The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-12-04

Mr.. and Mrs. James Hayden of
Lancaster were guests at the home OF
d. W. Clark few days the past week.
Miss Alice Nelson, teacher in the
South Milwaukee public schools, was
guest of her sister, Mrs. Roy Farman,
Thanksgiving and over the week end.
The City Federation of Women's
Clubs invites the public to a reception
to be given for the teachers Of the city
schools at the high school gymnasium
on Thursday, Dec. 3rd, from 7:3O to
1890 p. m. A short program will be
rendered by local talent. Come and
meet your children's teacher Refresh
ments will be served.
-Edgerton people who desire to
reach GAINESVILLE by the morning trains
must either take the $40 or 1908 a. m.
trains as no connection is now made
at Milton with the Milwaukee train as
heretofore. Passengers for east bound
train are transferred at GAINESVILLE and
connections made with the Chicago
Madison train at Milton Junction.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Casson of Mari
nette have been visiting among old
time friends hereabouts during the
week. In an early day Mr.. Casson was
a resident of Indian Ford and later
years with the Stephenson Lumber Co.
at Marinette The past season he was
employed to install large saw mill on
the north shore of Lake Superior in
Canada. The present war, however,
has put stop to lumber operations all
through Canadian territory as we'll as
paraIyzing nearly all business opera
tons.
The Mems club of the Congrega
tional church selected live topic when
the war tax measure was made the
subject for discussion at a meeting at
G. w. Doty's home Friday evening, for
it called out large attendance of in
terested listeners. Atty. Blanchard
defended the necessity of the emer
gency tax, setting forth the best ar
guments raised in it's favor, Hal Martin
in opposition debate gave some strong
reasons why it was not needed. Poll
tics favored the arguments somewhat
in general discussion that followed,
but the question proved a real live one,
netting a good deal of information to
those present.
Lucky is the person who escapes
from paying some tribute to the emer-
gency or war tax which became effec-
tive on Tuesday last. Telegraph pat
rons will be forced to pay an additional
cent for revenue stamp attached be-
fore being dispatched. Telephone calls
on toll lines costing more than Is cents
will be subject to one cent added to
and collected with toll collections. The
new regulation will involve special
system of bookkeeping, prescribed by
the government, by telephone COM
panies which must render statements
monthly to the internal revenue office
of the district. 1t is the pennies which
Uncle Sam expects to pick up here and
there that will make up the deficiency
in the running expenses of the govern
ment.
The closing of Rock river by the
freeze of week or ten days ago caus-
ed the suspension Of the seining opera
tions of Dick Miller and his companion,
engaged in cleaning the river Of rough
fish. Up to that time they had been
very successful in their catches, hav-
ing taken over three carloads of carp
and buffalo fish between the mouth of
the Catfish and the Black bridge, four
miles north of GAINESVILLE. Last week
! $4,000 lbs, mostly buffalo fish, was
shipped to New York that were sold at
Z cents pound. The purchaser said it
was the finest car of fish ever obtained
from Wisconsin inland waters. The
river is open again and fishing resumed.
Miller still has another carload of fish
, in the cribs to be sold later.
-StoughtOn authorities say that I'M
less some clew to the identity of the
man killed on the railroad track two
weeks ago is forthcoming very soon,
the body at Halverson's morgue will be
inferred next week. Investigating
Agent MCGOWAN, of the st. Paul road,
was at Stoughton the other day, and
he, too, seemed to lean to the opinion
; that the man had been murdered. JUS
/ tice A. E. Gilbert, who has conducted
: the inquiry concerning the death of the
man, concluded the inquiry Saturday
: afternoon by entering in his records
5 the finding that the man had come to
his death by being hit over the head
; with a hard, blunt instrument in the
| hands of a person or persons unknown,