The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-09-22
Dora Thorne at Royal hall this
evening. The dramatist has excelled the
novelist Don't miss seeing the play.

Dora Thorne at Royal hall this
evening. The dramatist has excelled the
novelist. Don't miss seeing the play.
A dispatch in Thursday mornings
papers states that the Rockford, Beloit
and GAINESVILLE electric road has been
sold to Cleveland syndicate, who say
the connection to Madison will be push
ed at once Mr.. Clough, however, will
continue to manage the property.
An accident is reported to have &C.
Cured in the town of Union on Monday
resulting in the death of son of Mr..
Lamb, a well-to do farmer. Young
Lamb was hauling milk to the creamery
and in some way fell from the load and
as he dropped he shouted whoa to the
team, which stopped just as the wheel
rested upon his stomach. Those who
saw the accident and ran to his rescue,
found him unconscious and dying. He
gave few gasps and expired.
Another book play, but no swords
and swashblickling and clinks of tin
armor this time; just simple story OF
the charming Dora Thorne," the Eng
lish Esmeralda. Who does not like a
girl, especially of the sweet sixteen va
riety, and in Dora Thorne" we have her
in all her vagaries. Plays of the 'Dora
Thorne'' type are always welcome. The
novel was pronounced success and
hearty greeting is assured "Dora Thorne'
wherever she may appear. This fine
production will be seen at Royal hall
Thursday evening, Sept. q.
DIR. and Mrs. McChesney were
pleased to learn that their son, Harry
has recently obtained substantial pro-
motion with the Santa Fe road. He has
been employed in the engineering corps
of that road during the past summer
| and has just been placed in charge OF
the complete construction of twenty
miles of the companys new road from
Wellington, Kansas to Albuquerque, n
M. The Santa Fe road is building this
line to cut off the RATION mountains
and the famous Corlietta Pass. 1t will
reduce the time from Chicago to the
coast some sixteen hours. Mr.. McChes-
ney has seen considerable engineering
work on the Mexican Central road and
his new position is one of Importance.
Land increases in acres as we'll as in
value when under the right kind OF
management. About thirty years ago
when Jens Olson was young man, pos-
sessed of the energy and vitality char
acteristic of those who came from Morse
land, he purchased forty acres of prairie
land in the town of Albion Of j. 2.
Towne. That forty has been added to
and at the present time Mr.. Olson has a
hundred and twenty six acres of as fine
land as there is in southern Wisconsin
Besides accommodating land and wealth
he has been busy in other directions. To
comfort and help him in maturer years
he now has wife and eleven children.
This prosperity is mainly due to the fer
tile soil and healthful climate of Wis
consin, the grandest state of them all.
The st. Paul Hail and Cyclone ms
| Co., which wrote good many policies
| through the tobacco sections of the state
this year, has issued a complete list OF
it's losses for the season which aggregate
| trife over $1,000 on all the business
| done by the company. Probably not
more than one quarter of the claims
filed are from tobacco growers of this
state, ranging all the way from 5000
| down. The company appends to the list
the following: "Statistics prove that
over so per cent more damage is wrought
| by hail than from fire and thunder.
storms combined. Therefore hail insur-
ance is greater necessity to the farmer
than is either fire or cyclone insurance
Mutual insurance is no longer an expert
ment. It has proven itself to be the
cheapest kind of protection it is possible
| to obtain in all classes of risks"