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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-03
Double Wedding.

At the home OF George Scharfenberg
of this city double wedding was SOL
emnized last Thursday afternoon at 4:3O,
when George Scharfenberg, Jr., and
Elida Sophia johnson of Evansville, and
Dayton M. Hess of Magnolia and May
Josephine johnson of Evansville were
united in the bonds of matrimony by
Rev. ]. Linnevold. The two brides are
the daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Jens
johnson, formerly of Edgerton but now
living in Evansville. A wedding supper
was served to number of relatives and
friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Scharfenberg will
reside in Edgerton, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hess will make their home on farm
near Magnolia.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-03
Tobacco Notes

Mr.. N Gillian of York, Pa, is again in
te state.
The New York papers announce that
Mr.. Jose Mayer is to withdraw from the
leaf trade to engage in stock brokerage.
Mr.. w. D. Sharpe of Pittsburg, Pa,
was visitor in this market few days
this week. Mr.. Sharpe represents the
American Stogie Co.
The Marqusee tobacco loss at James
vile has been adjusted at trihe over
so per cent on the total amount of in
surance, which was $2560O0.
Mr.. Chas. J. Eisenlohr. of the firm of
Eisenlohr Bros. Philadelphia, arrived
Monday evening on his first visit to
Wisconsin tobacco growing districts,
though his firm has operated in this
state for several years.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-03
LOOKING BACKWARD.

Events Cleaned From the Files of The
Reporter Twenty-Five Years Ago.
A. r. Green of Albion has purchased
home in Madison.
Miss Helen Soverhill of Fulton has
been engaged to teach the summer term
at Cooksville.
The new iron railway bridge across
Rock river is completed at GAINESVILLE at
cost of $4,000.
The first election of the city OF Edger-
ton, just Incorporated, resulted in the
election OF p. G. Burdick, mayor; z. 81.
Bowen, city clerk; L. A. Perry, r. r.
Brown and Ell. G. Son, aldermen; r. @.
Robinson, treasurer; John Spencer and
J. P. Towne, justices.
F.ieay, April g. 1888
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-03
Juror is Fined.

Edward Ellickson of the town of
Christiana was fined $500 and costs by
Judge Stevens of the circuit court for
holding conversation with an interested
party while Ellickson was acting as
juror in the case of A. FL. Wagner, dis
charged assistant bookkeeper, against
State Treasurer Dahl.
Mr.. Ellickson was Inundated when
brought before the court, but after the
fine was imposed he was extremely in
dignant. He declared that he was APP
preached by William Pugh, the successor
of Mr.. Wagner, on the street, that Pugh
began and carried on the conservation,
that Ellickson could not have avoided
the incident except by keeping quiet
and walking away. The judge said that
this was just what the witness should
have done. Pugh has already been lined
$500 and costs. He is becoming some
what unpopular around the capitol and
is regarded as the cause of good deal
OF the unpleasantness and trouble that
has happened in the state treasurer's
office. Madison Democrat.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-03
A QUIET WEDDING.
Prof. f. L. Roethe and Miss Angie Town
Joined In MatrimOny.


Prof. Emil L. Roethe, principal of the
Edgerton high school, and Miss Angie
Towne were the principals OF very
quiet wedding that occurred at the home
of the brides sister, Mrs. L. J. Dickin-
son, at o'clock Thursday evening last.
The secret o; the approaching marriage
was so we'll guarded that not even the
most intimate friends had guessed the
plan until the bridal party were well off
on their wedding tour. Following q
strictly family dinner given at the Dick
inson home, Rev. L. A. Parr dropped in
and performed the ceremony just in
time for the bride and groom to catch
the $3.50 west bound train. Five min
utes later the high school bell WAS ring
ing aud the news was quickly spread
about town.
The bride to this union is daughter
of J. P. Towne, pioneer resident of Ed
gerton, and young lady prominent in
social and club work Her training as a
teacher especially fits her as congenial
helpmate to the Professor in his work.
Mr.. and Mrs Roethe are spending
their honeymoon in Chicago and on
their return will be the recipients Of de-
serving congratulations that await them.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-03
&C. e. Shannon is confined to his

