River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-07-21
Observation-Disclosures
! NEWS OF THE !
! BADGER STATE |
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Madison Street railways and inter
urbans operating in Wisconsin showed
marked increase over 1919 in the
amount of passenger revenue and the
number of passengers carried during
1920, figures compiled by the railroad
commissioner show. Total earnings
I of all companies increased from SILL
| 222, 1882 in 1919 to $14,698,6 1888 in
| 1920, with the total number of pas
sengers carried increasing from 161.-
9s5,5OS to 177,795,571. While the
amount of revenue has increased, OPP
Grating expenses have more than met
! the advance, according to the commits
sion Intersrban companies especially
are having hard times due to the op-
Grafton of bus lines and to automobile
transportation, the report said.
Watertown-Re Resolutions confirming
the issuance and sale. of road bonds
in the sum of $6S6,O0O were passed by
the Dodge county board of supervisors,
in compliance with the approval OF
such action given at the last prima-
! ries. The bonds which are in the sum
of 81 900 each and become due in 1899,
will care for the road construction
work to be undertaken in Dodge coup-
lty this year At the same meeting a
special appropriation was voted to
make available $4,000 for the Hubble
ton road between Waterfowl and
Waterloo on state highway No. 10. An
additional sum of $4,000 will be
available for the same stretch from
federal and state aid.
| GAINESVILLE Johanna Beauty Battles,
No. 1893, owned by John Wehinger
/ & Son, GAINESVILLE, now holds the state
record for junior Agar olds, of the
| Holstein- Friesian herds. Her record,
according to a statement received by
| the owners from the Holstein-Friesian
World, official paper of the associa-
ton, was 7042 pounds of milk in sew
en- days. This is within four-tenths
of a pound of the record of senior A.
| year olds. Beauty Battles has a rec
ord of rs days milk of an average OF
87.39 pounds day or 6,554.2 for the
period.
Rarron-The haying season in this
part of the state is practically COM
pleted and farmers report the lightest
crop in many years. On most farms
/ the crop was about half that OF nor
NAL yield 1t is believed that many
farmers will be compelled to sell cat
tie because of the limited hay supply
this year. The light crop is attributed
chiefly to the long dry spell, and to
the light snowfall last winter, when
/ the grass was killed as a result OF
poor protection from the cold.
Beaver Dam-The farmers in Dodge
county and vicinity have cut their
grain and threshing has started
Harvest time in this section is the
middle of August at the earliest. The
corn crop is good but all other small
grains are burning np from the in
tense heat and lack of rain. The po-
tato crop is ruined, potatoes the size
of a walnut are in hills where the
vines have dried up.
GAINESVILLE Bess Burke Ormsby, a
Hclstein cow valued at $4,000, died
/ in Jefferson county, according to word
received by the Rock county agricul-
ture agent The cow was owned by
the operators of the Milford Meadows
and was insured for $4,000. The farm
| is near Lake Mills. The cow has a
record of AZ pounds Of butter fat in
seven days, 1,164 pounds in year,
aDd $4,000 pounds of milk in year.
:Beloit-Work on the new $4,000
concrete building of the Kresge COM
pany over the Rock river adjacent to
the new East Grand Avenue bridge
was halted when Deputy United
States Marshal Will ]. Touton caused
the arrest of the three superintendent
/ of construction on charge of violat-
/ ing federal laws by building on the
| bed of a navigable stream without
permission of the war department.
/ Oshkosh - Employees of the Paine
Lumber Co., which has one of the
largest sash and door plants in the
country, have organized a band with
over 20 musicians enrolled. 1t will
play at social functions and athletic
events hold by the workers. Organi-
cation was carried out under leader
ship of Henry j.. Policy, employment
and welfare director for the company.
Madison Eli j. Long, Racine, was
denied $2,750 compensation for alleged
false Imprisonment on charge OF
murder, after serving two years and
then set free on being granted new
trial, when his case was heard be-
fore Judge e Ray Stevens.