River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-06-23
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! NEWS OF THE :
! BADGER STATE !
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

trict, charged with violation of the
corrupt practice act in the election OF
April 5. Judge Smalley, who took his
seat in the Circuit court here June i,
defeated Judge Levi H. Bancroft of
Richland Center, at the recent cleo
ton. Five hundred of the defeated
candidates friends petitioned the
states attorney general to bring suit
under the corrupt practices act, charg-
ing that Judge Smalley had DETAINED
his opponents character through cir
cularization of derogatory statements.
The jury that returned the verdict in
Circuit court found that Judge Smalley
had not authorized distribution of the
circular in which the statements con-
corning former Judge Bancroft Were
made.
Eau Claire-Mrs. AEne Carter and
Mrs Hattie Pannier won their fight
for equal shares in the $4,000 estate
left by their father, the late James
McKinnon of Chippewa Falls, in de-
cision handed own by Judge James
O'Neill. In the judges decision the last
will of the deceased, made in 1919,
which left the bulk of the estate to the
widow, Mrs.. Elizabeth McKinnon, and
cut off the two children with 81 leg
acies, was declared invalid due to I'M
due influence, exerted by Mrs. Nc
Kinnon Under the court ruling the
estate will be divided equally between
Mrs. McKinnon and the two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Carter and Mrs. Pannier.
Fond du Lac-Fire of incendiary
origin wiped out all buildings except
the house on, the Luxerin farm, two
and half miles south of here caus-
ing $4,000 loss. The property, owned
by Bernard F. Sheridan, one of the
foremost Guernsey breeders in Wis
consin, was ranked as one of the
model dairy farms of the state. Four
horses, three valuable calves and a
COW persisted. Seventy-five tons of
hay, straw and alfalfa, 900 bushels of
oats, IL tons of feed and a big supply
of beet pulp were burned.
Eau Claire-Results of thrift cam
paign introduced in the schools of Eau
Claire county last January, were
shown in perfect records made by
Cleghorn, by the model department OF
the County Training school, and by
the River View school of the town of
Union. Each of the three attained 100
per cent in thrift, with every pupil in
the schools having opened a savings
bank account with an initial deposit
of at least ST.. Wherever possible, the
children made their first deposits in
person.
Oconto - Three hundred eighteen
pupils received diplomas
in the rural schools of Oconto county
at exercises conducted by the county
Miss Ellen B. McDon-
aid, making it the largest class in the
history of the county. Twelve re-
ceived special honor diplomas, each
having an average of 80 or over.
Grace Gussow, Little Suamico, headed
the list with 97.8.
Ashland-There has been a falling
off of 303, $50 tons in the amount OF ore
shipped from the Gogebic range to the
Ashland docks in May this year as
with May, 1920. To date
only 2O8,390 tons have been shipped
from the Gogebic range mines. Last
year to June /, more than 100000
tons had been sent to Ashland from
the Gogebic range.
Juneau - Contracts totaling nearly
$780, 900, calling for the largest amount
of permanent road building ever un-
dertaken in the county, have been
awarded by the Dodge county highway
committee. Dodge county will pave
almost 30 miles of state and federal
aid highways this year, which exceeds
the mileage of road laid in any other
county in the state during 1921.
Ashland-Fif freighters brought
SO 900 tons of soft coal and $4,000 tons
Of hard coal to Ashland in May. This
is more than last May, when eight
cargoes were discharged, with 10000
tons OF soft coal, but no hard coal
Hurley-Six gallons of moonshine
and 26 quarts of wine confscated by
county authorities in recent raids were
stolen when the municipal courtroom
was broken into by thieves. They also
stole two revolvers and $50.
Brentwood - The Barron County
Fair association has announced that
the annual county fair for Barron
will open Tuesday evening,
Aug. So and will continue until the
evening of Sept. 2.
PORTAGE. P. Cary, state superin-
tendent of schools, appointed Miss
Laura B. Jameson, Poynette, superin-