&C. II. Shannon rs connned 70 MS
home with a severe cold.
Robert Attlesey closed the sale of
his SO-acre farm in the town of Porter
Tuesday to B. Hardwick for a considera-
ton of $4,000.
Mrs. FL. S. McGiffin and Miss wilma
of GAINESVILLE visited Edgerton friends
Wednesday.
--Thos. Pierce leaves next week for
Highmore, South Dakota, where. he will
arrange for the breaking of half a sec
ton of virgin soil.
"A girl babe was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Phil Ullius, Jr, in Fulton Satur-
day, and girl to Mr.. and Mrs. L. Green
at Indian Ford on Monday
The Dutch market" supper given
by the w. &. G. ladies Tuesday evening
received very satisfactory patronage,
the receipts being about S47.00.
Miss Naomi Moore of Waterloo, Ia,
who has been visiting at the home OF
DIR. keenan,, leaves next week for north
ern Texas on health seeking trip
Miss Hattie Dutton, former teacher
here, and Herbert Roberts were married
at the home of the brides parents in the
town of GAINESVILLE Tuesday evening.
Visiting Masons from the Milton
Junction lodge and Libertyvilie, ILL.,,
were here Wednesday evening to witness
Fulton Lodge confer the NJ. M. degree
upon Mr. Roy F. Wright. Refreshments
and general social time followed the
lodge work.
Miss Grace Spaulding, former teach
or in our public schools and later book
keeper in the Tobacco Exchange bank,
gave her friends here a genuine surprise
! ia the announcement of her marriage to
Mr.. Carl Lord, son of the late DR.. james
| A. Lord. The ceremony is said to have
taken place in Richland county on the
21st Of March, though the secret was
we'll kept until last Saturday when she
resigned her position in the bank and
left for her new homo at Sextonville
where Mr.. Lord conducts large farm.
| The brides many friends here will not
withhold their congratulations in spite
of the deception.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-03
Wedding Ceremony.

Mr.. William G.. Holmes of Milton Jet.
Wis, and Miss Nellie e. Conkey OF Oak
land township were married by Rev,
Andrew Porter at the home of the
brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs A. D. Con-
key, 10 the presence of large number
OF relatives and intimate friends OF the
contracting parties, at high noon We'd
nesday, March 25, 1908. after the we'd
ding ceremony and congratulations, the
guests partook of bountiful wedding
dinner, such as Mr.. and Mrs. Conkey
know so we'll how to provide. The we'd
ding presents we're many and useful
Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes will reside on the
A. D. Conkey farm in Oakland and they
begin their matrimonial journey with
the best wishes of their hosts OF friends
that they may enjoy long, prosperous
and happy life.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-03
Wants to Vote for Taft Delegates.

A subscriber writes US that it is his
desire to vote for Taft delegates and
wants to know whose names to mark on
his ballot. For his information we will
say that the republican ballot will con-
tain eight names for large
to the national convention and four
names for The 1st congressional district
delegates. Therefore il he makes an x
opposite the names of John NJ. Estes,
Hiram o. Fairchild, Adolph E. Hon.
stead and Frederick G. Winkler for del
egates- at-large, and Henry D. Barnes
and Peter B. Nelson he will accomplish
his desire.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-03
Obituary.
MALCHAI KELLOGG.

Malchai Kellogg. the Eve year old son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kellogg, whose
on Friday morning last, of commissions.
The little fellow had been sickly much
of his life and when spinal meningitis
followed an attack of pneumonia he
quickly succumbed to the disease. Fun
eral services were held from st. Joseph's
church Sunday afternoon, Rev. j. E.
Harlin officiating. The bereaved family
have the sympathy and coincidence of
the community.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-05
The Frenohmsn Looked Innocent.

Some time since. In fremont street
store In Boston, a nervous little
Frenchman brushed against pretty
iri1e Of vase ware valued at about
Sli and succeeded in getting several
score more pieces out OF II than had
gone into Its making. The fioorwalker
led the abashed Partisan aside and
politely explained that the broken vase
must be paid for, Monsieur fetched u
handful of small silver and copper.
mostly foreign, from his pocket when
he was told the value OF the trihe.
mon Dieu," cried the Partisan, 40
francs" At this he took out his bill
book and discovered a fifty dollar ex.
press draft. which the floorwalker In
stantly seized upon. to the unspeak.
able horror of Its owner.
After deducting the value Of the
vase 'the former handed the man his
change and dismissed him with floor
walkers blessing. The express draft
reached the bank In due time, with
four others as fraudulent. but the vol
atile little Frenchman had departed
southwark with the swallows.-Boh
milan Magazine
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-05
READING In Bed.

