River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-26
The M.W.A. will meet next Satur.

The M.W.A. will meet next Satur
day night.
Old growth Nebraska corn for
sale by Geo. Fortune & Co.
Anton Malberg arrived here Tues
day from Cogswell. N. D., on avisi
ITO relatives.
Miss Gladys Wilson left this
morning for Sioux Falls, S. D. or
visit to friends.
Christmas Eve exercises by the
Sunday School children were held
in the Baptist church.
Oliver Thompson of Claremont,
S. D., came to the city Tuesday on
visit to relatives and is guest at
the home of his sister, Mrs. H. N.
Wiger.
2 DR.. A. T. Thorsen spent Xmas
with his parents at Martell He
is engaged in. dentistry work at
Mayville, Mimi, one of the firm of
Maskam & Thorsen.
H. P. Paulson and family left to-
day for Friendship, on visit to
Mr.. Paulson's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Paulson. During their
trip they will also visit other rel
atives in Adams county.
Justice Brewer does not agree
with President Roosevelt on some
lines of policy. Neither do Ben
Tillman. Jeff Davis and Gov. Yard
aman. But that doesn't invalidate
the Roosevelt policies.
1t is frequently remarked that we
have had few storms of rain, snow
or wind since freezing began here
this fall. A gentle rain once or
twice and a slight fall of snow on
two or three OCCASIONS are the limits
of stormy weather here. The roads
were never better-hard, smooth
and dry-until last night when two
inches of snow fell.
The attendance at the short course
in agriculture at the state university
is 20 per cent larger than it was in
1906. In all, 800 students, includ-
ing twenty-five from outside of Wis
consin, with three women, are en-
rolled, as compared with 1888 last
year. A notable feature this year
is the increase in attendance from
the northern and more distant coun
ties of the state.
Professor H. L. Wilson, teacher
of history at the Normal, goes to
Madison tomorrow to attend the.
meetings of several of the national
societies that hold their annual
conventions at that place. Com
mencing the 9th and holding over to
Dec. 81, the National Historical As
ISOLATION, Political Science Associ-
alton and Association for the study
of Labor, will be in session.
There seems. TO be an unusual
amount of sickness in the commun-
ity for a December month"; colds,
grip and pneumonia. Mild, dry
weather, with an even temperature
and infrequent storms, should not
be productive of sickness, nor is it.
1t is conducive to the encourage
ment of carelessness in individuals
about taking cold. On mild day,
instead of taking precautions against
taking cold we are more apt to
expose ourselves.
If January and February will only
be as mild hammered as December
has been we can endure the winter
without grumbling most of us.
Barring the usual exasperating
frigidity of January and February,
the climate right here is about as
good as in any locality in the
United States. The summers are
ideal and if the winters were like
December we could wish for no
more agreeable climatic conditions.
The young people have been enjoy
ing the most favorable opportunities
for skating. Until last night there
has been but little snow to
interfere with the sport. 1t has
been very mild for the season but
sufficiently cold to make ice during
most nights and not warm enough
to thaw the ice much during the day
The boys and girls improved their
opportunity. Last week the big
moon in the clear sky invited to
skating evenings.
Chicago's Supt. of Schools has
this to say:
l cannot escape the conviction
that there is too much of tendency
so far as our common schools are
concerned to educate the mass of