The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-04

Richardson, of Milton during the week.
Miss Pearl Champney of the tele-
phone force has returned from four
weeks vacation spent at her home at
hartford
Mr.. and Mrs. Hercules Perrigo of
GAINESVILLE and son, Will, of Bradford,
Penn, spent Wednesday at the home of
Ben Perrigo.
The Pigeforening of the Norwegian
Lutheran church will meet with Miss
Hulda Carlson Thursday evening, Aug
ust 3, at the parsonage.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Con-
gregational church will meet next week
on Tuesday instead of Wednesday at the
home of Mrs. J. Mawhinney.
Several of the ladies of the Congre-
gational church are arranging picnic
to be held on Thursday, August 18th.
Further particulars next week.
The Norwegian Lutheran Sunday
school and members of the church will
60 to Lake Koshkonong today (Friday)
for picnic at the Lake House grounds
A bus for the children will start from
the church at 9 o'clock.
"A pianola concert will be given at
the home of Mrs. Andrew Mcintosh on
Friday evening, during which light re-
freshments will be served. Admission,
% cents; proceeds for the benefit of the
Congregational church.
The complete census returns for
GAINESVILLE give that city population of
1887, gain of 692 in the past five years.
Beloit has 1851, which together with
about 700 who live in South Beloit, ILL.,,
would bring the total up very close to
that of the county seat.
- The small grain harvest is now we'll
n Igh completed in this section. Farm
ers all say the oat crop is the best they
have gathered in several years. There
is not only big growth of straw but the
berry is we'll filed and the yield prom
ises to be bumper one. Corn and to-
bacco are making hurry-up growth
since the rain of Friday.
"A jolly company of young girls went
up to Lake Kegonsa Tuesday for a
weeks stay in cottages at Beloit camp.
The party consisted of Misses Lucille
Culton, Florence Doty, Gertrude and
Josephine Tallard, Madge Wilson, Beu-
lab Heddles, Helen Coon, Josephine
Bates, Leo and Venice Thompson, Edna
Hitchcock, Phoebe McManus, Hortense
Ely and Hazel Conn, in charge OF Mrs.
Belle Wilson as chaperon. Campers in
the vicinity will know there is lively
bunch around during their stay.
L. D. Richardson and wife of Min
neapolis, have been spending a portion
of the week with relatives here, enroute
from an eastern trip. Mr. Richardson,
who was formerly connected with the
telephone Office at GAINESVILLE is now SUI
perintendent of the Twin City Telephone
Co., the largest independent concern in
the Northwest.
The crushed rock. which has lately
been placed at the approach of the depot
here came from Platteville and are the
tailings of the Enterprise mine. The
crushed rock is what is left after the
mineral has been extracted and is just
about the proper size for macadamized
dressing. The mill people are generally
glad to get rid of this refuse and the
railway company is welcome to any
amount they wish for the hauling 1t is
also good material for making cement
walks.
Mr.. Andrew Jensen reached home
Thursday last from four weeks trip to
the Portland exposition and Pacific coast
points He reports a very ENJOYABLE
journey, but was unable to gain any in
formation concerning his brother whom
he hoped to find some trace of at San
Francisco. The last heard from him he
was sailor shipping generally from that
port. Mr.. Jenson was greatly impressed
with the magnitude of the far West and
the Intervening desert tracts. He SAYS
no place looks so pleasing to him as
Wisconsin after all.
Contracts have been let this week
for the remodeling of the Norwegian
Lutheran church, the mason work to J.
0. Henderson and the carpenter work to
John Ruosch. 1t is estimated that the
improvements will cost something over
$500 and contemplate broadening the
edifice by Is feet to the eastward as we'll
as frightening it so as to provide an au-
dience room 40x44 and lecture room Is
x25 feet, and basement the size of both
rooms. The work is already under way
and when completed will give this con-
gregation convenient and handsome