River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-05-09

cripple for about two weeks from
having seriously injured his foot on
harrow, is speedily recovering
from his wound. DR.. Gendron has
been attending him.
The Dorcas Society of the Nor
wegian church will give sale and
lunch next Wednesday, May Is, aft
ernoon and evening, in the Brad
shaw building. Hot Beans, yum,
yun1 Everybody come"
The last snow storm of the season
up to this date occurred Tuesday
afternoon. 1t showed for three
hours. 1t was the tail end of bliz-
card that ragged through the Dako-
tas and the Canadian northwest.
A canning factory is being built
at Rice Lake and the farmers about
there agree to furnish peas from
| ,OJO acres this year, with a tacit
understanding that 1000 acres will
be needed and furnished next year.
Not much fishing seems to be do
ing this week. The weather has
not been inviting for standing on
the river bank or wading in the
water and those who have yentured
out with worm say the fish seem
very shy.
Flocks of white sea gulls have
recently arrived here. A number
of them are seen daily on the upper
pond-the mill pond-and along the
first of the week great fiocks were
observed about the lower pond near
the city park.
A big carp had been frequently
seen under The Maple street bridge
and the boys had often fshed for
him in vain. AS he wouldn't be
caught with hook the boys drove
him into shallow water last night
and slaughtered him. He weighed
9H pounds.
Luther Bates died at Brookside,
VT, May l. He was among the
first settlers in this vicinity, home
stealing land now owned by A. P.
Foster. He is remembered as re-
siding here by some of the present
residents of the city.
The time of beginning the Sun
day evening services in the churches
will be changed for the summer.
May 10 and after, the Epworth
League of the NJ. E. Church will
meet at Z O'Clock and the preaching
service will begin at 8.
Stockholders Of the Spring Lake
Telephone Co. met Saturday at the
village hall and made arrangements
for erecting the line, terminal, con-
nections, ETC. Material will be on
hand next week when work will
probably be begun.-Spring Valley
Sun.
During the snow storm of Satur-
day afternoon robins gathered in
aocks, as. if they contemplated emf
grating back to the south. We saw
one flock in which there must have
been 500. Robins and blackbirds
seem to be more numerous this year
than ever before.
Farmers should have printed
stationery as we'll as merchants and
other business men. They can get
an excellent quality of stationery at
this Office with their names and
place of residence, etc., printed up
on it for less than they usually pay
for their paper and envelopes with
out the printing.
The judges in the contest at the
M. E. church tomorrow evening
are-Prof. A. N. Ozias, principal Of
the South Side High School, Min
neapolis; Supt. E. c. Porter, Hast
ings; Rev. A. S. Hale. ST. Paul;
Prin. w. w. Hobbs of the North
Side High School, Minneapolis, and
Waldron Jerome.
The Minnesota Legislature had a
committee at work during the SEES
sion to ascertain the value of the
railway property of the state. The
report of the committee shows that
the roads are capitalized at more
than twice their value. Tue stock
is more than half water.
The state University has facul-
ty numbering $50, while the students
enrolled this year number $3.50,
making the university population
over 1000 The College of En-
cheering has 799 students; the Col
1ege of Agriculture has an enroll
ment of 622; the College of Letters
and Science has 1879 students.
H. w. Thomson, the blacksmith,
has bought a grinding machine, a