Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-02-18
ALLLABOR BILLS
FACING DEATH
No Action Expected to Be Taken
on 8-Hour Measures
During Session.
MORE STATE PARKS PLANNED
Legislative Committee to Investigate
ACCESSIBILITY of Creating State
Park Al fhe DeIIs-other sites
to Be Considered.

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by this session of the assembly.
Two basic eight-hour day bills
have been recommended for death by
the assembly committee on labor and
| will come up for consideration in the
house during the week. The Conway
bill declaring the eight-hour day to be
the state policy was recommended for
| indefinite postponement with only the
dissent OF Assemblyman Hasley.
The Jordan bill for an eight-hour
day on public works was recommend
ed for death, with Assemblymen Free
hoff and Hasley dissenting. Assem-
| blyman Freehoff declared that he be-
lieved that the state should take the
lead for eight-hour legislation and for
that reason he favored an eight-hour
day on public works.
The committee unfavorably recon-
| mended the Schafer bill giving the en-
ployee the right to select his own ply
stefan in case of accident and provid.
ing for compensation for injuries OF
more than one days duration.
By unanimous vote the labor COM
mittee favOrably recommended the
eight-hour day on state printing con-
tracts. 1t also recommended the bill
prohibiting the advertising for school
children, during the school year, who
if they entered employment would re-
quire labor permit The Higgins bill
for one days rest in eight on the Mil
Waukee police force was favorably rec
commended.
The Conway joint resolution provid-
ing for a legislative committee to in
vestigate the ACCESSIBILITY of creating
a state park at the Dells was approved
by the state affairs committee, but will
be united with a similar resolution by
]. r. Farr in behalf of a state park.
in the midst of the northern lake re-
gion, and committee of three assem-
blymen and two senator's to consider
both projects will be recommended.
Wisconsin state parks, with addi-
tons now being considered by the leg
islature, have more scenic interest
than any parks east Of the Yellow
stone and are capable of furnishing
picnic, camping and fishing grounds
for the population of dozen states,
according to witnesses appearing be-
fore the committee.
The Dells include the rock gorges
and towering cliffs along the Wiscon-
sin river in the vicinity of Kilbourn.
Covon+v-c;v tboucapI ,nnopIo pnadn tho
trip by Steamer through the Dells last
year, the committee was told, paying
more than 100000 to the steamer con-
cession alone. Assemblyman Conway
and other speakers declared the park
could be made paying proposition
by the state.
The proposed Northern Lakes park
embraces $500 acres of virgin timber
and about sixteen lakes, with an area
of approximately 1000 acres, lying in
Price and Sawyer counties. The tract
is one of the few large areas of virgin
timber in the state. 1t has escaped
the inroads of the lumber, men be-
cause the nearest railroad is Is miles
away, but spurs of logging lines are
rapidly approaching it.
Assemblyman Farr told the commit
tee the tractnOt only had fine stand
of white pine, but also hemlock, birch,
elm and Eastwood, maple tamarack,
spruce and balsam. The state already
owns between 700 and 1000 Of the
$500 acres. Mr.. Farr said the park
could be purchased for an average of
about $50 to $500 an acre. Forestry
operations by the state would bring
back considerable revenue through the
clearing out of dead and dying timber,
he added.
Although Wisconsin has nine normal
schools an effort is being made to Sc
cure the establishment of another such
institution in northern Wisconsin. J,
d. Grandine, North Crandon, has pre-
sented a bill creating a state normal
school at Rhinelander and appropriate
ing annually for three years, begin
ming March 1, 1922, the sum of $4,000
for construction of building upon
site already approved by the board of
normal school regents. The property
will be donated by the city of Rhine
lander and Oneida county. Withhold
ing of plans and contracts is ordered
until they, as well as the total cost,
have been approved by the governor,
who. under the bill, is required to sat
isfy himself that the project can be
completed with the appropriation pro-
vided.
"cut Down the Crowd" Is Slogan.
"Cut down the crowd and you won't
have to build 100000 capitol office
building" was the message sent the
senate by the Barneveld Voters and
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