River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-01-05

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chairman of the state tax commits
sion, declares in a statement. Other.
wise, he points out, there may be
shortage of funds to meet obligations
and operating expenses. 1t is his sug'
gestion that before giving the six
months extension the common coun'
Gil of every city determine the out
standing claims which will become
due within the extension period, the
regular monthly payroll and the pre-
ferred funds which the law requires
10 be set aside for schools, libraries.
judgments and other purposes.
Madison Married women in Wis
consin now bear the same financial
responsibility as their husbands, with
out claim to legal disability on the
grounds of sex, w. w. Gilman, assist
ant attorney general, advised Marsh
all Cousins, banking commissioner, IN
an opinion Enactment of the equal
rights law by the 1921 Legislature, ex-
tending full legal and political equal
ity to women, is given as the reason
Tor the changed situation.
Green Bay-The Rev. William j.
Peil of st. Boniface church, Manlto-
woo, and the Rev. Walter j. Fitz-
maurice of ST. Mary's church, Apple
ton, have had the monsignorship con-
ferred on them by Pope Benedict, it
has been announced by Bishop Paul
Z. Rhode. Father Peil is II years OF
age Gustave Keller, postmaster OF
Appleton, was made knight of the
Order of st. Gregory.
Madison-A total of lat foreign
students from "a other countries or
American territories are enrolled in
the University of Wisconsin, accord
ing to the new directory. This num-
Der includes 131 men and 16 women.
Sixty-one Chinese students, including
four women, constitute the largest
representation from any one country.
Others from the Far East include five
men from Japan, two from Australia,
fou, from India, one from New Zea-
land and one from Siam.
/ Milwaukee-Dr. J. F. Norris, staff
physician at the Resthaven hospital
for World war veterans at Waukesha
and president of the Disabled War
Veterans Oil Co., and Roy Jackson
patient at the hospital and director oi
! the oil company, were arrested on the
charge of having violated the state
blue-sky laws by selling subscriptions
for stock in the company to disabled
soldiers at the hospital.
Madison-Under ruling just re
ceived by Adjt. Gen. Holway from tbs
war department, all state guardsmer
who qualify on 600-yard range, viii
receive SIS month additional CAM
pay if expert riflemen, So a month
if sharpshooters, and 81 month i
marksmen. In addition silver medal:
will be given to all who qualify or
the 600-yard range, and bronze medals
to those who qualify on the shorter
ranges of 100 to 200 yards.
Washburn-The tubercular test fol
cattle in Bayfield, county has beer
completed, and out of a total of 1916
head tested only rs were returned a!
reactors, or less than " Of / pei
cent. When the law was enacted Civ
ing the counties the privilege of fre'
tests upon petition, Bayfield, was th'
second county to file application, Bar
ron county being first and Lincoln
third
Neillsville-Two carloads of Hol
stems, consisting of about sixty ami
mails, were shipped to Idaho from thu
Owen and Curtiss territory, Clarl
county. The animals will go int
Gooding county, Idaho, as foundation
animals for the dairy business. Buy
ers liked the class of cattle arount
Owen and Curtiss, and will be bacl
after more in few months.
Chippewa Falls-A. j. Danielson ii
completing one of the best equipped
barns in Chippewa county on the sit,
of barn destroyed by fire last win
: ter at his farm, three miles southeas
of Chippewa Falls. 1t will be 36x10
, feet and have all modern equipment
The electric lights with which tn,
farm buildings are provided will b,
lighted by small private plant.
Green Bay-The Jollies of 1922 will
, be undertaken by the Green Bay Elks
: minstrels. The annual show will b,
} staged late in January. The Jollie
will make three-night stand at HON,
, and then the company expects t,
Z make the neighboring cities on a tw'
; weeks tour.
Wausau-The Wausau Y. w. G. A
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