River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-25
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| Black Cat Hosiery at R. N. Jen
on's.
Most of the teachers of the Nor.
NAL attended the Teachers Associa
ton meeting at Eau Claire Friday
and Saturday, but the school was
in session as usual and the pupils
executed their assigned tasks with
accustomed regularity and precis-
ion. Their conduct was above
criticism.
Judge H. S. Comstock of Cum
berland has bought and assumed
the conduct of the Cumberland Ad-
vocate which, for the past six years,
has been published by Tom o. Ma
son. Mr.. Mason is an enterprising
newspaper man and made the Ad-
vocate power. The new manage
ment will maintain it's reputation.
August Boals has sold his in
terest in the Model Bakery to Rich
ard Hagg, formerly clerk in the
clothing store of H. A. Hagestad &
Co. Mr. Yocum has moved to Get
tysburg, S. D., where he has
bought the restaurant business of
E. H. Lagerstedt. Mr.. Hagg
has many friends here who wish
| him success in his new venture.
The Democratic party is always
demanding economy in government
administration, but the platform of
the party in this state insists upon
the abolition of the constitutional
debt limit of counties, cities, and
villages. That plank could not
have been very carefully inspected
by flair minded Democrats" The
scheme is radical, radically wrong.
The present debt limit is 5 per cent.
Extravaganza would follow the re-
moval of this limit with burdensome
taxes.
Increase in Farm Values" is
the subject of an essay. We are
curious to inspect the causes of
that increase, suspecting that
the author has mistaken value"
for price. Farm lands here 80
years ago produced Is bushels OF
wheat to the acre, when wheat sold
at upwards of a dollar bushel.
The soil had not been exhausted OF
it's fertility. Are these lands more
valuable now than they we're then?
Price is not sure measure ofvalue.
The true value of farm land is de-
termined by it's productive capacity
and the market value of it's produce
taken in connection with the cost of
tillage.
The weather has for the most of
this month been favorable for bust
ness and of nature for enjoyment,
but Tuesday evening rain storm
set in and continued until late in
the day yesterday. A great deal of
rain fell and as a consequence the
ground is very soft and the roads
muddy. Toward the last Of the
storm few flakes of snow came
along with the rain but not enough
to whiten the sidewalks and we are
more fortunate than localities west
which have been afflicted with biz
yards. This afternoon the sun is
shining and a gentle breeze is blow
ing from the south. The grass is
yet green as in summer but the
leaves have fallen and lie about in
vast profusion for the foliage was
especially abundant.
Geo. w. Chinook of this city en-
tiers the race for state senator as an
independent candidate. Charles
Donohue of New Richmond, who
was put forward by the Democratic
committee as the candidate of their
party, refuses to run and it is not
likely that any other candidate will
enter the field. w. c. Owen of
Maiden Rock was named by the
senatorial committee as the Repub-
lican candidate. The committee
was in doubt of its power to legally
certify to the nomination and sug-
gested that Owen file under the sec
ton of the primary law providing
for individual nominations. On
the ground that the committee had
no authority in the premises the su-
preme court was asked for an order
to prevent the placing of Mr.. Ow-
ems name on the ballot as the Re-
publican candidate for state sena-
tor for the 10th district, but the
court refused to entertain the plea
because there was not time for ar
gument of the case.
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