River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02
The department of farmers insti-

ed the dates and places of meeting
of lightweight two-day institutes,
extending from Dec. IL to March Is,
and covering a territory of eighty
eight towns in sixty-counties. The
final roundup of three days will be
held at Richmond Center.
The grip has inaugurated its
campaign of invasion earlier than
usual and with greater virulence
than ever before since its first
appearance here in 1889. from over
the northern states come reports of
its ravages which are often follow
ed by pneumonia. With this dis
ease especially precautions against
taking 1t are more profitable than
means used to cure it.
The two newspapers published
simultaneously in New Richmond
for several years past-The Repub-
lican-Voice and News-have been
consolidated, the arrangement to
that effect having been perfected
Jan. l. Frank Van Meter, who
bought the News some time ago, has
bought the semi-weekly Voice and
will publish weekly with a com
bination name = New Richmond
News and Republican Voice. The
subscription price will be $500 a
year.
The village of Ellsworth has col
1ected $225 in fines for drunk and
disorderly during the past six
months. We don't know whether
a statement like that is creditab1e
to the county seat or not. 1t may
be an easy way for the fool and his
money to be disasscociated and for
the replenishing of the village treas
ury, but from a moral standpoint
some questions might be raised as
to the status. 1t has been a long
time since the city of River Falls
collected fines for such misconduct
as is indicated in the statement
above.
The City Treasurer is ready to
receive the taxes due from you at
any time you can gather up enough
money to pay the amount, which
this year will draw a considerable
sum out of your account. Taxes
are always high when we come to
pay them and this year they are
higher than in previous years. The
taxes levied on the property of this
city amount to $23, 533.47. The
state tax is 81, O44 80, as against
S767. "A last year. Other items that
make up the total are the school
tax-$9, 913. SIS; Bond tax 81 ,275; City
general tax-$3,CO0; county school
tax-$1, 21O.79; court house tax
$7O3.19; county tax-$2, 1926. The
rate this year is .O2422, two cents,
four mills and twenty-five hun
dredth of mill on dollar.
The next number in the Peoples
Lecture Course is a lecture by
Father L. J. Vaughn. This will be
given in the M. E. church Monday
evening, Jan. Is. Those who have
heard this eminent speaker predict
that this will be the most popular
number of the course. Father
Vaughn has met with great and in
creasing commentator since his
first appearance on the lecture plat
form, this being his seventh season.
He has some eight subjects to lee
ture upon" Sermons from Shake
speare;" "The Power of Love-"
1.-The Light That Failed" "The
Land of Possibilities" rs Life
Worth Living?" "Shylock;" Julius
Caesar" and "A Light on Richelieu. "
We do not know which of these sub
iects he will take up here. Tickets
for seats at this lecture will be on
sale at Taggart's drug store next
Saturday, Jan. 4, at 10 O'Clock in
the forenoon. Prices of seat tickets
range from 10c to zoe, according to
location in the church.
The financial furry that culmina-
ted about the first Of November was
skurry for money and the inability
to find sufficient amount for the
demand, the demand being caused
by the need of moving the vast pro-
ducts of western farms to the mar
kets. There was plenty of money.
Just as much, yes, more than there
was in the country last year. But
money in sufficient quantities for
current business could not be Sc
cured at once. The reason for this
is apparent. The bulk of the money
of the country was loaned out on
time obligations. Recognizing this
fact it is seen that run" on a