More old news from the Altoona Tribune of Thursday, 12 February 1942 -- actually continuing on with the article, "City Council Sets All Wages": Treas., Eau Claire Co. motor patrol 4 hrs. $4.40 Labor 4 hrs. 2.00 Poor relief (Dec.) 20.00 Surplus commondity delivery 2.24 State of Wisconsin, 50 nomination blanks No. 1 .25 Wm. Glassbrenner, Alderman salary for Jan. 10.00 V. Kliest, 15 hrs. at 40 cents shoveling snow 6.00 L. Shilling, 26 hrs. same 10.40 J. Miller, 28 hrs. at 50 cents, same 14.00 10 hrs. at 1.00 hauling snow with truck 10.00 Fred J. Gloede, Salary as Mayor for months of Nov., Dec., & Jan. 45.00 Geo. A. Thurston, salary as city clerk for Jan. 29.16 Postage purchased .87 Year 1941 salary withheld until the completion of annual report for 1941 to Wisconsin Tax Commission 50.00 Wm. F. Emanuel, relief 40.48 Fenner's Grocery, relief 16.75 Wisc. Pipe & Fuel Co., sack Quickset cement .90 Eau Claire Book & Sta. Co., 2 M Tax commission forms 18.59 City Fuel Co., relief 9.50 Fenner's Grocery, relief 10.00 Northern Sates Power Co., St. lighting for Jan. 145.46 Power for station and plant in January 18.04 Union National Bank, Principal on general obligation Sewerage system bond No. 4 1,000.00 Interest on Sewerage bonds ($13,000) at 4% for 6 months 260.00 Treas. Eau Claire Co., supervision poor relief for Jan. 20.00 County's share taxes collected Jan. for 1941 tax roll 1,878.70 Treas. Local school district, local school share of taxes collected Jan. for 1941 3,972.98 George Peterson, Field survey 25.00 Helpers' expense 8.00 Plat tracing and prints 37.00 ++++++++++++++++++++++ And there's still more to come -- maybe 2 or 3 days worth. Are you getting anything out of this or should I move on to another article? If there are no responses, I will continue on until this long article is done. Hope you're all having a good weekend! -- Nance