Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-09
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Wisconsin,
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SlonS have.
July 1 and July 10 are the favor
lite guesses for the date of adjourn
ment of this regular session among
the experienced legislative employees
Each house has disposed of more
than onehalf of the bills that have
been introduced there, but most of
them were unimportant or freak
measures and the big issues of taxa
ton, education, highways, unemploy
ment insurance, and the important
appropriation bills haven't been
touched. The wet-and-dry fight isn't
decided yet, either.
Bills introduced in the assembly
number 693; in the senate J376, a
total of 1868
Seventy bills have been passed and
made into law by Gov Blaine's sig
nature; twenty more are before him
for consideration now. He has vetoed
five bills.
The assembly has killed 1876 of it's
own bills and II senate bills. The
senate has killed 81 senate bills and
81 assembly bills. Bills withdrawn in
the senate number "a; in the assem-
bly, 81.
Final disposition thus has been Civ.
en- to 1853 measures. In addition the
assembly now has before it $50 bills
passed by the senate and the senate
has 1877 passed by the assembly. This
leaves $50 bills, about 40 per cent, yet
to be taken up for the first time.
Potato Market. Fund Sought
Funds to permit study of potato
marketing problems will be asked of
the legislature as a result of con,
ference of potato growers with rep.
resentatives of the department of
markets and the college OF agricul
ture at the university.
This conference came to the con.
clusion that a grant of $4,000 from
the state would enable the potato
men OIL the state to investigate the
most feasible methods of marketing
the large Wisconsin potato crop and
to map out a practical course to be
followed by growers.
A cooperative marketing scheme
is contemplated by the growers should
an investigation prove such method
practical. At present, the growers
pointed out, they are compelled to
sell their crop in a spasmodic fashion
and through private agencies. The
joint finance committee of the legis
iature Will be asked for allowance
OF small grant of money to carry
on the investigation work through
the department of markets.
Assembly for State Power Survey
The Eber bill appropriating $4,000
to the state railroad commission for
a comprehensive survey of developed
and undeveloped water power sites
in Wisconsin was engrossed by the
assembly after it voted down, Z to 54
a motion made by Assemblyman Cald
well, Columbia county, to kill the
measure
The bill was recommended for pas
sage by the state affairs committee
al1er an extended hearing last week
Assemblyman Caldwell asserted the
state is well protected in the matter
of it's water power and that such a
survey is unnecessary.
Assemblyman Oliver, Brown county,
defended the bill, calling attention to
that provision which would prohibit
the issuance of license or permit
for water power development to any
private corporation for period of six
years. Corporations ''are fast getting
control of our water power develop
ment'' and aae seeking this monopoly
with theidea of raising electric power
rates." he said.
Want Counties to Pay Lawmakers
Another avenue of escape from
bankruptcy for the overworked, un-
derpaid members of the legislature is
opened by a bill introduced by the as
sembly municipalities committee.
The bill would allow the county
board to provide for the payment Of
any or all of the reasonable living
expenses of the members elected
wholly or in part from its county, in
a sum not to exceed $500 session.
The salary of legislators now is
$500 for their two-year term, with no
overtime if there is more than one
session during the two years.
The bill also provides that such
authority granted to county boards
shall continue only until the people
of the state act favorably on con-
stitutional amendment providing for
an increase in the salary of legisla-
tors.
Two Rivers soon will lose the cav
airy troop organized in that city two
years ago. Maj Edward Schmidt of
Manitowoc has received orders that