River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-07-29

Several additions have lately been
made to the married folks society.
c. Hall is among the list.
Two youngsters are added to our CEN
sus enumeration.
Mr.. Benson is improving his prop
erty here little.
Frank Kreoger has threshed his bar
ley which averaged 48 bu. per acre;
also winter wheat, average Is rs bu.
per acre.
Jas. Youmans and C. Fertig have
inst received new threshing engine,
ten horse power.
Many of the boys have gone to Min
nesota to harvest. Wages So per day.
On July 18th i'll Polk county, Wis,
a man named Isaac De Lille suffering
from an attack of dcierious treInors,
escaped from the person having the
care of him. After searching for HIM
8 or days he was found dead. One
more victim Of liking Alcohol
The Bowman boys were visiting here
! last week. Chancey has been very
sick.
The prospecting party that sojourned
in Polk and Barron counties has re-
turned. Their course was through the
western part of St. Croix county to Polk,
via st. CroiX Falls. This section is
very stony and of but little use to
farmers, fact which they seem to be
aware of. The grain near New Rich
mOnd looks WE'LL wheat will average
Is or l6 bu. per acre. st. Croix coun-
ty has justly been styled the garden of
western Wisconsin. From st. CroiX
Falls we started for Clam Falls in the
eastern part of Polk county on Clam
river, 80 miles from ST. CroiX Falls,
and IS from Cumberland. In this sec
ton of the county the soil is very poor
indeed, there being many stones and
slOughS. Some very good timber of
all kinds. There is considerable pine.
but all owned by mill companies.
There are but or families for dis
of % miles, and such roads, you or l
never saw elsewhere. Not team had
been through from Clam Falls to Cum
berland this year. Cumberland, on
the North Wisconsin r. r., is town
of 800 inhabitants; very dull at this
season of the year, but in winter is
said to be very lively. The land here
is owned by railroad and mill compa-
MES. The soil is , or 8 inches deep
with an impregnable clay subsoiL
The timber is oah, maple, elm, bass
wood, pine, tamarack, etc; less of oak
than of other kinds. 0ne-half mile
north of the last named place is Mans
field & Go. S steam saw-mill which cuts
about 80, 600 it. of pine lumber per day
and employs 81 men. Leaving here
we wendell our way toward Barron,
the county seat of Barron Co., a village
about like Ellsworth. I should think.
Ii is situated on Il branch of the Vel
low river - miles S. +. of Cumberland.
This is also 4 duli town In the summer
ume. The soil is somewhat better
here; less stone and pine, but splendid
hardwood timber. Passing s. w.
toward Prairie Farm, we saw some fair
land and some farms openet. Prairie
Farm is quite pretty place, situated
on Hay River 10 miles from Barron.
The principal crop here is Wild hay.
Passing westward we saw the best
land and pine timber of any on our en-
tire route. This is between the last
named place and Clear Lake. r. Il.
land can be had at from $3.50 to So
per acre; also d few pieces of govern
ment land can be had. What few
crops there are here are poor and very
late, and on the whole it is IA much
better hay and stock country than any
thing else. Should any of those who
may read this be tempted to traverse
this part during the summer months
| warn them against the attacks of |
the flies. gnatS and mosquitoes, for |
they are much worse than | can de- |
scribe. They nearly walked of with |
our poor horses. The mosquitoes re-
semble the humming bird il statue.