River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-11-26

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gasoline went up to 1914 cents a gal
lon from the sensational price of
cents. which prevailed for week.
Tryouts for Lawrence college debate
team were held recently and IA men
were selected by Coach A. L. Frankie.
The squad boasts seven veterans, two
of them being seniors.
Langlade county, which has been
without the services of a county agri-
cultural agent for several years, viii
have one. The county board has
voted, 10 to s, to appropriate $1,000,
the county's share of the expense of
the office
The county board of supervisors of
Grant county has cut off $4,000 of
the usual county tax quota. Grant
county's proportion of the state gaso-
line tax is estimated a approximately
S110,6S0, which is a big factor in low
ering the tax rate
AT the meeting of he Chippewa coun-
ty board, an appropriation of $4,000
was granted the Northern Wisconsin
State fair. 1t was also made known
at the meeting that net profits amount
ing to $4,000 were made during the
1925 fair.
James Miller's attempt to kill HIM
self now total II since he was ar
rested in Kenosha on charge OF
forgery. lie swore before Municipal
Judge John Slater that he would COM
NIT suicide before he would appear
for his sentence.
Daniel Strebig, II, son of Mr.. and
Mrs G. H Strebig, town Of Hammel,
Taylor county, was shot and killed by
his cousin, Irwin Strebig, in hunting
accident. The boys had been hunting
rabbits and were returning home when
one of them saw a rabbit. Irwin, who
was walking about four feet back of
his cousin, raised his gun to his Shout
der to fire, when it accidentally went
off, the full charge striking Daniel in
the back.
Immediate action, whether by trial
or dismissal of the application Of the
city of La Crosse for an order requir-
ing the erection of union depot in
that city, is asked in a resolution
passed by the common council. Inc
measure requests the Dane county cir
cult court to hand down decision In
the case pending in that court, so the
way may be cleared for the filing of
petition with the interstate commerce
commission for erection of the station.
Settlers in the southern part of
Sawyer county are realizing thousands
of dollars this fall from the sale of
wild ferns and ground or princess
pine. The ferns and the princess pine
grow wild in the woods and large
quantities have been shipped from this
locality Princess pine brings S1Oo
ton. The green's are packed in boxes
and bales and shipped to the large
cities where they are dyed and used
for decorating.
Men making repairs to the North
Western road icehOuse at Amigo came
upon watches and rings in sufficient
pumber to indicate a robbery. That
the robbery took place many years ago
is indicated by the matted pulp which
was all that remained of the paper
covering, and the rusted condition of
the steel springs and parts OF the
three watches. There were also two
cases from which the works had been
| taken, and from Is to 20 rings.
Prohibition, the effects of military
experiences and the high wage earned
by youthful factory workers during the
war are three possible explanations
| for an increase of one hundred and
twelve in the average daily population
of the Wisconsin state prison during
the fiscal year ending June 30, accord
ing to Oscar Lee warden of the state
penitentiary. The Average daily popu-
lation for the year 1923-1924 was seven
hundred and thirteen prisoners as COM
pared to eight hundred and twenty
five for the past year.
Walter Kitowski, %, was killed in
in. Joseph Kitowski, on country road
three miles from Stevens Point after
they had attended the wedding OF the
victims brother, Nick. Just before the
two left the Kitowski farm home to
join wedding guests in Stevens Point
they joked about the speed of their
cars. Walter Kitowski said his ma
chine would go 81 miles an hour. lie
attempted to pass his cousin on
rough stretch of road and was hurled
40 feet when the car turned over twice
and crashed into the ditch. His skull
was fractured when he was hurled
against the frozen ground.
The 1925 census of farm values for
Oconto and Douglas counties have
been made public by the bureau of
census, department of commerce,
washington. Land in Oconto county
IN 1925 was valued at $15,843,475 and