Monroe Weekly Times (Newspaper) - January 28, 1907, Monroe, Wisconsin TOL 17 January 28 1907 per Year FINDS RAISE WAS ILLEGAL District Attorney taises Point That Blocks Becker SETTLES CLAIM County Now Proposes To lize Salary By Special Legislate Act county judge who we to be elected during the next ensuing year and that no change in salaries shall be made ing the term of office of such officer or county judge The arrangement increasing the salary from a year to which was entered into by Judge er and the board was made in the fall of 1901 when in should have been made in order to comply with the law in the fall of 1900 so as to affect the salary of the county judge to be elected during the following year It has been claimed all along by Judge Becker that he made an applies The light is beginning to break on Judge J M Becker of the Green county probate court He sees breakers ahead that threaten his appeal to the circuit court from the action of the county board in disallowing fees he charged up against the county and be has found it advisable to back down the matter of dropping his appeal now being iously considered He has come to that in respect to salary at least he is at the mercy of the county board and the people of the county who pay it A proposal for the withdrawal of his appeal was made at a star chamber session called by Judge Becker at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon Judge Becker giving it out that he had a little business s proposition to submit Those who attended this session were Chairman W F of the county board M C Settings Andrew Lewis comprising the co nty committee which is authorized to settle with outgoing officers District ney Wm H McGrath representing the county's legal Judge erand A S Douglas adviser The business proposition seemed to be decidedly in the interest of the judge instead of being in the in- terest of the county that was supposed to be represented Judge Becker had prepared an elabor- ate On his part he agreed to drop his appeal and f to fees such as he has been charging against the county if the tives of the county would sign the agreement which would bind the board to support him in his efforts to get a through the legislature izing the salary arrangement made the county board in 1901 by which his salary was raised to He did not ask that the representatives of the county commit themselves to this amount for his salary but he wanted them to agree to a that would the county board to fix his salary at not less than for the 1904 which was before his second re- election for a raise in salary for the county judge who might be elected ing the ensuing year and that the ty board made an appropriation of for the salary of county judge for the FOOTBALL TEAMS DINE boardin Annual Dinner at the Armory ensuing year the year 1905 and thus high school for the season of were remaining years of his term to this proposition The representatives of the county were asked to agree upon placing a con- struction on the resolution adopted by the board in 1901 Judge Becker ing to have it appear that the under- standing was that when the board fixed his salary in lieu of all fees and clerk hire it only to have it cover fees chargeable against the county But the representatives of Othe county balked District Attorney McGrath took a position against the agreement and none of the others present would have anything to do with tion Attorney Douglas it is said was only half-hearted in urging the agreement District Attorney McGrath agreed to consent to a withdrawal of the appeal The session lasted two hours Back of this maneuvering is the de- fense that hag been planned by District Attorney McGrath for the county in case the appeal is pressed It is understood that the district at- torney advised Judge Becker that ho intends to put in a counter claim for a considerable sum of money growing out of the increased salary the judge has been receiving for five years The county's right to do this was denied and by agreement Burr W Jones of son was consulted and his opinion ported the line of defense proposed by the district attorney An extension of time for filing the county's answer was next agreed upon It is the contention of the district attorney that the arrangement between the county board and Judge Becker made and entered into in the fall of 1901 whereby the county judge agreed to accept a year in full for salary clerk hire and all fees and charges for services rendered as county judge is without force and effect and concludes that he is entitled to only per annum the regular salary previously fixed for county judge It seems that the statute provides that the board may fix the of county officers including fixed the salary of the county judge for the ensuing term beginning January 1906 This claim the district attorney finds is entirely untenable since the county board took no action whatever as to salary of the county judge for the term beginning January 1906 but ly the appropriation for one year In it took no action ever on the application Judge er increase salary comity judge made by him in the fall Thus in the opinion