The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-06-05
Appointments by U. Of W. Regents.


The following appointments were
made by the executive committee OF
the board of regents of the University
OF Wisconsin, in session at Madison,
in accordance with recommendations
made by President C. r. Van Hise.
John Swenehart of Jordan, Mimi,
county agricultural representative;
George P. Wolf, State School OF
Science OF Wahpeton, North Dakota,
assistant in soils for the months OF
July, August and September; Oyvind
]. Noer, assistant in the state soils
laboratory for the months of May and
June; G. j. Chapman, half time assist
ant in the state soils laboratory for
the months OF May and June; Earl
Aumen, pasteurizer in the dairy de-
partment; Horace A. Gould, tempo
rary scientific assistant in veterinary
science; John A. James, assistant pro-
lessor of agricultural education; Eliza
beth A. Kelley, now superintendent of
the woman's work in agricultural -ex-
tension at the University of Louisiana,
assistant professor of home econom-
les; w. H. Bentley, assistant in agri-
cultural chemistry, in place of A. r.
Lamb, resigned; George B. Mortimer.
instructor in agronomy; Amt Ludwig
Jakobsen, scholar in structural engi-
neering; Guy Everett Whitman of the
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
scholar in hydraulic engineering;
George j. Davis, Jr., research assist
ant in hydraulic engineering for two
and one-half months; c.. r. Weidner,
research assistant in hydraulic engi-
neering for two months; H. G. Nc
MILAN Of Madison, instructor in steam
and gas engineering; H. L. Garner.
Instructor in hydraulic engineering;
Martin Payton, instructor in foundry
practise; Mrs. Edith e. Hoyt, instruct
or education, extension division; Bet
tina Jackson Of Madison, half time as
sistant in the department of debating
and public discussion; Miss Jennie B.
Sheriff. Of Whitewater, half time as
sistant In the office of the dean of
women; Ferne Congdon, temporary
library assistant; George S. Bryan. in
structor in botany; L. P. Mehlig, stu
dent assistant in botany; Writ G..
Faust, student assistant in English;
Alvin H. Kessler, assistant in jour-
nalism; George p. Paine, fellow in
mathematics; Ellin q. Sage, tempo.
rary clerk and stenographer in. the
pharmaceutical experiment station;
Clark L. Hull, assistant in psychol-
ogy; Montfort Jones, fellow in politi-
cal economy; A. w. Ashby, honorary
fellow in political economy; c. Frank
lin Zeak, Jr., instructor in romance
languages; Gus E. Schulz of Osh-
kosh, industrial scholar in the course
for the training of teachers; Marjorie
Bennett. Carroll college scholar in
Latin.
designations were accepted from:
Mrs. L. Vandervoort, mistress Of Barn
ard hall; Norman Forester, instructor
in England; w. H. Tuft, field and
laboratory assistant in the pharma-
ceutical experiment station; Sybil B.
Swegman, instructor in anatomy.
r. r. Taxes Increase $2OO,852.
Final valuations and assessment
OF the property of street railway
companies and light, heat and pow
er companies operated in connec-
ton with them was made by the tax
commission and entered upon the roll
as constituting the assessment for the
year 1914. The result is that the
amount of taxes levied against these
companies for the present year is
$210,S52 greater than for the year
1913, the valuations being increased
$6,900,O00 and the rate of assessment
increased from .11S3243701 to .O13S7-
403466. The total assessment for the
present year is $5S,39O.OO0, as COM
pared with $51 100000 in 1918. The
total amount of tax levied is $S10,104,
as compared with $609.252 a year ago.
The tax resulting from this assess
ment is to be divided so that 15 per
cent will be retained by the state and
S5 per cent distributed through the
municipalities in which the utilities
assessed are located This division
gives the state $121,515 and turns over
to the towns. cities and villages af-
fected $6SS,5S9.
The largest assessment is that made
against the Milwaukee Electric Rail-
way & Light company, the value of
which is placed at $29, 500. 900 and the
tax assessed $409,2S402. OF this
$61.3 is retained by the state
and $347,S91.42 is returned to Milwau-
kee and other municipalities In which
that corporation operates. The prop
erty of the Milwaukee Light, Heat &
Traction company is valued at $780,
600 and the tax assessed is s106. $780,.
or.
Fishing is Good.
The open season for game fish of
all kinds began Saturday, May so.
Non-residents Of the state over fifteen
years of age. and excepting women,
must pay license fee of one dollar.