Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-02-18

the previous year 5000 in excess of
state aid. Senator Arson introduced
bill referring to the publication of
legal notices.
In the assembly Mr.. Fenelon intro
duced a bill regulating the manu-
facture and sale of beer which is in
reality a blow at inferior beer. The
measure provides that brewers shall
put on all kegs and bottles label
setting forth whether or not the
beer contained therein is made from
barley, corn or rice. Assemblyman
Han introduced a memorial to congress
interstate commerce bill. A house
bill was passed requiring one less
publication of certain legal notices
Mr.. Coapman introduced a bill, pro-
viding that boards of water COM
misioners in small towns may have
charge of municipal electric lighting
plants.
Madison, Feb. I'm the senate
Senator Kreutzer introduced bill to
establish and maintain county train
ing schools for teachers in the COM
mon schools. By this provision any
county where there is not normal
school may establish and appropriate
| money for the maintenance of one of
| these training schools. Senator
Reynolds introduced a bill to regulate
the sale and analysis of concentrated
food stuffs. A bill was passed sim
plifying the manner of changing
names
The assembly became gravely
agitated over the transportation of
corpses and finally decided to bury
the subject 1t all came about when
Assemblyman Keene's bill, drafted by
the state board of health, and drawing
much more rigidly the rules relative
to the carriage on cars of the bodies
Of people who have died from con-
tagious diseases came up for a third
reading. Judge Orton began a speedy
dissection with the scalpel of his
sarcasm. He cut with a recklessness
which the desperation of the case
seemed to warrant, demanding to
know what business it was of the
state board of health to seek to pre-
scribe, for instance, that bodies could
be shipped only on first class tickets
A dead man might want to go second
class, who knows? At any rate it
was the railways business to fix
rates. Then the bill required bodies
to be wrapped in medicated cotton,
like an Egyptian mummys, and the
embalming demanded was so elabor-
ate that the average undertaken with
an old pair of horses and a hearse
could not do it. He wanted due care
exercised in the shipment of bodies,
but the present law was quite enough.
Mr.. Keene thought Mr.. Orion had
evolved a mole hill into mountain
The bill was what the national associ-
alton of baggage masters demanded
and merely prescribes an up-to-date
scientific manner for transporting
corpses. The bill was finally killed,
but Mr.. Keene promises post NOR
tenn. Mr.. Dahl introduced a bill of
much interest to the various town
ships 1t purposes to change the
whole system of road control. Each
town is made a road district. This
is a complete change, as now there
may be rural district in town,
each under path master. The new
plan is to have three commissioners
board, to be paid $3.50 man while
actually at work. Roads shall be
worked between May 20 and June 20
and Oct 1 and Nov 1. Other changes
require 16-foot roadways on side hills
and elsewhere and also that bridges
be Of that width. Another important
bill was by Mr.. Spratt, abolishing the
oil inspectorship, and still another re-
pealing the corrupt practices act
(Which is in conflict with the primary
election plan). A bill by Mr. Ross
man prohibits any person or corpora
ton to have, own or become interest
ed in more than one liquor license in
the state during the year. Other
bills introduced were: By Mr.. E. A.
Williams, making the maximum
punishment of persons who swear or
are disorderly in street cars 500 fine
or 80 days imprisonment, or both;
also, providing a penalty for shooting
of firearms or throwing of missiles
into railways or street cars; Mr..
Spratt, providing that all notes
secured by mortgage upon real estate,
exceeding 25 per cent. of the value
OF such real estate, shall be assessed
to the owners of the notes, and the
sum thus assessed shall be deducted
from the assessed valuation of the
real estate, and the taxes shall be
paid in the district where the realty
is located; by Mr.. Steiger, providing
that damages to the extent of $500
may be obtained against telegraph
companies for neglect in delivering
messages and allowing mental
anguish to be considered in the as
sessment of damages.
Has an Appropriate Sound.
81 notice" said the Kansas visitor