River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-17

White Honey, special &c Id. al
Allard-S Stewart Cos.
Miss Hester Hulst has a goo6
organ for sale at reasonable price
Mrs. Douglas Reed went to Min
neapolis yesterday to visit relatives
The Old Academy Girls had a pic.
mic in the Park to-day with So pres
ent.
Get our prices on groceries, we
can save you money. Allard-Stew-
art Co.
Miss Lucy Baker of st. Paul is a
guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. H. Patterson.
Mrs. Ida c. Robbins of Esau,
Ark, is a visitor at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. P. Carroll.
Mrs. A. Jenness of Hammond Wis
tied in the city last week, guest Of
D. d.
E. w. Everson came down from
Wallum, N D., last week to see his
nephew, Carl Nelson, who is very
sick.
Hal Wilson has bought three
fourths interest in the Prairie Mills.
The trade was consummated this af-
ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Armbruster
and daughter Celia returned the
middle of last week from their trip
to Portland.
w. S. Davis and wife returned
Saturday from their trip to the
Portland fair and other points on
the Pacific coast.
Mrs. Fred Miller of Appleton,
Mimi, accompanied by her chill
dren, is the guest of her mother,
Mrs. Elmira Powell.
The Ladies Aid society of the
Congregational church meet with
Mrs. Spencer, at 2:30 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon.
G. w. Chinook, ST., and wife
and C. N. Wiger and wife leave Sat
urday for a trip to the Lewis &
Clark fair at Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Nichols
and son Roy returned last week
from their trip to Portland, Oregon,
and points in California.
]. E. Downer has moved his fam
lily from Mountain Home, Idaho, to
Seattle, Washington, where Mr..
Downer has employment.
The Cedar street bridge is to be
replanked. The committee on
streets has bought lot of Pinch
elm plank for the purpose.
The telephone company are put
ting up long poles to replace the
shorter ones in the north part of the
city and out toward Hudson.
The population of River Falls, as
given in the Blue Book was, in 1890,
1888; 1895, 1853; 1900, zoos; 1905,
$500. Prescott had in 1890, 811; in
1895, 966; in 1900, 1902; in 1905, 800.
Friday evening at O'Clock p. m.
Rev. ]. M. Shulene, acting pastor of
the First Swedish Baptist church,
ST. Paul, will preach in this city
at the Baptist church in the Swedish
language.
w. L. Hodge has returned from a
months trip through the West, hav-
ing visited Denver, Salt Lake City,
Portland, Seattle, Spokane, and
other places, including Pixies Peak,
which he climbed.
The Mahara Minstre1s played
here Thursday evening. They are
a fine lot of musicians. The band
and orchestra comprise players of
superior excellence. The concert
was a very satisfactory one.
The pump at the upper station is
in use to furnish the city with drink
ing water. None is needed from
this source for the lawns, as Jupiter
Pluvius has recently saturated
them with all the water they will
require for long time. The middle
power station is shut down in order
that some necessary repairs may be
made to the hume, etc. The cleo
tric lights will be operated by power
from the lower dam.
The street drinking fountains are
a great convenience and are highly
appreciated. They are always
available for watering horses, but
half the time there is no cup attach
ed from which a person may secure
a drink. This despoiling the foun-
tains of the drinking cups is get
ting to be an exasperating annoy
ance. The vandals that destroy
these cups, out of mere wantonness,
should be punished. The City