River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-08-21
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

Madison.-Immigratio Commission
er B. G. Packer is preparing to
make exhibits at seven of the big
state fairs of the middle west, the
first being the Iowa fair at Des
Moines next week. The others at
which exhibits will be shown are Ne
braska at Lincoln, Kansas at Topeka,
the Interstate at Sioux City, Ia. Mich
igan at Detroit, Indiana at Indianapo-
lis, and Illinois at Springfield.
Commissioner Packer will be assist
ed In the work by Assemblyman H. E..
Kreuger, Beaver Dam, famous as
champion barley grower of the world;
Frederick Griebenon, Owen, whose ac-
tivities have done much to advance
the dairy interests, and A. j. Cobban
from the Office of Secretary of State
DAnald.
The exhibits will comprise grains,
fruits, vegetables and grasses and will
be shown principally from the north
ern sections of the state. Two eX-
hibits will be prepared, so that there
will be no delay or disappointment in
establishing them when the fairs open.
Commissioner Packer says that he
will again have the Canadian exhibits
to compete with at most of these
places, but that he has no fear of
them, for northern WiscOnsiR this
year is in form to challenge compari-
son by any country under the sun.
The dates of the fairs at which ex'
hihitc ~ ~ 1ondn rim from AnQ.
ust 20 to October 10.
Madison.-The supreme court met
and adjourned to September 16 for
the regular calendar. Chief JUS
tice Winslow was present and the
only business outside the routine was
the filing of the appeal of Frank Zod-
row of Milwaukee from the judgment
of the municipal court of Milwaukee
county to test the validity of the Ba-
ker saloon license law. David S..
Rose appears in the record as attor-
ney for Zodrow. Attorney General
Owen will represent the state when
the case comes up for hearing.
u0 pOul III w A0SOAoiA
Battery association held it's third
annual meeting in this city and
elected officers as follows: President.
Albert Baldwin of Clinton; vice-presi-
dent, James Wilkins, Beloit, and Sec
rotary and treasurer, W. L. Austin,
Be1oit. The battery was formed in
Beloit early in the Civil war. There
are few survivors.
La William West, jewel
er Of Rochester, N. Y, was found dead
in a bathroom of hotel here. He is
believed to have had relatives in Eau
Claire. and the police are attempting
to find them.
La Crosse.-Melvin Halderson IS
near death in the Lutheran hospital
here following an auto accident, when
his car was wrecked against a tele-
phone pole near the city.
Neenah.-The Menasha Pulp and
Foundry company is the name of
new Twin city corporation. The in
corporators are Samuel Kellum, w. A
Kerfoot and A. D. Paul. They are capt.
talized at $4,000.
Kenosha.-O. H. Call, supposed
to be from Milwaukee, and pre-
sumably twenty-five years of age, died
at the Kenosha hospital from skull
fracture received when he fell from
train. Call was conscious but refused
to tell his name or address.
Reedsburg.-Nine cows died on the
Behn farm after licking sticks of dyna-
mite left in the barn on the farm by
road working crew.
Random Lake.-Mrs Emil Hoehnke
caught big pickerel in Random lake,
weighing twelve and three-quarters
pounds. T. A. Hoehnke and H. B.
Kratsch caught a pickerel weighing
seventeen and ope-half pounds.
Oshkosh.-News has been received
here that Peter McCourt, man
ager of the Broadway and Tabor
Grand theaters of Denver, is soon to
be married. His fiancee is Mrs. Sher-
man Browc, a well-known Denver So
ciety matron. The wedding will be
celebrated in Mrs. Browns apartments
and the newly married couple Will go
to Europe on honeymoon. Mr.. NC
Court became a widower about year
ago. Mrs. Brown is the widow of DR..
Sherman Brown, who died in Denver
in 1905. Mr. McCourt has made Den
yer his home for years. The bride-to-
be admits that the wedding is to take
place, although an effort was made to
keep it secret Mr.. McCourt former
ly lived in this city.
Sheboygan.-By the curfew ordi-
nance now in effect the age limit
is seventeen years. No signal will be
given. The hours are 9 p. m. to a. m.
from October l to April /, and the eve
ming hour is $3.50 o'clock the rest of
the year A penalty of 81 to $40 fine
up to ten days in jail is provided for
second or subsequent offenses.
Appleton.-A special troop train
passing through here on its way to
Green Bay to attend the Perry centen-
NAL celebration was delayed over an
hour when two Of the middle coaches
were derailed. The cars narrowly es-
capped going down an embankment.