River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-02-12

G. A. Judd made business trip to
Bay City the latter part of last week.
Mrs. A. NJ. Baldwin entertained in
honor of Miss Alma Elertson Friday
evening
Miss Alta Fuller, of Kinnickinnic.
was a guest of Mrs. Hill at Hammond,
last week
Mrs. John Merrihew went to Ham
mond Sunday to visit her mother, Mrs.
Amelia Jost.
President Crabtree was at Madison
attending the meeting of the Board
of Regents last week.
Mrs. d. Deneen of Hammond, was a
guest at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. w. P. Knowles, last week.
There will be services in Ezekiel
Lutheran church next Wednesday ev-
ening, by Rev. N. l.. Bloomholm.
Mrs. Frank Spaulding, who had been
dangerously i'll for some time, is now
much better and is steadily regaining
her health.
The Lutheran Ladies' Aid Society
of Kinnickinnic will meet with Mrs
Nels Gregorson next Wednesday,
February Is. A welcome to all.
Supt. H. A. Aune, of st. Croix coun-
ty, was elected president of the Wis
consin Association of County Super
intendents of Schools on Tuesday OF
last week.
Scion A. McCollow of this place,
and Geo Stewart of River Falls, are
in Chicago this week attending the
Living Model convention.-Ells
worth Record.
About twenty new students were en-
rolled at the Normal at the opening
of the second semester, bringing the
total to above the 400 mark. The ma
iority of the new students are boys.
Mr.. Cranmer left Monday for New
York, where he will look up the
wooden market for the Snellenburg
Clothing Co, and also buy goods
for the Johnson & Cranmer Co. of
this city,
Emil Cernohous and Frank Mraz
advertise a dance to be given in
Syndicate hall Tuesday evening,
Feb. II. Music by the Syndicate
Orchestra. Everyone, both old and
Young, cordially invited.
The Ellsworth high school basket
ball team was defeated by the Nor
NAL school quint in an interesting
game played here Tuesday after
noon. The visitors were few
points in the lead at the close of the
first half, but the last half was a
walk-away for the pedagogues and
the final score was % to IL.
w. S. Davis, who had been assisting
in the Messabee & Northern Ry. Co.'s
depot at Chisholm for the past two
months, returned home the first OF
the week. He has announced his
candidacy for city treasurer, at the
coming election. Mr.. Davis is we'll
qualified for this position and he will
have the hearty support of a host OF
friends. His announcement appears
in another column of this paper.
Last Wednesday, Jan. 2S, was an
eventful day in the history OF
the Ellsworth Heat, Light & Power
Co. Preparations have been going on
for several months to connect our
wires with those of the Chippewa Val
ley Railway, Light & Power Co., OF
Eau Claire, which has a line estab-
lished to Red Wing that passes
through the southern parts of our
county, its nearest point being about
seven miles distant. A sub-station
was erected on the old Buckmaster
farm a mile north of Herbert.
This connection furnishes our city
with almost unlimited power, develop
ed at Chippewa Falls, Red Cedar Fails,
Eau Claire and Menomonie.
Ellsworth has had electric lighting
for about sixteen years. The first
plant was established in the old saw
mills that stood back of Rounce's ma
chine shop, in 1898. Feb. 1st, 1901,
the plant was purchased by the Buck
brothers Of ENTHUSIASTICALLY Rec
ord.