The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-06

depot to the town line road near the
Wentworth farm for Improvement OF
the highway not yet macadamed
&C. E. Langworthy, one of the Rock
county asylum trustees, will attend the
annual meeting of asylum superinten-
dents and trustees held at Waukesha
next week.
"A successor to Frank McCrea, in
structor in manual training at the high
school, has been found in Mr.. Lamer-
eaux of Muskegon, Mich, who is
graduate of Hackley training school.
Announcements have reached this
city of the marriage of Miss Florence
McCrea to James Haley, at Chippewa
Falls, Wis. Mr.. Haley was employed
as bookkeeper at the Monarch labora-
tory in this city until about year ago.
Morris Hitchcock, Jay Campbell,
Raymond Saunders and Wayland Bliv-
en- have gone to Minnesota to find posi-
tons on farms during the school vaca-
tion Morris will be employed by Les
lie Hall on 600 acre farm at Marshall.
H. H. Coxhead of Milford, N. T.,
is here visiting his brother and other
relatives. He has not seen his sisters,
Mrs. LaPlant and Mrs. Call, for 81
years. Mr.. Coxhead lived in this vicin-
ity 81 years ago when Edgerton was
but small village.
The Stoughton baseball park will
be formally opened Tuesday, June 10,
and two games between fast clubs will
be played. AS an extra attraction,
Jimmie Ward will make two flights in
his aeroplane. This will make full
day of amusement.
w. T. Pomeroy & Co. began trans
planting their seed plat Tuesday with
plants large enough to finish the field
devoted to raising the Comstock Span
ish strain Of seed. The plants were
taken from the beds that were steril-
lied and have made remarkably good
progress.
The marriage of Joe Hruska, assis-
tant cashier of the First National bank,
and Miss Bess Scott took place at
Fargo, N. D., on Wednesday last, so
his friends in Edgerton have been in
formed. Congratulations await the
young couple on their return here after
brief wedding trip.
Dogs got after flock of sheep
pasturing at the feeding yards Sunday
night and killed and manned eight
head. Owners of town dogs had bet
ter keep close watch of their animals
for the next few weeks tor there are
some pretty mad men watching for va
grants at the feeding station.
j. @. Emery of Albion was again
reappointed state dairy and food COM
missioner by Gov. McGovern in list
of appointments sent to the senate for
confirmation on Tuesday. Mr.. Emery's
long tenure of this office has brought
to him an experience that fits him as
being one of the most efficient food
commissioners in the country.
The 4th of July meeting called for
last Monday night was we'll attended
and it was decided to have celebra-
ton. J. J. Leary was elected chair
man; Will Bardeen, secretary. A fl
nance committee was appointed to see
the public and report at meeting to
be held Friday night at 8 o'clock at
The Carlton All try to be there and
help push.
The prize speller of Dane county is
Miss Alice Bruins of district No. 10,
town of Burke, who was victor in
spelling contest held by Supt. Ames
Saturday at Madison. She won $40 in
gold offered by Robe Dow, the Slough
ton banker, and will represent the
county at the state fair spelling con-
test in September.
Before the eyes of thousand spec
tators at the exhibition of the Madison
Aero club at the Dane county fair
grounds Saturday afternoon, Miss
Blanche Stewart Scott, awaiting COM
panion of Jimmie Ward, lost control of
her motor in mid-air, fell with her BIZ
plane rs feet to the ground, landing in
the moat surrounding the track. 1t was
only by her extreme GOODNESS that Miss
Scott escaped with only fractured
shoulder
"A law recently passed by the leg
islature authorizes an increase in the
tuition of nonresident pupils in high
schools from the present so cents
week to maximum of $1.00 week.
Under the 50-cent tuition non-residents
are being educated in our high school
at loss to the district-a condition
that in justice ought to be changed. If
the tuition is raised to the maximum,
it will come very near meeting the act