River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-04-07

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Wisconsin for 1920 fell off $33,760,00O
from that of 1919, according to esti-
mates made by Joseph A. Becker. OF
the Wisconsin cooperative crop re-
porting service. He places the total
value for 1920 at 1888 .051, 900 com.
pared to $416,S11 900 in 1919, and
$i25,025, 900 in 1909. The value in
1890 was only 919 per cent of the 1919
value. although the quantities pro-
duced were uniformly greater. Milk
made up Gil per cent of the value OF
livestock production in 1920, compared
to COL per cent in 1919. In 1920,
4 1,S36,000 cows produced 81 ,451 900 hun
dredweight of milk, an average OF 1881
pounds cow, valued at 1924. $4,000 or
$2.56 hundred pounds. In 1919,
100000 cows produced SS,370,0O0
hundredweight, an average of 4,923
pounds per cow.
/ Stevens Point-Among the posses
sions of ]. B. Dawley, prominent farm
er Of the town OF Stockton, Portage
county, and for many years secretary
of the Stockton Insurance Co., are tax
receipts on his 120-acre farm for
series of sixty-four years, during which
time he has paid a total of $2,13S.14
The first receipt now held by Mr.
| Dawley was issued in 1856, when the
tax amounted to $105S. On the same
acreage his taxes for 1920 called for
$12727.
Green Bay Despite the balmy
breezes and the scarcity of soft"
jobs, or whatever it is that makes
tramps, few members of the hobo"
specie have registered in Green Bay
so far this spring. County officials as
sociate the freedom from annual visit
ors of this type with the information
which has been spread broadcast to
the effect that this is one of the few
communities boasting a good old fash
/ Toned rock pile.
| Green Bay-The early opening OF
| the fishing season on Lakes Erie and
Huron and the consequent flooding OF
| the fish market has had an adverse
effect on Wisconsin fishermen, Prices
have reached point which makes il
hardly worth while to try for catch,
they say. Some varieties, particularly
suckers and carp, are bringing only
about cent a pound. AS rule Wis
consin fishermen have no competition
from the other lakes until after
April /.
La Crosse-W. J. Davidson, 80, vet.
eran of the Civil war and resident OF
La Crosse half century, is the Oldest
sign painter in the United States. Mr..
Davidson is still actively engaged in
| the business, which he has followed
constantly since the close of the Civil
war, and each day he works from six
to ten hours at his profession. En-
joying perfect health, he disposes OF
his tasks easily and seemingly with
little fatigue.
Hurley-A land patent issued June
/ 20, 1881, at the United States land
4 office in Washington and bearing the
signature of President James A. Gar
field. has been filed for record at the
register of deeds Office here. No previ.
GUS record had been made of the in
strument. Heirs of Louis Jameese,
member of the La Pointe or Bad River
Land tribe of Indians, have filed the
patent for record. The heirs live at
| Odanah.
| Fond du Lac-Fond du Lac county
has a larger number of road patrolmen
than any other county in the state. A
total of forty-nine patrolmen are en-
ployed here this year. From the en-
thusiasm displayed at the road school
| held here, Fond du Lac county's roads
will be the best kept in the state.
| Madison-Slot machines that give
gum or other merchandise besides
chips or coupons are gambling devices,
even though the player is shown the
number of chips he will receive before
putting his coin in the machine, Atty.
Gen. William Morgan has held. This
opinion was given to j. c. Davis, dis
trict attorney at Hayward.
| Misunderstanding OF insurance rlsKS
here with view to establishing sub
stantial reductions are forecast in a
letter received by the Civic associa-
ton from the Wisconsin industrial
commission, which gives assurance
that the state inspection bureau will
take up Neenah's case shortly.
"Reminiscences to the south of
here are getting rich extricating ven
turesome autoists from the mud. The
| condition of the roads makes it pay
for men with teams to stay on the job.
Lifts cost 50 per, the rate being some
what in keeping with the ever lower
ing cost of living.
Singing societies of Mani