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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-29
BIG RIVER

Mr.. Fox of Korna was a recent
caller here.
Mrs. Raphael, who has been sick,
is slowly improving.
Mike Rock is building barn for
Mr.. Purves in Donegal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Collins were
Sunday callers at Donegal.
Fay Goldsmith of Ellsworth spent
the past week here with friends.
Mrs. Will Davidson spent Satur-
day in River Falls, guest of her
parents.
Mrs. Rob Morrow spent the past
Thursday at the home of Mrs. Ihos.
Davidson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Hall were re-
cent visitors at the home Of Miss
Henrietta Teare.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Boals Of
River Falls spent the past Friday
here, guests of their daughter.
Miss Katie Ray was guest OF
Mrs. Thos. Davidson "Wednesday
and Thursday of the past week..
Mrs. Rob. Ray and children have
been visiting in River Falls, guests
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. ].
Morrow.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-29
WEST TRIMBELLE

P. M. Engle has purchased fine
team of draft horses.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Fosbender spent
Sunday at p. Simon's.
Louie Schommer, who has been
very sick, is slowly recovering.
]. Keisseler, travelling man for a
Duluth firm, canvased this vicinity
recently.
Geo. Tn. Smith and T. Nelson of
River Falls made a business trip
through here Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Houte visited
with the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Adam Killian, Sunday.
Right Rev. Bishop Schwaback of
La Crosse will confirm class of
about 40 at St. Mary's church May
e.
Mrs. John Thorn and children
left for Coaldale, Alberta, Canada,
Tuesday where she will join her
husband who went about a month
ago.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-29
DIAMOND BLUFF

Anna Nelson went to Saltwater
last Sunday.
Roy Wethern has purchased the
Nadeau house.
Mrs. 7. E. Morgan visited rela-
tives in River Falls last week.
The Quackenbush family have
moved into w. ]. Shank'S house.
Earl CARRIER has moved into the
house lately vacated by Len. Scullen.
Mrs. n. ]. Larson win entertain
the w. M. S. May 9th for supper.
All are welcome.
Mrs. E. M. Niles and son Kenneth
of Livingston, Mont, are spending
a few days with relatives here.
Mrs. Chas. Kelson and Miss Della
Nordstrom of Plum City visited
Miss Mabel Peterson here last Fri
day.
Mrs. Viola Townsend and Mrs
F. M. Christensen of Mortified
Mimi, were guests at D. M. Town
sends last week.
A New Movement Bible Class
will be organized Tuesday evening
Nav d. The members will have ;
banquet and speakers are expected
from St. Paul for the occasion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-29
OLlVET

Frank McCardIe has gone to
Montana
Mrs. G. M. Jenkins is caring for
Mrs. Lew Grape.
Ed. Jenkins is working for the
Bahrs in Spring Valley.
The third quarterly meeting was
held at the church Saturday.
S. Cooke attended a telephone
meeting at Elmwood Thursday.
The Town Board met at the
office of w. L. Yates, Town Clerk,
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Gore and Mr..
Lindsey visited at. G. c. Woods,
near Ono, Friday.
Mr.. Lindsey, who has been visit
ing at ]. Cores, is visiting at Phil.
Grapes, near the mines.
Mr.. and Mrs. 6. w. Weldon, and
Mrs. Pearl Lansing, visited at G.. d.
Germans Saturday and Sunday.
John Clarke came from Lavalle,
Wis, for a short visit with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Clarke.
Emma Granseth went to Lake
City Saturday to join her husband
who is working in the nursery there.
Mrs. c. d. German and Mrs. Ella
Kisner are receiving a visit from
their brother, Tim Rogers, of Clear
Lake.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-29
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
DONEGAL

The barn raising at G. Purfeest's
Tuesday was well attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. D. Proctor
drove through here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Bonner visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Adams Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Finn spent
Sunday with their parents at River
Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil LANCER and
children were Sunday callers at the
Purfeest home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Johnson of
Big River were guests at Tim
Driscoll's Sunday.
Mrs. Don Volosky, who has been
at St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Paul,
the past two weeks, returned home
Friday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-29
CLIFTON

