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Found Dead.

RENO. New. July 15.-Henry
Chrisman. an old character Of Reno.
was found dead in the fatal mill ditch
in this city this morning. This makes
the seventh person who has been
found dead in almost the same spot
during the past two years.
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sutro Bond Company Formed.

With a capital stock of $4,000 300 the
many heirs of the SutrO estate incOr-
porated yesterday as the SutrO Bond
Company. The entire estate is thus
formed into one large company. in
which all the heirs will take shares.
An election Of officers will be held
shortly The fncorporators are AL
fred Sutro, Charles SutrO, Joseph
Brandenstein, George E. Bates and
George Lowenberg.
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Freight Cars Are DeraiIed

SAN LUIS OBISPO. July 15.-Four
cars of freight left the track east of
Waldorf, near Guadalupe, this after
noon, delaying the passenger train
bound for San Francisco several hours.
A car of merchandise billed to San
Francisco caught fire and was con-
sumed.
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Death of J. Alexander YoeIl.

SAN JOSE, July 15.-J. Alexander
Yoell. pioneer lawyer Of this city and
capitalist, is dead. He was born at
Portsmouth, England. August %, 1927.
He had large property interests in San
Francisco and this county, and leaves
an estate valued at s4OO, 900. A wife
and ten children survive him
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PIONEER KIRBY
OF SANTA CRUZ
PASSES AWAY

SANTA CRUZ. July 15.-Richard c.
Kirby, a pioneer resident OF this
county, died here last night. He was
a native Of England. Sc years or age
Kirby always took an active part IN
politics and for many years was chair
man Of the Republican County Central
Committee.
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NEW JERSEY MISSIONARY
FASTS FOR THIRTY DAYS
Loses Only Twenty-Five Pounds
by the Ordeal

NEW YORK, July 15.-Edward r.
Taylor, city missionary Of Plainfeld,
n. j., has just ended a thirty days
fast and appears none the worse for
his ordeal. When he started to abstain
from solid food ne tipped the scales at
220 pounds and to-day he weighs but
twenty-five pounds less.
During the time of his abstinence
from solid nourishment Taylor took
walks for exercise and part of the time
attended to his duties as missionary.
He says that his general health is
much better
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Gfrnrd Reiter Passes Away.

ST. LOUIS, July 15.-Gerard Reiter,
supreme secretary of the Catholic
knights Of America, is dead at his
home here. aged SO years.
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Death Comes Unexpectedly to Jeweler.

SAN JOSE, July 15.-Emil Feuillard'
a welI-known jeweIer who has been IN
business here for thirty years, sWoon-
ed while dining in a restaurant this
afternoon and died few minutes later.
He was a native of France aged 81
years and leaves a wife and seven chill
dreD
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Late Shipping Intelligence.
SAILED.

Friday. July 10.
Stmr Aurelia, Erickson Portland.
DOMESTIC PORTS.
ABERDEEN-Salled July 1b-Stmr New
burg. for San Francisco.
Arrived July 15-Schr Chas Falk, hence
June 20 schr A + Coats, from San Pedro.
TATOOSH - Passed IN July is - Stmr
Rainier, hence July IL for Seattle.
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Four per cent of all postal cards and
20 per cent of all letters mailed in Ger
many and sent to the dead letter Office
last year could not be delivered. be-
cause of faulty address, etc
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Sailor Is Accidentally Drowned.

