Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Legislative Resolutions.

citizen.
Legislative Resolutions.
Perhaps the most important act Of
of the day was the adoption of mum
ber of resolutions, to be forwarded tC
Madison to the chairmen of the
Judiciary committees of both houses
asking for several amendments tc
present laws.
The first amendment asked for was
the one regulating the building anC
maintainance of roads and bridges, sc
that the county boards may apprO
pirate money for the bridges as well
as the roads, regardless of section 1915
of the laws of Wisconsin.
The second resolution asked for g
law to compel Incorporated towns and
villages to pay their portion of the con
struction and maintainance of the
same.
Third: asking for the discontinuance
of the monthly government crop re
port.
Fourth: the repeal of the law author
izing county assessors.
Fifth: the amendment Of the de
naturalized alcohol bill so that farmer.
can use their waste products on the
same equitable basis as large manu-
featuring companies.
A great deal of discussion was in
dulged in on each resolution, and the
report of the committee was adopted
section by section.
National Delegates.
A very heated discussion took place
over the matter of the number anC
compensation of the delegates wh(
were to attend the next national con
vention. 1t was finally decided tt
elect five delegates, and allow tht
board of directors to choose an ad-
ditional five. The five delegates
elected were as follows: Sam'l. d
Kump, Cambridge, Wis; VIM. Hill
Colfaz, Wis; S. A. Towne, LaVale
Wis; A. L. Best, Barron County: ano
Frank Platz, Coloma, Wis.
WEDNESDAY, JAY.9.
The potato committee was the most
besieged committee in the convention
of the American Society of Equity
Wednesday. All day long they wrestleG
with the problems of the potato
grower, and an interesting session il
front OF the stage took place wher
the chairman of that committee asked
for an expression from the convention
on their attitude toward the clause il
the committees report, wherein wa.
recommended the appointment of {
man to go to Chicago and confer will
the laboring people and make ar
rangements if possible, to dispose o
the potato crop. Several speeches
were made, there being one or tw,
advocates for the appointment of /;
government inspector. The recon
mendation was approved when tn,
matter was put to vote.
Telephones.
The important discussion on th
| program for the afternoon was tn
matter of arranging and establishin,
a system or telephones for the farmers
During the course of the Afternoon
several telephone companys' repre-
sentatives appeared to explain thei
method of business.
| The first telephone man to take tn
floor was Mr.. Cole, of Knapp, Dul
County, who manages the KNAPP
Telephone Co. He explained that hi
line was an independent farmers line
| Incorporated under the laws of tn
state, with shares at $50. All profit
that accrued were voted back to tn
stockholders, who paid 81 per montl
| for rent. This company has com
munication with other telephone com
panies for the use of their line.
| @. ]. Ellis, of Racine County, wa
the next telephone man to take th
platform, and he explained TIN
methods of his company, how it wa
organized and managed, and warned
the farmers against some of the mis-
takes, most common in organizing ant
operating companies of this kind
His company had very pleasant ant
profitable arrangements with th'
| Wisconsin Tel. Co., where by tn,
use of any toll line could be had BY
his subscribers. He was not il
sympathy with the cry against tn,
| Wis. Tel. Co., and his people wer,
well pleased with the arrangements
and business dealings of said company
This company was organized in about
the same way as the one represented
by Mr.. Cole.
NJ. j. Carney. stated the methods
of the Wisconsin Tel. Co. He
spoke very eloquently of the history