River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28

Spring Valley Dec. II and Is.
Geo. B. Smith brought in the car
cass of big buck Tuesday-220 lbs
Trinity Guild will meet with Mrs
Chas. Heinrich Wednesday, p. M,
Dec. 4.
The Royal Neighbors meet in G.
A. K. Hall Dec. 5. Election OF
officers.
Rooms for rent, by Mrs. A. Sans
burn on Division ST.; between 3rd
and 4th SITS.
The Sociability Club will meet
with Mrs. Fitzsimmons Thurs day
afternoon, Dec. 5.
One dollar brown, blue and black
panamas at Allard-Stewart Co.
Friday and Saturday at IS cents a
yard.
The Misses Matte and Edith
Ward, who were called to their home
at White Rock, S. D., few weeks
ago, by the illness of their little
sister, returned last week to resume
their studies in the Normal school.
The girl is improving.
A farmers institute is held at
/ Ellsworth Dec. 10 and IL. Dairying,
horse and cattle breeding, sheep
and swine husbandry, poultry rails
ing, road making, horticulture, fer
tility and farm crops will be dis
cussed by the best authorities.
Mrs. M. ]. Brooks and daughter,
Mrs. Bliss of St. Paul spent few
days here the past week on a visit
to Mrs. w. D. Purves. Mrs. Brooks
is a cousin of Mrs. Puryes and this
was the first meeting of the cousins
since these women were little girls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Gibson of
Hudson announce the engagement of
their daughter, Ida Mae, to Leslie
Gould Foster of Pasco, Washington.
The gentleman is a son of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Foster Of Santa
Cruz, Cal, formerly of this city,
where Leslie graduated from the
high school.
The Minnesota Shippers Associa-
ton gave banquet at ST. Paul last
week to inaugurate a presidential
boomlet for Senator La Toilette.
Most of the speakers were imported
from Wisconsin-Sec of State Frear,
|. L. Lenroot, of Superior, Henry
Cochems of Milwaukee, S. ]. Brad
ford of Hudson.
The Central Lumber Co. mill was
closed for the winter season Nov.
IA, and it's large force of employees
have dispersed to their usual winter
occupations. 1t is not expected that
the average cut will quite equal
that of other years owing to the di
minished size of the logs manufac-
tured into lumber the past season
such conditions prevailing in other
localities where lumber is the
principal product Of manufacture.
Hudson Star-Times.
The young men Of the Agricul-
tural College of the state University
publish a magazine, THE Student
Farmer" in the interests of farm
ing. The November issue has per-
tinent articles by Pres. c. R. Van
Hise, Agricultural Opportunities"
Prof. J. H. Hunphrie, Agricultural
Advertising;" Prof. J. E. Fuller,
"Winter Shelter for Live Stock" w.
w. West, Equality of Breeds of
SWINE" The Weather Bureau con-
tributes an article on Limitations
of Weather Forecasting."
The St. Croix County Asylum had
142 inmates the past year as against
IA the year previous. AT the Poor
Farm there were twenty inmates
supported by the county. The cost
of support of the inmates of these
institutions was $1.36 a week for
those at the Poor Farm and $1.58 a
week for those in the Asylum.
Above the expense Of running the
Asylum the sum of $18,413 was re-
ported to it's credit. The county
saved $5,675 for caring for its own
insane in place of farming them up
on asylums in other counties.
The government census records
that in 1900 this country raised
5,064,8 bushels of beans, for the
production of which 453, 1867 acres
of ground were devoted. This
means an average of about eleven
bushels to the acre. Beans can be
raised on the poorest land. Land
that will grow nothing else will
raise beans. A popularity claim
ed for this product is that il
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