River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-01-30
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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RacA1e-One hundred and fifty
| women employed as stitchers by the
Chicago Rubber Clothing company
walked out when notified their wages
would be reduced about one-half. For
the last eighteen months the company
| has been manufacturing cloth rubber
coats for the war department. With
| the close of the war contracts were
Cancelled and the company returned to
the manufacturing of garments for
civilians, which resulted in the wages
of the stichers being reduced from
$3.50 to $3.50 a day.
Madison - Administration of the
draft in Wisconsin cost a total OF
$510,227.57, according to figures com
piled by Maj. E. A. Fitzpatrick, state
draft administrator. This item is be-
| ing paid by the federal government,
and includes all expenses incurred IN
operation of the draft in this state
Many of the board members did not
| receive salaries, although they were
permitted to draw them if the de-
sired.
Appleton-What promises to be an
| interesting event in this city from the
viewpoint of about fifty Appleton boys
who are members of various basket
ball teams, is to be held in the form
of city amateur tournament in
which eight basketball teams will
participate. Games are to be played
every Thursday night and beautiful
trophy viii. be awarded the winning
| team.
Superior Nearly 100000 bushels
of grain were received at Superior ele
vators between Aug. /, 1918, and Jan
| 1, 1919, according to the Wisconsin
grain and warehouse commission. Oh
this, 43,233,565 bushels were shipped
Wheat made up 41,000,000 bushels OF
the amount received and nearly 81,
| 100000 Of shipments. The showing is
a record for many million bushels, al
| least so per cent.
GAINESVILLE Members of the county
board of supervisors are arousing
sentiment of highway building pro
gram which will make necessary q
bond issue of over one million dollars
| The board has not taken official action
but it is hoped to get it before the
meeting next April. If the band issue
is made possible, Rock county will
start to build eighty-one miles of con
crete highways.
Appleton-A 4-year-old cow, recently
| tested for seven days, owned by Wal
| ter Fl. Wieckert, made the following
record: 1854 pounds of milk and
| 1884 pounds of butter. Her best days
milk was 80 pounds, or 46 quarts OF
milk. During the fifteen days test
she produced more than her weight in
milk, being 1850, and the weight OF
milk 1853.
anesville-Outlines of plan for q
Liberty building to be built by popu
lar subscription in memory of the
Rock county and GAINESVILLE soldiers
who died in France were presented tC
| the directors of the chamber of com
merce for ratification. 1t is planned
| to use the building as community cen
| ter.
Madison-Of twenty-four farmers
Institutes arranged for the first two
weeks in January, only ten have been
held, and many scheduled for the last
| two weeks of the month cancelled, ow
| ing to prevalence of influenza in rural
| districts, according to E. L. Luther
| director.
| Marinette-Fi of unknown origin
| destroyed the Menominee county poor
house at Talbot, infiicting a loss OF
approximately $4,000. Shortly after
| the blaze was discovered authorities
at the institution marshaled the in
mates to safety, and no personal in
| juries were sustained.
Sturgeon Bay-AIex Lawson, one OF
the Oldest residents is dead at Forest
vile. He had made his home in this
county for forty-nine years and was "a
years old, having been born in Glas
| gov, Scotland. He leaves large fam
lily of children, grandchildren and
| great grandchildren.
Manitowoc-The fight of the Mani
towoc milk dealers before the attor.
ney general has not brought any re-
suits and they have been compelled to
pay the demand of the farmer for
$40 hundred weight. AS a result
the price of milk has been raised to
Is cents per quart.
Madison-Lieut. Phillip La Toilette,