Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-06-25
j. Of ". MONEY
MEASURE PASSED
Senate Approves Appropriation
of 100000 Annually.
S1,9oo,ooo FOR THE NORMAL
Sent to the Assembly for Concurrence
Bill to Repeal 2-cent Passenger
Rail Fare Law introduced
by Senator conant.

Guiding a $1,000000 revolving fund.
and the normal school appropriation of
100000 annually, has been o. n
fy the Wisconsin senate and concur
renee of the assembly has been asked.
Greater powers may be conferred
upon the Wisconsin railroad commits
sion. 1t may be given the power TO
pass on all passenger fare rates in this
state.
A bill to repeal the two-cent pas
senger fare law in the state was in
troduced by Senator Conant. Should
this bin become law the railroad
commission may have the power to
fix the fares within the state.
A case is now being heard before
the federal authorities TO determine
whether or not the railroad commits
sion has this power to regulator rates.
Should the federal court hold that the
railroad commission has such power,
passage of the Conant bin will leave
the field of passenger fare rates in
the state open for determination by
the railroad commission.
BY vote of 81 to 80 the assembly
killed the Arnold bill to increase the
powers under the so-called beauty
parlor law" The hight for the meas
ure was lead by Assemblyman Frank
H. Fowler of La Crosse. He said
that the bill before the legislature was
an improvement over the present law.
This is woman's bin" said As
semblyman F. Ii. Fowler. 1T is de-
signed TO protect women in the right
full exercise of their privilege of beau
tifying themselves as they see fit.
While we may not like the abbreyiat-
ell skirts, the decollette dress. and the
diaphanous waist, the fact remains
that we who have had some expert
ence with the fair sex have wisely
given up the attempt to regulate these
matters
woman instinctively knows more
about this matter than we could ever
guess. This bin is an improvement
over the present law in that it pro-
tects women from Incompetent service
In beauty parlor shops"
There will be no one man civil
service commission This bin has been
killed in the house by q vote of 81 TO
%. The bin provided for the abolition
of the present commission of three
members and the substitution of a
single commissioner and examiner at
q salary of $4,000. The assembly in
definitely postponed the bill.
The assembly bin fixing the fees
for trappers' licenses was amended in
the senate and as engrossed by the
upper house provides for a trappers'
license fee of $3.50 and a fee for boys
under sixteen years Of age Of . cents.
The senate killed the bin appropriate
Ing 100000 for a workshop for adult
blind
Final passage was given in the
senate TO the proposed constitutional
amendment allowing a sheriff to sue
coed himself. The bin to submit the
amendment to the people has been
passed and the voters viii be allowed
to pass judgment on this proposed
change at the next general election.
The senate killed the Pierson bill
for the registration of detective agents
with the secretary of state. This in
dication shows that there will be no
legislation at this session on the sub
ject of detective agencies. This bill
for local registration was killed in the
house last week.
Passage was given 70 the bin pro-
viding for the confirmation Of ap-
pointive officials by the senate. This
bin strikes from the present law that
provision, shy and with the advice and
consent of the senate"
The dog tax question has finally
been settled. BY result of a confer
ence between the two houses, the sen
Ete last week receded from It's posi-
non on an amendment 70 the Olson
lin and the bill now goes to the gov
eruor. This bill viii make the tax 81
sor male and s. for female dogs.
BY a vote o. Is TO 9 the senate
killed the Skogmo bin providing a
F service and retirement fund for state
( Employees.
The senate amended and then en-
crossed a bill that in its present form
aould require future members of the
state board of control to live in Madi-
son or its vicinity.
The NIatheson bill strengthening the
compulsory school attendance laws
was killed
Miss Civil War Veterans.
Soldier-stateSmen are reappeariug
IN the legislature. For many years. CIV
lug TO the advancing age al Civil war
veterans they have been diminishing.
bur rs public interests drift more and
more into the hands Of the young men
who served in the recent wars. their
numbers may be expected 10 increase
from now ON For the first time since
the sixties there are no Civil war vet
Grams in the legislature. Their places
haze been taken BY veterans of the
Spauish-Ameriean and the World
war