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The La Crosse Tribune from La Crosse, Wisconsin • 6

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Tuesday. June 25, 1935 AND tEADER.PRESS PACE SIX Order Rehearing Case Is Dismissed Eleva Farmer Winner In National Contest By Judge Ahlstrom Charges of jumping a lodging bill Takes Poison On Truck Drivers1 Hourly Services at the Hotel Gannott, filed against Freight Rail Rate Hearing Continues Memphis, Term. CT) Arguments on a petition to reduce Southern rail rates on grain also shipped into Memphis by water were ordered continued Tuesday before an Interstate Commerce commission examiner. Water carriers and Southern grain interests are seeking an equal-iratinn of rates to the South, recard- Jake Crawford. French Island, were President Sisns Navy Measure Bill Provides For Record Peace-Time Fund Tor Construction Washington (JP) President dismissed Tuesday morning in county court by Judge Roy V.

Ahlstrom. Crawford was arrested on June 19 Aching Tooth Is Believed Reason For Action Of Theodore Olson, 45 Opposition Is Raked on complaint of Janet Gannott. operator of the hoteL and arraigned in county court, where he entered a plea of not guilty. He was released on Whitehall. Wis.

(Special) Pre Local Business Men Re. parding Order Althouch they declared the his own bond of $500. sumed to have become deranged be The complaint alleged the offense was committed on Feb. 7, 1933. The dismissal verdict of the court follow cause of an aching tooth, Theodore Olson.

45, residing between Eleva and Strum, swallowed strychnine Monday evening and died about cf the Wisconsin public crs ed a hearing, which was concluded less of whether grain comes into Memphis by rail or water. Other grain dealers and rail representatives contend a reduction would be inequitable, favoring Memphis over Northern shipping points. Governor Vetoes Fund For Survey about noon. 11:30 o'clock. Earlier in the evening, Olson had Roosevelt Tuesday signed the navy appropriation bill providing a record peace-time fund for naval construction.

The $450,000,000 bill carried among other things an appropriation for starting 24 new warships and for purchasing 555 airplanes. Of the planes. 2S2 are for replacements and 273 for outright increases in the naval air strength in line with the navy's plan to have 2,000 planes by 1942. The sum available for construc mission limiting the cauy serrirt eg truck drivers would har.i-.cap business operations, 23 La Crats, business men at a Traffic Eurtn meeting Monday night tock e. nite action opposing the ruLr which originally was to eJect taken his family to Eleva to do some shopping.

He purchased a bottle of strychnine from Ralph Duxbury, as Claire Windsor Gets Bargain Rate San Fancisco UP) Claire Wind I I' 1.1 I.I, I H. I'- III. I Jl 4 I (' ff, Sf' vj serting that he intended to poison Madison. Wis. (JP) Governor gophers and crows on his farm.

He took pains to receive directions from the druggist in regard to poisoning the pests. on uiy i. The commission, however. announced that it will have a r-hearing on the order at MatLsca ea Julv 8. and the TraSlr Philip F.

La Follette Monday vetoed Health Officer Reports Measles Still Prevalent Urge Parents To Take Special Precautions To Prevent Spread Health Officer A. M. Murphy today lued a statement in which he Mid that "Parent and those in charge of children are admonished to regard all measles cases seriously, even though the weather has rr.Mifjd." Continuing he urged that great care be given each patient with the infection to guard against complications such as pneumonia, and middle ear trouble. He said, "We have never had these rases so persistent in prevalence ssnce early in December and the tout number has been much larger than in past outbreaks. Most children having the dma.e have apparently made a good recovery.

There are, however, the usual percentage of such cases where bronchitis, nasal trouble and other complications persist, especially in a number of the very young children. Such, cases need continued and exacting care to complete recovery. "During thia month to date there have been 71 cases of the regular measles placarded, which is a reduction of the previous month. Two hundred and fifty-two cases of red measles had been reported for the month of May. "During the prevalence of measles trur deaths occurred from complied ions.

These were all non-residents. "Whooping cough is beginning to Increase and a number of children are reported with distressing coughs, even visiting the play and picnic sor, movie actress, settled a $75,000 judgment against her for allegedly Arriving home, Olson complained represent the La Crosse trcrk of an aching tooth, and began acting strangely. His wife rubbed some lin alienating the affections of Alfred K. Read, Oakland stock broker, for $1,200, it was revealed Monday. a proposed appropriation of $1,000 to finance an investigation into the decrease in the number of Wisconsin factories from 7.841 in ISM to about 5,000 in 1934.

