Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-07-21
WISCONSIN SO[ONs
END THEIR LABORS
Legislature Reaches Final kd-
ournment of Its Sessions.
APPROPRIATION BILLS O. KID
Blaine Signs University, Normal
School. Charitable and Penal,
Care of Blind and Teachers
Pension Bills.

MadiSOn.-The sine die adjourn
ment Of the Fifty-fifth session of the
Wisconsin state legislature was
reached the latter part of the past
week.
During the closing hours Governor
Blaine signed the university, normal
school, and charitable and penal insti-
tutions appropriation bills, carrying
approximately $16OO0,OOO annually.
and care of the blind the Milwaukee
teachers pension bill and the bill re-
organizing the county board Of admin
istratiOn at Milwaukee. He vetoed
three bills for the establishment of
park In Wisconsin at the Dells and
at Beloit. He vetoed bill giving
boards of education power to raise
taxes for school purposes, and he an
nounced later That Farmell Point on
Lake Mendota had been selected by
himself and the Legislative committee
aS the site for the soldiers hospital
for the treatment of shell-shocked sol
diers.
Governor Blaine vetoed bill which
changes the amount of interest that
may be paid on bonds issued for the
erection of new school buildings. This
bill permitted q maximum interest
rate of 612 per cent, which the gov
ern0r believed to be excessive. The
Hirst highway truck bill was signed.
1t authorizes the state highway COM
mission to divide all state trunk high
ways, the county highway commission
10 divide all county highways, and the
towns, villages and cities, to divide
all local highways into two classes re-
garding the weight of trucks that may
be driven over them.
Other bills signed by the governor
were:
Providing that ell cities of the sec
ond and third class must employ at
least two women on the police force.
Establishing a small claims branch
Of the civil court of Milwaukee county.
Creating the town of Harding in
Lincoln county
ApprOpriating small amount to
the Wisconsin Dairymen's association
for the purpose of making an exhibit
at the National dairy show at ST. Paul
this fall
Allowing war veterans a leave of
absence on Memorial day where such
veterans are employed in public serv-
ice
4hn nd
rehabilitation of persons in industry
and their return TO civil employment.
Zona Gale, noted >authOress of Port
age, and Senator II. ]. Severson, Wau-
paca county, were appointed by Gov
ernor Blaine as members of the state
library commission. This commission
is expected to leave a meeting within
a few days to select a successor to the
late DR.. Charles MacCarthy. There
are several applicants for the position.
Miss Gale was born at Portage, and
received her degree at the University
of Wisconsin In 1895. She was on the
STATS of the Milwaukee papers until
1901. when she went TO New York.
Since then she has written a score of
novels and many books of short stOr-
teS. She was recently awarded the
Pulitzer prize of $1,000 on Miss Lulu
Bett" as the best novel written during
the year Senator Severson was born
In Dane county and graduated from
the law department of the University
of Wisconsin. He was admitted TO the
bar in June, 1907, and has been dis
trict attorney of Waupaca county. He
was elected TO the state senate in 1918.
Among the names that have been men
toned as possibilities to succeed DR..
Charles MacCarthy are c. f. Wehle,
Washington, ID. c., and Ernest Brun-
kean. Milwaukee. The library COM
mission is composed of the president
of the university, superintendent Of
State Historical society, secretary Of
the free library commission and two
appointees by the governor.
Since January /, Al banks, or near
1y per cent of the banks Of the state
have increased their capital. The
total increase is 1868, 800, Banking
Commissioner Marshall Cousins in re-
porting llllS IdISc VI UuSl-
ness for the first six months of the
year declares that the increases were
taken by the banks as precaution.
Banks, in order to afford added pro-
lection to depositors, increased their
capital, which increased the liability
on the stock In the report of the
commission is given list of 195 state
banks In Wisconsin with surplus &C
count Of so per cent or more Of the
capital.
league RIames Governor Blaine.
Amendments attached to the Blaine
dry enforcement bill by the Wiscon-
sin Anti-Saloon league changed it
from bad measure to q law some
what better than the Mulberger act.
according to an official statement Is
sued by r. P. Hutton, superintendent
of the league. "It falls far short of
the Matheson bill In effectiveness" the
statement said 1.-The weight of It's
shortcomings and failures must be
borne by the governor alone" This
was the first official statement issued
BY the Ant.-Saloon league.
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