River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-29
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

gan county and, in many parts of the
country, is said to be almost total
failure. The reason given is that the
heavy rains have caused a great
growth of vines while the pods are
few, small and poorly filled. The To-
cal plant of the Wisconsin Pea Can
ners Company and the canning facto-
ries at the Falls and Plymouth are
operating steadily and will continue,
as far as known, throughout the sea-
son.
Madison-Steps to prevent the Mo-
mona Lake Chautauqua assembly from
disseminating the annual chautauQua
and selling the thirty-odd acres of
land owned by the corporation and
now valued at about $4,000, were
taken by some of the stockholders OF
the Madison Sunday School assembly,
the legal name of the corporation own
ing the property and conducting tho
chautauqua.
Fond du Lac.-George Giddings, 81
years old, capitalist, manufacturer and
banker, died after ten years of suffer
this time the best medical skill
throughout the country was employed
in the effort to control the disease,
but all was futile. Mr.. Giddings was
a son of the late David Giddings,
member of the territorial legislature
from Sheboygan county.
Merrill-John Laya, one of the four
alleged bandits who participated in
the daylight robbery of the German
American bank on May 2S, has been
removed from hospital to the county
Jail. He was shot in the side by one
of the posse of citizens which captured
two of the robbers. When he was OPP
Grated upon it was found that his APP
pendix was affected and that was re.
moved together with the bullet.
Madison.-T G.. Mccarthy of Madi.
son, who has constructed most of the
new buildings at the state university
during the last ten years, was award
ed contracts for IL construction of
wings to the engineering building and
the dairy building at the university.
The contracts carry $57,6S3. 1t is ex-
pected the wings will be completed
early next fall.
Madison.-Attorney General Gilbert
ruled that the action of former Secre-
tary of State w. l.. Houser in revok-
ing the license of the Burlington road
because of it's noncompliance in fur
nishing report apparently demanded
under the laws of 1905, was unlawful,
and that the road was not required to
file such report.
Madison.-The state railroad COM
mission had hearing on the petition
of f. G. Fullmer of Scofield for an or
der requiring the Wausau Electric
Railway Company to furnish better
service and reduce it's rates. Attorney
Neal Brown of Wausau appeared for
the company. The matter was taken
under advisement.
Racine Jacob Dietrich, C.Ie OF the
pioneers and former leading mer-
chants of Racine, who had held many
offices of trust, died, aged S3 years.
He was born in Germany, and came
here in 1916. Until 1892 he managed
a large dry goods store. He leaves
a widow and three sons, all business
men of the city.
Milwaukee. Fred Pabst and
James G. Boyd of the Pabst Brew
ing Company will sail on the steamer
Minneskie of the Atlantic Transports
ton Company's line on August for
France to select and purchase from
1f I0 igfa
Percheron draft horses they can find.
Oshkosh.-Suffering from the delu-
sion that he is hypnotized, octave
Morette, a young Marinette man, has
been brought to the state insane asy-
lum. He declares there are wheels
buzzing in his ears and continually
makes passes of his hands similar to
those INDUCED in by hypnotists.
Spooner.-On August 27 Spooner
will hold a special election to vote on
the question of organizing under a
city charter A special census is be-
ing taken. 1t is believed that Spooner
will be able to show at least 1000. At
the last national census it had $50.
Sheboygan Falls.-F. d. Ainsworth
of Glenwood, who was negotiating
with stockholders of the Dairymen's
National bank to take over the inter-
ests of the Thomas family and reor-
ganize the institution, has dropped the
deal.
Appleton. gets the 1910
meeting of the eastern Wisconsin
Saengerbezirk, having received tina
unanimous vote of the delegates in
attendance at the thirteenth annual
meeting here. w. F, Weber Of Fond
du Lac was elected president.
Beloit-Tramps broke into Fosters
shoe factory, which was closed for the
day, and stole lot of shoes. Later
they tried to sell them to some men
who happened to be connected with
the factory and arrests followed
Hudson. Moses E. Palmer, pion-
eer merchant of Hudson, died at his
home here of cancer. He had been
in mercantile business in Hudson for
so years.
Oconomowoc. The creamery at
Brown street owned by Bolsted Bros.
burned. Bolsted Bros, who lately
purchased it, had made extensive Inn
provements and the loss will be al
most $4,000.
Madison .--Commissioner OF Bank
ing M. C. Bergh has issued charter
To the Commercial State Bank of Ar.