WATSONVILLE, July 15.-Sophus
Gurmundssan, a native OF Denmark.
employed on the steamer F. A. Kill
burn, was accidentally drowned this
afternoon while the boat was prepar-
ing to dock at Port Rogers.
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pany,, rights to maintain tunnel from present
tunnel owned by said corporation from It's pres
ent inlet to boundary line OF Refs tract,
Whlch tunnel commences in block 40 to-wlt
IN lots 30 and SO in said block 40 (which lots
oelong to grantee). NV 1884 lineal feet TO n
boundary line of Refs Tract, the width OF tun-
mel does not exceed 10 feet and height neces-
gary to maintain said tunnel; grant.
Same TO same lots IS to is, "a to 81, block
e9. lots %, "a, &c to %. block Al, lots 10, II,
81 and -, block so, lots 10. IL, 3$ and "a.
to to D, a to so block SO. Reis Tract: grant
Ihoinas w, Katherine A, Christopher y
and Lily A. Rivers to George y. Vaughn lot
on Sc line Of San Jose avenue. 3O2 ;S+ NE OF
dwenty-n ninth street, NE 36:SA, Sc sI:lO SW
36, NV Sol: $40
Querin and Karoine shosser (or schosser) to
side; $40
Edith s. Mott (Byxbee) (wife Of c. P) to
Oscar Heyman, lot NV line OF Bnrrows
street, 81 SW of Holyoke, SW % by NV lUO,
block 55, University Mound; $40.
Thomas and Minnie Edwards 70 Andrea and
Girolimas S. Mercurio, lot 31T, Gift Map l; $40.
- Mary q. Ralph to SEVERN Bergersen. lot on
~ line of Castro street, 163 OF Thirtieth ,
81 by p 1o3, lot 81, block %, Fairmount Land
Association; also right of way of three feet
along n line OF lot: $40.
Jacob Heyman Company to Eugenie Fraser,
lot on Sc line Of Majestic street, 200 NE OF
Hearst avenue. NE % by Sc 100. lot 43, block
II, Columbia Heights. SO
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Builders Contracts.

C. @. Larsen Cowner) with L. M. Zimper-
man (contractor). architect c. A. Meussdorffer
Excavation and concrete work and under
pinning for a six-story and basement brick
building lot on y line OF Eddy street, 1S1 %
u Of Mason, e 20, 65:6. 80, "a. e Io'
S9:6; $265T
Z. j. lie Breton (owner) with California Ar
tistic Metal and Wire Company (contractors),
architect Albert Pissis-Iron front fence and
gates, pipe ralings at areas and girdle ratings
at circular outside stairs for main building OF
Home of the Aged of the Little Sisters OF the
Poor, on lot n line OF Lake street. opposite
Fourth avenue; $3175.
Taits Ga corporation) (owners) with William
Bateman (contractor) architect same-Wood
finish and wood fixtures, glazing for cafe in
basement OF the James Flood building, corner
Market and Powell streets $1S.s65.
James L. Flood (owner) with Columbia Mar
BILE Company (contractors). architect same-Co-
lumbia marble treads. platforms. plinths, but
tresses etc, Of stairs from first floor to base
ment of twelve-story and basement building
on lot on NE corner Of Powell and Eddy
streets, 22:SK, NE 1S0:6%. NV 62:6A. n
114:11T, w 1870 275; $3149 40
Regents OF the University OF California
(owners) with Charles A. Warren (contractor),
architect Nathaniel Blaisdel-MacadamiZt
grounds around Affiliated Colleges and road
way from track on Parnassus avenue at
point opposite First avenue TO a line extended
from face OF Medical College westerly; $l634 40.
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BY DREAM
WOMAN ENDS HER LIFE
Widow Swallows Fatal Dose OF Poison,
Declaring Her Husband Had
Sent for Her.

WASHINGTON, July 15.-Declaring
that her husband had sent her word
to come and meet him, Mrs Leona
Brueske,s SO years old, took a fatal
dose of poison to-day while lying on
the latter's grave in Prospect Hill
Cemetery. Last night while in her
home Mrs. Brueske told friends Of a
dream she had and said it would be
necessary for her to go to the eeme-
terry and lie upon her husbands s grave.
Several years ago a man made an
unsuccessful attempt to end his life In
the same cemetery by resting upon the
grave of his child and shooting him
self.
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COMMERCIAL NEWS
Continued From Page Fifteen.

less than seventy fve barrels or its equivalent.
PACIFIC CODFI6H-The Union Fish Com
pany report the arrival Of the schooner Arago
from lkatok with 160 tons. 75 900 new fish.
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Afternoon Session.

