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The Barron County Farm Bureau consists of the various township farm bureaus in the county. The county board of directors consists of the presi- deut of each township farm bureau, together with the four county officers elected by the directors at the annual meeting. Each member, at once, belongs to the County, State and National Farm Bureau organizations.
The object of the Barron County Farm Bureau is to advance and improve agriculture; to affiliate with the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation and the American Farm Bureau Federation; to employ county business managers, field representatives or secretaries for the purpose of developing and promoting systematic organization, co-operative marketing and organized production; to co-operate with the Wisconsin State College of Agriculture and the State and United States Department of Agriculture and the Wisconsin Division of Mar- kets in developing a definite program of work that will bring to Barron County a better economic, social and educational condition so as to make farming more profitable and country life more attractive.
The Barron Township Farm Bureau was organized on March 21, 1921, with Wm. Bartlett, as president; G. Ostenson, vice-president; and E. J. Mckinney, secretary.
The Clinton Township Farm Bureau was organized on March 22, 1921, with J. J. Malone, as president; Wm. Meisegeier, as vice-president; and Frank Barf- knecht, as secretary.
The Turtle Lake Township Farm Bureau was organized on March 24, 1921, with C. D. Cochran, as president; E. J. Kruse, vice-president; and L. A. Roberts, secretary-treasurer.
Crystal Lake Township Farm Bureau was organized on March 25, 1921, with E. L. Tait, president; C. P. Tyvoll, vice-president; and Frank Williams, secretary-treasurer.
Maple Grove Farm Bureau was organized August 15, 1921, and Andrew Bolstad elected president; Chas. Hartzell, vice-president; and Clarence Cor- nelius, secretary.
Dallas Township Farm Bureau was organized March 29, 1921, with An- drew Wintrone, president; Will T. Owens, vice-president; and Ole G. Wall, sec- retary-treasurer.
Prairie Farm Township Farm Bureau was organized March 30, 1921, and
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Fred Kurschner was elected president; Geo. D. Pederson, vice-president; and Fred Schultheiss, secretary-treasurer.
Stanley Farm Bureau was organized March 31, 1921, with H. M. Hill, president; Herman Lemke, vice-president; and Karl Hazelberg, secretary.
Sumner Township Farm Bureau was organized March 31, 1921, with L. A. Block, president; Chas. M. Sykes, vice-president; and Albert Halvorson, secre- tary-treasurer.
Stanfold Township Farm Bureau was organized April 2, 1921, with Frank Feldkirchner, as president; and Chris E. Jensen, as secretary.
Doyle Township Farm Bureau was organized April 5, 1921, with Ed. Krin- . gle, president; and Robert J. Loew, secretary.
Cedar Lake Township Farm Bureau was organized April 5, 1921, with T. T. Hazelberg, president; and J. A. Harlow, secretary.
Oak Grove Township Farm Bureau was organized April 6, 1921, with Geo. J. Sanders, president; and Wm. H. Cockrill, secretary.
Lakeland Farm Bureau Township, organized April 8, 1921, with Chas. Ness, president; and Oscar Oldeen, secretary.
Cumberland Township Farm Bureau was organized April 9, 1921, with Alfred Lindquist, president; and Grover Jacobson, secretary.
Arland Farm Bureau, organized July 28, 1921, with Fred Ostercamp, pres- ident; Sever Severson, vice-president; and Sever Anderson, secretary.
Almena Farm Bureau was organized September 24, 1921, and N. P. Becker was elected president; August Lemke, vice-president; and James Beecroft, sec- retary.
Rice Lake Township Farm Bureau, organized November 7, 1921, and C. H. Walters was elected president; Frank B. Thomas, vice-president; and R. P. Hall, secretary.
Maple Plain Township Farm Bureau, organized August 5, 1921, with Henry Peterson, president; P. E. Morey, vice-president; and K. F. Heinecke, secretary- treasurer.
