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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-27
FEDERAL AID PROJECTS
OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION, 1921

The Wisconsin Highway Commiss-
ion has prepared schedule by coun-
ties of the Federal aid projects of road
construction which it will undertake
this year. For the information of con-
tractors, material and equipment men,
it gives detailed description of the
work. Thus in Pierce county on the
Plum City Ellsworth road, grading
and partly surfacing with gravel 4
miles on Trunk Highway No. "a from
the Rush River bridge northwesterly.
Grading $4,000 Gu. yds. in sand, loan
and clay, with about one-third of it in
loose and solid rock. Maximum gra e
6ae. 400 Gu. yds. of concrete in cul-
verts and small bridges; ITO Gu. yds.
in concrete bridges over 20-ft. span.
1000 Gu. yds. of gravel for surfacing.
Materials for concrete available local
ly.
Ellsworth River Falls Road-Grad-
ing and surfacing with gravel 3,8 mi.
on Trunk Highway As from the inter-
section of Trunk Highway As and "a
in Ellsworth, thence northwesterly-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-27
A NEW MOVIE" HOUSE

Messrs. Phillip T. Paynter and Roy
L. Alton have purchased of Mayor
Geo. Theo. Smith the lot between |. l.
LusKs furniture store and the build
ing occupied by o. III. Ostness, and
will erect thereon moving picture
theatre building. They propose to
start work at the very earliest OPP
portunity, and to have it completed
this coming Spring. The small office
now occupied as a produce station by
Wilbur Rupert is being moved to a
position across the alley east OF the
Stewart Mercantile Co. store.
Mr.. Alton states that they have not
as vet made definite plans regarding
the new theatre, but he expects that
it will be built to accommodate between
five and six hundred people. 1t will
be planned for the one purpose only
and will have the floor slant down.
ward from the front to the stage. A
small stage will probably be built
for vaudeville specials.
Mr.. Paynter, who recently sold out
his interest in the Home Bakery to
Chris. Wenzel, is to have the active
management Of the new theatre.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-27
RANGE PRICES TAKE BIG DROP
Manufacturer of Well Known Ranges
Takes Lead In Sweeping Price
Reduction

The general reduction of twenty to
twenty-five per cent in retail ces
announced by the manufacturer of
Great Majestic ranges marks the first
break in the price of such commodit-
les.
Such an announcement clearly indi-
Gates that lower iron and labor costs
are anticipated though no decided
changes have yet been announced in
those lines.
1t as been made known that the pol
icy of this manufacturer is to make
a large scale reduction at once in or
der to get back to normal basis i'm
mediately instead of making several
g''1a''er reductions throughout the
year.
Such noteworthy steps toward the
establishment of back to normal pric-
es are perhaps most effective meas
ure in contributing to the sterilization
of present business conditions.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-27
Wausau.
Farm Produce Prices

Director Nordman of the Division
of Markets, whose duty it is to study
conditions which affect the market
for farm products and make public
his conclusions, says: ''The farmer is
chiefly a producer of food stuffs. His
first need is a food market He would
like a good price for his product, and
at the same time he would like to
hire help when he needs it at low wag-
es. These two conditions at the same
time are impossible. The farmer de-
sires prosperity, but so does his hired
man, and for the hired man that
means high wages. There cannot be
high wages for the hired man in the
city and low wages on the farm. The
farmer should be happy when his
hired help is scarce and dear, for this
means that the biggest consumer OF
his products in the city is well paid
and able to pay good prices.
Considering Important Bills
Four Senate committees have
scheduled bills for hearing on We'd
nesday and Thursday of this week.
At least three of the measures to be
considered by Senator Roethe's COM
mittee on State Affairs will attract
much attention. These are the Ger
winiski resolution to investigate con-
dition of administrative Offices in the
capitol with a view of moving some
to Milwaukee; the bill % s. to compel
motor vehicles to stop at railroad
crossings; and Al S, providing for GER
tain labels on prison-made goods. No
assembly committees have announcer
hearings for this week.
Testing Cattle
The State Department of Agricul-
ture is making a drive now in testing
cattle of creamery and factory pat
rons. 1t has just completed work in
factory district near Appleton. Under
the law where patrons of factory
have 800 cows the state will test free;
if over $50 or less than 800, the state
will meet half the expense.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-27
AL. BROWN BACK IN BUSINESS

