River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-12

AS the snow disappears the grip
seems to tighten its grip and to
grasp almost everybody in its en-
brace.
There seems to be much sickness
in the country as we'll as in the city
in consequence of the prevalence of
measles and the grip.
Wonder if the author of the bill
to give bounty for crows head
is also the author of the story that
flock of crows recently killed
horse?
Painting and paper hanging; also
as fine line of wall paper samples
as ever shown. Estimates cheer
fully furnished. VIM. F. KoHN.
Residence next to w. E. Houston.
A. w. Trenholm has been APP
pointed general manager of the
Omaha Railway system to succeed
the late Walter A. Scott. Mr.. Tren-
holm is promoted from general
superintendent.
The Cumberland Advocate of last
week was a 20-page edition, illus
trated with many of the evidences
of Barron county's prosperity in
buildings and farms and varied
scenery with descriptive text.
Referring to our special ribbon
sale advertisement in last weeks
JOURNAL, in place of No. 60-4H
in. wide at 32c-it should read No.
80 z in. wide at CSC.
ALLARD, STEWART Co.
If this were three weeks later we
might have confidence in appear
ances and conclude that spring was
just a little way off, but we are
suspicious that the whole thing
the south wind, the disappearing
snow, the running water, the green
of the grass where the ground shows
up, the robins returning big
bluff.
Geo. w. Chinook of River Falls
was in Hudson on business Satur-
day. George has been a prominent
resident of St. Croix valley for more
than fifty years, and has been
reader of the bible and the Star
Times, the greater portion of all
that long period. That is the kind
of literature that makes great and
good citizens. Hudson Star-Times.
Mrs. David Blakeney entertained
Monday at luncheon in honor of
her guest, Mrs. Addison Ewing, a
prominent club woman of River
Falls. The decorations were in
white and gold, the colors of the
Reading club. Her guests were
Mrs. A L. Ewing, River Falls,
Mrs. Stevenson, Marinette, Wis,
and Mrs. E. ]. Treat, Mrs. Colligan,
Mrs. Converse and Mrs. Herbert
McKusick. Saltwater Gazette.
The Weiss Bros, Oscar and
Hugh, have recently purchased a
farm of 200 acres in Kinnickinnic.
This farm includes the old Grover
Adams place of 100 acres and 80
acres of the old Tubbs farm.
Oscar moved his household goods
down from Minneapolis last week
and he and his wife have located on
the farm. Mrs. Oscar Weiss has
been staying with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. David Campbell, of this
city since her sickness of the first
of the winter.
Tobacco is to be more general
crop in Wisconsin than heretofore.
The great drawback against it's
cultivation is early frost, but frost
nips corn as readily as tobacco.
The Augusta Eagle says Frank
Meggett, living near Augusta, raised
$4,000 pounds from nine acres the
past year and ]. C. Severson had
$4,000 pounds from sixteen acres.
Altogether there was an area of "a
acres planted there and the product
brought on an average $93.28 an
acre.
The snow is about all gone and
everybody has been looking for
great and rapid rise of water in the
river. The river however has not
risen in accordance with the general
expectation. The reason is appar-
ent. There was scarcely any frost
in the ground under the snow and
the most of the water has just gone
down into the ground. This is bet
ter for the land into which it has
penetrated and better for the people
in the country on the lower Missis-
sippi who are literally in the
SWIM
Afternoon with Robert Burns.
Monday afternoon, March 2, the
WON ans RaadinU p111b was in