River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-03-01
New Way to Name Assessors.


proximately 40 districts and a deputy
assessor is chosen over each district
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 no. selected by civil
service. Assemblyman G. e. Hanson
has bill 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
1000. 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 so to 80. The
measure now goes to the committee on
conference.
The Schiewitz bill for q dry zone
around the soldiers home at Wauwa.
tOsa was defeated in the assembly by
vote of 50 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 belligerent 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.
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 Stauden-
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 a state park at the juncture
of the Wisconsin and Mississippi
rivers, Assemblyman Kurtnacher of
La Crosse has offered bill to name
the park "Glenn State park"
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
given hearing at one time. bill by
Senator Albers imposes a possible $2OO
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 q 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.
Assemblyman w. A. Campbell of
Milwaukee has a bill covering auto
thefts. It fixes the maximum pen
atty at Is years in the states prison.
Another bill by Campbell affords a Jail
sentence from one month to year for
persons who hunt wild birds by shoot
ing from autos. This measure is aimed
at the hunters who use headlights to
decoy the game.
The intoxicated auto driver may
also be made the subject Of legislation.
Senator J. Henry Bennett of Vernon
HIS Il U1lI WlllCu WOuAO ONOJ\NS
drunken auto drivers to penalty OF
81 900 instead of 500 as at present,
and they may even be sent to prison
for one year.
After Telephone Companies.
Senator Timothy Burke Of Green
Bay has 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 a reasonable
return upon the investment to make
extensions.
Novel Railroad Bill.
Assemblyman Pieper's bill for the
fixing of railroad passenger fares in
the state is attracting considerable at
tention. Pieper Is not exactly salts
fed with the railroad service in the
state, and his bill calls for a One-cent
passenger fare for the character OF