River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-03-31

De
J. Eickelberg, wealthy Horizon woman
who died recently leaving viii dis.
posing Of property valued at about
I S550,000. The major portion of the esy
tate was left to educational and Chart
able institutions. The will also be-
queathed $4,000 to the village of
Horizon; $4,000 for the erection of a
new high school, $500 to each of the
six churches in Horizon, and $4,000
endowment to Horizon to be used for
benevolent purposes.
Marshfield--The local fight over the
matter of increasing the teachers sal
aries was settled satisfactorily, when
at any open meeting of the board and
citizens, vote of confidence in the
board was passed The contracts as
prepared by Supt Newlum under the
authorization of the board, and carry
ing an increase ranging from $50 to
$500 per year will stand and be sub
mitted to the teachers for acceptance.
1t will be remembered that Marshfield
was one of the first cities in the state
last year to voluntarily raise the teach
ers' wages.
De Pere-Dan Falck, Morrisontown,
lost a solid gold watch while picking
blackberries on the wild lands of that
town thirty years ago. He searched
for the timepiece, but failed TO recover
it. The land was later cleared. and
has been plowed 20 times since then.
A few days ago the owner of the land,
which is now well.cultivated farm,
presented Mr.. Falck with his lost
watch The farmer found it while
blowing over the field. The works
were rusted away, but the case was
as good as new.
Manawa-After serving in the Civil
war three years and being discharged
at Atlanta only to re-enliSt within 20
minutes and marching with Sherman to
the sea. returning to Wisconsin to be
honorably discharged at the close OF
the war, George Stevens died here at
the age of Sc years. Mr.. Stevens
served in the Fourteenth Wisconsin
and also in the Seventeenth Wiscon-
sin, Co. X. He was one of the early
pioneers of Wisconsin. where he
hewed log house for his family. Dur
ing the late World war Mr.. Stevens
craved a chance to go across and
wanted to enlist on several occasions.
Observation-Disclosures honey crop OF
| 1920 was worth over a million dollars,
according to report by Joseph A.
Becker of the Wisconsin Cooperative
Crop Reporting Service Omitted States
Bureau of Crop Estimates and Wiscon-
| sin State Department of Agriculture),
based upon reports from members or
the Wisconsin Beekeepers' associa-
ton. The number of working colonies
in 1920 is estimated at $4,000, com
pared to 10000 in 1919 and $4,000 in
1909. Total value was 100000. com
pared to $765.ooO in 1919 and 1851 900
in 1909.
Ripon-Through legislation passed
by the Women's Student council, goods
of Ripon college have voted against
wearing flowers for the 1921 junior
| prom, to be held Apr. 20. The affair
this year will be one of the most elab-
crate functions ever given at Ripon
college and the Women's council
i thought it wise to ban flowers. mas
much as corsage bouquets are ex-
pensive, last only a short time, and
| frequently ruin the gown on which
! they are worn.
Beaver Dam-Hollis B. Drake, u. a
prominent breeder of Shorthorn cattle
and treasurer of the Dodge County
Fair association, died at his home. one
mile east of Beaver Dam. Mr.. Drake
spent nearly all his life on the farm
upon which he died. his father having
been a pioneer settler of the town Of
Beaver Dam.
-Wausau is to have one of
the most beautiful and convenient
camping places for automobile tourists
in the state. The entire Marathon
county fair grounds, comprising 100
acres almost entirely covered with a
virgin grolth of pine timber. on state
highway No. 16, has been set aside for
| this purpose.
ClintonviIle-Dr. Hasso A. Meilike,
pioneer Wisconsin physician and a
member of the state board of health
for fifteen years, died at his home here
at the age of 81. He was widely
known among medical men of the
state DR.. Meilike came to this coun-
try in 1876 from Germany.
Wausau-Dorothy Pisholk, 5, was in
stantly killed in her home near Roth
schild, Marathon county, when a light
ming bolt struck her on the head and
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