River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-25

YiSlIlHg ueT SISTER, MIS-. w. r.
Knowles, Jr.
Arthur Todd is taking a two
weeks vacation, at the home of his
parents in New Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Kay of St.
Paul visited from Friday to Sun day
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Allen.
Mrs. Eta Miller's committee will
entertain the Ladies' Aid Society
of the M. E. church next Thursday
afternoon, Aug. l.
Mrs. George Pratt returned this
morning from Glendale, Oregon,
where she went several months ago
to visit her son Harry.
Farmers, have you any down
grain? We have grain litter guards
that fit on your binder and will
pick it up. C. Carisch & Sons.
1t is necessary that there be full
attendance of the w. K. C. at Sat
urday's meeting, as there is an i'm
portant question to be decided.
SEC.
The Spring Valley school district
census shows that the number of
children of school age is AL, an in
crease of ten per cent over last
year. Spring Valley Sun.
Mrs. E. E. Himle arrived here
Saturday from Minneapolis to spend
the remainder of the summer with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. N.
Nelson.
H. B. Vlieland has moved from
the Kaler house on Spring street to
the house he recently bought of M.
B. Simon on the corner of Union
and 18th streets.
Severt Brathall and son Emil
from Pleasant Valley were guests
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Everson over Sunday. Mrs. Ever
son is daughter of Mr.. Brathall.
DR.. Bradfield of La Crosse was
visitor in the city Sunday, guest of
his wife's relatives, Mrs. o. Strahl
and Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Smith. Mr..
Smith accompanied him on his re-
turn to La Crosse.
There is some good reading in
original and pertinent items on the
last page of this paper-a lot of
locals'crowded out of the local page.
There is also lot of goad stuff on
the first page. See if it isn't.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. A. Parsons and
daughter Florence went to Pepin
Sunday TO visit at the home of
Simon Norstrum. Mr.. Parsons re-
turned Monday but the ladies re-
main until the last of the week.
All the meetings of the Chautauqua
assembly, which is being held here
this week, are held in the M. E.
church. Jesse Mack, the Chicago
cartoonist, took the place of Mr.
Caveny on the program Tuesday
afternoon and evening.
The "Old Academy Girls" hold
their annual picnic the middle of
August. The officers of the society
are Abbie Timberlake Currier, pres
ident, Matte Foster Putnam, secre-
tary and treasurer. At the last an
nual picnic it was voted 10 admit to
membership all who attended the
Academy up to 1878, the year the
building was burned-when ]. T.
McCleary, now assistant postmaster
general, was the principal.
The last half of June and the first
half of July finds flowers in their
glory. Passing along the resident
streets one sees nearly in every
yard a great variety of plants in full
bloom. The most conspicuous for
size, coloring and agreeable per-
fume are roses and peonies. The
rose is the queen of flowers. Some
others approximate to it in beauty
and in exquisite perfume but none
have reached it's glorious perfection.
Vegetation of all sorts is putting
in its best ticks. The warm south
wind with abundant moisture has
advanced everything green within
the last six weeks wonderfully.
Vegetation is rank. Grass is sure
to make an abundance of hay. Corn,
which in this high latitude where
the growing season is always short
is a plant of considerable anxiety
to the farmer, is getting we'll to its
usual July stage and promises to
arrive au maturity with good
weather from this on. Potatoes
are doing we'll, while small grains
are looking fine. The trees are