River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-05-23

The high school second team was
defeated Saturday afternoon by the
Prescott high school first team by a
score of 5 to 3.
A concert will be given in the
Congregational church Friday even
ing, June 7, under the auspices of
the Ladies' Aid. Look for further
notice next week.
DR.. A. A. Mack and K. May of
Saltwater visited in the city Tues
day, guests at the home of DR.. ]. S.
Mack. While here they bought the
shetland pony and outfit of J. w.
Allard and shipped it to Ely, MINI.
Toby Halverson, late a member
of the 21st regiment, regular army,
arrived here Tuesday. He had been
stationed in the Philippines for the
past two years. He received his
discharge the 18th instant. His
parents live in Eau Gale.
The Woman's Relief Corps num-
bers over $4,000 members. Dur
ing it's existence of thirty years it
has expended in relief work con-
nected with the Grand Army of the
Republic more than S3,000,000,
while as an incorporated body it
owns much valuable real estate, one
item of which is the Andersonville
Prison Park.
This office has recently received
from the Agricultural College of the
State University four Bulletins
No. 143, The Spread of Tuberculo-
sis Through Factory Skim Milk,
with Suggestions as to It's Control;
No. IA, Official Tests of Dairy
Cows; No. 149, Licensed CONNER
cial Fertilizers, and No. $50, Sugar
Beet Experiments During 1906.
The Improvement League birth
day party will be held at the home
of Mrs. Frank Howe Saturday after
noon, May Is. The birthdays of
March, April and May will be cele
brated and it is hoped that all mem
bers can be present. Bring your
own dishes. To accommodate the
Ladies Of the Woman's Relief Corps
the program will be given as late as
possible.
One good result of the meeting Of
the assessors will undoubtedly be
more uniform rule of assessment
throughout the county this year
than formerly. Especially may
uniform rule be observed in the
assessment of personal property.
Live stock, vehicles, agricultural
machinery and pianos, should in
their listing be assessed the same
in all towns.
The regular meeting of the 0. E.
S. Monday evening was attended
by an unusually large number of
members. At lunch following the
closing of the chapter meeting a
double shower party was given the
brides-to-be members of the order,
Misses Kellogg and Henderson,
Mrs. Brier making the presentation
of the gifts, accompanied by appro-
pirate and happy phrasing.
The American Express Company
now makes free delivery of packages
to consignees in the city. The free
delivery service was begun on Mon
day of this week. The arrangement
applies to the three central business
blocks on Main street. Mr.. Baker
goes over this section twice a day
and collects packages to be sent by
express and makes delivery from
both trains arriving from the north.
Edmund G. Ross, ex-governor of
New Mexico and former United
States Senator from Kansas, died
at Albuquerque, New Mexico, the 9Th
instant. He gave the deciding vote
in the trial of President Andrew
Johnson by the Senate in 1868. The
Democratic minority, reinforced by
seven Republicans, Ross name
coming last, voted mot guilty." de-
Gliding his acquital by this one vote
of Ross.
Experiments in the eradication of
Canada thistles and mustard by
spraying these weeds with solu-
ton of iron sulphate are being car
ried on in several parts of the state
by the department of agronomy of
the University of Wisconsin college
Of agriculture. The process is a
simple one and the cost per acre is
from fifty to sixty cents. The Grad
ication of these weeds practically
doubles farm values.
In some parts of North Dakota