Boys and girls under eighteen
should be strictly forbidden to read In
bed" says the Lancet, on the author
lty OF DR.. Hugo Fellchcnfeld of Ber-
lin, who declares that In the case OF
young persons whose eyes are not
fully developed the practice is likely
to induce myopia. While young peo-
pie run the greatest risk, the Lancet
thinks that reading In bed is unde-
slrable for persons of any age and
states that "ln the case Of aged. anx.
ious, worried and bedridden people, TO
whom ~ would seem cruelty TO deny
what may perhaps be almost their
only luxury, for fear of inducing some
slight error Of refractlon, care should
be taken that the light is sufficiently
brilliant. the eyes being shaded from
II, and that the patient lies on his
back with head and shoulders raised"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-05
A Scene Not In n PLAY,

An extraordinary scene took place I'm
the Princess theater, London, on the
night OF the first production of Charles
Reades great play. Never Too Late
to Mend" Oct. 4, 1868. During the
prison scene n large quantity of water
was thrown over Miss Moore, who took
the part of Josephs, the character done
to death by the warders. one of the
critics, Mr.. Tomlin of the Morning Ad.
vertiser, rose from his seat and pub
llcly protested against the unnecessary
cruelty. This aroused almost riot
among the audience and the action OF
the play was stopped for some con
siderable time. Fuel was added To the
fire by George Vnlng, the lessee of the
theater. who was playing the part Of
Tom Robinson and who made n most
imprudent speech, In which he prac.
tically insulted every critic present,
with the result that the theatcr was
left severely alone by the press for
many months. The play, however
turned out to be Il popular success
and had. for those days. the phenom-
enal run of 140 performances.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-05
Followed Suit.

On the day Of the admission OF II.
Rostand TO the French academy the
author OF "Cyrano" and "L'Aiglon"
gave breakfast to few OF his
friends, the guest of honor being Nine.
Bernhardt. The actress was dressed In
u handsome gown. which had been
made expressly for the occasion. At
the end or the breakfast she arose and
In an Impressive manner took glass
held II high and said, II drink to the
greatest OF French dramatists, NJ. Ro.
stand. and drink after the Greek
manner! She then poured the con
tents Of her glass over her head and
gown.
Two OF ROstand's small sons were
sitting ut II side table wearing new
velvet suits, also made for the occa-
sion. In the silence which followed
Bernhard's dramatic tribute the elder
OF the boys arose and. initiating her
manner, said Il drink to the greatest
of poets, my papa. and | also drink In
the Greek fashion" and stralghtwal
deluged himself and his small brother
with the contents of his glass.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-05
How Indians Catch Monkeys.

In South America the Indians take n
cocoanut and cut hole In each end
just large enough for the monkeys
paws. Then they Oil the middle Of the
nut with sugar. When monkey
comes across the shell he thrusts In
one paw and. finding sugar, he pushes
in the other He closes both paws on
the sugar and then will not remove
either for fear he shall lose the sugar,
Then, while he cannot use either paw,
he Is easily caught.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-05
Wellinuton's Tact,

There was an army of generals as
sembled at Paris In 1914, and when the
various Austrian and prusslan gener'
ais who had been beaten by Napoleon
came crowdlng round the Duke of Wei.
llngton and expressing lots Of compll.
ments TO him for having never been
beaten by the French the duke pleas
ed them immensely by saying, "Ah,
but you know I never met Bonaparte,
and have always looked ON him as
being as good as 10000 men"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-05
A Chinese Story,

A Chinese barber while shaving a
customers head drew blood and put
one of his fingers on the place. Again
lie made cut and put down another
finger, and so ON until he had no more
fingers free. "Ah." said he as he paus-
ed in his work, "a BARRIERS ,rade is diff
hcult. We ought to have thousand
sw-Scrnp Book.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-05
Ant Pnnil.

