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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
Potato Disease Discussed.

Potato disease was the topic of the
address delivered at the annual con-
vention of the Wisconsin Potato
Growers association, at Rhinelander,
the speakers being E. P. Miller, Chi
cago; Prof. l.. R. Jones, University of
Wisconsin, and w. A. Orion Of the
United States department of agricul-
ture. Mr.. Orton's general topic was
Seed Inspection and Certification,
and in it he dealt with the Importance
of securing seed which is pure and
free from disease influences.
Potato Diseases in Relation to Seed
Standards" was the topic assigned to
Professor Jones, and he told of the
need of pure strains, saying that all
the important potato diseases are des-
simated through the seed tubers.
Late blight, black leg, wilt, COM
mon scab, powdery scab scurf and
black wart are the diseases against
which the buyer of seed should be
most CAREFUL he said Growers and
dealers in seed stock must learn to
recognize these diseases. A system of
state inspection and certification, in
addition to these others, would put
Wisconsin at the head of the list in
the production of high grade seed po-
tatoes."
E. P. Miller declared that infected
importations endanger the potato crop
and said that an additional protection
is required by the general embargo
against the foreign potatoes.
wisconsin is one of the most i'm
portant potato producing states in the
Union" he declared. 1T is one in
which developments are fast opening
up new territory. Much of the land in
Wisconsin is not suitable for any other
purpose in so great measure as it is
for potato growing. Consequently Wis
consin potato growers should take a
strong interest in the condition of the
importations Of foreign seed potatoes.
with the example of the Greeley
district of Colorado before us it
seems that immediate and drastic
steps should be taken to prevent the
importation of potatoes from foreign
countries, all of which are likely to
carry more or less infection of dis
eases new to this country. The Greeley
district five years ago was one of the
most important shipping districts in
our country for it's size. Today not
one-ffth of the crop formerly produced
is raised. This condition is due to the
importation OF seed potatoes from for
eign countries and the impregnation
of the soil with the bacteria of potato
diseases.
The following officers were elected:
J. w. Hicks, Prentice, was elected
president; Anton F'ollstad, Ilcho, vice
president; Ben Fast, Eau Claire, treas
urer, and J. g. Milward, Madison, sec
rotary.
Marinette, Lincoln and Barron coun-
ties are seeking the next convention.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
Cooperation in Dairying Urged.

A group OF representative men inter
ested in agricultural affairs, particu-
larly dairying, met with the board of
public affairs in Madison to develop If
possible plan of cooperative market
ing of dairy products. Those who ap-
peared in response to the boards invt-
tation were President G. r. Van Hise,
Prof E. II. harrington, A. W. Hop
kins, B. H. Hubbard and Prof. G. E.
Benkendorf of the university; Dairy
and Food Commissioner j. @. Emery,
Assistant Commissioner H. G. Larson,
Inspector E. l.. Aderhold, DR.. Charles
Mccarthy, M. S. Dudgeon and Niles
Riley of the legislative reference de-
partment Rural School Inspector w.
E. Larson; George D. Bartlett, Mil
waukee, secretary of the Wisconsin
Bankers association; James G. Mac
Kenzie, secretary of the State Agri-
cultural society; M. Yves. Tubbs, sec
rotary Of the Wisconsin Equity soci-
ETY.; Frank Kern, Bayfield,; ]. NJ An
derson, Superior; B. w. Utman, Hud-
son; G. l. Brigham, Blue Mounds; H..
B. Fargo and Mr.. Griffin, Mount Ho-
reb; Don E. Mowry, Madison. Tho
board adjourned.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
ATTEMPT Rescue; Three Lost.

Marshfield, Ore, Nov. 29.-Fourth
Officer Shane, Quartermaster Oswalk
and Seaman H. Hanson of the steam
ship President, from Seattle for San
Francisco, we're drowned so miles off
Coos Bay when they attempted to res
cue an unidentified steerage passenger
who had been swept overheard by a
heavy sea. The men put out in a
ships boat to effect rescue, and the
boat was swamped. The President at
that time was battling with 70-mile
gale and high seas were breaking over
her Sow.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
TRY TO SAVE CHIEF PRIEST
Fight on to Keep Head of Sun Cult
Worshippers Out of
Jail.

