River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-09-16
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Darlington.-Go ttfried Strauss. for
| ty-two years old, cheesemaker. was
killed by lightning while watching the
storm
Madison.-The state civil service
| commission has refused to exempt en-
ployees of the new state printing
board from civil service and all en-
ployees will be required to pass an
examination.
MadlsOn.-Governor Philip APP
proved the state railroad commits
sion's appointment of Prof j. ID.
Mack as state engineer. Professor
Mack at once proceeded with the
work of organizing his department.
His force of assistants will consist
| OF engineers who have been working
| for the state railroad commission,
state tax commission and state high
way commission.
Milton.-Rev Lewis A. Platts,
D. D., emeritus pastor of the Mil
ton Seventh Day Baptist church,
died at the home of his son, Dr. l.. A.
Platts, Jr., in Chicago, at the age of
| seVentyfive. At various times he was
editor of the Sabbath Recorder, pro-
lessor at Alfred Theological seminary,
| vice-president of the board of trustees
Of Milton college and pastor at Milton
for thirteen years. The funeral was
held at Milton
MadisOn.-The Wisconsin industrial
commission reorganized by elect
ing Joseph D. Beck OF Viroqua
| president to succeed Charles Fl.
Crownhart of Superior, who was dis
placed as member by former Assem-
blyman George p. Hambrecht of Grand
Rapids. Beck has been member OF
the commission since it was created
four years ago, and before that served
some years as state commissioner OF
labor and industrial statistics.
NIadison.-The disease known as
the Fox river valley horse disease
has again appeared in Winnebago
county. A field man has already
| been sent there from the state depart
ment of agriculture, and is making a
| preliminary survey of the amount of
| infection. 1t is then planned to bring
in as many scientific investigators as
may be available from different col
leges, and the federal bureau will
also be asked to cooperate in this in
vestigation.
Rhinelander When a bear visited
a road camp of the Fish Lumber
company and ate up all the grub,
work was stopped for half a day be-
cause the men were hungry. The
| teams of the company were being
used on & %Sw "oad under construc-
ton between here and Three Lakes
and as camp was more than a mile
away from where the men were work
| ing they took their meals in large
| basket. Bruin smelled out the good
| things. The men continued their la
| bors when more food was brought
| from camp.
Madison.-George f. Flynn Of Mad
ison was elected president of the
| Wisconsin Retail Clothiers asso-
citation which closed it's session and
banquet in the Park hotel Other
| officers chosen are: First vice-presi-
dent, A. P. Hansen, Eau Claire; sec
ond vice-president, A. j. Kemmer,
Kiel; secretary treasurer Fl. o. Nc
Cabe, Kenosha Among the resOlu-
tons passed was one declaring in ia
vor of February ! and August l as
clearance sales dates. 1t was also
decided to incorporate the assOcis.-
ton The next convention will be
held in Milwaukee August IS and 10,
1915
Superintendent Of Public
Property M. A. Blumenfeld award
ed contract to the BOrreson
Manufacturing company of st. Paul for
supplying metal plates for autOmO-
biles and motorcycles for Wisconsin.
The Borreson company agreed to fur
nish the plates for four and one-half
cents each. The state is paying seven
cents each under the present con-
tract, which is held by the Schwaab
Stamp and Stencil company Of Mil
waukee. As about 100000 plates will
be used next year, the saving to the
state will under the new contract be
over $4,000. The new plate will have
cardinal background with raised
white figures.
Chippewa Falls.-A booster special
train Oh the 500 line, bound for
the northern Wisconsin state fair
with 200 citizens aboard, crashed into
a bound freight taking a siding
at Boyd, twenty miles east of here.
Six box cars with merchandise we're
knocked off the track, the engine OF
the special badly damaged and DIR.
Harry Wands, Joseph Korbitz, Oscar
FOssGm, r. J. Emerson, all OF Chip
pewa Falls, and others were injured.
The freight train was slow in getting
on the siding, and the special came
around curve at fifteen miles an
hour. Engineer Ole Lee, the fireman
and Conductor Frank Murray Of the
special were saved by jumping. The
special Of four cars had started on a
tour of Oven, Ladysmith Rice Lake
and other northern Wisconsin towns