The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-21
!: WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

Sprata as members of the new Wiscon
sin state board of public affairs Great
ed by the new laws of 1911. The APP
pointments must be confirmed by the
senate. The other members Of the
board are Governor McGovern, Secre-
tary of State Frear, Senator A. w. San
born. chairman of the senate finance
committee, and Assemblyman r. j.
Nye of Superior, chairman of the as
sembly finance committee. The new
law creating the state board Of public
affairs provides that the board shall
prescribe a uniform system of state ac
counting ard investigate the cost OF
living and methods of a more economic
distribution of products and cOmmo-
dities The board is to report the re-
suits of its investigations, together
with it's recommendations to the next
legislature.
MADISON-A dispatch received in
here from Washington says: Unless the
present session of congress should be
far more prolonged than appears prob
able no final action will be taken on
the request for an investigation or the
election Of Senator Stephenson of Wis
conSin until the session next winter.
The senate committee on privileges
ard elections considers itself about
the busiest organization in Washing
ton Eight of the fifteen members are
passing nearly seven hours a day on
the Lorimer investigation, while other
members are taking part in debate
Under these circumstances none of
the committee has yet read the two
We lumes of testimony taken by COM
mittees of the Wisconsin legislature
and which were referred to the COM
mittee on privileges and elections as
the basis for an investigation b. the
senate
MADlSON-The old idea that ma
jority of college graduates do not
marry has been proved false a. the
University Of Wisconsin, forty-eight
of it's graduates having become brides
or benedicts during the month OF
June, while ten engagements of the
young men and women who claim the
University of Wisconsin as their Alma
Mater have just been announced.
The class of 'O6, which graduated
five years ago, holds the record for
the greatest number of marriages
which was celebrated last month. 1t
has eleven to it's credit, ceven partici-
pants being young men and four
young women.
SHEBOYGAN-No city facing milk
famine can hope for relief from She
boygan county or the northern part of
Ozaukee county, as the high prices be
ing paid for cheese in this section, the
largest cheese center in the country,
is tending to keep the milk at home.
During the past two weeks there as
been notable increase in the number
of patrons furnishing milk to the sew
enty-five cheese factories listed. The
slump on the Sheboygan cheese board
is no longer noticeable. Nearly 1000
boxes were offered and sold in a sim
gle day.
SUPERlOR-The program for the
sixth convention of the Wisconsin Paid
Firemen's association has been COM
pleted and sent to the delegates and
other members of the organization
at the meetings to be held here July
at tn greetings to be held here July
25, 26 and r. Among the special feat
ures planned is a ball game between
the Superior and Duluth league teams
and a memorial service for the depart |
ed members Of the association.
MlLWAUkEE-The large tent in
which Methodist gospel meetings were
being conducted at Thirty-sixth street |
and st. Paul avenue was wrecked by a |
squall of wind just after $50 children |
had been dismissed Harvey Lea
strcm, aged tLirty-five, Thirty-sixth |
street and Mount Vernon avenue, was !
struck on the head by the falling cen
ter pole Of the tent, but not seriously |
hurt. He was taken to his home by |
friends
DELAvAN-Frank Swan, aged TWEEN
ty-two years, and Frank Burgett, thir |
the Knippersink just below the dam |
at Genoa Junction. The two men had |
been fishing for minnows with a net /
and stepped into hole which the wa
ter from the dam had washed out /
Their bodies were found a short time |
They were clasped in each |
others arms.
MADISON-C r Martin of this city |
made a complaint to the railroad com
mission against the rule of the South |
ern Wisconsin Railway company, the
local traction company, which prohib-
it's the carrying of baby cabs or go
carts on it's cars unless they are folded
and enclosed in cloth or paper. The
petitioner prays for an overruling OF
this order
RAclNE-Mrs. Eliza Emerson, be.
Iieved to be the Oldest woman in south
arn Wisconsin, widow of Thomas EN-
arson, is dead Mrs. Emerson was al
most 1902 years old. She was a wo-
man of many accomplishments, being
educated in Latin, Greek, French and
italian. She was a Daughter of the