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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
CHARGE Paw Boil. Are Paaded.

Charles Of a gerious character in
VolVing the trustees and2 managers of
the Waupaca veterans home have
been made SO frequently in the past
that a year without some sort of an
investigation would be uncommon.
Last fall upon complaint made Gov.
Davidson authorized an investigation
upon allegations of certain former in
mates and the charges failed of sub
sanitation.
Another attempt is now being made
to authorize an investigation and spe-
cific charges are alleged in the COM
plant to be filed with Gov. Davidson.
In this instance the charges do not
concern the conduct and management
of the home, or the attitude Of the Of
ficials toward the soldiers or sail
ors who live at the home, but contain
the specific statement that the pay
rolls, upon which the home draws
part pay for maintaining inmates, are
padded
In the complaint filed by Capt
Smith, a specific charge relating
20 the uScdI management OF the
home is made. In fact, it is alleged
that in a number of instances the
state has been obliged to pay for the
care and maintenance of men and
women who were not inmates Of the
home during the time specified. 1t is
the impression here among members
Of the G. A. r. who are in the legis-
lature that Capt. Smith is in error
and that the allegations made can
and will be disproven. The allega-
lions cover a period from 1901 to
1907 and if an investigation is au-
thorized by the governor or by the
Legislature the pay rolls for each
month of these years must be looked
into.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
Three Bills Ordered Engrossed.

Three bills were ordered engrossed
and read a third time. One was in
troduced by Assemblyman Fred M
Jackson, of Colby, Clark county, and
is designed to prevent counties in the
northern part of the state from being
defrauded out of bounties for the kill
ing of wolves. 1t requires that both
the ears and the upper eyelids of a
wolf must be presented to receive a
bounty. Another one of the three
bills empowers the state boards OF
health to quarantine school children
or teachers for a period of Is days
after being exposed to smallpox un.
less they are vaccinated and the vac
cination takes. The author of this
bill IS Assemblyman T. H. Miller of
La Crosse, practicing physician. The
third bill, which is fathered by Asswga-
blyman Roethe of Fennimore, inclu9en
twitch or quak grass among noxious
weeds.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28

that they are in reality paying more
for an inferior grade of goods than
those sold by the home merchant,
which probably cost them a few cents
more.
Since the catalogue house has
sprung into the commercial world and
begun operations in the United States,
all kinds of schemes have been tried
and worked to get the money from
the people that are always looking Tor
bargains. No expense has been spared
in their struggle for the almighty dol
lar of the country people, and they
have been so far successful, at the
great expense of the home town OF the
people that sent their money to these
concerns.
Magazines have been started for
the sole benefit of the catalogue house,
and these circulated among the coun-
try people at ten or Is cents year.
They build up a circulation on this
low price of hundreds of thousands;
this circulation brings to them mil
lions of dollars in advertising from the
catalogue houses and this money ex-
pended for advertising is more than
doubled from the sales of these con-
Germs to the country people who are
losers by the transaction.
Catalogues are sent out telling the
people that the house from which they
came is the cheapest place in the
country to buy, and it is, if the person
receiving this catalogue wants cheap
article, not only in price, but also in
make and material. The farmer re-
ceives this catalogue, looks it over,
and after reading the wei composed
guarantee or assurance that the goods
described in it are the very best that
can be found anywhere, sends in an
order. The house receives the order
and Immediately ships the articles
wanted. The farmer drives many
miles to get them and when the box is
opened it is found to contain some
thing much below his expectations,
but this does not satisfy his mind on
the fact that he has been duped and
that he is not getting his full money
value. In a second order he may be
treated the same as the first one, but
still he may think that he has saved
money by buying it where he could
get it cheap.
At the same time the merchant at
home has the goods on the shelf in
his store waiting for them to be taken
away so that he can replace them with
newer goods, thereby keeping his
stock fresh and up-to-date. If he has
not the article wanted he can order it
from the wholesaler or manufacturer
and it will be sent to the purchaser
in as good condition and short time
as If it had been ordered from cata-
logue house. The home merchants
business must be kept up and in order
to do this it is absolutely necessary
that the people at home patronize
him and help him keep up with the
times, or else he will soon be out OF
the struggle for existence among the
country people.
The home merchant should not be
expected to pay the highest price for
produce and farm products and then
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28

or take an interest in the surround
ings thereof.
Home trading makes home indus
tries, brings more to the town and
keeps them there, and it helps to build
up the place. But the town will be at
a stand-still SO long as the people per
sist in this way of robbing the home
merchants of the right to live and do
business among them.
If the people will keep their money
at home there will be no need for
complaint. The place will assume a
lively air, it will take on a metropoli-
tan look, and the people will say to
their neighbor that business is good,
and it will be, as long as the people
continue to trade in the home mar
kets. The least that person can do
toward the betterment OF the com
munity and his own interests, is to
keep the money at home and see to it
that it is put where it is most needed
and wanted.
This should be a vital question to
all concerned in the welfare of his
community and it should be an estab-
lished rule that one should not seek
for things in other parts that he can
get at home.
FENTON T. IAWIER
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
Three Injured in a Wreck.

