River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-09-01
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! BADGER STATE !


Madison The feed and fertilizer di-
vision OF the state department of agri-
culture sends out warning to the
farmers against a certain stock food
row being sold. Ii says, oat feed has
no value. A large quantity of oat feed
or oat mill by products has recently ap-
yeared on the Wisconsin feed market.
It is bought at price which is attrac-
tive to consumers unacquainted with
its value. Accordingly the depart
ment is advising buyers that the prod
uct has low feed value and that it can
not be used as substitute for grain
as claimed by some sellers. The feed
is largely oat hulls and it is only lcgit-
innate of course as a lightener for
heavy feeds.
Madison Teachers for all graded
schools are plentiful in Wisconsin at
the present time, G. /. Anderson, as
sistant superintendent Of public in
struction, announced. All of the
schools in the state were able to Sc
cure suitable instructors for the COM
ing year, he says. Salaries are re-
manning at their former scale from $50
to $3.50 month. according to Mr.. An
derson, who says that only in few
localities is there tendency to try
for lowering of the wage. Hundreds
of thousands of Wisconsin school chill
dren will start their year September 6,
when practically all of the city schools
open.
Eau CIaire-Edward r. Allen, alias
Joe james, was sentenced to thirty
years at hard labor at Waupun, after
he was found guilty of assault with in
tent to kill Police Captain George K.
Wolf. The jury returned its verdict in
less than fifteen minutes. The maxi
mum sentence was given. Allen took
three shots at Wolf after he had ar
rested him as a Jail breaker from Ever
EFT, Wash, where he was being held on
a charge of safe blowing. One of the
shots tore up the length of the cap
tain's arm
Green Bay - Automobile, beggars
have made tAeir appearance in this
section. A short distance west of Bel
levue, near here, car was stopped by
were hailed, with a request for cash
donation. The auto beggars claimed
they were on their way to Rhinelander,
that they had run into one bit OF hard
luck after another, and that they could
not complete their trip unless they
raised enough money to equip their
car with new tires
Superior Judge c. z. Luse, in fed
eral district court paid fine he had
imposed on Charles Lemieux, Indian,
Ashland, who pleaded guilty to illegal
possession of liquor. Lemieux had
spent several months in the Ashland
county Jail awaiting trial He was
fined 81 and told the judge he did .los
have the money TO pay. The judge
handed the clerk 81 and Lemieux left
the courtroom a free man.
Madison High schools are increas-
ing in Importance as educational agen-
cies throughout Wisconsin. the report
of the superintendent of public instruc-
ton shows. Enrolment rose in 1920
TO 1882 from 51,3S8. jump of 1916
per cent during the biennium com
pared to an increase of only 2.8 per
cent for the previous biennium. The
last decade has brought about an at
tendance 114.2 per cent higher than
during the previous ten years, rate
of increase greater than in the United
States as a whole, the report declares.
Racine-A home building company,
to be organized in Racine, will raise a
fund OF 100000 for the purpose of
assisting residents in building homes,
and to give employment to hundreds
of men in the construction of these
homes. Wealthy residents, civic and
fraternal societies, and labor organiza-
tions viii be appealed to to subscribe
for stock in the building company,
which will be managed by men who
will serve without pay.
Madison-Arecord attendance of SO
per cent of the full enlisted personnel
of the Wisconsin National guard was
established by the field camps of in.
struction at Camp Douglas, July Is to
Aug. 20, according to announcement
from the adjutant generals office. The
total number present was $50 officers
and 5,568 men, with Is officers and 789
men absent.
Antigo-Nathan Ginsberg has closed
a deal for the purchase of the entire
crop raised by Prosser brothers on an
S0-acre tract. The price contracted for
is So 100 pounds. The yield is esti-
mated at from $50 to 200 bushels an
acre. Digging will commence at once.
Superior--A black bear which had
been the cause of uneasiness on the
part of residents in the Billings park