River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-09-01

ster said On the lakes, however, the
/ still, hot weather largely cut off the
supply of oxygen for the water and
resulted in general killing OF fish.
This same condition exists in winter
when the smaller lakes are frozen
over
| Madison - Preliminary estimates
based on returns from 500 smaller
communities of the 1000 municipalities
in the state, indicate that the assessed
valuation of general property VIII
again be increased over the $4,50O,OO0.-
600 of last year. The increase is not
expected to exceed $100,000,000. Valu-
alton of utility property will probably
be somewhat lower, in the opinion Or
the tax commission, resulting IN a
slightly lower return from railroad
and telephone and telegraph taxes.
Oconto - Oconto county Holsteins
have been awarded four different
prizes for milk production during the
last year in competition with all the
Holstein cows in the United States and
Canada. One of these cows. Dirkje
Countess, owned by the Quality Farms
at Oconto Falls, made 34.2 pounds OF
butter from 7456 pounds of milk in
seven DAYS last March. Another COW
! from the same farms that won prize
was the heifer, Maplewood Colantha
Segis, who made S47.4 pounds Of but
ter from 17,131.5 pounds of milk.
Green Bay-The Rt Rev. Bishop
Paul p. Rhode of the Green Bay Cath
| Ollie diocese, has returned from an ex-
tended tour of several European coun-
tries, including Italy, where he spent
some time making his biennial reports
ON dioscean affairs to Pope Benedict
After leaving Rome, Bishop Rhode
! spent several weeks in Poland, the
country of his nativity. The bishop
has been abroad since May. He is re-
ported to be in excellent health and
much rested.
4 Green Bay-Leaf hoppers have ap-
1 peared in Brown county and are dam.
aging the potato crop. The big Suam-
1 leo spud zone is the hardest hit and so
per cent of the tuber plants have been
ruined by the pests. An emergency
squad of sprayers directed by potato
experts is toiling in the fields from
morn until night in an attempt to save
the crop 1t is estimated that the
countys potato production will be less
than 80 ner cent normal
Appleton - Chalmers Yeager Green
Bay, captured at Chippewa Falls with
Lawrence Lesperance for alleged com
plicity N the Wabeno bank robbery,
was freed from suspicion OF any con-
nection with the robbery Of the Outa-
gamie State bank. when II persons
who saw the bandit who committed the
robbery, failed to identify him. Les
perance was never suspected of con-
nection with the Appleton job
New Holstein,Ten thousand per-
sons attended the picnic given here by
the American Legion and the New
Holstein Juvenile band. The picnic
was preceded by parade in which six
bands and a mile of floats and persons
took part. The funds go for the benefit
of the Legion and the band. Veterans
of Co. H, Thirty-second division. gave
an exhibition drill
Wausau-Otto Eggebrecht, gradu-
ate of the Wisconsin university who
distinguished himself last fall as a
member of the Wisconsin football
I team, has been appointed to coach
ing position at the River Falls Normal
| school. At River Falls he starred az
member of normal football team,
champions of 1916 and also of the bas-
ketball team.
1 Green Bay - Grandma" Shields,
Green Bay woman, celebrated her
ninety-fifth birthday last week. De-
spite her age Mrs. Shields is in good
health and does not use glasses. Up
every morning at 6, she insists on do
ing her share of the homework. She
occasionally attends motion picture
show.
Thu Claire-One entire family was
wiped out and two people injured, one
perhaps fatally, when Northwestern
passenger train No %, east bound
crashed into an auto at a grade cross
ling two and a half miles east of Knapp.
near here. All the dead and injured
were from Eau Claire.
Oconto-The first drainage ditch
ever attempted in Oconto county has
lust been completed by the laying oil
the last of $4,000 feet of tile. The area
drained is located between Lena and
Stiles and several hundred acres usu
ally under several feet of water viii
be drained.
Menasha- improvement in the Twin
city industrial situation is noted. The
Menasha Woodenware company, which