Considerable sickness, in mild
form, is prevalent here.
Co. Supt. Weldon visited schools
here last Thursday and Friday.
The B. B. boys have reorganized
and are practicing the great national
game.
Nick Kohl is pushing the work
on his new dam and expects to finish
in June.
Sheep raisers in this locality are
planning to pool their wool again
this year.
James Cheesbro was appointed
highway overseer last Saturday in
Dist. Mol.
Branches of the Prescott telephone
line have been extended to the
Hooker and Busby residences.
DR.. Gallup of River Falls sue
ceeds DR.. Dill of Prescott as Health
Officer here for the ensuing year.
Dead crows, ten cents per capita,
hen hawks, fifteen. Bring 'em in,
boys, and start little bank account
at the towns expense.
Clyde Eckstien has been seriously
i'll with pneumonia but seems better
at present, we understand. He is
under DR.. Ashley's care.
John Hutchins, Jr., former Cliff
ton boy, died recently in North Da-
kota where the family has been lily
ing for several years past.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-29
Oppressed Consumers

Many who are conscientiously
and earnestly laboring in behalf of
the cause of tariff reform are Ia
mentins the fact that the special
privilege corporations are SO ably
and zealously represented by paid
attorneys and agents, while the con-
sumers, who are the helpless victims
Of protected producers, apparently
are without organization or repre-
sentation.
The theory upon which our sys-
tenn of government is based is, that
Senators and Representatives in
Congress are representatives of the
consumers, and this theory is sus-
ceptable to practical application
whenever the consumers unite upon
the proposition that those whom
they elect to represent them in Con
gress shall be men who cannot be
influenced by the agents of special
interests to deviate from their path
of duty, their oath of office and their
obligations to the common people.
Last November the struggle be-
tween the tariff benefciaries and the
unjustly oppressed consumers was
popularity presumed to have been
decided in favor of the latter. Such
would have been the case were all
members of Congress true to their
trust. They are not, however, and
there now seems to be little pros
pect of an early revision of the tar
if along the lines demanded by the
popular vote at the last general
election.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-29
SOUTH FORK

Mrs. John Peterson is sick.
Henry Peterson spent Sunday
with his parents.
William Deal is sick. DR.. Gendron
is attending him.
Mrs. Kelsy is visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Frank Laramy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Doe OF
Fargo visited at George Ellsworth's
Sunday.
Preaching in the school house next
Sunday, May 2, at ego p. M, by
Rev. Fred Harris. All are invited
to come. We hope to have full
house.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-29
FARGO

L. Dopkins and wife Of Gertrude
called at M. McCue's Thursday.
Charley Moe is home from Min
nesota where he spent the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Doe spent
Sunday with the latter's brother,
Geo. Ellsworth.
Mrs. Martin Hellingson and J.
Plumley of Ell Paso visited relatives
here Saturday and Sunday.
Add. Dopkins, who is working
for A. Hagerman of Ellsworth,
made his first trip through here Sat
urday with the meat wagon.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-29

Should members of Congress pass
a tariff bill that they have reason to
believe will not receive executive
approval and then attempt to hold
the President responsible for there
being no revision of the tariff, they
will commit a stupendous blunder
that will bring a greater number of
new faces into the siXty-second
Congress than are to be found in
the sixty-frst. The common peo-
pie will be found with President
Taft, because they believe President
Taft to be with them. Nothing
would please the tariff bene6ciaries
better than to have the President
and Congress part company" upon
the tariff revision, as in such an
event the existing tariff schedule
would prevail for an indefinite pc
Rod.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-29

The autocratic power conferred
upon Speaker Cannon by the House
of Representatives is not of recent
origin. It has been in existence for
a period of more than one hundred
years, but it was left for Mr.. Can
non to exemplify the deSpotic auth
ority by which the popular branch
Of what was designed to be the
greatest democratic Legislative as
sembly in the world, permits itself
to be governed. The entire United
States Senate, Notwithstanding the
enormous combined wealth of it's
members, does not possess one
1.-THE of the power with which the
presiding officer of the House Of
Representative is vested, Of
course it is within the province Of
the House to recall this practically
unlimited control of national legis-
lation possessed by it's Speaker, but
it does not seem disposed to do so.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-29