He said the result would only be "another report calling attention to the facts which tion of new warships was cut from $29,330,000, as 'asked by the navy department, to $20,690,000. Assurance was given by the department that the reduction would not delay inauguration of construction of the new vessels, the total cost of which was estimated at $197,427,000. iment on his cheek, and this seemed The settlement was disclosed fol to cause him more pain. The family went to bed, excepting a son, Jerome, lowing discharge in bankruptcy of Mrs. Marian Young Read, winner of the alienation suit against Miss Windsor.

Mrs. Read listed debts at are generally conceded, those of who had gone to Strum for the evening. After a short time, the family was aroused by a commotion in the consolidation of businesses and con ccntration of wealth." Green Bay Youth house, and they found Olson, now fully out of his head, thrashing around the room. The bottle of strychnine was empty. He chased the family out of the house, and they went to the home of a neighbor, Pal Held For Forgery lenieni provisions.

Fruit and bakery men. it pointed out Monday like a 12-hour day for truck drrvtn instead of the eight hours rrc-NrsM the order. The order alji-a vides that when a driver a split-shift basis time c2 iZ lunch or with an interrzisoa several hours after working pm ef his daily schedule the maxu-a hours he can operate a vehicle '1 Many of the other truck opera'A in the city now are on a 10-hour schedule, ing the drivers an hour cr rr.creV for lunch. The operators beLev commission should designate i1- maximum number of hours r-r week a driver may arii thr the hours should be arrange! the convenience of the A questionnaire is to be by the Traffic Bureau for maiL-J to ai; the truck operators. The xert will be tabulated, and ancther Green Bay, Wis.

(JP) A six month search by police and Am.er ican Express company detectives Sparta Berry Season Is In Full Swing Sparta, Wis. (Special) The strawberry season Is at its height. Saturday, 2,000 cases were shipped out, and Monday there were 3,500 cases additional, making four carloads. The fruit is of excellent quality. Prices in the local market average about 10 cents per quart, but many t'-et are shipped to other markets, bring from $2 to $2.50 per crate.

The cool weather has been a good thing for the berries, and in all probability, picking will continue good mer O. Lee, about 80 rods away. Jerome Olson came home about 11:30 to find his father dead on the porch of the home. The family will be questioned that extended through many south $6,104, consisting principally of bills assertedly incurred by her divorced husband, and assets at $5,277, the bulk of which were alimony claims. Cold Rains Welcome In Chinch Bug Areas Madison, Wis.

(JP) E. L. Chambers, mentomologist of the state department of agriculture and markets, Tuesday hailed recent cold rains as a welcome attack on chinch bugs which damage small grain in some 15 southeastern Wisconsin counties. Early spring indications prompted the federal government to contract for nearly $1,000,000 worth of chinch bug barrier material, and appoint em and midwestern states ended here Monday with the arrest of Lester Colson, 22, at his home in Wednesday by the coroner and other officials in regard to Olson's be Green Bay. havior.

Police said that Colson has been sought on a charge of cashing forg Surviving are the wife and six children, Orrie of Strum, Mrs. Harold Havenor of Eleva, and Jerome, Angeline, Richard and Donald at ed American Express checks in II Courtesy Milwaukee Sentinel. linois. Indiana. Tennessee.

Georgia home. and Florida. They were drawn on the Springfield. 111., office of the Isabel Tuomey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

J. V. Tuomey, 123 South Eighth street, received word by wire from New York Tuesday morning grounds. We would strongly advise there cases be properly reported and a sta chinch bug control committee company. Police said Colson con that she is one of six winners in the national "Sequoia" contest conducted Wyeville Man Held fessed he stole the checks in during the remainder of the week.

Some of the larger growers are handicapped for want of a sufficient number of pickers. The average price for picking is one and a half cents per quart. Previous stag parties staged by by Quill and Scroll, publication of the National Scholastic Press associa in every state liable to become in ing neia wunin the next few to take definite action on the rclrr to be pursued at the Madn ing. tion for high Bt-hool pupils. For Manslaughter Miss Tuomey submitted an essay on "Sequoia" following a preview at the Rivoll theater here this spring.

The essay was a part of her work in LANSING tne Aquinas nigh school journalism course. The award is a trip to California in Julv for the six winners. Deaths Frequent Sparta, Wis. (Special) Alvin Ratlin of Wyeville is being held in the county jail in Sparta awaiting trial on a charge of fourth degree Lansing, (Special) Masons and their families from Waukon, Decorah, Cresco, Ft. Atkinson and New York City is the starting point, but Miss Tuomey will join the military organizations in the city proved so popular that another is being planned by a committee from the Headquarters company, the invitations to include members of the lour ai inicago.

manslaughter. He was originally rne winners will have a week in California, visiting Hollywood, held on a charge of drunken driv American Legion, the Spanish Amer octjuom nanonai parK ana taxing a Doat trip on the Pacific. Miss Tuomey will leave here about July 10 and will start back from ing, pending outcome of the coroner's jury in Tomah into the details of the accident that caused the death of i-aiiiornva aoout July la. not wait until the patient is whooping definitely, when any one can tell the trouble, and great harm is clone in the spread of the infection to other children. "Do not wait for blood tests, they frequently are misleading and if the cases are reported at the onset of the cough, credit will be given from the time reported.