of attorneys the salary of county judge remains at precisely what it was before Judge Becker's first election unless it can be said that the ment entered into between him and the in the fall of 1901 ly changed The point they make is that if the arrangement is not a contention on which the claim to additional fees is based then the salary has not been The counterclaim in case is filed will probably also contain for the return of fees allowed the county judge and paid by the county board during his first term which it is claimed the by law is not entitled to The whole proposition was discussed until almost 6 but the of county declined to submit to and did They failed county's in- would be benefited and were unable to see where they had any authority to act on the Certain it is that the county board has not charged this any other committee with any duty or discretion to enter into any contract or ment to settle the question of the salary the county is to pay the county judge or to loan their support and in- fluence jn pushing a measure to that end through the legislature Effort was made by The Times to get a copy of the agreement that was posed but members of the committee did not have it Mr seen but he that he did not have it If there is no trial on the appeal thi counterclaim would be non est bu there would be nothing to prevent the county board from authorizing th district attorney to bring an action fo the recovery of that portion of th salary in excess of the forme salary that Judge Becker has draw and is drawing in case the points tha are raised in regard to the salar arrangement are correct and can b sustained in court A yearly item i is affected by this point and as aa it auu Hj covers salary for a period of five years happy hits of the Local Station of Milwaukee Road ting Back At The Times ligh School Classes Entertain 1906 Players VER A HUNDRED COVERS LAID Saturday Night a Most Happy Event The football teams of the Monroe ined toasted and mother ways royally for four hours Saturday ight in the armory by the junior and and the gh school faculty of the MORTGAGE TAX FIGHT This is the fifth annual dinner given the football teams by the two arises of each year In at- tendance which exceeded the 100 mark nd the general jolly good time this takes he committees having the matter in large did their work so thoroughly nd well as everything move and pleasantly Amusement as provided for all and the fact that ot one of the hundred and more forgot to play his part either the table or elsewhere bespeaks an dinner and a well planned in general The tables with covers laid for more ban one hundred were arranged in the orm of a maltese cross and tastefully cardinal and white The football teams twenty-two lusty and hungry lads occupied a at the head of which was lie only man present whose uty it was to carve and serve two big done to a turn to this group whose appetites had been growing teener as the days passed since riving At the close of the dinner City Superintendent Swartz said the only the two turkeys were two and a part of one drumstick The menu Roast chicken Roast turkey Saratoga chips Dressing Mashed potatoes and gravey Cranberry jelly Pickles Olives Sandwiches Coffee Fruit Salad Ice Cream Cakes Salted Peanuts Miss Nelle Miller of the high school was toast mistress and she ex- special talent and tact for the place Much of the success of the was due to her clever ion of each speaker Toasts were re- to as the Geo Stauffacher The Past Ray Young Glory of the Miss Alice Cornelius The Rooters Frank Stearns Miss Freda Hoealy The Fred Kohli Toast to the Arthur tine The following song tune The Jolly was composed for the casion by Miss Matilda Schuh of the class of 1907 and it proved one of the The Milwaukee road is doing its best to patch up its service in order to get into shape and make as good showing as possible by the time the railroad commission takes up an investigation of the Mineral Point division Effort is evidently being made to meet the de- mand for Milwaukee service Some week ago a Milwaukee coach was put on and now the company is following out the suggestion of Vice dent McKenna and will run the ing train to Milton instead of Janesville and has adjusted the schedule on the Madison run in order to do away with a long wait at Janesville so that the morning train will arrive in Milwaukee at instead of as formerly This necessitates a change of eleven minutes in the schedule of the morning train here the train now leaving at instead of This change was made on short notice and little effort was made to inform the public of the change which was sufficient to make it an easy matter for anyone to miss the train The change was announced in one of the newspapers of the city and The Times is advised that the local office intended and did hold up the announcement as far as is concerned How did it happen that you did not The Times the notice of a change in Agent Zimmerman was asked this morning the do I care whether The Times got it or replied the com- agent It was suggested that possibly the company might be interested in giving the announcement