River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-20
State Capitol News
BY William j. Anderson
Especial to The JournaD
Wisconsin Ranks Second

Wisconsin Ranks Second
Madison, Wis.-Dr. James Healy in
charge of the work for the state De-
partment of Agriculture reports that
year ago Wisconsin had thirty-one
accredited herds and occupied twelfth
place in relative position among the
states. At the end of October, 1920,
Wisconsin moved into second place
with 361 accredited herds. The three
months just passed has marked the
largest volume of work of any quart
err since the inception of the work
638 herds were tested containing 49,
900 cattle. On Jan. l, 1921, there
were 1856 herds that passed one neg
alive test toward accreditation and
494 tuberculosis-free accredited herds,
or about one eighth of the total of &C
credited herds in the United States.
All Are nter-dependent
To eliminate the profit-sharer who
has contributed nothing to the gen
eral fund, says Director Nordman of
the Division of Markets, is not only
the chief problem we have to contend
with in our work, but it is the great
economic and moral problem of the
world. Communities, states and ma
tions are all inter-dependent. If in a
community of hundred souls only
ninety-five contribute to the common
fund while one hundred draw their
support from it, there is inequitable
distribution which must be rectifed
or injustice will increase.
Legislature Organized
Nothing was done by the Legisla
ture last week beyond the organiza-
ton of both Houses. Adjournment
was taken until Tuesday morning. AS
the Assembly committees will not be
announced by Speaker Young until
Tuesday it is unlikely that there will
be consideration given to any bills
thi week. The week following, how
eve committee hearings will be held
an the real business of the session
entered upon. Milwaukee members
will again introduce bills having for
their purpose the establishment of
certain administrative offices in that
city. 1t is safe to predict that moth
ing will come of these bills. If Mil
waukee secured some administrative
offices, Oshkosh or Appleton or La
Crosse would then demand share,
with equal justice. Local pride, rath-
err than administrative needs are re-
sponsible for the appearance OF these
proposals at each session.
Graduating tuberculosis
eff we are able to eradicate tubercu
losis from all the cattle in the count
les north of a line drawn straight
west from Green Bay, as | confident
ly believe we shall be within the next
five years." said C. P. Norgord, Com :
missioner of Agriculture, 1--WE shall
not only be effecting saving of mil
lions of'dollars year to the dalrymen
and stockraisers, but we shall be do
ing a much greater thing. We shall
have cut down tuberculosis among
children and adults in that section OF
the state fully 25 per cent. This work
of tuberculosis eradication appeals
upon many important grounds.
Cost S15.S1O; Returns S5S,179
It cost the state to carry on the
Glue sky" department of the Rail
road Commission during the past year
S15,81O, and the department has turn
ed into the state treasury fees to the
amount of $58,179 in that time.
Against "Behemoth' Trucks
Make lighter trucks or limit truck
traffic to certain roads is to be the
slogan in connection with highway
construction. Chief Engineer A. K.
Hirst has declared weight beyond Z
tons-load and truck combined
should not be allowed on the state
trunk highways. Governor Blame
calls attention to the danger to the
new highways from unreasonably
heavy trucks, and the campaign
against 'ebehemoths" may be said to
be launched.
State Bar at Chippewa Falls in June
The executive committee OF the
State Bar association has decided to
hold its next annual meeting at CHIP
pewa Falls on June %, 20 and 80. "A
new and commodius hotel was recent
" opened in Chippewa Falls, and Eau
Claire will have new one completed
by June, so that between the two CIT
les it will be possible to ACCOMMODATE
a full attendance. A very interesting
program for the meeting is now near
ly complete.
The Neutrality-suspicious. Books
Within the past three months the