River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-08-29
We are so overcrowded this week
that we are "swamped."

visiting relar1VeS IN the city.
Combined business and residence
property on Main street for sale
Inquire of F. Engdahl.
Miss Myrtle Rollins of Superior
is visiting relatives in the city
guest of the Glas families.
Mrs. A. McKeen and children
who had been visiting at the home
of her brother Louis Oakley, for
three weeks, left Tuesday for their
home at Bottineau, n. D.
Rev. Anthony Jacobs, the pastor
of the Baptist church, arrived here
this week and occupies the Yocum
house. He will not begin preach
ing service until one week from
next Sunday.
Beginning next Sunday, Sept. l,
the evening services at the chur ches
commence half hour earlier than
heretofore this season-Young Peo-
pies meeting at $50 and preaching
at 7:30, instead of ZOO and 500.
The Milton Dairy Creamery is
doing business-making good
butter-heaps of it. Mr.. Colwell, the
manager, says his patrons have IN
creased in number from SO when he
commenced business, to 158 at the
present time.
Mrs. Elizabeth Woodbury. and
daughter Miss Dele, of St. Paul,
and granddaughter, Miss Vida
Woodbury. OF Seattle, Washington,
were visitors with relatives here
from Friday to Sunday evening,
guests at the M orse home.
VIM. A. Kay, our member of as
sembly, was in the city Friday. He
was distributing some public docu-
ments-the Wisconsin State Census
Report of 1905 and the Roster of
Ex-Soldiers and Sailors. This office
acknowledges the receipt of copy
of each.
Theodore Kronshage, manager of
the Milwaukee Free Press, has been
appointed a member of the Board
of Normal School Regents for Mil
mer who resigned to accept an APP
pointment on the Railway Rate
Commission.
The Pioneer Press ana Dispatch
both published an item to the effect
that S. ]. Rasmussen and wife and
Mrs. Louis Freeman were injured
in an auto accident at Carpio, N. d.
Monday. Mr.. Rasmussen telegraphs
R. S. Freeman to this effect; 1--WE
are all we'll"
DR.. and Mrs. Geo. Purves, who
had been guests at the home of the
formers parents for two weeks, left
Monday for their home at Wichita,
Kansas, but intended to stop at
Stevens Pointsfor a few days visit
with Miss Mae Purves, who is i'll in
a sanitarium there.
Professor Bailey of the North Da-
kota agricultural school has demon
strated that the dandelion may be
successfully eradicated by treating
it with the solution that kills wild
mustard-iron sulphate. A pound
to four gallons of water sprayed on
the plants destroys them.
In this city and vicinity the storm
of the 18th caused more damage
from the wind than from the rain,
but in the east and south part of
the county the excessive rains oc-
casioued more injury than the wind.
Rush River and the creeks flowing
into it were oYerfowed, causing
damage to crops and carrying off
bridges.
Corn was pretty badly fattened
by the wind and rain in the storm
of week ago Sunday but corn is
a vigorous plant with roots that
extend far into the earth. When
the roots on one side are loosened
they seem to put forth extra exer-
ton, stretch out and contract,
Strengthening up the stalk to the
SunIand air.
The thunder storm of the 18th eX-
tended over an unusually wide area
for one of that character. This
might have been inferred from its
general appearance here. 1t was a
long time in gathering and seemed
early in its history to accumulate
from all parts of the horizon. Its
long duration here was also an indi-
cation that it was of wide extent.
G. w. Farnsworth has variety
of potatoes that is exceptionally
early-earlier than the Early Ohio.
In digging some of these for the ia
BILE he finds them ripe, excellent to
eat and good yielders. He dug one
hill that had "a tubers, 80 of which
were large enough for the table,
Other hills averaged from II to IS
of good size He planted one piece
of tuber in a hill. From these an
average of four stalks grew.
The old plank side walk from
Fourth street to Greenwood Gene
terry on the County Line road-Di-
vision street-has been torn up pre-
paratory TO putting down a cement
walk. Here is stretch of walk of
some sixty rods. 1t will take the
side walk company three weeks or
more to build this walk. The COM
pany is at work laying walk on the
west side of the river where it will
take the rest of this week to finish
mn what has been begun