Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-06-12

ana the selection was mace IN rne Iare
or attractive Invitations from other
states. The president of the associa-
tion Is III. j. Carr. of Scranton. Well
| known librarians are Melville Dewey,
OF Albany. At the head of the library
school, the New York state library
| commission, the state library, and in.
deed everything else that New York
state boasts along this line. Herbert
Putnam of the Congressional and Ma
t1onal libraries Is one whose influence
is felt all over the United States, He
Is remarkable man. Samuel s. Green,
of Worcester. belongs 30 the old family
OF that name. He had done much in
making his and other libraries schools
for artisans. j. G.. Dana, of Spring
field, Mass. has a hobby In the an
nexing OF museums and art treasures
to libraries. He devoted his life and
money to collecting utensils, showing
how the objects and tools of ordinary
life may be made beautiful 1t is in
deed an acceptable blending of art
and science.
The association, as to 'two-th.rds of
its membership, Is of women. TIE en-
joyment they get from these annual
rallies is great Hitherto the associa-
llph bttn iui&tt1 lHAucutCh ny thC
great libraries of universities and
technical schools. This year the OBJ
ject is ayowediy to exploit the smaller
libraries; to study methods of librar-
ians In small communities, and the
reaching OF farmers by the travelling
libraries. There is more of this In the
west than elsewhere, and Ii is natural
that the study should be made in Wis
consin. Teds this convention in Wis
eonsln Eiay he styled turning point
In the library movement. From now
on. greater effort will be expended in
reaching small villages. hamlets and
farms. In this state within five years
the free circulating Libraries supported
by public taxation have increased from
81 TO 100
Assessing at Full ya,ae.
Ii viii be interesting tC see what
the 1900 assessors of the state will do
with the new proposition-Orders from
the state tax commissioning assess all
property at fIll value. Assessors are
even warned that they will be prose-
cuted IL they do not mark property up.
The last legislature did some strenu-
GUS things ana one was to Increase
the administration powers OF the tax
commission. An early expression is in
this new order Property owners.
whether Individual or corporate. must
fully disclose their property, produce
the books and afford any evidence pos
sible to determine the true value of
their property. The circuit courts are
given ancillary jurisdiction also to EN-
force such legitimate inquiry.
We're Worth 81. 900 100000.
The present assessment IS something
over $685., 900, COO and If every one
should give his real property holdings.
the aggregate would be over $1,000
100000. Take personal property alone:
Wisconsin's 1897 assessment showed
$110,000.000, although the federal cen
sus reported mot for tax purposes six
times that amount II all reported
their fun property taxes would be no
greater, but less. for the great bulk OF
people. If. however, some districts
assess in full, and others In part. II
viii lead to injustice; but that Is a
present condition. The effect of the
new plan should be To greatly reduce
the tax rate, A city that reports ST.
COZ. Co., 600 property. assessed on 80
per espt. basis, would raise by per
cent. tax $4,000 q year.
If that same city should assess at
fun value the assessed property would
aggregate S14, 100000 and l per cent.
sLx weuM raise the same amount f0f
fhe support Of the municipality.
Bniversisy's Commeneemeas Features.
The university Is getting ready for
| commencement, when Bourke Cock
rams speech 10 the law graduates viii
be the most eventful thing, Cochran
Is little black. haired New York law.
yer with a large stomach. who began
"a Tammany oratos, but got out of
bad company early, He has made a
| succession OF great speeches-as the
one protesting against Cleyeland's
nomination and the one resisting Mr..
Bryan at the antitrust conference He
has been before the National Bar as
| ISOLATION a number of times and while
professional orators are often disap-
pointing Madison lawyers who have
| heard Cochran, express themselves as
satisfied. We had ex-Presdent Baa.
com here for some days, fe was over
che state university for over dozen
| Tears and has not been back since he
| left assn. Bascom has aroused
great deal of enthusiasm. He is a
moral force and that always moves
men. Banquets were given him and
ne Hdue Humuef OF SpeecneS, all
embodying the idea that material sue
| pess 10 not the end Of life. The gradu-
ating class numbers 300 this year, OF
which 1T6 are of the college of letters
and science" 1.-THE old-fashioned college
coussel; and forty-one of the engineer.
| ing school. There win be over sixty
young lawyers sprung on the com
| monWealth,
Veterans Passing or the Scene.
The state department of the G. A. r.
bst $50 members last year and in ad-
| dition there are the deaths Of veterans
| VINO are not members Of the order.
The G. A. L membership is nearly TO-
600 and of course, shrinking very
rapidly. The memorial day seems to
be attracting less attention as COM
| munity event 1t Is significant that a
Madison daily should dispose of the
programme and promise of the day
| under small two-head, tucked away
| In an obscure corner of the paper,
However, the Union veterans viii
| always be pretty lively fellows, ed"
Coe. president Of the Cavalry assoeia-
| tion, announces reunions of all kinds
at the Sheboygan encampment.
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