The Barron County Agricultural Society was organized at Barron, on June 15, 1877. The first officers were: President, W. W. Flinn; first vice-pres- ident, John Quaderer; second vice-president, D. C. Strong; secretary, Fred Telke; treasurer, E. C. Coleman. The first fair was held at Barron on Sept. 25 and 26, 1877. The total receipts of the first fair were $103.75, the disburse- ments, $49.45. Of this amount, $24 was paid in premiums on a total of thir- teen entries, which included one stallion, one draft team, one pair of oxen, sev- eral hogs and a number of entries of vegetables, potatoes, grain and apples. In 1879 the Society purchased a small tract of land at Barron for fair grounds, but in 1887 sold it for $110. The fair was held at Barron three years, 1877, 1879 and 1880. It was held at Sumner one year, 1878. For eighteen years, 1881 to 1898, it was held at Chetek.
In 1899 the fair was moved to Rice Lake and located on a forty-acre tract of land leased from W. P. Burrows of Madison, Wis. In 1911 the Society pur- chased and now owns the grounds. The fair grounds are desirably located in the city limits, bordering on the lake, has electric lights, water and sewer con- nections. The tourists' free camp site is also located on a part of the grounds, where a fine grove of pine trees makes an ideal camping ground. In keeping with the progress made by the agricultural development of the county, the fair has advanced from year to year and is now ranked as one of the leading county fairs of Northern Wisconsin. At the 1921 fair, over 200 head of pure-bred cat- tle were entered from Barron and adjoining counties and a correspondingly large number of entries in the other departments.
The Society is well equipped with buildings for exhibition purposes but the attendance has increased so much that a new and enlarged grandstand is now needed to accommodate the patrons of the fair.
In 1913 the county made an appropriation of $2,000 to erect an agricultural
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exhibit building on the grounds and in 1916 voted an additional $1,000 for a new cattle barn.
Since the organization of the fair the following named persons have served as president: W. W. Flinn, N. Washburn, P. M. Parker, J. W. Stevenson, J. S. Crisler, A. G. Strand, E. Knudson and N. W. Heintz. The office of secretary has been held by Fred Telke, A. S. Jopp, N. E. Carver, J. E. Cartwright, E. N. Bowers, J. C. Signor, V. H. Paradis, W. A. Demers and J. G. Rude.
The Society now has a membership of 265. The present officers are: N. W. Heintz, president; W. F. Colbert, vice-president; A. M. Chrislaw, vice- president; J. G. Rude, secretary; W. A. Demers, treasurer. The board of di- rectors are: James Hanson, F. J. Krahenbuhl, Wm. Bartlett, C. F. Stout, T. W. Quinn and Chas. Horn.
The Oak Grove Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co. was organized April 18, 1891. The first officers were: President, Joseph Pecore; secretary, F. C. Donnelly; treasurer, C. L. Brekken. The first directors were: C. S. Garrett, Cumberland; K. F. Houghtaling, Clinton; Otto Thingvold, Maple Grove; F. C. Donnelly, Oak Grove; G. A. Eggleston, Dallas; A. Gulickson, Stanley; Charles Sletten, Chetek; W. R. Stevens, Barron; E. A. Finley, Dallas. Of the first board of directors, there are now two living in Barron County, G. A. Eggleston and A. Gulickson, the last named of whom is the present secretary.
The company organized with a subscribed capital stock of about $50,000 and at the end of the year, after about nine months had passed, the amount of insurance had reached a little over $200,000. The business has steadily in- creased. The increase in 1920 was more than $2,500,000. Dec. 31, 1921, there were about 4,000 policyholders, and the amount of insurance in force was about $13,000,000.
The company's business is confined to Barron County, and is conducted by a board of directors, three of whom are elected at each annual meeting for a term of three years. The officers are, president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, elected by the board of directors for a term of one year.
The present officers are: President, Frank N. Roemhild, Prairie Farm; vice-president, Robert Reese, Cameron; secretary, A. Gulickson, Cameron; treasurer, J. A. Cornwall, Turtle Lake. The directors, in addition to these, are: J. H. Johnson, Barron; Henry G. Puls, Almena; R. B. Phillips, Cumberland; John Bradseth, Rice Lake; H. E. Halverson, Dallas.
