Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-13
State Vets Renew Fight

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ing to the strife with augmented zeal.
Drys are just as determined.
The vets desire to make an issue in
this state for two years hence, by
repeal of the Severson enforcement
act and compelling the senate to so
on record.
The Tucker bill has been close
fought in the assembly. The state af.
fairs committee killed 1t with one dis
senting vote. The assembly then in
definitely postponed 1t, As to 80. but
revived it on reconsideration, 80 to 80.
The issue has split factions. Dry
La Toilette senators killed all meas
ures passed by wet La Toilette assem-
blymen. Dry conservatives helped
dry La Toilette men In both branches
and wet conservatives Joined with
wet La Folletites.
The two houses have about decided
to disagree. The assembly will very
likely adopt a nonconcurrent resolu.
ton lauding Gov. Smith. If it Ia
adopted, this resolution will come
from house with only one Democra
tic member.
The senate, on the other hand, may
appoint it's own committee to probe
alleged liquor violations by state of.
flcials. This will be by senate resolu.
ton.
A resolution to commend Gov.
Smith could not be PISSED in the SEN
ate and resolution to probe the
liquor situation in the capitol would
very likely be killed in the assembly,
so each house will go about dealing
with prohibition questions in its own
way.
Would Wipe Out Cattle Disease
A concerted effort is being made in
the legislature to enact laws to wipe
out tuberculosis among cattle in Wis
consin.
TO this end two bills have been in
troduced. One is the Schumann meas
ure to appropriate 81 100000 for tuber-
culin tests. The other, framed by the
assembly committee on agriculture,
seeks to force all butter and cheese
factories to pasteurize their by-prod.
ucts to prevent infected skim milk
being fed to hogs.
Impetus to the anti-tuberculosis
campaign has been given by reports
of packers that thousands Of hogs
shipped from Wisconsin for slaughter
have the disease and that farmers are
suffering great losses.
Prevalence of tuberculosis among
hogs Is believed to be due to the prac-
tice of feeding waste products from
cheese and butter factories.
At these plants milk from many
farms is gathered. The main prod
ucts are sterilized in manufacturing,
but the mixed waste products are d.
vided among the farmer customers
without treatment. 1t is said that
through this system few infected
COWS in a neighborhood endanger the
health Of animals on all surrounding
farms The disease is also said to
have been spread to chickens through
the same practice.
Retirement Fund to Stay
The Caldwell bill abolishing the
state teachers retirement system, es-
tablished by the last legislature, was
engrossed by the assembly. The as
sembly thus reversed its action of q
few days ago, when by vote of AZ to
80 it declined to engross the measure.
The vote on reconsideration was Is
to "a. Assemblymen Caldwell, Gran
dine, and Vincent took the floor in
favor of the bill, while Assemblyman
Matheson contended the retirement
system was needed to stabilize the
teaching profession. He declared
abolition of the system would consti-
tute a moral breach of contract made
by the state with the teachers when
it established the retirement fund.
Mr.. Matheson moved for indefinite
postponement Of the measure, but his
motion lost, SO to 80.
The bill not only would abolish the
retirement system but would provide
for the refunding of all money paid
into it by members thereof, excepting
annuities, benefits and refunds.
Gov Blaine has signed the Sever
son bill increasing the university
board from Is to Is members. The
bill provides that two members Of
the board shall be farmers and two
who are employed in manual trades,
and that four instead or two are to
be appointed at large. The require
ment that two members Of the board
be women remains.
Gov. Blaine has signed bill by the
committee on state affairs which
simplifies the laws relating to the
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