Beaver DANA head-on collision
between a passenger train going east
and a freight going west at Beaver
Dam Junction hurt two passengers
and an engineer. Passenger train NO.
SOC on the Milwaukee road was late
and was making up time and as the
junction was neared the engineer saw
that a switch was turned to let him
in on the main track where freight
train No. 81 was standing. He re-
versed his engine, but the accident
was unavoidable, and the two engines
came together, demolishing the front
of each, throwing the express and mail
cars off the trucks, and shaking up
the freight cars. The accident was
caused by freight brakeman failing
to turn the switch.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget Gathered by Our Special Cores
at Madison.

Madison.-With the railway mat
ter practically disposed OF, the
next important proposition that
will command the attention of
the legislature relates to the plan
of local corporation control as de-
signed under the Leroy bills and also
under the bills introduced by Senator
Hudnall. These bills covering this
important subject all suggest the
same general plan which is to
subject the question of rates and
service of lighting, telephone,
street and interurban line com
panies and in fact every public utility
corporation of whatever nature, to the
regulation and supervision of the rail
way rate commission Up to this time
those bills have not been generally
considered by the members, but as
soon as the hearings are scheduled
legislative attention will be directed to
this subject.
AS stated, the general plan is to
confer upon the rate commission the
power of this class of public utility
corporations it now exercises over the
steam roads of the state. To what
extent, if any, a contest will be made
upon this legislation, cannot be stated.
The legislation sought is far-reaching
in effect, for there is scarcely town,
village or city in Wisconsin without
some of the class of corporations COW
cred in the various bills. Under the
ruling, made some months ago, the
rate commission has now the power
to regulate rates and service upon in
terurban lines, and this power will no
doubt be extended to include lines
wholly within the limits of city.
Then there are ehe gas and electric
lighting companies and the water sup
ply companies whose rights are sought
to be curbed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
HOME MERCHANTS
GOOD REASONS WHY THEY DE-
SERVE YOUR SUPPORT.
MEANS MUCH TO COMMUNITY
He is at the Head Of the Things
That Are Good for the
Town and Your
self.

Copyright, by Alfred c. Clark)
The above head is a subject that
can well be treated as open for dis
cussion and consideration at any and
all times. 1t is also a subject that
should interest all persons who have
at heart the welfare of the community
in which he lives and who wishes to
see it grow and prosper.
No person can afford to do what he
knows will work an injury to the COM
munity in which he lives. In justice
to himself he cannot refuse his sup
port to the home industries that are
striving for existence and the welfare
of the town in which he goes to do his
trading.
In considering this question it
should be borne in mind that the coun-
try people, like all other American
citizens, are always on the lookout for
a place to invest their money that
will bring them the biggest returns
for the least expenditure; in this they
are right and are justified in SO doing,
but, at the same time they should re-
1nOlnDCA CndC IACy o1O NOpOnQOAI Ou
the home merchant for the money that
they send to foreign markets.
If they should stop to think how
these catalogue houses are operated
and look into, and know, the true con.
dition of affairs, probably they would
reconsider the stand they had taken
toward them. In many cases the PEG
pie are ignorant of the true surround
ings and inside operations of these
concerns and think they are doing
right in sending them their money
They are led to believe that what they
get from the catalogue house is the
same article that the home merchant
sells, only at a much lower price. The
majority of the people do not know
that they are buying the cheapest
article that can be manufactured and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
FENTON J. LAWLER.
Retort Courteous.

The world is full of women who can
ar1use the ordinary man. They can
sing, dance or recite in a manner most
pleasing, but the poor man often goes
begging for a woman who can sew on
buttons or mend his clothes; who can
cook his food with economy and flavor
to his taste.-San Augustine Vidette.
Miss Myrtle Loggins, the charming
editor of the Vidette, can make the
average man out hunting for wife
imagine he is being entertained by
an angel, whether he does his court
ing in the kitchen or in the parlor.
Those east Texas girls have wonder
full knack for favoring mans life
to suit his taste, whether he be rich
or poor.-Houston Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
LAWYER Denies Bride CHARGE.

ilwaukee.-Attorney Morris Loeff,
the Chicago attorney who was accused
by Theodore Engel of having offered
him a bride of $500 to testify falsely,
appeared before Referee Maxwell and
demanded an opportunity to deny
statements of Engel. He was placed
on the witness stand, and in a detailed
statement denied each and every
charge made by Engel against him.
He offered to introduce witnesses to
corroborate his testimony, but the ref
cree said it would not be necessary.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
conaressman-EIect RESIGNS.

