The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-11-30

E. Scott of Barron county. Senator
Scott carried a policy of 81 900 with
the state life fund. The first death
under the fund was that of George
keenan, of Madison, last winter There
are about 400 policies in the state life
| fund.
| Neal Brown OF Wausau, who has
| filed complaint with the industrial
and insurance departments against
the bureau companies writing COM
pensation insurance in which he
charges that they have given discrim-
inatory rates, said it would take all of
this week to present the evidence.
The case comes up for hearing before
the insurance commissioner and the
industrial commission today.
/ The KenOSha county board voted to
unite with the county board of Racine
county in the opening of joint coun-
ty training school at Union Grove The
new school will have three instructors
and it is expected that they will be
able to take charge of forty teachers.
The expense of the school will be
shared jointly by the two counties.
+ 1t will be opened at once
Samuel Gompers, president of the
| American Federation of Labor, will be
in Milwaukee on December 5 and to
| deliver two addresses. The first
speech, scheduled for the night of De-
cember 5, probably in the Auditorium,
will be made the occasion of an or
gained labor demonstration. On the
following day MIR. Gompers will talk
before the City club.
During the evangelistic campaign
carried on in Beloit by the Rev. James
Rayburn of MarshalItown, Iowa, under
the auspices of nine churches, 600 con-
versions were reported. Mr.. Rayburn
is in River Falls this week
Among the recommendations for in
creases in salary made by the COM
mittee on salaries to the county board,
of Waukesha county, was that of the
clerk of the municipal court, eastern
district, who now receives $500 an
nually from the county, besides a
small salary from the city. The COM
mittee asks that the amount be raised
! to $3.50. The deputy county clerk is
slated for raise Of $120 and the jan
| itor at the courthouse for $40. Fol-
lowing are the salaries recommended:
Sheriff, $4,000 district attorney, ST.
500; county clerk. $1,000; clerks dep
uty, $420; treasurer, $1,000; clerk Of
courts, $500; deputy, $720; register
of deeds, $1,000; deputy, 5000; clerk,
$500; clerk of municipal court, eastern
district, $3.50; western district, $500;
courthouse janitor, $500; register in
probate, $1,000; stenographer for dis
trict attorney, $3.50; copyist for coun-
ty court, $3.50; county highway COM
missioner, $1,000.
A meeting which was attended by
representatives of the Merchants and
Manufacturers association Of Horizon,
Ripon, Waupun and Beaver Dam was
held at Horizon Saturday for the pur-
pose of taking some action along with
the other cities of the state in the eff
fort to secure a reduction in freight
rates. The meeting was addressed by
Attorney j. n Tittemore of Oshkosh.
A total of one hundred and thirty
/ copule attened the annual Thanks
giving ball of the Beaver Dam aerie
of the Fraternal Order of Eagles which
was held at Armory K on Wednesday
evening.
! That Cambria may be supplied by
electricity furnished by the Beaver
| Dam Light e Power Co., from it's plant
in Beaver Dam, appears to be pos
sibility at this time, according to the
/ Cambria News.
The jury for the November term of
the Fond du Lac county circuit court
wound up it's business after returning
a verdict in favor of DR.. w. S.. Blunt,
OF Waupun, on the charge made
against him by Mrs. Martha Keeper
in an action in which Mrs. Keeper
sought $4,000 from the physician for
alleged assault. The case consumed
the better part of two days.
There are 4,S6S students at the Uni
versity OF Wisconsin this year. Of
these 9I2 are in the college of agri-
culture, and sos of these are taking
the four-year course There are 1876
more students in the College of Let
tiers and Science, which is the general
course, than there were last year. The
Engineering school shows decrease
of 81, the course in Commerce has 542
students and the school of Journalism
has 800 More that $50 students are
in the dairy school. This school has
sent out more than 5000 students in