Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-04-18

of misbranded or adulterated medi-
cines, liquors and toilet articles was
passed
| The proposed Sheridan drive. in.~
volved in bill 433s, introduced by SEN
ator Fairchild, furnished an incident
of interest. This bill, which provides.
for a survey of state road from the
+, Illinois state line to Milwaukee, at
the expense of the counties through
(which it passes, was favorably report
ed by the committee on roads and
bridges, after a hearing in which no
one appeared in opposition to passage.
After a debate the bill was rereferred.
Spread-eaglism. which would do
credit to memorial day exercises, at
tended the consideration by the as
sembly of the bill to send the Fond du
Lac company of militia to the James
town exposition and appropriate $1,000
for that purpose. The bill came up
from the senate for concurrence, and
after fully an hour of patriotic speech
making. it was conquered in. IS to 6,
those voting no were the Ave social
democrats and Mr.. Grassie of Mil
waukee. The only other debate in
the assembly was over the Barker
vide .bed-sheet" bill Assemblyman
Everett. himself landlord, led the
! fight and succeeded in killing the
measure by vote of 46 to SO. Mr..
Everett opposed the bill on the ground
that 1t was special legislation and
that it was not broad enough to
cover a good many evils in regard to
sanitary conditions in public buildings.
He called attention to the roll towel
equipments in the capitol itself and
pointed out that more harm. resulted
in this way than was to be avoided by
the Barker bill, DR.. Miller spoke
in favor of the measure, as did AS
semblyman Jones. Mr. Campbell,
democrat, pointed out how the smaller
tavern keepers would be compelled by
the bill to conduct establishments at
low prices which would be on par
with the best two.dollar-a-day hotels
One of the important bills recon-
mended for passage in the assembly
was the measure regulating the issu-
ance of passes to the state fair, An
amendment to the original bill Is
proposed which will allow a somewhat
wider distribution than was contem-
plated in the original measure. Ac-
cording to the amendment school
children are to be permitted the use
of passes when the fair authorities
have voted to let them in free of
charge; and the provision which per.
mits the issuance of passes to "out of
state exhibitors and corporations is
widened in scope so as to apply to
stockholders and not merely offices.
/. Originally the bill enumerated GER
tain organizations and individuals who
alone could legally use passes, They
were representatives of the newspa-
) pers throughout the state. exhibitors,
, agricultural organizations. members of
, the legislature and state officers The
{ committee on roads recommended for
: passage the bill which gives
bounty for the use of wide-tired wag-
{ ors. Every owner OF wagon with a,
i. three-inch tire Is entitled to one-half
!. rebate Of his highway tax. The bill
/ regulating the conduct of the state
{ veterinarian as to his engaging in any
: patent medicine business while in
: office, was concurred In and no re-
marks were made whatever. The
! measure is an outgrowth OF the re-
, cent trouble of State Veterinarian ID.
Roberts which were aired before the
committee on agriculture in an inves'
tigation recently.