Editors' Note: The editors are greatly indebted to Prof. Lellen S. Cheney, of Barron, formerly county superintendent of schools, and founder of the Bar- ron High School, for assistance in compiling this chapter. Portions of it were written by him, and he also furnished information for portions which he did not write. Officials of various farm organizations, and many leading farmers and dairymen have likewise been most generous in furnishing information.
CHAPTER XVII.
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.
Barron County embraces twenty-five Government survey townships, divided into twenty-three political towns. Each of the political towns coincides with a Government survey township, except Maple Grove, Chetek, Dallas and Dovre, which each occupy one and a half Government survey townships.
The whole county was at one time called Dallas and afterward changed to Barron. Some of the towns were created with their present boundaries. Others were created with much larger areas, and later curtailed. In the early days there was considerable shifting about of boundaries between the townships. The present towns of Dallas, Rice Lake and Lakeland are not the original towns
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created. The name of the original town of Dallas, as noted, was changed to Barron, the name of the original town of Lakeland was changed to Cumberland, . and the name of the original town of Rice Lake was changed to Stanley, and the present towns of Dallas, Lakeland and Rice Lake were created later.
In the early days, townships were created by the county board, and boun- daries shifted by the board upon petition by the voters. The more recent towns were created by the board upon petition, after a favorable vote by the inhabi- tants of the territory affected.
Barron Township occupies Township 34, Range 12. The entire county originally embraced but one town, called Dallas. Feb. 6, 1869, the county board ordered that the name of the town should be changed to Barron. By gradual curtailment the present boundaries have been reached. The story of its early government is told in the chapter in the volume on "Early County Government." The present officers are as follows: Supervisor, E. J. Mc- Kinny (chairman), W. R. Cuthbert and A. J. Dragseth; theasurer, Olaus Lee; clerk, Martin Rockman; assessor, H. M. Palmquist.
Chetek Townsip occupies Township 33, Range 10; and the east half of Township 33, Range 11. The town was created March 30, 1874. It then con- sisted of Township 32, Range 10; the south half of Township 33, Range 10; the east half of Township 32, Range 11; and all of the east half of Township 33, Range 11, lying south and west of Lake Chetek. The first town meeting was ordered held at the schoolhouse in District 2. In the act creating the town- ship, the present spelling is used. But for many years the county clerks spelled the name with an "S" instead of a "C." By official action on Jan. 16, 1883, by the county board, the present spelling was confirmed. The first town meeting was held in the schoolhouse in what is now the City of Chetek, April 7, 1874. C. P. Hepburn, H. J. Dixon and W. R. Smith were appointed inspectors of the election, and A. S. Jopp, clerk of the election. Eighty-eight votes were cast, the first being that of E. J. Banks. The following officers were elected: Super- visors, Daniel Beagle (chairman), H. B. Ross and J. C. Stewart; clerk, W. R. Smith; treasurer, P. Lousley; assessors, H. J. Dixon and C. P. Hepburn; jus- tices, W. Bell, Washington Bird, A. S. Jopp and D. Morley; constables, Thomas Gotham, Christ Olesen and B. L. Eighmey; sealer of weights and measures, A. Cleveland. Washington Bird, elected justice, did not qualify, and W. W. Flynn served in his place. The present officers are: Supervisors, W. F. Bar- ber (chairman), Alfred Joelson and Ed. Solum; treasurer, W. H. Ross; clerk, C. L. Brekken; assessor, John Waldal.
Sumner Township occupies Township 34, Range 10. The town was created March 30, 1874, and then consisted of the north half of Township 33, Range 10; Township 34, Range 10; the west half of Township 35, Range 10; all that part of Township 33, Range 11, lying north and east of Lake Chetek; and Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 35 and 36, in Township 34, Range 11. The first town meeting was ordered held in the schoolhouse in District 17. The books in the possession of the present clerk date back to April 6, 1878. At that time the officers elected were: Supervisors, A. J. Barton (chairman), William White and Peter Olson; clerk, S. J. Packard; assessor, C. M. Covell; treasurer, Thomas McDonald. The present officers are: Supervisors, J. B. Stearns (chairman), Albert Halvorson and John A. Werts; treasurer, William Locke; clerk, Wilbur Stuck; assessor, A. W. Kingsley.
