River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-08-19


destruction of sixteen beaver dams In
the vicinity of Holcombe. The dams
were so substantially built that it
required more than a week for the
officer to accomplish their destruction
with the use of dynamite. This is the
third time that Little has been obliged
to destroy these dams this season and
he predicts that the beavers will re-
build them again before the advent of
winter. Much damage is done by the
flooding of valuable lands where
streams are INSTRUCTED by the activi-
ties of the animals.
WATERFOWL No increase in prices
except for hulling clover seed will be
made by threshermen of southern Wis
consin,s according to information is
sued after meeting Of Southern Wis
consin Threshermen's association at
GAINESVILLE. The scale adopted follows:
Rye and wheat, s cents per bushel;
barley, cents per bushel; oats,
cents; millet, 6 cents; timothy seed,
35 cents; buckwheat, Is; speltz, 5
cents, and clover seed, cents per
pound. The maximum price charged
for setting threshing outfit pre-.
paratory to threshing will 81.
Eau Claire Three year old Mauriet-
ia Rooney fell 20 feet from the iron
railing of East Grand av. bridge at
Chippewa Falls into the swift current
Of Duncan creek. Albert Norman, a
drayman, saw her disappear and res
cued the apparently dead body from
the East Central bridge block down
stream After 20 minutes efforts at
resuscitation, the workers were about
to cease when some one noticed
warmth in the bloated and discolored
forehead and restoratives were reap
piled with success.
Madison-Forged signatures on sol
dier bonus checks have presented a
new problem to State Treasurer Henry
Johnson. He has received several COM
plants from former service men that
their checks have not been delivered,
while investigation by the state re-
veals that they had been endorsed
and cashed E. ]. Loebe of Milwaukee
is one of those who has not received
a bonus. although the cancelled check
has been received in the treasurer's
office.
Eau Claire-The Eau Claire-Chippe-
wa Falls concrete highway was opened
for the full distance through the Eau
Claire approach, including Birch st.
The viaduct over the 500 tracks, and
roadway to the Seymour road are still
under construction. The work in pro-
cess will be finished by September.
The route is laid out to eliminate all
grade crossings and shortens the dis
lance between the two cities to S.S
miles, instead of the accepted II.
Oconto-Mrs. Stella Dyba, 65 of
Sobieski, was found at Abrams, Is
miles distant, by Lester Whitcomb.
Her clothes were in rags and her hair
down, from her two days wanderings
in the woods. Relatives were mott
fed. She began acting queerly and
was brought to Oconto Upon exami-
nation she was pronounced insane by
County Judge Jones and sent to the
Lutheran hospital at Oshkosh.
Eau Claire-After travelling 100000
miles during forty-four years of serv-
ice as railway mail clerk without miss
ing a train or being in wreck,
Charles Cooper will retire on the new
~ instituted government pension Aug.
20 Cooper left the publication of the
Badger State Banner at Black River
Falls in 1877 to accept an appointment
as railway mail clerk.
Madison for state printing
received at a meeting of the Wiscon-
sin printing board are from A to go
per cent higher than the maximum al
lowed by the legislature Bids have
been taken under advisement. In
creased prices may result in the state
equipping printing establishment
and doing its own work.
Waupun-Henry Pope of Waupun
has given $3.50 to the city to enable
the purchase of the valuable collec-
ton of specimens which belonged to
the late Thurston Wilcox. The col
lection was purchased for $500, the
balance being paid by the library
board and was placed in the museum
of the Waupun library.
Ladysmith-The Rusk County Jour-
nal, owned and edited for many years
by Judge d. w. Maloney, has been
sold to r. w. Richardson and son, E.
W. Richardson, under whose manage
ment the paper will henceforth be con-
Quoted. Mr.. Maloney is retiring from
the newspaper business on account of
i'll health.