River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-02-09


Madison-The state of Wisconsin
owns or has an equity In property
valued at about s97,000.000 which it
has accumulated during forty-seven
years of statehoc1 i, j. ID. G. Mack,
state engineer, pointed cut in sur
vey OF property. The value of the
land used by the SO major institutions
and in state parks is estimated at
S11 100000. with the states equity in
highways and bridges amounting to
about $45.000,000, Mr.. Mack says. The
present value of state owned build
ings, he said, is difficult to estimate,
as illustrated by the capitol building.
built at an actual cost of $7,25S,763.
but whose reproduction value is es-
timated at S20.000,000.
ison-Tuberculosis eradication
in Wisconsin dairy herds must be cur
tailed materially until July /, 1922,
when further funds will be available
for indemnity purposes, the state de-
partment of agriculture has announc-
ed The first six months of the fiscal
year have resulted in expenditure OF
nearly $275,000 of the departments
$35O,000 provided for payment OF in
IDENTITIES to owners of slaughtered
tubercular cattle. Future tests can
be made by veterinarians to July 1
only after an application has been
submitted to the state veterinarian
and a permit issued.
Stevens Point-Twenty-six Polish
orphan children, ranging in age from
6 to Is years, who came to 81. CARA
orphanage near Stevens Point last
spring from Siberia, left last week on
the return trip to their native land.
They will be included in party OF
$50 youngsters to sail from New York.
A depleted treasury of the Polish Ma
tional council, which met thte expense
of caring for them, the fact that liy-
ing in Poland costs only half OF what
it does in America and the request OF
relatives in Poland for their return,
brought about the decision to send
them back.
Brentwood - Turtle Lake, near
Brentwood, has been selected as
cheese distributing center for POLK,
st. Croix and Barron counties by
large group of cheese factory owners.
Because Turtle Lake is located in
the exact center of cheese produc-
ing region in the three counties which
makes from 100000 to 9,000,OOO
pounds of American cheese annually,
that city was selected as the central
point of distribution. Sixty cheese
factories will have the advantage OF
two railroads in shipping their pro-
ducts to Turtle Lake.
Madison-Issuance of permits to
doctors authorizing them to prescribe
Intoxicating liquors subject to state
regulation is being held up by failure
of many doctors to obtain federal per-
mits, w. Stanley Smith, prohibition
commissioner, said. Only $50 permits
have been sent to doctors by the state
office, out of approximately l,5OO,
while 400 of the 700 druggists have
been granted permission to handle
liquors. Mr.. Smith said no prosecu-
lions would be commenced against
doctors or druggists until they had
ample time to obtain federal permits.
Madison-The saw is the most dead
ly piece of machinery used in Wiscon-
sin. In the six year period, 1915-l920,
inclusive, 1919 compensate injuries,
eighteen fatal and 734 permanent, oc-
Cured in factories of the state, ac'
cording to a table prepared by the
state industrial commission. 1920 was
the worst year, the table showed, with
$50 accidents. These accidents cost
employers S137,271 in actual cash
compensation paid out, and 1880
working days.
Madison-Cities in Wisconsin have
no power to pass an ordinance liceps-
ing soft drink parlors without at the
same time establishing regulations for
the safeguard of good health and good
order, J. E. Messerschmidt, assistant
attorney general, held in an opinion
to A. j. O'Melia, district attorney OF
Oneida county.
Platteville - Leo M. Kane post,
American Legion, Platteville, has or
ganized a brass band of twenty-five
pieces and are ready to go into action
on moments notice. The city coun-
Gil voted an appropriation OF $1,000
for support of the band this year, for
which the city is to receive concerts
during the summer.
Birchwood-M Maud Tollefson,