The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-10
The annual meeting of the Albion

| helo IN the town nall In LQaC village
Tuesday morning. All the directors
whose office expired were re elected with
the exception of Dan Devine who was
named to succeed the late Jay Wescott.
The company voted to include the west
half of Milton in the territory where in
surance is placed. The officers elected
are: D. L. Babcock, Pres; Dan'l Pierce,
Secy. Ole O. Lem, Treas.
-Embery Bowman, hailing from New
Mexico, passed few days of the week
with old time friends in Edgerton. He
is brother of the late Elijah Bowman
and many years OF his younger days we're
spent here. He has been absent nearly
20 years and notes many changes in the
town since then. At present he is EN-.
ployed by con sracting firm building
the Belin Cutoff for the Santa Fe rail
way through Texas and New Mexico.
The new law governing the working
hours of railway telegraph operators,
providing that they shall not work more
than eight consecutive hours and that
each operator must be given 16 hours for
rest, which went into effect January LIST.
has brought about the services OF an
| other operator at the local depot. Dave
Lampman has the day trick from a. m.
to D. NJ. Then Will Symons goes on
duty at until midnight, when Holden
comes on and stays till o'clock.
Officers of the Edgerton Fire De-
partment elected for the ensuing year
Monday evening are: Pres. A. E. Skin
ner; Vice Pres, H. Schmeling; Foreman,
| George Ogden; LIST Asst. Foreman, r..
Gessert; I'd Asst Foreman, e. M. Ladd;
Sec, W.. J. Schumacher; Treas, J. L.
Holton; Hose Capt, L. X. Jessup; Asst.
Hose Capt, Chas Swift; Hook & Lad
der Capt, John Rousch; Asst. 81. & L..
| Capt, Art Maves; Trustees, Ed. Hahn,
Fl. Schmeling; Janitor, L. K. Jessup;
Serg. at Arms, A. E. Stewart.
Nearly everyone is interested in the
management of the waterworks system
of our city. 5upt. Reynolds has made a
statement of the expense account from
| May LIST to November 1st, which shows
that the total running expense for the
six months was S733.10. Collections for
water during the same period amounted
| to 1896 90, leaving balance of $116293
which nearly pays the hydrant rentals
There were pumped during the first six
months 30,034, 900 gallons of water. The
management of the waterworks system
may we'll feel proud of the showing this
| statement makes. 49,
Public worship at the Congrega-
tional church next Sunday morning at
1870. Sermon by the pastor on "The
Tower of Babel, and the Towers Men are
Building To-Day" Evening service at Z
o'clock Subject, Christ and the Boy.
or Divine Ways of Manufacturing Men"
Young people are specially invited to this
| service. At the mid week meeting to-
| night Miss Mcintosh will lead the dis
cussion on "Was Christ's Temptation as
Real as Ours Are?" This is public
meeting to which everybody is invited.
The Galahad Club have a supper and
social evening tomorrow night.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Tobacco Exchange bank
occurred on Tuesday evening, when An
| drew Jensen was reelected president
and also cashier; w. s. Heddles, vice
| president; G. G. Biederman, w. A. Shell
| ley, VIM. Bussey and D. L. Babcock
were again chosen directors. A resolu-
ton of respect to the memory of the late
cashier, w. S. Brown, was presented and
spread upon the minutes. The stock
holders also gave expression to their ap
probation of the very able manner in
which President Jensen had conducted
the affairs of the bank through the
| financial disturbance so that the insti-
tuition was able to satisfy all its patrons
with currency without resorting to the
deferred payments, script, ETC., so COM
mon with most of the banks of the coun-
try. The contrast was so striking with
the conditions about us during the per-
iod of monetary disturbance that the
stockholders felt that great credit was
due the management of the bank that it
was able to meet all demand without the
expensive annoyances and minor incon-
veniences that people put up with in
about every other section of the country.
William Ell. Mcfarland, founder of
the village of Mcfarland. for whom it
was named, died Saturday at his home
in that village, aged 81 years. He was
born in London, England, March 6, 1917.
When Ia years old William Mcfarland
came to America on the lrgest vessel
then plying between the two countries,
and drifted to ALBANY, then to Buffalo,