Senator Aldrich has engaged pas
sage for Europe early in June and
it is said that he is getting a little
nervous over the thought that Cum
nings, La Toilette and a few other
tariff reformers may delay his pro-
posed trip abroad. The tariff bill
is open for discussion, and the re-
visionists will insist upon a recog-
milton of their right to talk upon it,
even though Senator A1drich may
be Inconvenience thereby.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-29

1t is no credit to the authorities
at Washington that the wives Of
members of Congress should con-
stitute themselves broom brigade
for the purpose of cleaning the
streets of the capital city. The hus-
bands of those wives do the legis
lating which is supposed to provide
for keeping the streets of Washing
ton decently clean, and it would look
far better in the eyes of the people
who pay the bills if the lawmakers
would make their legislation SO eff
fective that it would not seem nee
essary for their wives to become
street cleaners.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-29

One of the baneful effects of the
corner in wheat is said to be an en-
largement of the hole in Milwaukee
doughnuts. A corner in barley
would have exactly the opposite eff
feet upon the size of Milwaukee beer
SchoonerS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-29

The Daughters of the American
Revolution have been given a new
name by the comedian in a Wash
ington society play, recently acted
in that city-"Daughters of the An
nual Rumpus.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-29
Advertised Letters

List of unclaimed letters for the
week ending April "a, 1909.
Mrs. w. ]. Wells
Mrs. Fay Elliott
H. A. Nelson
c. c. GLASS, P. M.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-29
FRANK L. BAKER
Express and Baggage Line.

Leave orders at the Telephone Central or
private phone No. "a. Special attention given
collecting Baggage from and delivering to all
parts of the city. All kinds of dray and team
work promptly attended to. Charges moderate
Wood for sale and delivered to all parts of city.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-26
NEW IRRIGATION PUMP.

AT the Ball Foundry and Machine
shops can he seen something new IN
the shape of propelling pump to
raise water from streams for irriga
tion purposes. 1t is the invention of
j, II. Butler who has az partners In
the invention Messrs. Toney Hueloth
Of Eureka and Mike Morris OF Du.
range. Tie pump can be easily moved
and placed along any stream, the
power being furnished by four paddle
propeller The pump was In opera.
tion this afternoon at the foundry
where water was raised a heighfh
OF about forty feet. The mechanism
Is very simple and requires very little
power to operate II. Al only twenty
revolutions per hour large quantity
of water can be raised in "a hours and
the machinery is capable of being
geared to 81 revolutions. There is
every indication that this pump win
be great boon to the cause OF irri.
CATION. They wiz be within reach of
single ranchmen at less cost than
long irrigating bitches. Already a
number have been arranged for.
The pump will be manufactured in
Durango by the Ball Foundry and Ma.
chine company where the initial one
was planned and built. II Will prove
big card for Durango.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-26

The editor OF the morning paper
has been common scold and trying
TO regulate everything IN Durango the
past fifteen years. The result is we
have n community divided against it.
self with all the evils complained OF
Increasing every year If the papers
advice is followed there is no telling
where It viii end. One thing sure.
Notwithstanding the fearless black
flag" The morning sheet has not ac.
complished one Thing in behalf of the
town and county. Other communities
with less inviting resources have pro.
gressed faster than Durango. but the
aforesaid communities have not had a
common scold newspaper whacking
away at the vitals of every industry.
When Durango casts aside its retard.
ing Influence then 1t win get to the
front in no time.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-26
MILES PAUL.

Most people were surprised today
when they learned that Mr.. l.. ii.
Miles and Miss Bertha Paul were
quietly married last evening at the
Episcopal church. Rev. Doggett per
formed the ceremony in the presence
of few friends and the Immediate
relatives of the contracting parties.
II was the original Intention OF Miss
Paul to have simple wedding few
months hence such MS most girls look
forward to. and then go to house
keeping in her own home. For rear
son which does her much credit. the
bride gave up this plan and was we'd
ded to the man OF her choice last
evening as simply and quietly as pos
sible.
"All the world loves lover" and
every one is interested IN weddings.
whether at home or In church. with
many guests or few. But there is
something sweet and sacred and ap-
pealing In the absence OF all foymali-
ty Ut uhrTluSe. TWO pcOpie loNc
each other-they are wedded--that is
all. and that is enough. for II love Is
| there. nothing else matters.
We know nothing but good OF both
bride and groom. and we wish them
the happiness they deserve. Mr.. Miles
has been IN the city some years and
is at present employed at the Hutch
in's barber shop. His bride has been
a favorite with Durango people. not
only for her lovely voice. but for other
qualities equally Observation-Disclosures
OF heart and unselfishness In aiding
others less fortunate. For the same
reason that she gave up her wedding
Mrs. Miles will continue her work In
the office OF the Graden Mercantil,
company for some time longer.
We congratulate both Mr.. and Mrs
Miles and wish them happiness. first
and all the other good things tina
may or may not come with happiness
for there are none that deserve bet
ter fortune.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-26
CAVE.IN AT CALUMET
COAL MINE YESTERDAY


