River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

to dump them into the area south
of the bandstand.
Miss Irma Palms of Greenwood is
visiting her sister, Miss Maggie
Palms, bookkeeper at the Al1ard,
Stewart Co. store.
The Polk County Press, published
at OsceoIa since 1860, has been sold
to Paul Wander Eike, principal of
the Osceola schools.
Maple City Self-Washing soap has
no competitor. There is nothing
Just as good. 1t is the best and the
best is the cheapest always.
A two-days' rummage sale is con
temp1ated to be given the middle of
May for the purpose of raising adj
ditiona1 funds for new bridge.
Miss Anna Foster spent Sunday
here with her sister, Miss Lucina
Foster. She goes to Owatonna next
Monday where she will trim the
coming summer.
Electric lights are the most popu-
lar of any, not because they cost
less in actual money for they do
not, but because Of their better SER
vice and convenience. They are
the perfect light.
Ex-State Superintendent L. D.
Harvey goes to the state of Wash
ington to hold series of teachers
institutes in King county in con-
junction with Superintendent Hart
ranft of that county.
Measles have been more prevalent
in this city this winter than we
have ever known them before. The
disease has interfered considerably
with the attendance in school, es-
pecial1y infhe lower grades.
Miss Esther Wales has resigned
her position as teacher in the
Pioneer school and will return to
her home at River Falls on account
of i'll health. Miss Matilda Smith,
who taught here last year, will take
her room. -Washbur News.
Obed Fusselman, who has been
confined with smallpox for several
weeks is completely recovered from
his illness. The quarantine was
removed last Friday, and Wednes-
day of this week he resumed his
duties in his shop. -Menomonie
Times.
Tuesday evening the trainmen
found such high water on the track
out along beyond Randall's that
they concluded to return to the city
and wait developments. The track
in the meantime was shored
up by the section men with the help
of others and the train pulled out
again for Ellsworth at half past IL.
DR.. E. C. Roberts, Refractionist,
Red Wing, Mimi, will be in River
Falls March Is and 26 at City Hotel
with a full line of fine crystalline
spectac1es and eye glasses. Eyes
examined by the latest approved
scientific methods. Glasses ground
to order to correct weak eyes, etc.
Consultation free, charges reason
able.
The Randall district will build
new school house this summer.
The district comprises over seven
sections of land and is amply able
to provide the funds. The new
building is to be 26 by 46 with r.
foot studding and will be construct
ed with a basement below so as to
be heated by a furnace. Robert
tombstone has the contract to build,
at stipulated price of $1287. This
does not include furnace or other
furnishings.
We have received book of poems
McKays's Poems = composed by
Henry J. Mckay of Wausau, Wis.
It is pretty little book of 40 pages,
printed on good paper and nicely
bound in blue and gold. We are
not much of a critic of poetical
measures and therefore desist from
an expression of the merit of the
contents of the book further than to
say that the verses we have read
seem to have the right jingle and
thelsentiment expressed is pleasing
The Little Forks Guardian, pub
1ished at Little Forks, near Koo-
chiching, Itasca county, Mimi, has
this to say of timber seekers in its
issue of last week: 1t was big
time at Little Fork Sunday night.
Teams poured in loaded with peo-
pie seeking land. They filled every
corner in every stable with horses
and three teams were obliged to
leave town for want of accommoda-