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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07

Find 200 acres of good land almost
anywhere that is 20 miles from town
and you can buy it for $25 an acre.
The same land within ten miles will
bring $35, within five miles its value
is $50, within two miles $85 an acre.
Thus that town has increased the
land within a radius of ten miles an
average of $35 dollars an acre. AS
that is about the age of country towns
generally, you may figure that town,
as long as it is fairly prosperous, in
creases the land around it an average
of one dollar an acre every year.
+ Not considering staple articles like
cattle, hogs and grain which can be
shipped and sold anyway, the town as
a local market is worth at least $50
a year to the ordinary farmer
For example: This year the peach
markets were so glutted no ordinary
fruit would pay the express. Around
the little town in which the writer
lives most farmers have few peach
trees. The 1000 inhabitants bought
nearly every bushel in the vicinity at
from 40 cents to dollar bushel.
More than $4,000 was paid for peaches
within three weeks.
That was clear gain which must be
set over to the credit of the town.
Plums, cherries, early vegetables,
scores of little odds and ends, perish
able stuff that the farmer could not or
would not ship he turns into cash at
the home town.
So if a man owns 200 acres within
reach of town, he will receive $275 a
year direct cash value from that
town. none of which he would receive
from the mail order house.
To be sure, the town does not do
nate him that amount, the town was
not built for the purpose of philan-
thropy, yet he receives an actual cash
benefit because the town is there; and
he is under actual financial obliga-
tions to return that benefit by spend
ing hts money at home.
1t is not an obligation that the law
would recognize, but it is one that ap-
peals to those Independent, clean
hearted men of high honor who feel
that perfect honesty demands that
when benefits are received from
stranger or brother, friend or foe,
benefits should be returned.
1t is sometimes argued that the
town has forfeited its right to the
farmers patronage by selling too high.
But careful investigation will not
bear out that contention. Your town
is unusually prosperous if you can
count more than four merchants who
have cleared $4,000 in the past ten
years. That is a thousand dollars
year for time and interest on capital.
You can count five or six others who
have failed during that time, lost
everything. The January invoice will
not show a net gain of $500 per
business man. That means the or
binary merchant and his capital are
not clearing $50 a month. This does
not indicate an unreasonable profit on
goods sold.
Social Obligations.
It is right for the country to spend
It's money with the home town because
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
a Mere Sunnnsition

"Are we getting crazy?" asks the
London Mail.
We don't know, but you probably
are taking everything your friends
recommend for grip.-Chicago Record
Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
In the Sick Room.

PEARL am awfully jealous of that
pretty trained nurse. | wish they
had engaged a homely one to attend
George.
Kuby-But she is only taking mis-
pulse.
Pearl-Yes, but what guaranty have
that she might not take his hearts--
Chicago News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
KEEPING Up the Navy.

"They ought to name the next bat
tleship Rumor."
"Why such a name as that?"
Because then 1t would be easy to
keep her afoat. "-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
why do you have everything in
your wife's name?"
"I don't. We have our children in
my name. Chicago Record-Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
Tries Suicide Three Ways.

Waynesburg, Fisherman F. Grim,
city treasurer, made an attempt to
commit suicide Sunday. He swallow
ed morphine, severed the arteries of
his left wrist and cut his throat five
times. and is likely to die.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
suicIde hi Detroit Hotel.

Detroit, Mich-R E. Binz of Phila-
delphia, agent for a Cincinnati en-
craving company and registered at the
Hotel Renaud as Edward Tawton,
committed suicide Saturday night by
taking carbolic acid and laudanum.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
WI Grant 2Ls-cent Rate.

High officials of the Chicago, Mil
wauAee &c st. Paul, Chicago & North
western and Chicago, st. Paul, Mime
apolis &c Omaha railroads, who are
here attending legislative committee
hearings, announced that their COM
panies would not only comply with the
recent order of the Wisconsin railroad
commission reducing maximum pas
senger fares from three cents to 21a
cents per mile, but would also adopt
the recommendation of the commits
sion that 500-mile family tickets be is
sued for SO. The officials said that
the companies would put the reduced
rate into effect just as soon as the
necessary printing could be completed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
Plan Large Park for Madison.

One of the most notable public gifts
in history is that which is planned to
be made to Wisconsin by a group of
millionaires. They propose to pur-
chase the business center of this city,
tear down the business houses and ho-
tells, and turn the whole six blocks into
a park, in the center of which will be
the new S5,000,000 state capitol The
land will cost approximately $4,000
900. Options have been secured on
all the land needed except two tracts.
The option price of that already Sc
cured is $1,000, 900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
The crY Of the Season.

II want to open an account with
your house"
Eyes, sir, but won't you first shut
the door?"-B Baltimore American.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
NsturaIIY.

