River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-08-13

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fine of 5000 in court at Amigo.
Thomas Hill, so, Spring Green, and
Mrs. lisa Phelps Irish, 70, Baraboo,
were married at Baraboo. The cere-
mony was performed by DR.. J. w.
Irish, son Of the bride.
Deputy United States Marshal W.
I. Pugh, for the last 10 years sta
toned at Superior, will be transferred
to Madison in the near future. Deputy
Marshal Hans Fuley, Hayward, will
take over the Superior office.
Charles p. Whelan, a prominent in
surance man in the state, former may
or of Madison and field man for the
Modern Woodmen of America, at his
home In Madison denied that he would
be a candidate for United States SEN
ator in the coming special election.
Highway Commissioner ]. H. Vogt
of Marathon county announces that
the relocation Of highway 16 between
Wausau and Wittenberg, which re-
duces the travelling distance about four
miles, will be ready for traffic by
Sept. l.
Fifty-three marriages were reported
to G. t. Fargo, register of deeds of
Jefferson county, during July, 10 more
than were reported in June. The
births decreased from 65 In June to
Sc in July. Twenty-seven deaths were
reported in July, one less than the
previous month.
Three men were drowned at the
Manitowoc Shipbuilding corporation
yards, Manitowoc, when staging on
which they were working broke and
they fell into the river 40 feet below.
The men were working on the side OF
the steamer Charles @. West at the
yards when a crossarm supporting the
staging gave way.
Eight pure white birds, supposed to
be egrets. have been seen In Strikers
| bay, Lake Koshkonong. These birds,
four and one-half feet high, make a
striking appearance with their long
yellow bills and Jet black legs, and
/ persons living around the lake are
showing much interest In them, es-
pecially when the birds are in flight.
The Wausau city council, at its last
regular session, voted to donate a
/ building site 30 the Rib Mountain
Granite Co. on condition that the CON-
pany's payroll will approximate S15,-
900 a year within three years. The
/ company was recently organized by
local business men to develop valu-
/ able bed of granite near the famous
1 mountain whose name it bears.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas j. Byers, Be
lott, are mourning the death Of the
1 third little child to be taken from
| them In seven months. Dorothy Mae,
/ 10 months, died of summer complaint.
/ The same ailment was fatal to her
little brother, Donald, 21s, the previ-
Gus week. In January daughter,
/ Gertrude, months, was the victim OF
/ broncho pneumonia
Harry England, 26, an ex-convict,
| broke out of the Marinette county Jail
/ for the second time. He was being
| held under bail of $1,000, accused of
/ having stolen $500 worth Of sugar from
| the Murphy warehouse this spring.
/ England sawed his way through the
/ bars in broad daylight and disappeared
/ before anything was suspected. Five
minutes before he escaped he was
/ talking to officers outside.
! The Madison Federation of Labor
/ has appointed committee Of three
/ to investigate the feasibility of estab-
/ fishing a labor bank in that city. 1t
was said that the move for a bank
to be conducted BY union labor was
1 initiated when local bank obtained
/ control Of enough Of the securities of
the federation's building corporation
/ to force 1t into an open shop arrange
| ment
! Prof E. B. Morrison, assistant di-
rector Of the agricultural experiment
station and professor Of animal hus-
| bandry at the University of Wisconsin,
! has been named by the board Of re-
/ gents as dean pro tenn of the college
| of agriculture for the coming year,
during which Dean Harry L. Russell
| will be on a years leave Of absence.
p. ]. Zimmers was selected by the
board for superintendent Of the uni
versIty extension division at Mllwau-
4 kee.
University Of Wisconsin regents
went on record, 8 to g. against accept
ance In the future of any gifts or
endowments from the Carnegie or
Rockefeller interests or similar cor
porations. At a previous meeting, the
regents had voted, so to 4, to ac-
cept $4,000 for medical research from
the Rockefeller interests. Strenuous
protest followed Senator John K.
eastman, Denmark, member of the
board of regents, asserted that accept
ance Of gifts from ''monopolies" would
influence the character Of teaching at
the school and declared the "soul of
the university Is being sold"
Clarence s. Darrow, famous Grim