The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-05-14
The christening of Mr.. and Mrs.

/ relatives anu lIlCLuo a. CilSil hOiiiC
Sunday afternoon. The name conferred
was Wilhelmina Helen Dorothy Schmel-
ing. Miss Helen Neuman and Mrs.
/ George Bailing of Milwaukee acted as
/ godmothers,. and Mr.. Charles Stricken
] as godfather.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Copley, who
have been spending the winter in Cali
fcrnia, returned home Saturday even
ing. Mrs. j. d. Whittet, who accom-
panied them, reached home day or
two sooner. Mr.. Copley says that so
much cold and rainy weather prevailed
that he found the Pacific coast the least
attractive this winter of any season he
has visited it.
/ &C. E. Shannon returned from Say
ner the latter part of the week where
he had been looking after summer
resort owned by him on Lost Lake. He
reports that winter was still tagging in
the north woods and when he started
home he rode into Sayner in a sleigh
and ice was still two feet thick on the
lake. The heavy storm the last days
of April left big blanket of snow
throughout the northern part of the
state.
| Richard Simmons, brother of Will
Simmons, one of the telegraph oper-
ators at this station, died at his home
in Shullsburg Tuesday Of consumption,
aged rs years. Until his health failed,
''Dick" was also telegraph operator
and worked in the Edgerton office for
some time, making a number Of warm
| friends here His brother Will left for
Shullsburg Wednesday morning to at
tend the funeral.
"A dispatch from Rockford states
that the Rockford & Interurban Rail-
way Co., operating electric lines to Bel
videre, Peoria, and the Beloit and James
vile lines, has been sold to an eastern
syndicate, owners of other similar prop
erty in various parts of the country.
The change takes place July l. Hold
ers of preferred and common stock are
said to receive par value for their
shares and the new owners to assume
the bonded Indebtedness.
The C. F. Tallard residence prop
erty in Park Place was sold under fore
closure sale Monday afternoon. There
were number of spectators present
and the bidding at one time was quite
spirited The property was knocked
down to Will Doty for $4375, and unpaid
taxes amounting toS138.50. The resi-
dence was originally built by the late
DR.. J. A. Lord and cost considerably
more than the price paid by Mr.. Doty.
A warehouse next to Thos. Westlake's,
which was also included in the fore
closure, was sold to VIM. Schrub for
$525, also going at bargain price.
The farmers have been catching up
with their belated work during the week
and are busy now preparing the fields.
for corn and sugar beets. The season is
so extremely late that there will be
very little corn planted by the almanac
this year which is the 10th to 18th of
May. A Dane county farmer, who was
in town Tuesday, informs US that his
observations, extending over rs years,
are that nothing is gained in this lati-
tude by planting corn before May goth.
1t is a strictly warm weather crop and
should have continuous growth from
start to finish and any setback after it
is once started is sure to tell in the har-
vest of the crop.
Fishermen hereabouts are waiting
impatiently for May Is, the first day of
the open season for catching fish. They
may be compelled, however, to wait
until June /, as the blanket fish and
game bill, now being drawn, will be re-
| ported favorably in the senate by the
committee on fish and game within a
few days. The indications are that the
bill will pass. This measure provides
that the closed seasol for all fish, in
Guiding bass, shall extend from March
/ II " q uilC OuOeI IIlc pIeSGuC law
bass of any kind cannot be taken be-
tween March / and June 10. If the
bill passes and is signed by Governor
Davidson before May Is it will go into
effect at once and the season will not
open until June l.
| The base ball season was formally
opened in Edgerton Friday afternoon
when double bill was offered lovers
of the game at the Driving Park, and
both events were decidedly interesting.
The first was closely contested game
between the Albion Academy team and
the Wisconsin Academy team of Madi-
Son. The game proved to be hard
struggle, to in the eighth, when the
Capital city boys brought in the winning
score and the game ended to in fav-