River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-07-28
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SEEN AND HEARD
In WISCONSIN

announced from Minneapolis that the
company has purchased fifty acres OF
land adjacent to it's terminals here
ton of storage yards with a capacity
for 5000 cars. The old roundhouse
will be torn down and replaced with
modern structure, and this city will
be made the great central division
point on the system for both freight
and passenger service. The new ar
rangement on the Chicago division
will bring to this city $50 skilled en-
ployes. The new system will be eff
fective by October 1. The city has
vacated three principal streets.
Manitowoc. - Manitowocs first
white slavery case was brought
before the court when Ida Ray,
charged with being a procuress, and
Henry Tegge, her son. were arraigned.
Tegge pleaded guilty and was fined
500 and costs. The woman pleaded
not guilty and will fight the case. She
was held on a bond of $500 for ap-
pearance. William Pail, also impIi-
Gated in the case, pleaded not guilty
and is in jail in default of furnishing
bond of $500. The complaint results
from the recent arrest of young girl
of fourteen years, who is said to have
implicated the trio in a confession to
the police.
Racine.-The long standing iron
molders' strike showed signs of
ending when forty strikers resumed
work at the American Seating COM
pany's plant. Three months ago 400
molders went out in six different fac
tories. They demanded nine hours
work day and the bosses wanted ten
hours. Since that time non-union
molders have been doing most of the
work.
Portage.-The common council re-
pealed the ordinance providing for
the closing of saloons on Sun
day and the removal of screens.
The ordinance has been strictly en-
forced since it's passage. The alder
men passed it as compromise with
the Law and Order league when a
number of saloon keepers were ar
rested
Marinette-Several hundred farm
ers, assisted by men from Mari
nette, are engaged in fighting fires
in the muck grounds in the Pesh-
tigo district, between the air line road
and the Peshtigo river. The flames
have advanced across the Murray An
drews farm at the western city linn
it's. The house is surrounded and
the goods are being moved out. A
fight of a week to keep the flames
from reaching the farm was defeated
by shift of wind. An appeal was
made to the Marinette fire depart
ment for assistance. Wagon loads Of
buckets are being handed out to men
in the vicinity of the fires. The muck
soil is made up of decomposed marsh
vegetation and is the richest soil in
northern Wisconsin. It burns read
lily when dry. The ground Is rendered
worthless for five years by the fire.
Superior-The Superior terminals
of the Arrow line, new cleo
trio railway to the Twin cities,
will be located at Twenty-frst street
and Logan avenue. Survey has just
been completed by the roads engi-
neers. The local terminals are reached
from the city limits by the diagonal
road to the steel plant site and Logan
avenue. Property owners along the
road will donate the required right Of
way there If the road will operate a
local service to the steel plant, which
it is understood will also give rum
ming rights over Logan avenue free
of cost. The right of way into the
city would otherwise cost 100000.
La Crosse.-Struck by the head
of p whisky barrel which ex-
ploded when he scratched match on
it to light his pipe, Harold Dawdy
lost his eyes, his nose was torn out
and pieces penetrated the skull. The
accident happened at the Opalaska
Pickle factory, where Dawdy and Jo-
seph Sowle were unloading barrels
from wagon. SoWle was thrown sew
eral feet, but not badly hurt.
Racine.-For the third time in
five months the Caledonia station
of the Chicago, Milwaukee e st. Paul
railway was entered by burglars
Trunks and packages were broken
open, contents strewn around and it
is believed that valuables were carried
away Railway detectives, government
inspectors and express company detec-
tives are working on the case.
Madison.-A man giving the
name of John Gleason and his resi-
dence as Montana was arrested at
Mount Horeb, Dane county, on the
charge of stealing a team of horses
valued at $500 from John Lamberty of
Cross Plains. Gleason abandoned the
team and tried to escape by foot, but
was caught by Deputy Sheriff John
Martin.
Chilton.-Bishop Grafton reconse-
Grated the church here under it's new
name-St. Boniface.
Sheboygan.-Martfn Crater, aged
twenty-three, was killed at the
docks of the c. Reisse Coal company.
He was buried beneath 100 tons of
coal, which had tipped over on him.
His body was excavated in Is min
utes.
Grand Rapids. = Reinald Timm,
R. F. D. carrier No. 7, from
the Grand Rapids postofice, who has
a route twenty-five miles long, has
been making an experimental trial the
last month of the delivery of his mail
with the use of motorcycle. After
| months trial he feels well satisfied