River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-03-18

/ feet on the level.
The congregation of st. Marys
Catholic church at Bear Greek has de.
cided that as soon as weather condi
lions will permit they will begin the
erection of $4,000 church edifice.
| Preparations are now being made
! in many sections of northern Wiscon-
sin, for the annual harvest of maple
sap. 1t is believed that the shortage
of sugar on the market will add inn
petus to the industry.
Gustafatte Spera, was arrested at
Kenosha, charged with counterfeiting.
1t is said that complete counterfeit
| ing outfit and a large number of
silver coins in all denominations ex-
cept the 10-cent piece, were found in
Spera's home. He is being held under
$4,000 bond.
J. Settler, retired minister, living
with his wife at the home of Elder L.
p. Kline, at Lancaster, committed sui
eide by hanging himself on scaffold
he had prepared in barn. Stettier
went to the barn and climbed to the
hay loft where he secured the trip
rope of the hayfork.
The United States immigration de-
partment deported Kurt Huber, for
mer Superior resident, to Mexico, HUI.
Der is a German citizen and is al
legged to have gone to Mexico at the
outbreak of the war to escape being
interned or drafted. He returned to
Superior last October. having crossed
the border without passport.
Requests for increases in wages
have been served on the Eau Claire
city council by the police department.
asking 10 per cent boost, by the fire
department. not specifying the amount
of increase. and by city employees for
| so cents day increase. Action on the
application will be taken after salary
figures in other cities of this class
have been investigated
The next annual potato exposition
will be held in Milwaukee during the
week of Nov. 1920, 1920. announces
G. Milward of the College of Agricul-
ture and secretary of the Wisconsin
Potato Growers association. The Off
GERS of the Wisconsin Potato Growers
Hicks of Prentice; r. L. Cuff of Bar
ron. and j. G. Milward of Madison.
After a very successful winter log
ging operations in Oneida and adjoin-
ing counties are being rushed to COM
pletion. While log hauling is still
good. lumbermen look for a breakup
at any time. The logging industry this
winter in northern Wisconsin has
given employment to an exceptionally
large number of men at the highest
wages ever paid in the lumber woods.
The fairs in the central Wisconsin
fair circuit will be held on the follow
ing dates: Stevens Point, Aug. 24-27;
Amigo, Aug. 31-Sept. 81 Merrill, Aug.
31-Sept. 8: Marshfield, Aug. 7-10;
Chippewa Falls, Sept. 14-17; La
Crosse, Sept. 21-24, and Duraad. Sept.
2S-Oct 1. This will furnish contin-
uous circuit and it is expected good
quality of race horses will be attract
ed.
George Eaglehill. leader of the
socialist party. and treasurer Of the
Green Bay Federated Trades Council,
was refused naturalization papers at
Green Bay. by George A. Danielson,
federal examiner, when objection was
raised by John F. Watermelon. Eagle
hill will now have to wait at least
until September before becoming
citizen of the United States. Eaglehill
answered that the kaiser should be
seated in congress in America, If
elected by majority vote
Mrs. Marie Siebert. 100, who died
at her home in Seymour, is survived
by more than 100 direct descendants
Mrs. Siebert, who had been blind for
ten years, was born in Germany in
1919 and came to America in 1874, set
Ting first in Canada where she lived
until 1864. when she moved to Green
vile, Outagamie county Since 1884
she had lived in Seymour Mrs. Sic
bert leaves seven children, 4S grand
children and more than so great
grandchildren.
Alicia park, one of the finest nat.
ural beauty spots in the Fox river val
ley, has been designated by the Ap-
pleton city council as a camping sits
for automobile tourists. Alicia park
was donated to Appleton by the late
Alexander Reid. former publisher of
The Appleton Post. The park will be
equipped with benches and tables for
accommodation of tourists, and signs
will be erected directing travellers to
the entrance. The park is on high
bluff overlooking the Fox river
A strenuous spring campaign for
mayor and aldermen reached climax
at Chippewa Falls. when Mayor Eu-
gene O'Neil. carrying an ak handle
concealed in his trouser leg, and his
son, William O'Neil, said to have been
aimed with an army pistol, invaded
| the editorial Sanctum of George e.