River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
LOCAL NEWS

The barber shops OF the city Will
not be open on Decoration Day,
May 80.
Peter Gilbertson of New Center
vile visited friends in the city last
Saturday.
Miss Lovila Mosher spent Satur-
day and Sunday with relatives in
New Richmond.
Have you seen the Evans potato
planters, best of its kind, at Lund's
Hardware Store.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Platte and
daughter of Prescott made an auto
trip to this city Sunday.
Father Edwin c. Whitall of Star
Prairie was the guest of Rev. w. c..
Kirk the first of the week.
John Bowers Of Maiden Rock Wis
tied his daughter, Mrs. Richard
Hagg, in this city Friday.
Corn is king, ie is said, and why
not buy a Deere planter and secure
a sure crop. At Lund's Hardware
Store.
There will be no services in Trim
ity church next Sunday as the pas
tor goes to the mission at Ellsworth
for the day.
Mrs. A. w. Andrus returned home
Monday morning from few days
visit with relatives in Spring Valley,
Elmwood and Rock Elm.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Tubs enter
tanned at five hundred Saturday
evening in honor of Mrs. Guy Bas-
sett and Miss Alma Jerrett of Min
neapolis.
John Chinook of Clifton return
ed Friday morning from Mt. Glenn
ems, Mich, where he had been TAX
ing treatment for rheumatism with
evident success.
Eight hundred and sixty-seven
boys in ST. Croix county are going
into the corn contest arranged by
Superintendent H. A. Aune of Bald
win. All will raise Silver King"
Mr.. and Mrs. John Newman of
Baraboo visited friends in this city
Friday and Saturday. From here
they went to Menomonie to visit at
the home of their daughter, Mrs.
Jonathan Boothby.
Rev. w. Chester Kirk went to
Turtle Lake Monday for confer
ence with Archdeacon Henry A.
Chase, who has charge of the mis-
sions of the Episcopal church in
Northern Wisconsin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Parks. visited
at the home of the latter's brother,
Frank Baker, Friday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Parks have disposed of their farm
ing interests near Batavia, ILL.,, and
will reside in Ellsworth.
Miss Sarah Powell returned home
last Thursday from White Rock, S..
D. The item in last weeks issue,
stating that her mother, Mrs. Elmira
Powell, had returned from Los
Angeles, CAL, was an error.
The "sun-bonnet sale," held last
Saturday by the Ladies Aid society
of the Congregational church, was
a gratifying success. The ladies
took in between $35 and $40 from
their sales of ice cream and sun
bonnets.
Five hundred eighty-fve dollars
were added to the common school
fund of the state by the prosecution
of over a score of violators of the
fish and game laws last week. The
total amount of fines and costs col
lected during last week was $657.
Saltwater, Minnesota, wants more
laborers. Opportunity is offered for
work at the new prison, machine
shops, for woodworkers, for boys
and girls in shoe factory and cloth
ing factory. For further particulars
apply to the Saltwater Citizens
Association.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Christoffer-
son came down from St. Paul Fri
day evening, Mr.. Christofferson re-
turning Saturday and Mrs. Christof-
ferson remaining until yesterday.
They were guests at the home OF
Mrs. Christofferson's parents, Mr..
and Mrs, Geo. Fortune.
Mrs. Matilda WOODBURY., who has
been visiting relatives in Washing.
ton for several months, returned
home Friday. She was accompa
MED by her two daughters, Mrs.
Jesse Rose of North Yakima, and
Mrs. Melvin Rose of Seattle, Wash,
who will visit here for a few weeks.
| Members of the G. A. R. and w
r. C. will meet for memorial serv
ices May 90 in the M. E. church