River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-04

The barber shops are closed the
4th of July.
Mrs. Wallace Lovely and sor
Clinton are visiting relatives here.
Miss Elizabeth ApRoberts is
spending the week with friends in
Minneapolis.
Warren Clark is attending the
summer session of the State Univer'
sity at Madison.
Jerry Flint went to Wheaton,
Mimi, yesterday, expecting to be
gone several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Kellogg and
children of LeSeuer, Mimi, are Wis
iting relatives in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Clark Of St.
Paul were guests of Prof. and Mrs.
L. H. Clark last Thursday.
Miss Edith Reed returned Tues
day evening from a weeks visit
with friends in Minneapolis.
Will Muckenhausen went TO Mad
ison last Thursday to work at paint
ing with w. F. Kohn, recently of
this city.
Sherlock Wales and wife returned
yesterday from visit of several
weeks duration to relatives in the
southwest.
Prof. E. T. Reed returned yester-
day from a two weeks trip to Wash
ington. D. c., and the jamestown
Exposition.
The Misses Clara and Jennie
Hanson of St. Paul visited at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Chris. Han
son the past week.
Miss Hattie Goldsmith and Mrs.
Babcock were delegates 10 the Eau
Claire Association of Baptist
churches which met at Osceola last
week.
Miss Merle Spalding of Grants
Pass, Oregon. left Tuesday on a
return to her home after visit OF
several weeks at the home of Mrs.
nj Chor,,,1on
Mr.. and Mrs. Burr Cook and Mrs.
Cooks sister, Miss Margaret Hos
ford, arrived from Fargo, N. D.,
Tuesday on visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Fuller of Kinnickinnic and
other relatives,
Rev. D. B. Spencer will have a
months vacation from services al
the Congregational church. He left
yesterday on a three weeks trip to
the Pacific coast. He will attend
the international convention of the
Y. P. S. C. E. at Seattle.
The Good Templars are arrang-
ing for Chatauqua, to be held in
this city, sometime in the latter
part Of this month or the first part
of August. They are expecting tc
have a great time. Eminent
speakers will be present.
Lightning struck the barn of Geo
A. Fillbach in Mann Valley during
the rain storm that prevailed
through this region last Saturday
The boards and timbers through
which the bolt passed were badly
splintered but nothing was set or
fire.
All nature. in this latitude is
beautiful in every aspect in the
early part of summer. Nowhere is
landscape more lovely to view
The deep, abiding green is satisfy
ing to the vision. The sky, the air
the perfumeA of eff1orescence, the
genial temperature, all combine tc
make life worth living at this sea
son-in happy contrast to the tor
ture of the rigid and frigid winter.
Both the Herald and Record pub
lish the excellent address of Judge
Chas. Smith delivered at Ellsworth
on Memorial Day. We would like
also to publish the address entire
could we find room to Go so. VIZ
must make room for his just anC
comprehensive estimate of the rea'
sons for the pensioning of veterans
We have often thought to speal
along this same line of thought, anC
going further-to call attention II
the fact that the young man wa
not induced to enlist from any
money consideration.
Homegrown strawberries were
put on the market last week il
small quantities. This week thu
community is fairly we'll supplied
These berries of local cultivation
and production are of a good quail
ty. Those received from the soutl
this season did not generally Civ
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