River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-12-29

man step-mother of Ruth and Elmer
Zimmerman, whose bodies were found
in cistern in the rear of their home
at Oconomowoc, is being held by the
authorities pending an investigation
On being questioned Mrs. zimmerman
is alleged to have said she and the
children were driving ducks when one
OF the ducks fell into the cistern.
She further alleges that in trying to
rescue the duck the children fell into
the cistern and were drowned. Cor.
oner Lee charged that Mrs. thinner.
man is alleged to have admitted she
took no steps to help the children
from the cistern and that she told
nc one of the tragedy until her hus.
band came home, three hours later.
and learned what had happened
Madison-Thirteen county boards.
at their last meetings, adopted reso'
buttons either requesting Gov. Blaine
| to call special session of the leg1s-
iature to consider highway matters,
or recommending that the next legis-
lature remove the general property
| tax and state aid requirements for
| road building. This information has
been received by Frank A. Cannon,
Madison, executive secretary OF the
Good Roads association of Wisconsin
Reports of bond issues authorized by
| the counties show that the amount
available for expenditure will be ap
lproximately $1O,00O,000, or slightly
more than was expended the last
year.
Marshfield Wood county has
placed an order with the state high
way commission for 100000 barrels
of cement for the 1922 concrete paw
/ ing work in the county. The cement
will be sufficient for the paving OF
forty miles of concrete roadway. BY
purchasing through the state, the
counties saved considerable money
and when the contractors get the jobs
| the cement is delivered through local
| dealers to the contractors and the
contractor pays for the cement.
Shullsburg - William Fields, New
Diggings farmer, La Fayette county.
exhibited an ear of corn, grown on
his farm, in which 13 red kernels
| form a perfect cross on the back
ground of yellow. The ear is well
| formed and measures inches in
| length, the red cross being about / N
! inches in length and inch across the
arms Mr. Fields said that the cross
was the only red corn that he had
noticed in the crop. A similar ear of
corn was found in Indiana early in
| the fall and attracted wide attention.
neutrality-suspicious. of southern
/ Wisconsin cattle is shown in the sale
by Traynor brothers of Koshkonong.
Walworth county. Of Queenstone
Belle, 5-year-old milking shorthorn
and winner of the grand champion
ship in the sweepstakes at the inter-
national live stock exposition, to
buyer in Pittsburgh. Traynor broth
ers bought the COW year ago for a
few hundred dollars. She sold for
Sc .00O
WATERFOWL After purchasing a
carload of Dodge county pure-bred
Holstein cattle through agencies in
WATERFOWL, C. L. Funk, rancher of
Richmond, Utah, predicted that in
few years Wisconsin dairymen would
be given keen competition by Utah
cattlemen. According to Funk, his
state is building condenseries and
building up pure-bred herds with the
object of becoming the first dairy
state in the country.
Neillsyille-Next spring will mark
the completion of Clark county's new
100000 insane asylum, an institu-
ton which will serve as model for
the entire country. The new building
will be the most modern and costly
of any county asylum in the United
States. it is claimed. 1t Incorporates
i the best points of similar institutions
in all parts of the country and is the
result of an extensive study of asy-
lum buildings and equipment.
Tomah-Floyd Purdy, a poultryman
of Tomah, had 25 entries out of 213
in the buff leghorn class at the re.
cent Coliseum show of Chicago The
Tomahite pulled down four first
prizes in the regular classes besides
several in special classes. Ribbons
in regulars included first prize on old
pen, first and second on old pen. first
and third on pullets, fifth on cock,
fourth and seventh on cockerels.
Tomah--A fire of unknown origin
destroyed ST. Mary's parochial school
buildings and an adjoining barn on
st. Mary's ridge, near the village of
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