River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-11
Realtors Entertain

The Pierce & st. Croix County
| Realtors association held it's regular
meeting at Hotel Gladstone Tuesday
evening. The meeting was proceeded
! by an excellent chicken supper in the
hotel dining room at 1880.
The principal speaker of the even
ing was Tom o. Mason, of Cumber-
land, president Of the Wisconsin
Realtors Board. He devoted the
major portion of his address to an
explanation of the new application
form, the manner in which it is
handled, and the points of law upon
which it is founded. He also gave
a very interesting list of examples
of the work in which the state board
has been engaged, and the service
which it renders not only to the real
tors, but also to their clients.
He cited many instances wherein
this organization has been of great
assistance in protecting property
owners from fraud at the hands of
dealers who are not eligible to be
granted realtors licenses and he
also described the system by which
those who have been granted licenses
are sure to have them revoked if
their dealings are not of legitimate
character.
Mr.. Mason's talk would have been
of great interest to that class of lay
men who have been antagonistic to
the new realtors law in the mistaken
notion that it promotes and protects
a sort of realtors trust which can
be used against an outsider Mr..
Mason proved that it is quite the OPP
posite; that instead of protecting re-
aitors against responsibility in their
transactions, it in fact protects the
client against fraudulent imposition
by dealers, for any proof of fraud
is sufficient to have realtors license
revoked and bar him from further
business as real estate dealer in
this state.
The board has corps Of investiga-
tors who are sent out to get the de-
tails and report the facts concerning
any questionable transaction which
is brought to the boards attention,
and already many clients have receiv-
ed adjustments which would other
wise have been lost to them. In other.
words, the new law makes it COM
pulsory for anyone acting as a real
estate agent in this state to do his
business "on the square" or suffer the
revocation of his license-and no one
can act in the capacity of real es-
tate agent in this state, for compen-
sation, if he has no Wisconsin real
tors license.
The program closed with an open
discussion of several of the points
which Mr. Mason had brought out.
Among those taking a prominent
part in this feature were w. E. Web
ster, president of the local board, Mr..
Sakrison, of Deer Park, and Judge
Knowels, j. l.. Stevenson, A. c.
Laue, Ed Linehan and w. H. Putnam
of this city. Editor S. G. Woodruff
of the Times and Stan. Morse of the
Journal were guests of Secretary
w. H. Putnam, of the local board, on
this occasion.
Mr. Webster urged all members to
attend the state convention to be held
at Appleton in February, and hoped
that the local association would have
a representative in the five-minute
speech cup race. A silver cup is Of
ferred at each state convention to the
representative who makes the best
five minute speech regarding his own
town or county. One delegate had
won the cup two times, and as three
consecutive wins entities the speaker
to have permanent possession, this
talker, confident of third victory at
last years meeting had his name en-
graved upon it, with the date of his
expected victory, but the award was
given to a Dunn county orator, and
the former winner will have to begin
all over again.