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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
LAWYERS of State Gather.

The Wisconsin State Bar associa-
ton met in Milwaukee. Mayor David
S. Rose delivered the address of well
come in the Hotel Pfister. The annual
address by President Burr w. Jones
and the reports of committees followed.
Judge Chester A. Fowler of Portage
delivered an address on the life of
Chief Justice Luther S. Dixon. Fur
Their reports, the business meeting and
the annual election of officers were
given. Charles N. Gregory, dean of
the law school of Iowa university
talked on the life of the late Chief
Justice Roger B. fancy. He was fol-
lowed by an address on standards for
Rate Regulation by Commission by
Edwin S. Mack. A general discussion
then took place. A joint banquet, par
ticipated in by the State Bar associa-
ton and the Milwaukee Bar associa-
ton was held. Joseph G. Donnelly
acting as postmaster. Upon this &C.
casion Gen. Arthur Macarthur spoke
on Courts and Court Martial" JUS
tice John Barnes of the supreme court
on From Bench to Bar" Judge w. j..
Turner on How 1t Feels to Be a
judge" Judge Charles B. Rogers of
Jefferson county on ''The Will and the
Way" and Thomas M. Kearney of Ra-
cine on "The Brotherhood of the Bar"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
Three New Banks Formed.

State Banking Commissioner M. c.
Bergh approved the articles of incor-
poration of three new state banks and
an amendment increasing the capital
stock of a fourth. The three new
banks are as follows:
The Cedarburg State bank of Cedar
burg; capital, $4,000: incorporates,
Charles c. Wirth, J. Fl. Wittenberg, John
F. Neman w. III. Wiesler, G. III. Wirth,
and d. M. Rosemheimer.
The Bank of Holmen, village of Hoi-
men, La Crosse county; capital $l5,OO0;
incorporators, Thomas Johnson, V. S.
Keppel, A. o. Jostad, and several others.
The Spencer State bank, village of
Spencer Marathon county; capital, $1O-
600; incorporators, A. i. Book, Frank
Schultz, A. F. Luepke, and others.
The amendment approved was filed
by the Citizens State bank of Sheboy-
gan and it authorizes the institution
to increase it's capital from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Banking Commissioner Bergh has
returned from ST. Paul, where he at
tended the annual meeting of the
national association of state super
visors of state banks. He was con-
tinued by the association as one of
the three members of a special COM
mittee on uniform bank legislation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02

or 'Dickey" Brown as he
was Familiarity known to his intimates
But the fortune had conditions at
tached, conditions that were "a beast
ly bore, don't you know"
Old Peter had been one of the old
settlers of Plumville; his son had
been born there and married there,
and "Dickey" had first seen the light
of day at the same place. But with
the increase of fortune "Dickey's"
mother had developed society lean
ings, and she had taken "Dickey''
east where she could dabble in the
edges of the society sea, and "Dickey''
had grown up in the atmosphere of
Saratoga and Newport, with an occa-
sional visit to London when the sea
son" was on.
When it came to the question of a
university nothing short of Oxford
would answer; all America was too
provincial to be thought of. So it was
that he spent the greater part of his
teens and neared his majority in Eng
land, at all times a willing student of
English snobbery.
1t was with considerable disgust
that Dickey read the letter from his
American lawyers warning him that
if he wished to have the handling of
his grandfather's money after his
twenty-fifth birthday it would be nee
essary to comply with the old gentle
mans expressed command that he
spend each of his birthdays from his
twenty-first to his twenty-ifth in his
native town of Plumville.
"A beastly bore, don't you know
said Dickey, as he read the letter for
the third time. Il say now, why could
not the old codger have left that out?"
1t was on the first of July that
Dickey arrived at PlumVille, monocle,
brilliantly checked trousers, white
spats, walking stick and all the other
essentials without which life in Lon.
don would be scarcely worth the living.
Plumville just at that time was very
much imbued with spirit of patriot
ism, and looked at everything English
very much as the audience looks upon
the villain in the show. The town was
going to celebrate, and they were 60
ing to do it on very big scale-for
Plumville. Everything had been ar
ranged for with the exception of the
evenings fireworks when the sub
scribed funds began to run low, and
it seemed as though Plumvilles cele-
bration was not destined to wind up
in blaze of glory. Rather, that was
the way it seemed before Dickeys ar
rival
The finance committee of the cele-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
"Ten Thousand People Were There"

