Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-03
WOULD CREATE
A NEW CIRCUIT
ASSEMBLY FINALLY PASSES BILL
OVER MoRTENsEN's OBJ
JEcTlONS
ALSO ENDORSES INCREASED
COMPENSATION FOR
SOLONS.
Madison, Feb. 81.

Madison, Feb. II.
Another judicial circuit is fast in
the forming. 1t will be the 10th, and
its maintenance, so Mr.. MOrtensen
declares, will entail an expense on
the people of about $4,000 a year.
The circuit will embrace the counties
of Chippewa and relieve Judge Vin5e,
Eau Claire and relieve Judge O'Ne1l,
and Sawyer and Rusk and relieve
Judge Parish. Juneau also is shifted
being taken from Judge Fruits cir
cult and added to Judge O'NeilPs. Mr.
Mortensen objected. to the whole
business. He said it was needless,
that it was expensive, that if the pur-
pose was to relieve Judge Fruit that
end could be achieved in other and
and simpler ways. The deal under
way helped Judge Fruit very slightly,
and there was lot of politics in the
negotiation. For this insinuation
Chairman Ledvina, of the judiciary
committee objected. That commit
tee, he said, had canvassed the mat
ter carefully and all members but one
were in favor of the new circuit. Mr..
Culbertson also spoke for the bill. 1t
was passed by vote of Sc to %.
Better Pay for SoIons.
The Ingram joint resolution for a
constitutional amendment increasing
legislators pay from $500 to $1,000 a
session was adopted by the assembly,
ga to %. The negatives were Messrs.
Virgil H. Cady, Chinook, Crowell,
Daub, Estabrook, Farrell, Crosse,
Haight Hull, Johnson, Kay, Keup,
Kubasta, Neitzel, Ramsey, Roethe,
Schmidt, Simon Smith, Stewart,
Towers, viebahn. Wellensgard, and
Zimmerman and Speaker Bancroft.
Before the vote was announced Mr..
Daub changed to no Che had voted
aye) and some other member also
shifted, and these actions induced Mr..
Ingram to suggest laughingly that he
hoped all future aspirants for po-
litical Office would announce their
candidacy now"
Bills EngroSsed.
The assembly engrossed the Stew
ems bill, S1a, to facilitate the organi-
cation of new towns; the Daub bill,
373a, requiring the labelling of the
number of feet in each ball of binder
Irvine; also 44a, to permit the use of
certified copies of the record in case
of an appeal from the probate to the
circuit court, was advanced.
The following bills were indefinite
ly postponed: 10a, Mr.. Weber, relat-
ing to private detectives; la, Weber,
relating to private detectives; la,
Weber, relating to the conduct of
cases of poor persons in the courts;
342a, Hammill, relating to the prac~
tice of pharmacy; AGA, Hughes, relat-
ing to public nuisances; 497a, Wehr-
vein, relating to the descent of home
steads.
Bills Passed.
Mr.. V. H Cady's relating to admin
istration proceedings.
Mr.. Ramsey's permitting the disso
luton of corporations on ten days
notice to members.
Mr.. Onstad's relating to drunken
ness.
Mr.. Mortensen's prohibiting the sale
of adulterated milk and cream.
The assembly also passed 120a., by
v. H. Cady relating to the jurisdic-
ton of justices of peace in villages
and also the Viebahn bill 211a., relat-
ing to property exempt from taxation.
Pardons.
Governor Davidson submitted to the
legislature the list of pardons granted
the past two years.
Minor Mention.
The judiciary committee reported
favorably the Kay bill forbidding
judges salaries to be paid in advance
Favorable reports were made by the
agricultural committee on the bills
making an appropriation to the tobac-
CO growers association and to the
livestock sanitary board.
The social democratic resolution
urging congress to assume ownership
of railways, telegraphs and express
companies was recommended adverse
ly. but the committee reported quite a
similar one without recommendation
Modern Woodmen demonstrated
against legislation hostile to their in
terests, their protests being presented
by Messrs. Shaw, Mortensen, Neitzel, |
Mains and Coolidge, and the last |
also offered petition favor
ing a soil survey, while Mr.. Kull sub
mitted request from Walworth 70 k |
for a short open season, April 10 to |
25, for duck shooting in the spring.
Mr. V. H. Cady secured the reference
Of all veterinary bills, total of five, |
to the committee on agriculture and |
withdrew entirely bill for the en-
Of deer breeding.
PRICES OF possuM BOOMING.