Platteville.-Plattevi is in a
quandary Congressman J. w. Muir
phys resignation from the office of
Mayor of Platteville took place Febru-
airy 81. Mr.. Murphy's resignation was
accepted by the city council. By it
he stated that the duties falling upon
him as representative of the Third dis
trict made it necessary to give up his
office as mayor. Platteville is in a
quandary as to what it will do for a
mayor. Joseph E. Pross, president of
the council, will be acting mayor, but
his term ends at the coming spring
election. Then the city will have no
mayor Assemblyman c. E. Estabrook
of Milwaukee has introduced a bill
into the legislature providing for a
special mayoralty election this spring,
however
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
nrinin of "HeInmeet.U

"Helpmeet" has had curious his
tory which began with the biblical
account of the creation, when "the
Lord God said, " is not good that
the man should be alone; will make
him an help meet for him." That is
to say, a fit assistant. But the two
words hove become curiously combin-
ed into "helpmeet," and they are
constantly used as one. Moreover.
the confusion is increased by the cor
ruption of the words into "help-mate,"
and Macaulay writes Of the waiting
woman who was generally consider
ed as the most suitable help mate for
a parson.''
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be turned down by the seller OF these
articles when he wants anything in
the merchants line. He should be the
first one to be consulted when the
farmer intends buying. He should be
seen and arrangements made for the
purchase of the article, if he does not
carry it in stock.
The home merchant advertises or
should advertise, in the home paper.
This keeps the home paper in the field
and helps the community along. The
people take the home paper because
it gives all the local news that they
cannot get any other way and thus the
advertisements of the merchants are
read by them. If the people do not
patronizes the home merchant he cam
not afford to advertise, and without
advertising paper will soon prove
failure. Soon the home paper is sent
to the wall for the want of support
from the merchants; it may have a
large circulation, but without the mer.
chants help it will soon be lost to
sight. Then the merchant is next to
get out of business for the want OF
support, and the town will decrease in
population, and the people will Won
der what the trouble is when the
editor and the merchant leave town
together.
The home merchant contributes to
the support of the church, he pays
his taxes to keep the schools up, he
contributes to the horse show, the fall
festival, and the hundred and one
things that he is supposed to help out
and give his support to. He is at the
head of the list for everything that is
for the good of the community and he
deserves the honest and hearty CO
operation of all the people, all the
time, that are interested in the well
fare of the community in which they
live. The merchant helps to elect the
men that are to represent them in the
city, county, state and national af-
fairs, and he is ever on the go looking
to the interests of the people.
The people like to be entertained
and they will come many miles to
some amusement given by the mer-
chants of the town where they are
ever ready to go to sell their farm
| products. The merchant cannot give
these entertainments unless he has
the support of the people and 1t is not
fair to expect this of the men that are
striving for a livelihood, when the peo-
pie send their money to concern in
some far away city that will neither
contribute to any of these enterprises
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
Soldiers Home Vouchers.

Whether or not the charges made
against the trustees and managers of
the Wapaca veterans home, by Capt
Smith can be sustained is impossible
to state. The custom is to audit the
pay rolls in the secretary of states
office and to draw a voucher monthly
for the share of the state in caring
for and maintaining the inmates at
the home These vouchers are print
ed lists of all inmates and in addi-
ton contain names written in and are
supposed to be complete roll Of
every inmate for which the home is
entitled to receive pay. They are
properly certified to by the officials of
the home
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
LUTHERANs OPPOSE BILL.
Parochial Teachers Object to Certain
Features of Proposed Legislation.

Milwaukee.-Teache of the Lu-
theran parochial schools are opposed
to the bill for more rigid school at
tendance now before the legislature:
A committee will be appointed to ap-
pear before the legislature at Madison
and object to it's passage. The bill
provides that teachers shall prepare
a list of pupils together with the
names of their parents and addresses
each month and present them to the
superintendent of public schools A
penalty of $25 is provided for failure
to comply with the law. The Luther
an parochial teachers are of the Opin-
ion that the bill could not be made to
apply to private schools and that it is
unnecessary and unjustifiable.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
Saws EMPLOYER Hired Thugs.

acknowledgement with having no,
tilted sluggers to attack one of the
men who had been employed by him,
William Haegele, of Chicago, presi-
dent of the Haegele Ice company, was
arrested at Twin Lakes. He was
brought into Kenosha, and after being
taken before a justice of the peace he
arranged to settle the case with James
Burns, who had caused his arrest
Burns alleged that Haegele and he
had a dispute and that Haegele had
notified men to assault him.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
WISCONSIN LINES GIVE UP.
Milwaukee, Northwestern and Central
Accept New Rate.

