River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-05-06
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Madison-The state of Wisconsin
may, in the opinion of Atty. Gen. j. J.
Blaine, invest any surplus funds In
short term government certificates OF
Indebtedness. The question was
raised by Henry Johnson, state treas
urer, who has on deposit in state
treasury repositories several mlilions
of dollars of state road funds, which
will not be needed for several months.
He suggested that the money could be
invested in short term government
certificates at 51a per cent, the state
making a considerable sum of money
In this manner.
Watertown-Three saloon owners
were arrested and a large amount OF
beer and whisky confscated when
Carl Henning and George Ihrig, spe-
cial agents of the internal revenue de-
partment at Madison, raided the base
ments of three local saloons. Henry
Lange, Arthur Gehrke and Fred
Meyers were charged with having in
their possession liquor on which the
tax had not been paid. Search war
rants had been obtained in Water
town.
Madison-W Wisconsin husked more
corn from an acre last year than any
state in the central corn belt of the
United States. pure bred, high seed
corn, developed at the Wisconsin ex-
pertinent station and scattered over
the state by the members of the Wis
consin Experiment association is the
reason for the supremacy of Wiscon-
sin as a corn producing state" de-
clares r. A. Moore of the College OF
Agriculture.
La Crosse-In an effort to defeat
the contractors in their declaration
hereafter to run open shops, the La
Crosse Trades and Labor council has
engaged in the contracting business.
r. G. Knutson, organizer, asserted
that before the end of the week, prac-
tically all of the 700 building trades
union men on strike will be at work,
on Jobs taken through the council.
Eau Claire-Three or four hundred
natives of Smaalen, county in the
southeast of Norway, are expected to
gather in Eau Claire on June 22 and
20 at the annual meeting of the
Smaalenslaget Stevne, which will be
held here for the first time in WIS.,
consin. Twice the conventions have
been in Minneapolis, but usually they
are held in the Dakotas.
Rhinelander-A campaign is on In
Oneida county for the betterment OF
dairy herds. A meeting held at Peli.
can lake, the first of series to be
held throughout the county, resulted
In the formation of Pure Bred Bull
club. Those who joined the club
agreed not to use scrub sires and to
keep the constant betterment of their
herds always in view.
Manitowoc-Can a man step from a
pulpit, take grip of samples in one
hand and a suitcase in the other and
go out on the road and make good!
The Rev. Pastor Willie, pastor Of the
Lutheran church at Louis Corner,
near here, thinks he can. He has an
nounced that his salary will not keep
up with the high cost of living. so he
will Ego on the road"
Kenosha- Fonte, Kenosha
business man, is recovering from a
case Of sleeping sickness. For five
weeks he was in stupor. At the
outset of his illness, physicians were
baffied by the case. Milwaukee spe-
cialists were consulted. Mr.. Fonte
has been advised to take long vaca-
ton and he plans to spend the sum-
mer in Italy.
anesville-Clifford Logan, %, ne
gro, confessed that he killed Wesley
A. (Capt.) Vance, %, another negro,
in a fight at Beloit. The killing was
the result of a dice game argument,
Logan stated. He said that he
stabbed Vance in self defense, when
the latter started TO draw knife from
his pocket, after threatening him.
Madison-Gov Philip has appoint
ed Prof L. S. Smith, city planning ex-
pert of the university, as delegate
from Wisconsin to the interallied con-
ference and town planning congress
which will be held in England from
June 3 to IL. Every state in this
country is entitled to one delegate.
La Crosse-The third free union
high school in La Crosse county will
be erected in Mindoro at cost of
$4,000, as a result of a special cleo
ton in school districts in the town
of Pennington. The other two rural