Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-11-16
COUNTY BOARD
HOLDS SESSION
ANNUAL MEETING OPENED
TUESDAY AT COURT
HOUSE

The annual meeting of the Mara
thon county board opened last Tues
day morning IN the scircuit rooms of
the court house, practically all mem
bers being present. The November
meeting is always the most important
board session of the year and before
it is ended, either Friday or Satur-
day, reports of all branches of county
administration will be heard, officers
will be elected and there will be
disposition of all important business
matters for the coming year.
The Rev. w. f. Elske opened Tues
days session with a prayer after roll
call. Several petitions were received
in the morning. The first asked that.
a section of highway running through
Bevent to County Highway be add
ed to the list of prospective state
highways. The petition was referred
to the committee on roads and bridg-
es. Another was referred to the COM
mittee on delinquent taxes, in which
it was requested that the certificate
for $212 held by the county against
the Y. w. G. A, be cancelled as the
property is really exempt. A. Fl. Zim-
norman at this session invited the
county board members to attend a
banquet at Eagles hall Wednesday
evening as guests of the Rotary, XII
wants and Lions clubs to hear A. r.
Hirst, state highway engineer. The
invitation was accepted. A resolu-
tion was adopted authorizing the
county to pay the expenses necessa-
ry in converting tax certificates into
tax deeds. An invitation was accept
ed from ]. d. Christie to visit the
county home and hospital This even
ing the members will attend the meet
ing of the Agricultural society.
One of the most pleasant expert
ences of the members of the board
was their visit Tuesday afternoon to
the home and hospital, where the
board members and invited guests to-
gether with the asylum board inspect
ed the buildings and grounds, accom-
panied by j. ID. Christie, superintend-
ent The board members were very
much pleased with the way the prop
erty has been kept up and managed.
After the visit they were treated to
a delightful dinner, served at FIVE
o'clock in the bakery The Rev. VIM.
Elske acter as chaplain and M. +.
Berres, chairman of the board. pre-
Z.
Christie and the hospital for its hos
pitality and Mr. Christie responded
Judge Marchetti pleased the board
members with his interesting recol-
lections of the county's early days.
One OF the things to which he called
attention was that the asylum is self
supporting, the revenues exceeding
the expenditures by nearly $4,000
year.
County Agent VIM. j. Rogan spoke
on the subject OF land clearing. Judge
George J.. Leicht expressed his ap-
probation of the cooperation of
board members when he was district
attorney and in his present position
Of county judge and he referred also
to the good work of A. w. Prehn, dis
trict attorney, in urging law enforce
ment. Mrs. Anna M. Rogalsky, ma
tron of the home and hospital, was
introduced. A vote OF thanks was
given Mr.. Christie and the trustees
for their hospitality.
Miss Ruby Mckenzie, county nurse,
gave a report covering three months
work Wednesday morning before the
board The bounty for wolves was
reduced from $500 to $1,000, to take
effect January 1st. A petition was
introduced relative to the reduction of
the salaries and wages paid county
employees and signed by nearly 800
persons. 1t was referred to the com
mittee on salaries and fees. a num-
ber of resolutions were read, these
having been presented by the legis-
lative committee of the Wisconsin AS
sociation of County Boards and this
morning at eleven they were to be
taken up. The committee on equali-
zation submitted its report Wednes-
day showing the assessments against
the various tax districts In the coun-
ty and the valuation of these same
districts. The total county assess
ment is based on a valuation of $69,-