The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-02
With heLegislators

senator BOWSer introduced Dill,
yesterday afternoon, to prohibit the
multilation of trees. The bill would
make 1t unlawful for any person, CO.
partnership, firm or corporation to kill,
injure or mutilate any trees along a
street in a city or incorporated town or
along any highway without having
first obtained permit from the com
mon council of the city or the board
of trustees of the incorporated town,
or the board of county commissioners
in the county in which the highway
is situated The penalty for violation
of the law would be a fine of from SO
to 500.
This bill, If enacted into a law, would
prohibit the mutilation of trees along
streets and highways by telephone,
telegraph, electric light and other SINH
lar companies. This IS an evil which
was up for discussion in the last regu-
lar session of the legislature. Sena
tor Bowser declares there is a great
demand for such a law and he has
heard from many people in different
parts of the state, he says, who be-
lieve that there should be some means
of stopping the wholesale mutilation
of trees which has been carried on in
the past.
Backed by the State Dairymen's as
ISOLATION, a bill is to be introduced in
the general assembly providing for the
appointment of four state dairy in
spectors, to have charge of the work
now in the hands of the state food and
drug commission and local health au-
thorities. A bill has been drawn which
provides for such appointments by the
state board of health, such appoint
ments to be made only upon passing
an examination to be conducted by the
state chemist. The bill. as concerns the
examination. is patterned after the
law of 1907, concerning the appoint
ment of state mine inspector and his
deputies. The questions, covering three
lphases of dairy inspection, are to be
prepared by the state chemist, the pro-
fessor of the department of dairying
Purdue university, and the president OF
the State Dairymen's association. The
questions shall relate to chemistry
sanitation in diaries, and practical care
of dairy stock. The bill was drawn
by H E. Barnard. state food and drug
commissioner. 1t proposes an appro-
priation of $4,000 a year for carrying
out it's provisions
When state legislators go to Gary
sightseeing. If they go at all, they vii
, be taken from that point to othe
, towns near Gary. in order that the!
may be impressed with the great in
dustrial future of that section of tn
: state. This is one of the new plans o
! the committee representing the com
: mercial interests of Gary, according t
a Senator Bowser.
e But few people realize the grea
Q needs Of the cities built along LAX
: Michigan said Senator Bowser. 9TH
e day is coming when there will have t
be a great amount OF legislation to f
the needs of the people residing in tina
section of the state. and the legisla
tors should see what is actually goin
:. on up there and what may be needle
: in the fture Legislators Of the pres
j. ent general assembly do not realize tn
4 great industrial development of tina
J. region, or the expense involved in de
, lveloping waste lands into valuabl
a tracts.
+ THE day is coming when many {
7. the cities in Lake county will be on
a There IS now talk of consolidate
the T6SlQeatS Oh THESE CIlle
A Consolidation means legislation frs
i There are now ten growing towns int
2 one: Hammond. East Chicago or II
IL diana Harbor. Whiting, Robertsdal
Il Grasseli, Burlington, Pine, Millers an
: Gary The plan is to take the legisls
n tors to all of these places.
One of the greatest questions cor
front the residents of these cities
that of sanitation. The section wi
have to be made into one great sar
itary district. This requires legisls
. ton. There are many questions COZ
/ fronting the people of that sectio
about which other residents of Indian
u know nothing"
2. Residents of Gary will bear the e.
pense of the trip over the Lake couI
ty country. A definite date for Il
= trip has not been set but it will prol
/ ably be made about the time of az
N journment of the present session of II
t Legislature, according to Bowser. tt
people of Gary are now awaiting Il
u settlement of all Lake county cou
I'd difficulties before proceedings, he say
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