The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12


gerton relatives.
Rev. J. E. Harlin attended the big
homecoming held iii his old home town,
Fond du Lac, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. P. Casey of Chi
cago were guests at the j. M. Conway
home for our celebration.
Andy IIindas, now practicing at
torney in Chicago, paid visit to old
Edgerton friends over the 4th.
Emil Rusch is substituting as car
rier on route No. l while Henry Willie
is taking a two weeks vacation.
John Walters and wife came over
from Oregon to celebrate the 4th and
visit many of their old friends here.
Albert Hanson of Albion has pur-
chased 60 acres of marsh land of G.
w. Doty, located along Saunders creek
in that township.
Miss Edith Wileman is taking a
weeks vacation from the Department
store and her place is being supplied by
Miss Emily Watson.
Frank Mcintosh and family of Vi
roqua have been spending the week
with relatives here, having made the
trip overland in their auto.
The contract for building cement
bridge over run near the MIssehl
farm in Fulton has been let to Ratzlow
Bros. of Shopiere for $4,000.
"A limited amount of rights or con-
.cessions will be sold at 7. A. & B. pic
mic on reasonable terms. Inquire or
phone w. H. Flarity for information.
Mrs. C.. V. Bardeen of Madison,
Mrs. A. B. Stillman of Nortonville,
Kan, and Mrs. J. H. Coon of Milton
were guests of the editors family on
Monday.
Frank M Jack and family of Be-
lott were guests of Edgerton relatives
over the week end. His friends here
will be pleased to learn that Mr.. Jack
is slowly recovering his health.
Henry S. Morrissey has accepted
position with the contracting firm of
E. r. Harding & Co. of Racine and left
Sunday evening for Sandwich, ILL.,,
where he will be on a job during vaca-
| ton.
Miss Elma Hirsch of Joliet, ILL.,,
who has been visiting the young people
in E. C. Tallard's family, returned
home Wednesday. Gertrude, Gretchen
and Sidney Tallard accompanied her to
Joliet on a visit to their grandmother.
Mrs. Henry Bunker with her son
Henry returned Tuesday evening from
Rochester, MINI. After thorough
examination by the hospital physicians,
it was decided that an operation was
| unnecessary, but he is to receive medi-
treatment from there.
"A convention of Rock county school
boards will be held at GAINESVILLE Friday
when a program of topics of educa-
tional interest will be given. The law
says the clerks must attend these con-
ventions and other members may at
tend and are to be paid by the districts.
Rev. MacInnis will exchange pull
pits with Rev. c. E. Cooper of Lyons
next Sunday In the evening at the
M. E. church there will be union SER
vices conducted by Rev. Schoenfeld.
Quarterly conference, conducted by
| Rev. John Reynolds, will be held on
Thursday evening.
! While sweltering under this heated
term, bear in mind this is great wealth
er for corn and other belated crops,
which are fast catching up to normal
proportions. Unless something unfor-
seen happens, farmers will soon be in
the midst of bountiful harvest. The
present prospects could hardly be ex-
celled.
There seems to be more attractive
| jobs than section foreman. Nine diff
ferent men have resigned their jobs at
Stoughton in the past two years, none
of them staying long enough to get
fairly acquainted with the work. Rail-
ways complain that section hands are
difficult to retain all along the line ex-
cept where they work Italian laborers.
Prof. VIM. Tomhave and family of
Minneapolis arrived Tuesday for visit
among relatives in this vicinity. Prof.
Tomhave, who has been connected with
the agricultural department of the
University of Minnesota, has recently
accepted a fattering offer to take
charge of the department of agricul-
ture in the University of Pennsylvania
and is soon to move to that state.
The work of building a cofferdam
around the sluiceway, carried out by
the spring freshet, of the Indian Ford
| dam has been under way for more than