Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-24
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of his plans for revenue raising, Sen
ator Henry Huber, chairman of the
Joint committee on finance, announced
following receipt OF the governors
letter asking that bills now before the
committee be kept off the floor until
he can have an opportunity to present
his views.
By stepping forward with a definite
tax plan Of his own, Gov. Blaine has
injected another element into the all
/ ready complicated situation existing
I in the legislature over the problem of
revenue raising. Leaders in both
houses are watching eagerly for the
proposal Of the executive. Before its
I features are known, members Of the
/ legislature are not ready to say
whether they are willing to line up
with the governor.
Gov Blaine determined upon com
prehensiye tax program OF his own
when it became evident that both the
Dahl and the Severson income tax pro
posals before the legislature were Stat
ed for defeat He announced to news
paper men that it was his determine
ton to have bill, which would
definitely be termed an administration
measure and which would carry out
his pledges to the people to bring
about a REIMBURSEMENT of the tax bur
den.
Vote to Repeal Drainage Law.
Repeal of the Wisconsin drainage
law, under which millions of dollars
have been invested in districts
throughout the state, was voted by
the assembly when it engrossed the
Price bill without a roll call A move
to postpone the measure indefinitely
was defeated 66 to Is.
Extreme bitterness was shown by
speakers attacking the present Wis
consin drainage system, with charges
OF oppression and graft frequent dur
ing the discussion. An effort Of OPP
ponents Of the bill to get it :e-referred
to a committee in order that the oppo-
sltion might be heard, was killed by
large majority.
Assemblyman Clinton c. Price,
juneau county, author Of the bill, de-
clared settlers in his county had been
burdened with an almost unbearable
expense to meet costs of the drainage
system instituted on recommendation
OF University OF Wisconsin professors.
Those fayoring the existing drainage
ls.to rs @ no
given another opportunity to express
their stand and tried to get the bill
back TO committee. This failed, how
ever and when the vote on indefinite
postponemeut was taken, the bill came
through with Endorsement of the
house.
Ask St,650,5Oo for Building.
with no new courses added at the
university in the last ten years and an
increase in campus work of 81 per
cent the uniyersity's public service
has increased 1885 per cent during the
same time, President t. A. Birge of
the university said in explaining the
budget of the university.
The university is asking for ST.
! $50 500 for a building program but is
asking for no increase for operation.
Declaring that the most noteworthy
change in university work during the
last twenty years has been the recog-
milton Of the need for closer connec-
tons between the university and peo-
/ pie and the provision for such connec-
/ ton through extension work, Presi-
dent Birge told Of the development of
experimentation and other forms OF
public service which has grown with
greater rapidity than the academic
work
lrksome Noises May Be Banned
Following attempts TO regulate about
everything else, the legislature is now
about to attempt to take care of an
noying and irksome earth vibrations
Under the bill introduced in the
lower house by Assemblyman George
Gauer, Milwaukee, noises and vibra-
! tons that prove bothersome to resi-
dents near an industrial plant would
be declared a nuisance
The bin provides mat the district
attorney Of the county in which The
offense is committee could upon
proper complaint hale the proprietor
OF the concern into the district court
and proceed to abate the nuisance.
An attempt at motion picture cen
sorship was killed in the senate with
i The indefinite postponement of the
TeasdaIe bin prohibiting children
from attending motion pictures unless
accompanied by a guardian or unless
the picture had been censored by tbe
national board OF review or a local
committee on censorship.
A bill by Assemblymau Richard
kamke. Merrill, providing that in as,
sessment OF agricultural land, the en-
HANGED value OF the land by reason
OF clearing il Of stumps and standing