Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-11-23
COUNTY BOARD
ENDS SESSION
MEMBERS BUSY UNTIL THE
LAST MINUTE-ADJOURN
SATURDAY


ended on Saturday morning after four
days of strenuous work. The adjourn
ment took place until January eighth
when another meeting will be held
and the work of the year will be
completed
On Thursday of last week much OF
the discussion was devoted to roads
and in the morning a resolution was
adopted appropriating funds to carry
out the highway program in this
county for next season. The pro-
gram includes the surfacing of No.
l6, east of the Eau Claire river, for
improvements in Rothschild and town
of Weston on No. TO- including widen
ing of bridges. Sums of $500 were
appropriated to the towns of Berlin,
Bern, Bevent, Elderon, Green VAL
ley, Guenther, Harrison, Hewitt,
Hamburg, halsey, Johnson, Mosiree.
Reid, Rietbrock, Rib Falls and Texas,
and the villages of Edgar and Bro
kaw for work to be done on high
ways, this amount to be levied against
each. The state will grant S40S.05 to
each also.
A number of towns will receive
county aid equal to the amount that
they have raised as follows: Athens
$500; Bergen $1,000; Berlin $500: Be-
vent $1,000; Brighton $4,000: Cieve-
land $500: Easton $500: Eau Pleine
$500; Emmett $1,000 Johnson $1,000:
Marathon $1,000; Plover 81 900: Reid
$1,000; Rietbrock $780, Texas ST.
90; Wausau $4,000; Mosinee $500;
Green Valley $500; Norrie $500.
The following expenditures were
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county to pay one-half the cost: Bern,
trunk A, $4,000; Mosinee, trunk G.
$1,400; Elderon, trunk X, $1,000 and
Franzen, trunk X, $1,000. AS special
benefits through state line improve
ments the following tax was ordered
to be levied: Easton, $3.50, Ringie
$3.50; Weston, $720; Rothschild, $3.50:
kronenwetter, $99661; Franzen,
$3.50; Elderon, $720 and Hull $72O.
District Engineer Il. f. Mengel was
one of the speakers of the day. He
explained existing highway laws and
spoke OF contemplated changes.
Henry LunZ, deputy seed and weed
Inspector of the Wisconsin depart
ment OF agriculture. was speaker
Thursday morning. Miss Maude Ham
mond, who is a member of the coun-
| " board of health, told what is be-
| ing done to combat tuberculosis To-
caily. The Rev. Richard Evans was
chaplain on Thursday.
Reports of Judge Bump and Judge
Leicht for the county court and of
Judge Louis Marchetti for the mu-
nicipal court were accepted and
| placed on file.
On Friday the board was occupied
hearing reports also. Miss Vangel-
Russell, home demonstration agent,
told OF her work during the past year.
She said that sixteen girls clubs had
been re-1organized with a total men,
bership OF over 200 and that S32
county women are members of twen-
ty-nine women's clubs. Ten commu-
nifty clubs have a membership of $50.
Miss Russell particularly expressed
her appreciation to the county board
for the cooperation of its members
In her work,
Joseph Barber. recently elected
state senator, APPEARED before the
board with an appeal for its attitude
on several questions, especially rela-
tive to the regulation of dance halls
and the dog license law. The board
finally recommended strict policy
OF dance hall regulation and urged
an easier method of dog tax collec-
ton.
William j. Rogan, county agent.
submitted his report orally, showing
how the work of his office had in
creased and the interest that farmers
are taking In better and improved
farm methods. w II. Lemke, a form
er member of the county board wrote
the board telling its members that he
had changed his mind about the value
OF the county agent. He said he be-
lieyeS The agent Of great value and
that he was mistaken when he signed
the petition recently asking that the
office be eliminated.
Many matters OF detail were dis
posed OF at this session, following
which officers were elected District
Attorney A. w. Prehn was asked
about the legality OF asylum trustees
succeeding themselves. He answered
that this was perfectly legal. George
ii. Halder was elected janitor over
Carl Iarnke by a vote OF AZ 10 16.
Albert p. Erny OF Edgar was elected
asylum trustee to succeed himself
Carl Schewe succeeds himself as
trustee OF the sanatorium, M. p. Nc
Cullough succeeds himself as mem
Der OF the Training school board,
julius Il. Schoenicke as q member of
the committee on common schools
and Gust Doerihg as chairman OF
the road and bridge committee. Her
man Hamann was reelected a MEM
Der OF the committee on roads ard
bridges over Robert Hamilton and
Ed. Pauls was elected as the third
member OF this committee.
The following amounts were ap-
propriated for bridges, recommended
by the committee on roads and bridg-
es, one-half the cost TO be paid by
the towns Berlin s1,444 Cassel ST.
SIS; Easton s2,210; Eau Pleine
s848; Frankfort $2,9S7; Guenther
s2,2S9; Green Valley 1899: Halsey
$2,6S4; Hamburg $1,000; Hamburg
$1,4S9; Hewitt s3,66s; Maine $500;
Mcmillan S1,7S0; Rib Falls 1895;
Wien S547. brighton and Snencer