River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
STATE NEWS
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with the General Construction COM
pany, Milwaukee, for the building of
the new city hall. The order is made
returnable before Judge E. B. Belden.
circuit court At the same time a
suit for a perpetual Injunction has
been brought naming all the officials
of the city and the contractors and
architect in charge of the building.
The complaint alleges that the build
ing has not been erected in accord
ance with specifications.
La Crosse.-After a hearing Of
both sides of the La Crosse water
supply controversy, the state railroad
commission has announced it will
send an expert here to determine
which proposed source is best. Advo-
Gates of the river plan have an adj
vantage in the report Of one of the
commissions experts in their favor, but
advocates of the we'll system say
further investigation will prove their
contention meritorious.
Manitowoc A stir has been
created in railway circles here and
dlOuS Tic LAKE ouOI0 01NlSlOA I'll lAS
Northwestern road by reports of the
dismissal of an official of the division
and an employe of the road depart
ment here for alleged padding of pay
rolls. It is alleged by detectives that
the two employees, working together,
secured between $500 and $1,000 in
the last few months through the game
Madison. The claim of Price,
Warehouse & Co., chartered ac-
countants of Chicago, for auditing the
books and accounts of the state uni
versity, was filed for payment in the
Office of Secretary of State Frear. The
claim is for $3.50. 1t is said that the
report of the auditors Is fiattering to
the system followed by the university
accountants, except for some slight
criticism of details.
La Crosse.-A climax has been
reached in the controversy which
resulted in the official destruction of
the McGillivray bridge on a highway
crossing at the La Crosse and Trem-
pealeau county line. Farmers of the
town of Caledonia in Trempealeau
county have repaired the damage done
by La Crosse county officials, placing
the structure in condition to be used.
Kenosha. - The first fruits OF
the state investigation of the condi.
lions in Kenosha from the standpoint
of liability to fire losses came when
State Fire Marshal T. M. Purtell, who
is now in the city, issued a score of
formal notices demanding general
cleaning up of the downtown districts
Of the city.
Sheboygan.-A little boy passing
the plant of the Roos-SellingeT
Manufacturing company on Wednes-
day night, picked up an envelope ad-
dressed to "My Wife" Within was a
note which read: "My dear wife-I
am sick Of life. Good-by. George B.
The police know of no one who is
missing.
La Crosse.-Hereafter women who
fancy hens will be just as i'm
'portant in the organization of the
Western Wisconsin Poultry associa
ton as the men. They have been
granted suffrage and will exhibit stock
at the annual show of the association
which will he held here December Z
to IL.
Menomonie. In the Norwegian
Lutheran church on Thursday took
place the marriage of Helga Y
loft to Rev. H. J. Oleen, English Lu
| theran pastor at the University Of
North Dakota, Grand Forks. Miss loft
was for several years an instructor in
the state school at Sparta.
Madison.-Commiss of Bank
ing M. G. Bergh issued a charter
authorizing the Badger State bank OF
Cassville with $4,000 capital The
president of the institution is Walter
Klempell and the cashier o. M. Alter
| berg.
Madison. i Phil Allen, formerly
banker at Mineral Point, now
has congenial employment in the
prison library, according to United
States Marshal r. J. Flint, just back
from Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Allen
he says is in excellent health.
La Crosse. y With the opening
of the deer hunting season on No
vember 10, little more than week
away, applications for hunting II
censes in Wisconsin indicate there
will be thousands of deer hunters in
the northern Wisconsin woods next
week Reports from Indians and
woodsmen in the northern counties
say that the deer are plentiful this
fall.
Appleton-Rev. Theodore Marth
who was given the unanimous
call to become pastor of st. Stephens
Lutheran church in Wausau, will re-
main pastor of lions Lutheran church
of this city, where he has been for the
last twenty years.
Madison. Davidson sent
telegram to the National Sur
geons' association now in conven,
ton in Richmond, Va, inviting the as
ISOLATION to hold its next convention
in Milwaukee.
Kenosha.-Twenty children rang
ing in ages between three and
twelve years, were brought into MUM
cipal court here to answer charges OF
petty larceny in connection with
thefts from fields about the city. The
parents of the children appeared with
them in court and they were notified
that if the children were again ar
rested the parents would be brought
into court and fined.
Beloit-Albert Lighthart fell a
victim of two men who sand.
bagged him, took his watch and $2G