of the change as much publicity as the limited time mitted but the agent was in no mood to agree with the suggestion or possibly it did not coincide with his idea of practical railroading Mr Zimmerman has been agent several weeks and is f doubtless what irritated because of the complaint and agitation growing put of the un- satisfactory service on the Mineral Point division and the kee road's unwillingness to provide anything better but his show of al hostility against The Times is no warranted expect as the paper has given its support to the movement that has been started in interest of the people along the line to get needed im- in The attitude of The Times has been without persona element or animosity toward any company's employes and The Times certainly has not held the Monroe agent responsible for being so generally criticised The Times has felt and still feels tha the Milwaukee road owes it to the cit and the local merchants to give the city the benefit of an earlier evening train and connections at Dill but since it ha had the temerity to encourage th movement for better service consulting the local railroad office i will have to expect to take the con sequences but it can stand it as Ion as the movement is not entirely with out result it means quite a little sum to th county If recovery was made by the count the judge would then have a right t claim the additional fees he claims in taking his appeal Under the law it is provided that if any public official draws money to which he is not entitled any person can bring an action to have such money returned to the public treasury The Times fails to see any reason why the county should expect to get any committee of the county board to enter into a contract with him in regard to fixing his salary without letting the public know what it contains LAST More Clearing Sale Bargains at J H REAL ESTATE SALES Mary Clemans to Henry F Long parcel sec 22 Spring Grove Michael Doyle Sr to Melchior Baumgardner tract sec 9 Brooklyn Its healthful wholesome It's good for one as the other The more you take the better you sleep and eat Makes people happy That's what Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea does 35 cents Tea or Tablets A F Lich Now the football has gone by TUe battles all arc won No longer do they play With them they now are done The suits are laid away to rest For future teams to wear l may they like our football team Try hard to win and Vow let us all tonight once more Our tribute to them pay By cheering them aud joining too In being glad nnd Let every one of us again Think how it used to be When for our school and all of us They fought for auU mtr ball Let's all rejoice And for our dear high school too Which is the best or schools in all America Just for It we dare and do The following chairmen of the com- having the dinner in charge deserve no small amount of praise for the excellent way in which they ried the project to a happy Cady Hektoen Miller Welsh Miller's ov Davidson's Recommendation To Be Opposed In Legislature AX COMMISSION DIVIDED rof T S Adams With Corps of Ex- perts Have Gathered Much Data on will receive serious consideration y the legislature this winter In his message to the legislature the that mortgages j taxed A great many members of the lature both in the assembly and the enate are in favor of the exemption rom taxation of this form of credits eing in sympathy with the idea of two L the state tax S Gilson and George W Curtis of these men have written lengthy to sustain their contentions Nils P Haugen ver favors the stand taken by the and he too has prepared a amphlet sustaining his contentions It is a question whether a on the of mortgages can pass the enate which is composed largely of awyers and men of professional ability The farmer members as a whole favor mortgage taxation but it is believed hey are unaware of the intricacies in- in such a plan Of course the heory for the exemption lies in the act that it is claimed a taxation of ioth the mortgage and that portion of he value of land as security presents practically double taxation This is be- cause the hind itself is subject to The attempt will be made to get a to do away with MORTUARY RECORD Neuenschwander Mrs Barbara died at her home in Monroe township Sunday morning at 2 o'clock Death resulted from pneumonia and general breaking down after a three weeks illness She was born June 13 1843 and came to America in 1868 settling in Ohio and came to Green county the following year She was the wife of Fred Neuenschwander who resides on the Haase place Besides her four children survive her Fred of Davis 111 Will Henry and Rose who are at home The funeral will be held tomorrow at from the house and at from St John's Evangelical church Burial will be in the cemetery near the Junction house Howe Ben Howe formerly a resident of this city died Thursday January 24 in the hospital at the national soldiers home at Minneapolis Four months ago he was stricken with paralysis and since that time he had been confined to the hospital He served in the war and later engaged in the barber business here leaving this