Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-04-13
COUNTY BOARD
NOW IN SESSION
MATT. ]. BERRIES, TOWN OF
RIB FALLS, is NEW
CHAIRMAN


The Marathon County board openet
its special session at the court house
on Tuesday last, the important bust
ness of the day being postponed un
til afternoon to give all members &
chance to arrive in the city. Mat
]. Berries, of the town of Rib Falls
was elected chairman OF the board
to succeed Frank j. GaetZman by q
vote of thirty-nine to thirteen votes
over George S. Cook, supervisor, OF
Unity. One vote was cast for Louis
Pregont and Carl Hilber.
George Morisette of this city was
unanimously elected vice chairman
upon the motion of A. r. Beebee, OF
the town of Mcmillan. Chairman Bee
bee expressed his appreciation of the
honor that had been conferred upon
him, Members of the board Tuesday
accepted an invitation extended by
county officials TO be present at din
ner at Eagles hall on Wednesday
noon. Frank Gaetzman, retiring cnair-
man, briefly thtanked the members or
the board for the honor that had been
conferred upon him by his reelection
TO the post three times.
The appointment OF the following
committees were announced by Chair-
man Berries at the opening OF the
session Wednesday;
Finance-Cook, Borowitz, Kelley,
Joswiak Schmutzler.
Public Property Luedtke,
Dessert, O'Connor, Hamilton.
Delinquent Taxes--Beebee, Thayer,
Louis Pauls, Knorr, Anderle.
Printing and Stationery = smith,
McNeight, Augustine, Bowe, Horgen.
Judiciary-B. e. Smith, Morisette,
Cater, Menzner, Riemer.
Sheriff and Justice Accounts-Da-
mon, Waytasik Oesterreich, Roy, Sell.
General Claims Bischoff, Schilling'
Buttke, Pregont, Knoke.
Agriculture Hilber, Gaetzman'
Peterson, Weix, Beining.
Per Diem and Mileage-Petarsh,
oertel, Marquardt, Strobe, Riemer.
Salaries and Fees-Goetz, DAVIS,
Handrick, WITT, McCunn.
Equalization--Borc Gaetzman'
Trawick, Dittbrender, Andrews
Omernik, Deichsel, Handrick, koskey'
Poor-Erickson Baneck, Felt, Otto,
Nahring.
Education Schilling, Gehring,
Strobe.
Roads and Bridges Ha-
mann, Ed. Pauls.
Special Agriculture--Hilber, Peter
son, Langbecker, M. j. Berries, j. b.
Giessel, ex-officio.
Park Commissioning. 9. Yawkey, A.
L. Kreutzer, J.. c. Leak, W. r Goetz,
John Dittbrender, Joseph Weix, Leon
W. Davis.
Health Committee--M. j. Berries, j.
Il. Giessel, Louis Marchetti, l.. E'
Spencer, Maude Hammond,
The presentation of petitions signed
by residents and taxpayers OF the
towns of Flieth, Bern, Green Valley
and Harrison and the village of~Strat-
ford, asking for the removal OF the
county agent, home demonstration
agent and county nurses, and the DO
ing away with their services altogeth-
err, was no surprise. Rumors that
move TO have this done have been
circulated for some time. Supervisor
Peterson also presented blank petit
ton from Elderon and in doing so
explained that he had taken the petit
ton before an open town meeting, ex-
planned the importance of the work of
these offices and told what little eff
feet their salaries had on taxes. Not
a single signer was obtained in Ell
deron. The petitions were referred
TO the committee on salaries and fees
and report was to be made this after
noon.
1t was found that Jesse Witt had
been elected to the board in the town
of Bergen instead of Henry Hoops
and this fact was announced by Mr..
Berries.
The appointment of Robert ii. John
son to succeed himself as member
of the Soldiers Relief committee was
announced In letter from Judge r. Il.
Bump. The board discussed briefly
the possibility of reducing salaries
of county servants and the committee
on salaries and fees was instructed to
investigate and to report in Novem-
Der. A resolution adopted recently
by the Ashland county board declar-
ing that county TO be in favor of a one
cent tax on each gallon of gasoline,
was tabled.
A final question of importance We'd
nesday was discussion of the furni-
ture in the district attorneys office
A letter from George W. Lippert, for
merly district attorney, informed the
county board that the public property
committee had been quite aware that
county furniture was in his Office and
that he had attempted TO deliver the
furniture To his successor who did not
want It, At present the furniture is
stored at the court house. The mat
ter will be dropped as II is salts
factorily settled and the board in
structed that it be made a part of the
records.