Albert j. Brown, who sold the Cash
Meat Market to Mr.. L. Pfenning last
Spring, has bought it back again and
is now in possession. Mr.. Brown was
very successful in the business before
and his many friends in this vicinity
are glad to welcome him back.
Mr.. Pfenning, who came here from
Hastings, has not announced his plans
fer the future.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-27
DANCING CLASSES

A little girls dancing class, in folk,
aesthetic and ballroom dances, will
be held Saturday afternoons from 2
to $50 in the South Hall gymnasium
at the Normal School.
The term Of ten lessons will begin
Feb. 5, the charge for the term being
$3.50.
Miss Lillian Writ, physical direct
or at the Normal School, will instruct
the class, which is open to girls from
four to ten years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-27
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS

will be at the First National Bank
in River Falls on Saturdays during
February to receive taxes for the
Town of River Falls.
VIM. Martin, Treas.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-27
AUCTION
AT ODD FELLOWS HALL

All Household Furniture, rugs, gas
cline and Heating Stoves from the
DIR. E. r. Smith home viii be sold at
auction at Odd Fellows Hall Satur-
day, Jan. 18th, at 1880 p. m.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-27
FOOD SALE

The ladies of the Swedish Mission
church viii hold a Food Sale" at the
Norseng Bros. store Saturday, Jan.
20. Sale starts at 10 a. m.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-27

Graves-At Kila, Mont, Jan. 10,
1921, to Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Graves, a
daughter, Elois Allison. Mrs. Graves
was formerly Miss Louise Thomas, of
this city.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-27

Hobbs-In Beldenville, Monday,
Jan. "a, to Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Hobbs,
q son.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-27

For Auto Livery service call phone
574-Richards & Smith.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-27

Rooms to Rent. COS So. Main str
adv. Aft
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-27

Smith-In this city, Friday, Jan. 81,
to Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Smith, a daugh-
ter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-27

Use the CLASSIFIED ad. Column.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-27
BORN

Stoetzel-In Beldenville, Monday,
Jan. "a, 1921, to Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Stoetzel, Jr., a daughter.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22
Nation Without LANGUAGE.

Switzerland has no language of it's
own. The official languages of Switz-
erland are French, Italian and Ger
man, all three being recognized as the
mother tongue" of the majority of the
inhabitants.
A majority of the people speak Ger
man, while the others use French and
Italian, varying as a rule according to
the proximity of the people to each
country whose language they speak
Public documents and notices are
printed in the French and German Ian
guages. In the Swiss national parlia-
ment the members make their speeches
either in French or German, the men,
bers being as familiar with one lam
guage as the other.
Statements from the president Of
Switzerland are furnished to the news
papers in both languages.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22
Note Mas MisLeadinQ.

At the head of large business con-
Germ in Muncie is very pOmpOuS man,
who not only is very careful Of his
dignity but inclined to irritability if
things do not 60 exactly right with
him. Wishing to attend to some CORE
spondence and having been troubled
much of the day by visitors he placed
a note on the outside Of his private
office door the other day which read:
"Mr Blank cannot be disturbed
A collector soon afterWard ap-
peared at the door Of the private Of
fee, walked past the secretary, read
the note and strobe in, but soon came
out the door much more rapidly than
he had entered.
Didn't you read the note?'' the Sec
rotary asked of the disheveled col
lectOr.
Il read it, the latter admitted, ''but
l didn't believe it and went in to find
cut. I discovered that I was right, for
he can be and was" = indianapolis
News.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22
SOME WOULD ANSWER NEVER
Age Man Is Competent to
Choose a Wife?

