The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-02-05

the Norwegian Ladies Aid society Feb
ruary 18th.
Roscoe Mcintosh and Miss Helen
Coon were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Langworthy in Milwaukee over Sunday.
The children of Jacob Johns on
gathered at his home Wednesday even
ing to help him in celebrating his 83rd
birthday.
Because of the terrific blizzard on
Monday evening the masquerade to be
given by the Edgerton band was post
poned for one week.
The Brooks Stock Co. is billed to
appear at the Majestic theater Friday
and Saturday evenings in popular price
entertainments.
The annual donation and supper
will be held at the P. M. church on AL
bion Prairie, Thursday evening, Feb.
18th. Everybody invited.
IS. P. Saunders of Albion has %
month old Holstein heifer that produces
14.4 pounds of butter in seven days,
which he has great faith in as a record
breaker with age.
President Plantz of Lawrence col
lege dropped off the 4:39 train Friday
afternoon for business conference
with D. w North and took dinner with
Miss Florence Child.
Sons were born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Anderson in, Albion and to Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Andrews in Sumner
Jan. 9th, saand to Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Hayes in Albion Feb. 3rd.
Orders for more than forty seats
have been placed for the matinee per-
Torrance of the Gilbert and Sullivan
Opera Co. next Tuesday at the Meyers
in GAINESVILLE by Edgerton people.
The editor received notice. of the
death of his aunt, Mrs. Elan E. Bur-
dick, which took place at her home in
Deming, New Mexico, on Jan. 23rd,
aged 81 years, following only few
months after the death of her husband.
The novel experience of settling a
tornado loss in mid winter is something
that came to Henry Johnson tbs week,
The big storm of Sunday damaged a
tobacco shed on the Stricken farm east
of town and the loss was promptly adj
justed.
The month of January just closed
has been remarkable for constant snug
winter weather. Not over one or two
days has the temperature been mild
enough for thawing and thermometers
have ranged close around the zero mark
most of the time.
Eleanor, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Sommerfeldt, died at the home in
the town of Fulton of uremic poison,
Jan. 18th, aged Is years. Funeral SER
vices were held from ST. Johns church
Sunday, Rev. ]. C. 'Spilman officiating
H. E. Peters has some extensive
improvements under way in his mar
ket. An addition put on to the rear Of
the block furnishes room for larger
meat cooler, more convenient work
room, besides enlarging the space for
display in the front market.
Recent Edgerton patients at Mercy
hospital in GAINESVILLE who have return
ed home all speak praises for that in
stitution and tell of the splendid service
they received. Mrs. Martin Nelson
came home Saturday, Mrs. G. w. Hay
lock on Tuesday and w. HI. Hutson on
Wednesday. All are in fair way for.
complete recovery.
From the. council proceedings it
will be noted that the cemetery road
from the city limits into town, will be
improved the coming season by the
construction of a Is foot concrete
driveway This will probably be the
first piece of cement highway to be
built in Rock county and the result,
both as to the cost of construction and
the permanancy Of the road, will be
watched with interest.
On or before July 1, 1915, the city
of GAINESVILLE will be operating the local
water plant, if no further litigation
follows. In ruling given Saturday
the state railroad commission fixed the
valuation of the GAINESVILLE water works
at $265, 500, virtually the amount which
the city officials claimed was fair es-
innate. The commission held that the
company's figure of $3.50, 900 to $500, 900
was far too excessive and criticised the
attitude taken by the company's attor-
neys that the members of the engineer
ing staff of the commission which made
the appraisal were biased in favor of
the city. There is no grounds for such
an attitude. the commission maintains.
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