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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1923
Page
1
Officials approve contracts for two nearby schools and refer a Dange permit to the administration committee. The measure includes funding to Fair Association and outlines staffing, equipment, and potential copier purchases, with details narrowing to the project scope and parties involved.
La Crosse crowds plan a Prairie du Chien celebration of the 1673 voyage by Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet. Speakers recount the two birch canoes expedition from Mackinaw to Green Bay, up the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, reaching the Mississippi below Prairie du Chien on June 17. Officials urge attendance, with a large delegation and city ceremonies to honor Wisconsin’s historic waterway discovery.
Sheriffs raided two roadhouses recovering slot machines and fated gear from illegal gambling operations. Investigators noted liquor and gaming violations, with arrests and confiscations reported as authorities inspected the premises and interviewed staff.
The state prepares a novel weight based auto tax and gasoline levy to start July 1. Vehicles will pay rates by weight with deductions for old cars, funding highway maintenance and administration. Authorities expect $9,000 yearly administration with funds split to counties for road upkeep.
In Wisconsin near Mosinee a car veered to avoid a girl, striking another vehicle and sending one person to the hospital with injuries. Two others suffered injuries as a crash late Friday afternoon involved multiple drivers and a lake region road.
Round Town notes Cliffwood Farm now features acres of neenies blooming in all colors. The Salter seed house branch reports heavy sale this year and motorists already visit the site as a chief evening attraction. Many plan Sunday trips along the southern boundary of the Catholic cemetery to reach the farm.
Elmer L Immell longtime Blair resident and father of Ralph Immell died Friday evening. He was adjutant general of the Wisconsin National Guard and died after living in Blair over 40 years. Born May 19 1863 in Alma, Wisconsin he married Kasel McKiverein of Blair. Survived by his wife and four children Ralph Morrison W G Engh Cresco IA Garrison Blair and Clinton. Funeral Saturday at 2 89 from the family home with burial in Blair Cemetery.
Three men including Mondovi bank cashier Marine Pertrol and city treasurer George T. Orladr were held to district court on 7000 bail after a preliminary hearing on charges of complicity in the Mondovi bank robbery. Arthur Cantrell of Downeville and Ed Pertrol of Durand pleads not guilty. Detectives from the Wisconsin Bankers' Association aided the investigation.
Dr. A Thrane, 79, longtime Ex Claire physician, died in FAG CLATRE Wisconsin after forty eight years of practice. He was the son of Marcus Thrane, famed Norwegian liberator who influenced Europe’s union movements in the 1840s and 1850s.
Mayor Verdota and a La Crosse delegation to the Wisconsin municipalities league visited Stevens Point this week. They were entertained by Frank W. Leahy publisher of the Stevens Point Journal, longtime former editor of the La Crosse Leader Press, who guided an extensive tour of the city and surrounding country during their stay.
The Sparta Temple guests Charity Temple for a June 73 initiation event. Six candidates were initiated into Tomah Temple by the Sparta initiatory team. A music program and lunch followed, marking the first in a series of Monroe county Pythian Gatherings.
In Madison Wisconsin joint resolutions memorializing Congress to repeal the Esch Cummins act and to amend the constitution to bar sending troops overseas were adopted by the state assembly. The Esch Cummins measure was also approved by the senate. The senate killed a separate land title registration probe and approved other measures including an assembly tax relief and governor reward proposal for banking statute violators.
Liquor charges against Alder man Harry Palmer and Clarence Shisiar partners in The Alderman's Store on Main Street were adjourned before Judge C. W. Hunt in ree rourt Saturday morning. The hearing was rescheduled for June 25 at 10 a m as officers seized liquor in Palmer's place and could not reach the court Saturday. Attorneys TL J Brody and FLB withdrew and agreed to the adjournment.
In Pittsburgh the Atlantic Refining storage yard fire after a large tank collapsed and exploded. Dozens of firemen were burned or injured but all accounted for as they reached safety amid a widespread oil blaze spreading toward nearby tracks and riverfront areas.
An exchange of gunfire occurred early Saturday as rum runners fought government boats off Barnegat inlet. Runners eluded capture by fog, steering close to shore then advancing seaward in a single file dash. Detro it dry agent chief Yellawler began a broad plan to intensify seizures in the Detroit region, labeling the area among the wettest spots in the country.
Knauth Nachod and Kniine, members of the New York Stock Exchange, were admitted March 28, 1805. The firm did large business with Germany, engaged in commercial investments and foreign exchange. An involuntary bankruptcy petition in federal court valued liabilities at about 1 million dollars with roughly the same in assets. M.S. Borlando was named receiver. Suspension of the firm was announced at the exchange opening.
Milwaukee Wisconsin railroads require about 1 200 900 000 annually for added facilities to handle growing business, citing higher labor material and equipment costs. George G Boardman, secretary of the Western Railways committee on public relations, gave the figures in an address to the National Association of Retail Secretaries on Saturday.
A band of five robbed the Farmers State Bank of Circleville near Topeka after blowing open the safe and firing at houses as they fled in a car. Police report $3.60 in cash plus a $2.80 Liberty bonus taken from the bank.
The steamship George Washington, after a treasury ruling, arrived off Sandy Hook with 7 cases of liquor unused by passengers. The liquor was hurled into the sea as it returned from Europe.
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday calls for considerable cloudiness with occasional showers in the Great Lakes, Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valley regions. First half of week wet, cooler later. The steamship Hampshire sailed Saturday with forty fewer crew after desertions linked to an army ruling.
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