At what age does man possess
sufficient ability to be able to choose
Z wife?
According to the present French
laws, remarks the New York Tribune,
he is not considered capable until he
reaches thirty years, and should
he marry before that time he must
obtain the consent of his parents. IN
1918 and again in 1919 the chamber
lowered the age to twenty-five, but
each time the bill was rejected by the
senate. Soon another attempt to al
ter. the law will be made by Able
Lemire, deputy for the Nord.
The able says that men who would
make an unwise marriage at twenty
five would be just as liable TO do the
same thing at thirty. He also thinks
that more men and women who have
supposedly reached the age Of dis
cretion make more unhappy marri-
ages than younger people.
II certainly think a man is sufficient
ly matured by the time he is twenty
five, or even twenty-One, to enter into
marriage upon his own responsibility.
1t seems ridiculous for man to have
to ask his parents consent until he
is thirty
The Warehouses Townsend gives as
her opinion that 'by the time he is
twenty-five if a man has bad tend
encies they will have developed, or
if he has good tendencies they will
also have developed. 1t would GER
tainly, in my opinion, be a good thing
to lower the age at which French
man attains his majority"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22
MONARCH A MEAN NEIGHB0R
Sennacherib, Ancient Ruler of Egypt,
Evidently a Bully Of the
Highest Order.

Going about knocking down other
kings cities when they failed to kiss
his feet" was one of the playful habits
of Sennacherib, ruler of Egypt some
two thousand years ago, according to
cuneiform tablets just placed on eX-
hibition at the University Of Chicago
Sennacherib kept a diary OF his
playful habits" The big store slabs
were brought to the UnitSd States,
with other records of ancient Egypt
by Prof. James FL. Breasted. "ln my
third campaign I marched against the
land of Haiti (PaleStine)," said Sen
nacherib in his "diary.'' "The kings
Of the west land brought rich gifts be-
fore me for the fourth time and kissed
my feet" "Hezekiah, the Judean, who
had not submitted to my yoke, | be-
sieged and took 46 of his strOng-walled
cities, together with countless small
cities. by assault of battering rams
and siege engines, attack by foot sol
diers and by mines and breaches. |
captured some two hundred thousand
people, some small and great, men and
women, oxen and innumerable sheep"
"Hezekiah himself / shut up in Je-
rusalem like Gagged Bird Other
tablets showed that Sennacherib had
a Cheops 'jazz bank' a dromedary
"toddle" and desert "home brew"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22

In the absence of Judge E. Ray
Stevens, State Engineer j. d. d.
Mack presided at the dedicatory eX-
ercises, held at the historic spot
south and east of the village Of Blue
Mounds.
Miss Louise Kellogg delivered an
interesting historical account show
ing that this point marked the place
of the first white settlement in the
present county of Dane, though at
the time of said settlement it was in
the county Of Iowa of the territory of
Michigan.
DR. Joseph Schaffer pointed out
that the fifty brave men who built
Blue Mounds Fort had no part in in
stigating the trouble with the In
dians; but were forced to protect
themselves and other innocent set
tiers from an Indian war which was
probably due to bad white men as
we'll as Dad Indians. He also re-
minded the audience that there We're
good Indians as we'll as good white
men who had to suffer because of the
faults of the evil doors among both
races. =
Charles K. Brigham, grand nephew
of Ebenzer Brigham, related inter-
esting anecdotes of his fathers Yam
kee uncle, who moved from Massa-
chussetts to New York to Missouri to
Illinois and finally to Blue Mounds
in the then territory of Michigan.
Albert Barton, journalist, whose
father was raised in Blue Mounds re-
minded the assemblage of Old Park
erville, of the Allen boys, who after
wards became prominent in Colora-
do politics, and of the time Barnums
circus came to Blue Mounds.
The marking of this historic loca-
ton was made possible through the
heirs of Ebenezer Brigham, who gen
erously donated to the State Histor-
ical Society approximately quarter
of an acre of land on which the old
fort which was siXty-one feet by six
ty-siX feet stood.
In addition of the interest center
ing around Fort Blue Mounds dur
ing the few months of the Black
Hawk Indian trouble the locality
played an important part as station
between Fort Crawford (Prairie du
Chem, Galena, and Fort Winnebago
(Portage), and Fort Howard Green
Bay.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22
Library of Congress Ranks Third.

