The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-06-14

timetable bridge party Wednesday ev
ening.
Frank Mcintosh of Viroqua visited
relatives here for few days the latter
part of the week.
Mrs. B. L. Cleary and daughter
passed few days of the week with
relatives in Chicago.
Andrew Mcintosh joined party
of GAINESVILLE friends in a trip to Pick
erel lake near Amigo Monday for
weeks fishing.
Miss Bessie Keller. who has been
teaching at Soldiers Grove, and Miss
Emma Bruhn at New Glarus, are home
for the summer vacation.
M. P. Baukin, who was resident
of Edgerton in years gone by, conduct
ed free bible lecture in Woodman hall
last Sunday afternoon.
&C. H. Babcock and Jay Shaw are
attending the Masonic grand lodge in
Milwaukee this week as representatives
of Fulton lodge F. & A. M.
Mrs. Frank Williams, Mrs. Fannie
Sutton and Mrs. Dell Clark are at the
G. A. R. Encampment at Amigo this
week as delegates from w. R. G.
Geo. T. Atwood of Gays Mills Wis
tied his parents here on Friday after
attending the Odd Fellow encampment
at Madison as delegate from his home
lodge.
The families of L. H. Towne, Scott
Hatch, Arthur Clarke and T. A. Ell
lingson have occupied their summer
cottages on Rock river for the outing
season.
Six candidates will receive the
Rank of Page at the K. of P. Lodge
Monday evening, June II. At the close
of the initiation refreshments will be
served.
Emil J. Rusch and Miss Julia P.
Odegaarden of Stoughton were wed in
Rockford on Saturday. The young
couple will begin housekeeping in this
city soon.
The seth birthday of J. P. Towne
was observed by family gathering at
his home Wednesday evening at which
all the children and grandchildren were
present to offer congratulations.
Frank Hitchcock. an instructor in
the engineering department in bridge
building at Cornell university, paid a
short visit to his home here during the
week. He will be employed in the
bridge building department Of the Mil
waukee road during vacation and left
for Chicago Saturday.
When D. P. Devine's family re-
turned to their Albion farm from church
Sunday, they found about 80 of their
neighbors already there planning sur
prise on the twenty-frst wedding anni-
versary of Mr.. and Mrs. Devine. The
guests were made welcome and the day
pleasantly passed as the occasion de-
manded.
Several boys had their bicycles
locked up for the night on Monday.
Residents along some of the streets
complained that the practice of riding
on the sidewalks was a nuisance, and
Chief Dunn was obliged to take some
steps to prevent it. The ordinance
provides fine of five dollars for riding
bicycles or the sidewalk. Take warn
ing, boys.
The first aviation exhibition in
Madison will be held at the Dane county
fair grounds, Friday and Saturday,
June II and 22, when Jimmie Ward
and his flying machine has arranged to
give three exhibitions daily, rain or
shine. Motorcycle races and five mile
race between the flying machine and
an auto are among the attractions
scheduled. Program starts at 3 p. m.
Admission so cents.
If sufficient orders can be secured
in Edgerton for a car of road oil to be
used on the streets, the price will be
43c per gallon put on the street To
do good job about 80 gallons are
needed to the square rod of surface.
This would bring the cost of 32-foot
street to about $12 for each 4 rods of
frontage. Talk it up. There ought to
be enough property owners here that
would join the project to take car
load. Let's get busy and see.
The supervisor of assessments for
Rock county insists that all assess
ments this year shall be for full value.
Assessor Clarke has been III communi-
cation with several assessors through
out the state and his conclusion is that
the mandate of the supervisor will have
to be complied with as near as possible.
In making the assessment for Edger-
ton Mr.. Clarke will raise the values