Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-04-20
COUNTY BOARD
ENDS SESSION
VOTES $1,000 TO MEMORIAL
FOR SOLDIER DEAD
]. OF COUNTY

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At last Fridays session of the coun-
ty board S. Knox Kreutzer, post COM
mander of Burns Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, which IS TO raise a
fund for monument, asked the coun-
ty board to support the movement. Mr..
Kreutzer declared that the memorial
would be dedicated TO those Marathon
county boys who gave their lives
He told county board members that
while Burns post was taking the mi
tiative, it is not the purpose of the
organization to assume all credit for
the monument but that it was acting
as an agency on behalf of friends and
relatives of those who so sacrificed
their lives. Mr. Kreutzer described
the bronze figure that is to be OBJ
tanned aud said that the cost is es-
timated at $4,000. The post, he said,
would pledge itself to complete the
concrete foundation and to furnish
workmen Permission was asked of
the board to locate the monument on
the northwest corner of the court
house square. Mr.. Kreutzer asked
members of the board to cooperate
and to present the matter to their
constituents as it was the purpose
of Burns post to give all towns and
villages an opportunity to contribute
something toward this ah-county Me-
mortal.
Votes $1.000
At the Saturday session of the board
$1,000 was voted oacR into the general
fund from the fund for the purchase
of relics of the war, following which
a resolution was introduced to appro-
pirate this toward the Memorial. The
resolution was unanimously adopted
together with an order that the band
stand at the northwest corner of the
square be removed and that the same
space be used for the Memorial.
The public property committee rem
dered complete report of all its
transactions during the past two years
on Friday. The report was adopted
j and ordered placed on file. Some dis
k,ussion also took place over the fund
OF $346.06 raised last year through
base ball games between the county
and the city. the fund was especially
raised to help toward the erection
of comfort station and rest room.
Supervisor Gehrilg introduced res
olution asking that the money be
used to improve Recreation park. Su-
pervisor BorowitZ, instrumental in in
iatiating the fund, objected strenuous
ly and was supported by Chairman
Berries who declared that the ress'I-
ton was out of order as the fund had
been raised for the specific purpose
of helping to build a station. Super
visor Beebee of the town of Mcmillan
made the point that the county board
has no control over me fpru as it
is a private one
To Retain Agents
BY unanimous vote on Friday after
noon the board determined to retain
the services of the county agent and
home demonstration agent. and adopt
ed the report of the committee on sal
aries and fees The committee ex-
pressed its belief that those persons
who petitioned against these two Of
fees had not made careful investi-
cation. 1t was shown that on an as
sessment of $4,000 the tax imposed
for the two offices amounts only to
seventy-five cents
The report first called For The en-
ploym, ut of no nurses this year, but
as the state law requires the employ
ment of one, change was made and
one nurse will be employed lur'ag
the ccming year instead Of two The
nurses have done excellent work but
the members of the board feel that
compliance with the. state law will
this year be sufficient. The determin-
alton Of salary for the nurse will
be left 10 the committee on health.
Miss vaugel Russell, hon,e demon
stralion agent, rendered an oral re-
port CT her services during the past
three months.
The committee appointed last fall
which made an investigation of the
disposal of delinquent tax certificates
rendered report as did L. H. Cook,
employed as special investigator.
1t was recommended that tax deeds be
taken to large tracts.
When the supreme court last week
decided against the town of Kronen-
-&yetter in the matter of the addition
to the village of Mosinee, it left the
town with deficit OF $4,000 in taxes.
the town is to borrow 1851 to meet
the state tax, and it requested the
board to let the county tax of $500
to run for time, the town to pay
the same rate OF interest that the
county does when it borrows money.
The request was granted.
Report Later
Otto Mueller appeared before the
board representing the trustees and
declared that a report of the cost of
repairs at the sanatorium last sum-
mer would be contained in the annu-
al fiscal report of the institution
which which would be ready at the
next meeting. Full confidence in the
integrity of the trustees was declared
and the board will wait until it's next
meeting for this information.
County Clerk Edw. Kuhlmann was
authorized to have printed 1900 direc-
tories for distribution to citizens of
the county and to the public schools,
the contract to be awarded the lowest
bidder.
County aid to towns for bridges was
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