River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-06-23
j. OF ". MONEY
MEASURE PASSED
Senate Approves Appropriation
Of. So, 600, 600 Annually.
81, 100000 FOR THE NORMAL
Sent to the Assembly for Concurrence
Bill to Repeal 2-cent Passenger
Rail Fare Law introduced
by Senator Conant.


Madison Approximately $5O5O.OOO
annually, for the next biennium, in
Guiding a $1,OO0,O00 revolving fund.
and the normal school appropriation OF
S1,O00000 annually, has been Q. I'D
by the Wisconsin senate and concur
renee of the assembly has been asked.
Greater powers may be conferred
upon the Wisconsin railroad commits
sion. 1t may be given the power to
pass on all passenger fare rates in this
state.
A bill to repeal the two-cent pas
senger fare law in the state was in
troduced by Senator Conant. Should
this bill become law the railroad
commission may have the power to
fix the fares within the state.
A case is now being heard before
the federal authorities to determine
whether or not the railroad commits
sion has this power, to regulator rates.
Should the federal court hold that the
railroad commission has such power,
passage of the Conant bill will leave
the field of passenger fare rates in
the state open for determination by
the railroad commission.
BY vote of 81 to 80 the assembly
killed the Arnold bill to increase the
powers under the so-called beauty
parlor law" The fight for the. meas
ure was lead by Assemblyman Frank
III. Fowler of La Crosse. He said
that the bill before the legislature was
an Improvement over the present law.
"This is woman's BILL" said As
semblyman +. H. Fowler. ut is de-
signed to protect women in the right
full exercise of their privilege of beau
tifying themselves as they see fit.
While we may not like the abbreviat-
ed skirts, the decollette dress, and the
diaphanous waist, the fact remains
that we who have had some expert
ence with the fair sex have wisely
given up the attempt to regulate these
matters.
"Woman instinctively knows more
about this matter than we could ever
guess. This bill is an Improvement
over the present law in that it pro-
tects women from incompetent service
in beauty parlor shops
There will be no one man civil
service commission. This bill has been
killed in the house by a vote of 81 to
26. The bill provided for the abolition
of the present commission. IF three
members and the substitution of a
single commissioner and examiner at
a salary of $4,000. The assembly in
definitely postponed the bill.
The assembly bill fixing the fees
for trappers' licenses was amended in
the senate and as engrossed by the
upper house provides for @ trappers'
license fee of $3.50 and fee for boys
under sixteen years of age of % cents.
The senate killed the bill appropriate
ing 100000 for a workshop for adult
blind.
Final passage was given in the
senate to the proposed constitutional
amendment allowing sheriff to sue
coed himself. The bill to submit the
amendment to the people has been
passed and the voters will be allowed
to pass judgment on this proposed
change at the next general election.
The senate killed the Pierson bill
for the registration of detective agents
with the secretary of state. This in
dication shows that there will be no
legislation at this session On the sub
iect of detective agencies This bill
for local registration was killed in the
house last week.
Passage was given to the bill pro-
yiding for the confirmation of APP
pointive officials by the senate. This
bill strikes from the present law that
provision, ''by and with the advice and
consent of the senate"
The dog tax question has finally
been settled. BY result of a confer
ence between the two houses, the SEN
etc last week receded from it's posi-
ton on an amendment to the Olson
bill and the bill now goes to the gov
ernor. This bill will make the tax 81
for male and 81 for female dogs.
BY vote of 10 to the senate
killed the Skogmo bin providing a
service and retirement fund for state
employees.
The senate amended and then en-
crossed bill that in its present form
would require future members of the
state board of control to live in Madi-
son or It's vicinity.
The Matheson bill strengthening the
compulsory school attendance laws
was killed.
Miss Civil War Veterans.
Soldier-statesmen are reappearing
in the legislature. For many years, ow-
ing to the advancing age of Civil war
veterans, they have been diminishing.
but as public interests drift more and
more into the hands of the young men