Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-02-08
LOOKING IN
ON THE
LEGISLATURE

and making the compulsory SchooI age
IL instead of IS were introduced in
the legislature.
Assemblyman E. H. Johnson of
Frederic introduced the first measure,
which would force communities to fur
nish free school books for first, sec
ond and third grades in 1928 and
1924 Other grades would be supplied
from year to year until 1927, when
all children would have books without
cost.
Should communities lack funds to
purchase the books they would be
authorized to levy a tax for that pur-
pose
Senator William A. Titus, Fond du
Lac, asked lowering the compulsory
school age year in a measure intro
duced in the upper house.
Prison Term fer Pistol "Totina"
Pistol "toting' in Wisconsin would
be made a precarious undertaking
should bill introduced in the legis-
lature by Assem- blyman J. H. Koch,
Milwaukee, be enacted into law. The
proposal is bristling with Jail SEN
fences for persons who handle reFol-
vers.
1t provides for the licensing of all
owners of and dealers in pistols, with
registration Of their names with the
secretary of state, police authorities
and with the licensee. Persons could
buy or carry pistols only after receiv-
ing a permit from judge or police
officer.
Any person convicted of a felony
while armed, in addition to punish
ment for the crime committed by him,
would have an additional sentence
added for carrying a gun, under pro-
vision of the bill. Should any person
carry a revolver without a permit he
would be subject to Imprisonment for
not less than one nor more than five
years. The same penalty would be
imposed upon any person selling or
transferring a pistol without a license
Purchase Of Dells Urged
A movement to have the state pur-
chase The Dells, a nationally known
resort at Kilbourn, will be inaugurated
at the present session of the legis-
lature.
State Senator George Staudenmeyer,
Portage, has announced that he would
introduce a bill calling for the ac-
quirement of the tract as a state park
A bill to buy the resort was passed
at the 1921 session, but in line with
his policy not to sanction any state
park purchases, Gov. j. j. Blaine We
toed the measure
The water rights Of the Wisconsin
Power company, according to Senator
Staudenmeyer, are the only thing
standing in the way of state owner
ship. These rights can be bought for
$4,000, he said.
Would Regulate Dance Halls
A bill to place all public dance halls
in Wisconsin under state regulation
is being prepared by Senator E. T..
Ridgway, Elkhorn, for Introduction in
the upper house.
Under the Ridgway bill, as tenta-
lively prepared, all dance halls would
be required to close at midnight. No
person under Is years Of age would
be permitted in the halls, while the
proprietors would be required to SUI
pervise their places in conformance
with the provisions of the measure.
All public dance halls would be Ii
censed by the state. No barroom
would be permitted in connection with
the halls and Intoxicating liquor would
be barred from the premises. Viola
ton of any of the provisions Of the
Ridgway bill would result in a fine of
from $50 to $500.
Women Would Abolish Guard
Abolition of the Wisconsin National
guard is asked in a resolution adopted
by the Wisconsin Women's Progress
sive association meeting here. 4The
delegates unanimously expressed their
support for the Hirsch bill now before
the legislature repeating the statute
creating the state guard. They ask
that a citizen force trained to aid
stricken areas in time of disaster be
created to replace the trained militia
Power now lodged in the state SUI
perintendent of public instruction to
provide for the consolidation of school
districts is taken away and consoli-
dation made matter purely for local
determination by a bill introduced by
Assemblyman E. B. MINER, New Rich
mond. He would take away the power
of the state superintendent to review
decisions on consolidation cases and
would permit the joining of school dis
tricts only after a majority of the
electors had approved.
Under a bill by Senator Heck Of
Racine, women summoned for jury
service would not be excused except
for good reason.
A resolution favoring passage of the
Barber bill requiring women to sub
NIT to pre-nuptial physical examina-
tions under the Wisconsin eugenics
law was adopted by the Wisconsin
Women's Progressive association. The
women also went on record as favor
ing the initiative and referendum.