"Dldn't see the grocer's boy kiss
you this morning, MarthaY
"Yes'm. But he amt to blame,
ma'am Twas the iceman set him the
bad example"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14
Just Our Own Ideas

Sultan is a village in Snohomish
county, not so large as Leavenworth,
with a future about as rosy and prom
Using as the enterprising denizens desire
to make it. Sultan has as good a
newspaper as the town deserves and
has shown an inclination to support.
Why the town should encourage an
other, and thereby either increase the
burden of expense to the people or
else divide the patronage and have two
weak, half-fed, sickly looking papers
that give strangers wrong impression
of the town, we cannot, from this dis
lance, say. Certain it is that one
newspaper in a town of from 800 to
1000 inhabitants is amply sufficient to
serve the best ends. The publisher
who can show that he has made more
than a decent living under these con-
ditions could command a salary of
from three to five thousand year from
any one of dozen trust concerns for
ability of kind that never goes beg
ging for want OF job at good salary.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14

Our advice to the people of Sultan is
Just what it would be to the people Of
this town should the occasion arises. If
the Star does not for any reason come
up to what the people of that town
want, then they should get together
and notify the proprietor that they have
unanimously decided to withdraw their
support as a matter of economy and
for the purpose of inducing the kind Of
newspaper they wanted to come there.
Then the Star man would presumably
have enough sense to sell out or move
out and leave an undivided support for
the more worthy successor. The peo-
pie of Sultan would save money,
and also the energy that is wasted in
the division that two papers usually
create. Wenatchee is a town that
boasts of over three thousand popula-
ton and volume of business much
larger than towns of that size usually
have. 1t has two newspapers and from
the number of times they have changed
hands in the past five years we con-
clude they are either so enormously
profitable that the successive prophet
ors have grown rich in a few months
and gone to Europe to live in ease or
else they have grown weary and gray
trying to keep out of the hands of the
sheriff,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14
"A Happy Thought. ri Book It."

Even as the bug under the chip"
is made to account for so many strange
and incongruous human relations, so
may the diamond under the surface ac-
count for the color, size and quality of
the apples grown in Wenatchee valley
soil and the consequent high price per
acre of the land.
Since reading the story printed in
the Wenatchee World on Monday one
can understand why land in the vicin-
ity of the town made famous by its red
apples should sell for what is by many
considered fabulous sum per acre.
Men who have lived in the Eastern,
Southern or Middle states, where agri-
cultural lands sell for all the way from
SIS to 500 per acre, and are consid-
cred high at the latter figure, may be
forgiven for refusing to believe that
land for agricultural purposes in Wash
ington is worth from one to three
thousand dollars per acre, until shown
the "whyfor.
When the doubling Thomases from
the wind swept prairies of Kansas, the
barren and rocky hills of Vermont and
the red clay hills of Georgia learn that
the fortunate owner of land in this
favored section may not only sit in the
shade and contract his fruit to buyers
who are falling over each other to get
his ear, at from $500 to $1,000 per
acre every year, but that in addition to
this there is the speculative possibility
of every acre returning its owner
double, yea, even treble its cost price
in diamonds, one can easily understand
what holds up the price. There may
also be some subtle connection be-
tween the presence of these highly
priced gems and the extraordinary size
and color of the apples grown in the
Wenatchee valley. 1t is certainly
remarkable co-incident that diamonds
should be hidden in the very soil that
produces the apples that have never
failed to take the prize wherever ex-
hibited. Perhaps the presence of the
diamond, which after all is only a
bauble in the estimation of the true
philosopher, is symbolical allusion to
the value of the land for growing red
apples that are as rare and in New
York and London sell for almost as
much, as diamonds.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14
Pass the Notice Along, Boys

A travelling newspaper and pool ex-
pert named Francis Hoyt drifted into
town last week and tried to write up
the Eagles. The editor of this paper
turned him down, most happily, as it
turned out. He made arrangements
with another publication but failed to
make the write up go. 1t is under
stood he did up some of the business
men at Sultan and he smashed buggy
and injured horse belonging to the
Metropolitan Barn.-Monroe Tran
script.
The whiskey soaked fakir referred to
in the above struck this town last week
and also struck the writer for a dollar
on the strength Of scheme he had to
work up among the members of the
Fraternal Eagles. He got the dollar
with the positive injunction not to
come back again. How such motor
iously unprincipled scoundrels escape
a broken head and term in the pen,
is mystery. 1t is still more of a
mystery how such bare-faced rascals,
with fraud stamped on every lineament
and oozing out of every pore, can i'm
pose on people who make any claim
to intelligence, and yet they do. He
victimized number of people in
amounts from one to ten dollars and
departed in the direction Of Spokane.
Help him along, boys, he is as cheerful
and brazen liar as we have seen in a
long time. He called himself Hoyt
here, but might have called himself by
any other name and done just as well.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14
To Our Friends Who are Behind