Stanfold Township occupies Township 35, Range 12. The town was created March 30, 1874. It then embraced Township 36, Ranges 10 and 11; the west half of Township 35, Range 10; the eastern third of Township 35, Range 11. The first town meeting was ordered held in the schoolhouse in District 12. It is in- teresting to note that the town as then created did not embrace any of the present town of Stanfold. By additions the boundaries were exended until they took in the present town, and curtailments cut off all the original area. The early records are not in the possession of the present clerk. The earliest rec- ords in his custody date back to the town meeting of April 6, 1897, when the
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following officers were elected: Supervisors, E. A. Selleck (chairman), Victor Olson and Albert Wiesner; clerk, Joseph Engstrom; assessor, George Austin; treasurer, L. M. Knutson. The present officers are: Supervisors, James Han- son (chairman), George Larson and Peter H. Peterson; treasurer, John O. Steen; clerk, Carl Frederickson; assessor, Ole Lokken.
Rice Lake Township occupies Township 35, Range 11. The town was created March 30, 1874. It embraced the western two-thirds of Township 35, Range 11; all of Townships 35 and 36, Range 12; Township 36, Range 13; and all of Township 34, Range 11, except Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 35 and 36. The first town meeting was ordered held in the court house. The name of the town was changed to Stanley by a vote of the county board, on May 11, 1882. Then for many years there was no Rice Lake Township. At the spring election of 1895, the voters of Township 35, Range 11, expressed themselves favorable to a separation from the then town of Stanfold, and the county board confirmed the act Nov. 10, 1896. The first town meeting was ordered held at the home of Philip Roux, on April 6, 1897. The officers elected on that date were: Super- visors, Aristide Mero (chairman), Christ Bauman and Louis E. Olson; clerk, Ernest D. Demers; assessor, Louis Gagner; treasurer, James C. Mclaughlin. The present officers are: Supervisors, John Heldstab (chairman), Jeff Roux and Charles Fligel; treasurer, Otto Siewert; clerk, John Svacina, Jr .; assessor, Christ Heldstab.
Prairie Farm Township occupies Township 32, Range 13. The town was created March 30, 1874. It then embraced Townships 32 and 33, Range 13; and Townships 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36, Range 14. The first.town meeting was ordered held in the hall of Knapp, Stout & Co., in the present village. The first officers were elected April 7, 1874, as follows: Supervisors, S. K. Young (chairman), Henry Holmes and August Roemhild; treasurer, Isaac Sprague; clerk, Fred Telke; justices of the peace, S. K. Young and Ole Holmen; assessor, Ole Hol- men; sealer of weights and measures, Casper Rassbach; constables, L. C. Selvig and Lewis Wart. The present officers are: Supervisors, Frank N. Roem- hild (chairman), Albert O. Breen and M. T. Downs; treasurer, Carl J. Johnson; clerk, Frederick Paulson; assessor, A. L. Gumbert.
Dallas Township occupies Township 32, Range 12. Originally the whole county was known as Dallas. The name was changed to Barron on Feb. 6. 1869, and then there was no Dallas Township until March 30, 1874, when the present Dallas Township was created with its present boundaries. The first town meeting of the present town of Dallas was held in the schoolhouse of sub- district 7, on April 7, 1874, and the following officers elected: Supervisors, B. B. Fuller (chairman), W. T. Cole and N. C. Gylstad; clerk, Charles Salsbury; treasurer, Joseph Pecore; assessor, D. Pooler; justices, Francis Finley, S. Wy- gant and D. A. Russel; constables, T. Wintrone, J. Cottington and T. Brooks; sealer of weights and measures, G. M. Hufnail. On motion, the town voted to raise $80 for general town purposes and $20 for the poor fund. The clerk's an- nual salary was fixed at $20. The present officers are: Supervisors, I. H. Baland (chairman), J. S. Dowd and Albert Bakken; treasurer, O. M. Borgen; clerk, Willis Salsbury; assessor, Ole Wahl.
