Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-18

cl6Ly Oh milwaukee, Represented ny the
Rev. Zechiel, was voted S500-$300 for
keep of the county's unfortunates and
5000 for new building work.
A committee recommended that sal
aries of county officers remain as at
present. The board concurred.
The county nurse was retained at
$1,000 a year salary with $1,000 yearly
expense.
$500 was voted for salaries of the
two supervising teachers with $1,000
year expense.
Ear to Economy Petition
A Mr.. Clemens of Cuba City was
lyistened to at length as to his views
of reducing county expenditures. He
presented a petition with 500 names
on it praying the county board to re-
duce taxes and eliminate unnecessary
Offices No action was taken on the
petition.
A new Flagstaff will be put on the
court house The old one is rotten.
A blind aid report ev1dencing that
$1,140 had been expended for this
form of aid last year was read and
accepted.
Farm Manager at County Home
The board voted to spend $4,000 for
a new cottage to be built at the county
farm to house the new farm manager
Other items at the county farm will
cost $1175. Oscar Knapp of Blooming
ton was elected asylum trustee to sue.
coed Frank Schreiner, resigned.
Vote $4,000 for MuscOda Bridge
The Muscoda free bridge proposition
was voted $4,000 aid from the county
Oh of h,.iI loo ocf
A committee of three will be appointed
to see that the county's money is not
wasted.
Canard Gets Body Blow
A canard circulated that the sheriff
would have bill for $4,000, received
a quietus when that officials bill
came in. The sheriff's bill from Nov.
1924 to Nov. 1925, two months of it
from Sheriff Edge and the ten-months'
balance from Sheriff Livingston, was
allowed on the basis of $742484. The
amount disallowed was $61099. Sher-
ifs Livingston's part of the bill was
around $3.50 he said Saturday. The
bills from justices and constables ag-
gregated $1,025.78. That was all.
Kill Memorial Resolution
A majority of the board evidenced a
lack of sympathy with the World war
memorial plan by voting down reso-
luton to raise $17,500 in the tax roll
and use $4,000 voted last year, total
of $4,000 to go toward a county me-
mortal A proposition to vote bond
issue of $4,000 to run five years at
percent, the same to be used for a
memorial, was voted down also. The
bond plan was a substitute for the di-
rect tax plan but both failed to pass.
The economy ak swung again on the
$500 asked for boys and girls live
stock clubs in the county. "No!"
roared the board.
New ROad-Bridge Trustee
H. J. Kettler resigning, George F.
Meyer of Platteville was voted to rep
resent that section of the county on
the highway committee. The other
members remain as before.
R. G. Willis, Peter Pagan and Will
Frankenhoff constitute the county ag-
ricultural committee.
Mrs. Mark Bailey of Fennimore re
mains as a member of the county COM
mittee on health.
Roy Wolfard will continue to act as
assistant highway commissioner.
A. Ii. Brdln6rQ OIL bOSCOUGI Is Lie
new vice chairman, succeeding VIM
Mccormick of Ellenboro who moved tC
Lancaster last year.
Cities and villages were given home
rule on regulation of dance halls, a
clause in the ordinance which stated
that local legislation must be salts
factory to the county committee being
omitted.
About the last thing the board die
was to refuse to vote $50 each for the
Fennimore and Platteville Poultry
Shows. The economy AK swung anc
the chickens got it in the neck.
The board established a record fol
easy going by taking Wednesday night
off to see the show at the Grantland
On Thursday night the members at
tended the Kiwanis banquet as guests
of the club On Friday night the
board finished up and adjourned.
And that, in a news way, is abou
! all the board did.