River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-01-19
Local News

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G. w. Chinook Jr., spent Tuesday
in st. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Stapleton visit
ed in Hudson Monday.
Mrs. Emma Dieckman left Sunday
to attend the r. G. Y. Convention at
Chicago.
DIR. Clough at Hotel Gladstone,
February II. See him for your eye
tr0Ibles.-adv.
Mrs. August Block Of Owatonna,
Msnn., visited friends in the city from
Thursday until Tuesday.
Mrs. Prucia and Miss Rosa Cheney
left Tuesday to spend the remainder
of the winter at Los Angeles, Cal.
w. C. Bradley left Hudson last
Thursday on months trip to the
West Indies and the Panama canal
zone.
The Home Missionary Society OF
the nj. E. church will hold food sale
at Norseng's store on Saturday, Jan.
21st. Sale starts at 10 a. m.
j. d. Boals of Minneapolis, formerly
of this city, has purchased the Hudson
Ice Co. at Hudson and is putting up
ice there. L. E. Peterson, former
owner, has not announced his future
plans.
One package of Jersey Pancake
flour will be given away free with
every purchase of two packages OF
Jersey products, Corn Flakes or Oat-
meal, at Allard's, Saturday, January
21.-adv.
Tom Larson, formerly of this city,
and until recently partner in the
publication of the News-Calunet at
Prentice, has purchased print shop
at KEENAN,, Price county, village
few miles from Prentice.
Farmers Institutes will be held in
the following Pierce county communlt-
les in February: Diamond Bluff,
Ellsworth, Maiden Rock and Spring
Valley. One will be held in st. Croix
county, at Deer Park, next month.
Roy Miller is to build a new garage
in Prescott this spring. Samuel Nc
Donald, who has the contract for the
garage, also has contracts to build
several summer cottages on the lake
front in Most Shore Acres, the new
addition to that city.
The Prescott married people had
very enjoyable dancing party in the
Odd Fellows hall there last Friday
evening. 1t was planned to dance
until three a. M, but they were having
such a good time that they paid the
orchestra little Johnnie's) extra
money to continue the party a half
hour longer.
The second semester at the Normal
School opens Monday, January 30th,
which will be registration day. Gas
SEES will begin on Tuesday. lndica-
tions are that considerable number
of new students will enter the school
at this time Classes are organized IN
all important subjects so that students
may begin work to good advantage.
Mrs. Lee, known as "Jitney Lee"
because she formerly ran jitney to
the depot at Hudson, and who was
later in business at Houlton, was ar
rested on charge of selling moon
shine, and she pleaded guilty. She
was fined $3.50 and costs by Judge
Arnquist and her place of business in
the city was closed up.-Stillwater
Gazette.
The Journal files were used this
week to settle an argument regarding
the date of the entry of the first
train from Hudson into this city. The
train came in on Oct. %, 1878, with a
load of excuTsionists from the Twin
Cities. On Oct. rs, 1878, banquet
and program was held in celebration
of the opening of the railroad into
this city. There were many people N
this community who had never seen
a train, to say nothing of those VINO
had never experienced their tirst SEN
sation of riding upon one
The banks of ST. Croix county face
prosecution by the district attorney of
st. Croix county and the Attorney
General of the state for an alleged
conspiracy to prevent competition
among the banks for interest on hand
ling the county funds. The Bankers
association passed resolution to the
affect that it would not be good policy
to offer more than 2 per cent for
county funds and when bids were ;td-
vertisted for, the National Bank of
Hudson, which has been the County
depository, bid only that amount for
interest. The county board refused to
name the bank of Hudson the county
depository and advertised for ether
bids. Receiving none. an inve stiga-
ton was begun by District Atty. L. II
Ashley and began prosecution.-~Siill-