Yesterday morning at 1880 James
l.. Rodenbaugh was instantly Killed
In the coal mine at Perins Peak, be.
longing to the Calumet Fuel company.
The accident happened while Ro.
denbaugh and his partner were pulling
pillar. The latter, who was some
six feet away saw what was coming
and tried TO warn his companion to
step back, but was too late.
The dead miner was 90 years of
age, and resided at Perin's with his
wife and child, who survive him.
Coroner Goodman brought the re-
mains down last evening. and they
are now at the Goodman undertaking
rooms. The funeral Will take place
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the undertaking parlors.
There is little that can be said
to break the shock of sudden death
TO those who are left behind.
There are many go forth at morning,
Who never return at night"
and only those who have experienced
such a loss can fully understand and
sympathize. One family Is desolate
today, because OF the sudden removal
Of husband and sather. Though many
OF us do not know them, we sym
patbize with widow and orphan In
their grief.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-26

Am l my brothers keeper" or my
brothers boys keeper? may be a
question that some OF us will try to
evade. but when we look back over
the environment in which we grew
to maturity. very few but must admit
that there we're other influences for
good brought to bear upon US besides
that of our parents.
We have officers whom we pay to
keep the peace. 1t is not justice to
the boy of twelve to allow aim to get
drunk, or smoke cigarettes. or TO abuse
himself in any way. Can our officers.
can our private citizens do something
20 help the boys? They will not thank
you for indulging them. Some places
have a branch of the state board OF
child and animal protection. Does
Ouray need it? Such thing might
be helpful to the boys and girls both.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-26

Out of county population Of $4,000
people only "a were sufficiently inter
ested in an extra session OF the leg
islature to attend well advertised
meeting at the court house a week
ago. 1t is safe to say that 20 out of
the "a attending were either Demo
cratic office holders or seeking office.
We presume the same conditions exist
throughout the state. The people do
not want an extra session. They are
trying to forget the lamentable Seven.
teenth. or course we realize that 81
per day, with mileage, looks pretty
good TO many of the members, espe
cially when an extra session may mean
several months, but to those who foot
the bill It looks entire different.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-26
MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE.

