River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-03-02
Local News

GOOD navel oranges 12c per dozen
at Stewards Saturday. adv.
Cotton Whitcomb was a business
visitor in Hudson Saturday.
Z. W, TAFT visited his son Claude
in New Richmond last week.
Miss Nell Gordon of Menomonie
visited in the city over Sunday.
Judge Arnquist Of Hudson was a
business visitor in the city Monday.
Miss Grace Thayer visited her
brother Raymond in Minneapolis
over Sunday.
Mrs. Harry Mullen Of ST. Paul
was a guest at the John Anderson
home the latter part of last week.
Rayburn has notified the commit
tee at New Richmond that he cannot
visit that city for at least two years.
Stores Of the city enclosed notices
Of Baby Week" with their patrons
purchases during the past few days.
President Crabtree left Saturday
to attend a meeting of the North
eastern Teachers association at De
troit, Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfred Bowen and
child returned to Spring Valley Sat
urday after visit of several days
with relatives in the city.
Miss Lenore Stewart spent Sunday
with relatives at Downing. She will
return to the Stewart Mercantile Co.
store at Fairview, Mont, next week.
Further improvements have been
made at the Hagestad & Co. cloth
ing store by the addition Of a cabi-
net dressing room, a suit cabinet
and a large mirror.
Mrs. j. A. Clough and Misses Mary
Stevens, la Holbrook, Caroline Bahr
and Lillian Kruger were out from
Spring Valley last Thursday to hear
DR.. Poling's lecture.
A ST. Patrick's day dance will be
given in the opera house Friday,
March II, under the auspices Of the
Fire Department. The Ellsworth
Firemen's orchestra will furnish the
music. Dance tickets will be 81.
The Spring Valley Sun announces
editorialIy that those who have been
watching matters in the village since
last Spring know that dry"
strength has increased, and they
expect to see the saloons defeated. E"
The temperance lecture by Daniel
A. Polling drew large gathering at
the opera house last Thursday eve
ming. DR.. Polling displayed wonder
full talent as an orator and his lee
ture made a deep impression upon
his audience.
Rev. FIR. P. j. Cunningham of
Hammond is at the head of a move
ment to establish a public hitching
place for farmers horses in the vii
lage of Hammond. Similar accomo-
dations would be greatly appreciated
in River Falls.
Chas M. Peterson has sold his sa-
loon business in the Mrs. HI. 0. Har-
ris building to Peter Hanson Of Gin
ton, Mimi, who took possession last
week. Mr.. Peterson, we under
stand, will move back to River Falls
and Mr.. Hanson will move his fami-
~ here as soon as he finds dwelling
to rent. -Baldwin Bulletin.
Among the normal school students
who spent Sunday at their homes in
neighboring towns were Jane O'Con-
nell, Anna Mayer, Bernice Gridley,
Harry Hodgins and John Burning at
Hudson; Blanche MILFORD and Monte
Holmes at Baldwin; Alice Aldrich
and Helen Kinsey at Roberts; Laura
Tofgren at Alton; May McDermott
at Burkhardt; Marie Wing at New
Richmond; Ethel May at St. Paul;
Elfreida McGeorge at Cumberland.
If the information given The Pres
colt Tribune by numerous persons is
correct, a petition to have vote on
the wet and dry question" in Pres
colt this spring will soon be in circu-
lation. By all of these persons
Charles Stapf is given credit as lead
er in the movement to make Prescott
dry territory" Michael Callahan
recently prepared quite number of
cartoons in colors, to be used later in
the campaign, it is reported. The
name of T r Rornar &C tho "drvo