River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-23

+ NOISSt-CQVSr emDTO1QerteS worth
up to SOC, special CSC at Allard-
Stewart Co.'s.
The anti-cigarette bill has passed
the legislature, making the manu-
facture and sale of cigarettes in this
state unlawful. How the law will
affect the kid who wraps his tobac-
co in piece of old newspaper is
not plain.
II was noticeable that although
there was long spell of severely
cold weather the past winter it COM
menced late and the winter was an
unusually short one with many sun
ny days and few stormy ones. Nor
was the ground frozen nearly as
deep as it was the previous winter.
The statement comes from the
railway men that 5000, 900, 900 will
be expended in the United States
Ills odhiiAiCL III AdiWdy OuAi0AuSs
including improvements upon exist
ing tracks. This means business
lots of it. Railway activity is
sure sign of the existence of good
times in trade.
Tuesday night people were awak-
ened from their slumber by the
sound of thunder. A shower, &C.
companied by thunder and light
ming, reminds US that summer is
advancing towards this latitude.
The sun crossed the equator to-
wards the north the 21st of March
when the days and nights all over
the earth are of equal length.
The battleship Minnesota is to be
launched the 9Th of April. Gov.
Johnson suggested that the ship be
christened by breaking a bottle Oh
water from Minnehaha Falls over
it's bow. The contractors refused
to allow the use of water, alleging
that it was customary to use wine.
Prohibitionists should be satisfied
by having the wine thrown away in
this manner. Somebody might have
got drunk on that DO title.
The village of Spooner in Wash
burn county is having something of
boom but the conditions there in
dictate a permanence of prosperity
for the town. The country about is
being rapidly developed by good
class of settlers. Railway facilities
are ample, IA trains passing through
the village daily. The railway COM
panies are adding ten miles of side
track. A dam is to be built across
the river that passes through the
town to furnish water for system
of waterworks and power for cleo
trio lights. This dam will be suf-
fciently high to give good pres
sure, thus insuring the most
economical operating. The village
builds new school house this sum-
mer.
If gold is dug out of the ground
or the solid rock and coined, money
is made. The act of getting it is
measure of its value. So with rails
ing articles of food from the soil
vegetables, grains, cattle, etc. In
many transactions no money is
MADE-what one gets in addition to
what he has put in some one else
loses. Gambling does not increase
the pile of coin. The Cumberland
Free Press tells Of a transaction
that occurred in that town last
week where man GAINED-he did
not MAKE-$37 in the following
transactions:
A man named Gus Moulett came
to town one afternoon with span
of horses and without going off the
main street he traded four times
and at night went home with the
original team and $36 in his pockets
as the result of his trades.
Corset-cover embroideries worth
up to SOC, special Csc at Allard-
Stewart Co. S.
Seven counties = Buffalo, Dunn,
Marathon, Manitowoc, Richland,
Waupaca and Wood maintain train
ing schools for teachers. In sever
al of these counties these schools
have been in operation five or six