Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-29
THREE BIG BILLS
co To GOVERNOR
Appropriation Measures on Their
Way to Executive.
sKOeHO BILL is KILLED
Provided Service and Retirement Fund
for State Employess-Two Law
makers Direct Spending Of
ss5.Oo0.O00 in Five Months.

AIadIson--Big appropriation meas
urss ~ the present session ~ the leg
isiature are Cd their way 20 Governor
Blaine.
The assembly rejected the surtax
amendments 60 the university and nor
mai school appropriation bills, by
which half u the revenue u these ed
uga lonal Institutions would be raised
by q sur AK. aud has sent che bills 20
the governor unamendel as they came
from the finance committee.The board
~ coutrul appropriation bin. carrying
upwards o. SlOOO0OoO Tor the bien-
uIaI period has PASSED the senate and
Is also on SIS way TO Governor Blaine
for consideration.
The senate. ~ vote - II 60 5. has
killed the home brew amendment 60
the Blaine dry enforcement bin and a
committee pn conference was appoint
ed Co give further consideration 90 the
Measure.
The motion for reconsideration 81
the vote by which the Ingalls, party
convention bIil was defeated has been
Withdrawn and this bill is now dead
for the session
Governor Blaine sent 20 the senate
the nomination % r. g. Knudson 81
Ia Crosse as member Of the state i'm
dusfrIal commission fer a six-year
term. lie viii take the place 81 George
4. Hambrccht The governor also
nominated John Salter of Unity as
member ~ the state hoard ~ educa-
tluu: William Mauthe az Fond du Lac
a. member ~ the board ~ concilia-
ton. Or. l. n. SteGOn 81 Amigo as
member ~ the state education board,
and senator Al C. Anderson 0f Dunn
county ms member 81 the state high
way commission
The dog tax question has finally
tetu settled. by result ~ a confer
euru between the two houses. the sen
ate ueo,tled from its position on an
amendment 90 the Olson biz aud the
bI.l now -nes o. the governor. This
bUI viii make the tax 81 for male
dogs and s. for female dogs. Gov
eunr Blaine will sign the bin.
How would you like o. spend S45.-
C1uuuu Gen less than six monthsF
senator Bay J. Nye and Assembly
man George Oakes. Joint chairmen ~
the finance committee ~ the legisla-
ture. GiL just that little thing in the
i've aud Uus-half months the legisia-
ture has heen in session.
These two men. hearing the joint
Euaucp eamuiftee directed the work
81 arrurtiuuiuz the S3JOp2.0l0. the
furuure uf tsre stale during the next
two years. ln their hands rested the
task 0f spending this huge sum. and
they have completed their work.
And Not only have they spent the
money. but they provided the means
for missing it-" The thousands and
hundreds 90 thousands that were
asked Tor by institutions amounting
O. q total ~ S1i e0.Op0 for the bien-
MUM had 60 be sliced and pared 20
come within the states income. and
yet done 50 that the present work u
the departments would Ia no way be
hnmpered and Tn most cases allowing
room Tor development and extension.
The legislator who made a million
dollars for the state 81 Wisconsin Is
l. A. Arnold.
senator Arnold succeeded In put
ting through the legislature a bin
doubling the present inheritance tax
rates. which viii net 90 the state
million dollars added income yearly.
By a unanimous vote both houses
have PASSED the bin giving the serv-
See recognition fund power 10 trans
Ter upwards of one-half million dollars
Tor completion 81 the Wisconsin state
hospital on the university grounds.
Five junior colleges viii he n part q
the state educational system when
Governor Blaine signs the Nye bin.
passed last week.
The measure. the first constructive
legislation ~ the present session. was
passed By a twc-to-o1e vote ~ the
lower house. after being sldetracked
several times.
Five junior colleges. Offering the
first two years toward a college de-
gree. are provided for. Location and
control Is vested In the state board 81
education. The BIN provides a fund
81 S50Oo0 Tor the maintenance Of the
Schools for the first two years Martha
Riley. director II social work Tor the
state board ~ health. states thar coun-
~ aud city officials In Wisconsin are
becOming more and more cognizant Of
the fact that lOcal communities must
assume protective work FOR women
and girls
Wisconsin women and Men Equal.
Women gained equal rights with
men in Wisconsin when the senate a
Few days ago accepted the committee
an judiciary bin removing all legal