River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-03-14


the German language from the curric-
ulum of the school. 1t is being taught
in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth
grades. 1t is the first action of the
kind to be taken here.
Oshkosh - Encouraged by the sue
cess of its fish and potato sales the
city commission has taken its first
step in the fuel business by purchasing
a carload of dry Tamarack which was
sold at cost, $7.67 a cord, saving to
the consumer of at least So a cord.
The wood was bought at McNaughton,
Wis. at S. a cord, 1.67 being ad ded
for freight.
La Crosse-The street railway com
pany here, which was forced to
change from a f1fteen-minute service
back to a ten-minute schedule, has
proposed to the common council that
a fifteen-minute service be adopted
during the summer months, thereby
effecting big saving to the company.
1t is claimed the firm is losing money.
| Beloit-Widely circulated reports re-
garding German weakness is nothing
more than German propaganda, acc ord
ing to Will Huffman and Red Miles,
two Beloit college boys who left here
last summer to take up work In the
Red Cross ambulance unit in France.
They are now conducting a series of
lectures here.
| Menasha-Food conditions in Europe
point to the first world famine since
the middle ages, according to DR. T:
ID. Smith, captain in the hospietal
corps. who spoke here. One of the
greatest things America must do in
this war is to provide food for the al
| lies, he said.
| Madison = Robert Drane, who left
the University of Wisconsin staff last
spring to become first lieutenant in the
medical corps for service abroad, has
just been promoted to captain. He is
now serving with the Eleventh field
ambulance, which is with the British
army in Belgium.
Green Bay-Mrs. Mollie Bertles
M1nahan, so years old, prominent Red
Cross worker and chairman of Brown
county chapter of national OrganiZa-
ton, met instant death walking along
the tracks of the Milwaukee road,
when she slipped on icy ground as a
train approached.
Oshkosh-Lester HI. Ihrig, of Osh-
kosh, died at San Francisco, follow
ing injuries he received when he fell
on the floor during a basketball ga me,
presumably against the University of
| California. He was training to become
a radio operator. The body was
brought here.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS J. p. Heating of
this city hasn't time to be corporal,
but he wants to show his patriotism,
nevertheless. When the duties Of his
government Office proved too arduous
he gave up his corporaPs berth in the
home guards and went into the ranks.
l
mechanics at the University of Wis
consin, and Thurlow G. Nelson, biol
ogy instructor, have been granted
| leaves of absence to go into the gov
eminent service as shipping super
| visor and lieutenant, respectively.
| Mansion - A patriotic service was
held at st. Patrick's church in honor
of members of the congregation now
| in military service. The Rev. George
Schle1scher paid tribute to all the
Mansion boys who have answered heir
country's call.
| Fort Atkinson-A buffalo fish weigh
| ing fifty-eight pounds was caught in
Lake Koshkcnong by Charles Pfafflin,
local carp fisher. IT. is thought to be
the largest fish of it's kind ever caught
in the United States.
| Sheboygan - Private Arthur wal
ford, whose death occurred in the
base hospietal at Camp Macarthur is
the first Sheboygan boy to die In the
present war He died following an
operation.
| Madison = Phil La Toilette, stu
dent in the University of Wisconsin,
has been called to Washington to be
at the bedside of his brother Robert
La Toilette, Jr., who is seriously III.
| Neenah-John S. Sensenbrenner, a
prominent member of the Kimberly
Clark company, has gone to Wash ing
ton to apply for enlistment In the aVi-
alton corps.
| Menasha-The high school Is prov
ling a large and steady contributor to
the Red Cross funds. The latest dona-
tion one of $50, was Melted at play.
given by students.
Brentwood A colony Of negroes
will soon be established at Winter,
1 nd a doom