River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-08-05

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Racette, pastor of the st. Louis
church of this city fer the last two
years has left for Rome as delegate
to the Oblate Fathers conference.
Father .Racette will attend the conyen-
ton as delegate from the province OF
America, having been selected at a
meeting OF the chapter held in Boston
in 1914. AT that time Father Racette
was on his way to Rome, but the war
caused the conference to be postponed.
This is the first conference to be held
since the signing of the armistice.
Monroe-Proposals of marriage and
letters from new found friends" are
coming to Miss Edith Leuenberger,
pretty little Monroe girl, whose smil-
ing eye and Mary Pickford curls have
won hundreds Of admirers since entry
in a national motion picture beauty
contest letter from a westerner,
presumably cowboy is perhaps the
most amusing of the lot. In propos-
ing marriage the western Romeo
states he has ranch and $4,000 cash.
Edith is charming little Miss of IL,
junior in the local high school.
Ladysmith-What was probably one
OF the most largely attended picnics
ever held in the Chippewa valley was
staged at Holcombe. The most spec
tacular feature of the day was the
feat by Charles Roberts, an old time
river man, who rode a log over the
rapids of the Chippewa river at that
place. AS this is the first time the
feat has been undertaken for many
years, the mere announcement OF it
brought lumberjacks and river men to
IIolcombs for miles about to see Rob
erts ride the rapids.
Madison Fred Marty of Monroe
has been awarded an honorary GER
tificate by the Wisconsin dairy school
in recognition of his work for the Wis
consin cheese industry. This award
was made through Prof. E. H. Earring
ton of the dairy school of the Uni
yersity of Wisconsin. For several
years Mr.. Marty acted as an instructor
in Swiss cheese making at the uni
versity. He has also been member
of the dairy and food commission staff
and is widely known as cheese MAX
er and cheese buyer.
Sheboygan-Anton Brotz, Kohler,
and Odin Torrison, this city, two Boy
Scouts who are camping with Sheboy-
gan and Fond du Lac scouts at Camp
Shaginappi, Lake Winnebago, We're
Mortified to unearth complete
skeleton of an Indian squaw while
they were digging in a small mound
near the camp. Arrowheads and other
Indian relics have been found in the
district and the two boys were search
ing for similar relics when their
shovels struck stone.
Madison-The only course in public
health work, specially prepared for
public health nursing, TO be offered by
any state university will be offered in
Wisconsin next fall according to Miss
Florence Patterson, in charge of the
nurses training courses at the uni
versity. The course is offered to meet
the demand for public health workers
which is so great that throughout the
country only one out of eight requests
can be filled.
Eagle River-G. w. Daily, SO, assist
ant general superintendent OF the OPP
Grating department of the c. & n. W.
Ry., died suddenly of heart failure at
the home of d. NJ Carroll on Lac
Vieux Desert, near Phelps, being
stricken while in bathing. A special
train, took the body to Chicago for
interment Mr. Daily, with his family,
was guest at the Carroll summer
home.
Janesville-Corn eleven feet high is
Furnishing on a small piece of land
owned by e. S. Horn in this city. Al
though the ears are not matured,< they
give promise of an abundant crop. Mr..
Horn says he planted the corn in April,
and has given it no cultivation, ex-
cept one hoeing. 1t is of the Yellow
Dent variety and will be used as chick
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en- feed.
Rhinelander - The Cooperative
Marketing association plans to send
ouestionnaires to Gov. Cox and Sen
ator Harding, asking them to define
their stand on farm questions, accord
ing to Charles A. Lyman, secretary of
the organization, who visited here.
Members of the board are expected to
call on the candidates in September
| La Crosse-W. j. Witch and NJ. j.
| Lyons, two instructors in the state
normal school here, fought for two
hours and half to land 25-pound
catfish, caught with small casting
outfit on small hook. The fish which
was 40 inches long, was hooked in
! Hammond chute north of the city.