River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-01-04


ed the Firemen's ball at Ellsworth
I New Years night.
Miss Nora Christensen of ST.
Paul is visiting relatives here,
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. E1ertson.
Miss Annie Smith was home from
her studies in the Lawrence Univer-
sity at Appleton through the vaca-
ton.
The installation of the officers
elect or Pocahontas Tribe has been
postponed to next Wednesday eve
ming.
Mrs. J. Tricky of South St Paul,
accompanied by her son Harold, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Matt.
Elertsop.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Maddox of
Maddox, N. D., are visiting at the
home of the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Silas Symes.
w. S. Armstrong is entertaining
his sister and her husband-Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Hynds of Lumsden,
Saskatchewan, N. w. T.
Fred Harding of Husdon is in the
city to-day. He was student at
the Normal last year but is now at
tending the University of Minneso-
| ia.
A dozen Masons and quite num-
Der of other River Falls people at
tended the funeral over the remains
Of Judge Hancock at Ellsworth
Monday.
Miss Josephine Johnson was the
recipient of a beautiful holiday
present, statuette of Longfellow,
loving gift of her former pupils of
the public school.
The Beaver Queens will meet with
Mrs. Fitzsimmons tomorrow (Fri-
day. evening. There will be cleo
ton of officers so all members are
requested to be present.
The surplus poultry product of
Missouri last year-being the
amount shipped out of the counties
brought $3l ,642, 1852, and this was
but two-ffths of the amount raised,
three-ffths being consumed at
home. If the whole amount was
valued in proportion to what was
sold the product was worth nearly
$50, 900, 900.
The new year made it's advent
with the worst snowstorm we have
known for years. 1t showed Tues
day night, all day Wednesday and
into the night. The wind was in
the southeast with the temperature
about the freezing point. To-day
the wind is blowing from the north
west and the snow is drifted. 1t is
claimed as much as Is inches of
snow fell.
Miss Belle Deans of this city,
teacher in the Moorhead Normal
school, read paper before the Ele-
mentary Section at the meeting of
the State Teachers Association at
St. Paul the 28th ult. The subject
of her essay was Work Done on
Narration in the Moorhead Normal
School Grades The paper elicit
ed cordial approval and commenda-
ton from the teachers who heard it.
The members of the Meringo Gun
Club held their annual banquet last
Saturday night at the Gladstone
Hotel. The members after the ban
quet spent the evening in social con-
verse, cards and other pleasing d.
versions, at Redmen's hall. Pres
ent besides the resident members
were JOuu dOS01 WILL lCllAlLS c1uSA
Alex Ross of Hudson, DR.. P. E.
DeMille, John MILFORD and Ed. Kin
ney of Baldwin and P. Isaacson,
Rob. Robson, DR.. Perkins and w.
w. Walsingham of Ellsworth.
At the meeting of the State
Teachers Association at Milwau-
kee last week Prof. J. F. Sims, In
stitute Conductor of the Normal
school here, was elected President
of the Association for the ensuing
year. The election was stubbornly
contested by six candidates. Four
of the candidates dropped out of
the race leaving in the field, Prof.
Sims and Prof. Geo. Shuts, Insti-
tute Conductor of the Whitewater
Normal. The final ballot resulted
in 312 votes for Prof. Sims and 246
for Prof. Shuts, when, following
the motion of Prof. Shuts the cleo
ton of Sims was made unanimous.
The people of this community are
especially gratifed over the election
of Professor Sims TO this important