River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-01-26

timated that the Oneida acreage will
yield about $4,000 bushels. This is
Mr.. Kavanaugh's second move in the
better potato campaign. Last year the
Suamico town growers switched over
to All seed and their crop brought
about 40 per cent larger return. This
fact was put before the Indians and
fastened their plan to get away from
the scrub variety. The reservation
land is fertile potato soil, according
to agriculturists and pra-Ic1liy all the
Indian farmers are going to put their
best land in potatoes.
Menomonee Falls-The year 1874
was a record-breaker for the stone
at Lannon, Waukesha county,
hundred carloads Of crush.
ed stone were shipped and several
carloads were hauled away
ON trucks, making a total of 3,oOO
cars. With an average of 40 cubic
yards to the car, the total is l2O,uOo
cubic yards. In addition to the crush
ed stone, more than 1000 carloads or
curbing were shipped to Wisconsin
cities, besides several hundred car
loads of building stone. Hundreds OF
men were employed in the quarries
during the summer.
Eau Claire-The membership OF
Eagle post, G. A. R., Eau Claire, IS
fast fading, according to post records.
OF the original membership OF 43S,
only As remain. Two hundred and
twenty have died as members OF the
post, while 40 others either have been
transferred or have dropped their
memberships 1t is known that con-
siderable number of these are dead.
During 1921 13 members died. Eagle
post was named after the famous
eagle company from Eau Claire. which
carried the war eagle, Old Abe.
Potosi - Andrew Kalenbach, who
was reappointed recently as postmas-
ter at Potosi, is the son OF Celestlne
Kalenbach, who was named postmas-
ter of Potosi by President Martin Van
Buren,. The father of the present In
cumbent held office for fifty years.
Potosi was first known to the early
settlers of southwest Wisconsin as
Snake Hollow. When the elder kalen-
bach died the office passed on to his
son who has been postmaster for
thirty years, so that all told the office
has been in the Kalenbach family for
eighty years.
Green Bay-The population at the
state reformatory at Gre-l Bay is up
to 391, slight drop from the record
number of, 395 reached last month.
However, according to Supt. oscar
Lee, enough men have been committed
in the last few days to bring the popu-
lation above that figure. 1t was only
in the last year that the number of
| inmates passed the 300 mark. The
new south wing which will be ready
about July l is expected to accommo
date 300.
Kenosha-The famous Lang murder
| trial is to be reopened, according to
Attorney A. E. Buckmaster, counsel
for Frank Lang, who was found guilty
| of the murder of Charles Pacini mo-
| ton picture king of Kenosha. Lang,
at his trial, repudiated confession
which he alleged had been forced
| from him by the Kenosha police. The
state supreme court has returned the
! 7OO-page history of the case, directing
| that it be cut to 100 pages and in
| timating that the appeal for new
trial would then be given immediate
consideration.
| La Crosse-The La Crosse county
board of supervisors voted to cease
paying bounties on foxes killed III
that county, on the ground that foxes
are not the pests they are acclaimed
to be, and that many young foxes have
been killed for bounties while if they
had been allowed to mature they
would have been worth more for Their
furs.
Madison-Hartwell Farwell, wealthy
| farmer ard churchman, and the CON
fessed slayer of Phillip Houston
whose body was found in a blazing
haystack near Portage, entered a plea
of not guilty of first degree murder
in Dane county district court at Mad
ison Defense attorneys pleaded in
sanity and self defense. The case was
continued until Jan. 81.
La Crosse-Judge E. c. Higbee oil
| the Circuit court has instructed
Sheriff Edward Miller to appoint a
woman bailiff for the February term
in La Crosse county. The jury com
missioners have also been instructed
to draw women jurors for this term
| of court