The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-12-25

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street.
Miss Josephine Tallard, teaching at
Birnamwood, Wis, is home for the
holiday vacation.
"A new International Webster die
tionary at less than retail price can be
obtained at this Office. Makes an ex-
cellent Christmas present.
Zero weather has returned again
this week following a snow fall of
about six inches that has made possible
a run of sleighing and contributed
something to Christmas shopping.
These are busy days at the post
office while Christmas gifts are being
forwarded, mostly by parcel post. On
Monday Sc bags of mail were dispatch
ed from the Edgerton postofice.
The K. of P. Lodge promoted the
Good Fellow movement by giving
Christmas tree at their lodge rooms
last Friday afternoon. Sixty invita-
tons were sent out to children and
fifty-fve responses were made. Ike
Spike in the guise of Santa Claus dis
pensed the presents to the eXpectant
and happy youngsters, whose hearts
were made glad through the generosity
of the K. of P's.
Quarantine has been lifted on all
portions of Wisconsin except twelve
counties mostly in the southern portion
of the state where the foot and mouth
disease has developed. These are still
held under regulation of inspection
when shipments are made. There has
been no new cases reported during the
week, the last being near Oregon.
Stock shippers in the infected counties
are losing thousands of dollars every
week by the strict regulation requiring
shipments to be sold in the quarantine
section of the Chicago market. The
red tape of the government and state
officials is becoming quite burdensome
now that the disease has apparently
been stamped out.
Howard l.. Smith, who has been in
charge of a music store in GAINESVILLE
for Theo. A. Clarke of this city, is be-
ing held in the county jail on charge
of grand larceny An attorney repre-
senting the young mans parents in the
east has come on and is attempting to
raise money among the friends of young
Smith to make good his deficiency and
obtain his release. Since Smiths ar
rest other alleged offenses have been
submitted for prosecution, among which
is the passing of checks on merchants
when there was no bank account to pay
| for them. Smith was unable to furnish
the $500 bail and remains in jail to
await his preliminary hearing.
! Forty three bankers, representing
every banking institution in Rock
| county, met Friday evening at the
Grand hotel in GAINESVILLE and formed
an organization which will be known as
| the Rock County Bankers Develop
ment association. The principal OBJ
| jects of the new organization, which is
fostered by the State Bankers associa-
ton, are the development of agricul-
] tural resources of the county, the ex-
! tension Of farm credit and assisting in
every way possible to solve the finan-
cial problems which may be from time
to time presented. 1t is the plan of
the state bankers to have such societies
formed in every county in the state.
| Officers were elected as follows: Geo.
L. Pullen of the Bank of Evansville,
| president; F. H. Jackman of the Rock
| County National bank, vice president,
/ and F. w. Heron of the Citizens Bank
of Clinton, secretary and treasurer.