The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-07
PLAN DEDICATION
OF STATE CAPITOL
Historical Society Starts Move
ment for Celebration.
ASKS LEGISLATURE TO ACT
six Living Wisconsin Governors viii
oe Asked TO Take Part in Cere-
monies During the Spring II
is Expected.

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Madison.-The legislature now in
session here will be asked to make pro-
vision for . formal dedication Of Wis
consin's $8,0O0,000 state capitol build
ing, which will be completed early Ia
the spring With the exception OF a
few rooms all Of the four wings Of the
new capitol are occupied.
IT is the plan to have the six living
Wisconsin governors present at the
iedication-W. ID. Hoard, Fort Atkin-
son Senator Robert NJ. LaFollette,
Madison; James Q. Davidson, Madi-
son; w. H. Upham, Marshfield; Ed
ward r.. ScOfield, OcOnto, and (. b.
McGOvern, Milwaukee. The WiscOn-
50 Historical Society and it's thou
sands o. members are the prime NOV
ers back of the plan. IN a circular sent
10 every member of the legislature at
rcntiOn is called TO the historical fit
ness Of such an event at this time. In
1897, just 80 years ago, the tiny pro-
cession Of oxteams and workers toiled
painfully overland from Milwaukee TO
begin the erection in the heart Of the
virgin wilderness Of the first capitol
building at Madison. The present
building is the third to be constructed
on this site. Measured in dollars and
cents the progress has been from a
capitol building that cost 1000 to
one costing $8,O00 000-an increase of
10000 per cent. /. l.. LenrOOt, now
congressman, was speaker of the house
when the first appropriations were
made for the construction Of the new
building and it is the plan of the leg
islators back of the movement to have
him here as one Of the principal speak
ers.
Teachers May Get Raise.
More than 5000 schoolteachers
Of Wisconsin would have their sal
aries increased If the bill offered by
Assemblyman Metcalfe of Milwaukee
fixing minimum salary at $50 a month
were enacted into law. Statistics COM
piled by State Superintendent Cary
show that there are 1855 schoOlteach
ers in Wisconsin who receive salaries
between $40 and $40 month and that
there are 367S who receive salaries be-
tween $50 and $50 a month. The leg
islature OF 1913 fixed a minimum teach
ers' salary in the state at $40 a month
Assistant State Superintendent J. b.
Borden said that he believed the aver
nge salary of scho0lteachers in Wis
conSiD was about $40 q month. Their
records show that there are IA, 1872
teachers in the state of whom 6,642
are employed in the rural schools. The
salary increase ii enacted into law
would hit the rural districts the hard
est for the records show that there
are 5,23G schoolteachers who receive
between $40 and $40 a month and 1892
who receive between $50 and $50 a
month.
The Wisconsin assembly has formal
ty seated Edward ]. Labuwi of May
vile as the representative of the First
assembly district of Dodge county. Be
fore doing so, however, on q resolution
offered by Assemblyman SpoOr of Ber
lin, Labuwi was required to file an aft
davit that he had complied with the
corrupt practice act in the filing of an
expense statement.
The assembly has adopted, under a
suspension Of the rules, the Grell joint
resolution calling for legislative in
vestigation by three assemblymen and
two senators of the operation of the
mothers pension law.
National Guard Thanked.
On motion of Assemblyman Arnold
C. Otto of Milwaukee the house has
adopted q 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
resolution memoria1izing 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
three years instead of six years.
Governor Philip transmitted to the
senate the appointment Of Frederick
Pabst of Oconomowoc as 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
II. T.. Griswold of West Salem as APP
pointees on the state fair advisory
board.
Assemblyman Campbelrs bin TO re-
peal all of the laws on the Wisconsin
statute books relating to dueling will
be short lived The assembly committee