River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-11-02

| At Opera Hall Saturday night
will appear, in the title role, Geo.
w. Miltimore, rip Van Wrinkle. =
Band and orchestra.
The Rummage and Fancy Sale of
the Congregational Ladies Aid So
ciety will be held in the vacant
building next to Ritchey's store
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8 and 4.
In addition to other articles Mexican
drawn work will be on sale for Csc
| up.
| Prof. Sims opened the meeting of
the Western Wisconsin Teachers
association at Sparta Thursday
evening by an address on the sub
ject "The Impulse to Initiative. !"
Excerpts from this address will be
| published in the JOURNAL as we
find space for it.
We have saved three men in this
city over 100000 of insurance pre-
miums. We have saved the citizens
of River Falls thousands of dollars.
You can insure with us for one-half
what you are paying the stock COM
panies. Why not insure with us?
RIVER FALLS CRY MUTUAL FIRE
INs. Co.
A large amount of potatoes is be-
ing shipped from this station. The
price is good, SO that although the
yield is not up TO the average the
advanced price makes the smaller
crop more remunerative than a
larger crop and lower prices. There
is not so much expense in gathering
the smaller crop.
Rev. E. E. Clough left Monday
afternoon to accompany his daugh-
ter, Miss Jessie, to California where
she will spend the winter with her
sister, Mrs. Pearman, at Pasadena.
Mr.. C1ough expected to be gone
about three weeks. Mrs. Clough
and Miss Stella went with the Doc
tor and Miss Jessie as far as Mime
apolis.
President Brier and Professors
Clark, Wilson and Fletcher of the
Normal school faculty attended the
meeting of county teachers held at
Trimbe1le last Saturday. Mr.. Brier
spoke on the subject 1.-THE Prepare
ton of the Teacher" and the other
gentlemen took part in the discus
sions of the various subjects pre-
sented to the meeting.
Apples are high and not, in gen
eral, of the best quality. AS a con-
sequence the market is dull. Good
apples sold last week at $500 bar
rel in St. Paul by the car lots. A
car of apples was shipped here last
week that found no purchasers, the
merchants being unwilling to pay
the price asked and the owner of
the apples sent the car away.
Chas. w. Ogden's company of
players presented Rip Van Winkle'
to large audience here on Tues
day night, and gave the play-goers
of the city a treat. Mr.. Mite
more as rip" and Miss Lawrence
as Gretchen were especially good.
The company throughout showed
careful preparation and deserves
the hearty support Of all play-goers.
Their performance was one of the
best presented here this season.
Amigo Journal.
Henry Jensen, now one of the Of
ficers on board the batt1eship Wis
consin in the East, in letter to his
relatives here mentions incidents of
the visit of Miss Alice Roosevelt to
the Wisconsin while at Japan. Mr..
Jensen and another young officer of
the Wisconsin were invited by Miss
Roosevelt to take breakfast with
her, an invitation which they were
pleased TO accept. Mr.. Jenson says
he found the Presidents daughter
very entertaining hostess.
Hal1owe en- came and passed, and
we have heard of no serious conse-
quences of the event. There are
boys in all ages with boyish charac-
teristics. The fellow who begrudges
the boy his innocent fun has soured
on his own boyhood or else he was
always a clam. The only results of
Halloween pranks thar we have
noticed were void of serious damage
or inconvenience to anybody. The
boys had probably read the health
officers "Notice to Clean Up"
and took the initiative in some cases
so as to render the job easier for
those concerned.
We learn from the Superior Even