Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-02-23
To HOLD HEARING
On SCHOOL ROW
Legislature Is Asked to Settle
Fight Between Bureaus.
NAY ADOPT CALIFORNIA PLAN
Biu Offered 81 Senator skOgrao Would
Merge All Educational Depart
nsnts Under One Heao-State
Reformatory May Have Dairy.

1Iadlsou.-There Is likely to be a
complete airing % the Wisconsin
school uow. senator George Il. Skog-
ma. River Falls. has offered bin for
the consolidation ~ several ~ the
states educational bureaus. Assem-
hIyIuan William Olson ~ Green coun-
g. Is the author of hIll FOR the aboli-
r.on ~ the state board 81 education.
There arr two big educational de-
Uartments that have not been getting
along wen with each other. First Is
the state superintendent of public IN
StructInn under chnrEe 81 G. Il. Cary.
Ss~und Is the state board Of educa-
tIun with Mai f. A Fitzpatrick as
secretary. Mr.. Csey declares that the
state beard ~ education Is about as
useful as the nth wheel 81 a wagon"
Major Fitzpatrick in reply points out
that Wisconsin does not rank high IN
the education 81 its country school
children under Cary's supervision,
compared with other states. Senator
SkUsmo offers a bin embOdying the
California idea. where there Is state
heard II education and a state super
Irteudeut having separate depart
u-putS. Skogmo would merge all Of
these educational bureaus and depart
uruts under one head. as was done in
California.
Announcement Is made by Assem-
Eiymau Miles l.. Helneman. Tomah,
Chairman 81 the assembly educational
committee. that there win De a hear
Ing uu these educational matters next
week. n promises 20 he one 81 the
uio~t important hearings ~ the ses-
~lrn. Probably no question. aside
firm taxes. has attracted wider at
fentiun among the people than the
educational differences For the past
four years Ia has been a topic before
800 educational conventions and now
rls legislature Is asked 90 settle the
martrr.
Or plans ~ the state heard ~ con
rru. are approved and money appro-
rrfarrsL rhe Wisconsin state reforma-
farv win hrve one ~ the finest dairy
farms iu thr state.
An nutiUn has been taken on 200
.ru-> Coz the town ~ Oneida. Outa-
rrmis county. The plan Is % have
ths farm operated hy TRUSTEES from
ere Curcn Bay reformat0ry.
Th,. land. AN virgin soil. can be pur-
rla~s-f for St5 an acre. After IL Is
cleared and put in cultivation by re
fermatory labnr the value viii he
greatly increased. u Is claimed. II is
uiauuei to pat about 10 head ~ pure
hued cattle on the farm. enough 10 fur
uf~h aII the milk and meat needed BY
Inmates
The imposition has the backing 81
senator Timothy Burke. who claims Il
would o. a splendid purchase for the
state and also have a good influence
an agriculture. as q would teach farm
ers In the vicinity the advantages Of
modern methods IN the farm. From n
financial point - view the senator
says q would pay for itself In a short
time.
une 80 the subjects that viii be
fhrcShed out iu the legislature at an
parly date IS the regulation ~ the use
oF big motortrucks on the highways.
The question is being ngitated In many
parts a. the state. especially In the
tasteru and southeastern parts. where
Ga Is alle-ed that many ~ the roads
ara heinr ruined by heavy truck traffic.
The mntter has already been tentative
Iy discussed by the legislative high
way committees
Al the annual meeting ~ county
Innrsls last November the boards Of
jefferson. Racine. Marathon. Keno
sha and WIunebago counties adopted
resolutions calling upon the legisla-
tur. o. enact measures 20 prevent
rIe~e heavy trucks damaging the high
way< ur 20 Increase the license TO
make eu1d the damage done. on a
eau issued by the jefferson county
lnarl meeting Was held Ia Madison
during the reoent road school and a
cammittce ~ nine appointed 70 take
up the matter az the annual meeting
gf the rbairmsn ~ the county boards
held at Madison this week.
The consensus ~ opinion "a this
time l. that a bin covering this sub
Jeel Co. some manner viii be passed.
Oue factor brought out IN thesiis-
cuSsion Is that the number q large
trucks Is - small a proportion Of the
total traffic that they should not be
permitted "a indiscriminately use the
roads a. the disadvantage % other
highway traffic.
Would Bar Little Exas"