The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-25
Misses Matte and Edna Wilson

MISS OGIlIuuG Dp0uCcI VI uulIiiiCoP
oils is here to pass the holiday vacation.
The Electric theater offers holi-
day program that should attract the at
tention of every person in town.
Frank H. Rurdick, wife and daught-
er Ruth of Minneapolis came down to
attend the Burdick family gathering on
Christmas and to pay a visit to Edger-
ton relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Hubbell took
their eldest daughter and younger son
to Milwaukee Monday for minor OPP
Grafton by specialist of that city for
an eye and nose trouble, which appar-
emily is quite successful.
Ed Ogden returned Monday even
ing from Danbury, Iowa, where he has
been the past few weeks. He was ac-
companied by two cousins, Louie and
Julia Pierce, who will remain with rel
here during the holidays.
Richard Leary of Edmonton, Can
ada, arrived Tuesday to pass the win
ter with relatives here. He reports
that the financial disturbance in the
States had it's effect on business even
in the far northwestern Canada though
great improvements are being mapped
out for next season in Edmonton which
has become a city Of 10000 people.
The Park hotel at Madison has been
purchased from the VIM. F. Villas es-
tate by Kletzsch Bros. of Milwaukee,
owners of the Republican House in that
city, and as soon as the twenty year
lease of the present tenant expires,
which will be in November, 1910, the
new owners will convert the Park into
one of the most up-to-date hostelries in
the state.
S'The Road to California at Royal
hall Tuesday evening was well received
by those present. 1t was one of those
dramas depicting the life of the west
erner in early days when the COW boy,
gambler and hold-up man were in full
swing, and the characters were all rep
resented by good actors. Mock Sad
Ali was clever magician and his per-
formances were we'll received. The at
tendance was only fair, not what the
performance merited.
"A well-to-do citizen of Evansville
was in Edgerton Monday and while pay
ing The Reporter Office call he re-
marked that sEdgerton was the best
town to purchase clothing and mems
furnishings he had ever struck; that
here he not only got the quality, but
the fit and prices were right as well. =
And it might be remarked that what is
true of the clothing stores is also true
of the other merchants here. Make
Edgerton headquarters for trading and
in time you'll be as satisfied as the man
from Evansville.
A derailed freight car caused by a
burning out journal between Milton
junction and Edgerton Friday evening
caused the delay of traffic for several
hours. It was past midnight before
the west-bound passenger trains were
allowed clear track. A few hours
previous Kead-on collision between
two freights took place in the yards at
Whitewater, when wild freight ran
into an open siding on which was stand
ing another switching train. No one
was injured but the engines were some
what damaged and the wrecker was
called into service.
Mr.. John Dave writes to friends
and neighbors, through The Reporter,
that his party arrived at Los Angeles
Monday forenoon, Dec. IA. They made
the trip over the Santa Fe system and
their train was in charge of a tourist
conductor, j. j. Hartsock, who, took
special pains to make the journey a
pleasant one for all. Mr.. Dave states
that the weather is very cold for that
part of the country, frost on the ground
in the low lands, fruit and flowers on
the uplands. He promises to give an
extended description of his observa-
tions of that country later.
The necessity of a double system
at the pumping station was proven last
Friday night. Some time during the
night f1ue in one of the boilers sprung
leak and when Engineer Reynolds ar
rived there Saturday morning the boiler
was nearly dry and several inches Of
water covered the floor of the boiler
room. A new f1ue had to be sent for in
Chicago and boiler maker called from
GAINESVILLE to put it in place. If the
plant had been equipped with only one
boiler, the city would probably have
been without water for few days. It
also argues in favor of keeping a man
there night and day, for accidents of