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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Diaries Average Good.

That Wisconsin dairy conditions are
in excellent shape is the claim of State
Dairy and Food Commissioner George
y. Weigle, who made public the results
of statewide investigation.
"For the year ending June 30, 1917,
the various inspectors and members Of
the dairy and food department have
visited 210 cities for the purpose Of
collecting samples of milk and cream
Offered for SALE" says Commissioner
Weigle. "At the same time inspection
has been made of the places where the
milk was produced and handled.
"In these 21O cities, COL samples of
milk were collected from nearly as
many dealers or persons selling milk.
In a few cases duplicate samples were
collected from the same dealer If more
than one wagon was used. The aver
age per cent of fat in the SOL samples
was 3.8 per cent. Only seven samples,
or 1.O1 per- cent of all samples collect
ed contained less than 3 per cent Of
fat. and 295 or 4269 per cent con-
tanned from per cent to SO per cent
Of fat. The 347 samples offered for
sale as cream contained an average Of
PAL per cent Of fat, with 20 or SIG
per cent of the samples containing less
than 10 per cent of fat. 1T was found
that so per cent of the cream samples
below 10 were bought in one large city
and some of the other ten lOw-testing
samples were bought from parties sell
inc limited amount"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
1t Takes Little Effort
to Make Rooms
Restful
By LAURA B. BREEZE. Department Of Far
mer's Institutes, University Of Wisconsin

Being "a room for retirement, for
sleep. for rest" the bedroom should
bring refreshment to the mind no less
than to the body.
This is impossible if the eye is dis
tracted by overcrowded walls, and
dressing tables, by busy" wall pa
pers, an obstrusive carpet or by dis
play of frivolous and fancy trifies,
here. there and everywhere.
Such bedrooms are OyerdecOrated
and peace and repOse are sacrificed.
Your bedroom might express richness
or dignity or daintiness-a room re-
vealing your personality-but every
thing si.ould be subordinated to the
one idea of restfulness.
The personal touch is shown in your
smaller decorations in the pictures
YOU have hung on the walls; in the
empty spaces you have kept from fill
inc up; in the arrangement of flowers,
the placement of useful and decorative
articles on the dresser, table and desk,
without overburdening them.
Plain or at least neutral wall and
floor coverings, and balanced arrange
ment of furniture must be considered
TO obtain a "restful" appearing room.
The color scheme for this room should
be controlled by it's position with ref
erence to sunlight and the size OF the
room. aside from the personal prefer
ence for pink or blue or yellow. A
BACKGROUND scheme worked out from
the standard recipe which calls for
middle value walls, lighter ceiling,
and darker floor applies in a bedroom
as well as any room. A plain carpet
or rug where design is used in hang
ings is best.
Some General Suggestions.
The plain flat painted walls in the
old ivory or pretty gray of neutral
tones make restful background for
bedrooms.
Papers with mobtrusiye patterns
can be satisfactorily used by refrain
ing from using many pictures.
The walls may be panelled into very
artistic effects without much expense.
Pretty, simple, stencil borders for
panels might be worked out by an anna
teur who is a little skillful.
Old and odd pieces of furniture
might be painted to harmonic with
the wall color scheme and in this way
provided for at little cost.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30

set in River Falls. Mondays and
Tuesdays do not stand for what they
once did in terms of dread and drudg-
cry, and the food producers in the
fields now have more cause than ever
for responding to the dinner bell
The award committee placed the
Henry prize after a personal inspec-
ton of the plant and an examination
of the certified statements, the most
interesting of which were these:
The total paid-up capital stock
amounts to 1920, divided among 243
stockholders. Of these, Sc reside on
farms, 81 are retired farmers living in
River Falls and deriving their income
from agriculture, and the remainder
are tOwnspeOple.
The equipment is valued at 1929,
and the work done in 1916 amounted
to $3.50. The patrons numbered l.,
900.
A monthly increase in business was
shown from January, 1915, when the
total was $495, to December, 1916,
when 1888 worth of work was done.
A net profit of $493 was realized in
1916, or about per cent on the capt.
tai stock.
Nine people are employed in the
laundry-a manager, washing-machine
operator, delivery wagon driver and
six girls, who mark clothes, do the
ironing and put up packages. The
laundry pays the creamery $50 a
month toward firing the boiler, and one
dollar a day for steam.
Rough-dry family work is done for
five cents a pound. All fiat work is
mangled and an extra fee is charged
for hand ironing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30

