River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-04-15
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Northwest
Earl p. Owens, "a of Wauby, said
to be the oldest white settler in cas-
tern South Dakota, died at his homo
there.
The annual convention of the North
Dakota Sunday School association for
the Southern half of the state will be
held in Valley City on June 16, II and
lis.
Fountain City, Wis, will secure a
new city hall as the result of the city
election, when the proposition to issue
100000 bonds was carried by vote
of LA to 49,
Firemen at Grand Forks have petit
toned the city council for an increase
of from Is to 20 per cent, asserting
that the existing wage scale is too
low and out of tune with living costs
1t is announced that Grant Van SAINT
of st. Paul has bought the Napoleon
Ebert homestead, on the Yellowstone
river, near Livingston, Mont, for
100000 and will stock it with thor
oughbred cattle.
State Veterinarian j. F. McGhee, of
South Dakota found evidence of an.
thrax in several herds of cattle In
southern Perkins county. A number
of cattle in various herds have died
from the disease.
Seven hours after he attempted to
pass a forged check for $45 at an
Aberdeen bank, Ned Cinbrow, Chi
cago, was sentenced to serve one year
at hard labor in the state peniten
tiary, Sioux Falls.
Mrs Bessie Broughten of Miles
City. Mont, has been exonerated on
the charge of stealing horse belong
ing to Ali Irrion. He charged that
she had stolen the horse and drove
it so miles to her ranch.
Gus Johnson, pioneer resident of
Grafton, N D., who attempted to kill
himself by cutting his throat with a
knife, will recover, according to physi-
clans. Officials will place an informa-
tion alleging insanity against him.
Two persons were killed, five in
jured and a number of others received
] minor hurts as the result of fire which
, destroyed the Hotel Lincoln, family
hotel in the downtown district of
Seattle, with a property loss estimated
at 100000.
]. Lohr, for many years proprietor
of the James j. Hill farm at North
cote, Mimi, is reported to have pur-
chased 1920 acres of land at Gunton,
Mont, where he will grow hemp, if
conditions warrant the experiment.
Otherwise, fax will be the crop sown.
Word has been received at Virginia,
Mimi, that G. E. Julihn, Minneapolis,
superintendent of the bureau of mines
experimental station, has been ap-
pointed district engineer of the Lake
Superior field succeeding B. C. Pick.
ard, who has been transferred to the
West
| Peter Anderson, farmer near Lud-
low, South Dakota, was accidentally
killed by the discharge of small cali
Der rifle in the hands of his son. The
two were riding on load of hay when
the boy saw rabbit and started to
hand the loaded gun to his father. The
rifle ball entered the mans head. He
died instantly.
| A verdict of not guilty was return.
ed following the trial of Mary and
George Searle, at Lead, S. D., who
were charged with murder in connec-
tion with the death of Mrs. Hilda
Neamy, mother of Mrs. Searle. The
jury was out IL hours and 20 minutes.
Judge McNenny discharged the pris-
oners. Mrs. Neamy's body was round
in the furnace of her home.
Contracts for the construction of
the state owned mill and elevator to
be built at Grand Forks, N. d., were
ly to the Seagles Construction COM
pany of Minneapolis and the North
ern Construction company of
Grand Forks, with the former in
charge of the work. The guaranteed
price for the mill and elevator build
ings is $922,S50 exclusive of the mill
ing machinery and power plant.
Ray Seen, who shot himself in the
head after an alleged attempt to kill
Miss Harriet Carlson, % years old,
| residing near Sheyenne, N. D., is not
expected to survive. He is in New
Rockford hospital, where attending
physicians say there is practically no
hope of recovery. Miss Carlson, who
says she rejected Soen's attentions,
and who was shot in one arm when
she grappled with Seen when he
pulled the revolver, was only slightly
injured.
While drilling well on the farm of
Henry ]. Kienast, in Edmunds county,
South Dakota, workmen struck, about
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