If such cases prove to be whooping cough a great charity is fhown to other children. Hemcrnher some cases never whoop with this disease but do great harm tunning around. Children coughing would be. much safer at home until the cough is cured entirely. "Some parents are calling a number of ihese cases bronchial cough.

To be sure most of the marked cases have an envolvcment of bronchi; that is where the danger lies. And as mentioned should have good nursing care continued." Matanuska Mrs. George Schleicher. Among Those In 50' Madison. Wis.

Erj; more people are ruii age each year, the state 'bchzi cf health sjid todav it is r.t aUrrv ed by the fact that the 3.651 cevij among persons in their fift.es a Wisconsin last year is 121 rr.rr than the six-year average. Leading death causes fr the art group and their tolls are; Heart disease. 855; career. TIS cerebral hemorrhage. 2S2.

dents. 271; nephritis. 235. r-e3-monia 172; 171. rr-cides.

102; diabetes, 95. ar.d rrh sis of the liver. 63. The charge was later changed when the jury found him guilty of drunken driving and negligence on the highways in causing an accident OBITUARY. that resuued in the death of the Wyeville woman.

Rutlin will be arraigned in justice court in Tomah Saturday. The accident which resulted in the death of Mrs. Schleicher, and resulted in injuries to her three children and her husband, occurred Saturday, June 15, three miles north of Tomah. The cars came together in a head-on collision. It was alleged that Rutlin was driving while intoxicated, and was on the wrong side of the road.

The hearing was held Friday, and bail set at $2,000, which ha was unable to furnish. BLAIR Vandalism Renewed In Milwaukee Strike Milwaukee (JP) Vandalism was renewed Tuesday in the strike of union dairy workers shortly after drivers of the Sunshine Dairy company voted to join workers of three other dairies in a controversy with the companies over closed shop and higher wage demands. A wagon of the Gridley Dairy company was tipped over early Tuesday. Harry Hilgendorf, Menom-onee Falls farmer, who was riding with the driver as an escort, suffered a cut wrist. Felix Boettcher, the driver, was not injured.

Peace negotiations w-hich began Monday afternoon in the hope of settling the controversy at the Grid-ley, Gehl and Blochowiak dairies col'apsed Monday night. Company and union representatives were unable to get together on terms for settlement. Th companies were willing to offer a 5 per cent increase rrnf Innxl from Springfield and waived extradition. He was to be taken to Springfield Tuesday. BANGOR Bangor, Wis.

(Special) Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cummings of St. Louis, who were recently married, were week-end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Eugene Bosshard, and Mrs. Effie Bosshard. Mr. Cummings is a former resident of Bangor. Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur Parsons of Central Bridge. N. Willis Persch-bacher, Marvin Keenan, James Erw-in and Baxter Newton of Wauwato-sa, were guests over the week-end at the home of the Rev. and Mrs.

F. F. Parsons. The two latter remained for a longer visit. Mr.

and Mrs. W. H. Preston accompanied by Mrs. A.

E. Mcomber of Sparta are visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. Johnson, at Kennon.

Miss Lillian Hussa submitted to an operation for appendicitis at a La Crosse hospital. Saturday. Messrs. and Mmes. B.

L. Hume and daughter, Alice, and William Paulson and son, William, of Osseo, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arlan Bowen. Mr.

and Mrs. Elmer Meinking and daughters, Barbara, and Marjorie and Mrs. Mildred Dale, spent the week-end at the A. G. Schuster cottage on Lake Pulaski, near Holcomb.

Messrs. and Mmes. Chris Johnson and daughter, Wilma, Clarence Griffith and George George Jones, Miss Emma PfafT, Theodore PfafT and Phillip Pfaff, were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl W.

Nelson in New Lisbon, Sunday, in honor of Mr. Nelson's birthday Miss Edna Roberts of Great Falls, who teaches in the public schools there, arrived here Saturday to spend the summer vacation with her father. Frank P. Roberts. Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph Kabat and son, Kenneth, and Wilfred Meier, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schuele in Norwalk. tor hs no car of his own and the colonists are scattered all over the valley.

Lansing lodges held a picnic in Mt. Hosmer Sunday, attended by more than 200. During the afternoon the band gave a concert on the picnic grounds. Mr. and Mrs.

