River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-10

| ing at j K. Henderson S store.
Eggs from full b1ooded Black
Spanish hens for sale by Mrs. Joe
Jensen at SO cents a dozen. Those
desiring to purchase call at resid-
ence, north 18th street.
Mrs. ]. R. Henderson, who had
been at the Sanitariurn in Hudson
| for week or two, ruturned Satur-
day accompanied by her daughter,
Miss Eva, who had been attending
| her.
At its regular meeting last week
the Council of the City of Prescott
voted the G. A. r. post of that place
$500 to go toward the expense of
the Post in preparing for the observ-
ance of Memorial Day.
We have received copy of the
first number of The Grain Growers
Journal, a monthly published at
Minot, N. D. C. S. Dodge, former
ly of this city, is interested in the
publication, and is vice-president
and mechanical manager of the
printing establishment.
The Cadet Band played on the
street Friday noon as an announce
ment to the drama, "The Blue and
the Gray" at Opera Hall in the eve-
ming. The boys show marked i'm
provement with their instruments.
They are preparing to give con-
cert at Opera Hall the 24th.
Ilwaco Spring Water has been
put on the market at the extremely
low price of fve-cents a gallon for
a few months only in order to in
troduce it. The price will be raised
in the fall. Many are taking ad1
vantage of this opportunity in Riv-
er Falls and elsewhere.
The attendance at the State Uni
versity is the largest in it's history.
The catalogue for the year, recently
issued, shows that there are 3,571
students on the rolls of the institu
ton. This is more than double the
number in attendance ten years ago,
as in 1896 there were enrolled LIP.
1.-THE Blue and the Gray was
patronized by the largest audience
of the season. Four rows of extra
seats were placed in Opera Hall and
every seat was occupied while a
number of people were obliged to
take up with the accommodations
of place to stand. The play was
rendered with excellent satisfaction.
In decorating the Pierce county
court house the building committee
will have some of the beauty spots
of local scenery represented. Pho
tographs of several of the most ro-
mantle places in the county, nota-
bly, of the Dalles in this city and the
lake scenery at Maiden Rock, have
been made which will be decorated
into the court house interior.
i The seed trust did not succeed in
stopping the free distribution of
seeds by Congress as it had persist
emily lobbied to do. It had promot-
ed a vigorous campaign to prevent
an appropriation by the House Com
mittee and had so far succeeded for
the committee left out the custom
airy sum in making it's recommended
tions to the House but when the bill
came up for passage an amendment
/ for free seeds carried.
/ The JOURNAL has received a fine
ly executed pamphlet of % pages,
9x12 inches, "The Valley of Con-
tent" describing and illustrating
Glendale, and vicinity in the state
of Oregon. The pamphlet is issued
by Harry N. Pratt and VIM. E..
Homme. Mr.. Homme is publisher
of the Glendale News. Harry. as
most Of his friends here know, is
one of the founders and cashier of
the Glendale State Bank. He is
also secretary Of the Glendale Real
Estate Agency.
| San Francisco before the earth
| quake had a population of 400, 900.
1t is stated in the daily papers that
up to last Friday the railways had
carried from the city 225, 200 and all
these were transported free. Many
of these refugees went as far east
as Chicago. 1t is said that the fare
of these refugees, collected at the
regular rates, would amount to
more than 100000 and the free
transportation of freight by the
railways will bring their donations
to the stricken people of San Fran
cisco up to $1,O00,000 And yet
Corporations have no souls" 1t
would seem however that they have