The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-16
The last of the Montana excursion
SITS reached home Thursday morning.


The Mems club hold their annual
banquet at the Congregational church
this Thursday evening.
The ladies' society of the Norweg-
ian church will meet at the home of
Mrs. Peter Danielson, Thursday, May
22nd.
Miss Hazel Shannon, who has been
spending several months with her
aunt, Mrs. A. w. Bentley, returned to
her home at Westby, Wis, on Monday.
The young peoples society of the
Norwegian church will meet in the
church basement, Friday evening,
May 16. A 18th of May celebration
will be held The congregation is in
vited.
The New Century Club, which met
at the home of Mrs. D. I. Wilson on
Monday evening, gave miscellany
shower for four of it's young lady
members whose engagement rings are
already in evidence.
Treasurer Dickinson says he has
bills against 112 consumers of city
water not paid and under city ordi-
nonce the service on any or all of them
may be shut off and one dollar added to
the bill that must be paid before the
water will be turned on.
The district oratorical contest held
at Whitewater Friday evening was won
by Lowry Moore of Beloit with Roy
Atkinson of Baraboo second. In the
declamatory contest Maud Frazier of
Baraboo was awarded first place and
Brundilde Murphy of Stoughton second.
An inquiry comes to this office con-
corning the whereabouts of the latest
interurban railway project The sur
veying crew were pulled off about two
weeks ago is about all we know to
date. We hope it has not gone the
way of all the previous ventures-a
glimmering.
The stiff gale which prevailed for
a short time Wednesday morning took
the nature of a small cyclone few
miles north of town. On the Henry
Anderson farm in Albion the twister
tore down heavy frame tobacco shed,
smashing it beyond repair. A large
tobacco shed on Heinrich Stockstad's
farm was also moved about four feet
off the foundation. The damage in
both cases was covered by tornado in
surance, which has been adjusted by
Henry Johnson.
The city of Fort Atkinson has con-
tracted with the Milwaukee Electric
Railway Co. for electric current from
the Kilbourn and Prairie du Sac power
plant with which to operate its lighting
system and water works. The city
electric plant now operated by steam
will be abandoned, and the two steam
pumps in the water works will be re-
placed by electricity driven pumps.
The common council at Lake Mills has
also ordered contract with the same
for a period of three years
and to continue indefinitely for power
to operate it's lighting plant from a line
to be run from Watertown. A contin- |
1ous "a hour service of even current is
guaranteed at cheaper rates. 1t is es-
timated the city will save $500 per
year over the present plan and an OPP
portunity to increase the load without |
further investment.
When the through freight reached |
mere Thursday morning, the conductor |
found a stranger in box car who |
was turned over to Marshal Springer |
and locked up An examination of the |
contents of the car showed consider |
able pilfering had been done, so |
charge of theft has been lodged against |
lim and the company will look after
he prosecution. The stranger gave
lis name as w. J. Ramsdale who claims
20 be barber and Madison his home.
He with four others boarded the train |
1T Waukesha, all but himself leaving
he train at Milton Junction. The Of
tense is state prison one and prosecu-
ion will be held in the federal court. |
4 great deal of breaking of seals and ,
offering of freight has been going on
;or several months past on this division
and detectives of the company are try
ng to run down the offenders. VIM j. I
2amsdale, the young man taken from
The car, was taken to Madison by De-
;ective Shaw. Ramsdale admitted that !
lie and four companions had broken the
seal and entered the box car at Wau-
lesha and that they had stolen shoes,
candy and canned goods therefrom. AS
he car was an interstate car Ramsdale |
vas taken to Madison to be held to the
federal court Ramsdale, the accused /
vouth who is some 18 years of age, ad-
nits that he has been arrested four