River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS

fire over a year ago. The structure
which has cost upward of $4,000 is a
credit to the city and reflects honor
upon the sacrifices of it's members and
it's pastor. The church proper has
not as yet been entirely completed,
but services are being conducted in
the Sunday school rooms, and the So
cial rooms, which form a prominent
feature, are also occupied. The rooms
are practically one, but by clever
arrangement of accordion sliding
doors and rolling curtains it is divided
into a series of rooms in which the
several departments of the church can
work individually The colors are
harmonious and the woodwork has a
pleasing finish. Beautiful art win
dows and an excellent lighting sys-
tenn, combined with rich furniture,
make the general appearance of the
rooms inviting.
Green Superintendent ]. c..
Hart of the Oneida reservation
has returned from Washington where
he consulted with Commissioner of
Indian Affairs Valentine, and makes
the statement that there will be no
immediate change In the general pol
icy of the management of the reserva-
ton. Commissioner Valentine real
izes,' said Superintendent Hart, that
it is only matter of time when the
Oneidas will pass from the govern
ment control, and the questions that
naturally arise are how can the
change be made and have the Indians
benefited and have no i'll effects come
to the people of Brown and surround
ing counties"
Kenosha.-John CovacZ, 40 years
of age, and foreman in the
leach room at the n. r. Aliens Sons
tannery here for many years, met a
terrible death when he was caught in
a bark carrier and before the ma
chinery could be stopped carried
several times around a shaft. Covacz
was alone in the leach room at the
time of the accident and it was by
the merest accident that his body
was prevented from being ground to
pieces in the tan bark. One of the
men from another room noticed the
bundle of clothes and flesh on the
carrier and thinking it was rag
stopped the machinery.
Kenosha = The dead body of
John Scripke, 40 years of age, who
disappeared from Kenosha, was found
frozen in the draw along the tracks of
the Northwestern road north of Keno
sha. He had left the house to get a
pitcher of beer and is supposed to
have lost his way. He had been
struck by train and been dead for
some hours when found. 1t was nee
essary to use picks and axes to get
the body out of the ice and snow.
The man had resided in Kenosha for
many years and was we'll known
among foreigners in the city.
La Crosse. = Planning to con-
struct another dam to give storage
capacity to assure sufficient power for
the La Crosse e Winona Traction
Company and other allied industries
which will be run from the big plant
at Hatfield, the La Crosse Water Pow
er Company is said to be preparing
for another big piece of construction
work The completion of the third
dam will assure a total storage ca
pacity of 100000 acre feet, or in other
words, 10000 acres of water one foot
deep, to supply the big power plant
below Hatfield.
Washburn.-Political battles that
have waxed warm in this city
during it's career are as nothing
when compared with the one now on
over the removal of the post office.
The fight was brought about by "a
proposition made to the city council
for the purchase of the old library
building, now occupied by the Com
mercial club, the same to be leased to
the government for post-effice pur-
poses for a period of ten years.
New Richmond - Under orders
from Mayor Charles Donohue, an
alright lid will be clapped down
good and hard in New Richmond.
Since July New Richmond has been
a no-license town, but the sale of
nahum and other forms of near beer
has been tolerated, but lately with
rapidly-increasing number of drunks
on the business streets this has beeh
complained of by Civic league author
tiles.
Fond du Lac.-Charles Hender-
son and Roy Workman were SEN
fenced to three years in the state
reformatory at Green Bay for holding
up E. Goodman in his store on North
Main street Henderson and Work
man made bold plan to escape from
Jail by telling the jailor with a
vinegar bottle and stool when he
came to serve their supper
Waupaca-Con OEeary, aged 65
years, residing alone near the
outskirts of the city, was cremated
when the house burned to the ground.
heboygan.-William Thielke, aged
20 years, committed suicide by drink
ing carbolic acid. No cause is known
for the act.
La Crosse.-Rev. F. L. Marvick
of Ashland has accepted call
to the Trinity Lutheran church of the
North side, succeeding Rev. T. T.
Hoverstad, whose resignation has
been accepted and who is to leave
soon for Minneapolis to take up hos
pital work
Beloit.-Judge Rosa sentenced
Joseph H. Mueller to prison for
two years for bigamy. Mueller is
deaf and dumb. He is alleged to have
deserted several women with whom
ne lived and is said to have eluded
the nolice of MANY cities for five