River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-08-24

Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Judd motored |
over from Saltwater yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Peterson and
children visited in Hudson Sunday.
Herman Elertson visited relatives
at ST. Paul Park the first of the
week.
Miss Bernice Gridley of Hudson
visited in the city on Wednesday of
| last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Pettee of st.
Paul visited their son, c.. H. Pettee.
few days last week.
Many items of interest to all may
be found in the news from our rural
correspondents page 3.
Mrs. Peter Simon and daughter,
Miss Mabel, visited in the Twin
Cities the first of the week.
Mrs. George B. Wilcox and little
daughter, Myra. Of West Salem, are
visiting with Mrs. Oliver White.
District Attorney W. G. Haddow
ard Register of Deeds F. G. Magee
were out from Ellsworth yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Goodman and
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Higgins Of New
Richmond visited in the city Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Ensign and
David Huddleson motored to Lake
City last Thursday for a visit with
relatives.
More than 500 fall suits have ar
rived at Johnson & Cranmer's. We
invite you to come in and see the
new styles.
A. C. Laue will leave Saturday on
business trip to Chicago, where he
will purchase fall and winter stock
for his tailor shop.
Misses Nellie and Gertrude May
left for Manhattan, Kan, Monday
after visit at the home Of their
brother, Professor j. M. May.
S. Swenumson Inexperienced anew
8 cylinder Mitchell from the E. C.
Swenson agency This is the first s
cylinder car in town. Baldwin Bull
letin.
The old prison plant at Saltwater
has been purchased by the city and
will be leased to a manufacturing
concern. The purchase price was
$4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Sweet, Mrs.
| Hunter, Mrs. A. P. Foster, Mrs.
John VIM and Mrs. Mary Eldred
went to Prescott Monday to attend
the funeral Of Mrs. Chas. viller,
who died at her home in that city
last Saturday,
A card from Ninette M. Lowater,
who is now at Linden, n. D., states
that the wheat crop in that vicinity
is total failure, that it will hardly
pay to cut it, even for cattle feed,
and that none will be threshed.
Other grain is fair in most fields,
but none is first grade. Grass, corn
and potatoes are good, so far.
Professor J. |. Malott, on last
Friday afternoon, gave an address,
"The Value of Organization and
System in Church and Sunday school
Work" before a conference of Sun
day School workers of the Second
District, comprising Glenwood City,
Emerald, Downing. Boyc eville,
Chimney Rock, Bell, Pleasant Hill,
and Connersville. The meeting was
held at Downing.
Great interest was shown in the
good roads movement started at the
meeting in Ellsworth Saturday. A
large number went out from here.
The address by j. Donaghey, state
highway commission, was interesting
and instructive, and from his advice
the move has been started to change
from the present township unit plan
to the county unit system. Resou-
tions to that effect, prepared and
presented by John Garden, were
unanimously adopted Other similar
meetings are to follow.
Quite a colony Of River Falls pee
pie are recreating at nwaco Springs
this week. Mrs. P. C Flint and
daughters, Misses Abbie, Laura and
Hattie, and Mrs. E. r. Brown are
at Kilcare cottage; Mrs O. w New
comb and daughters, Misses Eleanore