Afternoon Session.
Board
$1,000 United r r OF s F per cent. 81 90
$500 United r Inv Co preferred. As 90
Street
sl3 600 United r r of s F per cent. 81 90
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ST. LOUIS. July 15.-There was public re-
ception at the Mexican National Pavilion at
the Worlds Fair to-day in honor Of the re-eIec-
ton Of President Diaz.
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Mining Stocks.
forming Session.

SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE.
cisco Stock and Exchange Board yesterday
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MURDEROUS ASSAULT
MADE ON a ZIMMERMAN

Robert Williams of San Bernardino Is
Found Unconscious at F7redalba
Springs.
SAN BERNARDINO. July 15.-ROo-
ert Williams. a prominent lumberman
Of this section, was found this morn
ing lying unconscious at Fredalba
Springs, with his skull fractured and
three ribs crushed in. He had left the
lumber camp to go to the springs to
I'LL his canteen. No cause is known for
the assault.
The physician who Is attending VIII
liams says the chances are against his
recovery.
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Afternoon Session.
100 Con c s. Val 10 100 Overman ..... 16
Goo Justice ...... II 100 Union Con 20
200 Mexican ..... 81
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INSURANCE COMPANY
ASSETS.


Real Estate owned by Company 500. .OS4 90
Loans on Bonds and Mortgages 354. SCI 90
Cash Market Value Of all Stocks
and Bonds owned by Company. S9S, 6IS 90
Amount of Loans secured by
pledge OF Bonds. Stocks and
collateral Observation-Disclosures. 1s4. 500 90
Cash in C,ompsnv's Office ce..... 3, ,664 co
Cash IN Banks ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4O67 OF
stocks and Loans. 234s 65
Interest due and accrued on Bonds
and Mortgages ..........-..-... f,4Oi 30
ift,r,''ii,s tion ~ uu. 1924 53
Rents. due and accrued d... 425 90
collection ..'.............. 1888 IA
All other Assets 1877 90
e. 80 * et
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EXPENDITURES.

Net amount Of Risks
written during the
year sss
Net amount OF Risks
expired during the
@NAA s-..
Net amount I'm force
December 81. 1908
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LIABILITIES

LIABILITIES.
Losses adjusted and unpaid. .... $11'l3l Oh
Losses in process of Adjustment or
In Suspense ..........-s......s 4''Voo 20
Losses resisted including expenses 2,SOO OO
Gross premiums on Fire Risks run
os9 s9S rs ore reinsuTance 80 per cent 154 4s9 SO
Gross premiums Fire Risks run
exc so reinsurance pro ~qta..... 1ss. 251 o.
Amount reclaimable by the insured
on perpetual policies. ........... SIS,1O5 81
Due and accrued for salaries
rents, etc. .....-..---.---.-.... lsS 40
and 1ia assessments ............... s.sss Sc
No., Y,ahr,,,e. 81 OK eOe "a
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STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE.
FRIDAY. July 15-2 p. m.
UNITED sTATEs RONDs-

UNITED STATES BONDS
Bid. Ask Bid Ask. ,
As or coup. .106 1861 As or CD new lS2 IsI33i6
I IS or reg ..l06i4 1864 3s or coup. 1O5&
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS
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PACIFIC STOCK EXCHANGE.

Following were the sales tho Pacific
Stock Exchange yesterday:
Morpiro Sesefop
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PAUL SZELINSKI. President
srhs.-ss, MARCUS MAUEL. Secretary.
,os,u S,uuoscrioed and sworn 40 befors me- tbfs
-Sth day OF April, l9Ot
JAMES IT. NOUNAN
L. S. Consul General
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Net amount of Risks
written during the
year -
Net amount Of Risks
expired during the
year .
Net amount In force
December 81. 1905.
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Unlisted Securities.