William O'Brien returned Monday to their home at Park River, N. D. While here eight brothers and sisters of the Schwein-furth family enjoyed a reunion. Dr. and Mrs.

N. D. Snell and daughters, Beverley and Shirley Hope, spent the week-end with relatives at Tomah, Wis. The latter remained for a longer visit. The annual children's day program was held at the Evangelical church Sunday morning.

A choir composed of Misses Mar one Feuer-helm, Marjorie Revoir, Alice May Goettle, Edith Steiber, Ruth Feuer-helm, Enid Peters and Lois Goettle, Charles Reisdorf, Lloyd Goettle, Emmet Johnson, Russel Revoir and Vernon Peters, sang. The church was decorated with woodland ferns, peonies and roses. The following children took part in speech and song: Arlene Dee, Florence Reisdorf, Dorothy Dee, Eleanor Englehorn. Bernice Steiber, Betty Gramlich, Milton Gramlich, Donald Gruber, Vernon Feuerhelm, James Gruber, Bernard Steiber, Gene Feuerhelm, Frederich Steiber, Howard Worm. Arlis Goettle, Glen Feuerhelm, John Goettle, Merlin Goettle, Burton Feuerhelm, Floyd Worm and Marvin Sires.

Miss Myrta Worm was pianist. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Gaunitz, a son, June 20. Mmes.

George Gordon, Odin Rud and Kunte Helle, and Miss Josephine Halverson, will entertain the Norwegian aid society Wednesday afternoon at the rural home of Miss Halverson. Provisions are being made for about 15 teachers to come here for approximately 375 to 380 pupils in the The school land is being rlcated and more materials are arriving daily. Several agitators in the colony are Keeping things continually boiling We would like to have them deport Ward Pollard is being returned to Monroe county for the theft of a car, and operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. Sheriff Hans Biegel went to Mauston Monday to bring him to the county jail. Pollard is charged with taking the car from a Tomah wbman, hiding it in the woods, and later planning to drive it away.

Pollard was arrested in Chicago. Reports Loss Of $70 Contained In Wallet ed There is cause for complaint here, but report of conditions have been exaggerated. 3) The construction work is mow, as wrong equipment and materials have been shipped. Mr. Irwin (Don Irwin, projoct manager) ordered in wages would not agree to demands for a closed shop.

Travelkamp Arrives Here Tuesday Night A travelkamp for 40 boys, organized by a Champaign, 111., tour bureau, will arrive in La Crosse during the evening. A travelkamp for 50 girls, arranged by the same agency, will arrive Wednesday evening. The agency wrote the Chamber of Commerce in an effort to have the city provide camping facilities for the groups, but the chamber said Tuesday it was unable to secure them. The chamber referred officials in charge of the tour to a tourist camp near Dakota, Minn. wagons nnd received school furniture and gasoline tanks.

The colonists want United States control continued, with Mr. Irwin in complete charge. He is well liked by all the colonists. Washington i.V) Indignantly. Anthony J.

Dimond. Alaska's delegate to congress, denies Matanuska valley is a "dusty, mosquito-infested country as described by returning California transient workers Dimond also termed "grossly ex MRS. D. L. WARTINBEE Private funeral services for Mrs.

D. L. Wartinbee, who passed away Sunday will be held at the home, 1519 Wood street, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in addition to services at the North Presbyterian church at 2:30. The Rev. G.

V. R. Shepard will officiate and interment will be made in Oak Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the home this evening. Mrs.

Wartinbee is survived by her husband; one daughter, Marion B. Wartinbee of La Crosse; six sons, D. Russell. Robert William and J. Richard, all of La Crosse; C.

Howard of Madison, and Donald of Prairie du Chien. ber mother, Mrs. Mary J. Jones at home; and four grandchildren. Mulder Would Limit Endurance Contests Madison, Wis.

(JP) To the senate Tuesday went the assembly-approved Mulder bill to ban from Wisconsin all walkathons, danceathons, and other contests involving endurance for more than 16 hours daily for more than six days in a month. Single exemption would be that of roller skating or bicycle contest not lasting more than 150 hours. Fines and jail sentences were proposed for spectators and promoters of illegal events. Claire Windsor Settles Love Suit For $1,200 San Francisco (P) Claire Windsor, movie actress, settled a $75,000 judgment against her for allegedly alienating the affections of Alfred R. Read, Oakland stock broker, for $1,200, it was revealed Monday.

The settlement was disclosed following discharge in bankruptcy of Mrs. Marian Young Read, winner of the alienation suit against Miss Windsor. Mrs. Read originally sued for $100,000. VIROQUA Viroqua, Wis.

