Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-04-19


tute for No. 449S prohibiting advertising t
of venereal diseases, No. 452, relating 10
the practice of medicine, was reported IoI
indefinite postponement senator DtoW l
submitted a substitute for the JOINT fesolu.
tion to amend the constitution TO permit
state aid for good roads the substitute con
forming exactly to the JOINT reso sani+n.
tion reported for indefinite postponement
No. 363A, for the regulation sale OF patenii
medicines. The same committee repoIleu
favorably on the Barker bill, 3SS, known
AS the clean towels bill. This committee
also reported back the Hughes antl-tlgnts
bill, which would prohibit actresses ap,
nearing in tights or in skirts that eXtenGeu
less than four inches below the, knees. me
committee recommended that the Dill go 10
the committee on public improvements
No. 297S relating to transportation OF deaa,
and No. 5s4A, relating to obtaining grEui, re-.
for sewerage purposes, were faVoraply re-
ported. The Gothenburg liquor pllI auv os
Gated strenuously by Speaker Eke lan, %dS
killed by vote of 90 to 50. Inc asse e1ront
adopted bill limiting the hours OF street
railway employees to, ten hours WITHIN
twelve. The Assembly also adopted a
bill for an eight-hour Gay tor ,.,i rali
way telegraphers. Three bills were kllled,
No 1854, Increasing appropriations o to to
! the State Poultry association from $ -oO ~
$500: No 515A, requiring election OF councli
officers by viva Koee vote 1ecom MOI The
Stewart bill, which would permit cltles oL
the third and fourth class to establlsh PARK
districts and Fairgrounds was advanc ecu
No 77SA, which provides for letting con con
tracts for printing ballots to the lowest nld-
der went over a week. Joint resolution
Ala, for an amendment to the CONSTITUTIONS
giving foreigners until 1912 to take OUT
their second papers and prohibiting other
than citizens of the United States voting
after that time, was adopted. The follow
ing Senate bills were concurred In: NO. -,
providing for seeqry t66 eos's correcting
phraseology; 298, making the following
emergency appropriations, to Mendoza stare
hospital $4,000, to Delavan school i for s9 deat
$4,000. to GAINESVILLE school for blind S5OOO'
to state public schools at Sparta $ooOo; 49,
prohibiting state veterinary being 1nteresteu
in sale of patent medicines; 80, grannitan ny
United States government use OF ofo military ~ Try
reservation at Camp Douglas; 1873, to ap-
pointment of brevet second lieutenants IN
| National guard A bill to classify hsn anu
putting Green bay and ManltoWOc river
sembly bills passed were: No 70, creating
| the office of fire marshal; 81, providing that
the hours of street raiway School
| boards to increase the number of depart
| ments: 434 to rules of evidence in sale OF
aries of city officers by councils; 7o3. estaD-
fishing q standard in the Babcock test Iof
| determining butter fat; III, proSldlng ior
| the commitment of neglected children.
| Short sessions of both houses of the Leg
| isature were held on the 18th, the sena-
torial situation oVershadoWlng all else IN
| the minds of the law makers A communi-
cation from the 10000 club of Baraboo was
| read in both houses inviting the governor
| and members of the Legislature to attend a
| banquet at kirkland, Devils Lake, May !.
| special train will leave Madison in tho
| afternoon, returning in the evening. AS
| semblyman Burke introduced joint resolu-
| ton requesting the governor to inquire into
the ACCESSIBILITY of calling conference 70, tor
| islatfon among the several states. The com
mittee on transportation reported Tor IN
for the better protection of railway passeln,,
| gers and employees. 1t recommended bill
No GAIA authorizing cities to compel the
common use of street car tracks by rival
companies and No. 486A for the heating of
| street and interurban cars. The committee
on charitable and penal institutions report
| termarriage of idiots and imbeciles. The
| committee on state affairs reported against
No 145A, authorizing town boards IN d1tfef-
ent counties containing cities of the =, first
class to erect street lights and public nigh
ways The joint resolution providing FOR
an investigation of the employees OF state
| Two bills amending the primary electlon
law. No. 249A and 483A were reported for
postponement by the committee on cleo
lions. The dairy and food committee re,
ported favorably on No. 568A, relating to
| the msbranding of foods. Two bills were
advanced to one n OF ear on U1
/ another relating to dip nets in inland wa
| ters fixing the size.
| Some thirty-fve bills were reported in by
the Assembly committee on the Eth, put
| while there were seven bills on the calen-
| dar for indefinite postponement an equal
! number of new bills was Introduced and
down for postponement. The committee on
| roads and bridges introduced bill relative
to county aid in the building of bridges and
at the same time recommended for death
four bills on the same subject, they being
| Nos. 223. 289, 81 and 433A. The commit
tee on dams presented a new bill for a
] no laly n O
Ground, Town Line and Maple in Oneida
| county The committee on roads and
bridges also introduced Dill providing for
| the taxation of mineral, oil and coal rights
| and interests In lands. From the committee
on fish and game came bill regulating the
| erection and use Of fish houses on ice. The
| committee also introduced a bill relating to
regulations in the using of licensed nets
| The committee on state fair had a bill Civ
t tuEal 'o Societies. While the Committee on
towns and counties presented a measure
authorizing county boards to correct de
fective boundaries. The committee, on
roads and bridges reported for indefinite
postponement No. 362A, for a bridge on the
Silver Springs road, near Milwaukee;, also
taxes; No. 731A, to wide tires for wagons
was favorably reported. Seven bills were
reported by t the NM tee n
do with hunting of deer. Nos. lisa, 246
$40 493 and S1S. A substitute takes the
place No Of So NS P p cfnn eer6 nip r0us
fish, were also unfavorably reported Bills
for dams in Menasha Creek, Big Plover and
| White rivers were favorably reported, while
those for dams in Long Lake river and
4s4A, to incorporate the Milwaukee Gas
Light company, was reported for postpone
police, was reported for concurrence Bill
No 1914, to limit the number of free passes
to be given to fairs, was reported for post
ponement. The Estabrook bill, to improyt
| tenement houses, went over till next
Wednesday. Six bills were killed at one
stroke: No. 80, protecting minors in dan
| gerous occupations; 1868, regulating sale OF
patent medicines; 1903, for heating Of street
cars; 445, to grants for the use of streets
491 for heating cars; 665, variously pro
tecting women at work in shops and fac
sent sen tt to the iudiciary committee. An amend
ment was adopted changing the length OF
! prescribed skirts of actresses from -four
| inches below the knees to four above, re
curing the wearing of cloaks by, actresses
! when the temperature of the play house
should be below - and excluding bald
| headed men from the front row when such
cloaks are not worn. After debating the
measure at considerable length the Assem-