8. 900 Cal Gas & El G NJ & IS. IS 90
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Total Liabilities l'zoI'sO6 "a
INCOME.
NGs prerlinms eain ns'U. ~ $4os. .s72 IA
MORTGAGES ................... 1929 81
Received for interest and dividends
IN Bonds, Stocks. Loans and
from all other sources.......... 46,61I 81
Received for Rents ............... 10,02I II
1.137 So
Total Income .............. S4SG, ,5S5 %
EXPENDITURES.
Net amount paid for Fire Losses
Oncluding 500. .313 06 losses Of
previous years. ................. $3.50, $50 y
Dividends 70 Stockholders. O,oO0 90
Brokerage .................. 1o2. 753 30
Paid for Salaries, Fees and other
charges for officers. clerks, etc. 30.974 O5
Paid for State National and Local
taxes ...................- ...-....... l1,OiV -
t,,re. ................. 81. .545 10
Total Expenditures .... $40. 524 90
Fire.
Losses incurred during the year.. S222, 4s5 %
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-06
Rural Rou,s Patrons shoald Read This.

On and after July 1st, 1904, rural car
riers will not be allowed TO- solicit busi-
ness or receive orders OF any kind for
any person, firm or corporation.
They cannot handle any mailable
matter while serving their routes unless
the proper postage has been prepaid,
with the single exception of county
newspapers, which according to law
circulate free in the county in which
they are published, though these must
be deposited at the postoffice the same
as papers for other subscribers.
The hire for merchandise carried on
request of the patron of rural free de-
livery must be paid by the patron. Car
riers viii not be permitted TO receive
any compensation from the seller OF
such merchandise.
All mailable articles or packages
handed TO the carrier or deposited for
him any place with the request that he
deliver them are subject to the rules re-
garding mail matter. Articles not mail
able must be handed TO the carrier in
person Carriers must not leave their
routes as officially laid OF or accept
anything that will delay the delivery of
the mail or interfere with il.
Carriers are not permitted TO carry
spirituous liquors for themselves or for
the accommodation of patrons.
They cannot carry passengers or per-
init anybody but postal official to ride
with them.
They cannot engage in other occupa-
tions during their prescribed hours of
service.
They must not, for pay or favor, fur
nish the names and addresses of patrons
Of their routes TO any business establish
ments or individuals except department
officials entitled 70 the.same.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-06
FORECAST OF JULY WEATHER.
Prognosticator Hicks Tells Us to Count on va,
Iety Of Condition.


A reactionary storm period is central
from the 4th to the 9th AS the moon
is on the celestial equator on the h,
we may reasonably calculate on de-
cided rise in temperature, ending in
thupder aud rain storms during these
reactionary days About the 18th to
14th, the central dates of the second July
storm period, no one should be surprised
by a wave of excessive warm weather.
culminatingin many threatening storms
and violent dangerous clustering. Some
local cloudbursts are probable here and
there, but we 10 not believe that suf-
dcient rains will occur at this time. over
wide extremes of the grain producing
regions. Heavy hail storms, especially
to the west and north, will most likely
attend these disturbances, in which
event temporary change to much cooler
may naturally be expected. The 18th.
18th and 14th are the days on which the
eliminating crisis of this period is TO be
looked for Change to higher barome-
ter, westerly winds and cooler would be
the normal order, progressively, behind,
or vest Of centers Of storm areas. On
ana touching the nth, 18th and 18th
the temperature will greatly increase,
moving like wave from west to east
A regular Vulcan storm period covers
the 2lst to the 24th, having its center on
the 22nd. The most casual observers
and readers Of weather reports will see
that wave in increased warmth, at
tended by falling barometer aad other
storm conditions, viii organize in the
west and pass eastwsrdly across the
country on and touching the above
days. On and touching the 9th and
28th req :tionary storm conditions win
return with more than ordinary inten
sitv
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-06
Sundays Fierce Storm.

