River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-12-26
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State

Ole Lund, La Crosse, killed fifteen
pound red fox, a rare species in this
part of the country. He was paid $40
for the skin.
Among the twenty-three members
of the advisory commission of experts
who sailed to France with President
Wilson as delegates to the peace con-
ference were three professors and
three former members of the staff of
the University of Wisconsin.
w. B. Stickney, pioneer business
man, died at his home in Oshkosh at
the age of 80 years. He came to Osh-
kosh In 1861 and with his brother es-
tablighed a shoe factory. After the
fire Of 1875 he went to Milwaukee for
a few years, later returning to Osh-
kosh. He was for several years sec
rotary of the Oshkosh board of trade
and also of the board of trade at Mari
nette.
According to official information re-
ceived at De Pere from state head
quarters, Brown county leads the en-
tire nation in the dispatch with which
It's Wal fWOIh IQllO w cS COI4-
pleted The reports received by local
managers of the drive show that this
county completed the $50 per cent goal
in advance of every county in Wiscon-
sin and earlier than was reported by
any other state in the union.
Elizabeth Loos, 10 years of age,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Loos,
Oshkosh, was fatally burned at her
home while working at stove in the
kitchen. She was in the house with
two sisters and two brothers, her
mother having gone out, to her en-
ployment for the day. 1t is believed
she was wiping off the stove with a
cloth when it caught on fire, commu-
nicating with the child's clothing.
The Two Rivers balance sheet of
the treasurer's budget amounts to
$4,000 and it is expected that taxes
due Jan. /, will double the sum. This
puts Two Rivers in a class with but
few municipalities. The fund makes
possible street and bridge improve
ments and new schools. 1t is pro-
posed to motoriZe the fire department
and change it from a volunteer to
paid organization.
At a massmeeting held at the gym
nasium of the Racine Y. M. C. A. res
olutions were UNANIMOUSLY adopted urg
ing the senator and assembly men
from Racine county to support the bill
for the amendment to the national
xxrhio T0rnuidnc a inn-
wide prohibition. Copies of the resolu-
lions will be sent to the legislative
representative of the county and to
the senate and assembly.
The meanest man, or maybe it was
woman, has been in Oshkosh lately.
The person has not been identified,
but if found villa get warm reception.
He or she stole the Christmas gift
box of the Salvation army from the
lunch counter at the interurban sta
ton of the local electric railway It
had in 1t about $40 intended for
Christmas dinners for the poor chill
dren of the city.
The dye plant being built by Chica-
go interests near Cable, Bayfield,
county, is expected to be completed
Feb. 1, when more than 200 men will
be employed. One building, 480x80
feet, and another, 60x80, comprise the
first unit of plant which may be en-
larged later. Five carloads of ma
chinery have been installed. A por-
ton of the DUPONT powder plant,
Barksdale, is to be converted into a
dye plant.
Christmas greetings were received
in Green Bay from Archangel, Russia,
in cablegram sent by Sergt. Harry
B. Desnoyers, who is with the Ameri-
can forces maintained in that distant
country. The message was received
by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
B. Desnoyers, and brought the first
word from the soldier in three months
Sergt. Desnoyers is in the Three Hun
dred and Tenth engineers, unit of
the Eighty-fifth Custer division.
One of the members of the presi-
dents party to France is Mai. Fred
M. Fling, brother of Harry r. Fling
of the faculty of the Oshkosh Normal
school. He was located at Washing
ton during the war, in the historical
department of the army. Previously
he was at the head Of the department
of European history at the University
of Nebraska. He goes to Europe to
gather material for the diplomatic
history of the war. At Paris he will
be attached to the staff of Gen. Bliss.
The Queen City Packing plant is
Marinette's newest industry. Joseph
Erdlitz of Menominee, formerly con-
nected with one of the large brewer
les, and Joseph Boehm of Pound are
the principal interested parties. They
have purchased large business block
and are having the necessary machin-
cry installed therein. They expect to
be ready for operation Jan. /. The
new firm will prepare sausages, ham,
bacon and fresh beef for the markets.
A large slaughtering house will be es-