Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-05-13
,ietz Pardon Under Consideration.


cision on the pardon application OF
John F. Dietz. Because of the fact
that Warden Henry Town has hled
with the governor a letter showing
the courage and heroiSm OF Dletz at
the prison. There are many here who
entertain the opinion that Dietz will
ultimately be given a pardon. The
Dietz application came up for hear
ing last week before Governor Blaine.
No immediate decision will be made,
however, on the matter, as 1T is under
stood that full investigation or the
Dietz case is being conducted by the
governor. John r. Dietz was SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment at Waupun
May 13, 1911, following conviction for
the killing of Oscar Hart, "a member
of the sheriff's posse who came to ar
rest Dietz. Dietz entered prison May
II, 1911. He will have served ten
years on May IL of this year. Dietz'
conviction was affirmed in a decision
of the Supreme court written by
Justice Winslow. ''Pity the defend
ant as we may we have no choice, OF
course, on this record" said Justice
Winslow in the opinion of the court.
1T is as true now as it was in the
days of the Hebrew prophet, that he
who sows the wind must needs be
content if he be compelled to reap the
inevitable whirlWind." Dietz' record
in prison has been exemplary and
thousands of letters and petitions have
recently been filed with the governor
asking for his release.
Farmers Suffer From High Taxes.
In numerous places over the state
agricultural lands lie within city or
village limits, often greatly to the cost
of their owners, who thus are obliged
to pay taxes at the high city or vii
lage rate rather than the lower rural
rate; and now, once annexed, there
is no practicable method of withdraw
al from the expensive alliance. How
ever, if the senate validates a bill
passed by the assembly, this situation
will be changed. It is bill No. 345, in
troduced by Assemblyman L. L. Pier
ron of Ozaukee county and cham
pioned with winning earnestness and
stout facts by its author, who was
strongly opposed, not by country mem
bers but by those with strong allegi-
ance for city or village. Mr.. Pierron
succeeded in reviving the measure after
it had been rejected by the strong ma
jority of SO to &c. During the process
of running debate that fatal vote
was reconsidered, As to SO, the bill
then again saved from indefinite post
ponement, 50 to 20, and finally passed
| by the majority of 48 to 81. Now it
goes to the senate for action. Many
farmers are suffering from oppressive
| taxation as a result of finding them
selves within city or village bounda-
ries,'' says Mr.. Pierron. Growth of
city or village may be in the opposite
direction, leaving them no advantage
whatever, only high taxes. They
should have an avenue of escape, and
this bill establishes one
Bills Providing for 100000 o. KID.
Eight appropriation bills carrying a
total of 100000 in budget allowance
were ordered for third reading and
passed by the senate. The bills read
third time were: Wisconsin deep
waterways commission, 5000 annual
ly; state banking department, S12,382,
emergency appropriation the geologi-
cal and natural history survey, $45,-
600: wisconsin veterans home, $44, 1000
for repairs and increasing the weekly
allowance per inmate from $3.50 a
week to Sc a week department of ag-
riculture, 100000 for indemnities for
cattle killed because of tuberculosis.
Bills passed were: Normal schools,
$1S6,OOO; state superintendent of pub
lie instruction, $4,000 emergency ap-
preparation; state board of teachers
examiners, S495; emergency appropri-
alton.
First Milk Bill Fight Is Lost.
| The Wisconsin condenseries lost in
the initial battle over filed milk in
the assembly. BY vote of 20 to 10
! the lower house ordered to engross-
ment the committee on agriculture
| bill prohibiting the manufacture or
sale of evaporated or condensed milk
containing coconut oil or other foreign
| fats. Nine large condenseries, having
a worldwide market for the milk COM
pound will be put out of business or
/ forced to leave the state if the bill
becomes a law, according to state
ments made during the debate on the
measure. The ingalls, substitute
amendment requiring all milk COM
pounds to be labeled warning moth
ers not to use the milk for Infants was
rejected by a vote of 30 to 60.
Returning to Normal, Indication.
Conditions in the plumbing industry
favor a return to normal in the con-
struction field, in the state as a whole,
according to the quarterly report Of
Frank r. King, domestic sanitary en-
gineerirg bureau, which administers
the state plumbing law. This is true,
especially of such structures as schools
and other public buildings and of resi-
dences. Costs of plumbing materials
/ have declined considerably, stocks
have been replenished, labor condi-
lions in a measure readjusted, and the
supply of artisans available for en-
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