Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-28
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One of the favorite methods of passing
the time during recesses of the Leglsla-
ture is to take a ride out to the Madi-
son State fish hatchery, about five miles
from the city. The fish commission fur
nish rigs for the members of the Legis-
lature and invite them to visit the insti-
tuition, which is the oldest hatchery in the
State. 1t was built in 1875 and COM
prises a tract of pretty land from which
bubbles up a number of springs OF clean,
pure water. This water flows through
a series of tanks or ponds in which the
fish are kept, from diminutive little MN
nows which can hardly be distinguished
to big three or four Founders who splash
and jump about when anyone appears on
the walks beside the tanks, expecting to
be fed. If anyone dips his hand into the
water they will nibble at his finger tips
Valentine Mag, the foreman OF the
hatchery, who has been in the employ or
the State in that capacity for twenty
one years, escorts parties around the
grounds explaining all the tricks OF the
| trade of breeding members of the finny
| tribe to be distributed to all parts of the
| State. The captive fish are fed once
| day with chopped liver, the little min
nows requiring the food to be cut up
| very fine and scattered over the water
with a feather. The big ones jump for
| it as soon as it is thrown to them. MT.
| Mag says that on account OF the small
| appropriation allowed the fish commits
| sion, the fish cannot be fed as often as
| they should be-a sad commentary On
| the generosity of the commonwealth.
The capacity of the springs at the Madi-
son hatchery has been diminishe for the
| ton &yxyn1 Iva
resumes it's former power the institution
may eventually have to be abandoned
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It is likely that there will be an inter-
esting discussion throughout the State of
just what cigarette smoker can do
now that the Evans bill has become law.
By the interstate commerce law he can
receive original packages of cigarettes
from outside the State. The friends or
the bill claim that an original package
means the carton containing fifty or 1OO
smaller boxes so that only those hopeless
ly addicted to the use of the coffin nails
would purchase one. But Henry Fink,
collector of internal revenue, claims that
the original package is the package
which bears the revenue stamp, that IS
the small package which is commonly
sold in cigar stores for and 10 cents
containing ten cigarettes. In that case
{ any person who smokes the pestiferous
little things can send to Chicago or ST.
: Paul for as many packages as he wants
and smoke all he pleases 1t wouldn't
take the small boy long to discover that
! he can do so and the purpose of the
, law will be evaded. Further than that
the sale of original packages cannot be
prohibited, so that the dealers themselves
can supply the demand as at present.
Whatever may be the true Interpretation
of the law, it is very likely that the to-
: bacco trust will test it to the utmost be-
: fore surrendering their trade in this
, State.
The "plunder boxes" have been made
and are stacked up in the anteroom ad-
joining the Assembly chamber, each with
the name OF its owner printed on it.
Iney are strong, well-built wooden
CHESTS about as large as q carpenters
: toolboX, and are furnished the members
tor the purpose of carrying home their
, blue books and statutes and reports and
, whatever else comes to them during the
session. Scores of jokes are told about
members who were too enterprising in
filling their chests. One Senator, as the
story goes, tried to wrest goose-neck
desk lamp from the chief clerks desk to
stuff away in his plumber box, but was
caught at it by the night Waterman and
compelled to return it to it's place. An
other took the spittoon from under has
desk and packed it in his box. Some of
his colleagues caught him at it and later
emptied out all his books and papers
and filled the chest with spittoons His
surprise at opening his box at his homo
was left to the imagination of the jok-
ers Many stories are told of members
who believed that they were entitled to
their desks and chairs and started to
crate them for shipping at the close of
the session.
While Wisconsin is considering the re-
quest of the State of Alabama to return
certain captured war banners, the State
of Mississippi has returned unsolicited
the flag of the Twenty-frst Wisconsin
infantry, which was captured'on the Sec
ond day of Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863
| NJ. j. Rawson, an employee in the office
of the superintendent of public property.
was color sergeant of the regiment and
was wounded at 10 o'clock on that day.
| About o'clock in the afternoon the reg
| lment was nearly surrounded by the ene-
| my and the colors captured. Now, after
| over forty years, Mr.. Rawson has the
| unique pleasure of again seeing the flag
of which he had charge on the fateful
day.
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| man who is interested in bill to
create a board of Ophthalmic physicians
was told by the committee on public
health and sanitation that further con-
| sideration of his measure had been post
| poned for four weeks. This is a polite
way of telling him that it will never
come out of the committee. This is a
! poor session for bills creating new
boards, Senator Kreutzer's speech
| against the practice of government by