The collection of the library of con-
gress is the largest in the western
hemisphere, and third in the world
1t comprises over 2,710,500 printed
books and pamphlets (including the
law library, which, while division
of the library of congress, still re-
mains at the capitoD, maps and charts,
pieces of music, and photographs,
prints, engravings and Autographs
numbering about one million. The col
lection is rich in history, political sci
ence, in official documents, national,
state and foreign, and in Americana,
including important files of American
newspapers and original manuscripts
Colonial, revolutionary and formative
periods). Many rare books and manu-
scripts belonging to the library are
exhibited in show cases on the second
floor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22
PiccadiIIy a "RuH."

Piccadilly, KNOWN the world over as
a famous thOrOughfare of London, re-
ceiyed its name from Il tavern several
centuries ago. The tavern in its turn
took the name from a tennis court
that was near by and much frequent.
ed by members of the kings house
hold
The tennis court acquired che name
because Of the number of both men
and wSmen who frequented it wearing
"picadilly," or ruff.
The name, then, was originally the
name of a shirred bit of silk, or other
stiff material that was gathered along
the edge of the cloak, bodice or jerkin,
and brought together under the chin,
forming an outstanding collar or ruff
often six or eight inches wide, and in
some cases dandies went to- even
greater extremes and extended their
"pickadilly" q foot or more
Queen Elizabeth made the ruff al.
most historical by her constant wear
ing Of it at court functions and to
have her portrait painted.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22
SOME NOVELTIES OF SOUND
Really Curious Phenomena That Have
Come Under the Observation
of the Physicists.

II, When the air is still, you stand
near high wall and speak a word
loudly, it will come back to you as if
repeated by an invisible person. 1t is.
of course, an echo.
Parallel walls separated by few
hundred feet, as in canyon, may so
reflect a sound as to cause it to be dis
tinctly heard again and again in
long-dying series of repetitions.
If the rejecting walls are Irregular
the repetitions, instead Of being dis
tinct to the ear, will be mere jumbled
and unintelligible reVerberations. mis-
is noticeable in certain caverns.
Prof. w. J. Humphreys, an eminent
physicist, describes a curious phenom-
enon which he calls an "acOustical
mirage" sounds uttered at a distance
on the surface Of the earth seeming to
come from high in the air. Such an
uplifting Of sound corresponding to
the uplifting of a landscape by Wis
ual mirage) may occur when ctratum
Of warm air at the surface is over
laid by cooler air. The sound travels
faster at the top, and so appears to
come from aloft
A baIlOonist' can often hear the
earth-echo Of his own voice when he
cannot, by shouting, gain the attention
Of people standing on the ground be-
low him. It is because heat an alti-
tude of fifteen hundred feet perhaps
is in region of silence. whereas they
are immersed in food of sound.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22
ARTISTS MISSION IN LIFE
BY Interpretation, He Must UNFOLD
Beauty to Those Persons Not SO p.
Gifted as Himself.

All work has some element OF the
creative, but the artist must realize
that it is art that brings everything
to him, and that the best he can bring
to art is sympathy, intelligence ana
skill in presenting it. The material
has always been there and it is for
him to develop the means of impartlng
it to others. The singer sings a song
but before he can deliver it's message
with his voice, the composer has Vlsu-
allied through musical setting an In
depreciation of the pOet-the poet has
translated phase Of life, or emotion,
that has come to him from reading or
experience. Our knowledge and the
mental processes that govern our ac-
tons are the result of recorded and
unrecorded memories-and SO on
through an endless chain of evolution.
Yhe artists mission is to interpret
the depth and breadth of the mySteri-
Gus Joys or SORROWS of existence, real
and imaginary, through music, poetry,
sculpture, painting the stage, or what
ever his profession. In his interpreta-
ton he unfOlds these beauties-to 9TH
err men and women who may not be
gifted with the mental or physical
abilities to re-create them for them
selves, but who can understand and
enjoy them through the medium Of the
artist-and as his skill in that medium
develops. his giving out of understand
ing increases. ~
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22
independence Hall.

