River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-02-02

The Normal school second team was
defeated by the Ellsworth high schooi
last Thursday, by two points.
There will be a social and card par
ty in the basement Of the Catholic
church this Thursday evening.
Everyone invited.
john Fink's eight-pieee orchestra
| has been engaged for the dances at
| the Ellsworth Fair Ground Pavilion
| the coming season. J.
Tuesday, Feb. 7, factory DeLaval
man will be here to repair your old
separator. Bring it in early. &.
Carisch & Son.---adv.
Miss Mildred Fisher returned to
Saltwater yesterday after a visit
with Mrs. L. Billings at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Anderson.
The branch of the Omaha that leads
into Spring Valley must have follow
ed the course of true love-" for It
certainly never runs smooth.
The New Richmond horseshoe team
is taking on more territory" and
getting by with it. Last Sunday they
defeated st. Paul team by a healthy
margin.
Morrow & Nopp are advertising a
sale of pure-bred Poland China gifts
and sows to be held Saturday, Feb. 4,
at the Kramer garage. The sale in
cludes forty head.
Geo. M. Stewart, who came here Tor
visit after attending the R. G. u.
convention in Chicago, left Saturday
to return to New York City, where
he is in charge of the R. G. u. office.
DUTCH MARKET AT SALES
ROOM OF JENSON & HALSTED
GARAGE, SATURDAY. FEB. 4, AT
10 O'CLOCK. BENEFIT OF Nj. E.
LADIES AID. LUNCH WILL BE
SERVED.
The newly organized Commercial
Club at Ellsworth has elected the
following officers: r. N. Clapp, presi-
dent; Ed. Hove, vice president; II. G.
Seyferth, secretary, and N. j. Quinn
treasurer.
Patrolman Milton Savage returned
home Saturday from Madison, where
he attended the good roads conven
ton. Mr.. Savage was one of the
three patrolmen in the state to win
cash award for the excellent man
ner in which he kept up his section of
highway.
The house on the Mark Leavitt
farm in Hartland, occupied by Louis
Barkuloo and family, was destroyed
by fire last Wednesday evening. Bar
kuloo's loss on furniture, ETC., is par
italy covered by insurance, but Leav
lit, according to the Pierce County
Herald, is strictly out of luck" hay
ing on that very day allowed his fire
insurance to lapse. His property is a
total loss"
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena
Drewke were held Wednesday after
noon from the Jones Mortuary, Rev.
j. Conmels Of st. Paul and o. A.
Braunschweig, a student pastor of st.
Paul Lutheran church, officiating. The
pallbearers were Anton Herman, II.
G.. Nader, Geo. Munkel, j. Loeber,
Joseph Wolf and George Jarchow. The
body was placed in the receiving vault
at Fairview cemetery Saltwater
Gazette.
A special train took big crowd Of
rooters from New Richmond to Hud-
son last Friday evening to attend the
basketball game between the high
schools of those cities. New Rich
mond won the game by a big margin
The Cyclone City team has great
record this season, having defeated
practically all the teams in this neigh
borhood, with the exception of Elm
wood. 1t looks as though Elmwood
and New Richmond would be the
chief contenders in the district tour
nament next month.
A mid-winter thaw, with rain, on
Tuesday and yesterday ended last
night in blizzard and drop in tenn
perature that turned the surface Of
streets and sidewalks from slush to
treacherous ice. The roads, just
opened up by the local National Guard
boys, are now closed to auto traffic
probably for the remainder of the
season, by yesterday and today's
drifting SHOWS. The railroad COM
pany sent snow pillow over this
branch about four o'clock this morn
ing to open the road for the passen-