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ABBOTSFORD T RIBUNE PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1951
Social Security due for farm, household workers
Oscar M. Jonas, collector of internal revenue, reminded farm and household employers that they must report wages and pay federal social security taxes on those farm and household employees who were brought into the old age and survivors’ insurance system on Jan. 1, 1951. Whether or not a farm or household employee’s wages are subject to the taxes depends on the number of days worked for the employer and the amount of cash earnings.
The federal social security tax and information return for the quarterly period of January, February, March is due on or before April 30, 1951, together with a payment of taxes.
Every farm employer or household employer who is required to filed a return on or before April 30, 1951, bust who does not have a blank return form to use for this purpose, should promptly request a form from the collector of internal revenue for his district.
Sprayer school will be held here April 20 A sprayer school, in cooperation with Taylor and Marathon counties, will be held at the Abbotsford armory on Friday, April 20.
Professors George Briggs, agronomist, Orin Berge, agricultural engineer, and E.H. Fisher, entomologist, all of the University of Wisconsin, will be present to discuss weed and insect control through use of power sprayers.
There will be displays of power equipment on hand and the various types of insecticides and weed and brush killers.
THE TRIBUNE-P HONOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1981
City of Colby searching for new well locations
The City of Colby’s initial attempts to find a site for a new well have been unsuccessful, and the city may have to start looking further afield, possibly outside of town, to get the water it must have for industrial expansion.
The matter came up during the regular council meeting last week and was discussed further in a lengthy executive session with a representative of the Brunner well drilling firm. Following the executive session, council members passed a motion to have Brunner drill test holes at the council’s discretion.
Discussion was initiated during the group’s study of bills to be paid. Among them was a bill from Miller Well and Pump Co. for $7,155.96 for several test well holes drilled in the industrial park area. A couple aldermen questioned the bill, since Miller had been hired to drill “a hole” for a maximum cost of $3,020.
The first test hole had not shown an amount of water large enough to be developed, so Miller had been authorized to proceed with other test holes.
“If we couldn’t find water in the first area, we had to look someplace else. This is a project we really want to push,” said Alderman Gene Knoll.
Unfortunately, the subsequent test sites proved no more suitable than the first. No site yielded large enough water flows to make it feasible to develop as a permanent well, according to Mayor Lloyd Scidmore, who authorized drilling of the extra holes.
Scidmore commented that the city has “some possible sites we want to check out.”