An attractive dressing table can be
made out of an ordinary pine table
the right length, width and height, by
covering it with a fiat paint and apply
ing touches of color in stenciled flow
erS
A long mirror with woodwork to
match the table may be suspended just
above the table.
Chintz curtains, for the windows
will be pretty and inexpensive. The
same chintz could be used for dresser
cover, for upholstery on chairs, a sofa
pillow, etc. / have seen some pretty
window curtains and covers for bed
and dresser made from prettily stem
ciled unbleached muslin which has
first been hemstitched. A convention
al design of nasturtiums was used for
a stencil pattern and this touch Of
color hamOnized prettily with the
pale yellow painted walls. The old
bedstead, dresser and kitchen chair
looked bewitchingly transformed by
their fresh coat of ivory paint, with
touches of yellow for trimming. The
floor was painted deep buff shade
and was covered with small colonial
rag rugs. The woodwork and panel
ing in the room were in ivory-and it
was a room elegant and charming in
its very simplicity. Changes of this
character are possible in most homes,
and good suggestions can be obtained
from any of the good home depart
ments of the newspapers and maya
zines
Let us have more Of the bedrooms
conducive to 'sweet dreams" and con-
tentment in our homes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
State Cares for 1888.

The population report Of the state
and county public institutions just is
sued shows that there are 1898 per-
sons under public care in the state OF
which 1885 are males and 1853 are
females. Besides these there are 3,086
persons on parole. Upwards of 1920
patients are on parole from the insane
institutions of the state.
The report shows that there are
8,O9S insane patients in the state I'M
der public care. OF this number, 6,184
are In the county hospitals for the in
sane, 104 in the Central hospital for
the insane at Waupun, 1927 in the
two state hospitals for the insane and
513 in the Milwaukee hospital for In
sane.
There are 702 patients in the state
receiving treatment for tuberculosis in
public institutions. Of this number
495 are being cared for in county sana-
toria, 81 in the Tomahawk lake camp
and 1856 in the Wisconsin state tuber-
culOSiS Sanitarium at Wales. There
are ITO on the waiting lists at the
tuberculosis institutions.
The population of the industrial
school for boys is 412, state prison
1884, state public school 206, home for
the feeble-minded 1000, and Wiscon-
sin remOratory at Green Bay 303.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Racine Greek Shoots Turk.

Racine-In a pistol battle between
SarabeI Googahian, Greek, and Altar
Hassan, a Turk, employees of the Ra-
cine Rubber company, the latter suf-
fered bullet wound in the chest and
is at a hospital and the former is in
JAIL The ARRAY took place in the
company's yards just after closing
time and was witnessed by scores of
employees, some of whom had close
calls from being targets of bullets.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Rules Against Appeal of Fishermen.

Answering inquiry Of the state con"
servation commission, Deputy Attor-
ney General Walter Drew holds that
"the conservation commission would
transcend It's powers If it should at
tempt to take away the protection
given to the wild animals expressly Dy
statutes in the manner suggested by
your three questions" The commits
sion had inquired whether there was
authority vested in that department to
hermit it to reduce the size Of COM
mercial fish, to reduce the. size Of gill
nets, or to make any changes as to
the use Of gill nets in less than Az
fathoms Of water. Many commercial
fishermen Of Green Bay and Lake
Michigan ports desire certain changes
in tbe limits set by the new law and
had urged the commission to author
ize them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
BADGER STATE NEWS
MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD
Ia IN A FEW LINES. III
~
DEPUTY WARDEN is NAMED
John T. Whelan of the Minnesota
State Prison at saltwater to
Succeed Robert Coles at
Waupun Penitentiary.

Waupun-The successor to Robert
M. Coles, deputy warden of Waupun
penitentiary, will be John T. Whelan
of the Minnesota state prison at Still
water, Mimi. Mr.. Whelan will assume
his new duties about the middle of
September when Mr. Coles leaves to
take the wardenship of Green Bay re-
formatory. The new deputy warden
has had twelve years of prison expert
ence and for the last six years has
been assistant deputy warden in Still
water.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
LiberaI Prizes Are Ohered.

Madison-The five highest fat pro-
ducing cows in Wisconsin, winners of
the cash prizes for high fat produc-
ton records will be prominent ia the
cow testing exhibit at the state fair
at Milwaukee, Sept. 10 to Is. These
cows will be exhibited at the Farmers
barn on the fair grounds and the
names of the owners will be announc-
ed. The prizes this year are liberal:
the first is $50, the second $55, the
third $50, the fourth $45, and the fifth
$40.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Files LobhYina Expense.

The Wisconsin Cooperative Adver-
Using association has filed lobbying
expenses on the recently enacted Hart
trading stamp law as follows: Attor-
ney William Kaumheimer, Milwaukee,
81. 4O7; Attorney James Drought, Mill
waukee, $500; Attorney M. J. Regan,
Milwaukee, $275; NJ. X. Espenhein,
Milwaukee, 1902. To defray the ex-
penses Of a special train from Milwau-
kee to carry members of the Consum-
ers' league and others interested in
trading stamps to Madison, the .ass&
ciation paid the @. & N. w. SR52.ssA
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30

Madison - The first emergency in
crease in price of gas in any city due
To the increased cost of coal was au-
tborized by the Wisconsin railroad
commission when the Wisconsin
Minnesota Light and Power company
was given permission to raise gas rates
in La Crosse 10 cents per 1000 cubic
feet of gas. Similar complaints from
Eau Claire and Sheboygan are pend
ing
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Industrial Body Changes.

