Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-04-14

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| loafing.
| Mr.. Draper was a resident OF the
city of Neillsville when he was elect
ed to the assembly. Before coming to
Madison he shipped his goods to the
village of Loyal, in the same district,
and brought his family to Madison.
He therefore is not a resident of
either Neillsville or Loyal, so far as
the privilege of voting is concerned.
Answers Hoard for Second Time.
Governor McGovern in replying
for the second time to former Gov
ernor Hoard's reiterated accusation
that the recent appointments to the
board of university regents were die
tated by factional politics, issued a
categorical denial and went into de-
tails to explain his position.
Half of the statement, which is
5000 words long, is devoted to sum-
mary of the qualifications of these
appointees and his reasons for choos-
| ing them, while the remainder, espe-
cially the introduction contains the
repeated declaration that Mr..
Hoard's attack, though entirely un-
supported, is so direct and I'M
ambiguous that l cannot ignore it, -
The governor goes on to say that
but for their authorship" the Hoard
charges might be passed by in 81
lence, and "it is to be regretted, he
adds, that in these two commun1ca-
| lions he used this splendid oppor-
tunity only to abuse the confidence
of the people and without cause, to
stir up controversy concerning the
management of one of the great in
situations of the state" The gov
ernor quotes various editorials in
newspapers which factionally are not
favorable to him, in support of his
contention that after Mr.. Hoard's let
ter was made public even his friends
could not believe that he intended to
attack these appointments "or my
good faith in making them"
These same friends" says the gov
ernor, predicted that when he spoke
again there would be blast that
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governor then quotes Hoards last
statements to show that as Hoard
said: "The charge lies where it be-
longs, against Governor McGovern."
On this point the governor says:
1--WE are now assured that there is
nothing wrong with the university,
the members of the board of regents
or their educational policy. AS ex-
Governor Hoard sees it there is moth
ing wrong with anything or anyone
except myself. This is relief, even
to me taking up Hoard's charge that
he had ignored his predecessor in his
message as an indication of faction
alism." Governor McGovern cites
the message of all his predecessors
as far back as Hoard himself, and
shows that none of them SO much as
mentioned the one who served before
him. The governor takes up individ-
uaIly each appointee and in each
case denies making the appointment
| for political or factional reasons but
gives the qualifications of each In de-
tail. 1T seems to me Mr.. Hoard S
emotions and prejudices have made
sad havoc of his logic" says the gov
ernor.
May Seine Carp and Take Revenue.
If the SEEMING Of rough fish such as
carp and buffalo, which abound in
Wisconsin lakes and streams and are
esteemed as piscatorial delicacies in
the east, Is proving so profitable, why
should not the state of Wisconsin go
into the business and make the
profit?
State Game Warden John A. Sholts
is asking this question, in view of the
astounding figures which have come
to him of the big returns on the In
dustry. In the case Of three fisher
men in Lake Koshkonong, civil suit
for an accounting revealed the fact
that the net profit for each in nine
months was about $4,000, the net
proceeds being $59,470 and the profit
after paying all expenses $36,500.
This industry as now carried on I'M
der the law is the subject Of a spe-
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den, who sends along a deputy to
watch the operations and see that all
game fish are thrown back into the
water. The deputy's per diem are
paid by the seiners. Game Warden
| Shots has been in Office but a short
time, but he is investigating the
feasibility of having the state go into
the business, utilizing it's game war
den department. It is still a question,
however, whether the SEEMING oper-
ates to injure so large a proportion Of
game fish that the business would be
destructive to these species. Opinions
of fishermen differ on this point, but
the prevailing theory seems to be that
while the loss of game fish caught
with the rough is slight, the repeated
dragging of a lake with big carp
seine not only destroys the feeding
grounds but Injuries a large number
of small, young game fish who get
away, badly hurt.
The deputies under Game Warden