Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-01-05
.RUMORS WILL
BE INVESTIGATED
COUNTY BOARD HOLDING
ANNUAL SESSION AT
COURT HOUSE

COURT HOUSE
The county board convened last
Tuesday morning in an adjourned ses.
sion. Most OF the bills and petitions
were reported to the committees, tC
be acted upon later in the session, and
among the first actions was that OF
ordering the printing of 500 copies oi
the county board proceedings.
The report of Miss Mary A. Brady
home demonstration agent, who has
resigned her post, was partially read
The report presented an excellent re.
the past year.
Investigation
Z. Supervisor Gehring introduced a
resolution in the afternoon stating
that whereas there have been circu-
lated rumors to the effect that one OF
the members of the county board "has
recently taken on to himself a guam
tity of cord wood belonging to the
county OF Marathon, and whereas, II
is advisable that matters of this sort
be cleared UP so that the truth may be
to either the common council of Wau-
sau or the county board of Marathon
county, be it therefore resolved, that
the chairman be instructed to appoint
a committee of five men to investigate
into the truth and to obtain the facts
with reference to the rumors that
are afioat." Supervisors Erickson
Hamilton, Peterson. Gehring and Ditt-
brender were appointed a committee
by Chairman Gaetzman to sift the
matter to the bottom. Announcement,
of the results are not expected before
Friday.
At the Wednesday morning session
of the board the resolution recently
edopted by the Marathon County
Guernsey Breeders association, the
Marathon County Holstein Breeders
association and the Marathon County
Society of Equity, all of them ex-
pressing a desire to see county wide
campaign for the cleanup Of tubercu-
losis among cattle, were read, and the
county board referred resolution in
troduced by one of its members call
ing for an appropriation of $4,000 to
help in this campaign, to special ag-
ricultural committee
ROgan's Talk
County Agent w. j. Rogan was the
principal speaker Wednesday morning.
He told of the excellent work being
accomplished in Marathon county
through the COW testing organizations
and also spoke of the many car loads
of cattle shipped to the southern part
of the state from this county More
buyers, are, as time goes on. turn
ing their eyes toward this county.
This progress is due to the work of
breeders associations and COW test
ing associations. He highly recon-
mended campaign to clean out tu-
berculin cattle.
Little other business had been trans
acted up to yesterday evening A num-
ber OF reports had been filed among
them those OF the county and munich
pal courts. Supt. j. E. Giessel's re-
port on the schools was also sub
mitted Business is accommodating
however, and today and tomorrow
are to be busy ones for county board
members.
A resolution was introduced by W.
w. Thayer calling for a report from
the public property committee. An
amendment was adopted to make the
time the April session.
j. Fl. VOgt, highway commissioner
for Marathon county this morning
presented to the county board his re-
port of highway work done during the
past year. An exhaustive summary of
the activities OF the department shows
much accomplished in the way of i'm
proving the roads OF the county and in
adding to permanent surfacing of
parts of the state highways in the
county, as well as repair work and
the construction of bridges and cul-
yerts.
Miss Adeline Firnstahl resumed
her duties in the office Of the county
agent Tuesday after spending the holi-
days at her home in Colby.
Representatives OF the Bureau OF
Mines are in the city this week con-
ferring with local quarry men on safe
ty work as applied to the mining and
industry. The experts ar
rived In special car containing DEM
onstration samples OF all up to date
apparatus used in mine protection.
The men in charge of the work are
Il " Agert.n, A. j. Martinson and
NJ. b. Orfald. A. Fl. Findeisen of the
state Industrial commission Is accom-
the party.