River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-09-08

robbers. The petition lodged against
Sheriff Garman was submitted by a
number of Eau Claire citizens. They
demand an investigation and the re-
moval of Garman. The two bandits
that sawed their way out of the coun-
ty jail were involved in the Augusta
State bank robbery on the night OF
May IL.
Madison-The state will be prepared
to give special care and treatment be-
fore winter to 234 shell-shocked and
mentally diseased soldiers in new
quarters at the Memorial hospital.
Farwelrs Point, overlooking Lake
| Mendoza Work is about to start on
construction of the buildings provided
for in the appropriation of $250,000 by
the legislature. The hospital site is
declared to be the most beautiful in
the state. 1t is said to form an ideal
home for those suffering from men
tai disease, with facilities available
for all varieties of sport and for gar
dening.
Green Bay-Lockjaw, caused by
stepping on piece of pop bottle glass
caused the death of Delbert, 10 year
old son of Albert Knipple. The lad
stepped on the broken glass Aug.
infiicting a severe cut on his foot. A
physician was Immediately called and
the wound stitched. A week later, the
| stitches were removed and the boy
was apparently recovering. Several
| days later he was stricken with lock-
jaw and removed to a hospital where
his death occurred.
| Brentwood - Settlers and farmers
here were taught the use of picric acid
at a special demonstration arranged by
Lee Stewart, manager of the Wash
burn County Land Clearing associa-
| ton. The demonstration was held to
| stimulate the work of clearing 10000
acres of Washburn county land. Picric
acid is being advocated for land clear
| ing purposes in this county because 1T
is 40 per cent stronger than dynamite
| ana is cheaper cAp.OSlNS.
| Green Bay-To commemorate the
one-hundredth anniversary OF the
coming of Eleazer Williams, "the lost
dauphin," and a delegation of New
| York Indians to Green Bay, the Green
Bay public museum has published
book on the life of the Oneida leader,
Deborah Martin, librarian of the Kel-
| logg public library and one of the best
authorities on Wisconsin history, is
author of the book.
| Madison Wisconsin hunters are
| face to face with a shortage OF bird
dogs with which to enter the prairie
chicken and partridge seasons that
opens this fall for the first time in six
years. w. E. Barber, chairman OF the
conservation commission, reports that
practically all of the experienced hunt
| ing animals have died of old age, leav-
ing sportsmen unequipped to enter the
| field.
JanesviIle-Fifty adult blind men
coming from So cities in Wisconsin
and one from Missouri, completed an
eight weeks course at the summer
school of the state school for the blind
here. Twenty were given GER
/ tificates for proficiency in player
piano repairing, weaving, basket max
ing, Gaming and hammock making.
The largest number from one city was
| from Milwaukee, with seven enrolled.
Stevens Point-In four years thu
business of the Wisconsin Telephone
Co. will have grown to such an extent
in Stevens Point that despite exten-
sions planned, it will be necessary
either to erect a building or arrange
to have some one else do it. In the
meantime, the ompany will spend
100000 here, according to P. J. Skols'
ky of Eau Claire, district manager.
Oshkosh-Mayor A. c. McHenry
personal liberty candidate for the
United States senate in 1920, declareA
he is holding his last Office. when
my term as mayor expires, I will BIO
through with politics." is his state
ment. Mayor McHenry proposes to
continue the study of law and will
seek admission to the bar.
Ripon-Charles P. Haseltine, a vet
eran of the Civil war, died at his home
here. He was IS years old. During the
Civil war he served with the famous
Mercantile battery of Chicago, and
after the siege of Vicksburg was COM
missioned a first lieutenant for meri-
torious bravery.
GAINESVILLE - A tuberculosis sana-
torium for residents of Rock county
was assured with the purchase by
the county board of a 21-acre tract
of land on the Rock river, just outside
of GAINESVILLE, one of the beauty spots