Lakeland Township occupies Township 36, Range 13. It was created Dec. 30, 1875, and embraced Townships.34, 35, and 36 in Range 14; Township 35, Range 13; and Sections 31, 32, 33 and 34 in Township 36, Range 13. It will be seen that the town as thus created embraced but four sections of the pres- ent township. The first town meeting was ordered held at the home of R. H. Clothier, in Section 18, Township 35, Range 13. Jan. 1, 1880, the name of the town was changed to Cumberland. For some years there was no Lakeland Township. Nov. 10, 1901, a new Lakeland Township was created, embracing Township 36, Ranges 13 and 14. The first meeting was ordered held the first Tuesday in April, 1902, at the home of W. L. Hunter, in the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 32, Township 36, Range 13. The first offi- cers elected in the old township were: Supervisors, A. J. Cook (chairman).
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O. A. Ritan and G. W. Caddy; clerk, George Corsar; treasurer, R. H. Clothier; assessors, N. Wallace and William Horning. The officers elected April 1, 1902, for the new township were: Supervisors, Andrew Atoll (chairman), Ole J. Score and A. W. Mayberry; clerk, William Robinson; treasurer, Herman A. Frey; assessor, G. T. Anderson. The present officers are: Supervisors, Charles A. Ness (chairman), Mike Paulson and Oscar J. Okerson; treasurer, Anton Ballmer; clerk, Henry A. Anderson; assessor, G. W. Hatch.
Cedar Lake Township occupies Township 36, Range 10. It was created March 21, 1876, and then embraced Townships 35 and 36, Range 10. The first town meeting was held April 4, 1876, in the schoolhouse of District 4, in Township 35, Range 10. The first officers were: Aristide Mero (chairman), Leroy S. Merritt and George McFarland; clerk, Joseph Loveland; treasurer, Joel Ackerman; assessor, Arthur Richie; justices, Herber Angle, Thomas C. Jackson and C. E. Wallace; constables, John Cammiek, John H. Jackson and A. O. Dale; sealer of weights and measures, James McIntyre. The present offi- cers are: Supervisors, Frank Morkin (chairman), Herman Thalke and Fred Mabuse; treasurer, August Mabuse; clerk, Joseph Kringle; assessor, John Ewen.
Maple Grove Township occupies Township 33, Range 12; and the west half of Township 33, Range 11. It was created with its present boundaries, March 22, 1876. The first town meeting was ordered held in the schoolhouse of District 2, in Township 33, Range 12.
The first town meeting was held in Maple Grove Township April 4, 1876. Austin F. Skinner was chosen chairman and John W. Harrison and William Miller inspectors. William J. Smith and William Hooker were chosen clerks. N. M. Rockman, John Garrett and Kennedy Whitmore were chosen a commit- tee to recommend the amount to be raised for general funds for the ensuing year. Henry Rose was chosen pathmaster in Road District No. 3; A. D. Berg- land in Road District No. 1, and I. B. Timblin in Road District No. 2. It was recommended by the committee that the general fund to be raised be $300, which was put to vote and carried. A poor fund of $50 was also voted, and in the same manner a highway fund was provided for by a tax of ten mills on the dollar. It was moved that the town clerk's salary be $50 for the ensuing year, and that the assessor be allowed $2 per diem, both motions being carried by vote. At the election held the same day, J. G. Johnson was elected chairman of the board of supervisors, receiving 26 votes out of a total of 49 cast, there be- ing several other candidates. For supervisor, A. O. Berg received 36, T. H. Johnson 44 and William Miller 4. Nels A. Kringle was elected town treasurer, receiving 33 votes out of a total of 45. Mr. Hooker was elected town clerk, receiving 30 votes out of a total of 44. Henry Whitman received 30 votes out of 44 cast for town assessor. For justices of the peace, Otto Thingvald re- ceived 35, A. F. Skinner received 34, William Miller 35, and William Hooker re- ceived one. For constable, Elbert Skinner received 34, T. Amundson 35, J. W. Harrison 14, H. Whitman 15 and J. Barnes one. For sealer of weights and measures the total number of votes cast was 36, of which L. Isaacson received 32 and J. G. Johnson four. The town hall is a small frame building located on the line between Sections 14 and 23, and as near the center of the town as it could be conveniently placed. It was built not many years ago.
