Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-04-21
Board OF Supervisors So Decides
After Spirited Verbal Fight
Close Vote on Schoepf
Resignation
ILLEGAL ACTION ON
TAX INTEREST RATE
Financial Condition of County Found
10 BE In DeplOrable Condition.
Hard Put To Obtain
Money

The county board of Rusk county
by vote of ID to IA decided Wednes-
day morning to do without the SER
wees or county agricultural agent.
after accepting the resignation of
County Agent Schoepf by vote of 10
to Is.
The county agent proposition occu-
pied more of the time of the board
than any other question which had
come up for consideration. A number
OF members made hard fight to keep
III the list of counties with county
agents and think Rusk county has made
a backward step in deciding to do
without one The antis were not so
outspoken on the question:, but were
there with their votes when the roll
was called. John Helm, Jr., led the
discussion in favor of employing an
agent, though he was more than will
ing to accept the resignation of Mr..
Schoepf. He thinks the county is MAX
ing a big mistake in dispensing with
the services of an agent, arguing that
the county needs frst-class agent,
and that such an agent is a paying
proposition.
Opposes County Agent
Clarence Joyner of the town of At
lanta, championed the side of the
antis and said that the people of his
town were opposed to the employment
of an agent. j. A. Schmidt spoke both
for retaining Mr.. Schoepf and for the
county agent idea and cited a number
of petitions before the board asking
that he be retained, some of which pc
titions, he said, had not been consider
ed by the board. Sam Bida, of South
Fork, talked along the same lines as Mr..
Schmidt, telling of the good work Mr..
Schoepf had done in his community.
1t appeared to be SchOepf or no one
with Mr.. Bida, for when it came to a
vote to keeping an agent, he voted in
the negative. George Briggs, state
supervisor of county agents, who had
been invited to be present. was asked
to state his views, and as was to have
been expected, he spoke strongly in IA
vor of agents for counties, and at con-
siderable length. He said he thought
Rusk county would be making very
serious mistake to discard the county
agent, and hat important work had
been started which should be finished.
J. A. Schmidt spoke of the T. 3. test
work started and the organization
work accomplished by Mr.. Schoepf. He
ought to be retained to finish it and
other good work that is under way.
County Agent Resolution
Here is the resolution that started
all the talk:
Whereas, there is a demand for. the
services of a county agricultural agent
in Rusk county, and
Whereas, Leo Schoepf has rendered
his resignation as codnty agricultural
agent for Rusk iounty,
Therefore, be it resolved, that the
said resignation be and is hereby ac-
cepted and the committee be and here
by is instructed to employ the services
of a first-class county agent.
Resolved further, that it is the
sense of this board that the chief du-
ty of the county agent is to call upon
and aid the new settler, instructing
him in his new undertaking.
Q. L. HOTZ.
Supervisor Joyner demanded that
this resolution be separated into two
resolutions, one to provide for the ac-
ceptance OF the resignation, the other
TO provide for the engaging of first
class county agent. His contention
that the resolution be divided was sus-
tanned by the board and the two parts
were acted upon separately.
The roll call upon accepting Mr.
Schoep's resignation;
For accepting Brown, Bur-
hank. Doar, Giebel, Halas Hotz, JOY
ner. Kassela, Lindblad, McHugh, Lin
doc, Suhmerville, Umback, Young Is
Against accepting Baxter, Bida
Garter. Conrath, Ducklow, Erickson
Groves, Helm, Kurz, Paul, Riegel
Schmidt, Stroup-13.
Absent or not voting -Jipson, Jones
Manley, Sergent, Spear, Spears. Stubbs
Zimmer4-S.
Vote ON Hiring Agent
For-Baxter, Burbanw, Carter, Gle
bel. Groves, Helm, Hotz, Kurz, Lindoo
Paul, Riegel, Summerville, Stroup
Young-14.
Against Bennett Bida, Brown, Con
rath, Dear, Ducklow, Erickson, Halas
Joyner, Kassela. Lindblad, McHugh
Schmidt, Sergent, Umback-15.
Absent or not voting -Jipson, Jones
Manley, Spear, Stubs, Zimmer-7.