Chicago, Dec. I'm the United
States court here is being staged the
fight to keep out of the penitentiary
the head of one of the oldest religions
now maintaining temples of worship.
Their chief priest, convicted of send
ing obscene literature by express and
their book of inner secrets branded
as unfit for circulation, the followers
of Zoroaster in this country, Europe
and the Orient are facing the heavi-
est blow ever dealt them since the
Mohammedans drove the Parsees out
of Persia
According to the researches of the
United States district attorneys Of
flee here Ottoman Ear Adusht Hanish,
convicted Friday and now awaiting
the result of his attorneys motion to
appeal, is the successor of Zarath-
ushtra and the recognized high priest
of every temple of the Zoroastrian re.
ugion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
CONGRESS OPENS
REGULAR SESSION
CLARK AND MARSHALL CALL THE
HOUSE AND SENATE TO
ORDER.
MANY MEMBERS ARE ABSENT
Ambitious Program Is Laid Out for
the Nations Lawmakers, and
They May Be Busy Most Of
Next Year.

Washington, Dec. AT the stroke
of noon today gavels sounded in SEN
ate and house signalling the opening
of the second, or first regular, session
OF the Sixty-Third congress.
The familiar figure Of Speaker
Champ Clark was seen in the house
chamber. In the senate Vice-Presi-
dent Marshall called the senators to
order. This was the first regular SEES
sion of congress in many years which
was ushered in under entirely Demo
cratic auspices-with Democrats in
control of the house and senate and
a Democratic executive in the White
House.
Galleries Well Filled.
AS Is usual on such occasions, the
galleries were filled, there being a
brilliant display Of millinery and win
ter fashions by women spectators.
The diplomatic galleries in both
houses were well filed, diplomats of
South America and Central America
predominating in the attendance.
In the house the blind chaplain of
that body, Rev. Henry N. Couden, de-
livered the invocation, after which a
few new members were escorted to
the speakers desk to take the oath
OF office. This ceremony over the
house proceeded to uninteresting rou-
tine business. Routine business and
preliminary skirmishing over the cur
rency bill occupied the attention Of
the senate.
Subjects They Will Take Up.
Many members, who were detained
here during the summer and autumn
months, have not returned yet, some
declaring they would remain away I'M
til after January 1, so as to be at
home for the holiday season. They
think little important business will
be transacted until after the begin
ming of the new year.
Although the program had not been
definitely formulated, members look
forward to tackling one Of the most
ambitious legislative tasks that con-
gress in a long time has attempted.
Here are some of the subjects of legis-
Iation that the new congress will take
up:
Final action on the currency bill.
Anti trust legislation.
Rural credits.
Naval program
Passage of a dozen appropriation
bills.
Train safety and safety on the ocean.
Regulation of the shipping trust.
Final action on the reports of lobby
Investigating committees.
The cost of living problem.
Legislation to protect women work.
ers.
River and harbor budget.
Legislation looking to the building
of a government railroad in Alaska.
May Have to consider Mexico.
Another important matter which It
is believed will engage the attention
of congress, is discussion of the Mex
lean problem. However, this de-
ponds on the action of President Will
son. There will be no action relative
to Mexico, most members think, un-
less the president gives it his ap-
prevail.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
THAW FILES HIS ANSWER
Fugitive Objects to Sheriff from New
York State Taking Him
in Charge.

Concord, N H., Dec. Harry X.
Thaw has filed in the United States
district court his answer to the petit
ton Of the state of New York, that
Sheriff Holman A. Drew be made GUS
todian of the Matteawan fugitive with
authority to deliver him to the New
York officials under the extradition
warrant issued by Governor Felker.
Action on the warrant was stayed by
habeas corpus proceedings instituted
by Thaw.
Thaw sets forth that custody under
the extradition warrant would be IL
legal and oppressive because based
upon an unconstitutional statute and
an order of commitment without
trial. In effect, he declares, it is
worse than sentence to penal servi-
tude in that it excludes the posi-
bility of executive clemency and par.
don
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
Huerta Trying to Raise Money.