"Ten Thousand People Were There"
that when the rocket is lit it will pull
the tree clear out of the ground and
go north for at least 1000 miles, which
will bring it over uninhabited country,
where it will fall without hurting any
body, unless a bear or a moose should
get in the way. Now, Jimmy, touch
her Off"
Jimmy touched the end of the fuse
and then everybody ran away to safe
distance. The fire climbed swiftly, and
suddenly with a bang that shook the
hills and broke the windows even in
towns 100 miles away, the giant rocket
went off.
Out came the tree, roots and all, and
| sailed grandly into the sky with hiss
ing trail Of fire behind it. The amazed
| spectators watched it for more than
half an hour, getting smaller and
smaller, till it disappeared in the
northern sky.
For days after that the paper printed
reports from distant places from peo-
pie who had seen wonderful fiery
| thing in the night. By means of these
reports, it was possible for Uncle Dick
| to pursue the course of his wonderful
rocket until he found that it had gone
far over Canada; but he could not
| learn where it had fallen and he did
not learn until recently.
But about a week ago hunter who
had been in the very far north of Can
ada, near Hudson bay, shooting musk
oxen, visited Uncle Dick. He told lot
of interesting hunting adventures, and
| finally said:
THE uueerest thing that I saw was
far up in the barren lands where there
are no trees. One day saw something
odd some distance away, and l went
there on my snow shoes.
What do you suppose found? A
mighty tree! That was queer enough
up there. But queerer still was the fact
| that this tree did not stand in the
| ground as other trees do, but stood
roots up with its crown buried deeply
| in the SOIL 1t was the most marvellous
| sight l have even seen, and can hard
ly believe it yet. would give a good
deal to know what caused this strange
freak of nature"
| Uncle Dick chuckled and winked at
| Jimmy.
Did you ever hear of Jimmy's Won
| derful skyrocket?" he asked.
mo, never" said the hunter. you
know 1 have been in the wilderness a
| long time"
So Uncle Dick told him. After he
got through the hunter said: Il am
| glad to know this. | intended to write
book about it, but now l shall be
able to save myself the trouble"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
THE ENGLISH LlON-HEAR 1T
ROAR!

The curiosity of the visitors and
the townspeople was at white heat,
and they fiocked into the tent as soon
as it was opened.
There was Dickey in a hastily con-
structed cage, securely bound down on
all tours, properly arrayed in his
checked trousers, white spats, with his
monocle fastened securely in place
and himself decorated with a bushy
TAIL The chairman's young hopeful,
CARRIED in continental uniform and
cooked hat, was operating the tail
piece. This was but a doubled strand
of rope fitted around Dickey's stom-
ach so tightly that when given an
extra twist or two it became torture
to the victim, and produced the prom
Used roar.
The crowd went wild with delight
at the novelty of the entertainment
while Dickey roared, and howled, and
swore, and vowed vengeance upon
Plumville and the entire nation.
The $500 worth of fireworks with
which Plumville wound up its celebra-
ton were promptly paid for when the
bill was presented. Dickey spent his
birthday in bed in the town hospital,
and has not been heard from since the
day following, though the fame of
Plumville's British lion has spread
from ocean to ocean. Should he fail
to return for his birthday this year,
the town will be able to replace the
present hospital with more commodi-
Gus structure out OF the old gentle
mans fortune which it inherits,
should Dickey not meet the conditions
of the will
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
win Welcome Former Citizens.

