River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-04-28

age to either the tree or small fruits
in the Oshkosh section was reported.
Janesville-County Highway Com
missioner Charles E. Moore is keeping
Rock county trunk road lines open and
in good condition by patrol system.
Five trucks equipped with heavy
scrapers and lotion war tractor is
used with double scraper for level
ing and resurfacing the roads. Each
machine patrols about Is miles day
and covers the $50 miles of state trunk
lines at least once week. The coun-
ty is waiting for settled weather con-
ditions before starting to build the g
mile concrete road extension toward
Edgerton.
irchwood-Electors and taxpayers
of Dallas have petitioned the Barron
county board to make every possible
endeavor to reduce expenses in each
branch of county government. Re-
quests have been made to reduce
clerks and other county employees. The
county officials have been asked also
to aid in the discontinuance of the
county nurse and county agricultural
Offices. County supervising teachers
would be out of employment also if the
wishes of Dallas voters are carried
out In the event that the offices are
continued, the county board has been
asked to cut salaries.
aminations on April /, for accredited
public health nurses, the state board
of health has a new eligible list of
fifteen nurses available for county
nurse positions. Sixteen counties are
on the waiting list for nurses. The
law, enacted in 1919, makes it manda-
tory for all counties to employ one or
more public health nurses by July !,
1921.
Madison Louis Gettle, Madison,
was appointed member of the state
railroad commission for six year
term, to take the place of John S.
Allen, Lake Geneva. The appointment
was sent to the senate for confrma-
ton. The salary is $4,000 year Mr..
Gettle served as secretary of the com
mission from 1912 to 1915. The other
two members of the commission are
Carl D. Jackson, Oshkosh, and Henry
r. Trumbower, formerly of the univer-
sity faculty.
Brentwood Clarence H Dietz, son
of John f. Dietz, known as the de
fender of Cameron DAM, will appear
before Gov. ]. j. Blaine, May 4, at
Madison, to ask a pardon for his ia
ther The defender" is now serving
a twenty year sentence in Waupun
prison. He was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment after shooting a deputy
sheriff The sentence was later COM
muted.
Madison-A million dollars year
for ten years will be needed to carry
on the work of eradicating cattle tu-
berculosis in Wisconsin, according to
DR.. o. H. Eliason of the livestock sani-
tary board. The work of testing cat
tie has progressed faster than the leg
islature has provided funds, he said.
The present appropriation for the tu-
berculosis fund of the department of
agriculture is s225,0O0.
Birchwood-The towns of Edge
water, Wilson, Cedar Lake and Birch
wood decided to build a large union
free high school here during the COM
ing summer, at special election held
here. The new building will cost $780,
900.
Purtage-Citizens of Portage turned
out for the entertainment given by
Richard w. Mulcahy post of the Amer
lean Legion, and $1,445.93 was Melted.
One of the features was the giving
away of an autographed gold panel
bearing greetings from President
Harding to the Portage Legion men,
Oshkosh-On account of three cases
of smallpox having developed among
students of the Oshkosh High school,
the city health department ordered
that all students at that school shall
undergo vaccination. Over 1000 stu
dents are affected by the ruling.
Reconsideration carpenters of this
city have accepted the 81 an hour
wage scale offered several weeks ago
by the contractors. They have been
holding out for $1.12k. Building oper-
atoms are expected to be resumed i'm
mediately.
GAINESVILLE = The GAINESVILLE Daily
Gazette, the third Oldest paper in Wis
consin, will stage celebration among
its readers and employees on April 80.
The paper has been published nearly