Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-29

Iconsin exhibit at the Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition, but an amendment
was adopted reducing the proposed ap-
! preparation to $4,000. Senator Owens
bill to relieve the secretary of state
from the burden of personally signing
the multitudinous warrants on the
state treasury was advanced The
Brazeau bill to lay down an absolute
and drastic definition of what consti-
tutes the practice of medicine was ad-
vanced to engrossment The memorial
! to congress introduced in the assem-
| bly, by John Scott asking congress
| to make the necessary appropriation
for survey for ship canal from
Lake Michigan to the Mississippi river
| by the way of Portage, was cOncurred
! in The Ledvina bill to abolish the
collection of tuition fees in the law
school at the university was on the
calendar for concurrence, but on mo-
| ton of Senator Brazeau was laid over
! for a week Opposition has developed
on the ground that the young lawyers
ought to be taxed trifle at least for
! the large advantages they get The
Turner legal fence bill was con-
Cured in after an amendment by Sen
ator Smith. to allow the wires to be
four instead of three inches from the
ground and to otherwise change the
bill in the interests of woven wire
fencing was adopted.
The proposition to establish a bind
ing Irvine plant at the prison at Wau
pun came up in the assembly but
the matter was laid over until today
on motion of Mr., Campbell, demo
crat The question will be the sub
stitute bill offered by the minority of
| the committee on charitable and
lpenal institutions which reported the
measure for killing. j. o. Thomas
stands sponsor for the substitute and
made brief argument in favor of his
| bill He pointed out the experience
! of other states with such an institu-
! ton, and showed that they had Jared
we'll He called attention to the fact
| that he substitute provides for a much
smaller appropriation than the origi-
nal, and cuts out the so-called ''revolv-
/ ing fund of 100000 The apprOpria-
I ton amounts to approximately $125,-
! 900. Mr. Kander of Milwaukee OPP
posed the measure, declaring that
changes in the binding Irvine industry
were in progress now, which would
make the plant practically useless in
| two years from now if such changes
as are contemplated should develop.
: The twine to be manufactured would
cost about nine cents a pound, and if
the improvements talked of material
ize the cost would be reduced to five
; cents a pound, which would mean that
the state plant would be practically
useless. Assemblyman Roycraft took
issue with Mr. Kander and made an
extended argument, citing the expert
ences of other states.
The resolution which provides for a
adopted last week, came up on motion
adopted lastweek, came up on motion
of Assemblyman Bichler to recon
slider the vote. He made a brief
argument against the spirit Of the res
olution, and took the stand that il
any change were made at all, it should
not be to six years but to five. He
contended further that the rural
school might be affected by the pro-
posed change to their serious handi-
cap Mr.. Ainsworth who has cham
pioned the measure all the way
through, spoke in behalf OF the resolu-
ton, and when the vote was taken e
showed "a for reconsideration and SO
against