River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-02-08
SCHOOL TEACHERS
MAY GET RAISE
Metcalfe Bill Provides Increase
for Instructors.
INTRODUCED IN ASSEMBLY
Lower Branch Adopts Joint Resolution
Calling for Investigation of OPP
Grafton of Mothers'
PensioK Law.

Pension Law.
Madison-More than 1900 school
teachers of Wisconsin would have their
salaries increased if the bill offered by
Assemblyman Metcalfe of Milwaukee
fixing minimum salary at $50 month
were enacted into law. Statistics COM
piled by State Superintendent Cary
show that there are 1856 schOolteach-
ers in Wisconsin who receive salaries
between $40 and $40 month and that
there are 1878 who receive salaries be-
tween $50 and $50 month. The leg
islature of 1913 fixed a minimum teach
ers' salary in the state at $40 month
Assistant State Superintendent j. p.
Borden said that he believed the aver
age salary of SchOOlteacherS IN WIS
consin was about $40 a month. Their
records show that there are l4,l62
teachers in the state of whom 6,64z
are employed in the rural schools. The
salary increase if enacted into law
would hit the rural districts the hard
est for the records show that there
are $3.50 schoolteachers who receive
between $40 and $40 a month and 1,l92
who receive between $50 and 500
month.
The Wisconsin assembly has formal
ly seated Edward J. LabuWi OF May
Vile as the representative of the F1rst
assembly district of Dodge county. Be
fore doing so, however, on resolution
offered by Assemblyman SpoOr of Ber-
lin, Labuwi was required to file an am
davit that he had complied with the
corrupt practice act in the filing OF an
expense statement.
The assembly has adopted, under
suspension of the rules, the Grell joint
resolution calling for a legislative in
vestigation by three assemblymen ana
two senators of the operation OF the
mothers pension law.
National Guard Thanked.
On motion of Assemblyman Arnold
G.. Otto of Milwaukee the house mas
adopted a joint resolution thanking the
members of the Wisconsin National
Guards for their splendid service on
the Mexican border. Assemblyman
Burnett of Marathon county, on recon-
mendation Of Governor Philip, offered
a resolution memorializing congress
with reference to the national defense
act. The resolution provides that the
federal act be so amended that the
original term Of enlistment shall be
Of CT
Governor Philip transmitted to the
senate the appointment of Frederick
Pabst of Oconomowoc as a member OF
the Wisconsin highway commission
He also presented to the senate the
names of c.. w. Harvey of Beaver
Dam, G. N. Mihils, Fond du Lac, and
III. L. Griswold of West Salem as ap-
p0intees on the state fair advisory
board.
Assemblyman Campbell's bill to re-
peal all of the laws on the Wisconsin
statute books relating to dueling will
be short lived. The assembly committee
on state affairs by unanimous vote
killed it. When the bill came up for.
hearing, Assemblyman w. A. Campbell,
appearing for the measure, said that
The statutes on the subject were obso-
lete and he believed the laws should
be repealed.
The committee also reported for
slaughter another bill by Assemblyman
Campbell, which provided that all
goods made by prison labor should be
so labeled.
Former Gov. j. G. Davidson ap-
reared in opposition to the bill. He
said that the amount of prisOn-made
goods sold in the state was but drop
in the bucket.
Senator George 3. Skogmo has pre-
sented the wOman's suffrage bill. The
measure provides for vote on the
entire subject Of woman's suffrage at
an election to be held in November,
1918.
Exempting health officers from per-
sonal liability in the performance OF
public duty is provided in bill offered
by Senator w. L. Stevens, Rhineland-
er. The measure was suggested last
summer by Attorney General Owen
when addressing the biennial confer
ence of health officers here. He stated
the rule is firmly established in this
state that the health officer who de-
stroys property for the purpose OF
promoting the public health, for pre-
venting the spread of disease, etc., does
so at the risk of responding in dam
ages thereafter, depending upon
whether the jury determined the prop
erty destroyed did in fact constitute a
nuisance.
That every purchaser of a railroad
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Give Father and Son Banquet.