River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-07-14
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: NEWS OF THE !
! BADGER STATE /
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

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Madison-The conservation commits
sion brought 1903, 550.98 to the state in
receipts during the last year, figures
made public by the department show.
Cost of operation was considerably be-
| low receipts. Resident hunters paid
the largest amount into the fund. They
contributed $146,730 in payment for
licenses. Nonresident fishermen We're
second on the list with SCI, 125.10 as
their share in building UP the conser-
walton fund. The sale of rough fish
brought return Of $23, 157 to the state,
trapping licenses $14,894.90, nonresi-
dent hunting licenses $11 ,275, deer tags
| $6,947.90, Great Lakes fishing licenses
$15,93090. Receipts from parks, $4,-
44384, with smaller fees bringing the
total to s306,5OOOS.
Neenah-Ten thousand people at
tending the big Neenah homecoming
and July 4~celebration, adopted reso-
luton addressed to President Harding
| and Senator Smoot, asking congress to
pass the Sweet bill or some similar
measure, giving relief to disabled sol
diers, mot in charity but in justice"
"This is Americas greatest debt" the
memorial says. The resolution was in
| troduced by Judge A. H. Schmidt OF
| Manitowocy speaker of the day.
Superior - Representatives of the
| state agricultural colleges OF Wiscon-
| sin, Minnesota and Michigan met here
\ to discuss distribution of the 100000
pounds of picric acid which the federal
government has allotted to them for
land-clearing purposes. Twelve million
| pounds of the picric acid has been
| transferred by the war department to
the department of agriculture to be
| distributed for land-clearing purposes
by the agricultural colleges of the state
| universities.
| Fond du Lac - Frank d. Candish,
| president of the board of education,
| and DR.. S. A. Cheney, school commits
sioner, are targets of a recall petition
| that has been circulated. and, accord
ing to city officials, signed by 1000
voters. The two board members
aroused the ire of the community
when they sought to raise the salary
of the city superintendent OF schools
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Merrill - Harry Hoffman, saloon
keeper in the town of Scott, near here,
asserted in county court that bottle
of moonshine he had secreted from his
friends at his place of business was for
rubbing his back. The moonshine had
been given him as present, he said
Judge M. C. Porter found him guilty of
violating the Mulberger law and fined
him $500 and costs, and imposed a
sixty-day jail sentence.
Superior - Eight hundred persons,
who were fined an average OF $500
each In municipal court for alleged pos
session of liquor, will sue the city to
| recover the amount of their fines, ap-
proximately $4,000, according to At
torney John A. Cadigan. The proposed
suit against the city follows the ruling
of Judge Scion L. Perrin in superior
court that the city ordinance forbid
ding possession OF liquor is void.
Madison-SenaSor Robert M. La
Toilette has written Madison friends
that he expects to come back to Madi-
son this fall for a trip around the state.
If the tariff bill is considered this
/ month, there is possibility that the
senator will return to Madison late in
July.
Spooner- Following the example OF
the Bank of Shell Lake and the Lum
bermens State bank, Shell Lake, the
Bank of Spooner and the SpooneI
State bank have announced an increase
in deposit rates from 4 to per cent
The limited money supply is response
BILE for the raise in rates
GAINESVILLE - Mrs. Mary C. Nimmer
/ "a year old Syrian, who died at he1
home here recently, leaves seven chill
I dren, sixty-four grandchildren and
twenty-nine great grandchildren. She
was born in Syria and came here
| twenty-one years ago.
i Marinette = The charred body OF
John Brandt, Sc, prominent farmer
4 of Beaver, MariL cite county, was found
In the ruins of his farm. 1t is believed
| that Brandt's mind became unbalanced
and that he set fire to the building
after quarreling with his wife.
GAINESVILLE y Excessive hot weather
with limited rains, has caused heavy
losses to small grains in southern Wis
consin, which will mean a decreased
Weld of at least $4,000 bushels in. Rock
! county. Most CT the grains are either
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