River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-05-02

Come to our new quarters and see
the largest and best line of buggies
in the city. c. Carisch & Sons.
Miss Ida Peterson, who had been
visiting her brother in Minneapolis
for several weeks, came to the city
Tuesday and visited with her Sis
ter, Mrs. c. A. Smith, until this af-
ternoon when she returned to her
home at Eau Claire.
The Minnesota legislature, at its
last session, created state tax COM
mission with powers similar to that
which the Wisconsin tax commits
sion has. The tax commission of this
state has been in existence since
1900 and has accomplished good
work.
Nels Hyerdahl, who has been
miller at the Greenwood mills for
thirty years past, says that on last
Monday greater amount of grists
for grinding was brought in than on
any previous day since he had been
engaged there.
There were heavy falls of snow in
many of the western states during
the last two weeks of April. New
Mexico had from six inches to foot.
Colorado was showed under-in
some places the snow was two feet
deep. Kansas was whitened and
Missouri and Texas had surfeit of
the beautiful.
The April number of the Normal
Badger was out the first of the week.
This edition is a credit to the staff
and the printer. The reading mat
ter is pertinent to the occasion and
is we'll composed. The longest ar
ticle in this number is an Grafton,
"The Jew" composed by Lawrence
Dake and delivered at the Inter
Normal contest at Whitewater in
March.
The league declamatory contest
of high schools is held at New Rich
mond tomorrow evening. Eight
schools will be represented-Glen-
wood, Hammond, Hudson, Bald
win, New Richmond, Spring Valley,
River Falls and Ellsworth. Ethel
Chapman will represent the River
Falls school. She has fine selec-
ton and spoke it faultlessly in the
local contest. If she does as we'll
in the league we make tall guess
that she cannot be outclassed.
An analysis of the state legisla-
ure shows that the assembly is con-
stituted of 80 farmers; 19 merchants,
real estate agents, etc.; 10 lawyers;
3 manufacturers; 3 abstractors, etc.;
2 cigar makers; 4 newspaper men;
2 physicians; 2 contr actors; teach
ers; organizers; l machinist; l
banker; l architect; l caterer; l
saloon keeper; l retired. The SEN
ate has 16 lawyers; farmers; 4
merchants; 4 druggists; l contract
or; l teacher; l newspaper man.
The plans for the first summer
session in the college of law of the
University of Wisconsin, authorized
by the university regents last week
in response to the growing demand
for summer classes for law students,
are now complete. Opening on
June "a, the course will continue
for ten weeks, closing August 80.
The work offered is designed to be
the equivalent in every respect to
that of The regular university course
so that full credit toward the de-
gree of bachelor of law may be Civ
en- students for all summer work
successfully completed.
Every candidate for office at the
election this spring through
the list down to constable-is re-
quired by law to file two statements
of his election expenses, one with
the register of deeds and one with
the clerk of the election precinct,
city or town. The penalty for fail
ure to file this statement within
thirty days after election is fine of
from 500 to $500. We venture the
assertion that nine out of ten candi-
dates will follow Isaac Stephenson ms
example when he was a candidate
for United States senator in 1900
and ignore the law. It is true the
law imposes penalty for its non
observance but we have never heard
of an instance where a penalty was
imposed for not complying with its
provisions. 1t is one of those Gus
toms more honored in the breach