River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-19

John Grimm is home from North
Dakota.
Christmas candies and nuts at G.
F. Heinrich s.
Jay Schoonoyer went to Minneap-
oils Saturday to attend a business
college.
Harris Olson was down from st.
Paul the last of last week on a visit
to his parents.
Fred Briggs returned last week
from Washington, where he had
been for some time.
Hon. Carl D. Thompson, the
Milwaukee socialist, lectures in
Spring Valley tonight.
Frank Chapman arrived here
Tuesday from Carpio, N. D., to
spend the holidays with relatives.
Capt. Fred H. Magdeberg of Mil
waukee will succeed E. D. Coe as
U. S. pension agent at that city.
Mr.. Coe has held the office for ten
years.
]. E. Morgan and son Glenn of
Diamond Bluff visited in the city
Saturday and Sunday, guests of the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
D. Morgan.
Prof. Taylor, of the River Falls
Normal, recently spent several days
investigating the copper deposits IN
the vicinity of Dresser Junction.
Osceola Sun.
Dogs played havoc with Frank
Pomeroy's flock of sheep Monday
night, killing number outright
and tearing the wool and flesh of
dozen or fifteen more.
Ellsworth papers report very
interesting and pro ftable session
of the Farmers ms titute there on
Tuesday and Wednesday last week
with good attendance.
r. C. Dawson of Tintah, Mimi,
arrived here yesterday on visit to
relatives. Mr.. Dawson was former
ly resident of Big River, and his
wife is sister of Fred and Frank
Bliss.
Robt. tombstone was over in Troy
recently moving house on the O.
H. P. Olds farm. Mr.. tombstone
built this house years ago, the first
building he ever erected upon a
contract.
The Central Lumber Company
Mill at Hudson sawed 25,000,000
feet of lumber the past season.
The company has enough timber
in sight to run the mill for the next
ten years.
We can do more next year than
we have this, for 1908 will be one
day longer than 1907 February is
to have 20 days, 1908 being Invisible
by four without remainder, con-
stituting "leap" year.
The stores of the city are we'll
stocked with elegant goods suitable
for Christmas presents and the
merchants are apparently having a
good trade. We see no evidencies
Of money stringency here.
Now we have the shortest days of
the year. The sun reaches it's limit
to the south Dec. FL and from that
on for the next six months will be
coming our way. Old Sol is pretty
low down in the southern sky at
noon now.
Special prices on winter apples
at C. F. Heinrich's.
Ernest Chinook has bought the
]. O. Jensen house on North Fourth
street for a residence. He has
also bought the barn of Mrs. Sarah
Tozer that stood on the premises
occupied by the house in which ].
E. Hendrix lives. Robert John
stone moved the barn to the lots
purchased by Mr.. Chinook last
week.
The Merchants haye a fine dis
play of Christmas goods in stock
and the store windows are attrac-
tive with appropriate designs and
beautiful articles. The windows
that deserve special mention for
the elaborateness and elegance of
arrangement and display are: those
of c. F. Winters jewelry store; Al
lardStewart Co.; R. N. Jensen and
the drug stores.
Yes, we are pretty shy on local
reading matter this week. Space
is pretty we'll occupied with holiday
advertisements. Patrons will be
charitable at this season of the year