Mexico City, Dec. 1.-Provisional
President Huerta summoned the man,
ayers of the Bank of England and
Mexico and the National bank before
him and explained to them the neces.
sity of their financial assistance to
meet the obligation of the National
railways on Dec. 1. Interest payments
of the railways, due on Dec. 1, aggre'
gate $4,000 pesos gold. Failure tc
meet the payments in December
would, it is claimed, give the right
of foreclosure.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
STEFANsSON LOSES HIS BOAT
EXPLORERS VESSEL CAUGHT IN
THE ICE AND CRUSHED.
Men All Escape, ApparentIy-lnstru-
ments and Provisions All Lost,
is the Report.

Nome, Alaska, Dec. 1.-The power
schooner Mary Sachs, one of~the boats
Of VilhjaImer Stefansson's Canadian
Arctic exploration expedition has been
wrecked in the ice off the Arctic
coast of Alaska. News of the loss of
the Mary Sachs was received here in
a letter from Peter Barnard, captain
of the vessel.
The ice crushed the vessel into bits
and all the provisions and scientific
instruments aboard were lost.
The letter gives no details of the
mishap. AS nothing is said of any
injury to the men on the Mary Sachs
it is believed all are safe, as they
could easily make their way over the
ice to shore, where they could obtain
shelter with the natives.
No word was received concerning
the Karluk and the Alaska.
History of Vessel.
Seattle, Wash.-The auxiliary boat,
Mary Sachs, was purchased at Nome
by Vilhjalmer Stefansson for use of
the southern party of the Canadian
expedition, which also has the power
schooner Alaska. DR.. r. M. Anderson,
commanding the southern party, is
aboard the Alaska, and Kenneth Chip
man, the Canadian geologist, was
placed in command of the Mary Sachs.
The Mary Sachs was a gasoline
schooner of $50 tons gross register.
She carried crew of three men and
was built at Benicia, Cal, in 1898.
The southern party was to have
made a scientific exploration of Vic
torialand and Banksland, while Stef-
ansson on the Karluk explored the IN
mapped region in Beaufort sea.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
AN7E-O|L KINDL|NG
LAW IS URGED
Head of Oil Inspectors Sends Re-
port to Governor.
CAUSES LOSS DURING YEAR
141 Accidents, 80 Deaths, Injury to e5
Persons and $53,e53 Damage to
Property Due to Use of Kero-
sene and Gasoline.

Madison. - Recommendation that
the use of petroleum products for
kindling fires in stoves be prohibited
by statute are made in the annual re-
port of the supervisors of inspectors
of Illuminating oils, Louis F. Meyer,
to Gov. F. E. McGovern. The use of
kerosene and gasoline in kindling
during the last year, he says, caused
141 accidents, loss of 80 lives, injury
of 95 persons and destruction of $685.
S53 in property.
Although the department employs
seven less men than ten years ago,
two and four-fifths times as many
barrels of petroleum products were
inspected" said Mr.. Meyer. due to
increased efficiency saving of 142
cents on each ten barrels has been eff
fected. More than 100000 barrels
were inspected last year.
AT the close of the last fiscal year
the department turned into the gener-
al fund $37,703.26, the largest of any
year. This represents the amount
by which inspection fees exceeded sal
aries and other expenses.
Ten years ago the department
spent "a cents out of every dollar col
lected, five years ago 70, while last
year we spent but 81 cents. Here is
a saving of II per cent. in admins
tration over ten years ago and of %
per cent. over five years ago.
During the next year the depart
ment will be dependent upon an APP
preparation made by the last legisla-
ture, the fees being turned into the
state treasury"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
New Incorporations.

Articles Of incorporation were filed
in the Office of the secretary of state
as follows: The Kolloge-Gauger Hard
ware company, Milwaukee; capital,
$4,000; incorporators, William Kol-
loge, Herman F. Kolloge and Theodore
o. Gauger. The Cleerhed Specially
company, Green Bay; capital, 5000;
incorporators, Arthur r. Bokel, r. l..
Mcdonald and S. NJ. Kersten. The
Gund Manufacturing company, La
Crosse; capital, $4,000; incorpora-
tors. Henry Gund, Fl. II. Long and C..
r. pepper.
The A. E. White Machine works,
Eau Claire; to operate machine shop
and foundry; capital, $4,000; incor-
porators, Albert E. White, William A.
White, and Georgiana M. White.
The Piepkorn-Henning Electric COM
pany, Milwaukee; to make and sell
electric motors and supplies for the
generation Of electric power; capital,
$4,000; incorporators, John A. Pep
korn, Walter J. Henning, and B.
Beebe. The Villa Colony, incorporat
ed, Milwaukee; to deal in real estate;
capital, $4,000; incorporators, MAJ
FaIl-enstein, Hugo ]. Won Re ar, auJ
AdoIph G. Graf
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
Grain SHIPMENTS Now Heavy.