-
After watching the proceedings Ii
criminal cases every one must admi
the following from recent issue o
Golfers Weekly states the situation
correctly:
Does 1t sound sensational to declar,
that American law, to very large
extent, makes for injustice? The fact!
are as sensational as the sound. Tn,
| American Bar association has admit
ted 1t; leading judges have admitted
II; and President Taft once framed q
pointed amendment that no Judgment
civil or criminal, should be set aside
unless II appeared affrmatively that
the error of the complaint had result
ed In miscarriage of justice. Ameri
cans often mourn about lynch law
Not always do they take into account
the part played by the laws delay
in encouraging rough attempts at jus
tice. In England procedure is swift
and punishment follows with certain.
ty For seventy-five years, in Eng.
land, Ireland. Scotland. and the Brit.
ish colonies all over the world. there
has not been one case of lynchlng. We
have recently pointed out that the
lawyers succeeded in beating simpli-
fication In Montana. In an admirable
article in the Kansas City Bar Month.
ly" for March. Prof John ID. Lawson,
OF the University of Missouri, recalls
the fact that when the Missouri legis-
lature passed law simplifying pro
cedure the supreme court of that state
upset 1t. Judge Lawson believes
that our civil procedure is immeas.
urabiy behind the age. and that In
criminal procedure we have not ad.
vanced step since the days of Queen
Elizabeth. Judge Amidon. of the federal
bench, has stated that II a man has
the means to keep up the fight he
can, In a majority OF cases, escape
unishment for crime. As our rules
are now, the main concern is not
earch for the truth. Lawyers strug-
gle to get errors into the record, wit
nesses are bullied, and judges are
afraid. Those complicated technicali-
ties. which the English judges invent
ed long ago to protect the individual
from cruelty and oppression. have been
retained and exaggerated by us. The
English threw them away when the
days of cruelty and oppression were
at an end. An indictment in England
now states, in perhaps forty words of
utmost simplicity. that certain crime
was committed by certain person.
We FIJI pages OF foolscap with most
ridiculous language, and then upset
If some one of the un-
necessary words can be strained into
a failure to observe some minor rule.
The conviction of a man for murder
Is upset because the foreman of the
jury spelled first "fust" Another con
viction for murder is upset because
the Indictment charged that the vic
tim died Instantly, instead of then and
there; another. because breast was
spelled without the "a" another, be
cause the record failed to state that
the prisoner was present at his own
trial, although the court could readily
determine that he was. These things
truly sound Incredible. We need
Jeremy Bentham to goad us into max
Ing legal justice reality. We need
a novelist to do what Dickens did In
-Bleak House." or what Goldsmith did
in "a Citizen of the World" We need
a John Wesley to point out that our
at justice would have brought
discredit on any court OF centuries
ago In Greece or Rome"
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-26

The morning scold has been whack.
ing away at the Denver G. Rio Grande
management and its Durango line for
these many years. Instead of secur'
ing an improvement the service has
retrograded. Calling names and abus
ing people never accomplished any
good purpose. But the earnest efforts
of our enterprising business men In
presenting the management with facts
In a business-like way will bear fruit
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-26
BREAKING UP ALFALFA.

The attempt to break alfalfa with
the ordinary plow is usually a miser-
able failure, as It is not suited to the
work A very successful alfalfa plow
can be made by adjusting and max.
Ing few changes in the regular
sod" plow or prairie breaker" The
essential points 10 consider are: The
long, strong beam, to steady the plow;
the long Landslide, to resist the tire
mendous cutting strain. 1t is not often
necessary TO reinforce the beam with
heavy iron to withstand the draft
The plow should be adjusted to cut u
very narrow furrow, not over twelve
inches. An extra long share. to lap
part of the last furrow to prevent the
roots when only partly cut off near
heel, from whipping around. This can
also be prevented by the use OF a hori-
zontal cutter, bolted to the bottom Of
the Landslide, thus partly cutting the
roots in the next furrow. This cutter
is forged with a right angle shoulder
that fits and fastens with the bolt
through the short Landslide.
The next essential is very sharp
share, drawn thin and hardened. 30
that It will not be brittle. A sharp
share should be replaced each day.
and a good file is necessary to touch
up the edge once in a while. Break
ing alfalfa on stony land is very difn'
cult and is extremely hard on plow
shares. 4
The most essential point in an alfal
ia breaker is a long. heavy. well point
ed share. with very wide wing, 81,
or eight inches at the heel. and one
and half to two inches of the edge
rolled SO as TO run almost flat on the
bottom of the furrow. thus cuttinl
ahead of the lift" and avoiding {
dragging cut.
The standard plow factories arr
making alfalfa specials for the west
ern farmer, with extra alfalfa shares
these are chiefly in sulky plows; bu
where 1t Is not practical TO afford sucl
q plow. the walking breaker can b.
fitted and adjusted to do excellen
work, although 1t is somewhat hard
er for the man that holds the plow.
Alfalfa breaking usually require
from three TO four good, heavy horse
for team. The depth and the tim
to plow alfalfa are somewhat moote'
questions. They vary with conditions
It Is usually conceded that fall break
ing Is q success. but in Colorado a
falfa is generally plowed shallow. fou
or ilve inches deep. so that the crown
and roots may be well narrowed :
the surface to dry OUT. Alfalfa is the
reDlowcd. one to two inches deepe
than II was broken. Alfalfa. whe
dormant. II plowed under In mois
soil. VIII readily take root and gro'
II NOT narrowed out. Many farmer
are having better success In breal
Ing alfalfa late In the spring. afte
the alfalfa Ia ten or twelve inche