River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-10

cans never mix" was the decla-
ration of James B. Murphy, Water
| town, before the annual convention or
| the Wisconsin Master Painters as
| ISOLATION in session here. "If you want
a painter to work put a taboo on the
canteen." Wausau was selected for
the 1912 convention over Milwaukee.
The following were elected officers:
President, John c. York, Burlington;
vice-president, J. L. Ellenberger, Wau-
sau; secreary-treasurer, Leonard For
ester, Milwaukee; trustee, Anton Hum
mel, Lake Geneva.
misunderstanding to Rev. G..
Kluxdal, who has just returned
| from Waupun, states that Rev. Daniel
Woodward Of Omro, member of the
state board of control, who has been
placed in temporary charge of the
penitentiary, is being urged by state
officials to take the post permanently.
The Neenah pastor has been granted
permit by Governor McGovern to
work among the Scandinavian prison.
ers at Waupun. He will hold six regu-
lar services a year and have charge
of the Scandinavian books and papers.
Spring Bank.-Accidents and dis
eases common to certain employ
ments and women and children in the
field Of labor were topics discussed by
Prof. Frank O'Aara of the Catholic
University of America, Washington, D..
c., at the session Of the Western Cath
olic Chautauqua here. Rev. W. F.
Robinson of the ST. Louis university
delivered lecture on the Ethical
Foundation of Civil Society,""
Milwaukee.-What the health de-
partment charged was an attempt to
smuggle three carloads Of unripe wa
termelons, condemned by Chicago au-
thorities, into Milwaukee to be sold by
peddlers, has been frustrated. The
melons were burned According to
Health Commissioner Kraft, the mel
ons were picked while green and be-
came sour while in transit.
West Bend.-Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Richmond and Mr.. and Mrs. Mar.
tin J. Cavanaugh of Chicago had a
narrow escape from death when the
automobile in which they were riding
turned turtle while they were going at
the rate of A miles an hour. All were
bruised, but not seriously. Mr.. Cava-
naugh, the one receiving the worst
injuries, has a dislocated shoulder.
Appleton.-The preliminary hear
ing before the state tax commits
sion on the appeal Of Appleton, Kau-
kauna and Buchanan from the assess
ment Of water power at 500 per
horsepower, as adopted by the county
board last November, is in progress.
Eagle River.-Tony Imperio and
Philip Roberti, charged with MUIR
dering Sheriff John Radcliffe at Con-
over on July 6, were taken to the Wau-
sau Jail for safekeeping after being
bound over for trgal at the fall term
OF the circuit court.
Madison-The committee named to
investigate fire insurance and report
to the legislature in 1913 with recon-
mendations met here in response to a
call issued by Chairman George E.
Scott
Prairie du Chien.-Harry Schmidt,
aged fifteen, whose mother has just
returned from the hospital where
she had been confined for weeks, went
to the bank of the Mississippi to
gather clans, and came home an hour
later with a hatful. When he opened
the third one he and his parents were
amazed to see a 31-grain pink beauty
drop to the floor. William Moore, a
local pearl dealer, gave $500
for it.
Fond du Lac.-Three thousand
speed fans who witnessed the
first motorcycle races to be held in
this city at the fair grounds were
thrown Anto excitement when Walter
Smick Of Oshkosh last control of his
machine and crashed into the fence.
He sustained fractured shoulder and
his face was crushed. He was taken
to ST. Agnes hospital where his con-
dition is regarded as serious.
Neenah.-A telegram received
here said Il. w. Mathewson, for
merly a Kenosha manufacturer and
we'll known throughout the state, was
killed In an auto accident at Everett,
Wash. The machine went over a
high embankment, crushing Mathew
son beneath 1t.
Neenah.-Leslie Dietz, son of
John Dietz of Cameron Dam fame,
said attorneys who have charge OF
the case of his father will be ready
| to present their arguments for a new
| trial to supreme court before Janu-
airy. He said the attorneys have
| learned something of late which will
put a new phase on the situation at
| Cameron Dam, but declined to make
1t public.
Madison.-Harry Miller, a rural
mail carrier at Wauzeka, was ar.
rested by the federal authorities and
brought to Madison on a charge Of vio-
lating the postal laws. It is alleged
that Miller caused delay in the send
ing of money orders.
Neenah.-E. L. Aberhold. dairy
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