(Special) At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Wheeler Sunday, a re-union of the Heal family was held. Members of the family coming from a distance included Mrs. Howard Mawdsley and sons of San Mateo, Mr.

and Mrs. Garold Heal and children of Eagle River, and Mr. and Mrs. Byron Heal and daughter of Shawano, Mr. and Mrs.

A. E. Smith of Viroqua were guests. Mrs. Mawdsley and sons will remain in Viroqua for a week's visit at the Wheeler and Smith homes.

asperated" and "silly" complaints of settlers in the government coloni-tation project against its management. These pioneers went to Ala Majestic Theater Plans Improvements ska from drought areas of Wisconsin, Plans for the redecorating of the Majestic theater were announced ican War Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Aibonite Guard Association. The party will be held next Thursday evening in the armory. A number of La Crosse people gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

A. L. Fisher Sunday afternoon for a picnic supper with the hosts and James R. Kerr. Included in the party were Messrs.

and Mmes. John Kerr, Alex Kerr, Leonard Hauge, La Crosse. Thomas Driscoll of Chicago, and Charles Parrott of Sparta; Mrs. Louise Garihee of La Crosse; and Beth and Robert Kerr. Eugene Kerr, Max Gopel, Miss Stern, Charlene and Douglass Parrott.

Announcement is made of the marriage of Miss Anna Oswald and Arbin Huff, which took place Saturday morning in St. Patrick's Catholic parsonage, Monsignor H. F. Flock officiating. The bride's sister.

Miss Louise Oswald, and Raymond Oswald, attended the couple. ETTRICK Ettrick, Wis. (Special) Martin Onsrud, whose seventy-fifth birthday occurred Monday, was honored Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Onsrud, by a group of relatives and friends.

In the party, together with their children, were included Messrs. and Mmes. William Hardie of North Bend, Helmer Ivor-son of Hegg, Julius Johnson and Albert Hogden and Allen Hogden. John Terpening, in company with Millard Herried, Gale McKeeth and Edward Gardner, the latter three of Galesville, spent the week-end fishing at Hayward. A daughter was born Friday at a La Crosse hospital to Mr.

and Mrs. Louis H. Salzwedel of South Beaver Creek. Mr. and Mrs.

A. G. Sorenson and son John Arthur spent the week-end at Wisconsin Rapids, where Mr. Sorenson attended reunion of the original 32nd Division band. Mr.

and Mrs. Lynn Toraason and children of Blair, Mr. and Mrs. Cornell Leque and children, Mrs. A.

M. Hellekson and Mrs. Ella Molstad, all of Galesville, were Sunday guests of Mrs. John Hellekson. Mr.

and Mrs. Howard Mack visited Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Herried at La Crosse Sunday. Mickey Mack returned home with his parents, after spending a week at the Herried home.

Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Stone attended a picnic Sunday, held at Galesville, by members of the Galesville high school teachers' training class cf 1932.

Those who attended the annual Trempealeau county highway picnic held at Galesville Sunday, together with their children, included Messrs. and Mmes. Clarence Herried, T. H. Enger, Christ Redsten, Christopher Erickson, Lars Myr-land of North Beaver Creek and Charles Hougstad.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gibson and Mr. and Mrs. J.

Ouradnik of Blair were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Blue, Sunday evening. Merle Daniels of Sykeston, N. arrived Sunday to spend the summer at the home of her aunt, Mrs.

J. J. Mahoney. Mr. and Mrs.

Sanford Brohelden and children, Miss Stella Brohelden and Alvin Twinde drove to Spillville, Sunday, to see the clocks mada by the Billy brothers. Miss Feme Mahoney returned Saturday after spending a. week at Chetek at a Presbyterian Young People's conference. Miss Mahoney was a delegate from the Ettrick congregation. Miss Naomi Fillner of Glasgow also attended the conference as a delegate.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Whitlock and two children, and S. J. Johnson, drove to Green Bay Sunday.

Mrs. Johnson returned home with them, after attending the Wisconsin Association of Postmasters convention there. CALL TROTZKy'hEAD OF -AVHITE TERROR Moscow (JP) The charge that Leon Trotzky. former Bolshevist leader, has become the organizer of a white guard terroristic campaign inside and outside the Soviet Union is made by the communist party magazine Bolshevik. This followed public accusations that Trotzky, now in exile, had passed over to the white guard Soviet opposition.

Tuesday morning by the La Crosse ineaters company. A firm of Min neipolis architects is making a sur vey of the work necessary. It was understood new canopy would be built and a new sign erected. When work will be started was not an- nouncea. Roosevelt Blair.

(Sp-iali Merle Hill, daughter of V. H.I1 ef Lakes Coulee, is in Chicago avr.l-ing the national home e-crwrrrs convention. This trip is z.vfn be-by Stout Institute, she bfirj; cr ot two honor students and from that school. She will peni irr. eral weeks with friends in she part of the state.