I'm told that in some parts OF
South America women are car con-
ductors.'
"Then | suppose they are all beau
ties"
why suppose that?"
''To get the job don't they have to
be fare maids baltimore American.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
At the Musicale.

Enthusiast-Don't you think the Chi
arc oscuro was fine?
Nonmusical Guest-Well, now to be
plain with you, l liked the chicken
salad better.-Baltimor American.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
TuhercuIosis Exhihit.

The tuberculosis exhibit opened at
the university. Some charts show
that during the last two years while
only one person has died from the
smallpox. 500 have succumbed to the
white plague.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
Ashore in the Say of Toxic.

Yokohama.-The Great Northern
steamship Dakota went ashore in the
Bay of Toxic Sunday night. All pas
sengers are safe and the agents of
the vessel are hopeful Of saving
her.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
Figures from Other States.

Secretary Happens of the state
board of control is massing the fig
nres relating to the care and mainte-
nance of the charitable and penal in
stiturions in other states to show by
comparison the difference in appropEi-
atoms made in Wisconsin and else
where. This information will be sub
mitted to the committee on claims
and an effort made to demonstrate
that Wisconsin is far below the stan
Gard of cost set in Minnesota, and, in
fact. any of the states Of the rorth-
vest
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
LooicaIIv Queer.

There is one odd thing about wild
cat speculations."
what is that?'
"That men pursue them with such
logged determination" - Baltimore
American.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
Missouri LEGISLATOR Dies.

Jefferson City, Mo.-Representative
J. M. Depuy of fancy county, died
here suddenly Sunday night while eat
ing supper. He was about 65 years OF
age and was serving his second term.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
The Most Appropriate.

Bridget-Should say Dinner IL
ready" or Dinner is served?"
Well, If it's like yester.
day, think you had better say, Dim
ner is spoiled"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
Am out of Patients.

A noted M D. was once Jailed
For trick with the scalpel that failed
From his practice debarred,
He took it quite hard
I'm all out of patients" he walled.
Judge
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07

Madison. - The entire Democratic
delegation was in caucus consider
ing whether or not it should take
an active stand in favor of two
cent fare legislation. Speeches were
made by practically every member
of the delegation and the report of
the rate commission was discussed
pro and con in an effort to find basis
upon which the Democratic minority
could attack the findings. The ques-
ton, after being fully debated for the
better part of three hours, was put
over for further consideration at a
caucus to be called in two weeks.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
insurance Hearings Postponed.


The change in the date for the
hearings on some of the insurance
legislation from this time until the
second week in March may bring
about a new program and result in
meetings of some of the other impor-
tant committees. One thing is GER
tain, that it is time the members got
down to the legislative grind in seri-
BUSINESS, unless the session is to be
prolonged until the last of June or
first of July Some of the chairmen
of committees are becoming discour-
aged over their inability to get the
committees together. In this respect
the assembly is better than the SEN
ate, for there have been less absen-
tees and a working disposition has
been shown. The committee work in
both houses has been of trifiing, fit
full nature, and nothing of Importance
has been accomplished or attempted
in the way Of considering legislation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
Latest.

Mr.. A-Dear me! Why is the audi
ence wearing automobile goggles in
stead of using opera glasses?
Mrs. why, my dear, this is an
automobile drama.-Chicago Daily
News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07

Hes got very chesty."
Eyes; wouldn't even look at house
that hadn't swell front. "-Baltimore
American.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07

NO"
"She had stopped in the street to
pick up forlorn-looking cat, and it
dug it's claws into her fingers. She
screamed, and Murdoch, who happen
ed to be passing, rushed to her, put
his lips to the wound and sucked the
poison out. From that there sprang
up between them a friendship which
ripened into love-"
'Um. Then it may be said that he
won by scratch. Chicago Record
Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
Strictly Business.

do you guarantee that there are
no broken hearts in this matrimonial
bureau?"
"Oh, no; but then, we always allow
for breakages. Baltimore American.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
&c Employment Aaencies.


Bulletin No. So of the bureau of la
Dor Of the federal department of COM
merce and labor contains study of
the free employment offices in Wiscon-
sin and the other IA states that have
such institutions. These agencies are
declared to be experiments as yet,
with many defects, but with good
points. The four Offices are located
at Superior, Milwaukee, Oshkosh and
La Crosse, respectively. The fire in the
state capitol at Madison destroyed the
statistics for the year 1904 before they
were published, and the state commits
sioner's report for that year contains
but a half page upon this subject.
Some facts gained from the several
Offices, however, are herewith pre-
scented. The entire expense to the
state for the partial year ending Sep
TENDER 80, 1905 (the Oshkosh Office
having been in existence only since
November 81, 1904, was $5,265.16.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07

"I cannot sing the old songs,
I cannot play the new"
He looked at her in ecstasy.
"Oh, darling, I love you!"
Nudge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07

