River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-21
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

Zschetzsche; conductor, Abe Feldt;
page, Jacob Rank; sentinel, Jacob
| Verhulst; chaplain, John Lenhart; ex-
ecutive committee, P. M. Hertenstein-
er, j. Kretchmer, William Armstrong
and Harry CRUDE. e. l.. Styled was
selected state convention delegate,
with L. l.. Amig as alternate.
Eau Claire. - District Attorney
Sam ]. Williams Of Sawyer coun-
| ty stated here that he and AS
sistant Prosecutor V. W. James of
Eau Claire, representing the state,
had stipulated with Attorneys McKen-
ma, Malone and Naber, representing
the Dietz defendants, that all the
Dietz cases, which had been set for
March 10 at Eau Claire, should be
continued over the term. This means
that the trials will not be started prior
to next September
La Crosse.-With the view of
developing plan for the utili-
zation of the millions of acres OF cut
over timber land in Wisconsin, the
United States government has decid-
ed to make extensive experiments in
reforestation on the Sparta military
reservation, according to word re-
ceived here from Representative John
j. Esch, who took up the matter with
the war department and the depart
ment of agriculture.
inn 0F
the Fox River Valley Dental So
ciety closed with the election of
these officers: President, G. A.
Stratton, Oshkosh; vice-president, W.
| e. Tennent, Fond du Lac; secretary,
| c. c. Norris, Oshkosh; treasurer, l..
H. Moore, Appleton. Fond du Lac
was selected as the next place OF
meeting.
-Antigo-"The Immodesty Of the
Present Day High School Girls
Dress" was the subject discussed by
Attorney ]. H. Trever before an Anti
go citizens club Mr.. Trevor deplored
the tendency of the present age and
contrasted it with the days when
calico dress and bare feet.
Bangor.-Rev. W. E. Olmsted, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church here
for five years, has accepted call to
the Presbyterian church at Stamford,
I'll.
Madison. - With the Madison
lakes still covered with about two
feet of ice, the university crew
situation is very discouraging to
Coach Vail Last year the crew was
on the lakes by March Is, but pres
ent weather conditions indicate that
1t will be after the first of April be-
fore the crew can get onto the water.
Madison.-To improve the gen
eral run of products for which
prizes will be awarded at the 1912
state fair, were the objects OF COM
mittee of the state board of agricul-
ture here. Approximately $4,000 in
premiums will be offered exclusive OF
speed purses, for which $4,000 is ap-
propriated.
Waukesha-A jury iii municipal
court found Leo Duffy guilty OF
charge of burglary, after being
out a few minutes. D. HI. Hemlock,
attorney for the defendant, stated that
he wished to be heard upon motion
for a new trial and the case was con-
tinued It is alleged that the defendant
entered the Charles E. Breasted home
last fall and stole several articles OF
wearing apparel and jewelry. His ar
rest followed at La Crosse. w. M.
Washington, colored, is on trial charg-
ed with burglary. 1t is alleged that
last December Washington entered the
home of Samuel Hadfield, Wisconsin
and Maple avenues, and after procur-
ing a gold watch and few pieces of
jewelry, was frightened away by Had
field.
Madison.-The Wisconsin railway
commission ordered the Wisconsin
Electric Railway company to re-
arrange it's schedule Of passenger rates
charged in the mile zone" bounded by
Erdman and Gillingham, near Oshkosh.
Jerry Vosberg and other residents Of
the zone territory filed petition with
the commission complaining that the
rate were excessive and discrimina-
tory, and the decision was rendered
after a hearing of this petition.
Two Rivers.-One of the finest
herds of cattle in this county,
owned by Albert Johannes, has been
examined by the state veterinary sur
geons and twenty-seven of herd of
thirty were found to be afflicted with
bovine tuberculosis. Under the state
law these cattle will be killed and the
owner reimbursed to the extent of Is
per cent of their marketable value.
/ Beloit-Engineer Charles Mills
of the Milwaukee road was ia
ken seriously i'll while in the cab of
the locomotive on the way to Beloit,
and was nearly helpless when he
brought the train to stop at the sta
ton here.
Madison.-Following a discussion
of tuberculosis the Dane County
Medical society decided by a
board at it's June session to establish
a tuberculosis sanitarium in Dane
county.