The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-25
LEGISLATURE TO
END WORK MAY 20
Rapid Progress Being Made by
Lawmakers.
RUSH APPROPRIATION BILLS
Proposal to Close University and Nor
nal Schools During the War
State and County Fairs Also
for This Year.

MadisOn.-A determined effort is be-
ing made by the members Of the legis-
iature to dispose of all the important
pieces of legislation and unless there
arises some unlooked-for circumstance
1t Is expected that the actual work
Of the assembly will have been com
pleted by the Goth day of May. The
big appropriation bills for the char
table and penal institutions Of the
state will be rushed.
Assemblyman Pieper Of Dunn Coun-
ty has offered bill for the closing Of
the university and normal schools dur
ing the war His bill also provides
that all state highway work and the
holding of the state and county fairs
shall also be discontinued this year.
His measure further provides that the
S3,50O,OOO which would go this year to
the support Of these enterprises be di-
gided among the counties for paying
men to plant all available pieces of
land for putting In a war crop. The
bill has been referred TO the commit
tee on rules
The assembly committee on taxa
lion has offered bill changing the ap-
portionment Of the street car taxes.
The present law provides that Is per
cent of the street railway taxes shall
20 to the state and 85 per cent to the
towns through which the lines are Op-
Grated. The new taxation measure
provides that Is per cent shall be re-
tanned by the state, 20 per cent to the
counties and 60 per cent to the towns
through which the lines operate.
Offers Fine Farm to Government
Ray Hemming of Gushing is q model
son of Uncle Sam, when 1t comes TO
giving his services and what else he
may give to his country In time of
need.
Hemming not only intends to shout
der a musket, but be is willing to turn
over to the United States government
his 120 acres of land for use in speed
Ing up production. as the following let
ter to =. G. Packer, director of the i'm
migration division of the Wisconsin
department of agriculture shows:
Gushing, April II, 1917.
Dear Sir-In consequence of the
var / see that the nation Is urging all
possible use be made of tillable and
grazing land to feed the United States
and its allies.
Il will probably 20 into the service,
and have 120 acres of excellent land,
I'll fenced with wire, that the govern
fC rpl m
Hoping to hear from you, remain,
RAY HEMMING,
Gushing"
To Prevent Seed Potato Speculation.
Following three-hour conference
between the governor, members of the
defense council and the large potato
dealers operating in the state, at the
executive office, it was announced that
the potato dealers would hold their
stock for another week. Governor
Phillip said In the meantime machinery
would be worked out under direction of
Commissioner of Agriculture Norgord
for gaining control of the seed pota-
toes for distribution. 1t is understood
that the plan would be so arranged
chat banks will take the orders for the
potatoes and place them with large
commission houses.
The potato men in conference said
there was no shortage of seed in that
section of the state which has always
raised large potato crop. These men
are of the opinion that a sufficient
amount of seed is held in the localities
for the usual planting.
Defense Body Named.
Governor Philip has at last Sc
lected nine of the eleven members OF
the newly authorized council of de-
tense to MD IN marshaling Wisconsin,
war resources as follows: Rep
resentative of manufacturers, A. L.
Vanscoy of Milwaukee; farm
ers Edward Nordman of Poplar, ply
sicians Drs. J. s. Evans, Milwaukee
bankers. J. r. Wheeler, Columbus
railroads; p. G. Eldridge, Milwaukee
engineers. J. d. Mack, Madison; at
large, John Reese, Dodgeville, and Mag
nus Stevenson, Madison. AdjutaGt Gen
aral Holway is q member by statute.
To Honor Men on Farms.
Assemblyman Weston Woodland viii
offer his bill to appropriately honor
those men from the cities who spend
their vacation on farms attempting &c
cultivate and increase the crop yield
A measure will be offered to pay
men who enlist In the Wisconsin Guare
s. a day for the first 80 days of serv
ice.
no Money for Veterans.
There will be no appropriation by
4he legislature to send Wisconsin vet
Grams to the Vicksburg reunion, al
proposed by Senator Staudenmayer
II i learned from Washington that NJ
tents, no camp ground equipment fol
the veterans can be spared now. The!
are all demanded for use in war. ant
as no accommodations can be had the
government advises that it is impru
aant and unwise to have vast gath
.r of old soldiers at Vicksburg. L
Was estimated that $4,000 would b'
necessary to give Wisconsin veteran:
q free excursion TO the reunion.
Farmers Clubs to Help.
secretaries of farmers clubs. socia
centers and rural organizations in gen
ernl scattered over the length an'
breadth of the state are preparing t.
,o3l s,,oo;aI anarpnr1cy sessions TO con