River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-24

| Furniture, Carpets and rugs ano
everything sold at a big discount al
Rasmussen's.
Eldon Woodwork, postmaster at
Ellsworth, was business visitor ir
the city Friday.
Try our bread. If you buy one
loaf you are sure to buy more
Stewart & Grimm.
Miss Jessie Reynolds entertained
party of about forty of her school
mate friends Friday evening.
Mrs. Emma Hammond received
word the first of the week that her
son, E. L. Hammond, is very sick
in a hospital in San Antonio, Tex.
The members of the Kinnickinnic
Telephone Company met at the
home af T. c. Morrow Saturday
evening, where they INDUCED in an
oyster supper.
We learn from the San Diego
(Cal.) Sun of the 18th inst. that
Mrs. w. P. Marshall, formerly of
this city, was recently elected and
installed president of the Heintzle-
man Woman's Relief Corps of San
Diego.
Farmers interested in dairying,
and the subject concerns all farmers
about here, are requested to meet
at the Fire Hall in this city next
Saturday afternoon, Jan. 26, to
consider the question of establish
ing a cheese factory here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Cook of
Frankfort, S. D., who had been here
for several weeks on a visit to Mrs.
Cooks parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. H.
Bangs, visited relatives in New
Richmond, guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Severn Olson, the first of the week.
DIR. E. C. Roberts, who makes
regular trips to River Falls, was
elected President of the Northwest
ern Optical Association, at it's meet
ing held in St. Paul, the 18th and
10th. This will be good news to his
many friends and patrons.
The tenth annual report of the
trustees of the ST. Croix County
Asylum for the Insane shows that
on June 80, 1906, there were in the
Asylum IA inmates-85 males and
SO females. Of these, 12-9 males
and 8 females-are from Pierce
county
Carl Lien goes to Beloit at the be-
ginning of next month to commence
the college course of study. The
Athletic Association also wants him
for the baseball games to be ar
ranged for the coming season, his
reputation as a frst-class player
having preceded him.
Everybody, men, women and chill
dren and all their relatives, will be
att Methodist church Friday Jan.
Is, at $50 O'Clock and later, to eat
the supper served by Men. Men
only do the work. Everybody eats.
The supper of the season. rs cents.
Watch bills for PARTICULARS.
In ST Croix county the mum Der of
transfers of real estate reported for
1906 was $50. The market value,
according to the consideration in the
deeds of transfer of these $50 parcels
of land was 81 ,O43,305. This prop
erty was assessed for 1856, SIS, an
average of about 83 per cent of the
selling price.
J. B. Fithian died at his home in
Hammond Sunday, Jan. 10, aged SO
years. He is claimed to have been
the oldest Odd Fellow in the United
States, having joined the order 81
years ago. Volney Atwood, who had
been an Odd Fellow since 1917, died
at GAINESVILLE the first of this month,
aged 95 years.
The Congressional Committee on
appropriations recommends that
$138, 1873, 500 be voted for pensions
in 1908, the sum of the present year
being $40, PAS, 200. The committee
recommends the abolition of one
half of the eighteen pension agen-
cies in the country, including the
Milwaukee agency.
The Married People will give an
other of their popular dances this
winter. This will be at Opera Hall
Friday, Feb. s. All married people
are invited, and all who are accus.
toned to attend should invite their
friends who have not been accus-
toned to attend to come to this one.
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