Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-02-04
Governor Names W. S. Smith
Prohibition Commissioner.
sELolT MAN ON TAX. BODY
Judge Charles D. Rosa Appointed
Member of Tax conrissIon-New
Bill Would Make Auso Drivers
Pass Competency Test
RY EREo NJ HoLMEs.

ment of .JsSge Charles ID. Rosa, Beloit,
as meull,er of the state tax commits
| sion for six-year term, and the name
Of w. Stanley Smith, Ashland, as state
prohibition commissioner, for a four
year term. Judge Rosa was appointed
Ito succeed Nels p. Haugen, who has
held the position as a member of the
tax commission in Wisconsin for 20
! years. Mr.. Smith succeeds L. 7. Ha-
zelberg, who was appointed prohibition
commissioner by Governor Philip
about a year ago, but his name was
never sent to the senate by Governor
| Phillip for confirmation. Smiths APP
pointment is for a four-year term at
5000 year. The salary of tax COM
missioner is 5000 year. Both APP
polnunents must be confirmed by the
senate.
Judge Rosa was born on a farm in
Rock county September 10, 1870. He
graduated from the University of Wis
consin law school and has practiced
law in Beloit. He was twice elected to
the lower house of the legislature.
Mr. Smith is lawyer at Ashland,
who took an active part in the World
war. He was member of the Ash
land machine gun company and in Au-
gust, 1917, was transferred to the One
Hundred Fifteenth machine gun BATE
TALON, which represented the state of
Wisconsin in the Rainbow division.
After serving for time at the front
ha raaft 10 ha IN
become machine gun instructor at the
machine gun training school at Camp
Hancock, Ga. Smith was born in the
town of Holland, La Crosse county,
graduating from the University of Wis
consin in 1901. He has served as dis
trict attorney of Ashland county and
as city attorney of Ashland. 1t is ex-
pected that these appointments will be
acted upon within the next ten days.
Highways in Wisconsin will be made
safe. Automobile drivers will be re-
CURED TO pass competency test be-
fore being permitted to operate cars If
a licensing system proposed in bill
to be drafted by Senator George l..
Buck of Racine is enacted. 1t is aimed
at reckless driving and at curbing the
number of accidents which are said to
have resulted from Incompetent ham
ding OF automobiles. Careless driving
on the part of licensed person would
| result in withdrawal of the license by
the court. which could also impose a
fine. Licenses would be renewed year.
~ on request. Any person over a spe-
Gifted age, perhaps sixteen years. would
be required to make application for
license to the county clerk.
Il believe in the matter of licensing
| auto drivers, 1t woulG be proper for the
state TO charge 81 for the license for
| man driving a particular machine"
said John A. Hazelwood, chairman of
the state highway board, in urging the
Buck bill. an case of other members
of the family or other employees driy-
ing the same machine, that supplement
tary licenses might be issued at half
the cost of the original license. In
other words, the license should show
| the number and make of the machine,
so that in case a person In authority
asked for the presentation of license
the matter could easily be decided that
the person was driving the machine for
which he had been given license.
Chauffeurs who drive cars continually
should be required to pay an annual Ii
cense fee of So, which should entitle
the chauffeur 10 drive any make of car
The driver license might be secured at
the same time as the regular automo-
bite license is obtained.
II am satisfied that If this license
system were introduced into WiScon-
sin there would be AT once a minimiz-
ing of automobile accidents. This liz
cense fee could quite properly be ,:syd
for county parks planting of tres and
shruhhery alonside of roads 10 pre-
| vent snow blockade. building highways
in and through state parks and for
other purposes directly connected with
highway improvements,
wisconsin will have over 100000
motor vehicles this year. This fact in
licates somewhat the fund that will
be received from licenses. suggest
that the money received from such
source be distributed as follows;
"First. % per cent of this fund
should be returned to the counties for
the rural planning committees to ex-
pend for county parks and for the
planting of trees and slrubbery for the
prime purpose Of preventing snow
drifting in the winter time.
second. 10 per cent of the funds
should he set aside and used for the
purpose Of keeping the present mark
ing system on our state trunk highways
up to standard and to provide other d.
rectiou signs and markings along our
highways.
Third. Is per cent of this fund
should be allotted to the conservation
commission for the purpose OF building
and maintaining roads 70 and through
state PARKS and across state lands.
Fourth, so per cent of this fund
1 should he turned over 70 lie regular