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


Prof. L. H. Clark visited schools
in the southern part of the state
this week.
Will McKahn of Eau Claire visit.
ed his mother here couple of days
last week.
i Arthur Foss of Martell was re-
cent visitor at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Irwin Eaton.
Mrs. B. Vannatta went to Mime
apolis Saturday to visit her daugh-
ter, J. w. Cograve.
Seats on sale for 1.-THE Temple
| Quartette" at Taggart's drug store
Saturday, Jan. 6, at 8 a. m.
The Barber Shops of the city will
close at 500 o'clock p. m. after this
date, except on Saturday nights.
Do you not know that you can get
satisfactory haircut and smooth
shave at Chris, the Barber's?"
Mrs. George Mcintyre, who spent
New Years here at the home of her
uncles, the Hea1y Brothers, accom-
panied by her daughter Mile, re-
turned to her home at ST. Peter,
Mimi, yesterday.
The Milwaukee Sentinel issued at
the beginning of the year 56-page,
four-column magazine, pages 10x15
inches, in exposition of the trade
features of the city of Milwaukee
for the year 1905.
Through the Sault st. Marie can
al the past year 21,679 vessels pas
sed, carrying freight to the amount
of A, 27O, $50 tons, while the vessels
navigating the Canadian canal car
ried 5,468, 400 tons.
Fred Mcintyre, who had been
pharmacy clerk in the Gatchell drug
store at Hudson for several years,
has been engaged by the Tubs
Medicine Co., has moved to this
city, occupying Mrs. Whitcomb's
house.
Albert Brown came up from Riv-
er Falls and has been engaged in
the White Rock meat market, TAX
ing the place Of Chr. Christensen
who leaves the latter part of the
week for Hutchinson, Minn.-White
Rock Is. d. Journal.
The home of Betsey Ross in Phil
adelphia where the first American
flag was designed has been bought
for the nation by the contributed
dimes of 100000 Americans. This
was done under the auspices of the
Betsey Ross memorial association.
There is some talk that Putnam
Gray will rebuild his famous, "Cra-
zy Mans Castle" below Minneisa,
which was dismantled last Summer
and which he was so many years
building, using the fotsam and Jet
sam of the Mississippi
Tribune.
The stockholders of the River
Falls Fire Insurance Co. (Farmers')
held their annual meeting at the
Gladstone Hotel Saturday, Dec. 80.
The old officers were reelected
A. w. Stiles, President; L. Spal-
ding, Treasurer; G.. w. Chinook,
Secretary.
The Married Peoples Dance will
be held at Opera Hall Friday night,
Jan. 12,-one week from tomorrow
night. Pepin's Orchestra of, ST.
Paul will furnish the music. All
married men are invited to attend
and bring their ladies. Dance tick
cts $1.0O; supper SOC per couple.
Supper will be served in Odd Fell
lows hall by Yocum & Deans.
Gilbert Norseng and wife went to
Rice Lake Saturday to spend New
Years with Mrs. Norseng's sister,
Mrs. O. H. Ingram, Jr. They were
accompanied by Mrs. Norseng's
mother, Mrs. S. Nelson and Mrs.
Nelson's daughter Bessie. Gilbert
and his wife have returned but Mrs.
Nelson will remain at Rice Lake
with her daughter for the winter
and Miss Bessie goes the last of the
week to resume her school at Minot,
n. D.
The Hon. Whitelaw Reid, our am
bassador TO England, is an example
of man who spends more money
than he earns. AS minister to the
court of st. James he receives an
annual stipulation of ST., 800 while
his expenses for year are said to
amount to $15O,O0O. He pays
$45, 900 year for rent of his Lon
don residence, and $4,000 season
for summer residence 40 miles