River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-06-03

| ture, University of Wisconsin, Madi-
j son, has Endorsed the variety of corn
developed by II. N. Buell. Of Cumber-
land, near here Mr.. Buell. has been
working upon a variety of corn fer
the last fifteen years and has success
fully brought 1t to a point where 1t Is
capable of withstanding much Geld and
also has the properties of growing to
a height of from to 15 feet with sew
aral ears to each stalk. The corn was
developed especially for this seotian
OF the state, where early frosts pre-.
vail.
| Green Bay-Edward Tessmer, who
escaped from the state reformatory
| here several years ago and was re-
Gently recaptured at Wausau and re.
turned to the institution, has been par
doned by Gov. Phillip. He was sery.
| ing a year sentence and had served
nine months at the time Of his escape.
He was given his liberty because OF
the fact that from the time of his es-
| cape until his rearrest he served for
| twenty-five months in the Yankee
| forces. Tessmer has returned to his
home in Wausau.
Manitowoc-The Oldest singing SO.
ciety in Wisconsin, the FREEZER Saeng,
erbund Of Manitowoc, will celebrate Y
the sixty-ffth anniversary of its found
| ing next month with banquet and
evening of music. In 1855 there came
into the village and county large num-
bers of emigrants from Germany. One
of their first united efforts was to or
ganize saengerbund with about 80
charter members, not one of whom is
| living. John Schuette, who died last
December, was the last charter mem,
her,
Manitowoc-T plant of the Mani
towoc Shipbuilding Co., including the
engineering and boiler works, will be
offered for sale at public auction on
June 10, it was announced after
meeting of stockholders. Heavy tax
burdens, imposed by federal laws on
| improvements and extensions made
during the war to aid the government
| in its shipbuilding program, additions
which are now idle and useless, caused
| this action of the stockholders, acord-
ing to L. G.. Geer, treasurer.
| Madison Citing the shortage OF
rural labor as reason for the grow
| ing Importance of the telephone and
granting this as a reason why rural
phone companies should be aided In
giving the best possible service, the
railroad commission granted five COM
panies permission to increase their
rates. The companies affected are:
The Mount Vernon, Brodhead, AniWa,
| Arkansaw, Plymouth and Plank Road
| Telephone companies.
| Janesville-When door was opened
| in the Mushroom of a plant or the
! Bowman Dairy Co. at Clinton, near
here, admitting an icy blast of air from
| the temperature far below zero out
side, her husband, William Cleland,
sustained chill, charges Mrs. Della
| Cleland. that caused his death three
| days later. AS a result she sues In CIR
cult court here for $4,000 damages.
Ladysmith- Joseph Dacks, charged
with mingling poison with medicine
that had been prescribed for his wife,
with intent TO kill, was acquitted by
| jury. The testimony of two druggists
was to the effect that the bottle OF
medicine offered as an exhibit con-
tanned 1ysol, but proof was lacking
that Dacks put it there.
Madison John Wilkinson, IL
years old, lies critically Ill in her home
| here. Her children are Withholding
| from her news of the sensational leap
| to death taken by her son, Thomas, in
Chicago, when he jumped from the
ninth aoor of the city hall to the side
walk below. His brother John identi-
fed the dead man.
| La Crosse Wilfred Lahay, former
La Crosse tailor, convicted here OF OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses
through receiving. funds for suits
which were never delivered, was sem
fenced to one year by Judge Higbee.
| L. A. Butterfield, convicted of perjury,
was sentenced to two years and pa
| rolled.
| Madison-Joh Moe of De Forest
was found dead here near the ST. Paul
station, wedged between two posts
with an ugly wound above his temple.
A revolver, partly loaded, lay beside
him. Moe is about 80 years old and
married, but his wife, who lives in the
east. is separated from him.
Madison-John S. Donald, formerly
secretary of state, has been appointed
extension specialist in agricultural
economics and assigned to farm DEM
onstration work This work is done
iointIv nv the University of Wisconsin