This section was visited by heavy
showers during Sunday afternoon, big
volume of water falling. Wind and
lightning were terrorizing also. During
the storm one Of the tenement houses of
II. Ellacott, occupied by Mr.. Wigging-
ton, was struck by lightning, shsttering
the chimney, down which it went into
the house tearing away plastering and
doing considerable damage Mr.. Wig
gintons mother was considerably shock
ed but sustained no permanent injury.
The tenement house of Howard Miller,
occupied by Carl Anderson and family,
was slightly injured byau electrical cur
rent. At the residence of Judge Ma
honey the Methodist choir was praetic-
ing, some of the members were stunned,
but it could not be ascertained that the
buildings were struck.
Numerous eye-witnesses report tsae
formation of cyclone near the fair
grounds Two threatening clouds united
forming a tunnel shaped body that
touched the earth. It gathered momen-
tum and travelled north, tearing mp the
earth in its path, and as it proceeded
north we are advised that it uprooted
trees and did other damage.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-06
The Switzerland Of Wisconsin

In his account of the Congregae nal
church dedication at Viola, a week Z ce.
Rev. Il. A. Miner, of Madison, edi5 of
the Northwestern Mail, refers toe le
Kickapoo valley as the ''SwitZerlatc IF
Wisconsin, In his notes Rev. Nl9 N
says: 9
Have you ever visited the SwiP :
land of Wisconsin, Here in the western
part Of the state along the crooked Kick
apoo is to be found the most romantic
portion of our Istate. You enter the
valley>at Wauzeka, about twenty miles
east of Prairie du CHEN, the second
Oldest town in the state, the town where
Fort Crawford with its memories of
Jefferson Davis and GEN. Scott still
fingers, where is a soldiers cemetery
that take You back to early territorial
days and near by is q Catholic college
for young women and You hear the
names of Frenchmen whose defendants
still abide here.
The valley is narrow soon after you
strike the Kickapoo, with bold bluffs on
either side not continuous, but broken
with little streams of water coming
down the sides, that have washed out
deep gullies up which winding roads run
pdNA AHpn buS nils SOotl 4dL
lands are found. Here at Viola, some
forty-five miles by rail, but not thirty
the way the crow flies, you come into a
beautiful basin some two miles across,
through which the Kickapoo runs with
all points of the compass. The wooded
bluffs with here and there a patch of
cleared land and farm houses peering
out from the midst of clumps of oaks
now in their June beauty, from the ir.
regular sides of the basin. On one side
there puts out towards the middle
tongue of land ending in a promontory
near 500 feet high with bold face look
ing toward the southeast called Mt.
Nebo, from the top of which ycu get an
enchanting view of the Sc rounding re-
gion, one of the most beautiful in the
state, that we shall not ston forget.
With a friend we spent an hour upon its
summit just as the shadows were 'ngth-
ening, and the quiet of evening bel;an to
settle down upon the dwellers bele W. 1t
was a delightful hour, Nature never
seemed more lovely and impressive than
at this sunset time.
Less than ten years ago a railroad
opened up this romantic region to the
outside world. The shrill whistle of the
locomotive echoing among the hills,
walked the slumbering energies OF the
population that for near half century
had lived within themselves amid the
Businesses of these bluffs and narrow de-
fiji S.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-06
REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETS

