River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-09-14

Lund's ad in this issue. Enamel
ware sale on.
Mesdames Matt Elertson, Lavina
Barg. w. T. Glass, Della Severson,
Curtis Johnson, c. A. Smith, Edm.
Nicholson, Marie Gudmunson, H.
A. Hagestad and Miss Inanda John
son, visited with the Ebenezer Lad
les Aid in Hudson yesterday after
noon.
A couple of sharpers claiming 10
be railway contractors, with crew
of sixty or seventy men coming here
to work, were endeavoring to induce
several of our business men on Fri
day to advance from S. to $40. They
also attempted to dispose of jewelry
to some boys.-Hastings Gazette.
A. A. Riel, State Organizer for
the United Order of Foresters, is in
the city this week writing new
members for Court Kinnickinnic.
A special meeting will be held to-
night with limitations and there will
also be initiation at the regular
meeting next Tuesday night.
The following ladies, members of
the South Fork Ladies Aid are en-
joying trip to Saltwater andWhite
Bear to-day: Mesdames Nelson ELL
lott, Edgar Russ, John McCue,
Frank Baird, Fred Smith, Chas.
Harlem, Ernie Ensign. H. p Berg
seng, a. H. Lowell, Albert Wilcox
Joe Davis, Emil Johnson, Chauncy
Wilcox, Earl SohoonoYer, Frank
Laramy and Mrs. George Carley.
The heavy rains of the past three
week have given boom to the seed
ing of winter wheat in the portions
of South Dakota SO much subject to
drought, including the western half
of the state. The late rains have
put the ground in excellent germin.
ating condition for this crop and
the farmers have been busy blowing
all over that section and prospects
are that an enormous area will be
sowed this fall.
Mrs. Fred w. Bliss is expected
home tomorrow from visit through
the western states. She left this
city July 5 and has visited at the
following POINTS, Moosejaw, Can;
Seattle and Tacoma, Wash; Port.
land, Ore; Bots City, Idaho; Chey-
enne, Wyo.; Denver, Col; Salt Lake
City, Utah; Kansas City, Mos; and
West Liberty, Iowa. She has also
made several side trips among
which are included Pixies Peak and
Colorado Springs.
Three hundred and two excursion
tickets to the Twin Cities were sold
at the local station during Mime
sofa State Fair week. This is far
below the average number of form
er years. The decrease Is undoubt-
edly due to the fact that rainy wealth
er prevailed during the entire week
with the exception of the last day
Kilties band was the musical feature
of the fair this year and it was a
peculiar coincidence that during
their pevious appearance at the fair
nine years ago-exactly the same
weather conditions prevailed.
At a special meeting of the tax
payers of the town of Warren held
at the Odd Fellows hall in Roberts,
Tuesday, Aug 20, $4,000 was raised
for the starting of a Union Free
High School. The district takes an
area of So square miles and it's as
sessed valuation is 1887 900. The
teaching of agriculture is one of the
courses which has been adopted
and a graduate of a college of agri-
culture is desired as principal. The
school will open Monday, Septem-
Der 10, in temporary quarters in the
village of Roberts. H Hammond
News.
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Miss Norma MILFORD left Monday
for River Falls, where she will at
tend the Normal the coming year.
Il The village board is going after
the fast automobile driving in the
village and intends to stop it. AT
the last meeting of the board com.
mittee was appointed to frame up an
ordinance to that effect, which will
be strictly enforced hereafter. Il The
village board has strongly contem-
plated installing a Baldwin Electric
Fire Alarm system here, which is
said to be one of the best and most
efficient systems on the market.
This would seem to be move in
the right direction, as the great
success in fighting Ere is in prevent
ing small fires from becoming large
ones and this can only be done by