Independence hall, Philadelphia, the
central in what is known as the state
house group, was begun in 1882, and
was opened and first put to use in Sep
tember, 1876, when William Allen,
mayor and prominent merchant of
Philadelphia, gave,a dinner to the citi-
zens 1t was occupied in October of
the came year by the legislature, of
which Benjamin Franklin was clerk.
The Liberty bell was placed in the
state house steeple in June, 1853. Con-
gress convened in independence hall
March 4, TIT, left on September Is,
1777, returned July 2, ITS. and con-
tinued to sit there until the close. Of
the revolution.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22
Colorado Is Still Wild Animal
State.

That Colorado is still a wild ami
NAL state is shown in the annual re-
port of the bureau of markets of ag-
riculture, just made public. The re-
port shows that the last fiscal year,
six bears, one mountain lion, 6SS
coyotes, II wolves and so other
predatory animals were shot, trapped
or poisoned by the departments ami
NAL division. The saving to live
stock growers was estimated at
$4,000. The cost of killing 1,019
animals was SGT, 4S9, or about $27 a
head.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22
Versatile Vegetable

1t is blessing nowadays to dis
cover an article Of food that will serve
several purposes. The cassava plant,
referred to In the United States
Commerce Reports" certainly comes
under the category. The tubers of
this plant are put to many uses. First
and foremost it is vegetable, which
is prepared for eating by boiling in
plain water. 1t is also made in 0
coarse form Of meal. Then the dry
tuber is grated into another meal,
which is made into bread. The juice
is saved and boiled down, and on GER
tain condiments being added casa
reen is produced, which is the foun-
dation of many sauces. Starch can
also be made from the uber.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22

has been presented by William F.
Deegan, American Legion member of
Mayor Hylans committee on unem-
ployment, coping with the situation.
Mr.. Deegan reported, a radical ora
ator shouted that 'even the shoe
trust is conspiring against you. They
are keeping you out of a jon so you'll
have to wear out shoe leather walk
ing the streets. Then they'll get you
for another pair of shoes!"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22
SITE OF


BLUE MOUNDS FORT BUILT
IN MAY 1882 BY THE MINERS
AND SETTLERS OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND GARRIS
IONED BY THEM AS VOLUN-
TEER MEMBERS OF GENERAL
HENRY DODGEES IOWA
MICHIGAN BRIGADE FROM
MAY 20 TO SEPTEMBER 20,
1892 DURING THE BLACK
HAWK WAR.
This Site Was Donated To the
State. Historical Society Of Wis
cOnsin BY the Heirs of Colonel
Ebenezer Brigham, Pioneer Set
tier Of Blue Mounds Who Helped
Build the Fort
Dedicated September 5, 1921
By
The State Historical Society
of Wisconsin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22
e. ssaEas7s e $50
Arrested for Having Still.

Dodgeville Sun-Republic: Joe
Whitis, an Austrian, was arrested by
Sheriff Robert M. Hillary at Cocker
vile last Thursday for having a still
in a barn. He was brought before
to County Court He is held for trial
without BAIL
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22
Blue Mounds Fort.

Crock River is beautiful country
! loved my towns, my cornfields, and
the homes Of my people; | fought for
them. Chief Black Hawk.
The site of Blue Mounds Fort was
marked with the following tablet on
September 5th:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22

Billets for eX-service men who at
tend the land drawing at Powell,
Wyoming, will be provided by the
American Legion, but the veterans
are asked to bring their own blan-
kets.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-22

A statewide suspension Of bust
ness and a funeral Grafton by the
governor of the state, marked the flu
neral at Carson City, New, of farm
er boy who went to war and made
the supreme sacrifice. The honored
hero was Lawrence Peter Foged.
One of his daily tasks before he went
to war was to deliver milk at the eX-
ecutive mansion. The funeral was
conducted by the American Legion
and j. C. Scrugham, national vice
commander of that organization at
tended.