River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-12-09
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loon here and when pursued by two
deputy sheriffs shot one of the officers,
who may die. The robbers escaped.
Baraboo.-While hunting. Joseph
Rodwell accidentally shot and killed
his son, Roy, twenty-one years old, near
their home in the town of Dellon.
Observation-Disclosures of the sew
enty-four public schools of Mil
waukee will be closed by order of the
city building inspector unless the
buildings are Immediately made safe,
it was announced following the dec
laration of Chief of the Fire Depart
ment Clancy that these schools are
fire traps.
New London.-Wallace w. Lind
say, general manager of the Hatten
Lumber company and president
of the First National bank, dropped
dead Of heart failure while sitting in
his office chair talking with his broth
er. He was a former alderman and
considered the probable next mayor OF
the city
Kenosha.-The police are seeking
L. e. Lewis, who claimed to belong
to the United States navy and who
is wanted on charges OF issuing
worthless checks on a bank at Los
Angeles, Cal Lewis, it is alleged, vic
timized several local merchants and
got cash and merchandise to the value
OF S85.
MadisOn.-"Farm Investments That
Bring Return is the title OF a bull
letin issued by the Wisconsin Bank
ers' association, which is being dis
tributed by local bankers in all sec
tons Of the state 1t is written by d.
Fl. Otis Of the college Of agriculture,
who is manager CT the Wisconsin
Farm Management contest.
Waukesha-A petition containing
many signatures, most of them from
OconomOwoc, was presented to the
county board asking that the nee
essary steps be taken to have a com
mittee Of county residents investigate
the needs and requirements of tu-
| berculosis sanatorium in this county,
and that an appropriation be made for
the erection and maintenance Of such
an institution.
Nenah.-Willie Rasmussen, eight
years old and a son of George
Rasmussen of this city, drowned
while crossing the ice over
portion of Little Lake Butte des
Mortes here on his way home from
j ho in
pany with two companions and was
the only one to go through the ice.
| Physicians working with pulmotor for
several hours failed to revive him.
Madison.-Fire, which may have
been caused in an effort to pre-
vent the sale of it's products to the
allies, destroyed the plant of the
| French Battery and Carbon company.
| 120 South Dickinson street, entailing
loss of 100000. In addition to the
plant Of the French Battery and Car
bon company three railroad cars were
burned and the factory Of the North,
-ern Electric company, adjoining, was
also damaged by flames.
Madison.-HeaIth officials see prob
able cause and effect in a state
| laboratory analysis of Bayfeld's wa
ter supply and the presence of an un.
usual number of typhoid fever cases
at Bayfield, during the past two OF
three weeks For fear the typhoid
germs were drawn from the city mains
Bayfield, is now boiling all drinking wa.
| ter. Bayfield,, Ashland and Washburn
all derive their water supplies from
and discharge their sewage into the
Chequamegon bay.
| MadisOn.-RumOrs that facts about
the prevalence of smallpox haY6
| been systematically suppressed by 10
| cal newspapers for the good Of the
| town" led the state board of health
10 sound a warning. 1t is charged that
In small city where over one hun
dred cases were reported little or no
mention of the epidemic was made in
the press. This is an example" says
the state board, "of how local inter
8sts will keep disease outbreaks Sc
cret for fear publicity might hurt bust
aess. AS matter of fact, those poll.
| 0AO0, IL Pun 0UCu, w Ill AASFACoO1J 4uLA4
| business"
MadisOn.-The state civil service
commission announced the stand
ing of the persons who took the
recent examination for the position Of
state editor, which is now temporarily
held by ]. S. Hubbard of Beloit and
who will probably be appointed to the
| position. The order of the rating of
the ten highest is as follows: Hal S.
Lockwood Of Portage, first; ]. S. Hub
bord of Beloit, second; John F. Shaw
| Of Ellsworth, third; Charles E. Zeidler
Of Madison, fourth; B. D. Hanson Of
Mauston, fifth; A J. I<earns of Mil
| waukee, sixth; B. NJ. Parsons of Mad
ison, seventh; Ernest Greyerus of Ber-
lin, eighth, and E. A. Oakley of Madi-
son, ninth.
Hereafter circuses will be
denied licenses by the state IN
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