Commissioner Thomas Konop has al
ready assumed the duties of his office.
Former Commissioner j. d. Beck has
left for his home. With the appoint
ment of Mr.. Konop to the commission
the membership of the first original
Industrial commission has been dis
placed.
The first commission was composed
of Charles II. Crownhart, who was
succeeded by George P. Hambecht ;
Prof. John r. Commons, who was sue
reeded by Fred Wilcox, and now Mr..
goaop takes the place of Mr.. Beck.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Want Farm Bows Exempted.

Maiden Rock-After a mass-meeting
of Pierce county farmers three dele
gates were selected to go to Eau Claire
and appear before the district exemp-
ton board to urge that body to exempt
Pierce county farmer boys from the
draft 1t is claimed that the drafting
of farmer boys is going to seriously
aggravate the farm help situation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
State Income Tax Law Revision.

A revision of the income tax laws of
the state is one of the matters which
will be brought before the special ses-
sion of the legislature to be convened
sometime in November. 1t is said the
administration has been Investigating
the amount of money that will be
needed to take care of dependents Of
soldiers and that the measure which
will be recommended to raise the addi-
tional revenue needed will be an in
come tax law.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Haune Still at LARGE.

La Crosse = District Attorney Otto
M Sch1abach returned from a two
weeks hunt through Montana for Ed
win Hauge, wanted for the murder OF
Mrs. Cora Miller, West Salem. The
prosecutor says that it will be impos-
sible for him to venture in Minnesota,
the Dakotas or Montana without being
apprehended.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Urges Draft Board Speed.

Madison-Gov. Phillip has sent a
letter to local draft boards to certify
to district boards at the earliest posi-
BILE moment the names of drafted men
who have been found fit for military
service in order that the district
boards may promptly certify them to
the adjutant general.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Will Not Employ Aliens.

Kenosha-A great drive is on to get
rid of aliens in Kenosha, and the sign
I'VE will not employ aliens here" has
been hung up in several Kenosha fac
tories. The factories of the city have
on their pay rolls more than 1000 men
who have not taken first papers, and
the demand is that the places of all of
them be filled by men who have taken
out first papers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Takinn Game Minnows.

Neenah-The Twin City Fish and
Game Protective association, of sports
men of Neenah and Menasha, are up
in arms against the state which, they
claim, is taking all of the game fish
minnoWs from the waters in this To-
cality and transplanting them in other
parts of the state This is blamed for
the poor fishing here the past few
years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30

Appleton The Fox River Valley
Retail Dry Goods and Wearing APP.
parel association has been organized
with the following officers: S. H.
Gruenbeck of Fond du Lac, chairman;
A. Hoyt of Oshkosh, H. L. Post of this
city, L. A. jacques of Neenah, J. w.
Brynes of Green Bay, publicity com
mittee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Wausau Waterman Attacked.

Wausau-A man detected prowling
about the warehouse of the Wausau
Canning company, where large guam
tity of canned peas are stored, opened
fire on the Waterman when the latter
approached The fire was returned,
the Waterman believing the man was
hit, but he escaped in the darkness.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30

the hops, when fiat and warm, as one
of the best bats for the critters.
Then, too, if you don't want to waste
the beer you can use sugar and vine
gar-which doesn't evaporate as quick
~ as the suds.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Girl Runs Bed Cross Benefit.

Kansas City, Mo.-Gail Hartman,
nine years old, drilled the children of
her neighborhood in ''The Sleeping
Beauty" and presented it in her yard
as Red Cross benefit. The proceeds
were $5.17.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
City Gives Up Engineering Force.

Kenosha The city of Kenosha gave
up it's entire engineering force to the
United States government for the
army when indefinite leaves of alb
sence were granted to B. @. Brennan,
city engineer; and Robert M. Smith,
his assistant. Both are entering the
training school at Ft. Sheridan.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
STALE BEER AS FLY TRAP
Used With Great Success in Chicago
to Catch Carriers of Deadly
Diseases.

Chicago-Would you trap the buzz
zing fly, would you soak him in the
eye, would you gladly see him die
use stale beer.
A local wholesale provision house,
in a little pamphlet called TRAP the
Fly" urges all their employees to in
stall traps, and advises the juice Of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Supreme Court convenes October 2.

The supreme court will begin it's fall
work on October 2. This is nearly
three weeks later than usual but the
number Of cases that have been ap-
pealed for consideration this fall is
probably less.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Deaf Mutes to Hold Meetino.

