River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-01-22

Z. Carisch 4 Son Monday, January
rs. Free service.-adv.
Miss Shirley White, who is teach
ing at Twin Falls, Idaho, arrived
here yesterday for visit at the home
ef her parents, Atty. and Mrs. F. NJ.
White.
Mrs. Christine Miller of Prescott,
who had been spending a week here
with relatives left Tuesday to visit
at the home Of her nephew, NJ. B.
Healy, in Hudson.
A 100000 cargo of liquor, confis-
Gated by Federal agents, went
through Hudson Saturday enroute to
st. Paul, where it was denatured and
sold to drug firm.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Glass and
Master Walter Linjer of this city and
Mr.. and Mrs. p. l.. Place of Lawton,
were entertained Sunday at the home
Of DR.. and Mrs. John LINER in East
Ellsworth.
An authorization for work on the
st. Croix river, from Saltwater to
Prescott, was included in the rivers
and harbors bill through an amend
ment introduced by U. S. Senator
Shipstead of Minnesota this week.
Reports from Madison state that
DR.. Roscoe Pound of Harvard Law
school is to be named president OF
the university of Wisconsin to sue
coed President f. A. Birge, who, it is
said, is anxious to retire. 1t is be-
lieved that the selection will be made
during next month.
Dealers and farmers who expect to
sell farm seeds in Wisconsin this
spring must have proper tests made
and obtain labels before attempting
sale, according to the state depart
ment of agriculture. The presence
of one noxious weed seed to more
than 5000 of crop seeds must be
mentioned on the label.
President Charles II. Keycs Of
Skidmore College, died in New York
City January Is. DR.. Keyes had been
President of the Skidmore College
since 1912. He was born in Banfield,
Wisconsin and in early life held many
positions in the SCHOOLS of Wisconsin
President Keyes was principal of the
local High School in 1882 and later
taught in the Normal here.
A note from Floyd D. Bailey, Cor
wallis, Oregon, enclosed with check
for renewal of his Journal, states
that they had just experienced "a
brief reminder of Wisconsin winters"
that did not bring on any homesick-
ness. He says they prefer the re-
Taxation that comes when the wind
swings south and gentle Oregon rain
at 40 to so degrees above causes the
ducks likewise the rivers) to rise"
Spring Valley suffered its third dis
asterous fire in two weeks on Sunday,
Jan. II, when the Clough building,
occupied by B. A. Tuman's variety
store, was destroyed by a blaze of UNI
known origin. The buildings now in
Guided in Spring Valleys recent fire
toll are the community hall, the Fox
store, the Mark Bailey store and the
Clough building. Of these the COM
munity hall is the only one now
scheduled to be rebuilt.
The Twin City bus line w,eich
operates through here put snow
pillow over the route between Hudson
and Ellsworth after last weeks
snow storm, smoothing the highway
from curb to curb. While il made
the road excellent for auto traf-
fc, there has been considerable OBJ
lection from those who wished to
operate heavy sled loads, it being
claimed that the plow removed too
much snow to permit good shedding.
Mrs. Kai Sommers, with three men
to assist her, made a second unsuc-
cessful attempt last week to kidnap
her son, Lester Sommers, from the
custody of Mrs. Harry Olson, Lester's
aunt, at North Hudson. The four
came here from Iowa in car, drove
to the Olson home where Mrs. Olson
was i'll, but Lester was not at Lome
and they were unable 70 locate him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sommers had parted
some tilne ago and Mr.. Scmmers had
sent his son to reside with the
Olsons at North Hudson.
Eau Claire's sawmill industry,
which only few years ago was
known far and wide as the Sawdust
City, was reduced Tuesday to one
lonely mill when the j. II. Kaiser
Lumber Co. announced the sale of its
large timber belongings in Sawyer
county to the John S. Owen Lumber
Co., and the permanent closing of its