Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-04-18
Blaine Signs 1Text- Book ri,

l foNl
man bill passed by both houses s1 ~
legislature prohibiting the use IL " Ia taa
consin schools of history teyt II WIS
which defame the nations fonns OOOEs
contain propaganda fayorablo Or
foreign government. any
Senator eastman daclaros
early action would be taken in ma nat
Der of cities to rid their school, q nua
history books which he assarta 'OiS o.
within the prohibition of tbo 49, vOlle
Upon complaint of five citizen r@'u !,
superintendent of public instruction' is
required to hold a public hearina .'u !
upon facts developed to detaon, auu
whether the history books yioIsta ~ lls
new law. '0 'ae
Three finance bills also were sion,,
by the governor. One gives tbo ' quo
real estate brokers board s27 5oa 1's''
each OF the two years of the biern;, W
starting next July, the same os ~
present appropriation. Another oro1 ~
the trustees of the state library g.,
$50 year for the same period on =
crease of $3.50. The bill provides ttlI
$4,000 instead of $500 shall ba sn 'la'
annually for books. The third fnana'
bill appropriates $3.50 a year for two
years, to the Wisconsin Deem wotos
ways commission, for the execution =.
it's work. The governor must annrova
these expenditures before the mouoU
is paid.
Miller Bill Hits "Stump Farmers
Wisconsin taxpayers, particuIarlv
farmers and owners of cut over stnmr
lands, stand to lose hundreds of tbor
sands OF dollars, if A. M. Millers hin
passed by the assembly is concnrod
in by the senate and signed by CIV
Blaine, according to reports from
Washington, d. G..
Enactment of this bill. it is believed
in Washington, would hamper. if MT
stop, the activities of the UNIVERSITY
OF Wisconsin college of agriculture in
its land clearing service, and halt tbp
distribution by the federal govern.
ment, through the bureau of pubrc
roads, in cooperation with the agri
cultural college, of hundreds of thou
sands of pounds of picric acid, left
over from the war.
At the close of the war the federal
government had millions of pounds Of
surplus war explosives on hand, and
congress passed an act that these
should be distributed to the farmers
and road builders of the country. Pic
rio acid is being distributed to the
farmers and road builders without
cost except a charge of i cents a
pound for drying, cartridging and dis.
tribution, plus freight.
In the cut over counties of WiScOn.
sin there are $4,000 stump farmers
making farms from what were once
forests, and adding to the taxable
areas of the state, by means Of the
governments picric acid, used in blow
ing out the stumps. The college Of
agriculture began to give land clear
ing assistance to farmers in 1916
Law Makers May Adjourn in June
If the Wisconsin Legislature dis
poses of the measures before it at the
same rate it did during the last SIX
weeks, the session, which started On
January 10, can be ended early in
June, after a session five months long
A tabulation of the 1000 measures
introduced shows that the assembly
disposed of 275 bills out Of the go
introduced and printed, or fortyloaF
per cent; while the upper house has
disposed of 152 bills out of 5O4 intro
duced or just fifty per cent
The actual business Of finishing
up" the bills, by indefinitely postpOf
ing them, passing them, or Withdraw
ing them, has been under way SIX
weeks. The legislature took the nls
two months in introduction Of Olls
and getting committee assignments
arranged.
Actual adjournment Of the resu@
session before July, however, IS Mdu'
improbable by the impending tax Vuw
cation, and booze fights, which WI,
take up a large part of the SOlon
time when they get on the noOl' y
the two houses.
Assembly o. KS Peaceful Pl0KS""s
Peaceful picketing in industrial as
putes was favored by the ASSEM-"
with engrossment Of the QUICK O4s
which would specifically declare :"
be public policy to permit laOOi
CARNATIONS to persuade persons ~
to work. ,d,
The measure, which has oil s's.
passed the senate, was adVanVes
the lower house without oppoSlDOn .r
An attempt to prohibit pupnV os -
ployes from organizing for the ~
pose of conducting industrial Tall1S
strikes or any form of economic III
bination for affecting only thelr Cv "nt,
ton of employment as PUBIC 81 'a.,dh
bv economic pressure" was blockean
unanimous vote of the lower NV i {
The Perry bill to prohibit uln lSnut
public employees was killed "i'n'
dissenting vote.
The Huber unemployment p lsrps
~, -, would force employ.