River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-02-12
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Horicon-The city of Horizon is pc
titioning the state rate commission
for an increase in wafer rates over
the present minimum rate OF So per
quarter for a five-eighths-inch meter.
No change in the minimum rate will
be asked. The water plant of the city
is under municipal ownership, and
since it's installation five years ago has
been self-sustaining. The present
jump of kerosene will not allow a suf-
ficient margin to keep the plant self
sustaining, and an increase in water
rates is asked.
Barron-The agronomy department
of the College of Agriculture at Mad
ison has shipped four bushels of
Scotch field peas to be planted on any
one farmers land in Barron county
as a demonstration. The peas are to
be given to farmer with the under
standing that he is to return four
bushels in the fall. These four bush
els will be put out with another farmer
the coming year, the plan being to in
troduce better grade of pedigreed
grains
Sheboygan-M and Mrs. August
Selsemeyer observed their sixty-fourth
wedding anniversary with quiet fam
lily reunion. Both were born in Ger
many and emigrated to this country
at an early age. The couple was mar
ried at Sheboygan Falls and later
moved to this city, where for time
they conducted the Washington house,
a popular boarding house. Mr.. Selse-
meyer was assemblyman from his dis
trict in 1881.
Rhinelander-That a horde of rats
infesting warehouses and other build
ings in this city is destroying large
quantities of food, is the statement
made by deputy state food inspector,
G.. A. Servis Algoma Citizens are
aroused by the report and the Rhine
lander Advancement association has
called meeting to determine some
course of action in Kidding the city OF
the pests.
Kenosha-T three babies of Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Slammer died within
a period of five days. Louis Jr.,
years old, was the last to be taken.
Death came following pneumonia and
influenza The day before his death,
John, years and 9 months old sue
cumbed to an attack of the same dis
ease and forty-eight hours earlier.
Mary, / year and months old, had
died of whooping cough.
Maiden Rock-Mr. Thompson, state
rural school inspector, in an address
delivered at Durand, informed the citi-
zens that unless the city takes steps
not later than the annual school meet
ing, in July, to build new school
house, state and county aid will be
withheld from the school and that 1t
will then be unlawful to charge tuition.
Plans are being made to build the
schoolhouse.
Horizontal meeting of the Dodge
county highway commission it was de-
cided to employ eight more patrolmen
for the roads in that county. Last
year IL patrolmen were employed.
The salaries for the patrolmen for the
coming year were fixed at $3.50 per
month with bonus provisions large
amount of new machinery has been
purchased for road building in Dodge
county.
Observation-Disclosures L. j. EvaS
has submitted plan to the city coun-
Gil for a remembrance of Marinette
heroes who fell in the late world war.
He suggests that for each one who
paid the supreme sacrifice an elm tree
be planted on Carney blvd, tn city's
best thoroughfare, and that brass
plate bearing the record of the hero
the tree memoralizes be placed on it.
Observation-Disclosures of the Rhine
lander school board who have hereto
fore been appointed by the mayor may
be forced to run for office in the flu
ture A resolution calling for spe-
cial election TO De neld rep. "a 10 ue-
termine whether or not the board will
be appointed was introduced by Aid.
P. j. Christ, labor leader at the last
session of the council, and was passed.
Stevens Point-Maj. Gen. Edwards
F. McGlachlin of Stevens Point, who
distinguished himself in the world
war, has been nominated for the per-
manent rank of brigadier general in
the regular army by President Wilson.
La Crosse-W. ]. Witch, director
of the physical education department
of the La Crosse State Normal school,
was appointed by Gov E. L. Philip
to represent the state at the annual
meeting of the American Physical Edu-
cation department in New York city,