The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03
Local Happenings

DIR. Willard McChesney would like
to have the party to whom he loaned
his electric battery return it.
Frank Pringle and wife left Tues
day for Montana where Mr.. Pringle is
interested in ranch with Fred Knoble.
Andrew Jensen left Monday for st.
Paul to attend meeting of the Luth-
eran church council held there this
week.
The Missionary society of the Con-.
gregational church will meet at the
home of Mrs. J. D. Whittet on Friday
afternoon.
"A handsome new sign decorates
the whole front of the Ell Insito Cigar
Co. s factory, the old Culton tobacco
warehouse.
Misses Margaret Ellingson and Lii
liam Stanke entertain the Pigeforening
Thursday evening of this week in the
church parlors.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wilson left
Saturday for Alabama to look after
some farming property Mrs. Wilson
owns in that state.
Mrs. C. E. Shannon returned Sat
urday from Sayner, Wis, where she
has been passing the hay fever season
at the Lost Lake resort.
The Edgerton Telephone Co. are
nearly ready to hang up about mile
of cable to provide for the country line
circuits coming into town from the
west.
"A highly interesting, two-reel Lu-
bin feature, Through Many Trials, "
will be shown at the Lyric Friday even
ing in connection with another good
subject.
Fred True of Des Moines, Iowa,
who clerked in Edgerton stores for sew
eral years in his younger days, paid
visit to his old time friends here during
the week. He was accompanied by his
wife
Mrs. Andrew Jensen went to Chi
cago Sunday to visit her sister, Mrs.
Helen Johnson, who has been sick. at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elmer
Wilt, in that city for several weeks
past. Mrs. o. G. Hanson accompanied
her.
While gathering hickory nuts on
the farm of his uncle in Albion Thurs
day, Will Dickinson had the misfortune
to fall from tree, breaking his arm
near the shoulder. The fracture proved
quite serious one and he was taken
to GAINESVILLE for an X-ray examination
before adjusting the broken member.
If anyone doubts that Wisconsin
can produce apples of size and quality
equal to any state, they ought to feast
their eyes upon sample varieties which
Mrs. VIM. Willie of Fulton has favored
this office with Wisconsin has never
this season and the wonder is that our
farmers do not go more extensively
into fruit culture and give it the atten-
ton it deserves.
The Milwaukee Railway Co. has
decided to take its water supply from
the city mains at Stoughton. A meter
will be installed and the company pay
the ordinance rate for the amount con-
sumed. The Edgerton plant has ample
facilities to supply the needs of the
company at this point, but heretofore
they did not care to pay hardly the
cost of raising the water. Perhaps
they would think better of the PROPOSE
ton now.
The open-air treatment may be all
right for consumptives, but it is of no
value for farm tools or machinery.
Sheltering under the blue canopy light
ems the load of the farmers pocket
book and puts a bland smile upon the
face of the implement dealer. 1t also
tells the public that passes his way that
the man who leaves tools in the open
field or fence corners is too shiftless
and incompetent to make a success of
farming.
Viewed from the receipts Of the
box office, Golden Gulch," a play put
on at Royal hall by local talent Friday
evening for the benefit of the Eastern
Star, was big success, for over $3.50
was taken at the door. The cast was
generally we'll taken and the entertain
ment enjoyed by a crowded house.
Without attempting to make any COM
parsons, it ought to be said that the
character of Judge Thompson taken by
Alvin Lyon was especially good. The
orchestra, under the management of
Miss Madge Wilson, was a pleasing
feature. The Brownell Amusement
Co., under whose management the play
was staged, were we'll satisfied with
the result.
The ladies of the M. E. church