Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-03-17
WOULD REPEAL
. EUGENICS LAW
AssembIyman PeI!ier Believes
Act Should Be Killed.
OPPOSED TO PHYSICAL TEST
Senate Passes Measure Authorizing
Municipalities to Establish and
Operate Plants for DstrLbu-
tion of Milk.


Madison.-Assembl yman Peltier has
introduced a bill to repeal the eugenics
marriage law enacted in the 1913 ses-
sion of the legislature. Peltier be-
lieves that there should be no physical
examinations and that the law which
has been on the statute books for the
last eight years should be Immediately
repealed.
Assamblyman Weittenhiller intro
duced bill which would compel all
people who get married outside Of the
state but who intend to make WiscOn-
sin their home to submit to the physi-
cal examination, and there is some
discussion to include women, as well.
1t Is believed that this provision of
the law will be strengthened rather
than weakened at this session Of the
Legislature.
The Senate passed the Boyer bill au-
thOrizing municipalities 10 establish
and operate plants for the preparation
and distribution of milk. The bill
passed without opposition.
Senator Dennhardts bill providing
official markers for the trunk lines of
the state highway system and prOhib-
.iting the use of any advertising mat
ter within the highway limits was
also passed.
A bill to increase slightly the amount
allowed the state for the burial of
INN of
was passed by the senate.
Two bills to permit expansion of the
medical corps of the National Guard
and to allow the sale of present ar
mory sites were advanced to engrOss-
ment.
The Skogmo bill permitting town
boards to appropriate 800 upon rec
OmmendatiOn of the department of ag
riculture for fighting insects, pests and
plant diseases, without calling spe-
cial town meeting, was advanced TO
engrossment.
Declaring that an effort should be
made to build up the state life insur-
ance law in Wisconsin, the assembly
advanced the POIollOwski bill which
would increase the fees which Il per-
son will receive for writing a state
life policy. The state life fund was
established in 1911 and provides that
policies may be issued upon the lives
Of citizens of Wisconsin for not eX-
ceeding 81 900 each. Because only 80
policies were written during the past
two years, Assemblyman Polokowski
introduced the bill increasing the fee
from % cents to S., plus 10 per cent
of the premium. The bill was recon-
mended for death by the house insur-
ance committees A hot debate devel-
0ped over the measure on the floor.
1t was disclosed that the fund now has
536 policy holders and it was stated
that this bill would greatly build up
the fund. The house reversed the ac-
tion of the committee and advanced
the bill by vote of SO to s.
The assembly killed the Fifield bill
to require the licensing of master
painters and decorators. 1t sent back
TO the committee for further hearing
the Higgins bill giving the state the
right to claim unclaimed bank depOs
its. 1t is said there are thousands Of
dollars in the banks of this state which
have never been claimed by the own
erS. The house concurred in the bill
for the Dunn coupon ballot. This law
was placed on the statute books many
years ago at the request of Mr.. Dunn
of La Crosse. The assembly was noti-
fed that Ira w. Parker of MarkeSan
had been elected to the assembly in
the place of Samuel Owens, deceased.
Assemblymen j. R. Farr, Price coun-
ty, and Thomas H. Conway, Milwau-
kee, are behind the joint resolution
which passed the lower house, provid
ing for the appointment of a special
legislative committee to investigate
the matter of establishing state parks
at The Dells and in Price and Sawyer
counties. The resolution is now in the
hands of the senate committee on
state affairs and is expected to
have hearing within ten days.
: 1.-The proposed Northern Lakes park
contains about 5000 to $500 acres of
truly wonderful land in Price and
Sawyer countless" declared Mr.. Farr.
Most of it is in Sawyer county. 1t
also contains approximately 1000
acres of water, making a total Of ap-
proximately 10000 acres which the
state should by all means acquire as
soon as possible.
1.-The tract contains what probably is
the largest virgin forest remaining In
the state, containing hemlock, pine.
maple and elm of great value" he
said.
Soions Ask Raise.
Members of the Wisconsin legis-
lature have not given up the fight
which has heen Waged for the