Hubby (shivering)-It bitter cold.
Why don't you button up your jacket?
Wifey-The idea! Why, if | did
that no one would know it is lined
with fur.-Brooklyn Eagle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07

Day-Is Belle really such an imag-
NATIVE girl?
May-Imaginative? Why, she kissed
Jack through the telephone the other
day and actually said his mustache
tickled her-Chicago Daily News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07

The town is the center OF your com
munity. From it radiates your rural
mail services: in it center your tele-
phone systems. On the streets OF the
town you meet your neighbors Satur-
day afternoons and exchange news
and experience. You go to it for day
of recreation when the snow comes,
the fair, or on holidays.
There during the winter lecture
course you hear great orators and ex-
cellent musicians. The political rallies,
the church conference or association
are held there.
BY and by in the pretty little vii
lage church, whose spire you can see
from your farm, you son will preach
the gospel. In the brick building two
doors from the corner, a farmer boy
will open law office, and in the little
frame two blocks away another son
of the soil, just back from college, will
begin the practice of medicine.
There is the high school to which
you send your children, and there
after awhile your daughter will teach.
And some day when you find the
farm work too heavy for your age, and
want to get near the children, you will
build on that grassy corner lot two
doors from the Methodist church and
move to town.
Yes, the town is a mighty good
thing to have, a pleasant thing; and
the more you put into it the more you
get out of it. For it grows according
to the trade it gets and the more it
grows the more it can buy and the
higher will go your land.
A good town, you know, where there
is plenty of work for carpenters and
bricklayers, and masons and smiths,
work for everybody at good wages, Is
worth ten times as much to the sur
rounding country as the little sun
burned village where the carpenter
and the ''storekeeper" play marbles in
the streets.
The Moral Obligation.
But the last and strongest reason
why it is right that the country peo-
pie spend their money at home is the
moral obligation.
The town is yours, yours TO ruin or
prosper. The same sense of obliga-
ton should prompt you to support it,
as prompted our old Teutonic ances-
tors in the forests of Germany to
stand elbow to elbow in protection of
their village. The same spirit of loyal
ty should inspire you as fired the
Highland Scot to spend his blood for
the welfare of his clan.
The country town with all its faults
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07

Cannot Charge Admission Fees.
State Superintendent Charles P.
Cary gave a decision that admissions
cannot be charged for entertainments
to be given in schoolhouses.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
How He Won.

Did you ever hear how Murdoch
and his wife metz"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07
Social Obligations.

II is right for the country to spend
It's money with the home town because
of the social obligations between
them.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-05-14
frpm IlmherIake.

Mrs. Ida Reams and family
recently visited Mrs. w. A. Bar
ton.
The peach crop will be very
scarce in our community owing
to the cold weather.
Farmers are now through
planting corn and are now max
Ing tobacco hills.
While raising a tobacco barn
at p. S. Rogers last Saturday
two colored boys, Luther Dayand
George Johnson, were toting logs
together. We have heard of one
man throwing fire into the others
hand and we saw this plainly
manifested, when Day caused a
box Of matches that were in john
sons pocket TO ignite. johnson
put his hand into the burning
pocket and pulled out smoke,
llames and burning matches, and
our merriment can be imagined
better than described.
Roper can hear the toot Of five
steam saw mills.
Button Dunn has ground over
Tour thousand bushels of grain
since he has been running Bar
TONS mill, and Mr.. Dunn thinks
ne has ground as much as any
other man on the river according
70 =. sthe time he has been here.
Mr. Dunn told me to say that
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-05-14
The Vote on Bonds.

The fact that the vote against
road bonds was heavy against
them caused few people to care
for the official vote, consequently
no statement has been made of
how the vote stood. The official
vote as canvassed by the county
commissioners in session yester-
day was as follows:
Registered, 2,Sl2.
For Road improvements, s97.
Against Road Improvements,
1918.
1t will be seen by the above
figures that to carry the bonds
over five hundred votes were
needed.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-05-14
Brooksdale.

