River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-02-24

Madison--W Wisconsin has 46 cities
using surface waters, such as lakes
and rivers, as sources Of their public
water supply, it is indicated in the re-
port of C. M. Baker. state sanitary
engineer, given to the state depart
ment of engineers. reviewing activities
| in 1920 Ten OF these supplies are
| filtered and chlorinated, IL are chlor-
! mated only, while "a are untreated.
The latter class constitute the great
est danger of transmitting disease.
Ground water supplies are used in 224
cities and villages, and consist of 100
shallow wells, springs and infiltration
galleries, and 124 artesian or deep
wells There are 270 public water sup
plies in the state.
Waupaca-The worlds largest dairy
COW, a HolStein, named Wisconsin
Forbes V, is owned by John Erickson
of Waupaca, who has sold half in
terest in her latest son to the E. G..
Schroeder farms OF Morehead, MINI.
Wisconsin Forbes v weighed when
the record was made 2,240 pounds.
This was when she was Az years old.
She is wonderful producer of milk,
having made record of 29.68 pounds
of butterfat, SIS pounds of milk, in
seven days, and 106.76 pounds of but
terfat, 2,2S2.6 pounds of milk, in thirty
days.
Fond du Lac-Sixty years in the
barber trade with but one weeks vaca-
ton, is the record of Lou WeitZel,
Fond du Lac, oldest barber in the
state. Mr. Weitzel started in the trade
in Chicago sixty years ago, and came
to this city fifty-four years ago. He
has had many odd experiences. While
working in Chicago he shaved Presi-
dent Lincoln. He received tip from
the martyred president amounting to
S4.S5. Later while in the employ OF
Milwaukee barber shop, he shaved
President Grant and again received
tip of $4.85.
Wausau - For the twenty-seventh
time the stockholders of the Wausau
Telephone company elected the same
board of directors, who in turn have
named the same officers. Starting
with $4,000 and $50 patrons the first
year, the company has grown so that
the capital stock is now S350,000, and
nearly three thousand five hundred
phones are in use. The automatic sys-
tenn has always been used by the COM
pany.
Oconto = Articles of Incorporation
have been filed for the Oconto County
and City Hospital association. The or
ganization, which intends to manage
joint hospital for the city and coun-
ty, is composed of three members.
There is no capital stock and the MEM
| bers serve without pay. The city
| council and the county board each APP
propriated $4,000, the labor union has
promised $500, and it is planned to
raise $1,000 by popular subscription.
Green Bay-If plans of the state
board of control materialize, the state
lreformatory here will soon have one
/ Of the finest farms in the state. An
/ option has been obtained on 306 acres
in Oneida township, according to Sen
ator Burke, who is fathering the move.
| The project is so laid out that the in
| stitution farm will rank second to none
! in the country.
| Manitowoc-Believe dead for more
than two years, Earl Place, local young
man, has written to his mother, Mrs.
Rose Place, from San Francisco, stat
| ing that he had just arrived from a
| three years cruise to the Philippines
and other faraway ports. He is in the
| United States navy, having enlisted in
1918. and will be discharged in April,
| his letter states.
! Racine-Twenty-six miles of con-
crete highway will be constructed in
/ Racine county during the coming sea-
son, according to plans adopted by the
county highway commissioner. Bids
| ON the proposed improvement will be
advertised for and if figures are with
| in the estimated cost, contracts will
be awarded so that construction work
may begin early in the spring.
Fort Atkinson-The Fort Atkinson
Cow Testing association reports 100
honor cows for January. H. j. Yandry
leads with a 6-year-old registered Hol-
stein, and C. J. Poster is second. J.
n. Poster won third place with grade
Holstein. Two others owned by Lee
Purdy and HI. A. Main produced over
20 pounds of butter fat.
Stevens Point-Trapping mink in
Portage county in violation of the Wis
consin game law cost Max Zielinski
$50 and costs after he had pleaded
guilty. He was arrested by conser-
vation warden One trap was con-