The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-08-06

Members of the commission will re-
ceive an annual salary of $780,
James Nevin was born in 1854 in
New Castle, Ont. At the age of fifteen
he went to work in government fish
hatchery in Canada. In 1882 Charles
Valentine of GAINESVILLE and Philo Dun
ming of Madison, members of the Wis
consin commissioners of fisheries,
went to Detroit, Mich to confer with
| Grin M. Chase regarding a man to
take charge of the Wisconsin hatch
cry. Mr.. Chase was superintendent
of the Michigan fish hatcheries. He
recommended James Nevin. Mr.. Nevin
took charge of the Wisconsin work
on September 1, 1882. In politics he
is Democrat.
Mr.. Moody is graduate forester Of
the University of Michigan and for a
time was connected with the forestry
department of the Cornell university.
He was assistant state forester for
Wisconsin from 1906 to 1912. Mr..
Moody is a Republican in politics.
Mr.. Barber is a well-known busi-
ness man of La Crosse. He is Re-
publican in politics.
State Probe Costs Governor $4,000.
When the assembly took up the
bill appropriating $2,450,000 to the
board of control for charitable and
penal institutions, during the ensuing
two years, Speaker Whittet offered an
amendment cutting it $374,479. The
speaker said the board had consented
to the cut, and it would make the ap-
preparation the same as the last two
years. He said that the governor de-
sired the cut.
The speaker said the governor so
far had spent $4,000 out of his own
pocket for investigation of state in
stitutions and state activities since
he came into Office.
1t was decided to consider the
amendment and the bill.
Members of the board will be asked
to give their opinion as to the advisa-
bility of the cut.
Assemblyman Pieper introduced a
freak bill providing that the legisla-
ture appropriate a sufficient sum OF
money for the maintenance and needs
of all state departments and state
agencies, and adjourn sine die Thurs
day night. It was referred to the COM
mittee on revision.
The assembly killed the Donnelly
resolution providing for legislature in
vestigation of the rates, service and
affiliations of American Telephone
and Telegraph company and associate
corporations.
The assembly passed bills author
izing the governor to employ execu-
tive counsel during the session of the
legislature and 80 days after at $500
a month, appropriating $4,000 an
nually to the state geological and nat
ural history survey and prohibiting
drivers of motor vehicles to exceed
ten miles an hour when passing any
9th VI vehicle on highway.
A bill appropriating $4,000 to the
state board of health for the next
two years was referred back to the
finance committee for an amendment
cutting tho appropriation.
The assembly passed bill S21A, ex-
empting from taxation property of ed
vocational and fraternal societies not
used for profit.
The bill prohibiting the secretary
80 ~
ployees of that body from engaging in
private medical practice or other vo-
cations, was killed.
The vote by which bill 513S was
concurred in on Wednesday was re-
considered, and further action will be
taken on the bill on Friday. This
bill creates board of circuit judges
t. assign judges to duty outside of
their home circuits.
The assembly, SO to 10, concurred
in 556S. providing for the adoption
of a combination state and county
plan of highway improvement. The
assembly adopted slight amendment
| to the bill, limiting the authority of
the county superintendent of high
ways. The state aid appropriation is
| 100000 year.
The assembly concurred in the Han
son bill, creating a state department
of engineering, and consolidating the
| engineering staff of the railroad taxa
ton and highway commissions and
other state bodies under one depart
| ment.
The bill authorizing the governor to
remove from Office a county judge
when the legislature is not in session.
for corrupt conduct, was concurred in
by the assembly.