River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-07-14

example, Wisconsin is developing IN
FAINT welfare measures with which II
is hoped to bring about a distinct re-
duction in the baby death rate, &C
cording to the state board of health.
New Zealand has the lowest infant
death rate of any country in the
world. Some of the welfare means
used in New Zealand are now being
developed in Wisconsin, such as the
supervision of the practice of public
health nurses, the more careful SUI
peryision of homes in which children
are boarded out, system of child
health centers, and the prospective
travelling health center, recently au-
thorized by the legislature.
Sturgeon Bay--Four thousand fve
hundred pickers will be required to
harvest Door county's cherry crop.
Special trains and boats are now ar
irving carrying capacity loads of boys,
girls and women who will harvest the
crop. OF the $500 pickers, 5000 are
brought here from outside points, re-
cruited from all parts of the state,
nearby points in northern Michigan
and some from Chicago. The largest
Y. NJ c. A. camp ever held will be
seen here this year with 1920 boys
registered. For the first time the \.
w. C. A. will maintain large camp
for girls, conducted similar to the one
for boys. Prominent state Y. w. work
Fers will be charge.
Madison-The 1921 Blue Book will
be ready for distribution about Aug. 1,
according to David Atwood of the
state printing board. The new state
book will have upwards of six hundred
pages devoted to election returns,
brief history of the state, resume or
state departments and state activities
and other statistics. The book will be
full of illustrations. 1t is planned TO
print about forty-two thousand copies,
or more than five thousand over the
number in the last edition.
Madison - Frame buildings cannot
be remodeled into garages without
violating the building code, according
to a warning by the industrial COM
mission. Plans and specifications for
every new or remodeled building to
house more than two automobiles
must be submitted to the industrial
commission except in cities having
their own building inspectors. Addi-
tons to old frame garages must be
separated from them by standard fire
walls.
Madison-Spread of noxious weeds
is alarming the department OF agrl-
culture, according to an announce
ment which reiterates that the state
will suffer a large reduction in crops
unless immediate steps are taken to
remedy the situation. A statement OF
the department explains the state law
again, telling that active enforcement
of the weed statute is in the hands or
town officers and weed commissioners
in townships.
Unity-The Marathon county park
commission visited Unity for the pur-
pose of investigating the desirab1l1ty
of a site on the Yellowstone trail for
tourists camp and resting place.
The site consists of some 6 acres and
is covered by a grove of second
growth hardwood Marathon county
is leading in establishing public parks
along the trail over which hundreds
of cars from many states travel daily.
Madison - Going to college by
mall has become so popular in Wis
consin that the University of Wiscon-
sin, with 20,116 correspondence stu
dents, has taken the lead among uni
| yersities in the United States in cor
respondence courses, according to a
survey. This survey shows that the
enrolment in correspondence courses
at the University of Wisconsin ex-
ceeded the combined enrolment Of IL
other large universities.
Barron - Mrs. l.. Mattson, Amery,
representative of the state division OF
markets, is arranging with Barron
county creamery officials for the Or
ganization of a cooperative shipment
| of butter between creameries in Bar
ron county The plan is to have
number of creameries ship butter at
/ the same time and from the same
place. In this way saving in freight
rates would be made and the cost Of
| handling will be lessened.
Neillsville Floyd Hanson, local
barber, bet on Georges Carpenter to
beat Jack Z empsey and as a result
must shave and trim the hair of Aug
ust j. Haugen, whenever he desires it
until July 2, 1926 In addition he
must give Haugen fifty mile auto
mobile ride every Sunday for the
next three months. Haugen, an en-
ploye of the local postoffice had bet
two acre crop of string beans on the