Port Arthur, Ont, Dec. 1.-The
greatest grain shipments ever known
at this port are in full swing. Before
navigation closes it is expected that
170,000,000 bushels of grain will have
left the elevators at the head of the
lakes. The size of the shipments is
without precedent, but owing to the
favorable weather and more adequate
facilities the congestion of last fall
has been avoided. Thirty steamers
are waiting here to load. Approx
mately 145,000,000 bushels have been
shipped east
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
Potato Corner Is sounht.

Washington, Dec. IA new phase
of the cost Of living problem has
been brought to the attention of the
department of agriculture. t. P. Gill;
secretary Of the Irish board of agri'
culture, told Secretary Houston that
spectators in the large cities Of the
United States were actively buying
I'D this years short American potato
crop and planning to hold out fol
high prices counting upon the existing
quarantine against potatoes from
many foreign countries to aid them
In their undertaking.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
"Back 70 Africau Invitation.

Guthrie, Okla, Dec. "A formal in
vitation from a royal chieftan of Ash
antee, West Africa, to the negroes of
Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri, to To-
cate in that country, is to be delivered
soon to Boley, Okla, negro town.
Notice that Chief Albert Sam of Akin,
tribe Ashantee, would start for Amer
lea with the invitation, was received
by those in charge of the back to
Africa movement" Sixty-four acres
of land have been promised the Amer
lean negroes by each of the II tribes
on which to build modern cities.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
CANAL NAVIGABLE VERY SOON
Congressional Committee Returns and
Reports Rapid Progress
on ISthmus.

New York, Dec. Representative
John ]. Fitzgerald, chairman, and
seven members of the house commit
tee on appropriations with their fam
lilies, have returned on the steamer
Christobal from the annual congress
sional tour of inspection of the Pan
anna canal.
Chairman Fitzgerald said the party
went through the canal from Colon to
Panama in a tugboat. In two months
he said, large vessels will be able to
navigate the entire canal, as IN that
time the slides which are hindering
it's completion will be controlled and
in five months the canal VIII be open
to all vessels.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
Pardons Useless 10 Three.

Pittsburg, Dec. 1.-Eighty-one con
victs in the Western penitentiary
here have just been notified that the
state board of pardons acted favor.
ably on their applications for parole
under the new Pennsylvania law and
they are free to leave the prison.
All but three departed. Of this mum.
Der one had died a few minutes be.
fore his time for freedom arrived; an.
other, a woman, was SO i'll, her death
appeared the matter of only a few
minutes and the third was blind. It
was necessary to make some other
provisions for him.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
Rebels March on Chihuahua.

Ell Paso, Texas, Dec. 1.-The move
ment of General Francisco Villas
troops to the south to attack the fed
erals stronghold at Chihuahua has be
gun and nearly 1000 men under Gen
eral Rosalio Hernandez have departed
from Juarez. They accompanied g
work train which is being used to re
pair the railroad line destroyed il
places below Juarez by the federals
when they retreated southwark after
the TERRA Blanca battle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
New Income Tax Order.

Washington, Dec. 1.-Instructions
have been issued by the treasury de-
partment to collectors Of internal rev.
enue modifying the regulations gov
erning the collection of the income
tax on bonds and other similar obi
cations of corporations. Bankers or
other collecting agents are now au.
thorized to attach to interest coupons
presented for collection their own
certificates instead of certificates Of
ownership signed by owners as or.
iginally required.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
severa! Mentioned for Position.

Among those mentioned for success
sor to the late R. G. Thwaites as SUI
perintendent of the Wisconsin His
torical society are: B. Franklin
Shambaugh, professor of political
science at the state university of Iowa
since 1895, and superintendent of the
State Historical society of Iowa since
1907; Prof o. J. Libby, University of
North Dakota, founder of the North
Dakota Historical society and former
Iy of the University of Wisconsin
faculty; Prof F. L. Paxon, the Uni
versity of Wisconsin,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
Too Much Mother.in-LaW.

