Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04
FARMERS AGREE TO HOLD CROPS
Action Inspired by Work of American
Society of Equity. Now Large
ORGANIZATION.

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! similar nature have been held all over
the country during the past few weeks,
| ii is said
! The work Of the meeting occupied
| but short time. Sentiment had been
SO thoroughly worked up in favor Of
holding crops as long as possible that a
mutual agreement was soon reached by
| those in attendance.
The farmers who attended the gather
ing Will act as missionaries in enlisting
other farmers IN the movement There
Is - organization, simply mutual
understanding Meetings may be held
in other parts of the county.
The meeting was inspired by the
American Society of Equity, an organ.
iz8tion of farmery which holds national
conventions for the purposes above set
forth and which re Gently held a state
convention at Earaboo La Crosse
Chronicle
Buy your lumber of John E. Nuzum
and save money.
Van Brokaw of Rockton, has Joined
a Montana surveying party.
More dry lumber in Nuzums yard
than all the others combined. Call and
look it over
Perfection, honest by name;" -four
honest by nature Sold by T. o.
Mork, Grocer.
Try some of KratcGwills delicious
Swiss milk chocolates For sale by
local confectioners
Misses Theo aud Josie Thompson
of Pleasant Ridge, went to La Crosse to
visit few days with Prof Toland and
family.
Mr. a I. BoIdon came from Seattle
Washington to visit friends and see his
sick sister at Ontario, Mrs Mary Young
but arrived too late to see the latter
alive
Gail and look at a 50 shingle sold
at E Nuzam'a for S175. Also they
will be glad to show you the best stock
Of lumber ever offered in Viroqua for
less money than you can buy elsewhere
The county soldiers relief COM
mission whose personnel Is Messrs o
6. Stevens OF Viroqua, J. M. Vance Of
Sterling, and Jos Gathers of La Fargo,
held regular quarterly meeting IN this
city on Friday last.
Aaron Glass and Harrison Smith
recently paid visit 10 the family of ]
+ Harris at Hancock, and they took
occasion TO show the Adams county
people how TO fish having caught 301
pickerel, some ot which weighed az
much as eleven pounds
Ringing Brothers have purchased
the big Forepsughs circus and mena-
gerie and now have pretty much q mon
oply in the show business of the coan-
Try. There are but about two other
large sggre2atioDe Of this character in
the United States
-Messrs Chas. !. Eastman, chairman
of Forest ) w Shreve, chairman of
Greenwood and Merchant a. y. Curry
OF Valley, all prominent gentlemen Of
tie eastern section of the county, were
in tae city on Monday, each having
brought daughters over To attend the
sammer school.
Premium books for the state fair
have been received quite generally in
to's section. 1t win open September 10,
Ter Il whole week. The buildings.
grounds and general conditions afford
Hssurauce thar the one essential now is
fair weather TO make for our state the
boss tair in its history.
In the Ontario cemetery, a fine
eleven thousand pound granite monu-
q pioneer of that section, Mr.. Giles
White, for whom the town of Whites
town was named. Mr.. White was tle
foremost citizen of that section Of Yer
non county during the pioneer days.
Many young man is of the opinion
that money produces thrift. It is the
reverse; thrift produces money and
good business acumen g1ides him in
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by thrift In the business of making
money, however, Oae should not over
look his duty TO himself and family as n
man Sometimes money gets snch a
strong possession of some men that
they forget to be men.
Here is a new puzzling mathemati-
cal problem that is going the rounds.
Can yOn figure it? "A man purchased
groceriea to the amount of 81 cents.
Whel wa came 70 pay for the goods ne
had only a dollar bin end cent piece
and a two cent piece The storekeeper
had half dollar and quarter. They
appealed to q bystander, but he had
only two dimes and penny. After
some perplexitv the change was made
TO the satisfaction of All How was it
done 7-X
tAts AuEUsb F1utIH, VINO resides on
Pleasant Ridge has nearly completed
one of the finest farm dwelling houses
in that section of the country. Elvy
Jennings also has an addition to his
farm home, az has also Harmon Jen-
nings. New buildings and surroundings
at Louis Anderson's place are creditable
to that gentleman and the neighborhood.
Pleasant Ridge may now be well called
pleasant, At this season of the year it
is one of the most handsome spots and
drives one can find.
Jos. d, Beck, formerly of this
county, now state labor statistician.
has contributed an article on co-opera.
tive stores tn the current issue of THE
'erchsnts' Review, published in Chi
ago. DE tells what most people know
to be a fact that cooperation in this
country is q failure because men with
ont experience and business standing
are selected 70 manage large affairs,
whereas the opposite ia the rule in
European countries, where co-opera-
tiou is great success.
AT Aurora, Illinois, last Friday,
Ringlings' L.L circus tent blew down.
killing two people and eeverely injuring
a number OF others A panic ensued.
and the wonder is that many more were
not crushed TO death Eighteen ele.
plants, performing IN the arena at the
time, were prevented. by prompt action
OF their keepers, from stampeding