Milwaukee.-Preside Earring, of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad, and President Hughitt, of the
Northwestern, officially announced
that their roads would accept the 21a
cent rate fixed by the Wisconsin rail
road commission without contest.
Officials of the Wisconsin Central
railway declare that it would be ri
diculous to wait for a decision from
the state railway commission before
putting a 21a-cent rate for passenger
service into effect.
1--WE could not expect to do much
business if we were to charge three
cents a mile after the other lines
adopt the 21a-cent rate" said Wis
consin Central official.
1t is believed that every railway
operating in this state will adopt the
21a-cent fare as soon as the 20 days
given by the commission for all appeal
are up.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
Complain Of Too Much Haste.

The bill providing for two additional
circuit judges for Milwaukee county,
which was passed by the senate under
suspension of the rules, was received
by the assembly and referred to the
committee on judiciary. The bill was
rushed through the upper house so
fast that some of the Milwaukee mem
bers in the assembly claim that they
have not yet had time to examine it
thoroughly, and one of them said that
he would have to be convinced that
there was proper demand for its
enactment before he would vote for it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
Plan QuadranquIar Meet.

Appleton.-At meeting of the Law.
renee athletic board of control it was
decided to invite Beloit, Ripon and
Marquette colleges to send athletes to
Appleton on May rs, to participate in
a quadrangular athletic meet. The
question of holding a triangular meet
was discussed and decided upon and
will be held unless Marquette accepts
the invitation in which event the meet
will be four instead of three cornered.
Letters of invitation have already
been forwarded
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
Argue Over Appropriations.

There was an interesting meeting of
the committee on claims to consider
some of the measures before the legis-
lature carrying appropriations. One
of the important actions of the COM
mittee was to recommend for passage
the appropriation bill for the James
town exposition. The committee cut
down the amount to $4,000 instead of
$4,000 as provided in the original
measure, and also reduced the number
of commissioners from five to three.
Gustav Kuestermann urged an appro-
priation for the blind in city schools
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
LARGE interests chanqe Owners.

Automatically deal consummat-
ed the Pittsburg Coal company will re;
tire from the control of the Milwaukee
Western Fuel company, and that
property will be owned exclusively by
Milwaukee interests. The capitaliza-
ton of the company, which is $4,000
900, will not be affected, but the future
policy of the company will not be in
the hands of an trust or coal combine.
The deal has been pending for the last
four months.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
PASTOR is HURT IN FIGHT.
Church Factions Come to Blows at
Wausau, Wis.

Wausau.-Two factions of ST. Paul's
Evangelical church became engaged in
a fist fight during a meeting in their
edifice. The pastor was among those
injured by blows. Someone rang the
fire alarm. When the department ar
rived the noise caused most of the
contestants to dispense.
Rev. F. Schaer, the pastor, and a
dozen others are painfully injured.
Two arrests were made at the church.
There will probably be Is warrants
sworn out before the case is called in
the courts.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
Mexican War Veteran Dead.

Madison. - Charles Bernard, Sr.,
aged SIS years, died at the home of his
son, William p Bernard, 624 East Cor
ham street. He had been i'll for some
time but his death will come as a
shock it being unexpected at this time.
He was probably the only survivor of
the Mexican war living in Madison.
He participated in many of the battles
of the war, including the memorable
bombardment of Vera Cruz
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
Stratford Man Is Accused:

Stratford. Robert Engelman of this
village was held in Chicago on the
charge of killing a mill owner named
Knappe in Plagwitz, Prussia, two
years ago. He was recently identified
by the sheriff of Grand Rapids 1t was
declared that Engelman probably is
August Strenicker, who is being
hunted. The prisoner denies the
charges.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
Amend Vaccination Law.

The committee on public health of
the assembly recommended for pas
sage the Miller bill, which provides
that when teachers or pupils attending
any school refuse or neglect to be-
come vaccinated after exposure to
smallpox, they shall be quarantined
Tor a period of % days.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
Sues for Broken Promise.

Beloit.-Miss Lena Bars, of the
town of Turtle, has brought suit
against William J. Trosen, of that
township, in the sum of $4,000, for
breach of promise. Miss Bars claims
that defendant and she were engaged
and without any reason he refused to
carry out the compact to her humilia-
ton and financial loss. The parties to
the suit are farmers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
Rancroft Resolution Adopted.

The Bancroft resolution, calling on
the governor for information regard
ing the names of attorneys employed
by the state as special counsel during
the last six years, or who are now EN-.
ployed in that capacity, and what CON-
pensation they have received or are
receiving, was adopted by the assem-.
bly, without opposition.
The assembly also adopted the Scott
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of legislative committee to in
spect the levees along the Wisconsin
river in Columbia county.