River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-12-30

Dairy farm, east of Platteville, In
which she Is credited with 1880
pounds of milk and $50 pounds CT but
ter. The herd is owned by James r..
Tracy & Sons. Violet Arts DeKol is
running on a IL months semi-official
test, ending Jan. %, in which the own
ers predict a record of better than
10000 pounds of milk and 900 pounds
of butter. Dam and grand-dam of
Laura Esther, making 2,6s2.9 pounds
of milk and 1863 pounds Of butter in
a 31-day test, is now on 10 months
test.
Madison - Report on the soldier
bonus law made public shows that
sS11,580 was paid former service men
under the educational bonus law dur
ing the first year OF its administration.
Four thousand eight hundred and nine
ty-three students were assigned under
this law for the full-time educational
opportunity in the state and 1888 stu
dents were assigned to correspond
ence. Former service men have been
assigned to 157 educational institu-
lions in Wisconsin for the all-day edu-
cational opportunity provided by the
law, for which they received $50 a
month for each month they are in
regular attendance.
Madison According to complete re-
ports received by the conservation
commission from all it's wardens, only
SO does and fawns were killed by the
deer hunters of the state during the
recent open season for deer under the
one-buck law, and the greater part of
them We're killed accidentally. That
is, were mistaken for bucks in the
woods Only a few were deliberately
shot by the hunters with the knowl-
edge that they were not Lucks. The
commission estimates that not over
$500 deer were killed in Wisconsin
this year.
Fond du Lac-Twenty-eight mem
bers of the business mems group have
banded together to act as polite
squad" in an effort to make automo-
bile tourists feel at home in Fond du
Lac. The idea will be carried into ef-
feet to develop the camp site at Lake.
side park to the point of maximum
service. Members OF the squad will
be expected to stop tourists and in
quire if there is anything that can be
done to make their stay in the city
more enjoyable.
Maiden Rock-At the Guernsey sale,
staged by the Pierce County Guernsey
Breeders association, at the Pierce
county sales pavilion at Ellsworth,
$13,890 worth of animals were sold, an
average of $420 for the 33 head. A f.
year-old cow, bought by Albert Kline
topped the sale, bringing $1,000. This
is the largest price ever paid for COW
in Pierce county. All the animals
were sold to Pierce county farmers.
Eau Claire-Eau Claire county's
Germanic population apparently was
the most anxious for American citizen
ship, according to report of Clerk of
Court Hans S. Lund, which show that
of the 1913 applications for full citizen
ship in this county since Jan. /, 1920,
sixty-four, over half, were natives of
Germany
Fond du Lac-Fond du Laos tax
rate for next year will be $50 for each
81 900 valuation. The city's estimated
expense for the coming year is s972,-
S61.44. At the tax rate the city will
raise SITE, 1880. From other sources
there will be revenue of $208 ,078.98.
The per cent rate is based on a total
valuation of S25,770,760, as compared
with 2.70 per cent rate on S21.-
034,205 valuation in 1920.
Manitowoc-Mrs. ID. f. Goss, whose
husband was killed while stringing
wires for the Oslo Power e Light com
pany, near here, has been awarded
$4,000 by the Industrial commission
An appeal was taken to the Dane coun-
ty court and Judge Stevens upheld the
award. The defendant company will
appeal to the supreme court.
Madison-So that the changes I'M
rock caused by great pressure and
heat far below the surface of the earth
may be studied in the laboratory,
compression testing machine capable
Of exerting a pressure If 100000
pounds, has been acquired by the de-
partment of geology of the University
of Wisconsin.
Ashland--Dr. w. T. O'Brien, prom
inent physician and surgeon, died from
cancer of the stomach. He was mem
Der of Catholic societies and has been
prominent in Ashland for MANY years.
He formerly lived in Independence,
Iowa.