River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-09-02


duce Co. has just opened up cream
station in the old church building
opposite the Post Office isle per ID
for butterfat). These people have
houses in Chic ago, Boston and Min.
neapolis and they will appreciate q
liberal patronage.
Ira SchoonoYer left Monday to
enter upon his duties as principal
of the Hersey schools. He was &C.
companied as far as Hammond by
his sisters, Misses Lucileen and
Clairetta, who visited until Tues
day afternoon at the Geo. Leonard
home in that village.
Mrs. E. E. Finch of Cincinnati, o.,
and Mrs. ]. A. Jensen of Edgerton,
who had been spending the past
three weeks here at the home of
their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. D. Parker, went to Sparta the
latter part of last week to visit their
sister, Mrs. r. B. Graves, for week
before returning to their homes.
Entries for the Pierce County Fair
Corn contest will not close until ten
o'clock a. m, Thursday, September
%. This is to accommodate those
who might be unable to attend
the opening day. All other entries
must be in by six o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon and exhibits in place
by nine o'clock Thursday morning.
Mrs. H. w. Radcliff came down
from Balsom Lake Monday evening
and in company with her sister,
Mrs. ]. M. Smith of this city, left
yesterday afternoon for a three
weeks visit with relatives in King
ston and other Canadian cities.
They will also visit Mrs. Smiths
son Robert in Chicago.
The dedication services at the
new Swedish Mission church last
Saturday and Sunday were we'll at
tended and the interest shown indi-
Gates future success for the society.
Rev. E. A. Skogsberg of Minneapo-
lis, Rev. l. Nelson of Stockholm,
and Rev. Mr.. Carlson of Ellsworth
were among the out-of-town pastors
to take part in the exercises.
Mrs. Petra Johnson of Port Wing,
Wis, who had been spending sever
al days in the city, guest of Mrs.
Henrietta Carroll, returned home
Monday. She was accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. G.. VAIL Of Mar
tell, who will make her home with
her daughter hereafter. Mrs. Wahl
has been a resident of Martell dur
ing the past fifty-one years.
This office is the recipient of
pamphlet describing the location,
climate, mineral and timber re-
sources, harbor facilities, farming
advantages and future prospects of
Coos Bay, Oregon, and vicinity.
The reading matter and illustrations
are cleverly and neatly arranged
and the pamphlet is credit in every
way to its publisher, Clarence S.
Dodge of Marshfield, Ore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas S. Harris
returned Monday to their home in
Hettinger, N. D., after ten days
visit here with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. P. Nelson. They were &C
companied home by Miss Christine
Nelson, who will teach in Hettinger
the coming school year, and by Miss
Nealie Nelson, who will visit there
with them for a short time before
going to her school at La Crosse,
where she has taught for the past
sixteen years.
In spite of the fact that for eight
years he has been cripple and COM
PEELED to go on crutches, Walter,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. D. D. Proctor,
is showing rem arkable ability as a
civil engineer. At present he is en-
gagged in rebuilding large bridge
for Sonoma county, Cal, over the
Russian river, near Guerneville.
The structure is 1040 feet in length
and over 40 feet high, and it will re-
quire ten hundred and forty thous-
and feet of lumber to construct it.
The work is to be completed in two
In a photo sent here to
his parents, showing the present
status of the work, we note among
the workmen the picture of our
former townsman, VIM. B. Coy.
Walter was crippled in railroad
accident while employed as bridge
builder for the N. P. Coast Ry. Co.
The lower electric plant is fur
niShino the power for the city'S