The present officers are: Supervisors, A. W. Johnson (chairman), Charles McAdams and Charles Elmlinger; treasurer, Peter Highes; clerk, F. F. Ed- monds; assessor, Elmer Hanson.
Clinton Township occupies Township 34, Range 13. It was created March 22, 1876, and then embraced the north half of Township 33, Range 13, and all of Township 34, Range 13. The first town meeting was ordered held in the school- house of District 7, in Township 33, Range 13. O. Bayler was the first chair- man; E. H. Johnson and J. D. Rohdes, supervisors; and J. B. Thurston, clerk. The present officers are: Supervisors, John J. Malone (chairman), Charles
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Nyht and Peter Rasmussen; treasurer, G. G. B. Dennewith; clerk, Arvid Acker- son; assessor, C. Robert Johnson.
Turtle Lake occupies Township 33, Range 14. It was created May 9, 1879, and occupied Townships 33 and 34, Range 14. The act was to take effect the first day of March, 1880, and the first town meeting was to be held the first Tuesday in April, at the schoolhouse in District 5. The earliest records in the possession of the present clerk are those of April 6, 1900. The officers elected at that time were: Supervisors, Jacob Palm (chairman), August Klockeman and Amable Delage; clerk, August Belanger; treasurer, William F. Pabst; assessor, Charles Sindelar; justice of the peace, August Klockeman; constable, Martin Anderson. The present officers are: Supervisors, C. D. Cochran (chair- man), William Jones and William Rohlf; treasurer, Frank Sindelar; clerk, August Meyer; assessor, Anton Leisz.
Dovre Township occupies Township 32, Range 10; and the east half of Township 32, Range 11. It was created Nov. 13, 1879, and embraced Township 32, Range 10; and all of Township 32, Range 11, east of the Menomonie (Red Cedar) River. The first town meeting was ordered held at the Brunker school- house in Section 29, Township 32, Range 10, on March 31, 1880. No organiza- tion, however, was perfected under this act. The first town meeting was held in April, 1891, and the following officers elected: Supervisors, John Jorstad (chairman), H. J. Myers and A. A. Dahl; clerk, Anton Anderson; assessor, An- drew Eng; treasurer, J. M. Moe. In transcribing these records, the present clerk, J. H. Peterson, adds the noteworthy fact that although this meeting was held thirty-one years ago, every officer then elected is still living, and all but one, John Jorstad, who is at Elko, Virginia, are still living in the township. The present officers are: Supervisors, H. J. Myers (chairman), P. A. Holton and Charles Osberg; treasurer, Anton Anderson; clerk, J. H. Peterson; asses- sor, Julius Knysberg.
Cumberland Township embraces Township 35, Range 13. The name as ap- plied to the present Township dates from Jan. 1, 1880, when the board or- dered that the old town of Lakeland, created Dec. 30, 1875, would henceforth be known as the town of Cumberland. Later another Lakeland Township was created. The first officers are given under the head of Lakeland. The present officers are: Supervisors, John Hellstrom (chairman), Anton Erickson and Ole Jacobson; treasurer, James Carlson; clerk, Grover Jacobson; assessor, R. B. Phillips.
Vance Creek Township occupies Township 32, Range 14. It was created Jan. 3, 1882, with its present area. The act was to take effect March 31, 1882, and the first town meeting was ordered held at the schoolhouse of District 3.
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