Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-02-26
BILL To FIGHT
HOTEL BEDBUCS
Provides for Their determination
in Boarding Houses.
MANY REFORMS PRESCRIBED
Measure, Backed by Commercial Trav-
elers, Asks $4,000 to Carry Out
ProyIsions-Freder Would
Close Saloons at Midnight.

! Madison.-A sweeping piece OF ieels-
Iation affecting hotels, boarding houses
| and restaurants has been presented In
| the legislature by Assembly man
| Charles d. Rosa of Beloit. Ii the Dill
masses, bed bugs in all hotels shall De
| erterminated" The measure pre-
| seribes the length of the sheets ana
the qualityof the cloth used in the ma
| king of pillow slips, and requires thaC
| thew shall be washed and laundereo
with regularity
Governor Made Commissioner.
! Under the terms of the bill the gov
! ernor is made hotel commissioner 10
assist him in the discharge OF his ou-
ties he may appoint a deputy commls-
sioner at salary Of $4,000 year ana
travelling expenses. All hotels, room
;nq houses and restaurants are re-
ouired, after January /, 1914, 10 tahe
! out a license, for which the state snan
receive a fee of 50 per annum. Inc
Min nrescribes in detail the terms
,sboardipg houses" and hotels, ana
gives the deputy hotel commissioner
mower to order any necessary improve
mants in the buildings for which IL
cense is sought. The method OF piuilD-
ing to be used and the character OF the
| light and ventilation are strlctiy pre-
'ecribad No room shall be used Tor
/ sIeening room which does not open 10
the outside of the building or upon
LIGHT walls. air shafts or courts, whlch
are to open at the top, and all sleeping
rooms shall have at least one Wlhuo"
and one door with transom.
To carry out the provisions Oh the
act an appropriation of $l6,ooo Is
I asked It is understood the measure Is
backed by commercial travellers.
To Close Saloons at Midnight.
The closing of saloons at midnight
is nrovided for in bill introduced by
Assemblyman A. E. Frederick OF MOL
roe county. The measure proViues
! that the saloon shall not reopen again
until six o'clock the following morn
| ,ne He has also introduced Dill pro-
hibiting drug stores from selling ilquor
| nm SUNDAYS without an order from
nbvsician. Rev. Mr.. Frederick says
that in many cities and villages Wnere
saloons are compelled to close on oun-
DAYS men purchase booze" at the drug
stores. His measure is aimed 10 put
an end to this system.
nolite nudge to his fellow mem
hers to give more attention to legisia-
| two duties is intended in the Grlnoe
hill which provides that every candl-
date for senator or assemolyman We
compelled to sign pledge that ne VIII
devote all of his time to legislative du-
| ties from the opening of the session
until the close. One Of the reasons
that the legislature adjourns on FRIDAY
/ noon is to give the members a couple
of DAYS a week to attend to their prl-
waite affairs. The Grinde bill is aimed
to put an end to this.
Would Clarity Drainage Laws.
So many murders and hold-ups are
occurring in the city of Milwaukee
that Assemblyman William E. Walsh
! has presented a measure strengthen
ing the penalties for carrying con-
cealed weapons. Senator MONK mas
nearly a0dozen bills before the upper
| house on the subject of drainage. me
drainage laws Of this state are not
only complicated; but the methods IN
| der which results can be accomplished
! are fraught with the possibilities OF SO
/ much litigation that little use is mace
| of them. Senator Monks bills are IN
| tended TO clarity Vthe situation and
| make the drainage laws of the state
! workable.
over 800 Bills In Day.
! When the legislature convened
| wednesday morning the legislators
| awoke to the fact that over 300 bllis
| had been presented to both houses
| Tuesday. The revision committees OF
the senate and assembly worked all
night attempting to get the bills back
to the houses SO that they might De
referred to the committees and noted
for hearing. Assemblyman Mahon has
| presented joint resolution for the
| creation of a legislative committee
to study the subject of occupational
! diseases. A Sunday labor law was IN
| troduced by one of the Socialist mem
| bers which provides that all employees
! must be granted at least twenty-four
consecutive hours leave of absence
! each week and that at least one OF
| these periods of rest each six weeks
| shall be on Sunday Under another
bill proposed, judges of courts of rec
ord are to be allowed to charge two
! dollars for all special dispensations
which they issue permitting a mar
| riage ceremony within five days OF the
issuance Of the marriage license.
| New Wisconsin Patents.
Christian H Becker. Jr., Green Bay
| sectional feed roll for sanders and
| oA,ror. A,,orct TT Ponkuoan