River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-07-05


r. W. Freeman left Saturday to
visit his parents in California.
J. w. Allard and ]. S. Wadsworth
left Sunday on trip to Montana.
Dwight Chinook is employed in
the Farmers & Merchants Bank
during vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Vannatta and
Mr.. and Mrs. F. x Knobel motored
to Menomonie the Fourth.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. PIERCE and son
Harry and Miss Marie Smith motor
ed to Turtle Lake Sunday.
The City has purchased Ford,
with truck body, to be used by the
Electric Light Department
C. D. Hawn and family motored
to Yellow Lake, Burnett County,
the first of the week for short out
ing.
E. n. Allen and sons Raymond and
Eugene Drove over from Red Wing
Sunday and visited their cousin, c.
E. White.
August Renter, who has the noon
to midnight trick at the Electric
Light Plant, is on an enforced va
cation on account Of a serious attack
of rheumatism.
Frank West left Sunday to look
after land interests in Iowa, after
which he will spend several days
decorating advertising windows in
number Of r. C. u. stores in Mimi
esota.
O. Beastrom is to move his re-
freshment stock in the Ramer build
ing recently occupied by G. Wing
quist as a plumbing S h o p. Otto
Wenzel plans to open grocery
store in the Wolff building, where
Mr.. Beastrom is now located.
Mrs. H. C. Amy and T. J. Snod-
grass entertained this afternoon.
DR.. Thos. Snodgrass. Vocalist, Mrs
Constance Norseng Thorsen, piano
soloist, and Miss May Smith, ac-
companist, furnished the musical
program. Refreshments were serv-
ed.
A. E Anderson, loo a station
agent, will depart Saturday for Ma
son City, Ia on months leave of
absence, during which time he will
be in the employ Of the VIM Bell
Grain Co. His brother, Frank, will
have charge at the depot during his
absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. White enter
tanned the following party Of rela-
tives and friends who motored here
from Red Wing Sunday: Mr.. and
Mrs. |. B. Harrison, Mrs. j. 3. En-
and children, Frederick, Mark, Ell
dora and Bertha, M ISIS Florence
Kapple, all Of Red Wing, and Miss
Emma Schennack of Waucuta and
and Miss Alberta Smith Of Frontier
&C. A picnic luncheon was served
in Glen Park.
L L. Plummer, who has conduct
ed a novelty store at Menomonie for
many years, has leased of Chas. Up
gren the building formerly occu-
pied by I. l Lusk, next door north
of the Allard store, and will conduct
novelty store there after the 10th
Of this month. Mr. Plummer has
engaged for himself and fami-
ly in the apartments now being com
pleted by Geo Theo. Smith, over
the Stewart Mercantile Co. store.
Although no definite statement
has been given out it is generally
known that train service is to be al.
tered on the local branch beginning
next Monday. There will be but
one passenger train each way per
day, but this will not prove SO very
inconvenient if it is true that the
way-freight will be provided with a
passenger coach and will run on q
schedule something similar TO that
of the present passenger run coming
in from Hudson and going out in
the afternoon. Local parties have
made a remonstrance to the Omaha
officials, but it appears that war
measures and coal shortage make
the change a necessity for ecoho-