River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-06-09
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


Father William De Kelver, pastor OF
the Florence Catholic church. cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary of his
priesthood He graduated from st.
Francis seminary. Milwaukee, June 8,
1871, and was ordained priest at
Green Bay by Bishop Melcher, the first
bishop of the Green Bay diocese.
Father De Kelver is 7S years old and
veteran of the Civil war, having
served with Co. A, 9th Wisconsin
Volunteers His parents were natives
of Belgium, but he was born in Amer
lea. In point of continuous service he
is one of the Oldest priests in the
northwest.
Rhinelander-The Rhinelander Fish
and Gun club is staging campaign
for larger membership to the end that
more fish-fry may be secured and
planted. Officers of the club have
made an estimate showing that the
actual amount of money brought into
this territory during last year by tour
lists and sportsmen was not less than
quarter of million of dollars and
that the total amount of such income
in the tourist territory Of upper Wis
consin was not less than three-fourths
of million dollars.
Ashland-Forty persons received I'M
promptu lake baths when the CONNER
cial pier and small frame building
upon it, crowded with people during
the Memorial day celebration, col
lapsed and slipped into Chequamegon
bay. No injuries were reported. A
solitary piling projecting from the
water stopped the frame building as
it was sliding into the cavity, saving
the struggling mass of people who
were confined by broken planks in the
water in space 20 feet square.
Baraboo - Rattlesnake hunting in
Sank county is becoming fad during
the closed season for other game. 1t
is nothing unusual for hunter, who
knows the haunts of the reptiles and
have the necessary equipment, to bag
from twenty to thirty snakes in few
hours. At this time of the year the
rattiers are coming out of the crevices
of the rocks, where they lay dormant
all winter, to sun themselves and are
not as lively and dangerous as later
In the season.
Superior-Hans P. Fuley of Hay
ward, former sheriff of Sawyer county,
took Office as deputy United States
marshal, with headquarters at Hay
ward. This is the first time a deputy
In tke western Wisconsin district has
been stationed outside of Madison and
Superior, according to w. T. Hugh,
who was reappointed deputy at SUI
perior and began his 22d year in the
service.
GAINESVILLE - Because they claim
rates are not in proportion to prices
they are obtaining for their products
and that they can not afford it, farmer
patrons of the Beloit Farmers Tele-
phone company have served notice
that they do not want service any
longer. Nearly one hundred have al
ready had their phones removed. The
telephone was recently raised to $225
from $3.50 a month.
Antigo-About SO World war vet
Grams went to Shawano from this city
to attend the funeral of Joe Aft, later
in the day attending the funeral of
Thomas Ballard at Bryant. Both sol
diers, who were members of the 1O7th
Trench Mortar battery, were killed in
E'rance by the prematuer explosion of
a mortar. Their bodies were brought
here for burial.
Racine-Mrs. Ella S. Washburn, sc
years old, one of the most prominent
women in Eastern Star circles of the
country, died at her home in this city.
She was the founder of the Racine
Eastern Star, was worthy grand ma
tron of Wisconsin for some years and
for three years worthy grand matron
of the general grand chapter of the
Eastern Star of the United States.
Hayward The countrywide test for
tubercular cattle in Sawyer county
opened on June /. Efforts are under
way in Washburn county also to have
an official test. Barron county was the
first county in the United States to
ooy,nIefa the examination for tJSer-
culosis.
Wausau- While attempting to rescue
his pet cat which had been on top of
a telegraph pole for several days, Lyle
Durkee, %, Schofield, was electrocuted
when $4,000 volts passed through his
body. The cat fell thirty feet with the
body and ran away unframed
WATERFOWL The Rev. John b.
Petite, popular pastor of st. Bernard's
&h;e ga ,.ooaiuod