The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-16

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| the university will continue to be ar
| pointed instead of elected, as propos
ed by Assemblyman Judson Hall. TIL
bill introduced by Mr.. Hall providing
| for an elective board was indef1nitel,
postponed in the assembly, not, how
| ever, until the fact that too much at
tention was being paid to the univer
| sity and too little to the common
schools had been brought to the at
tention OF the members by Assembly
| man McComb.
MADISON-To add a little to tht
enjoyment of those who are fishing
enthusiasts the Wisconsin Legislature
has recently amended the fish ant
game laws so that the open season FOL
taking game fish from the waters o.
the state begins On May 80, instead o.
June l, as formerly This will allow
many who live close enough to reach
fishing spots within a days time the
opportunity to spend Memorial day al
their favorite recreation.
MADISON - Wisconsin Assembly
man Carl Hansen of Manitowoc, 4
Democratic member, arose and asked
leave OF absence for the remainder OF
the session Hansen said he would
pack his turkey and go home whether
the leave of absence was granted or
not" Mr. Hansen said he couldn't
stand for freak legislation" refer.
ring to the passage of the bill for an
investigation of the white slave.
traffic.
MANiTOWOC - Nicholas Roemer,
who is printer of this city, is a
holder of a unique record. Mr.. Roem-
er has just finished forty years of
boarding with one family, the Hoyers,
In May, 1873, he came from the
country and asked to eat at the Hoy
ers' table. A bargain was made that
he should pay So a week, which he
still pays. During the forty years he
has paid the Hoyers S6,264.
MILWAUKEE, - What was ex-
pected to be a lively tilt between
members of the Retail Market Mems
association and those of the House
wives league, dwindled to the proper
tons of a 'fzzle' in Merchants and
Manufacturers hall. The meeting
had been called, at the instigation of
the association, to investigate charges
that Milwaukee markets were charg-
ing exorbitant prices.
MADISON - AS a fitting mem
orial of their class for the benefit of
future generations of students, 600
seniors in the University of Wiscon-
sin have decided to take a life insur-
ance policy of 500 each in the states
new life fund, the payments to run
twenty years, when the amount will
be turned into fund for the support
of needy students.
MADISON - Speaker Hulrs di-
rect marketing bill has been passed by
the assembly nearly unanimously, but
one vote being cast against it. This
bill directs the industrial commission
to establish a system of direct mar
keting between the producer and con-
sumner of farm products.
MiLWAuKEE-H abitual cigarette
smoking by boys in the local public
schools is declared to be the reason
why all the valedictorians this year
are girls. School principals assert |
that the effect of smoking on the
boys minds is such as tc bar them |
from such class honors.
MADISON - The Wisconsin state |
has concurred in the eileen |
woman suffrage bill, which provides |
'or referendum on the issue in 1914, |
and it goes to the governor. AL |
,hough personally he is opposed to |
equal suffrage, the governor is expect
I'd to sign the bill.
MADISON-The state senate has,
lnder suspension of the rules, adopt
ID the Husting resolution ratifying
he proposed amendment to the con-
titution providing for popular cleo
ion of United States senators. This
vas later unanimously adopted in the
assembly,
ELM GROVE - Being charged
With placing distractions on the
rack of Chicago, Milwaukee and
It. Paul passenger train, seventeen
Milwaukee boys, ranging from fifteen
o nineteen years old with one man
rom Rock Island, H., were arrested.
MADiSoN-The assembly bill to
ivorce the brewery and saloon bus
ness was killed in the assembly be-
ond nope of revival. 1t came up on