River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-26

There were people in from the
country by the hundreds Friday
Saturday and Monday. x
The Methodist church society had
Christmas Eve exercises in the
church Tuesday evening.
Atty. Albert Knight of Henderson
Mimi, was here over Christmas
guest of his aunt, Mrs. Lucy Knight
Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson of Min
neapolis spent Christmas with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Eng
quist.
There are some people, a few,
who do not like President Roost-
welt. They are the fellows that
have been hit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Brown return
ed Tuesday from a short visit at
Minneapolis with their daughter,
Mrs. Lester Boucher.
Last Friday the Chemistry class
at the normal presented Prof Taylor,
with handsome gold scarf pin as
an appreciation of his work.
Oliver Knight, student in the
State University, is spending the
holiday vacation at the home of his
mother, Mrs. Lucy Knight.
Mr.. and Mrs Chas Hawkins and
little daughter Matte went to
Stoughton Monday on a visit to his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hawk
ms.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Hagestad and
children spent Christmas at the
home of Mrs. Hagestad's parents,
Rev. and Mrs. Thorsen at New
Centerville.
G. w. Chinook Sr. came up
Monday evening from Prairie du-
Chen where he had been receiving
medical treatment for rheumat
in a hospital.
Mrs. Geo. w. Chinook Sr. is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. F.
Morgan, in Minneapolis. Mr.. Chin
mock went up Tuesday to spend
Christmas with them.
The annual meeting of the Green
wood Cemetery association will be
held at the office of Allen 2. Weld,
city clerk, next Saturday, Dec 20,
at 200 o'clock in the afternoon.
Miss Myrtle Hendrix, who is
studying Domestic Science in the
Minnesota State University, came
home Saturday for the vacation, &C.
companied by Miss Amy Saunders.
Mrs. Cliff. Winchel1 received a
telegram yesterday announcing the
death of her sister, Miss Nora Camp
bell, who resided at Beeville, Texas.
The remains will be expressed here
for burial. W.
Albert Brown, who is employed
in the meat market of ]. r. Arm
strong of Spring Valley, came over
Saturday to spend few weeks at
the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas Brown.
The boys of the Congregational
Sunday school have an amusement
hall in the old Haven building for a
long time used as furniture store.
They have arranged for basket ball
among other games.
Harry L. Spinney, second son of
the late L. G. Spinney, has been ap-
pointed clerk of the court for this
county to succeed his father. The
term for which he is appointed to
serve expires Jan. l, 1909.
Stanley Morse was down from ST.
Paul for his Christmas dinner.
He came over Tuesday evening,
returning Wednesday afternoon so
as to resume his work in the Great
Northern R. R. Office Thursday
morning.
Miss Anna Baker of Bancroft, S.
D., arrived here Saturday on a visit
to friends and was the guest of the
Misses Edith and Loretta Bailey.
She left Monday for Iowa county to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D.
H. Baker.
The Spring Valley iron works
closed last week and will probably
not start up again until spring
unless the market for pig iron is
more active. Work in the mines
getting out ore will continue through
the winter.
The government controller of
currency in his report on the nation
al banks says individual deposits
in the banks of the United States
aggregate the vast sum of SIS, 099,-
634, 34S, nearly double the amount