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

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Madison - Grade crossing deaths
during the three months from October
to December numbered Is in Wiscon-
sin, the state engineer reports. The
period developed 36 accidents in
which Is persons were killed and 20
injured. According to the report, "a
accidents involved automobiles in
which IA persons were killed and %
injured. Accidents other than at
grade crossings, caused by railroads
totaled 81, resulting in IL fatalities
and Is injuries. OF these casualties,
the report said, trespassers were kill
ed in nine cases and injured in four.
Madison--A total of 1880 accidents
in Wisconsin were reported to the in
dustrial commission during 1921, X. A.
Keown, engineer for the commission,
reported in the quarterly report OF the
state engineer. During October, NO
vember and December there were
1852 accidents compared with 4,4SS
for the same period in 1920. There
was reduction of Is per cent in the
number of accidents in 1921 under
1920. Deputies of the commission in
vestigated 1906 of the accidents dur
ing the year and reported violations
Of safety orders as the cause OF 70
per cent.
Madison-Town treasurers in Wis
consin are commanded by the statutes
to sell personal property of persons
to meet their real estate taxes II I'M
paid. E. E. Brossard, assistant attor-
ney general, in an opinion to G. j..
Strang, district attorney of Burnett
county, advised him that failure to-
carry out this command of the statutes
would be breach of official duty on
the part of the treasurers. Mr.. Bros
sard pointed out that the Supreme
court had upheld the statute, and that
it's commands must be carried out.
Madison Drainage projects in the
state completed and under construc-
ton during the last year total ST.
1882, according to report OF e. Il.
Jones, Madison, state drainage en-
gineer. Acres to be drained with COM
pletion of the work total $4,000.
Eight applications for new drainage
projects were received during the last
quarter ending Dec. 81, with 81 for the
preceding three-quarters. These eight
projects were estimated to cost $140,-
97S, draining 1920 acres.
Madison-The Equity society has
not abandoned it's dairy marketing
plan through which it intended to or
ganize the entire industry into an
Equity Dairymen's league to handle
comparatively all products of the in
dustry, E. C. Pommerening, president
of the society, declared. Announce
ment that the proposed organization
had been modified and change made
to another form of marketing fedora
ton, was declared by Mr.. Pommeren-
ing to be without foundation.
Chippewa Falls-Sixty gallons OF
grain alcohol which was seized re-
Gently in the Chippewa Falls express
office by Chief of Police Flaherty has
turned out to be nine-tenths water.
Each of the twelve five gallon cans
had a partition near the top with a.
pipe down through the center, and
while this compartment was hlled
with alcohol, the balance OF the can
contained water.
Green ay-Consolidation of the
largest paper mills in the Fox River
valley, the John Hoberg company and
the Green Bay Paper and Fiber COM
pany was announced at Green Bay,
when the business of the two COM
panies was taken over by a corpora
ton to be known as the Hoberg Paper
and Fiber company. The considera-
ton involved in the transaction was
about $3,000.000.
Marinette = After calmly fashioning
her burial robe, selecting the friends
whom she desired to carry her body
to the grave and making other final
arrangements, Miss Lillian Thomp-
son. daughter of w. H. Thompson,
Marinette, died at the family home.
She had been confined to bed for
year and half as a result of tuber-
culosis.
Oconto-A Law Enforcement asso-
citation, the first of its kind to be or
ganized in Oconto county, was formed
at Oconto Falls, with large charter
membership. The purpose of the as
ISOLATION is to enforce existing. laws
and in removing evil and temptations
from the younger generation.