River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-03-20


Coach Ed. Murphy brought his
Ellsworth high school basketball
quint out to watch the tourna len:
games last Friday.
Bring in your Clipper Blades and
have them sharpened now. f. j..
Falteisek, Barber Shop, doors north
Of Gladstone Hotel, River Falls, Wis.
adv.
The Olcott Lumber Co. of Mime
apolis, which operates string of
yards in Polk county, has purchased
the Nels Simonson lumber interests
at St. Croix Falls.
Triplex is the only pressing ma
chine that raises the nap of the goods
and gives it that lew lustre. Ask us
to demonstrate this fact to you. A..
c. Laue, in the old PostOfice building.
adv.
The Hudson Commercial Club has
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: B. C. Bunker, presi-
dent; Oscar Nelson, vice-president;
B. B. Baskin, secretary, and r. l..
Ellis, treasurer.
John Wahner returned Tuesda :
morning from spending the winter III
the Southwest. His daughter, Mrs.
Ray Roehl, and family expect to
start from Tucson, Arizona, about
the first of April.
Four Saltwater homes were robbed
one night recently while the owners
were down town. Prison
youths are supposed to have COM
mitted the thefts, but no clue has
been found to their identity.
Ted Reed, former River Fails Nor
NAL school basketball star, was picked
as an all-state forward at a tourna-
ment of independent teams held re-
Gently at Madison. Ted, wlo IS
teaching at Belleville, has beell play
ing with the Monroe Badgers this
season.
A suspected murder mystery is
under investigation at Siren. The
charred remains of person believed
to be John Hopartyon, reputed to be
a wealthy hermit, were found among
the ruins of his home a mile from
Siren. Hopartyon is believed to have
been murdered and the home, where
he lived alone, set fire to destroy
evidence of the crime.
A man dressed in the uniform of
a U. S. soldier, and claiming to be
from Fl. Smelling, cashed forged
check in Saltwater last week. Al
though he tried the dodge at several
places in the Prison City, he was sue
cessful only once, when he Melted
$40. He called himself "Major C'os.
H. Saunders" Twin City police say
that they have been on his trail for
the past two months.
Several Spring Valley citizens who
make regular and frequent trips to
Hatchville have been unable to nego-
tate the roads this week, and have
tried to reach the desired haven by
tacking, first to Elmwood, thence in a
northerly direction up the hill, but ,
no avail. What the great necessity
is--the urge that urges deponent
sayeth not, but it's evidently a
strong one.-Spring Valley Sun.
Jackie Coogan will forsake thu
movies for ten weeks this summer ir
order to lead modern "Children
Crusade" throughout the United
States in an appeal to the children OF
America for a million dollar shipload
of foodstuffs for the destitute orphan
children of the Near East and then
will sail in person to deliver the gifts
to the Near East orphans in Greece,
Palestine and Syria, it became know /
here today when Charles V. Vickrey,
General Secretary of the Near East
Relief, made public letter from Mr..
John H. Jack Coogan, Jackie's
father, giving his consent to the trip
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