Miss Anna Wilter.kamp cf BrT-viile is vuiting Mr. and Mrs. Solberg, being a former cf Elair. William M. Wichelmann ar.d Gi.

land Hessler left Sunday f-r itt west coast, where they will en extended tour. Mr. and Mrs. William Melby. ra Anton and daughter Phyllis, retired Saturday from the east, whert they had been vacationing frr ra weeks.

Clarence Hanson of Chicago a week-end visitor at the herre cf his parents, and Mrs. Jens H-son. John Howard of Eau Claire wj a Sunday visitor with his father. Ss-uel Howard. Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Hebert tzi son Glen were Saturday visitors it the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. easier.

Neillsville. Mrs. Hannah Guthrie and daughter Helen and Frank Weiser.b-erjer of Arcadia, Sunday went to Carr.p Douglas, where Mrs. Guthrie's ses, John, is at camp. Mr.

and Mrs. William Schrceder are on a vacation trip to Falls and other points. Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Elhr.is ef Winona visited Sunday at the her of Mrs.

Ellings parents. Mr. ar.d Mi Albert S. Peterson. Isaac Thompson of Aurora.

El. and Thomas Thompson cf Milwaukee, were week-end visitors at ti home of their brother and siver-is-law, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Th' -p-son. having been called her by the illness of Mr.

Thompson. Thssui Thompson went to Joliet. Ill, here. Visitors Sunday at the Palr.er Hallenger home were Mr. ar.d Mrs.

Albert Herreid. son Od.r.. ari daughter Elizabeth. Mrs. Err.rr.a lenger and son Harold, of Falls, and Mrs.

Ambrose Arr.rrf se. Miss Bernice Hallenger ar.d TLa Selma Fenney of Winona. Members of the chosr cf the Presbyterian church at iiixton. ar.d I'tJ families, were guests at a lr.c r.er at the home cf Mr. ar.d P.

F. Schroeder. They were Messrs. and Mmes. Theodore TherrrK3 and daughter Evelyn.

Err.e;. Johnson and son Robert. Rev. H. Wright and daughter Wrj.r.

i ef Whitehall. Loren Van Ccrdcn. Frei Dean, and Clyde Pratt; Mrr.es Lowe and daughter Betty. Erri Northup. and Laura R-isecr5 Misses Leona Virginia Lyons, and Fred Palra-The chcr took part in the eve-J services at the Baptiit church.

Frei Palms and Mss Lyons scl pirts. The church service was cr of a series of community serv. being hell at the Bas? ch-rch. Mr. and Mrs.

rir.as -i children Sunday wer.t to i--to spend several days. Verle Clark cf Westf ell. te ia Blair schools, was a Sur.ar tor at the home cf Mr. and Mrs-Theodore M. Hanson.

Mrs. Elmer Thompson a.d Paul and Gerald returned Sur-liT from Colfax. Guests over the week-end at ti home cf Mr. and Mrs. Gec-re berg were Miss Gladys V.sr.r Milwaukee, and Miss Viv.aa Jrhs-son cf La Crcsse.

Miss Valbsrg Rslvaag cf Nrr-i-f-eld. was a Sunday r-l the home cf the Rev. and Mr E. Sweger. She left Meniay Ne York city, where she wiU spes (Continued from pa one) the joint resolution if a majority of the senate votes that way, no matter how long it takes." Harrison said Minnesota and Michigan.

"Did these settlers expect they were going on a nice Dimond asked. "They knew that hewing out a frontier was not easy, that they would have work. I suspect some of them are just beginning to realise their venture was not a lark now that the glamour of adventure in a new land has worn off." Dimond insisted, in an interview, a good living could be made in the valley by those willing to work for tt. "Mosquitoes in Alaska are no more numerous or more vicious than tn the lake country of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota where most of the settlers came from," he said. "New Jersey mosquitoes are much worse.

Besides, the mosquitoes will disappear as soon as the land is cultivated "They complained, too. that their houes were being built without concrete foundations. That's the way we always build houses in Alaska. I wonder how many of the pioneers who landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620 expected to have concrete foundations." Dimond predicted 75 per cent of the colonists would remain on their' farms in preference to returning to the states. "Every effort will be made to get it through before this week is over.

But if we don't pass it this week, the government will lose from one and a half million to two million a day un WHITEHALL FROMM-DAHL Whitehall, Wis. (Special) Miss Evelyn Fromm, oldest daughter of Albert Fromm, who resides between Whitehall and Blair, was united in marriage to Floyd Dahl, son of Mr. and Mrs." Fred Dahl of Pleasantville, Saturday. The ceremony was performed at the Lutheran parsonage at Strum at 2:30 p. m.

by the Rev. O. A. Hjemboe. They were attended by Mr.

and Mrs. Milton Dahl, the bridegroom's brother and his wife. Mrs. C. H.

