The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-24

Mrs. Chas. Nelson, May 29th
! Cement walks have been laid on the
residence property Of John Bowen and
James Spike.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Collins OF
Lake Kegonsa were the guests of Edger-
ton friends few days of the week.
Frank Talmadge and wife of Fort
Atkinson were over Wednesday to at
tend the Hutson-Pomeroy wedding.
The latest telephone subscribers are
Marvin Marsden. No. 900; John Beick
on Farm line, No. Ill: John Carlson on
Farm line, No. 304.
John Evans and G.. Osgaaren of
Stoughton were in town Monday to
watch the tryout of horses which they
have in training at the Driving Park
| here.
| Here is a new conundrum sprung
by travelling man this week: Why is
the season of 1907 like lumber wagon?
Give it up? Because it has no spring.
Ha! Ha!
Andrew Humphrey and wife visited
| at the farm home of Charles Hammond
on Wheeler Prairie over Sunday. Hr.
| Hammond has arrangements made for
planting % acres of tobacco this season.
| AT Milton Tuesday the high school
ball team went down to defeat by score
of to O. Their defeat was due largely
to the lack of support given the Edger-
| ton battery. Honors now stand even
and an effort will be made to get date
for third game soon.
Miss Mona Hyland, who mas been
teaching music in this city the past year,
left last Thursday for Mitchell, S. D.,
where she expects to resume her work
Her pupils here presented her with a
beautiful souvenir spoon as a token Of
esteem, with best wishes for her success
10 the new field.
Geo. E. Farman of this city and
Alvin Drotning Of Stoughton have
formed partnership in the real estate
and insurance business with Offices over
Brown & Prlngle's Department store.
Mr. Drotning expects to make Edgerton
his future home.
| Two Junk dealers have just been
fined in Watertown for violating the
state law which prohibits the purchase
| by Junk or second hand dealers of any
article from person under Is years Of
age. The only exception to this is the
purchase of rags and papers Minors
must have the written consent of their
parents.
-Shearing sheep by me:hinrry has
been in operation at the Suepard feed
| ing station this week. A small gasoline
engine furnishes the power that runs
the clipping machines and from three to
FIVE minutes is required to strip the
fleece from an animal. The wool is then
sacked and ready for market. A pro-
| fessional shearer is in charge Of the
work here.
John Hurd's boat house on Rock
river, located short distance below the
railway bridge, was broken into recently
and the engine and gasoline tank taken
out and carried away. John would give
a good sized reward just to find out who
the thieves are, and he's wondering, too,
why they didn't take the boat as we'll as
the motor.
The supreme court handed down a
decision in the Indian Ford dam case
Tuesday, which reverses the order of the
Rock county circuit court sustaining the
demurrer to the complaint. AS the
matter now stands the suit of property
owners along Lake Koshkonong against
Pliny Norcross to compel the removal of
the dam at Indian Ford will now be
tried on its merits.
The graduating class of the Edger-
ton High school number thirteen this
year, eight girls and five boys The
members are Alice Mabbett, Caroline
Biederman, Ethel Strouse. Edna Stone,
Hazel White, Amanda Peterson, Vera
Saunders, Wilma Bates, Earl Langwor-
thy, Arthur Pratt, James Flarity, Frank
Pyre and Ellsworth Ayers. June 7th is
the date for closing exercises.
Suit has been started 10 the circuit
court during the week by A. S. Flagg
against the New York tobacco firm of
Meyer & Mendelsohn for an accounting
in joint account tobacco deal in which
Mr.. Flagg had charge of the Wisconsin
end of the business. In order that serv-
ice might be had and the action tried in
the Wisconsin courts an attachment was
levied on the warehouse property owned
by the firm here late Saturday night.
"A tremendously heavy thunder
shower passed over this locality at an
early hour Wednesday morning. For
two hours the flood gates opened and
water fell in almost solid sheets, filling