River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-01-25

| Notice the big discount on all fur
goods at R. N. Jenson's store.
Mrs. Maria Weed of Downing is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. S. A.
Dunbar.
J. R. Henderson is under the
weather and confined to the house,
but is improving.
If you attend the Firemen's dance
at Ellsworth next Friday night you
will be sure of good time.
Chas. Purves is in Samaritan
Hospital, Philadelphia, recovering
from severe sickness with typhoid
fever.
Sherlock Wales and wife will
leave in a few days to join the Riv-
er Falls colony sojourning in south
ern California for the winter. News
papers report some weather at Los
Angeles that partakes much of the
characteristics of our own winter
climate. In fact it was warmer in
Wisconsin and Illinois last week
than it was for some days on the
Pacific coast.
w. P. Peckham received a tele-
gram Tuesday announcing the
death of his sister-in-law, Miss
Helen Willard. She died at her
home at Southport, S. D., Tuesday,
Jan. %. Many people in this city
knew the deceased as she visited
here several times while her sister,
Mrs.W. P. Peckham, was living and
was here at the time of Mrs. Peck
hams death, in November 1898.
The managers of western railway
lines, at meeting held in Chicago
the first of the month, decided to
inaugurate the low colonists rates
to the coasts and intermediate
points earlier than usual. The low
one-way rates will begin Feb. IS
and cease April 7. These rates will
be as heretofore-$15 less than the
| lowest regular fare. The fare to
the coast from ST. Paul will be $25-
The game warden business has
| been brought into such discredit in
the last three or four years that few
men are hankering for that sort of
a Job, and the most of those who
would take it haven't the ability or
the disposition for better work. In
the recent civil examinations for
appointment to positions under the
pay of the state there were stiff
cient number of applicants to fill
all places except game wardens.
The epidemic of smallpox that
has afflicted almost every COM
munity in the United States at
sometime within the last six years
has about run it's course. The dis
ease was introduced to many COM
munities by soldiers returning from
Cuba or the Philippines. In Mime
sofa, as is given by the Secretary
of the State Board of Health, there
were reported $4,000 cases of small
pox in the last six years. About
200 people died from the disease.
Colds are a common complaint
and some cases of grip are report
ed. In mild, damp weather, one is
he is in severe cold weather. This
is partly due to conditions and part
ly attributable to the victims own
carelessness. Dampness, with the
temperature near the freezing point,
will cause penetrating chill when
though very cold the dry air does not
seem to chill so much. Another
reason why we are 1iable'to take
cold on a warm winter day is be-
cause we persist in standing around
on the street but when it is pretty
cold out we hustle along to get in
where it is warmer.
The sidewalks are dangerously
slippery for footpads. The frequent
heavy snowfalls with high winds
made it practically impossible to
keep the walks clear of snow. Then
the softening weather came reduc-
ing the tramped snow on the walks
which in that state froze tight to
the boards and stone. This ice
sticks so persistently to the walks
as to make the process of its re-
moval by manual effort a discour-
aging job. A remedy against Slip
ping may be found in sprinkling
the icy walks with dry sand or ash
es. Some object to this process be-
cause il makes the beautiful snow
look dirty. 1t is displeasing to
aesthetic taste. But little dirt
that displeases the sight under the
/ circum stances r1iQ hit save the nerv-