River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-05-25

at this office.-adv.
/ We can spout your house or barn
for less. A. w. Lund Co.-adv.
The E. B. Carisch family have NOV
ed to their summer cottage in Pres
colt.
William Hawley was raised to the
32nd Degree in Masonry at Milwau-
kee last week.
President j. H. Ames attended a
meeting of the Board of Regents at
Madison last week
Charles Cox of Minneapolis spent
the weekend at the home of his moth
er, Mrs. Fred Peterson.
Jay Schoonover and sister, Miss
Claretta, and Mr.. Erickson, drove
down from Minneapolis Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Monroe and daughter,
Miss Fern, of Ladysmith, are visiting
the formers mother, Mrs. C. w. En-
sign.
Nels Madison has donated land at
| Ell Paso for use as baseball park,
and it is being put into shape by vol
unteer labor.
The Village Board of Ellsworth on
Monday voted to install sewerage
system in that village, and work will
commence next month.
Come to the Stock Show on Friday,
June End, the last day, and see Wal
ter Glass exhibit of fifteen mules and
Missouri Jack.-adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Simpson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Weiss visited at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Corn
we'll in Withrow Sunday.
Excellent service on all kinds of
tinshop work. Fave troughs hung on
your buildings. Call us for prompt
| service. A. w. Lund Co.-adv.
Rev. G. A. Bird gave the baccal-
aureate sermon for the graduating
class of the Hammond high school in
the Methodist church there last Sun
day.
AS we go to rress we are informed
that another prize has been added for
the Journal Fishing Contest-a
|lShakespear Casting Rod, donated by
the Freeman Drug Co.
You will surely have better time
than ever at our next Fair Ground
Pavilion dance May 26. Music bet
ter than ever, good lunch, and every
thing arranged for your good time.
adv.
d. j. Peasons, who was elected
treasurer of the town of Warren, ST.
CroiX county, would not accept the Of
flee because he is railway employee
and has pass which he believes he
could not use as a public official.
Charles Meyer, employed by paw
ing contractor at St. Cloud, MIMI,
recently had leg broken by being
struck by an auto truck. Since the
accident he has been in hospital,
but expects to return to his home
here soon.
The house on the David Imrie farm,
near Roberts, was destroyed by fire
recently. The fire spread from an
overheated lamp used in corn tes-
ter in the woodshed. The house was
an old landmark, having been built a
half century ago by Wesley and
Henry Sharp.
Police Chief Hawkins, of Hastings,
shot an alleged thief there Sunday
after the latter had thrown brick
through jewelers. window and, it is
said, taken a dozen valuable rings.
There were two men in the robbery,
and the policeman shot at them as
they were leaving the store. One was
wounded, but both reached their auto
and escaped toward the Twin Cities.
Congressman Frear is sending, we
understand, some maps of World War
offensive drives and copy of his
speech on the compensation bill, as
donations to the local Post of the
American Legion. These may be well
coined with tears of joy by the ex-
soldiers, but, on the other hand, both
may be too strongly reminiscent of
gas bombs to be pleasant-or, what is
more directly to the point, to gain
votes.
The River Falls city team won at
Spring Valley Sunday to a. Jimmy"
Carolan pitched for the victors.
Thrilling features in the game were
furnished by Elmer Wigen when he
made two remarkable catches in the
outfield. He nailed one ely" after it
had bounced it's way through the
branches of large tree, and anoth-
er of his put-outs was made by dash
ing into the center of big lilac bush
and spearing long hit.
A Style Show in two parts was
e+aood in tho normal auditorium last