As the spring days are draw
ing to a close thoughts of the
good old summer time revives
US. Notwithstanding the daily
toll and great heat that summer
brings with it, yet we can but
welcome it. We look to it for
the pence and quarters that we
find so useful in winter. Farm
ing is the greatest spoke in the
wheels of business of all kinds,
and we are dependent upon what
is dug from the earth. The far
mer Iboy may not look as nice
and white as the boy that shuns
the sun, neverless the poet says
cling to the boy that holds the
plow:
Heap high the farmers wintry
hoard;
Heap high the golden corn?
No richer gift has autumn poured
From out her lavish horn.
Then let the good old crop adorn
The hills our fathers trod;
Still let US for his golden corn,
Send up our thanks to Cod"
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Dixon, of
Mullins, S. c.. spent a few days
with relatives this week on their
way to Jamestown. Wish them
a pleasant trip.
S. Y. Wrenn had the bad luck
of breaking his hoe handle the
other evening trying to kill a
black stick, thinking that it was
a snake. Think he had better
not say anything about people
wearing glasses.
Miss Dona James spent this
week with Mrs. d. S. Brooks.
Quite a number of young peo-
pie spent the evening with Miss
Lizzie Garrett last Thursday.
Miss Carrie Pool spent last
week with Miss Mary Fan Gar
rett.
Paul Stephens passed this way
going to mill horse back one day
this week.
Ellis Wreen, who has been so
very sick with pneumonia, is inn
proving. Relatives extend to
kind neighbors their thanks for
their kindness during his illness,
and hope sometime to show bet
ter their appreciation.
Would gladly welcome little
Tom Riley over TO Brooksdale at
any time. DREAMER.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-05-14
news FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS
Items Of Interest from Various Places as Viewed and Told
by Those on the Field. Personals.

eating one hawk would not cause
him to fly as he has become so
fat since he has been at Barton's
mill; that he would have to eat
several more hawks so as to get
more wings. Mrs. Ida Reams'
boys furnish Mr.. Dunn with
hawks as they have killed seven
this spring, and we think the
good house wives should furnish
the Reams boys with chickens
for pie or any other way they
may want them.
Abbie 0'Briant, who lives on
the line between Mt. Tirzah
township and Flat River, says
that Mt. Tirzah has an educated
hog and Flat River an educated
cow. The hog will raise up a
barbed wire for the pigs to pass
under, and when the cow is turn
ed into a corn field she will eat
grass instead of corn, and if
there is no grass she will not
bother the corn, We would be
glad if some one would come
this way that can learn COWS not
TO eat corn.
The rural mail inspector was
around a few days ago and told
the unmarried carriers that if
they were not married by the
first of July they would loose
their positions. Consequently
Messrs. |. L. Jones and E. R.
NOEL started out anew the other
night, and ]. w. Chambers says
that he will not lose his route,
and as the time is limited you
single ones had better not lose
much time as some other might
take the ship.
| D. ]. Bowles, of Stem, visited
relatives in this community last
Sunday and told the writer that
people of his section never knew
tobacco plants to be so scarce,
and told of one farmer that had
only one plant for his entire bed.
| Mrs. Button Dunn is now Wis
iting her son, Alex, of Durham.
| ]. c. Gates proposed to give
Ropera a hog for a hound dog,
and | accepted the offer as | had
rather have a hog than a dog un-
less | was a noted deer hunter
like Mr.. Gates. Mr.. Gates has
killed seven deer in the last
twelve months, and if it were
not for him deer would soon de-
YOUR our wheat and pea crops,
as they are multiplying so very
fast.
| The writer filled his appoint
ment at Oak Grove Academy
last Sunday and spoke to a large
and attentive congregation. On
the return trip | overlook /. L.
Jones and Miss Lillian Timber.
lake and Mr.. Z. r. Noell and
Miss Lula Williams. Mr.. Jones
was gathering honey suckles
from the banks of Auldrege
creek for the ladies'. Mr.. Jones
know hows to please the ladies.
Our road supervisor, Mr.. Spen.
Ger, has but a few hands but is
doing well building US some good
roads. He is changing the Hills.
boro road from Barton's mill
around by Mrs. Ida Reams' SC
that the road will be located on q
high and dry ridge. This is q
great saving in the building Of
bridges etc.
Add D. ]. Bowles, Of Stem, az
q new subscriber. ROPER.
THE only fellow that has kick.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-05-14

Machinery Is digging the Panama
Canal a thousand times quicker than the
shovel dug the Erie.
Machinery produces the l.. & NJ. Paint
at so times less cost for labor than II
made by hand.
The l.. & NJ. gives the best job in the
world, because l.. & NJ. Zinc hardens l..
& NJ. White Lead and makes l.. * M.
Paint wear like iron for 10 to IS years.
II only requires 4 gallons Of this cele-
brated Paint and ) gallons Of 1.inseed Oil
at 6oc. per gallon, TO paint a moderate
sized house.
II any defect exists In /, & NJ. Paint. will
repaint house for nothing.
Sold by HACKNEY BROS. Durham,
n. Z.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-05-14

THE new board of aldermen
have not passed on many of the
matters that will claim their at
tention, but have already secured
the i'll will of many people THAT
will come up to the polls against
them if they stand for re-elect-
ion.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-05-14

THE only fellow that has kick
ed because the new board Of al
dermen appointed Captain Free
land chief Of police was the fel-
low that said he felt kinder sore
because DR.. s. Z. Thompson, the
other candidate for mayor who
received 2l votes, was not made
first sergeant.