ELECTION
Board Session Tuesday Afternoon Decides to Take
No Action in Probation Work = Discuss
Plans for County Building Roads.

Reports were brought from Rock coun-
ty which showed that this county had
saved a considerable sum of money by
taking road building out of the hands
of the contractors and putting it into
the hands of the county highway COM
mission. Rock county spent more than
$4,000 to purchase machinery and
camp equipment for the road building
work. The report showed that the
county had saved $4,000 in the cost
Of the work as compared with the cost
OF the same work under the contract
system. 1t was said that an equip
ment sufficient for Kenosha county
work would cost in the neighborhood
OF $4,000. The board is not on record
as being in favor of the plan, but the
discussion this morning indicated that
the members of the board would be
ready to take up this plan if contracts
offered this year were considered alb
normally high. Road building by the
county is pretty certain to be attempt
ed in Kenosha county within the next
few years.
Rush Work of Session.
It was expected that much Of the
business Of the January session would
be completed today and that the board
would adjourn not later than Thursday
afternoon. A letter from Auditor
Charles8H. Winke showed that the an
nual audit was not as yet, ready but
it is expected that Mr.. Winke will
bring it to Kenosha on Monday. The
bill of John Scholey for work done in
raids about the county was back in
the hands of the committee today. The
claim is now for $3.50 and the commit
tee will ask Mr.. Scholey to itemize the
account before it attempts to act on
it. The original claim of Mr.. SchoIey
was for $43.
This afternoon the board heard the
report of County Agent Holderness and
his report as county clerk and took up
other routine business.
Further discussion of the mothers
pension plan was also expected to
come up. Treasurer Scott this morn
ing furnished the board with the fig
ures on what the county had expended
IN this line last year. The total was
a little over $4,000.
Refuse to Change Decision.
After hearing all angles of the pro-
baton officer matter on Tuesday after
noon, the members of the board went
on record as being opposed to chang
ing the decision made at the Novem Der
session-not to employ a probation
officer at the present time-and the
work of probation in the county will
be handled under the direction of the
sheriff, to whom a special appropria-
ton has already been made to take
care of this work. The action was
taken after the board had heard the
recommendations of members of the
Kenosha Service League Judge Tully.
Pauper Commissioner Saftig of the
city and other. people who have been
taking an active interest in the work,
1t is certain that greater attention
will be given to the pension" cases
on the part of the regular officials Of
the city and county and it is certain
that in the future town boards and
city supervisors will give greater at
tention to the investigation of such
cases.
The session on Tuesday afternoon
evidenced the fact that many Kenosha
people who work for the betterment
OF the dependents are favorable to the
probation system and it is certain that
in some future time united action
will be taken for the restoration Of
the system in Kenosha county. It
may, however, not be brought to the
notice of the county board until after
new board has been named at the
spring elections.