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

Chicago market reports show wheat
to be selling at 80 cents; corn at A;
oats at IS. Hogs sell at $6.75 to
Sis per hundred pounds.
]. B. Jensen, formerly county
clerk of Pierce county, writes from
near Petersburg, Va, to the Water
Welt (Mich.) Record. F. Cases
paper-in strain that indicates
that he is very much pleased with
the country.
The Pepin Star will move into new
quarters prepared with new app1i-
ances. The paper, that has been
printed on an army press, is here
after to be printed on a Potter
cylinder press. New type is also to
be in use in its printing.
Rice Lake will own and operate
it's waterworks after this date. An
election was had the 9th ultimo to
see if the city should buy the plant
for $4,000. The vote in favor was
practically unanimous 3O1 for to
Is against. The council will Dor
row the money of the state.
Sun time is now IS minutes slow.
About the middle of April he will
have caught up with the clock. Sun
time will agree with the clock on
four different occasions during the
year-the middle of April, the mid
die of June, the first of September
and the middle of December.
AS the snow disappears the grass
shows up as green as it was last
summer. A few days of thawing
and afew nights of freezing weather,
however, turns it brown, If it did
not freeze the grass would probably
remain as green as it is under the
snow, and. warm weather would
start it growing.
If brand of soap runs along
month after month, showing healthy
and permanent growth in the num-
Der of friends won, it will be gener-
ally admitted that it possesses I'M
usual merit. For Is years Maple City
Self-Washing Soap has been recog-
nized as the leading hard water
soap in the world.
Why Acknowledgement Sturde-
want should consider supervisors
city officers, in the same sense the
mayor, assessor and treasurer are
CITY officers, is not plain. These Of
ficials have nothing to do in city
affairs. They are simply members
of the county board the same as are
the chairmen of the towns.
Harry K. Huntoon of Hudson, for
many years the popular travelling
representative of the Minnesota
Mercantile Company of Saltwater,
has lately been elected to the vice
presidency of that concern. Mr..
Huntoon has been a stakeholder and
travelling agent of the company
since it's organization in 1888.
William Hawley Smith has his
say at the Congregational church
next Monday night. His lecture,
talk, conversation, recitation, or
whatever head his discourse may
come under, ought to be interesting.
He has been in the business a long
time and this is pretty good evi-
dence that he is popular as a lee
turer.
We want to do your feed grinding.
We have a sharp set of rolls and
can turn out a grist in very short
space of time. New settlers will be
surprised to learn that when you
come to our mill with 20 sacks of
oats to grind you will need 20 emp
ties, making about double the bulk
you bring. We buy all kinds of
grain, baled hay and straw, and
keep constantly on hand the Mime
apo1is Flour, Bran and Shorts. Our
reputation for fair dealing should
assure you that we deserve your
patronage. CASCADE MILLS.
w. H. PUTNAM.
The people of Broadhead are hav-
ing a scrap about school matters.
Taylor Frye is principal of the
school and he had secured the res
ignation of one of the teachers,
Miss Stuck, of Milwaukee. Upon
the departure Of Miss Stuck the
pupils organized a strike" and
left school. Last Saturday night a
meeting of citizens in sympathy
with the discharged teacher held
meeting and passed resolutions de-
handing of the school board the
reinstatement of Miss Stuck or the
resignation of Mr.. Frye, or as an
alternative that the board resign.
If the board refused to act accord
ing to the suggestions of the reso-
luton it was voted to take legal
action to accomplish the object in
view.