Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-21
WILL SOON BE PLaNrBED SEASON
Probably No Increase in the acreage Of
Vernon County Tobacco

1 A few days of warm. spring-Hke
weather viii put farmers in preparation
/ for tobacco plant bed making. Testing
of seed and preliminaries for the sea-
sons work have been in progress and
soon the canvass covered beds will be
seen on every hand. 1t is not an easy
matter to estimate whether there will
be an increase or decrease IN acreage
as compared with last season. but from
general expression the CENSOR is lead
to judge that there will be small
change.
Work is still progressing in our local
warehouses, but there will soon be 81
lehee because of completion of the
casing and packing of last years crop.
From exchanges we learn that most of
the packing points in the state have
shut down
Edgerton Tobacco Reporter states
that a few crops are still being taken
over from growers at an average price
of about seven cents 1t says: . At this
writing the first real indication of
warm, spring weather presents it.
self, and if it continues the coming
week will see growers busy in prepar-
ing plant beds. 1t is hardly probable
that preparations will be made to in
crease the acreage this season, but
those competent TO judge estimate that
it will hold its own with last season "
Farm work is unusually backward
this gar.
Wall paper of all descriptions at o.
E. Davis.
-Chas. S. Slack & Co. have some
good horses 10 sell.
Money to loan on real estate secur-
tx Butt & Butt.
Miss Mary Cooper is visiting at the
home of Mrs J. NJ. Rusk.
"A full line of Sherwin- Williams
paints at O. E. Davis drug store.
Mr. Dryer, a Masonic lecturer. is
ir tle city in the interests of the Blue
lodge.
Don't buy wall paper until you see
Towner's up-to-date patterns at rare
bargains.
Poor Commissioner Fowell made an
official visit to the eastern section of
the county.
The ladies of the Priscilla clan were
entertained by Mrs, John Richmond on
Thursday last.
Mesdames II. P. Proctor, ST.. and
o. c. Munson are absent from the city,
having gone to Chicago, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Proctor, Jr.,
were called to Ironwood Michigan, by
the death OF relative of the latter.
-Nordal Neprud of Coon Valley has
been employed as manager by the Mer-
rillan Milling Co. of Merrillan, this
state.
District Attorney J. Henry Ben
nett and Sheriff c o. Heigeson have
been at Rockton the past week on Of
fetal business.
Miss Ona Griffin, after several years
steady service, has resigned her posi-
tion as typo at the Republican Office.
Miss Mary Waterman takes her place.
-Chas. S. Slack & Co. are erecting
the pure copper lightning rods and a
new telephone protector made by w
c. Shin, Lincoln, Nebraska. Their man
win cali on you
Mrs. w. johnson OF Viroqua town,
has gone to Glendive, Montana, to visit
her son, Theodore, who has a land claim
! there. She was accompanied by her
daughter, Miss Jenny.
Pervencheres, the coal black full
Slack & Co.'S, is what you are looking
for, Mr. Good Farmer At VIroqua
every day during the season.
A meeting of the Viroqua Lecture
/ association will be held at the Office of
J. Dawson & Co. on Thursday evening
April %. at 7:30 p. m Every body in
terested is invited to attend.
Rain and bad roads have been the
order A change must soon come or il
will be necessary to record the spring
Of 1909 as one Of the NEST backward
this country has experienced.
-Messrs w. 5. Proctor and C. w.
Franklin of this city and C. F Bulger
of Necedah, recently leased the Robin
son pleasure park near Fort Wayne,
Indiana The park consists of about
a quarter section of land and contains
amusement features generally found in
enterprises Of this character These
gentlemen with their families leave
soon to take personal charge of the
park for the season.