River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-11
BADGER STATE
HAPPENINGS

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e. Brandt and c. NJ Healey, Chicago
The farm comprises $50 acres, three
story brick and stone dwelling, sup
piled with all modern conveniences,
large barn and other buildings. The
transfer includes all crops now grow
ing on the place, livestock and ma
chinery. 1t includes 100 acres of po-
tatoes, largest patch" In the county.
Wausau-The Wausau Rotary club
will observe the anniversary of the
adoption of the constitution of the
United States, Sept. IL. A night meet
ing will be arranged. Monday, Sept.
Is, the club will entertain Harry B.
Craddick, district governor, at which
Rotarians from Merrill, Stevens Point
and Grand Rapids will be present. On
that day trip will also be taken to
Marshfield to deliver charter to the
Rotary club, recently organized. In
the evening there will be banquet
ut Marshfield.
Eau Claire--At a meeting of all
high school and grade school teach
ers at the opening of schools, city
Superintendent w. A. Clark, empha
sized the Importance of the work of
Americanization as part of the school
curriculum and urged them to develop
methods that would be the most eff
fective and far reaching; also to work
al %I1o& RS
bat the present feeling Of unrest at
tendant upon the after-the-War recon
struction.
Stevens Point - Two hundred new
members is the goal set by the Port
age County Fish & Game Protective
association. A movement has been
begun to revive interest in the organ
ization and a representative Of the
state conservation department at Mad
ison will be asked to come to con-
duct a campaign.
Eau Claire-L. E. Gerde, manager
of Eau Claire's municipal auditorium,
has been appointed by the city coun-
Gil as superintendent of the new city
public market, instituted to battle the
II. C. of l.. The first market day was
Sept. 6, and thereafter it will be Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Stevens Point-All enrolment rec
ords in the Stevens Point public
schools were shattered on the first
day of the fall term when $50 young
men and women registered at the
high school and the figures at the sew
en- ward buildings exceeded by a heavy
margin the total of last year.
Tomah Several farmers in this
vicinity began cutting corn, a new
early record. The crop is fine one
and most of the corn is beyond dan
ger of frost. For the past week, the
thermometers have gone down to
within seven degrees Of freezing ev-
cry night.
Wausau n The Marathon county
chapter of the American Red Cross
has received large, fully equipped,
automobile ambulance and it has been
placed at the disposal Of residents of
Marathon county and surrounding
country. Calls will be answered night
and day.
Rhinelander - The Thunder Lake
Lumber Company, which recently pur
chased the large Robbins timber hold
ings and sawmill in this city, are max
ing extensive improvements in the To-
cal plant preparatory to one of the
biggest lumber cuts of many seasons
Phelps - The Hackley-Phelps-Bo Bon
mel Company is having one of the
biggest seasons since they located
here and are cutting more than 50,-
900 feet of hardwood timber every
day.
Madison-With the completion Of
its new inflrmary and research hospi-
tai, the University Of Wisconsin is
planning to increase next fall the
oCOQc VI luS LiCulCdl SCIFlC0 WHICH IL
provides for its students.
Grand View-It is probable that
new banking institution will be start
ed this fall A bank has been wanted
In this village for years and local
people have been handicapped great
H.
Racine-The Nineteenth annual re-
union and picnic of the Racine and
Kenosha county civil war veterans
was held in Racine Labor Day with
400 veterans and their wives present.
Marinette-Mr. and Mrs. r. r. Hut
ton, Chicago, are in q Menominee.
Mich, hospital seriously i'll as a re-
suit of having eaten what they be-
heved to be mushrooms.
La Crosse - Patrons of rural tele-
phone lines in western Wisconsin are
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