Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-03-24

AssemhIyrnan PeIiier Believes
Act Should Be Killed.
OPPOSED TO PHYSICAL TEST
Senate Passes Measure Authorizing
Municipalities to Establish and
Operate Plants for Distrihu-
tion Of Milk

son.-Assemblyman Peltier has
introduced a bill to repeal the eugenics
marriage law enacted III the 1913 SEES
sion Of the legislature. Peltier be-
Heves that there should be no physical
examinations and that the law which
has been on the statute books for the
last eight years should be Immediately
repealed.
Assemblyman Weittenhiller intro
duced a bill which would compel all
people who get married outside OF the
state but who intend to make Wiscon-
sin their home to submit to the physt-
cal examination, and there is some
discussion to include women, as We'll.
It is believed that this provision Of
the law will be strengthened rather
than weakened at this session Of the
legislature.
The senate passed the Boyer bill au-
'thorizing municipalities to establish
and operate plants for the preparation
and distribution Of milk. The bill
passed without opposition.
Senator Dennhardt's bill providing
official markers for the trunk lines OF
the state highway system and prohib-
iting the use of any advertising mat
ter within the highway limits was
also passed.
A bill to increase slightly the amount
allowed the state for the burial Of
deceased inmates of insane asylums
was passed by the senate.
Two bills to permit expansion of the
medical corps Of the National Guard
and to allow the sale of present ar
mory sites were advanced to engross-
ment.
The Skogmo bill permitting town
boards to appropriate $500 upon rec
OmmendatiOn of the department of ag-
riculture for fighting insects, pests and
plant diseases, without calling spe-
cial town meeting, was advanced to
engrOSSment.
Declaring that an effort should be
made to build up the state life insur-
ance law in Wisconsin, the assembly
advanced the Polok0Wski bill which
would increase the fees which a per-
son will receive for writing a state
life policy. The state life fund was
established in 1911 and provides that
policies may be issued upon the lives
Of citizens OF Wisconsin for not eX-
ceeding 81 600 each. Because only 80
policies were written during the past
two years, Assemblyman Polok0wski
introduced the bill increasing the fee
from % cents to So, plus 10 per cent
of the premium. The bill was recon-
mended for death by the house insur-
ance committees. A hot debate devel-
oped over the measure on the floor.
1t was disclosed that the fund now has
536 policy holders and it was stated
that this bill would greatly build up
the fund. The house reversed the ac-
ton Of the committee and advanced
the bill by a vote Of 50 to s.
The assembly killed the Fifield bin
TO require the licensing of master
painters and decorators. 1t sent back
to the committee for further hearing
the Higgins bill giving the state the
right to claim unclaimed bank depos-
it's. 1t is said there are thousands of
dollars in the banks of this state which
have never been claimed by the own
ers. The house c0ncurred in the bill
for the Dunn coupon ballot. This law
was placed on the statute books many
years ago at the request of Mr.. Dunn
Of La Crosse. The assembly was mott
fed that Ira W. Parker of MarkeSan
had been elected to the assembly in
the place of Samuel Owens, deceased.
Assemblymen J. R. Farr, Price coun-
ty, and Thomas II. Conway, MilWau-
kee, are behind the joint resolution
which passed the lower house, provid-
ing for the appointment of special
legislative committee to investigate
the matter of establishing state parks
at The Dells and in Price and Sawyer
counties. The resolution is now in the
hands of the senate committee on
state affairs and is expected to
have a hearing within ten days.
"The proposed Northern Lakes park
contains about 5000 to $500 acres of
truly wonderful land in Price and
Sawyer counties" declared Mr.. Farr.
Most of it is in Sawyer county. 1t
also contains approximately 1000
acres of water. making total of APP
proximately 10000 acres which the
state should by all means acquire as
soon as possible.
'HThe tract contains what probably is
the largest virgin forest remaining in
the state, containing hemlock, pine,
maple and elm Of great value" he
said