River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-07-06

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Trimbelle last Saturday j. T. Bed
dali was elected president of the
company and Ed. Halliday secre-
tary.
County Clerk Hoh1e issued IL
cense the past week for the mar
riage of Peter Carlson of ST. Croix
county to Miss Alma DIN of this
city.
If any readers of this paper have
pianos that need tuning they should
at once call on N. Olson, an expert
tuner, at the Gladstone hotel. He
also repairs and tunes organs.
AT a meeting of the executive
committee of the st. Croix Valley
Veterans Association it was decid-
ed to hold the next reunion at Pres
colt. Abe Gray of Prescott was
elected president of the Association.
Louis Huber was out from Ellis
worth Monday. He has sold his
hotel, the Huber House, which he
had run for nearly thirty years, to
John Roatch, who took possession
July 1st.
Miss Carrie Henderson returned
last week from New York City where
she had graduated from the School
of Domestic Science. She has been
elected to a school in Spokane,
Washington, and will be the first
teacher of Domestic Science in that
state.
Wait until the twenty-frst. The
Firemen will have the remainder of
their celebration that afternoon and
evening. There will be large pro-
gram of sports, and the grand dis
play of fireworks prepared for Tues
day, to conclude with dance in
the evening. Remember the date,
The weather man has promised a
fair Ellsworth Herald.
J. Q. Emery, commissioner under
the pure food law, has recently Sc
cured the conviction of 19 cases
brought for violation of the pure
food laws. Of these fifteen cases
were for selling adulterated milk;
one for selling lemon extract adul-
terated with wood alcohol; two for
selling adulterated cream of tartar
and one for selling unwholesome
butter.
The Legislature passed law pro-
viding for an inspector of rural
schools. The official is to be ap-
pointed and to devote his entire
time to the inspection of these
schools. This completes the de-
mand for an inspection of all public
schools, as there is now an inspector
of high schools; an inspector of
graded schools and an inspector of
ungraded schools.
Apples have been successfully
raised in some favorable localities
in Pierce county but on the whole
much disappointment has been the
lot of those experimenting with the
raising of apple trees, The lati-
tude is not altogether responsible
for the failure, as in the east part
of the state and over in Michigan
apples are profitably grown further
north and even on the shores of
Lake Superior in this state apple
trees mature and bear we'll.
1.-THE longest way round is the
shortest way home" and sometimes
the safest-as for instance going
round by the depot to get TO Cedar
street on Main. Between Pine and
Cedar streets, where the sidewalk
used to was" several years ago,
there is now a great long hole in the
ground, where when it rains, there
is a lake and between showers a
mud puddle of dirty water. The
city fathers would sue out writ of
injunction" against the deluge
were it not that they hope soon to
make conjunction" of the side
walks.
The county superintendent of
schools, elected April s, took the
oath of office and entered upon
their duties July l, Supt. Ingli re-
tires and G. w. Weldon assumes
the duties of the office in this coun-
ty. Mr.. Ingli has been faithful,
efficient and industrious official. He
interested himself in the welfare of
the schools and worked inceS sanity
for their advancement. Mr.. We'll
don has manifested his interest in
school work in the capacity of
teacher and will no doubt labor in
dustrously for the advantage of the
public school system of the county.
Miss Alma Elertson went to St.
Paul Saturday to visit her aunt,
Mrs. Tricky who was about to
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