River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-05-14

Richard Henry Stoddard, the
poet, died in New York City, Tues
! day.
Grass is m aking splendid
growth as is rye. Spring grain is
coming up and on nicely.
The crow bounty bill has passed
both houses and-was recalled and
is now under consideration!
The school textbook bill was
properly killed in the assembly, but
80 of the solons voted in favor.
A convention of physicians and
surgeons from.all over the United
States, Canada and Europe is being
held in Washington.
The landscape is covered with a
carpet of living green, dotted all
over with the brilliant flowers of the
dandelion. 1t is real pretty.
P. E. DeMille, Doctor of Dental
Surgery, will make his next regular
visit here, with Office at the Glad
stone, the week beginning May Is.
The woman suffrage bill had been
killed and buried but the assembly
raised it out of it's tomb Monday
night by vote of reconsideration
and killed it again.
State Superintendent Cary has
prepared a beautiful and useful
manual on Memorial Day to aid the
schools in preparation for exercises
appropriate to the occasion.
Secretary Shaw's refunding
scheme proves a great success.
About SOS, 100000 of 8 and 4 per
cent. bonds have been taken up and
2 per cents to run until 1908 sub
stituted.
Are you fitted for good position?
If not, what are you doing to be-
come fitted? The International
Correspondence Schools can fit you
for your chosen occupation. See
next issue.
An irreverent humorist distin-
guished himself Friday by the per-
tinent selection of a term while
passing the site of the "rummage"
sale. Noticing the accumulation of
dere1ictS on sale he remarked it as
a garbage" sale.
County Judge Arnquist of St.
Croix county goes to Europe on a
visiting trip this summer, to be gone
about three months. Judge Weld
will attend to the business of the
court in St. Croix during the alb
sence of Judge Arnquist.s
Owing to some changes in my
plans | will not use the 5o,cords of
rock which | have accumulated. |
therefore offer to sell choice build
ing stone, delivered to any part of
the city, at current values.
w. H. PUTNAM.
The Telephone Company has re-
adjusted rates for service. Here
after a subscriber will pay $1.O0 a
month for a wall telephone and $1.50
for a desk telephone. This with
out to11-line service. With toll-line
service the rates are $1.00 month
higher.
The teachers institute for ST.
Croix county will be held at New
Richmond this summer instead of
at Hammond as heretofore. 1t
will begin July 6 and last ten days.
Prof. A. H. Fletcher of the Normal
and c.. ]. Brewer of New Richmond
will be the instructors.
Suit was brought against DR.. Pat
rick of Baldwin, as health officer,
because he failed to report certain
cases of smallpox. 1t was tried be-
fore Judge Arnquist on Wednesday
and non-suited on the ground that
there existed at the time no legal
board Of health. -Hudson True Re-
publican.
We are getting more than a suf-
fciency of wetness for present use.
The ground was saturated with
water before the rains of the past
week. 1t commenced to rain Satur-
day afternoon and kept at it for
most of the time until Tuesday
afternoon. During this time about
three inches of rain fell.
DR.. E. C. Roberts, refractionist,
of Red Wing, Mimi, will be in River
Falls May % and 20 at City Hotel,
with full line of fine crystalline
spectacles 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.