Racine annual convention of
the Wisconsin State Association of
Deaf Mutes will be held in Racine,
Aug. 80, 81 and Sept 1, 2 and 3, and
prominent residents of this city, as
sisted by leading clubs are arranging
for the entertainment of the guests,
500 being expected.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Will Have Charge Of Library.

Madison = Former Assemblyman
Matthew S. Dldgeon of Madison, sec
rotary of the Wisconsin free library
commission, has been called to Wash
ington to take charge of the library
work for army camps in the United
States.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Governor Grants Two Pardons.

Madison-Gov Philip has granted
a pardon to Mrs. Florence Gould, con-
victed on a statutory offense and SEN
fenced to eighteen months. The par
don is on condition that she return to
her family. A pardon was also given
F. M Shocks, convicted of embezzle-
ment in Milwaukee county in 1915,
and sentenced to two and a half
years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Fined for Destruction of Property.

Neenah - Tom Brady and Herman
Kruger, both of this city, were ar
raigned in municipal court at Oshkosh
and each was fined seventy-five dollars
and costs by Judge Goss. Both
pleaded guilty of malicious destruction
of property.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
German Will Be Dropped.

Washburn-The teaching of German
has been eliminated in schools here by
the board of education. French and
Spanish are expected to replace the
dead" language.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30

Requests Medal Be Given Hero.
Platteville-Applica for a Car
negie hero medal for Otto Mehren,
who recently saved Miss Agnes Kay
Ter from roSaing, has been made by
F. l.. Johns of this city.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Have $4,000 Fire.

Oconomowoc = Fire destroyed For.
sythe Brothers garage and hardware
store and John Maasch's implement
store, in New Ashippun, north OF
Oconomowoc Loss, about 100000,
The fire started in the garage, the
cause being unknown.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Reaisters Under False Name.

Oshkosh - Bert Harrison, town OF
Clayton, a farm employee, is in jail
here charged with having registered
for the army draft under the assumed
name of Henry Hardy. He gives his
home as Edgerton.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Exnect Good Potato Crop.

Brentwood = With 'spuds" of the
early variety netting from twelve to
fifteen in each hill, potato prospects
in this section are bright. Late pota-
toes are expected to be in plenty.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Gas Company Files Statement.

Madison-The Milwaukee Coke and
Gas company of Milwaukee filed a
statement in the office of the secretary
of state declaring that it paid G. G.
ROBBERS and e. H. Bottum $1,000 each
to look after it's interests before the
LEGISLATURE
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30

Ball Game Proceeds to Red Cross.
Ladysmith-In ball game here for
the benefit of the Red Cross society,
the businessmen defeated team Of
professional men. Fifty dollars went
to the Red Cross.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
CHARGED With DesertIon.

Maiden Rock-George Gish was ar
rested in La Crosse by Deputy Sheriff
Joseph LIE Grander and lodged in Jail
at Ellsworth. 1t is alleged that he de-
serted his family in Diamond Bluff.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Fall Breaks Chlld's Neck

Neenah-Eleanor, 6-year-old daugh-
ter of Alfred Palmer, while playing in
the barn fell from one of the rafteES.
her neck being broken in the fall.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Cultivate Basket Arm"

Cultivate Basket Arm"
The publicity man of the Arizona
state council of defense sent out the
following appeal to the people Of his
state, and the publicity man of the
Wisconsin state council of defense, be-
lieving it will make good reading in
Wisconsin, passes it on: "Your great
grandfather carried a market basket
when he went a-buying and your great
grandmother didn't know what de-
livery wagon looked like. Greatgrand-
father didn't consider it beneath his
dignity to tote his purchases home
and greatgrandmOther never bought
spool of thread, had it charged and
then asked that it be promptly deliv-
cred. Today the average big store
keeper pays from $4,000 a year up
ward in carrying his customers pack
ages hOmeward. 1t costs no more than
a cent to ship q California orange 81
600 miles to a consumer in the East,
but your fruit dealer two blocks away
will charge you double that commits
sion to bring 1t to your house for you.
Three of the busiest and 'always-On-
the-job' factors in the high cost of liv-
ing are Have it charged Have 1t de-
livered and Have it exchanged Gull
tivate market basket arm Carry
your bundles home"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Names Milwaukee Man.

Governor Philip announced the re-
appointment of G. w. Morter as
member of the state athletic commits
sion. The term is for five years. The
three members receive per diem as
pay for services.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Quota is Completed.

Neenah = The Winnebago county
exemption beard has completed its
quota of thirty-fve men oct of lao
called.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Nor4cufans to Meet at ToIand.

Oconomowoc-The district conven-
ton of the Norwegian Lutheran Young
Peoples societies will be held at St.
OIaf's church at roland, Sept. and 2.