The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-28
TO HOLD MEETING
NEAR k|LbOURN
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WON
EMS FEDERATION PLAN TO
HOLD SESSION.
GATHERING ON SEPT. 10
Good Attendance Is Expected at
Meeting at 1.-THE Pines"-Wfil Be
First of Its Kind Ever Held
In Wisconsin.

First of Its Kind Ever Held
In Wisconsin.
Madison.-For the first time IN the
history of the General Federation OF
Women's Clubs, Wisconsin is to nave
a meeting of the board of directors. 1t
is called for September 10 at Ine
Pines" in the dells of the Wisconsin
river, about two miles from kllDOufn.
Strong pressure was brought to bear
to get the directors to accept the lnvi-
tation of either Atlantic City, N. III;
Asheville, N c., or Portland, ORE, all
of which sent urgent requests Tor the
board to honor them with Its presence,
but the Wisconsin member. Miss Lutte
E. Stearns, persuaded her cO-d1rectors
that 1.-THE Pines was most desirable.
Those who will attend are: Mrs.
Percy v. Pennybacker, Austin, Tex,
president of the federation, who ex-
poets to sail from London In time TO
reach Wisconsin for the meeting,
which will last several days; Mrs.
Samuel B. Sheath, Tiffin, O., first vice.
president; Miss Georgia A. Bacon,
Worcester, Mass, second vice-presi-
dent; Mrs Harry L. Keefe, Walthll,
Neb., recording secretary; Mrs. Eu-
gene Kelley, Charlotte, N. c., CORE
spending secretary; Mrs. William B.
Williams, Lapeer, Mich, treasurer;
Mrs. G. H. Mcmahon, Salt Lake City,
Utah, auditor; Mesdames. William E.
Andrews, Washington, D. c.; Grace
Julian Clarke, Indianapolis, Ind; Fran
els D. Everett, Highland Park, ILL.,;
William P. Harper, Seattle, Wash;
Frank White, Valley City, N. D.; Will
liam B. Young, Ortega, Fla; Misses
Mary Garrett Hay, New York; Lutte
E. Stearns, Milwaukee.
The sessions of the board will be
| open to members only. Committee ap-
pointments will be made and several
vacancies filled. The place of the next
council of the federation will be de-
termined. The winters work will be
outlined and other important matters
taken up.
The annual convention of the Wis
consin Federation of Women's Clubs,
set for the last week in October in Ra-
cine, has been postponed until Novem-
Der 3, and 5, in order to give the
club women Of the state an opportunity
to hear Hugo Muensterberg, who is to
talk in Milwaukee before the Wiscon-
sin Teachers association on the date
originally set for the convention.
The chairman of the convention pro-
gram committee has not been an
nounced. Mrs. J. G. Chandler is the
Racine member. 1t is expected that
the convention will open with a ban
1uet and reception, and among the So
cial functions planned Is an automo-
bile ride for the delegates.
The nomir ating committee has been
Unable so far to find a nominee for
president who has both the time and
inclination to take the Office, and is
considered strong enough woman to
assume the honors
Yields U. s. $o,994 ,997 in Taxes.
During the fiscal year ending June
80, 1914, there was collected in inter-
nal revenue from all sources, including
the income tax, $3.50, 1896, an in
crease of more than $35,000,000 over
the aggregate collections of the pre-
ceding year, according to a prelimi-
nary report OF the commissioner of in
ternal revenue made public.
The increase Is due to the income
tax. Ordinary collections fall off for
the year $79O,534.
The total collections of income tax
were $28,253,534 or this amount $12,-
728,038 was normal tax The remain
der was collected on income exceeding
$4,000 per annum, as follows:
S 10000 to 5 $4,000. .......$2,934,754
$4,000 to $4,000. ....... 1,645,639
$4,000 to 100000. ....... 1,323,022
100000 to 100000. ....... 3,S35,94s
100000 to 100000. ........ 2,334,5S2
Exceeding 100000 ......... 3,437,850
The bulk of the income tax, there
fore, is collected on incomes between
$1,000 and s25O,00O
The aggregate collections for Wis
consin we're: For the First Wisconsin
district, Henry Fink, S4,731, $685.;
Paul A. Hemmy, s3,936,274.54. For the
Second Wisconsin district, Herbert H..
Manson, $925.576.5S; and William N.
Wells, acting, $401, 282.S9. The total
collections for the state we're 1894
1896.
The corporation tax and income tax
collections are summarized as follows
for the state of Wisconsin: Corpora
ton excise tax. Sat, 403; corporation
income tax, $497,7S5, and individual in
come tax, s220,642.
Inspect Badger Farms.
Agricultural experts from Europe
and widely separated sections of the
United States on Saturday completed
trip through Wisconsin, where they
have studied the diseases of garden
truck. and potatoes In particular. and
also have inquired into the operation