The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-08-12
Observation-Disclosures
!: WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.



servation congress in st. Paul Sept. 5
to IT, The names of the delegates are
as follows: Charles r. Van Hise, presi-
ident of the University of Wisconsin;
T. E. Birmingham, E. M. Griffith and
A. j. Cobban, Madison; Senator J. H.
Stout, Menominee; Senator H. P. Bird,
pleton; William Irvine, Chippewa
Falls; Assemblyman w. M. Bray, Osh-
kosh; George F. Street, Fort Edwards:
Mayor A. ]. Horlick, Racine; o. H.
ingalls,, Eau Claire; Assemblyman l..
c. Whittet. Edgarton; George Beyers,
Oconto; George Chapman, Stanley, and
A. l.. Osborn, Oshkosh.
The farmers of Marquette county
have appealed to the college of agricul-
ture of the University of Wisconsin
for relief against worm pest which
is destroying their potato crop in a
manner similar to the way the grass
hoppers formerly destroyed the west
ern crops. These worms are from an
inch and a half to four inches in
length and range in color from q dark
brown to a ioht green. They do not
seem to come from anywhere, but a
farmer gees out in his field in the
morning to find millions of worms eat
ing his crops. A leaf minute for each
they eat up the crops.
A family reunion took place at the
homeOf j. Lambert of Green Bay, when
his brothers, Joseph and Peter, whom
he had not seen for twenty-five years,
arrived in TIE city from Chicago The
brothers Of Chicago learned the where
abouts Of their brother in this city
through seeing his name in directory.
Mr. Lambert came to this country
from Europe a number of years before
his brothers and in some manner they
lost all trace of him and believed him
dead
The Northwestern Loan and Trust
company, trustee for the city of Keno
sha Water company, has issued for
NAL call for the payment of all out
standing bonds of the company The
bonds are to be paid on Oct Is and
the principal and interest on them will
amount to little over $4,000. The
company now has $4,000 with which
to meet the demand and the remain
ing money will be taken from the gen.
eral funds Of the city
The famous Iron Brigade will prob
ably assemble here for the last time
Sept. II, the anniversary of the battle
of Antietam, in which General E. S.
Bragg was shot and at which for a
time it was feared that he been NOR
tally wounded General Bragg says
that many of his old command have
decided to call upon him in September
and that he hopes his health will per-
nit him to give them good time
The annual reunion of the Rock
County Soldiers and Sailors associa.
ton will be held in Beloit Aug 10. The
principal feature will be the dedication
of civil war cannon in the city park
in memory of the old Fourth Wiscon-
sin battery. The programme will in
clude a procession in which the can
non will be drawn by six horses, on
which will be mounted some of the old
Fourth battery men.
Fort Smelling and Fort Sheridan
troops have arrived at Camp Robinson
to take part in the big maneuvers to
be held during August. At present the
Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth
United States infantry and eight troops
of the Fourth cavalry are encamped
there, and two or three regiments Of
the National Guard infantry from Da-
kota.
Diseouraging news has been re-
fax farm in North Dakota. The con-
tinuous drought has about ruined his
thousand acre crop of fax. in which he
had an investment of nearly $4,000
Last year fax saisers made big money
in North Dakota. Other large crops
in that country are put to the bad also
Henry Walter, of Sheboygan, 81
years old, was struck and instantly
killed by freight car on the line of
the Sheboygan Light and Power COM
pany between here and Riverside He
was riding out of his barnyard in a
wagon when the car struck it. Nearly
every bone in his body was broken
The horse escaped unhurt.
Turning quickly and losing his bal
ance, Joseph Stelmach, of Glencoe
Ridge, Wis, harvest hand employed
on the N Feltis farm near Arcadia,
threw out his arm to catch himself and
it was caught in the thrasher belt and
pulled out at the shoulder. He may re-
cover
The common council of Beloit has
denied the Salvation Army it's request
that women members be allowed to
enter saloons, holding that to make an
exception in their favor might compro-
mise the ordinance prohibiting the
presence of women in saloons.
Based OH the school census it is es-
now 34S,000. The state census of 1905
timated the population of Milwaukee is
now $4,000. The statecensus of 1905