The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-28

proximately 40 districts and deputy
He complies and makes the assessment
for the individual income tax returns.
In addition to this the income tax dep
uty acts as supervisor of the real prop
| erty assessment of the district. These
deputies are now selected by civil
service. Assemblyman G. E. Hanson
has bin to have the county board Sc
lect list Of eligibles from which the
tax commissioner will make the ap-
| pointments.
insists on Pay Increase.
| The assembly still insists that the
! salary Of the members Of the legisla-
| ture must be increased from $500 to
| $1,000. Originally the assembly at
! tached the amendment to a revisor Of
/ the statute bill When the measure
/ reached the senate, it was stricken out.
| The assembly has voted to adhere to
| its position by a vote of 80 to 80. The
measure now goes to the committee on
! conference.
/ The Schiewitz bill for a dry zone
around the soldiers home at Wauwa-
| tOsa was defeated in the assembly by
a vote Of 81 to SO.
! With only the three Socialist sena-
tors supporting it, the senate has killed
the Raguse resolution to warn passen-
gers TO keep off beIligerent boats to
keep American vessels out of the war
zone and to stop the transportation Of
foodstuffs TO Europe. Senator Tim
Othy Burke was the only senator to
speak against the resolution.
The assembly committee on taxation
has voted TO kill the Jeske bill for the
| taxation OF church property.
| Letter Threatens Senator Burke.
L threatening letter based on the
| legislative joint resolution pledging
support to the federal government in
the present international crisis, has
been received by Senator Timothy
Burke, Green Bay. The letter, which
bears a Milwaukee postmark, will be
turned over to the postal authorities.
In the envelope were two printed slips
marked, Censored by the postmaster
general" The slips carry part of
story on "a Good Soldier" with the
sentence, mo man can fall lower than
a soldier" underlined.
Auto Bills a Plenty.
Upwards of twenty bills have been
introduced in the legislature for the
regulation of automobiles. 1t is prob
able that all of these measures will be
pI II of
Senator Albers imposes possible $500
fine with six months in Jail On persons
who remove or deface a manufacture
er's serial number or other distin-
guished mark on an auto to conceal
the identity Of the vehicle. The pen
atty applies to persons who knowingly
have in their possession vehicles from
which the distinguishing mark has
been removed.
There are IA couple of bills relating
to the dimming of lights. Assembly
man Kandutsch of Price county has
bill requiring operators of motor We
hicles with electric headlights to dim
the lights to four candle power or less.
when approaching another vehicle at
not less than 200 feet distant. Senator
A. R. Potts of Waupaca has a bill on
the same subject, which requires that
lights be dimmed when autos are left
standing on the streets.
Bray Bill May Be Beaten.
Present indications are that the
Bray bill TO legalize the holding of
primary conventions may be beaten in
the senate with one vote. And that
the vote of Senator George StaGden-
mayer of Portage. Two years ago
Senator Staudenmayer voted for the
Bichler bill, which was similar in all
essential provisions to the Bray bill Of
this session. Now comes the announce
ment of Senator Staudenmayer that
he will vote against all convention
bills at this session.
To reward the long fight. which the
late Senator Robert Glenn made be-
fore the legislature for the establish
ment of state park ut the juncture
of the Wisconsin and Mississippi
rivers, Assemblyman Kurtnacher Of
La Crosse has offered bill to name
the park "Glenn State park"
After Telephone Companies.
Senator Timothy Burke of Green
Bay has a bill to bring telephone COM
panies to time with the furnishing of
service. 1t makes it the duty of every
telephone company operating an ex-
change or rural line In any community
upon written demand of the proposed
patrons that they will pay such sums
for rental as will render q reasonable
return upon the investment to make
extensions.
Opposition to Bradley Bill.
There is some opposition to the
Bradley bill, which is still before the
assembly committee on labor, estab-
fishing a minimum wage for females
and minors until the industrial COM
mission acts. This bill would give mi
nors under eighteen 70 cents per day
laborers and apprentices 81 day, and
other female workers $125 per day.
When the bill was given hearing
it was opposed by George F. Ham
brecht of the industrial commission.
Bankers and Farmers to Meet.
Wisconsin farmers and bankers will
meet here on March Is and ii for
conference on better farming. This
cooop1 Of