The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23


over Sunday guest of Mrs. Hullet HUT
son.
Butter was put up one cent In the
Elgin market this week-23 cents is the
price.
Mrs. James Spike and Miss Mertie
Barton visited friends in Fit. Atkinson
over Sunday.
%. R. Pomeroy of Gays Mills was
calling upon his friends in Edgerton the
fore part of the week.
Geo. Scharfenberg and wife were
over from Evansville for Sunday
visit with relatives here.
Atty. G.. w. Blanchard attended a
reunion of the '06 class of graduates of
the university at Madison on Tuesday.
Mrs. R. j. Maltpress and her sis
ter, Mrs. Howard of Milwaukee, left
Tuesday for St. Paul to pay visit to
another sister, Mrs. Tackles.
"A. w. Bentley and wife moved up
to their cottage on Lake Koshkonong
| last week for the summer. Their home
will be occupied by DR.. McChesney's
family during their absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brown and
| Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Johnson made an
auto trip to Milwaukee Tuesday and
| attended the automobile races at the
State Fair park.
The fire company are to give the
new alarm system try-out on Friday
evening, so the striking of the alarm
need not lead the public to think that
| fire has occurred.
June is bound to make record for
hot days and the average temperature
| of the month must range way above
normal. Ninety in the shade is not I'M
common for many days during the
month.
"A good soaking rain came Friday
| Just in time to give needed relief to the
suffering crops. At least two inches
of water fell, moistening the soil to a
good depth. And my! how things have
| grown since!
The Ladies Society of st. Johns
Lutheran church will give social at
Academy hall on Thursday evening,
June 9th. Refreshments will be serv-
ed from o'clock on and orchestra
music during the evening.
The dearest thing on the market
today is new potatoes which the Mil
waukee papers say are the highest ever
known at this time of year-$3.OO per
bushel. The southern crop is said to
be almost failure.
The Edgerton Fire Department will
| give picnic at Charley Bluff next
Wednesday, June 18th, to which the
public are invited. The Edgerton band
will be present to provide the music,
while other entertainment is provided
to help make an enjoyable occasion.
Make arrangements to go.
| The King drag was put in use
Monday on some of the streets leading
out of town and did effective work in
smoothing out the ruts after the recent
rains. If we cannot have anything
better, this instrument if continuously
used will work wonders in leveling up
some of the rough approaches to town.
We're for the drag.
In conformity with orders from
headquarters, members of the Women s
Relief Corps met at c. A. R. hall Tues
day afternoon and held memorial SER
vices for the departed sisters, number
ing ten. The program was especially
fitting to this solemn event, at the close
of which they were conveyed by car
riages to the silent city of the dead
where the graves of the mourned mem
bers were decorated in accordance with
the custom of the order.
AT an adjourned meeting of the 7.
A. & B. society held on Sunday, the
date of the annual picnic was fixed for
Wednesday, August 9th. Committees
were selected to take charge of the big
event and determination made to
make the picnic better than ever. The
election of officers resulted as follows
President-W Flaherity; Vice Presi-
dent-George Nichols; Recording Sec
retary-Thos. Quigley; Financial Sec
retary-D. P. Devine; Marshal-Wm.
Bradley.
| The recent exterior improvements
to The Carlton hotel add immensely to
the attractiveness of the place. In
addition to repainting, a full set of
awnings, flower bench and hanging
baskets give an inviting air to the hotel
and pleasure to the eyes of the guests.
Mr.. Cutlery is certainly doing his part
to make The Carlton popular hos
telry. There are few hotels in the in
terror of the state that appeal SO