Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-07-31
CAPITOL BUILDING COMMISSION
HOLDS MEETING.
MADISON REPORTS STEPS
Proceeding as Rapidly as Law Will
Allow to Provide the Required
Park Streets Experimentation
mission Decides to Return Cass
GiIbert's Beautiful Plans.
Madison, July %.

Madison, July %.
The. capitol building commission met
in the capitol yesterday to confer in
regard to the steps that can be taken
under the new law in order that the
work outlined and provided for by the
last legislature can be expedited.
There were present o. H. Ingram of
Eau Claire. A. J. Van Cleve of Marin
cite, and Justices Marshall and Wins
low of Madison. Governor La Fol
lette, Fl. w. Chynoweth of Madison
and Edward Reynolds of Milwaukee
were not present Assemblyman Aims
worth and Senators Whitehead and
MeGillivray were invited by the COM
mission in discussing the situation so
that the commission could be thor
onghIy familiar with the legislative
intenta A communication was adj
dressed to the officials of the city of
Madison, referring to the condition in
tho appropriating law that no part of
the money therein appropriated should
be- available until the city of Madison
has paved with asphaltum the streets
around the capitol park. The COM
nunication expressed the desire of
the commission to know the DISPOSE
ton of the city in this regard and
What steps if any in the direction in
dicated, had been taken. An immedi-
ate answer was received from the
city authorities stating that the COM
mon: council has already taken the
MOST expeditions steps possible
toward, laying the required asphaltum
paNemehts and was proceeding as
ftst' as possible to do under the spe-
gal street Improvement statutes. The
city assured the commission of it's
good faith and it's firm determination
to lay, the pavement at the earliest
possible, moment.
After discussing the situation the
commission decided to send back to
Architect Cass Gilbert the plans he
Grew for new capitol and which the
legislature did not fully approve, be-
cause Of the large expense involved.
Wisconsin Bennington Victim.
"A. telegram was dispatched yester-
day, from the department of the adj
1ntant general to Commander l.. G.
Roberts of the Illinois navy reserves,
granting. permission to bring firing
Squad into Wisconsin for the purpose
of attending the burial of victim of
the Bennington disaster. The funeral
takes place at Oshkosh.
~; Last Week of Camp.
i This is the last week of the annual
eneamptnent of the Wisconsin Nation
a3,sguard at the military reservation
atsCamp Douglas. Next week will be
held practise and competition for the
State rifle team, in which the highest
scored men in the state militia will
Participate The week following a
special drill for officers and sharp
shooters will be held.
3,s's,;; Begin Work of Inspection.
: Several of the inspectors recently
&ppointed by Dairy & Food Commits
'sfoner Emery have already entered
upon their work of inspection. The
work of inspecting cheese factories
and creameries is to be pushed vigor-
ousIy and. Systematically by counties,
with the purpose Of enforcing the
laws relative to cleanliness and SAM
tarY conditions. The following para
3raph is from the first weeks report
Of, one of the inspectors and relates
to- one of the leading cheese counties
Of the state:
q Some Of the factory men are old
fimers who probably have never seen
a clean factory on clean premises
,Rnd, it is, not easy to make them see
filings in the proper light; but most
bf them show a good spirit and all
show a respect for the law and the
indications are that there will be
A1ope clearing up done in this county
ih the next ten months than there has
,sheen in the past ten years.
Sc g. Cost of Beating Medical Bills.
%. A. J.. Wilson of Chicago, who rep
resented the Wisconsin medical insti-
tute of Milwaukee in opposition to the
so-called medical bills before the last
legislature, filed a statement of his
expenses as such lobbyist yesterday
i'll the office of Secretary of State
Houser. The total was reported as
$G46.