VIII welcome Former Citizens.
1t is learned that in almost all the
smaller cities of the state prepare
lions are being made for the annual
Homecoming gatherings, affording for
mer residents an opportunity to re.
turn to the places of their earlier en-.
vironment. In many of the cities
preparations are being made to cele-
brate the event on a most lavish
scale with speakers of national repu-
tation as drawing features.
With floral, civic, industrial and
comic parades the Business Mems as.
ISOLATION of Fort Atkinson is formulate
ing plans for a homecoming continu,
ing three days, beginning July 2. Port
Washington will spend four days in
celebrating, beginning with July 8
Excursions will be run from several
cities, including one from Milwaukee
20 to 25, many of the arrangements
being in the hands of the local Grand
Army post, one day being set aside for
the old soldiers, when a parade and
campfire will be the order of the
day. Waterfowl expects still larger
crowd than in former years on the &C.
casion of its annual homecoming, Au
gust q because of the fact that the in.
terurban line from Milwaukee to that
city is promised to be in operation
by that date. Stevens Point is inviting
her former sons and daughters who
have sought other fields for their en-
deavors to make merry in the old
town August to s. In several other
cities preparations are being made for
like festivals.
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in the world on the evening of the
Fourth of July"
Uncle Dick also sent word to the
papers about it, and on the evening of
the Fourth more than 10000 people
were at the farm. wondering at the i'm
mense skyrocket and trembling all
over at the thought of the explosion
when she went off. And all over the
land people who could not go to the
farm were watching the heavens and
paying very little attention to the 9th
er fireworks of the United States, be-
cause the papers had told all about the
rocket and had explained that it could
be seen hundreds of miles when it
went up.
When the time came, Uncle Dick
gave Jimmy big piece of lighted punk
and then he stood in front of the tree
and said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: You will
notice that this tree is inclined toward
the north. My calculations tell me
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
Concludes Madison Case.

The state railroad commission was
able to take up only one case the other
day because most of its time was con-
sumed in listening to the concluding
arguments in the case of the city of
Madison and the State Journal COM
pany against the Madison Gas and
Electric company for lower rates and
better service. The case heard was
that of the village of Cashton, which
wants authority to build municipal
lighting plant. Senator George B.
Hudnall was here to get the commits
sion to order the railroad companies
entering Superior to equip their sta
lions with telephones, and Senator A.
W. Sanborn of Ashland was here to
take part in the case brought by the
city of Ashland to compel the Ashland
Water Works company to reduce it's
rates.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
lydia e. PINKHAM

No other medicine has been so
successful in relieving the suffering
of women or received so many gen.
uine testimonials as has Lydia L.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
In every community you will find
women who have been restored to
health by Lydia e. Pnkham's Veg
etable Compound. Almost every
one you meet has either been bene-
flied by it, or has friends who have.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, any wOmananydaymay
see the files containing over one mil
lion one hundred thousand letters
from women seeking health, and
here are the letters in which they
openly state over their own sigma
lures that they were cured by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has saved many women
from surgical operations.
Lydia e. Pmkham's Vegetable
Compound is made from roots and
herbs, without drugs, and is whole
some and harmless.
The reason why Lydia e. Pink
HAMS Vegetable Compound is so
successful is because it contains in
gradients which act directly upon
the feminine organism, restoring it
to healthy normal condition. Fl
Women who are suffering from
those distressing ills peculiar to their
sex should not lose sight of these
facts or doubt the ability of Lydia
e. Pinlkham's Vegetable Compound
to restore their health.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02

