River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-08-07

! corner 5th, and Spring streets; good
lot, barn and buggy shed. Inquire
of Mrs. John Kelly on premises, or
of Mrs. Sarah Tozer.
Rev. Thomas Masada, the Japan
csc student who was here some three
months ago and spoke in the M. E..
church, will preach for Rev. Snod-
grass next Sunday, morning and
evening.
The new Mckinley postal cards,
which are for sale at the post Office
here, are very neat. The portrait
of the martyred president, which
distinguishes this issue of cards, is
very good one.
Mrs. J. M. Curtiss of River Falls
and Mrs. Abbie Blair of Menomonie
were the guests of Mrs. F. A. Tate
Sunday. They came here on the ex-
cursion train, returning in the even
ing.-Rice Lake Chronotype.
The water was let out of the Prai-
RE Mill pond Sunday TO permit
workmen 10 repair the waste gates
and fume. AS the bottom of the
pond was laid bare the boys had an
exciting time gathering CLANS to
search them for pearls. Some of
them have also been hunting big
carp, with what success we have
not learned.
Prof. A. Otterson, principal of the
Spring Valley High school, was in
the city last Friday. Mr.. Otterson
is a candidate for County Superin-
tendent of Schools, subject to the
endorsement of the Republican
county convention. Prof. Otterson
is a graduate of Beloit College and
a teacher of successful experience.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phineas Pomeroy
and their two daughters, the Misses
Emma and Hermie, Percy ApRob-
erts, Paul and Irene Wadsworth,
Mr.. and Mrs. ] w. Allard, Misses
Warren and Vid1e Finley, Mrs.
Harry Middleton and Benny Spald-
ing spent several days last week
at Deer Island, down the MISSISSIPPI
pi.
"Silver Gu1ch Ranch" a stan
dard comedy drama, will be put on
the stage here August %. The play
will be rendered by cast of home
talent, instructed by Mrs. G. A.
Wilcox, lady eminently competent
for the work, a work in which she
has been engaged for years. The
play is rendered for the benefit of
of the G. A. R. and w. R. C. This
play will be placed on the stage at
Opera Hall August %, at which time
the improvements in the house will
have been completed.
John Reynolds team took a lively
scoot up Main street this morning
running against several vehicles
and calling out the people to see
the finale. Nobody was injured.
The occasion for the runaway was
the misplaced front endboard of
the lumber wagon. The endboard
fell out in front across the evener
and whiffletrees and remained there
constantly striking the horses. Mr..
Reynolds was in the wagon and
had the lines but could not hold the
horses from running as the fallen
endboard had removed any chance
TO brace his feet.
Nothing has been said publicly
about a course of lectures for this
next winter but we take it for grant
ed that such a course will be ar
ranged for. The course given the
community for several years was a
source of much enjoyment. The
popularity of the lectures in the
past and the liberalpatro nage given
them is a sufficient warranty that
one next winter will pay. Our at
tention was called to this subject
by reading an announcement of a
course determined upon by the peo-
pie of Menomonie. They will have
six entertainments Miss Katharine
Ridgeway's Concert being one of
them.
The harvesting of oats is in pro-
gress, rye and barley having been
cut earlier. There was very little
clear wheat sown in this vicinity
this year, but some sown with oats
-succotash-not as much as was
in cultivation last year. Some fax
is raised around here, but this crop
is not yet sufficiently ripe to be cut.
Threshing machines are at work,
threshing rye and barley from the
shock. Grain of all kinds is an ex=
ceptionally large crop. Rye is
turning out from Is to 80 bushels
to the acre, as against half that av-
erage last year. We have not yet
heard how barley turns ont. as the