River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-05-30

The high school closes this week.
The Senior Class play was given
Wednesday night and the commence
ment exercises are held in Opera
Hall Friday night. The class play
was, executed in fine shape.
Miss Nealie Knowles, teacher at
Camp Hill, Alabama, closes her
school this week and comes north.
She will stop in Milwaukee for a
visit with her sister, Mrs. ]. G. Red
ford, before coming to her home
here.
Mrs. Ada McGray Wiltse of Still
water ahd Mrs. Essie Bailey Brown
of Minneapolis were guests of Mrs.
Fred Bliss for several days the past
week. The ladies were all former
residents of Prescott and school
mates.
A special meeting of the Blue
Lodge of Masons was held Tuesday
evening for work in the third de-
gree. At the next regular meeting
of the lodge two candidates are to
be raised to the degree of Master
Mason.
Mrs. Mckinley, wife of the mar
tyred President VIM. Mckinley, died
last Sunday. May &c. She had
often expressed the desire that she
might go to her husband. Mrs.
Mckinley was a lovely woman and
an ideal wife.
The price of potatoes this spring
has been much better than the mar
ket during the winter seemed to
warrant. The surplus has been
pretty we'll cleaned up at this date.
Buyers for shipping are paying so
cents bushel this week.
Rev. D. B. Spencer preached the
Memorial sermon to the members
of the G. A. R. and w. r. C. post
last Sunday. Thirty-fve or forty
veterans and many ladies of the w.
r. c. attended. The sermon is
spoken of as fine address.
The Saltwater Stone Sidewalk
Company has been engaged by the
city to put down cement sidewalk
here this summer. They commence
work this week on a stretch of walk
on south Main street. between
Spring street and Cascade avenue.
Miss Harriet E. Hale, a teacher
Of vocal music in St. Paul, assisted
by some of her pupils, will give a
concert in the Congregational church
on Friday evening June Z, under
the auspices of the Ladies Aid soci-
ETY.. Look for program next week.
The third quarterly business
meeting of the M. E. Church will be
held at 8 o'clock Saturday night.
Rev. F. w. Straw, the presiding eld
er, will preach the sermon Sunday
morning. The sacrament of the
Lords Supper will follow the morn
ing sermon.
The Normal base ball team went
to Hudson Saturday to play the
Hudson high school team. After
three innings the game was called
on account of rain, Hudson having
scored three times and Normal twice.
Martin Anderson of the River Falls
team drove the ball over the fence
for home run.
The Quaker Medicine Company
closed its engagement here Tuesday
evening. Opera Hall was packed.
1t is estimated that there were 800
people present. Mrs. N. A. The
lander won in the bean guessing
contest and received the prize, a
silver water service. The company
left on Wednesday for Chippewa
Falls.
There will be two ball games here
this Thursday afternoon. The
RIVER Falls White Caps play the
Menomonie Blue Caps. After this
game the River Falls Red Caps and
the Spring Valley White Sox will
play. Both games will be played
on the High School campus.
A gentle rain Saturday and Sun
day was benefit to grass and will
also accelerate the growth of small
grain and help to start corn and po-
tatoes. Grass is just now getting a
good start. Farmers will be glad
when grass alone will keep the COWS
in needed feed. They have been
obliged to feed dry feed longer this
spring than usual.
A larger acreage of wheat has
been sown about here this spring
than in many seasons previous to
this. Most have sowed wheat with