New York, Nov. 29.-Before Justice
Aspinwall, in the Queens county SD.
preme court, Frieda Mueller failed to
obtain a separation from her husband,
William Mueller. After listening to
part Of the testimony the court said
it was a case of too much mother-in.
law, where the female Of the species
was more deadly than the male" In
his testimony young Mueller said be
had struck his wife only once and that
was when she tried to jam a cake Of
soap down his throat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
Farmers Can obtain Easy Credits.

Farmers Can Obtain Easy Credits.
From the point of view of $he
farmers and settlers in Wiscon-
sin who need more ready money or
more appropriate terms, the land
mortgage association act passed by the
last legislature is one of the most i'm
portant bits of legislation written into
the statute books, say members of the
state board of public affairs.
While congress and he legislatures
of other states were debating the
problem of providing appropriate cred
it facilities for the farmer and set
tier and stopped there, Wisconsin act
ually passed the necessary law.
Generally speaking, the purpose of
this law is to make land in Wisconsin
a more fluid security. This the act
proposes to accomplish by bond is
sues, the bonds to be secured by first
mortgage on real estate. These bonds
will be negotiable and can be passed
from hand to had as readily as actual
money.
The association to be formed under
this act will be similar to the joint
stock mortgage banks of Germany, of
which there were q, with outstand
ing loans aggregating two and one
quarter billion dollars in 1911.
To operate under the Wisconsin act
Is or more persons must incorporate
with a capital stock of not less than
$4,000. The funds of the association
lnannd H~cf too 90 vi.
ties, and the association may deposit
the securities with the state treasurer,
and then issue negotiable bonds equal
in amount to the securities depos-
tied
The act makes every provision for
safeguarding the purchasers of these
bonds. The associations formed I'M
der the act and their operations are
completely under the control and SUI
pervision of the state commissioner
of banking. They are to be examined
by him periodically, and generally are
subject to as close or even closer SUI
pervision and scrutiny than are state
banks. The law provides that at no
time shall the amount of bonds issued
exceed the amount of mortgages on
deposit with the state treasurer.
Loans are granted only after care
full investigation of a detailed appli-
cation and after inspection of the
premises offered as security. No loan
shall exceed in amount IS per cent. of
the value of the land if improved, or
40 per cent if unimproved, and no
loan may be granted unless it is for
such purpose as will benefit the bor-
rover
An elaborate system of manage
ment, including checks and vertical
tons, is required by the act.
The state board of public affairs is
working with the commissioners of
banking on constitution and bylaws
for the business regulation of these
associations.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
Buffalo for South Dakota.

New York, Dec. 2.-To repopuIate
the west as much as possible with the
great animals that once abounded
there by the thousands, fourteen Amer
lean bison have been shipped from
Bronx Park here where they were
born, to Hot Springs, S. D., where
they will be turned out on the Wind
Cave National park.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-04
December 7 Tuberculosis Sunday.


Governor McGovern designated De-
cember T. 1913, as tuberculosis Sun
day. Following is the text of Mr.. Nc
Governs public announcement:
THE Anti-Tuberculosis association
of Wisconsin appeals to our people to
declare relentless war against the
white plague. Smallpox, diphtheria
and yellow fever have been all but
completely driven from the land, and
it is believed that by effort tuberculo-
sis also may be banished.
Each one of us can help to pre-
vent the spread of this disease. KnoWl-
edge of existing facts cannot fail to
convince any intelligent person OF the
need for immediate and vigorous
action.
For the special purpose of dissem-
mating knowledge regarding the ma
rure, prevention and cure of tubercu-
losis, l. Francis e. McGovern, gov
ernor of the state of Wisconsin, here
by designate and appoint the seventh
day of December, 1913, as Tuberculo-
sis Sunday, and | earnestly recon-
mend that provision be made in every
community for public gatherings on
that day for the purpose OF learning
the nature of this disease, the means
to be employed for the relief of those
under it's blight, and especially, the
precautions best calculated to pre-
vent it's spread.