River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25

The decorators completed the
work of interior ornamentation at
the court house last Saturday and
left for Clinton, Iowa, on Monday.
The new capitol building is now
practically finished, and is credit
to the entire county. Pierce Coun-
ty Herald.
Freezing weather in April has Sc
riously damaged the fruit prospects
of the southwest states. The ex-
ceptionally warm weather during
the early part of March induced the
apple and peach trees to put out
their blossms earlier than usual and
the recent cold snap has "nipped
the fruit in the bud"
Cleaning of lawns of leaves aud
dead grass seems to be the general
pastime of city residents. There
is work in this process of pulling
the rake over distractions but
there is compensation in the result
ant bonfires. One takes satisfac-
ton in seeing the refuse burn. Es-
pecially is the conflagration pretty
at night.
A crew of men are now at work
on the railroad bridge which cross
es the South Fork. The present
structure is to be completely replac-
ed by new one of similar con-
struction, the task to be completed
at the end of three weeks. The
bridge over the Kinnickinnic is also
to be rebuilt, the work of recon
structing which will be begun as
soon as this over the South Fork is
finished.
In celebrating the 45th anniver-
sary of the battle of Shiloh, Apr. II,
it is recalled that Louis P. Harvey,
the governor of this state for that
year, lost his life as the result of
that battle. He was not in the bat
tie but went to Shilo h with supplies
for the wounded. On the evening
of Arpil 10, 1862, he fell from a
steamer as he embarked from Pitts
burg starting for Cairo and was
drowned.
While these are times of excep-
tional Industrial and financial pros
perity, it seems that they are also
rife with dire disasters. Earth
quakes in many regions have lately
been frequent and very destructive
of life and property. Railway ac-
cidents are of almost daily occur
renee, many with great loss of life.
Shipwrecks during the winter and
spring have also been numerous
and the loss of life resulting great.
There will be two base ball games
here Saturday, one on the Normal
campus and the other on the High
School campus. The first game
will be between the Mechanic Arts
high school of Minneapolis and the
Normal. Game will be called at /
O'Clock and finished in time for the
visitors to return on the $500 train.
The Ellsworth, high school team
will arrive here on the same train
and play the local high. The Boys
Independent Band will furnish mu-
sic for the fans.
Farmers are pretty late in getting
their seeding done, but this week
finds most of them hustling to get
in their small grains. The millers
say there will be more wheat grown
this year than usual. The wheat
crop of last season encouraged those
who sowed wheat last year to sow
more this year, and many who SOW
ed none last season will sow field
to wheat this spring. Probably
more will SOW wheat mixed with
oats-succotash-than will SOW
wheat alone. The wheat raised
here last year mixed with oats was
of better quality than Minnesota
or Dakota wheat.
The '2Oth Century Locomotive"
states in a recent article concerning
good roads in general, that If one
horse can draw a certain load over
level roads on iron rails, it will re-
quire FIVE thirds horse power to
draw the same load on level asphalt
tum, ten thirds horse power, on
best Belgium blocks, FIVE horse
power on ordinary Belgium pave
ments, seven horse power on good
cobble pavement, thirteen horse
power on bad cobble pavement, -
twenty horse power on an ordinary
dirt road, and forty horse power on
sandy road" If these compari-
sons are only approximately correct
the suggestion is worthy of farm