Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-22
SOLONS START
ACTUAL WORK
Grind of Assembly Begins by In
PRODUCTION of Bills.
HULL GIVES OUT COMMITTEES
Huribut of Winnebago Heads Judicl-
airy and VIII Be Virtual Floor
Leader-Nye of Superior Con-
tinues Chairman of Finance.

Taned the members got down to the
actual grind of the session. Speaker
Hull followed the announcements with
a statelreat that committee rooms
would be assigned at once, and that
the chairman would proceed to call
their committees together to arrange
to hold hearings. The introduction of
bills was the order of business in the
assembly
Among the many bills offered was
one that provides for a merger Of the
Wisconsin yearly meeting of the Free
viii BapCists and the Wisconsin Bap-
list State convention. For several
years efforts have been continued to
bring about a union OF the two bodies,
which in many ways are closely in
accord in policies and tenets. The
FTeeWii Baptists were incorporated
in 1867, and the bill, introduced by AS
semblyman S0mmerf1eld, Ripon, by re
quest, authorizes the board of trustees
to transfer all the property of the cor
QoUatiOn to the Wisconsin Baptist
State convention, and provides for q
method of dissolution of the Wiscon-
sin yearly meeting.
New tuberculosis Law In.
A new state bovine tuberculosis law,
which affects every owner of cattle in
Wisconsin. was introduced by Charles
81. Everett of Racine. Four years ago
the legislature enacted a law for com
puisOry testing of cattle before sale
for other than slaughtering purposes.
Such a protest arose over this law
that it became a political issue in the
farming communities of the state. The
last legislature by an overwhelming
majority removed the compulsory fea-
ture. AT the same time it fixed July
I. 1913, as the final date when the
state viii refuse to pay compensation
for cattle condemned
Assemblyman Everett says that the
farmers all over the state are demand
ing that the time limit for compensa-
ticn be extended at least two years.
AS A response to the dmand from the
rural localities he will introduce the
new tuberculosis law embodying this
feature The state pays two-thirds OF
the appraised value of all cattle con
demned by the tuberclulin test. II
fixes maximum appraised value OF
$50. While the compulsory law was
in effect 100000 cattle were tested
IN one year. During the past year
about $4,000 were tested
Contaminated Milk Kills Many.
DR.. NJ. ? Ravenel, head of the state
hygiepic laboratory, declares that
probably twenty per cent. of children
under sixteen years Of age who die
annually OF tuberculosis contract the
disease through contaminated milk.
The rate of bovine tuberculosis has
been lowered from seventeen to less
than four per cent as a result of the
past five years OF educational cam
pajgning.
Speaker Hulrs assignment of COM
nitteas for the assembly was received
with no evident dissatisfaction in any
quarter, and in many instances the Sc
lections were the subject of praise for
the regard shown for interests af-
fected.
AS expected, Wilbur E. Hurlbut of
Winnebago county was made chair
man of the judiciary committee and
as such viii be recognized as the vir-
tual floor leader of the house. He is
serving his second term. The per
sonnet of this committee embraces all
the men of legal qualifications in the
lower house. Lawyers a~e not so
plentiful on the floor as usual The
members besides Chairman Hurlbut
are: Charles D. Rosa, Beloit; Law
renee Grimsrud, Westby; D. f. Bowe,
Ashland Archie McComb, Green Bay;
A. z Frederick, Kendall; Douglas An
derson. North Crandon; D. D. Conway,
Grand Rapids; c. L. Hood, La Crosse;
James Dolan. Platteville, and A. j,
Hedding. Milwaukee.
Chairmen Of other committees are:
Revision. A. r Potts; finance, Ray ].
Nve; state affairs, Axel Johnson; edu-
cation, J. D. Miller; municipalities, G.
e. Estabrook; agriculture, John Chin
mock; insurance and banking L. L.
Johnson; labor, George W. Bingham;
commerce and manufactures, c. II.
Everett; transportation Fred L.
Holmes; public welfare. s. c. Gof;
fish and game, z. L. Urquhart; taxa
ton. a. Gulickson; elections, Thomas
]. Mahon; excise and fees, James Al
itson, printing. C. H. Pfennig; rules,
speaker ex-ofieio; engrossed bills, H.
NJ. Laursen: enrolled bills. ]. B. Jen-
sen; third reading. NJ. o'Connor
Nye Heads Finance COMMITTEES.
Assemblyman Nye. the Superior rep
resentative. continues as chairman of
the finance committee. which handles
all proposals for appropriations and is
the target for more stirring appeals
and attempts at log-rolling than per
haps any other one committee. Mr.
Nye is 3 member of the board of pub
Tic affairs and is intimately familiar
with many aspects OF the states finan-
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