Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15
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1914 pls2M III6klIs

Harvey mas MADE some important recon-
mendations to the Legislature in his re
port. He discusses the township system
of school government which he has advo-
Gated for years, and gives considerable
space to the question Of better teachers
for the country schools. The common
schools. their present backward state,
their needs, ard the means of supplying
the needs and improving their condi-
tions, indeed, might almost be called the
keynote Of the report. Among his recon-
mendations some of the more important
are: a
County training schools for teachers.
Increased facilities and appropriations
FOR teachers Institutes
Higher qualifications for common
school teachers.
Better pay and limit to the time
person may teach on third-grade certif-
cate
The wages paid teachers in the com
mon schools of the State are classified
in the report as follows:
ia teachers get less than 500 month.
2,764 teachers get between $50 and $2e
a month.
2,s93 teachers get between sos and S3t
a month.
1893 teachers get between $50 and $50
a month.
776 teachers get between $50 and 81
a month.
425 teachers get between $40 and SAC
month.
254 teachers get between $40 and SOL
a month.
o3S taachors "A moro than S5O
month. "
Mr.. Harvey comments on the large
number Of teachers who get less than
SO month"; and are employed only sew
en- or eight months in the year. 1t is inn
possible, he says, for teachers who get
this meager pay to make any extensive
preparation for their work.
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During the past year $40 persons have
been arrested in Wisconsin for violations
of the game laws and there We're 1870
seizures Of nets, spears, etc. The fines
collected amounted to $500. and con-
victions we're secured in all but twenty
one cases. These and other facts are
shown in the report of State Fish and
Game Warden Ellarson. The report
calls attention to the loss of life during
the deer season. Twelve persons were
reported killed, and large number more
or less injured last year. and the report
says some means should be devised to les-
sen the danger. The value OF the work
of the department the warden says, is by
no means represented by the number OF
arrests made and convictions secured,
the real work being to prevent violations
rather than the punishment of some one
for violations. The extension of the liz
cense system has made the department.
self-supporting and the extension of the
special warden system has resulted in a
more general and better enforcement of
the law than was ever before possible.
Mr.. Ellarson expresses the hope that the
movement on foot to secure the repeal Of
the law prohibiting spring shooting will
fail and says it is only 4 matter of time
when other States must follow the lead
of Wisconsin in the matter
The commission appointed by Governor
Scofed to secure title for the State TO
lands which are to be incorporated in
the Wisconsin side Of the Interstate
Park Of the Dalles of the St CroiS," has
reported progress to the Governor The
commission consists os ex-Assemblyman
W. G.. Wheeler, Harry y, Baker and :.
Seery. 1t has secured agreemelt IS for
sales to tie State of large part of the
lands, the deeds being deposited in es-
crow, to be delivered whenever the pur-
chase money is paid TO the owners. This
is as far as the commission could go, as
the law provides that no payment can be
made until the commission snakes its final
report. The amount required for the pur-
chase is $500. Condemnation proceed
ings have been instituted for the acquisi-
ton of other tracts. In the Judgment OF
the commission a further appropriation OF
81, 500 viii be needed "Whcn the park
is once established the commission says,
very little money will be required to
maintain it, for II is not intended to sup
plant the natural scenery By the artif-
cial, but as far as possible to preserve
the natural beauty Of the locality"
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The Governor he received from Adiu-
tant General Cha les Il, Boardman his
report on the condition Of the national
guard for the past two years ending
Sept. 80, 1900 The Spapish-Amberica
war is covered and shows that 13l sol
diers died in the service among the 5,460
enlisted men and officers who went to the
front. 1t cost the State $l39,3G4.49 to
raise the troops and Of this sum S10l,-
991 81 has been reimbursed by the ma
tonal government, while S37 1882 is
still in process of adjustment The re-
mort of General Boardman then gives
af yufai.z tff ION
of the new guard, with a roster of all the
officers enrolled. In the pension division
of the department. sos new claims have
been fled since Sept 30 1898, Of which
400 were for increase, most Of them I'M
der the act Of June, 1890, or the in
crease claims 1872 have been rejected and
1G7 allowed, while Of widows claims
filed, 173 in number, 1874 were allowed
and but 80 rejected During the same
period 9TG cases were settled in all, OF
which 404 were allowed and AZ rejected
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The State Board Of Medical Examiners
has submitted its report. 10 Governor
Scofield Of work done during the past two
years. The total receipts from licenses,
registrations and examinations was 49,,
1882, while the expenses were ST.
909.21 4 balance Of SS63.31 has been
deposited in tie State treasury. The
board granted / 900 licenses at 50 each,
and there we're go registrations at 81
each. Several Of the doctors already
practicing and entitled 70 register pre-
ferred to pay the extra So and secure a
license which would enable them to
practice in other States having license
law,
In 1860, 32.Os7 hunting licenses were
issued Of which 231 wcfc to non-resi-
dents, aud the license fee received aggre-
gated So, 31G, a decrease Of about S3,J00
from the previous year. More deer were
killed last year than in 1899, the number
Slipped IN 1900 being lots, and the year
previous 0J3; Of the former t.104 we're
killed by Eon-residents.
John T. Richards, sentenced TO life i'm
prisonmcnt from Sparta in 1890 for the
murder Of hi. stepson by stabbing him