Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-20
Saturdays stock sale-see ad.
Insure with John Dawson g. Co.
Marvel four at A Z Snrensnn,s 8

DIR. Chase, dentist, Office in Nat
ional Bank building. Phone 80.
"A public dance will be given at the
Running hall Saturday night, October
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Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank By
ers, Sunday, October II, nine-pound
girl.
DIR. w. E. Butt recently planted
$50, 900 ginseng seed which were gather
ed last year.
County convention of the w. c. T.
u. will be held at De Soto on Novem-
ber and A.
For sale cheap, Coles hot blast
stove, in good condition. Inquire at
CENSOR office.
Mrs Bertha Hanson of Westby did
shopping and visited relatives in Viro-
qua last Friday.
Just received a car of unusually
nice w. C. fence posts at right prices.
Tibbits-Cameron.
Mrs B. F. Ferguson returned from
the Seattle expositian and visit to
friends in the western country.
DIR R. H. De Tap, Junior, the La
Fargo dentist, is soon to remove to
Idaho to make permanent home.
Attention is called to o. l.. Bu-
chanan's ad. in another column on this
page. He will sell at auction a choice
bnnch of cattle.
After a brief stay with relatives
and friends in Viroqua and vicinity Ole
Paulserud departed last Saturday for
the state of Washington.
MIR. and Mrs. T. J. Decker, who
have been guests for month past at
the c. G.. Brown home, departed for
their home at Turon, Kansas, last Mon
day.
The city school tax as levied by the
council is fraction less than last year.
The new levy is 1888 per thousand dol
lars of assessed value, while last year
it was S9.14.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Running were
called to Westby to attend the funeral
of a relative, Mrs. Torval F'remstad,
who was member of one of the old
Families of that section.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Marcer came
from San Antonio, Texas, to be with
the A. d. Helgeson family. Mr.. Marcer
is retired regular army man with full
pay.
B. w. Moore and family have moved
into Mrs. Clarence Smiths house in
Third ward. Mrs. Smith will spend the
winter at the home of he- mother, Mrs.
Waters at Springville.
Earl Halverson, graduate of De-
Soto high school, has entered the agri-
cultural training school at Onalaska.
Wilbur Ward of Chaseburg, has also
enrolled at the same institution of
learning.
Prepare for the coming months of
winter. There is no time like the pre-
sent for. clearing away and making
preparation for the long cold season
| that is always sure to be with US in
this latitude.
&C. L. Foss of Genoa town pre-
sented the CENSOR force with basket
of fine McMahan apples. If everything
grown on his farm was as good as his
apples Mr.. Foss certainly had sue
cessful year.
Norman Chapman, son of the late
Geo. w. Chapman, died in Milwaukee
en- late day. He was young man
entering upon the realities of life with
bright prospects. Mr.. Chapman was
native Of Hillsboro.
Owen L. Buchanan, who resigns
as chairman of the town of Viroqua to
engage in mercantile pursuits at Reads
town, is succeeded by his father, Joseph
Buchanan, who was appointed by the
town board to fill the vacancy.
The transfer line running between
Viroqua and Readstown, conducted by
Guy Mcdowell, leaves Readstown after
arrival there of morning train, and de-
parts from Viroqua at 2:30 p. m. daily
except Sunday. Headquarters at Hotel
Fortney.
Col. Geo. w. Shattuck of Stark,
was in the city today for the first time
in seven years. Enroute here the colo
mel paid visit to his old comrade-in-
arms, w. j. Roberts of Otter Creek,
who recently suffered stroke of par
alysis, but is now somewhat improved.
Miss Bessie Smith, former Viro-
qua girl, and daughter of Mrs A. J.
Smith of Delevan, Minnesota, was re-
ia, to Mr.. Randall J. Wilson of Eagle
Harbor, New York. They will reside on
farm near Lead, North Dakota. Miss
Smith will be well remembered here.
-Tailors find they cannot equal the
clothes shown at the Collegian Clothes
store. They certainly cannot afford to
sell clothes with the same amount of
quality at anywhere near the same
price. We suppose this is the reason
that store commands the young mems
trade. The Blue Front Store, sole
agent.
The tobacco section of the State
Society of Equity is in session at Maii-
son this week. Those in attendance
from this section are d. O. Mahoney,
E. ]. Jennings, A. o. Kalvestran, Geo.
Bakken, Lewis Foske, Lewis Clawater,
P. A. Ramsett, John Glimsdale, John
Erickson, Ed. Suiter ard doubtless
others.
"A street corner observer tells of
the three stingiest men on record.
The first will not drink water unless it
comes from neighbor's well; the sec
ond forbids his family to write any
thing but small hand as it wastes ink
to make large letters; and the third
stops the clock at night to save the
wear and tear on the machinery. All
of them refuse to take paper on the
ground that it is p terrible strain on
their spectacles to read.
MIR. W. w. Cargill of La Crosse,
one of the leading citizens of western
Wisconsin, died on Saturday from pneu-
monia. He was in Montana looking
after his extensive business interests
when taken with the disease. He was
hurried home and had the best attention