Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-17
WOULD REPEAL
| EUGENICS LAW
AsSembIyman Peltier Believes
Act Should Be Killed.
OPPOSED TO PHYSICAL TEST
Senate Passes Measure Authorizing
Municipalities to Establish and
Operate Plants for Distribu-
ton of Milk.

introduced u Dlll TO repeal IIle euSeill'H
marriage law enacted in the 1913 ses-
sion of the Legislature. Peltier be-
lieves that there should be DO physical
examinations and that the law which
has been on the statute books for the
last eight years should be Immediately
repealed.
Assemiblyman Weittenhiler intro
duced 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 physi-
cal examination, and there Is some
discussion to include women, as well.
II 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-
lting 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
land to allow the sale of present ar
mory sites were advanced to engross-
!ment
The Skogmo bill permitting town
'boards to appropriate 800 upon rec
tommendatlon of the department of ag
riculture for fighting insects, pests and
plant diseases, without calling spe-
,cial town meeting, was advanced to-
tengrossment.
Declaring that an effort should be
made to build up the state life insur-
nnce law in Wisconsin, the assembly
advanced the Polokowski bill which
would increase the fees which Il per
son viii receive for writing 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 $1,000 each Because only -
policies were written during the past
two years. AsSemblyman Polokowsti
introduced the bin increasing the lie
from - cents to 81. plus 10 per cent
% th. L.
mended for death by the house insur-
ance committees. hot debate devel-
oped over the measure on the floor.
II was disclosed that the fund now has
536 policy holders ahd Ii was stated
that thls bill would greatly build up
the fund. The house reversed the ac-
tion Of the committee and advanced
the bill by vote of - To :.
The assembly killed the ffield hill
10 require the licensing OF master
painters and decorators. II sent back
70 the committee for further hearing
the Higgins hill giving the state the
right to claim unclaimed hank depoS-
its II Is said there are thousands of
dollars In the banks of this state which
have rever been claimed by the own
ers. The house cpncurred in the hill
for the Dunn coufion ballot This law
was placed on the statute books many
years ago N the request of Mr.. Dunn
of la Crosse. The assembly was noti.
fled that lra W. Parker of MarkcSan
had heen elected to the assembly In
the place of Samuel Owens, deceased
ASScmhlymen j. Il. Farr. Price co,n-
~, and Thomas II. Conway. Milwau.
kee. Nre behind the Joint resolution
which passed the lower house, proyid-
ing for the appointment of special
aesisiS .,SSs ,cSgmmi.!se. TO investigate
the sDatter of establishing State parks
si Tho bells 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 Il hearing within ten days,
The proposed Northern Lakes park
conninS about 5000 TO $500 acres of
truly wonderful land IN Price aud
Sawyer counties" declared Mr.. Farr,
Most OF II Is In Sawyer county, IL
also contains approximately 1900
acres Of water making total of APP
proximately 10000 acres which the
state should by all means acquire as
soon as possible,
1.-THE tract contains what probably Is
the largest virgin forest remaining In
the state containing hemlock, pine,
maple and elm of great value" he
said.
Solons Ask Raise.
Members OF the Wisconsin legis-
iature have not given up the fight
which has been woged for the
past % years To secure an increase
in their salaries The senate has
aA,ancad tina C'zeryNtuski hill Arn.