- IMMY BRODERICK'S Uncle Dick
was not only a great inventor,
A but one Of the kindest men that
ever lived.
! Although he earned his living by in
venting useful things like automatic
plows that would plow whole field in
the night time while the farmer lay in
bed asleep, and automatic fish poles
that would bait their own hooks and
throw out their own lines and pull in
their own fish and take them off and
bait the hooks over again, still Uncle
Dick was ready at minutes notice to
drop all that sort of thing and invent
something to give boy pleasure. And
you will agree that nephew who has
an uncle like that has treasure.
Jimmy Broderick knew this and he
took great care of Uncle Dick, carrying
an umbrella for him when it rained and
watching to see that he ate his meals
regularly, for like all great inventors,
Uncle Dick could not take care of him
self very well.
What would you like for the Fourth
Of July, Jimmy?" asked Uncle Dick
about a week before that important
day.
Il would like most of all to have
great big sky rocket" said Jimmy.
you shall have one" said his uncle,
and Immediately went into his inven-
tory shop, which is the funny name
that he gave to the little room where
he invented things.
The telephone bell rang good deal
that day. On the very next morning
big truck arrived from the city with
two big casks on it. They we're painted
red and marked Danger! Powder" in
big letters. There were also huge rolls
Of thick pasteboard, each sheet big
enough to make the whole side of
house, and there were so many of
them that the horses could hardly pull
them.
Uncle Dick rubbed his hands and
chuckled like anything when he saw
the material
You shall certainly have sky
rocket" said he to Jimmy And the
best of it is that the greater part of
the country for hundreds of miles
AROUND Will nave one, 100.
Jimmy was very curious and still
more puzzled, but he knew that Uncle
Dick did not like to explain his inven-
tons beforehand, so he asked no ques-
tions, but merely kept his eyes open
and did not go out of sight of the in
ventory shop all morning.
Before noon a great gang of men ar
they began to carry all the material to
the pasture, where they deposited it
around a huge old dead pine tree that
stood smooth and straight reaching
into the air fully so feet without a
branch to break it except on the very
top, and that was soon gone, too for
Uncle Dick sent men up there and
they Topped it off so that then the
tree stood sleek and smooth like a
mast.
Then the sheets of pasteboard were
laid on the ground and rolled into a
great cylinder 30 feet long and at least
ten feet in diameter.
AS soon as a sheet was rolled into
shape the men tied it tightly with
yards on yards of rope and then an
ether sheet was rolled around the first
and more rope tied around that and
so on until all the pasteboard had been
used up, and that was such lot that
1t took the men all day with the hardest
kind of work
The next day they opened the casks
of powder and began to load it in and
in, hour after hour. until the last grain
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
Must Not Make Promises.

State Insurance Commissioner
Beedle sent a letter to the officers of
city, village, and town mutual fire
insurance companies of Wisconsin in
forming them that he has learned that
representatives of some of these com
panies have offered to guarantee pol
icy holders against being compelled
to pay more than a certain number Of
assessments each year. He warns
against making any such propositions
and asks for information regarding
such engagements in the past with a
view of prosecuting the guilty persons.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
State Officers Are Pleased.

Gov Davidson, Secretary Of State
Frear, State Treasurer Dahl, Attorney
General Gilbert, State Insurance Com
missioner Beedle and other officials
from Madison who attended the Re-
publican national convention, returned
home and ali expressed themselves as
being pleased with the nominations.
They say that the ticket will be loyal
ly supported by the Republicans of
Wisconsin and that it will receive the
usual majority of the votes cast in
this commonwealth next fall.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
Want Lower Assessment.

Attorney o. S. Baylies of Chicago
and Director T. NJ. Ellis of Rockford,
representing the Rockford & Indiana
[nterurban Railway company, ap-
peared before the state tax commits
sion and asked that the assessment
Of the property of their company in
Wisconsin be reduced from $325,OOO to
s290,O00. They asserted that the COM
pany was not making any profit on its
lines in Wisconsin and that conse-
quently the assessment should not ex-
coed the value of its physical property
in the state.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
Keen the Governor Busy.

Gov. Davidson has been forced to
cancel several dates and to refuse in
vitations to speak. All his extra
time has been taken up in supervising
the erection of the new capitol. He
heard the Impeachment proceedings
against District Attorney Milo Muckle-
stone, Waukesha county, who it was
alleged failed to prosecute some per
sons who violated the law.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
Leaves Field for Russell.

