River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-05-06

cOnSin, under the auspices Oh the Mari'
nette County Land Clearing associa
ton, will hold land clearing short
course on the Stewart farm at Cedar.
Vile, almost the exact center of Mari.
nette county. The school will open
Wednesday, May z, and will consist OF
seven two-day sessions, in which &C
tual land clearing work will be the
principal feature. Farmers are in
structed to come in overalls. 1t is the
first school OF its kind ever held in
the state, previous work OF that KIND
being done from the land clearing
train which was run through the up
per half of Wisconsin for two years
past. University experts will be here
to direct the work.
Madison-The first Filipino baby
born in Madison, probably the first in
Wisconsin, has arrived at hospital
here. He is the son of Cirilo E. Perez
and Asuncion A. Perez, junior Filipino
students at the university. Mr.. Perez
was sent to the United States by his
government in August, 1918, to do re
search work. Mrs. Perez, as we'll as
her husband, is a graduate of the state
university of the Philippines. They
were married in the Philippines, Aug.
%, 1918, and left for the United States
the following day.
Ashland - A half million salmon
shipped to the Bayfield, hatchery and
are being distributed to inland lakes
and streams. Twenty-Five cans were
placed in Long lake. The salmon trout
grow to 10 or IL pounds and appear tc
thrive equally in fresh or salt water,
Some salmon trout eggs were planted
near Duluth by the government foul
or five years ago, and quite number
are being caught in Lake Superior
now.
Superior Drinking denatured alco
hol nearly cost Emil Anderson his life
and cost Conrad Phelan about $3.50.
Anderson was arrested for drunken
ness and became so i'll that he was re
moved to st. Mary's hospital, where
small hope was expressed for his re
covery. Phelan awoke in the police
station and found that he only had
s179 left of $400 that he had when a
friend offered him drink Of dena
tured alcohol
| Rhinelander-S G.. Perriner, Social
list leader and mayor-elect of Rhine
lander, took. office before a throng Of
| friends. In his inaugural address he
| discussed city problems and dwell
upon labor's relations in industry. In
| dustries, ne said, were the basis of the
city's prosperity, but that the new ad
| ministration would insist upon fan
treatment of labor. Mayor Perriner is
| the first Socialist to hold city Office
here.
Neenah-With the completion of the
concrete pavement on the Jackson st
road between this city and Oshkosh
work on which started recently. an al
most unbroken stretch of concrete
highway between Fond du Lac and
| Green Bay, nearly a hundred miles
will be made The paving of the four
teen miles of roadway between here
and Oshkosh is expected to take the
better part of the summer.
| Janesville-Attemp to extract a
shell which he thought had exploded.
from an old rifle, Francis Tanning, 9.
living on farm, will lose his right
eye. Providing around in the barn, the
youngster came across the gun. After
| playing with it while he pulled back
the trigger and, finding shell which
had the nick of the hammer, believed
the bullet had beer fired.
Superior-A tract of partially i'm.
proved Douglas county farm property,
including 100 acres and located one.
half mile west of Borea in the towns
ship of Superior, has been sold by
Wallace Macarthur and Gertrude Nc
Arthur to John M. McNeal for con.
sideration of $15,600, according to the
deed of transfer filed with the county
register.
Neillsville-Demand an increase
of wages from 1914 to 20 cents an
hour, fifty employees of the Neillsville
Condensed Milk company are out on
strike. Enough employees remained al
work to handle the incoming milk
temporarily, and the business is being
continued with reduced force OF
workmen.
Glen Flora According to wv. T.
Newman of Chippewa Falls, who was
here canvassing the farmers in this vi
cinity for sugar beet acreage, at least
thirty-seven farmers will be raising
sugar beets the coming season. Mr.
Newman represents the Chippewa
Sugar Refining company.
Wausau-There will be no county