River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-07-30
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ton Of $50 room hotel at the north
end of Minoequa lake. The cost Is
estimated at 100000.
John p. Stone, president of the State
bank of Reedsburg, fell dead Of heart
failure at his home. He had just be-
gun to dress when the attack took
him.
G. D. Waugh, Milwaukee, was
chosen president Of the Wisconsin As
Hsociation of Optometrists at the clos
ing of the twenty-fifth annual session
at Sheboygan.
Knocked unconscious when he
touched an electric power line carry
ing 1900 volts, Arthur Kruger, Fond
du Lac, telephone lineman, recov-
cred before aid from the ground could
reach him. Kruger climbed down
from the pole unaided, despite the
fact that he was seriously burned.
A representative of the state bank
ing commission said that affairs of the
Bank of Evansville will be liquidated
and ali creditors are requested to file
their claims within 90 days. The bank
was closed June %, and efforts to re-
organize 1t have proved futile. The
bank was organized in 1870.
An hour after he had received word
from Kenosha that his sister, Mrs.
Florence Reich had died, Swan Rus
sell Of Kewanee, H., set out to come
to Kenosha to attend the funeral. Two
hours later telegram was received
In Kenosha telling Of the death of
Russell when his automobile was
struck by train near his home.
Plans for the erection of 24-room
school building in the Salem avenue
school district, Kenosha, to cost $780,
600, were discussed at a recent meeting
of the board of education. The action
was taken following filing Of petitions
by residents in that section express
ing their willingness TO accept an In
crease In taxes to finance the building.
Mr.. and Mrs Dido Habersaat, old
residents of Waupaca, have just OBJ
served their sixtieth wedding anniver-
sary. They were married in Denmark
and came to Wisconsin IS years ago,
locating in Oshkosh, where they lived
10 years before coming to Waupaca.
Mr. Habersaat is S5 and his wife a..
Both are In excellent health.
Approximately 125 business men ana
farmers from Mississippi will visit
Wisconsin on a three-day tour Of the
state, Aug. 81 to "a, A. o. Collentine
of the college of agriculture has an
nounced The visitors will travel on
a special train called the Know Missis-
sippi Better Train and will pay par
ticular attention to the methods Of
dairying and farming In this state.
Russell Thorn of New London had
a narrow escape from serious injury
when he, with his team of horses and
a heavily loaded wagon, slid 80 feet
down an embankment and over q pile
of rubbish, stones and glass. Mr..
Thorn was dumping load of debris
at an old gravel pit, when the horses
suddenly lost footing when the wagon
began to slide, and all went tumbling
to the bottom Of the pit. Both driver
and horses were badly cut and bruised.
M. B. Olbricht, member Of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin board of regents,
said the board had merely followed
declared legislative policy when it
accepted a gift of $12,500 from the
Rockefeller foundation. The state
ment was issued in connection with a
resolution introduced by Assemblyman
William Coleman, Milwaukee, In the
Wisconsin Federation of Labor con-
vention at Lake Geneva protesting
against the acceptance of the dona-
ton.
o. w. Mccarthy and r. B. Jensen,
officials of the Chiffon Brewing Co,
were given hearing at Green Bay
before United States Commissioner
John +. Watermelon on charges Of
violating the Volstead act 1t was
claimed by federal prohibition agents
who raided the brewery about two
months ago that beverages containing
more than one-half of l per cent al
cohol were being manufactured at the
plant. Both men were bound over to
the federal grand jury at it's meet
ing in Milwaukee in November. They
were released on $1,000 bail each.
Problems of state administration
will be investigated first by the legis-
lative interim committee on admins
tration and taxation, 1t was decided at
the opening meeting of the committee
at Madison, and the study of taxation
taken up later. Investigation will be
begun by obtaining detailed informa-
ton as to present organization of the
state government. The committee also
adopted resolution inviting the co
operation of all persons and organiza-
tons in the state who have any con-
structive proposals to offer regarding
either state administration or taxa
ton.