Byron J. Castle, chief clerk in the
state land office and a candidate for
the Republican nomination for con-
gress from the Second district against
Congressman John M. Nelson, will
withdraw from the contest and Gen.
c. H. Russell of Berlin will announce
his candidacy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
AGAIN Name Emil Court.

Emil Court of Milwaukee was re-
elected president of the German Vet
erans' society of Wisconsin at the an
nual meeting at Green Bay. Other Of
ficers elected are as follows:
First Vice-President-Otto Susemill,
Merrill.
Second Vice-President-Ot Radloff,
Fond du Lac.
Secretary-Gustav Guenther, Chiffon.
Treasurer-Gustav Weinicke, Fond du
Lac.
Judge of Honor-Otto Bowitz, Milwau-
kee.
Fond du Lac was selected for the
1903 convention
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bration felt that he should and would
provide the needed funds for the fire.
works, and the chairman waited upon
What Dickey said to the chairman
that official did not repeat, but he did
report to the committee that the funds
for the fireworks would be forthcom-
ing, and the town paper contained the
following notice on the morning of the
third:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
ssSzS-SVzN g. -
a.e
The Day After.

well, my boy" said the good man,
Il see you have your arm in sling.
Did you get hurt celebrating the
Fourth?'
: Nav" replied the sweet child; Il
broke me wrist tryin' not to let me
right hand know what me left hand
was doin'"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
EXTRAORDINARY CELEBRATION
ATTRACTION!

The committee on arrangements of
the Plumville Fourth of July celebra-
ton, announce the engagement of a
GENUINE ENGLISH LION.
The only one in captivity in this
country. He will be securely Gagged,
and will provide entertainment by
roaring when his tail is twisted.
DO NOT FAIL TO SEE 1T.
The admission price will be % cents.
When Fourth of July morning
dawned, a large size tent was one of
the features of the grounds on which
the celebration was to be held Across
it in large letters was the sign:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
State Endeavorers to Meet.

The state Christian Endeavor union
will hold it's annual convention at Ash
land July 9-12. Rev. Lathrop G. Grant,
pastor of the First Congregational
church of Menomonie, is its president
and will make an address. One thou
sand delegates are expected.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
Frank L. Gilbert Asks denomination.

Attorney General Frank L. Gilbert
of Madison formally announced bis
candidacy for denomination and that
he expects to send out his nomination
petitions within few days. He an.
nounced that he received many letters
from friends in different parts of tho
state urging him to become candi
date and assuring him of support. He
was not inclined to enter any contest
but in view of the fact that there are
no other candidates he has decided tc
ask for denomination.
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term of Senator John c. Spooner, who
resigned, the other night issued a
statement in which he announced him.
self a candidate for reelection.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02
Roar of the
British Lion
By
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON

HEN old Peter Brown died
he left his fortune-a very
stable one-to his grand
son, P. Chawley Brown, as
the young man signed it,
I'D. L
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Very True.

oh" said Edith Louise, as she saw
the soldiers getting ready to fire the
Fourth of July cannon, you mustn't
go near that gun or you might get
killed, and it's dangerous gettiA'
killed."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02

Stephenson Seeks Reelection.
United States Senator Stephenson
of Wisconsin, who was elected by the
last legislature to fill the unexpired
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vi.ttor. nm The Lob.

The truly gifted engineer always
makes one part of his work fit into an
other, and no energy is ever wasted
A wealthy engineer who had set up a
very fine place IN the country, where
he had carried out many pet construc-
tive projects, was visited there by an
old friend The visitor had 30 much
difficulty in pushing open the front
gate that he spoke about it to the pro-
prietor.
you ought to look to that gate" he
said. "a man who has everything ex-
actly right should not have a gate
that Is hard to open"
"Ha!" exclaimed the engineer, you
don't understand my economy, I'm
quite certain. That gate communicates
with the waterworks of the house, and
every person who comes through 1t
pumps up four gallons Of water r.
London Tit-Bits.