River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-07-30
| LOCAL
HAPPENINGS

| SIeQI N DeHSOu.--GuN.
A touch of fall harvest weather
was felt here Monday night when the
mercury dropped to about AZ de-
grees.
Ex-Governor and Mrs. Preus and
two sons, Jake and David, of Mime
apolis, visited at the H. A. Hagestad
home yesterday.
The James Mclaughlin family
have moved from the John Wanner
house on Second street to the Harley
Chinook residence on Division
street.
Miss Lillian Golden, who is train
ing for nurse at ST. Johns Hos
pital, st. Paul, is spending two weeks
at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. r. Golden.
Fire the first of last week caused
damage estimated at 100000 at the
Augusta canning factory, Durand.
The loss was well covered by insur-
ance. The factory resumed opera
lions the second day after the fire.
Senator w. H. Hunt and family
are visiting in Kingston, Wis, this
week, after which Mr.. Hunt will take
his family to New Holstein where
they will visit while he is conducting
institutes for three weeks in West
Virginia.
f. J. Bjerstedt, agent for the
Studebaker line, has sold closed cars
to Fred c. Smith of Kinnickinnic and
r. L. Williams of this city the past
week. Mr.. Williams purchased one
of the large 7-passenger models, and
Mr.. Smith a 5-passenger coach.
DR.. Smeltzer of Baldwin last week
landed his second big trout of the
season from Willow river, and has
won two prizes offered by the Rod
& Gun Club of that city for extra
large catches. His last Brownie"
weighed five pounds eleven ounces.
Carl Olstad, veteran section fore
man on the Omaha line, has retired
after As years service with The COM
pany. He has been in charge of the
section between Saltwater and Still
water junction and between Still
water and the Hudson bridge for
many years. +.
+ The River Falls Rod & G1n Club
| is to receive thirty cans Of fingerling
brown trout this week for planting
in the Kinnickinnic. 1t is planned
to give them a few weeks Of inten-
sive feeding at the trout Try pond
near the lower electric light plant
before transferring them to the
river.
Sheriff Baker was over from Els
worth Tuesday and told us that he
was lonesome, his last boarder hav-
ing left him. He vents company,
and if anybody knows of bootleg
ger or other undesirable citizen who
should take vacation Mr.. Baker
will be glad to hear about it.-Spring
Valley Sun.
Rev. FIR. Fassoender returned last
week from a 3,000-mEe automobile
trip to the eastern coast. At New
York he met niece, just arrived
from Belgium, who accompanied him
| home. Father Fassbender stated
that the highways encountered on
the trip were excellent, most Of the
way being paved, and that he had no
motor trouble of any kind from start
to finish.
| Guy Mathews, aged SO, and George
Burns, aged 81, of st. Paul were SEN
fenced to Waupun state prison. Ell
mer Ricow, also Of st. Paul, was sent
to Green Bay Reformatory. All re-
ceived sentences of from one year tc
eighteen months. Mike Lynch OF
Minneapolis received suspended
sentence. These men participated in
the breaking into of gasoline sta
ton at Somerset on July 9.-Hudsor
Star Observer.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. McCuen, Mr.
and Mrs. R. Willis and son Amos
and Sedric Grace of Chebanse, Ill.
and a nephew of Mr.. McCuen, of OAK
Fark, ILL.,, visited at the homes Of
Mrs. Sarah Hunter and Mr.. anc
Mrs. Earl Hunter Monday. They
have been touring in eastern and
northern Wisconsin, and were en-.
route home after coming to the
Twin Cities from Duluth. They
camped in Glen Park Monday night
continuing their return trip Tuesday
morning.
When the safe was blown at Will
son couple of weeks ago no one
was awakened by the blast, but an
hour or so later, or about 5 o'clock
in the morning, the entire village
was aroused when citizen fired his