Taintor of Green Bay is spending the summer at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Parr.

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Engen of Mondovi at the Community hospital. Monday. Mr.

and Mrs. William Rosenthal nnd daughter Gertrude, and Mr. Pichelmier of Reedsburg, and Miss Marguerite Tyvand of Madison, visited Sunday at the home of Miss Tyvand's parents, Dr. and Mrs. J.

C. Tyvand, en route to Chetek, they will spend a week camping. Arthur Steen returned to his home at Fargo, N. Sunday having been called there due to the illness and death of his father, H. A.

M. Steen. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Danielson and daughter Mary Claire of St.

Charles, spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Kloety.

Miss Anna Marie Northrup of Bruno, left Monday following a visit at the home of the Misses Clara, Millie and Florence Ever-son. Miss Northrup came here with Miss Florence Everson from Virginia, where they completed a term of teaching. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wood, Mr.

and Mrs. Harold Wood, and Mrs. James Mason attended a reception at the home of Mr. and Mrs Olaf Peterson near Osseo, Saturday, in honor of the marriage of their son, Edward, to Miss Mabel Fransen. The marriage was performed in the afternoon by the Rev.

N. E. Halverson at the Lutheran parsonage at Strum. Vernon Halverson. student at Be-loit college, is home for the News in the want-ads: Howard Schultz, 611 Adams street, Tuesday was hoping for the recovery of $70, lost in a wallet somewhere about the city Monday evening.

Schultz, a driver for a local concern, did not have opportunity to check in his day's receipts, and had the money on his person. DE SOTO De Soto, Wis. (Special) Mrs. W. E.

Dyer and son Robert, and Miss Dellora Kloak, drove to Kenosha Friday to visit the women's sister, Miss Doris Kloak, and to bring her here for her vacation. A daughter, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Denver Heel of Richland Center at the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Grim of West Prairie, on June 22. Mrs. Charles Sims came from La Crosse on Saturday, to visit her daughter, Mrs. J. C.

Gillespie. Frank Garvey and son of Ferry-ville were visitors at the A. L. My-rick residence, Saturday. Mr.

and Mrs. D. E. Newton went to St. Paul Saturday evening to spend the week-end with the Myron Dederick family.

Mrs. Etta Bartholomew is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. K. J. Adams, at Red Mound.

Word was received of the death of Mrs. Maurice Devenport, formerly Myrtle Springborn, Sunday morning, at a La Crosse hospital, wiie're she had been ill for many weeks. Merald Sharp is ill with pneumonia at the Fred Sallander home. Retreat. Mr.

and Mrs. Clarence McDonald and family of La Crosse spent Sunday with the T. B. Gordon and T. E.

Sallander families. Clarence Runice is recovering from an operation for appendicitis, performed in a La Crosse hospital. M. C. Olson and Melvin Steenberg attended a convention of funeral directors at Eau Claire.

In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Frels of Centuria, who were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mun-son from Thursday to Sunday, the V.

C. Sallander and Albert Munson families, and Mrs. Elizabeth Sallander and son Richard, all of De Soto, also Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Sallander of La Crosse, made up a Sunday picnic party at Caldwell Flats.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Macaulay and sons, Malcom and James, of St. PauL were guests of the former's mother, Mrs. Mary Macaulay, and the Robert and Joseph Macaulay families, Sunday.

Mrs. Hattie Cohklin of Victory visited the Rev. and Mrs. E. L.

Quien, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Casper Christenson, Mrs. Houska and daughter Mildred, of La Crosse, were Sunday visitors at the A.

L. Myrick residence. MRS. YOUNG DIES New York (JP) Mrs. Owen D.

Young, wife of the chairman of the board of the General Electric company, died Tuesday at her estate at til it does pass. Experts Called Harrison said he did not believe the committee would hold public hearings on the program, but would get available advice from the experts. Harrison said he understood the president would insist only upon enactment of these three propositions at this session, and that his "long Mrs. Belle Bowen and daughter, Mary Jane, and Miss Harriet Nelson, drove to Mauston Monday, where the latter took a train to Chicago. Mr.

and Mrs. Rudolph Hosely of La Crosse. Mrs. Grover Friell and son, and Ray Vernon of West Salem, were visitors over the weekend of Mr. and Mrs.

Lee A. Smith. Mrs. Anna Emerson and daughter, Marian, Frank Kucha, Robert Dual and Edward Smerson of Hillsboro, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph Kucha. Mr. and Mrs. Royal Harper of Madison were week-end guests at the home of the former's parents. Mr.

and Mrs. Hugh Harper. HOLMEN Holmen, Wk (Special) Miss Norah Tolvstad returned Sunday to Racine after visiting a few days at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs.