Upon call the county central commit
tee, representing the republican party
of Vernon county, was held in Viroqua
on Saturday last. Besides the commit.
tee representatives almost every aspirant
for place on the ticket to be nominated
for the approaching campaign, WAS
present. After mature deliberation it
was unanimously determined 10 hold
the county and assembly conventions in
this city ON Saturday, August 18th and
the caucuses a week previous, August
9th. 1t was the general expression that
those were the most feasible dates, fol-
lowing closely grain harvest and before
tobacco gathering fairly commences.
These are practically the dates for the
party gatherings Of two years ago. IL
was believed this would give every as
pirant for place on the republi an ticket
ample opportunity to make a canvass
of his chances.
AS rejecting the sentiment Of the re-
publicans of the county on the matters
that now divide the party in this state,
the following resolutions were adopted,
every committeeman voting in favor of
and the candidates present voicing the
same:
we recognize rs bHE Tephb4iEhH oiabo te4~
tral committee OF Wisconsin that committee
electea ST the regular republican convention
which nominated Robert M. La Toilette for
governor and OF which committee W. ID. Com
nor Is chairman and Henry Cochems is secre~
tary,
1--WE pledge our hearty support to oil can
didates for state Offices on the regular re-
publican state ticket headed by Governor La
Toilette and we commend the action OF the
regularly elected delegates at large from
Wisconsin to the national convention, Messrs.
Isaac Stephenson, Robert Nj. la Toilette
James II. Stnut and w. d. Conn0r, in declin.
ing to 60 before the convention with light
| as 90 their right to seats therein aud in not
conceding that the delegates at"large from
Wisconsin, who were seated. had even .
colorado right to be seated, aud we especial
| y approve 81 the willingness OF the regular
| delegates-at-larg 10 rest their cause wtth
| the whole people Of Wisconsin"
At the close of the committee deliber
ations the matter Of organizing Roose
velt-La Toilette clubs in every town In
the county was discussed and deter
mined upon. A committee was ap'
pointed to perfect arrangements TO tha'
| end
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-06
7uS DROWN IN OCEAN DISASTER.
Danish Lloyd Liner Norge Goes Down Victims are
Emigrants,

GRIMsBY, England, July News of
one of the greatest marine disasters on
the high seas in recent years was brought
into this port yesterday evening on the
arrival of the steam trawler Silvia carry
ing twenty-seven people, other than her
crew, these being the sole survivors of
the emigrant passengers and the crew of
the Danish Lloyd liner Norge, wrecked
off Rock Hall, near the Scottish coast
The Norge was carrying passenger
and crew list numbering S07, the passen-
gers being Norwegians, Danes, Swedes
ana Finns-all emigrants who boarded
the ship at Copenhagen end Christian
send and were enroute to New York.
Seven hundred and eighty of the psssen-
gers drowned, the twenty-seven people
brought in by the Silvia being all that
were saved.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-06
The Wrong Doctor

A report has been in circulation \
this region to the effect that Dr. I. p.
Mills, formerly one of our Vernon
county boys, now practicing dentist al
Wilton. had been arrested and hned for
some dereliction in connection with his
profession. The report is absolutely
unfoundad. The story undoubtedly had
its inception in the fact that physician
in A neighboring town, at Norwalk'
named Mills, was arrested and hned Tor
practicing his profession without license
from the state medical board.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-06

Scarcity Of plants has materially re-
tarded tobacco transplanting in many
sections Of Vernon county, but 1t may
he stated with safety that most OF the
farmers will have their plants in the
gfound before the close of this week.
n has been exceptionally favorable for
this work during the past two weeks,
although al some points rather dry, few
showers having passed. But not so in
this immediate region. Tobacco that
was set two or three weeks ago, is much
Of it in excellent condition, some hCving
spreading leaves as large as two hands.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-06
Said OF Hrittsn 70 the Censor

A. F. Shilling Liberty town "You
can tell them that we had light frost
at our place this Saturday morning,
July 2
Rev. c. E. Buffers, Yellowstone Ma.
tional Park; I'VE are all well and
hughly enjoying life in this big bad re-
gion, where the geysers tell when there
ia trouble below. We are at Upper
Basis, about half way through this COB
lin land. The Williamses and Mrs. But
ters are greatly pleased with what they
have seen and experienced.