River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-09-17


Of DeanviIle, received chest injuries
and badly mangled right arm when
caught in a crusher belt and pulley.
Arrested for speeding 80 miles an
hour on a busy Milwaukee downtown
street, Richard o. Kimball, Cleveland,
o.. faces the additional charge of auto
theft. He had stolen the car Of Mrs,
L. c. Samuels, Chicago.
John II. Grebe, 81, superintendent
! of the Fond du Lac sewage disposal
plant for the last 10 years, hung him.
self in the basement of the plant while
! respondent over financial worries and
| IL" health.
Death ended the plans of Richard r.
Sherman, Sc, Kenosha, Civil war vet
eran, to meet his old comrades at the
annual national :. A. r. encampment
at Grand Rapids. He dropped dead on
North Western train which was
carrying him t. the convention. He
was a delegate from the Kenosha post
Sectional meetings of the Lincoln
! County Teachers association will be
held as follows: Oct "a, at Merrill /;
Oct. 81, at Tomahawk; Nov. Z, at
| Gleason; Dec. 5, at Merrill Dec IL,
at Gleason; Jan. II, at Tomahawk !;
March %, at Merrill April 5, at Glea-
son; April u, at Tomahawk.
Harvey E. Nichols, Madison, apart
ment house owner, charged with max
ing false and fraudulent income tax
reports for the years 1928, pleaded
not guilty to the charges when ar
raigned in circuit court before Judge
! A. G. Hoppmann. He was allowed to
sign his own bond for $500 for his ap-
pearance for a preliminary examina-
ton on Sept 10.
The Wisconsin Farm Bureau fedora
ton has protested against a proposed
charge by railroads for the transporta-
ton of "a frames, used to ventilate
cars of cabbage. The frames have
been shipped without cost in the past
and the proposed charge for their
transportation would increase the cost
of shipping cabbage from Wisconsin,
|. M. Wright, secretary of the fedora
ton, said
Several hundred dollars raised in a
tag day at Wisconsin Rapids In behalf
of the Volunteer Rescue Army Is being
held In a local bank at the order of
Mayor o. r. Roenius, pending an in
vestigation into the authenticity and
reliability of the organization. Mayor
Roenius took over the tag day pro-
ceeds when local business men COM
planned to him that they had been IN
able to get any evidence concerning
the identity or activities of the Volun-
teer Rescue Army.
designations of four employees at the
Wisconsin Industrial Home for Wo-
men at Taycheedah were announced
by the state board of control. The
designations are exclusive of the resig-
nations Of DR.. Ebba A. Dederer. SUI
perintendent; Miss Ida Halverson. SUI
pervising housekeeper, and Miss Marie
Gilbert, probation officer. The new
designations include the superinten-
dents matron and three other EN-
ployes. The vacancies will be filled by
the new superintendent Mrs Pearl r.
Phillips, who assumed charge Sept. /.
DIR. Glenn Frank, recently elected
president of the University of Wiscon-
sin, arrived in Madison Sept. to take
over his new duties and was met by
the retiring president, DR.. r. A. Birge.
Miss Zona Gale and Daniel Grady,
both of Portage, members of the uni
versity board CT regents, and ]. d.
Phillips, business manager of the uni.
verslty. His aim is to keep the univer.
sity "a genuine home for learning that
will attract and hold great scholars"
DR.. Frank. declared, adding: II am
here and l am eager to get to work.
This Is really all have to say"
The new Wisconsin oleomargarine
law which, according to manufactur.
ers, would practically rule that prod.
uct off the markets, may be kept from
going into effect for many months,
due to court fight over it's constitu.
tionality. The law was to have gone
into effect Sept. l. A temporary in
junction preventing state officials from
attempting to enforce the law was
granted at Madison by Judge A. c..
Hoppmann in Dane county circuit
court. The new oleomargarine law
provides that no such product, com.
bination of vegetable oils and milk or
other dairy products, can be sold In
the state.
Frank McHugh and William YELLOW
contestants for the craftsmanship of
the town of Shields, Dodge county.
will have to decide who won last
springs election by drawing lots. On
the face of the returns of the town
election held last April McHugh was
declared winner by the election board
with 62 votes to 80 for YELLOW, The
latter contested the election, declaring
that the polls had been closed before
the lawful time of $50 and after that
time three voters were denied the right