Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-31
In the Assembly.

On the 22nd the Assembly refused to in
terfere in the opera boutfe warfare between
John, F. Dietz the outlaw TIA OF on Cameron
apple river end the authorities of Sawyer
county. Assemhlyman Frank J. Weber, So,
cialist, introduced a resolution pr9ylding
The resolution was killed by a vote of %
to 43. The Bancroft bill to prevent non
son was sent to engrossment;, The, substi-
tute to the Domachowski bill, prohibiting
the use of tobacco by children, under 16,
was passed. The Cahoon bill, for state
board of veterinary examiners and regulat-
ing the practice of veterinarian medicine
and surgery was sent to engrossment. Mr.:
to repeal the law requiring farmers to give
assessors statistics on their farm products.
By overwhelming vote the amendment was
adopted and the bill sent to engrossment.
An amendment, to pay a bounty Of so cents
on rattlesnakes, was added to the Baker
wild animal bounty bill
THURSDAY.
On the 23d the Assembly got into a tan
a new form of ballot. The measure provid-
ed for obliteratlng the circle at the top Of
the party columns on the official ballot, this
choice for each office instead or allowing
him to vote for the entire party ticket by
one mark. The House went into COM
sure, but arose without having reached a
definite recommendation. -Four new bills
came in, one authorizing drainage. districts
to purchase machinery; one providing for
new gun carriages for the cannon in --4e
Capitol park, to cost not above $500; enc
providing for the election of delegates to
national party conventions and one pro-
vidng for delinquent children in counties
containing cities of the first, second or
third class. new bill was introduced by
the committee on hsh and game relating to
the number of game birds to be killed, and
amending the present law by making the
number of wild geese and brant ten instead
noptr1 ro Nv Jyn t,
teen: adds mud hens rail and rice hens to
list of wild ducks protected; adds Mon
golian, Chinese or English pheasants ana
Swans to birds not allowed to be killed and
makes possession of any projected gam
birds by any person not in possession of 4
hunting license unlawful Section reduces
the the mi mixed bag from fifty to thirt~. TIE
bill appropriating certain sums to the
members of the life insurance investigation
and university investigation committees was
advanced without dissent.
On the oath the Assembly passed a child
labor bill The bill reduces the number of
hours which children can be employed from
ten to nine, prohibits night work in many
occupations, adds a long list of dangerous
and injurious occupations from which chill
dren are excluded, and adds an educational
fest to determine who shall be allowed to
be employed. Two new bills came into the
Assembly this morning from the committee
on cities One provides that the cleaning
done at expense of the city or lots fronting
thereon The other provides a salary of
5000 Il year for aldermen in cities of the
first class after April 1908. Fifty bills
were reported in by committees. All but
two of the twenty bills introduced last
week for docks and piers in Sturgeon bay
were adversely reported
SATURDAY.
On the 25th the Assembly ten new bills
were introduced One bill, evidently aimed
at Minnesota fishermen, requires a license
fee of so for non-residents catching trout
in Barron. Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa.
Dunn. pepin, Polk and Rusk counties A
somewhat drastic bill aimed at nursery
stock frauds came in from the committee
ON agriculture. 1t requires nurserymen to
label the goods delivered, stating year and
place grown, percentage of purity etc. A
penalty of so to 500 is provided for viola
TONS The director of the agricultural eX-
pertinent station is directed to obtain in
open market samples of grass, clover, al
falfa garden and agricultural seeds, test
them and publish in bulletins the results of
such tests from whom seeds obtained and
other information of interest
MONDAY.
On the 9th the Assembly sent to the
governor the Kubasta bill which provides
as follows: Any minor over IS years of
age who shall wilfully represent that he is
of age for the purpose of asking or receiv-
ing any strong spirituous or malt liquors
from any keeper of any saloon, shop or
place of any name whatsoever for the sale