River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-04-19
Eat More of Shepards Honey!


Farm loans at and 81, per cent.
j. f. Smith.-adv.
Waldo Thrush of Minneapolis spent
Sunday with relatives here.
A. j. Bjerstedt was business Wis
itor in Minneapolis Monday.
John Taylor of Prescott was bust
ness visitor here last Saturday.
MRS. A. Berg lett last Saturday 10
reside on her farm near Clayton.
See Stewards ad. regarding the
foot specialist who is TO be at that
store today.
Thomas Dorgan, son oil Mr.. and
Mrs. Dan Dorgan of Hudson, died at
Marshall, Mimi, on Monday OF last
week.
Farms and City property sold and
Financed. Contracts and Mortgages
bought and sold. SMITH LAND (
LOAN CO.-adv.
Mrs. Clarence Faber and daughter,
of Albert Lea, MIMI, are visiting at
the home of Mrs. Faber's parents,
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Richards.
Severt Bjerstedt has purchased
what was formerly known as the
Michaelson Cigar factory building,
corner of Second and Maple streets,
from the Central Lumber Co.
James McKahan has accepted a po-
sition in a Milwaukee dye factory
Louis Schooner, Ed. Murphy and Her
man Moline have been employed IN
that establishment for some time.
The Jackson County Journal re-
ports that a serious epidemic OF
'checkelitis" has broken out in Black
River Falls. Although the checker
chlan" has made several sories, no
CASUALTIES are mentioned in the re-
| port.
Snow banks as much as three feet
in height lined the shady side Of Nam
street on April 9Th. That's Something
to remember until you are an old set
tlel'.-Jackson County journal. Then
you can tell about them as having
been ten feet high.
Fred Bjersted has received a NUM-
Der Of new Edison monographs and
records, and has opened his agency
in the office which was recently built
for that purpose in his garage on r.
Maple street. Mrs. Bjerstedt IS IN
charge of the photograph department
If you did not dance with Us on
Easter Monday, you missed good
time. Flanders orchestra, of Min
neapolis, will play again on the night
of April 20, at the Fair Ground Pa
vilion, Ellsworth. Come and have a
good time with us.-adv.
Alma Center has installed an cleo
trio fire alarm which says the Jack
son County Journal, can be heard for
miles. The Journal opines that Black
River Falls should have one that will
play "Hot Time" in case of fire,
lullaby at curfew time, and Down by
the old Garden Gate" on Halloween.
There was a very small attendance
at the public library meeting held
Tuesday evening; not nearly as many
as the committee hoped for. A tenn
porary board was selected to carry
on the project 1t is hoped that more
interest will be shown in future meet
ings, announcements Of which will be
published later
The local Normal school lost its
first game of the season to ST. Oluf at
Mortified. Mimi, Tuesday. The
score was % to 20 in favor of st.
Oluf. On account of mud it was nee
essary to reverse the field, and the
fielders, facing the sun, were practlc-
ally helpless against line drives or
high flies. AS a consequence both
teams ran wild on the bases.
The bill introduced in the ieglsla-
tule to postpone the opening OF trout
fishing season until May Is, and to
decrease the bag limit from 80 to 70
fish, has not gone through, and there
fore will not be in force for this sea-
son, even though it should be pass
ed and signed by the governor, ac-
cording to advice from Secretary
Scheibel of the Conservation Commits
sion. No resident license is required.
The Osceola Sun reports that at
recent meeting he'd in st. CroiX
Falls the Polk County Fair board de-
cided to improve the fair grounds
fol- next years exposition. ut is
planned to build new addition to the
hog barn." says the Sun, and adds
that to promote more interest IN the
horse races "there will be mule
race in which the slowest mule will
be the winner" Dragging weeks will
be frightened by joyful thrills of an,
ticipation.
Mrs. Chas. Wilkinson and son
James, who arrived last week to
spend the summer at the Charles Cad
well home in the town of Troy, are
the first motor tourists to drive to
this vicinity from any considerable
distance this season. They left Can
on City, Col, March 2S, driving
through Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and
Minnesota, encountering fairly good
roads until close to their destination
when they were handicapped by
snOWstOTfliS.
Those who were here from away to
attend Severt Johnson's funeral were
DR.. and Mrs. M. L. Larson, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Helgerson. Mr. Ed
Klinkerfues, Mr.. Hugo Hermann OF
St. Paul; Mr.. Jacobs, Mrs. Grace Box
man, and Mrs. Colgrove of Mime
apolis; Mr.. Ed. Evanson of Toma-
hawk; Mr. A. H. Hendrickson, Baron,
Wis; Mr.. M. C. johnson, Portland.
Ore; Mrs. Geo. f. Nelson, kensel
N. D., and Mrs. Fred Draw of James
town, n. d. :.
We were saved the necessity OF