The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-11-13


Mrs. James Harrison and son, Ben.
iamin, spent Sunday and Monday with
HI. Peters in GAINESVILLE.
Misses Kate and Lydia Postel of
Muscoda were guests of their sister, Mrs.
H. J. Stangl, few days this week.
w r. McKinzie of Madison, buyer
for the Birmingham, Hixon Lumber Co.,
was a business caller in Edgerton Tues
day.
The Ladies Aid Society Of the Nor
wegian Lutheran church will meet at
the home of Mrs. Peter Ellingson Thurs
day, Nov. 18TH
Mrs. Art Becker and Miss Mae Nc
MILAN OF Fort Atkinson were guests OF
Mrs. Frank Williams during the early
part of the week.
The big burglar-proof safe for the
new First National Bank has arrived
and on Monday was hauled from the car
to the banking Office.
Misses Josie Omsberg and Anna
Knudson left Wednesday morning for
Chicago and indianapolis, Ind, to spend
the winter months.
-Chas L. Culton returned Saturday
from a four weeks absence in the South
docking after large business interests
which he has in Virginia.
Mrs j. A. Henderson pleasantly en-
tertaned about thirty of her lady friends
Saturday afternoon at whist crokinole
and finch. The honors of the contest
fell to Mrs. A. S. Flagg.
Supervisors Hopkins, Gettle and
Ebbott are at the county seat this week
attending the annual meeting of the
board of supervisors. The work will
probably be concluded today.
Willard Doty was up from Beloit
Sunday to bid his parents goodbye pre-
vious to leaving this week for Oregon,
where in company with a Beloit party
will seek their fortunes in the far West.
-Alva Hutson is home after an alb
sence Of over a year trying to hold down
a claim in North Dakota. Having Sc
cured the crops Of the season he returns
to pass the winter with his parents here.
The Epworth League of the M. E.
church has taken on new life. The SER
vices are inspiring and helpful. You
are invited. They meet in the church
parlors at p. m. Subject for next Sun
day evening, THE Consistent Life"
Leader, Miss Mae Isaac.
Arrangements have been made with
A. c.. Elson of New York to have loan
art collection on exhibition at the High
School during the week beginning Dec.
I. The proceeds are to be used for the
purchasing of pictures for the Grades.
Pictures may be ordered from this col
lection, the school receiving percent
age on all such sales.
o. r. Pomeroy, through E. M. Ladd's
agency, has sold his 80 acre farm on Ma
ple Drive to r. E. Spike of Stebbins-
willie, the consideration being $500. 1t
as not often that farming lands in this
aocality bring 1925 an acre, but being a
small place with good improvements the
price is not extravagant in these days OF
high prices. Mr.. Pomeroy will probably
devote his entire attention to the tobac-
co business in the future. His personal
property will be sold at auction Nov 49,.
The excursion talked of for the ben
eft of the sugar beet growers to visit the
factory at Menomonee Falls will not
take place until some time in December.
The factory people are now very much
crowded in attempting to care for the
big shipments of beets coming and have
been compelled to erect more sheds and
build additional side tracks. For this
reason the shipments have been stopped
for a time throughout this county.
BY an arrangement recently entered
into with the Porter Telephone Co..
twenty farmers became subscribers to
the Edgerton exchange. The Porter
company has recently extended its liues
to Evansville and Cooksyile AID each
of these places can be reached now by
a short line under the new arrangement
on payment of the usual tolls The call
for additional phones keeps up at the
Office of the local company who have six
orders for instruments still untitled