Nels Tolvstad. John Schilling spent the weekend in Madison in attendance at the twenty-sixth annual 4-H club week and leadership institute, which is being held at the University of Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. George Schaller drove to Madison, accompanied by their children.

Vivian and Charles Schaller. who took in the activities there, on Saturday. Mrs. Einer Snuggerud is in Flan-dreau. S.

to make a brief visit among relatives. She accompanied Mrs. Ben Steensland. of Arlington. S.

on the latter's return to her home after a visit of several days here. Miss Gretchen Solberg went to Rochester, Monday, where she has accepted a position. Norman B. Hanson has returned to after spending a vacation of two weeks here. Mrs Hanson and little daughter re remaining for a longer visit.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sween and children. Margie and Kent, and Mr. and Mrs.

A. B. Halverscn and daughters Ruth and Jeanette, drove to Osseo Sunday where they spent the day. Mrs. E.

E. Solberg and daughter, Wilda. Monday went to Barnes ville. w-here they are visiting Prof, ar.d Mrs. Carl Solberg nd family.

Messrs. ar.d Mmes. Kilmer Holter ind S. P. Severson drove to Newry Sunday, where they attended a meeting of the Vernon circuit Luther league.

Mrs. Reuben Talbert and children and Mrs. N. Kittleson of Ona-laska. were guests at the Chester Tolvstad and B.

Sletteland horcex, Monday, La Crosse Plus (Vnl in ui1 from one! Mrs. Ada Brown, grand lecturer of the Wisconsin chapters of Eastern Star, was guest of honor at a special meeting of the local chapter on Monday evening. The session, held for the purpose of inspection, was preceded by a 6:30 dinner. Mrs. Roy Carver, associate matron of the Stevens Point chapter, was a guest.

Marriage licenses issued Monday: Miss Margaret Lonstad and Henry Bakken, Christiana; Miss Ora Brown, Tomah, and Clement Bug-bee, Mt. Tabor; Miss Gerturde Campton, La Farge, and Earl Frye, Ontario; Miss Iva Waddell and Lov-ell North, both of La Farge; Mis Avis Moore, Viroqua, and Sigurd Dahl, Jefferson; Miss Helen Myhre and Albon Dahl, Harmony; Miss Doris Nedland, Jefferson and Ray-nice Johnson, of Sterling. Dr. W. W.

Moore went to Camp La Crosset Monday where he will spend a week at the annual Methodist institute in progress there. Miss Ara-belle Klien, instructor of music in the Viroqua public schools, is directing the vocal groups there. Mrs. K. E.

Goldsmith anH IvT range proposals, including a constitutional amendment to eliminate tax exempt bonds, would go over to the next session. Harrison emphasized that all the rates and exemptions proposed in his outline were tentative and subject to further study. Washington (3) Government confiscation up to 25 per cent of the fortunes of wealthy American heiresses who marry European noblemen was proposed by Representative Cannon (D-Wis), Tuesday as a logical start for a national wealth distribution program. Frankly admitting his purpose was to prevent the marriage of "real or spurious foreign noblemen" to the wealthy daughters of American big business men. Cannon introduced in the house a bill hich would impose a graduated tax on the fortunes of all who marry foreigners.

On the first 100,000 to $200,000, Cannon would lew a tax of 10 per cent, fortunes of $200,000 to would be taxed at 20 per cent and all above a half million would pay at the rate 25 per cent, promptly at 6:30 a. m. and will return about 10.30 p. m. Food and refreshments will be available on the train.

William Fonadurer is chairman of the committee in charge. Vrte AM To Co At a meeting Tuesday morning the executive committee In charge cf the excursion decided to canvass each member of the Tlugs. urging attendance on the excursion. It was pointed cut that a number of business men not members of the organization would like to join. The only requirements for membership in the Plugs are: Payment pi Jl i year dues: possession of white trousers, white shirt, black white cane and a ailk hat.

Trltue Wnt Ada rr dividends mU Investment -call Hi lor J. Felix will entertain the third SOVIET BOY. TEN. WEIGHS 193 POUNDS Ivanovo, U. S.

S. R. A 10 year old boy who already is five feet tall and weighs 193 pounds, Anatole Vorobiev, the son of a collective fanner near here, is exciting the interest of Soviet scientists. He possesses unusual strength, being able to lift weights of more than 150 pounds, bridge party in a series at the home ol the former, Wednesday evening. Members of the Viroqua Church cf Christ attended the closing session of the state convention of Christian churches at La Crosse, Sunday, some ruversiae, conn, JUd Tribao VTat Ada,.

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