city twenty-one years ago A wife and two children survive him also two sisters Mrs E S enden of Albany and Mrs Kratzer of Cadiz and a brother Harry Howe of Orfordville Lawrence Mrs C C Lawrence died at her home 102 West Wilson street at Thursday Besides her husband five children survive her as H C Herrick Madison F G rence Indiana Mrs Cora E Perry Madison Mrs Ettie E Crampy and Mrs Minnie M Morin Chicago The family resided here for some years Mr Lawrence being employed as carriage trimmer at the Fitzgibbons plant They moved to Madison ten years ago Fanbel Charles Clayton Faubel died at his home in Oregon 111 Friday this double taxation by removing from the tax lists land covered by mortgage in an amount equal to the mortgage for which the land is security During the past two years under the direction of Prof T E Adams of the university the state tax commission las been thorough tion of the mortgages in each county in state Such data has been secured from the offices of registers of deeds in every county probably the accurate information available pled with this work the commission has expert men assessing perty in different counties of the state so that a comparison can be made with the report of the local assessor in each locality Not only that but under a the commission demands the register of deeds in each county to make the annual report of real estate transfers with additional information as to whether the property is secured by mortgage Many of the legislators be- lieve that from this data enough mation is already furnished to prevent overlapping or double taxation if the mortgage law is passed ing Edw Faubel a brother who re- sides here received a dispatch stating that his brother was dead and he went to Oregon to attend the funeral which was held Sunday The particulars of his death are not known but it is believed that his death was due to jaundice from which he suffered a great deal during the past summer while he was employed by the Carter Hardware company at Freeport While in this firm's employ Mr Faubel was repairing an eave trough when the scaffolding gave away and he was thrown to the ground fracturing a limb and receiving internal injuries which it is thought hastened his death Mr Faubel wus born in Oregon nine years ago and it was there that he was married His wife and two daughters Bertha and May survive him together with three brothers Potter Faubel of Freeport Edward Faubel of Monroe arid James Faubel of Iowa also two sisters Mrs Virginia Mrs Katherine Jones of Batavia MATRIMONIAL Special for tomorrow Tuesday las day of clearing sale L L muslin a cents Red Seal Toil du Nord ginghams and Red Cross all Good bleached cotton at Balance of ribbons at lOe Balance of tennis flannel at and 25 new pieces of dress goods worth up to Wednesday and the balance of week 1 take pleasure to announce my muslin underwear and embroidery sale ako 100 piece linen torchon and Val laces Everybody come and take advantage of the many bargains offered J H JUDA Mrs Lee Legler is not so well Mrs Will Miller visited Mrs Barnum last week Mr and Mrs Richardson of Oregon Wis visited their daughter Clara at tier school at this place Thursday and Triday The cold weather sets pretty hard on after having so much warm weather Mrs Sue Holmes and sister of Iowa were callers in our burg riday Mrs John Legler wishes the M K society ladies o meet with her day and make aprons for the bazaar WEATHER FORECAST Purity watch word Selecting only the choicest herbs and roots known to pharmacists No spirits or harmful drugs Rocky Mountain Tea is purity itself 35 cents Tea or A F Lichtenwalner Chicago Jan 28 The official weather forecast for tonight anc Fair tonight except snow in south portion Tuesday probably snow anc warmer PINE KINDLING Dry 4 feet long at the Monroe Plan ing Mill which will be held Feb 22 Mrs cr will furnish the dinner Everybody come All are invited Bring cloth for aprons Miss Gertrude White of Monroe has been attending the switchboard here for a few days and went to her home Saturday Mrs Allen is on the sick list Amos Smith and Geo Barnum went to Chicago The latter ordered more phones while there Mr and Mrs Harvey Barmore spent Sunday at their with their son Fred and family Miss Clara Giesler of Monroe and Mr Fred Rufenacht of Gratiot were united in marriage by Rev Alfred Schuh at 10 o'clock Friday morning Miss Emma Tanner and Herman both of Monticello were married here Thursday Rev Alfred Schuh officiated Miss Lizzie Ruehlow and Mr Claude Matthews both of Albany Wis were united in marriage at Rock ford by tice Manlove Miss Katie the town Monroe and Mr John Blum of Jordan were married Thursday at the age of St John's Evangelical Rev Alfred Schuh Unclaimed Letters Advertised letters for week ending Jan Jno J Adams Mrs A A David Robbins F F Rogers Mark Suttler John Schneeberger foreign Johann Vogel foreign R A ETTER P M For Hall safe Bargain Enquire of S P Figi Big Offer Extraordinary For ten days I will reduce the price on toilet articles One bottle Toilet Italie one box powder one jar Skin Food All three articles for former selling price JAY WEBER
