Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22
-Thanksgiying a week away.

Richland Center.
&C. F. Wallace arrived home. He
spent the season in the west.
Hobart F. Swain was over from
Lacrosse renewing friendships.
Mrs Lawrence Dickson came from
Menomonie to visit her parents
Sever Bowe returned home after
passing several months in Minneapolis.
Cashier Harry Tulloch of Genoa,
went TO Texas on business mission.
Mrs. May Swinson returned from
Montana, where she visited some
weeks.
Miss Celia Tollefson went to North
Dakota to pass the winter with her
sister
= Lawrence Grimsrud and Albert
Egeness were in Sawyer county on
business.
"A baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Webo, in a Lacrosse
hospital
Miss Anna Turner wentto Spring
vile, Illinois, to pass the winter with
relatives.
Mr.. Lie Boyle was called to Spar
ia because of the sudden death of his
step.mother.
Mrs. Fl. p. Proctor was called to
Elroy by the death of brother-in-law,
S J. Board
-Tillman Ramsett and wife return
ed from Minnesota, where they passed
some months
Peter Eide and family returned to
the city after carrying on the Owen
farm in Fra nklin.
Nicholai Torgeson moved to the
city from Jefferson, occupying one of
Z. ID. Williams houses.
Election wagers have very gener-
ally been paid. Several hundred dol
lars changed hands in Viroqua.
Rev. Stevens and wife were at
Lacrosse to attend annual dinner of
the Congregational society of that
city.
Palmer Hegge and family of Het-
finger, North Dakota, are spending
some time at the old home in the town
of Christiana.
Mack Graham came from South
Dakota to assist ia the care of his
aged father, Lemach Graham, at
Springville.
-Chas. f. Chase is moving from
Prairie du Chen to North Dakota,
where he has purchased an extensive
live stock ranch.
On account of scarlet fever in the
neighborhood,M Mildred Franklin closed
her school near Retreat, and has been
at her home here.
Prof G. G. Culver went TO Michi-
gan and his father aud mother return
ed with him. The father is in very
delicate health.
Hon. A. II. Dahl was over from
Westby on business He says they
are now receiving plenty of Ford cars
to meet the demand
Mrs. Chas. Battles of Retreat. was
taken 60 Eau Claire sanitarium for
treatment. both she and Mrs Wilkin-
son are reported improved.
From a Montana paper at hand
we notice that Lee Rayner was sue
cessful in securing good bunch CT
premiums on live stock at the late
Custer county fair.
Annual Christmas shop and chick
en- pie supper will be held in parlorS
of the Congregational church on Thurs
day, December !. Not necessary to
advise that all are welcome
Clarence Blacklev fell into CEN
trifugal grinding machine at the Unit
ed States sugar factory at Madison
and before the power could be shut
off his body was ground to pulp.
AT Smith school house, district
No. 8, Coon Prairie, q basket social
will be held Saturday night, Nov. Is
Everybody invited. Ladies please
bring baskets. Blanche Nichols, teach
err.
--Chas. NJ. Thompson, Viroqua boy
and some years business man here,
has been made city manager for the
Swift Packing Company in Spokane,
Washington, where he has lived few
years past.
The d. w. w. C. club will enter
tam at South Natwick school house,
Friday afternoon, December l. begin
ming at IL o'clock. Many useful and
fancy articles will be for sale. Lunch
ten cents.
Otis Lane, who lives in Chippewa
county, writes his uncle, J. II. Sher-
rick, that deer hunting is poor in that
section. For the first time in sixteen
years he has failed to secure all the
venison he wished.
George Sanford, Mertie Myers and
Mrs. Ivan Eastman came to the coun-
ty seat from Valley to take civil SER
vice examination for postmaster in
that hamlet, vacancy existing be-
cause of the resignation of A.U. Curry
Before you buy be sure to see
some of those fine farms that T. ]
t. 0rson & Son of Westby, have for
sa.t near Viroqua, Westby or Cash
ton. They have something for you to
select from with or without stock,
crop and machinery.
AT administrators public sale by
NJ. ID. Helgeson, the six-arce tract of
land on the corner east of DR.. Porter's
place, was sold to Ever Monsen, con-
sideration $1,000. There is a nice cot
tage and other Improvements on the
land. 1t is the Albert Johnson, de-
ceased, place,
Harvey Owen, a former Viroqua
printer boy, has purchased and be-
comes editor and publisher of the
Oxford Junction Iowal Mirror on
which he has worked for some years.
He will be assisted by his brother
Eugene of DeSoto. Success to the
boys.
1t will be a fine acknowledgment
of their services for patrons of rural
routes to remember the faithful mes
sengers with something for Thanks
giving Provender for family and
driving animals is high this year, and
it costs the boys fully a third more TO