River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-07-22
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| 72A to 80 cents an hour, the hod car
riers and common laborers are granted
| a small increase, with nine hour day
and Saturday afternoons off, and other
unions go back to work under the old
wage scales. Lines will not be drawn
| SO closely by the union men on the
question of working with non-union
men, according to the new agreement.
Merrill - T. T. Pyburn, Washburn,
was reelected president of the. Wis
| consin Rural Letter Carriers associa-
ton, which closed its annual conven-
ton here. Henry Gollenbeck, Beaver
Dam, was elected vice president; w.
G.. Arle, Sturgeon Bay, secretary, and
Chester Granger, Sheboygan Falls,
| treasurer. A. c. Poderweltz, Merrill,
| and Harry Garland, Beloit, were elect
| ed delegates to the national conven-
ton, which will be held at Dallas, Tex.
| The next state convention will be held
at Sheboygan.
| Madison-Gov. Philip announced
/ the following reappointments: Her
man Grotophorst, Baraboo, member of
| the state board Of education, for the
term ending Aug /, 1925; Tom 0. Ma
son, Cumberland, member of the Wis
consin Real Estate Brokers Board, for
the term ending Aug. /, 1923; S. E..
Smalley, Cuba City, member of the
state mining school board, for the
term ending July /, 1924; w. N. Smith,
Platteville, member of the state min
| ing school board, for the term ending
July /. 1928.
/ Eagle River-Indications point to an
| immense crop Of blueberries in the
| north woods this season. The absence
| of damaging frosts early in the spring,
when the plants were in blossom, gave
promise of big yield and later growth
bears out the assumption that there
| will be plenty of the wild berries. Last
/ years crop was the largest in years
Thousands of quarts were picked by
home people and many parties from
downstate made special trips to the
berry fields to gather the fruit.
Eagle Rivera fierce battle be-
tween his Airedale dog and timber
wolf that ragged for nearly an hour was
ended when William Korb, who re-
sides at Carpenter lake, nine miles
east of here, killed the wolf with a
club. Both animals were severely torn
in the fight which ragged in the carry
hours Of the morning. Korb asserts
his dog would have killed the wolf
even if he had not come to its assist
ance.
Green Bay-Cider and fruit juices,
Misunderstanding in fact, and not neces-
sarily one-half of ! per cent, can be
made in your own home, federal pro-
hibition commissioner for Wisconsin
announced. No definite mention is
made as to what extent OF alcohol is
permissible in the cider and fruit
| juices, excepting that it must be nom
/ intoxicating in fact, and not necessar-
lily one-half Of per cent.
Beloit-Albert Porter, SO years old,
was injured, probably fatally, when he
1 was pinned in the running gear of a
light wagon, in which he was seated.
| and dragged 800 feet before his team
of frightened ponies was halted in a
runaway. His hip was fractured and
| he was nearly disemboweled.
Kenosha - The carpenters strike,
which threatened to tie up building
conditions here, came to an end when
the carpenters defied the business
agent Of the building trades council
and went back to work. The strike
was started in an attempt to organize
common laborers.
Epson - Four cows belonging to
Mike Cartier, farmer near here, were
electrocuted during an electrical
storm. Five of Carriers cows took
refuge against a wire fence during
the storm. Four were instantly killed
when lightning struck the fence some
distance away.
Green Bay-Thomas A. Delaney
federal prohibition officer for Wiscon
sin, announced that he would not be
candidate for reelection to the assem-
bly, for the Green Bay district. He
says that chasing of violators OF the
eighteenth amendment will take all his
time.
| Marinette-St. James English Lu
theran church of this city, new con
gregation, has completed plans for the
erection of new edifice to cost $50.
600. Work will start in the fall The
new church will be of the English
Gothic type.
Superior-Prof. G. M. Palmer of the
local normal school has been appoint
ed divisional patriotic Instructor c,
| fha Conc IF UasrranS and a member