After this issue if you are one year
behind on subscription to the ECHO
your name will be dropped from the
list. This course is made necessary
by decision of the postofice depart
ment to exclude all weekly papers
from the second class mailing privilege
for continuing to send the paper to
subscribers after they owe one full year S
subscription. Much as we would pre-
fer to continue the paper to old friends
of The Echo who we know to be per-
fectly good, we cannot make oath to a
falsehood nor can we afford to be ex-
cluded from the mails.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14

ing had begun to arrive there was
great rejoicing among the residents Of
the north side of the track. Indeed
the rejoicing was not confined to the
North side, those living on the south
side have about as much reason to be
glad that soon there will be safe and
convenient means of communication
between the north and south sides
of the Great Northern track, and one
that is not only safe but will always be
open. Work has not yet begun, but
will commence soon. There will be a
10 foot way for vehicles and a 5 foot
way for pedestrians.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14
Rebekah Lodge Institution

Last Thursday night Purity Lodge
No. 154 from Cashmere came up to
Leavenworth and instituted a Rebekah
lodge which will hereafter be known
as Aloha Rebekah Lodge No. 1914
I. o. o. F.
The charter members of the lodge
were Mrs. F. D. Searles, Mrs. L. ].
Costello, Mrs. Chas. Shepherd, Mrs.
Taylor Yocum, F. S. Searles, H. E.
Carr, G. A. DAILY, D. M. Thomas and
M. A. Marley.
Mrs. Gertie Watson of Cashmere
was appointed Special Deputy Grand
Master to institute the new lodge and
after that ceremony the following Of
ficers were elected: Mrs. F. S. Searles,
N. c.; Mrs. L. ]. Costello, V. GIL. D.
Morrison, Sec. and M. A. Marley,
Treas. and were duly installed in their
respective offices.
After the installation there were
about Is candidates in waiting who
were admitted and instructed in the
Rebekah Degree of Odd Fellowship.
Special attention is called to the ex-
cellent way in which a very difficult
drill was executed at the close by the
Cashmere team and was enjoyed by
all, after which an elegant supper was
served, and the visiting lodge ex-
pressed themselves as having had a
very enjoyable time. -
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14
SCHOOL NOTES

Arthur Kringle, Eva Briggs, Della
Vest, Elsie Wunder and Esther Roberts
are absent from Mrs. farmers room on
account of illness.
Hester Coats and Bertha Stoltze
have so far recovered that they are
back at work.
Next week the reports will be given
out again. This week concludes five
months of work. If some of the grades
do not please you, parents, please ask
the reason. 1t may be that your boy
or girl have not been doing all they
could do in school work.
Pupils tardy last week were Eva
Otto, twice, Della Vest, George Pulse,
Howard Godfrey, Homer Vest, Harold
Fowler, Benjamin Young, Charles
Hathaway, twice, Lyman Durand, Nor
man Peterson, Ruth Sharpe, Frankey
Posey, five times, Gerald Mccoy, twice,
Leo Ahern, Harry Ahern and Henry
Goldman. This, as a rule, is not nee
essary and it behooves the parents to
exercise a little care in regard to
whether their children are in school or
not, and on time.
We are glad to learn that Margaret
Frank is improving and we hope that
she will be back in her place soon.
Every one was present and on time
in Mrs. Ferelps room, Wednesday.
Miss Jewell reports the same for her
room for Monday. This is goal to
be proud OF. Let US all reach and
keep it.
At the meeting Of the School Mas
ters' Club of Chelan county, last Sat-
urday, aChelan County Contest League
was organized. The League consists
of Declamatory, a Debating and an
Athletic Association of the schools of
the county. These phases of school
life we feel are necessary and essential
to the best interests of the children.
The Leavenworth schools will enter the
league and we hope that the parents
and patrons will do all they can to help
the league.