The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-03

e. NJ Ladd has sold 30 acre farm
for Torvald Olson at Utica to Alvin
Berg for $11, 500.
Mrs. Will Summons has been visit
ing Mrs. Leitner at Hampshire, ILL.,,
during the week.
james Syme came up from Chicago
for few days. visit with Edgerton
| friends this week.
III. Coats, wife and son of Bara-
boo were week end guests at the home
of Freeman Lyon.
II. B. Earle has been directing the
gathering of hay and grain on his Rice
Lake farm this week.
Mrs. N. E. Brokow and children of
Oconto Falls are visiting at the home
of her father, D. w. North.
The dearest little daughter was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. C. S. Midtbon at
the Stoughton hospital Monday MORN
ing.
j. H. Merritt and wife were up
from Brodhead and passed few days
of the week with their daughter, Mrs.
B. j. Springer.
Sam Pringle and Miss Olga Hanson
have been in Chicago portion of the
week attending the Retailers Com
mercial Union convention.
AT the home of the bride at 8
o'clock Monday evening, Rev. M. R.
Brandt united in marriage Mrs. Betsey
Price and Mr.. Harry Johnson.
The Bethany Circle will meet on
Tuesday of next week, Aug. and will
be entertained in the church parlors by
the Misses Telma and Myrtle Phillips.
Earl Shaw, Max Henderson, Robt.
Mcintosh and Richard Brown, who are
stationed at the officers training camp
at Fl. Sheridan, were home for Sun
day stay.
There will be eight feet along the
sidewalk on Canal street for the use of
patrons wishing to get work done at
Ellingson's tin shop and B. Curran's
blacksmith shop.
Mr.. F. O. Holt will speak at the
Lyric theater Thursday evening this
week under the auspices of the -Four
Minute Men" on the subject, "Why
We Are Fighting"
Three recruits were added to the
Edgerton platoon this week, Harold A.
Bliven, Thomas Warman and Charles
E. Thomas. The total number of men
now in the platoon is IS.
The first hundred drawn by the Sc
lective draft in this district have been
notified to report at GAINESVILLE on Mon
day next. The list includes twelve who
receive mail from the Edgerton post
office
Atty. Geo. Blanchard has been out
thinning beets since his Belgians laid
down on their job. But after old Sol
had burned blisters on his back he is
free to admit that if he had to raise
beets for living he would be willing
| to go without sugar.
George E. Barley, sheep ranch
| er of Montana called on c. G. Bieder-
| man on Monday last. He reports the
ranges are badly burned out by extreme
heat and considerable stock is being
shipped to other states for pasturage.
The lamb crop will hardly exceed fifty
per cent of normal this year.
Mrs. R. j. Maltpress departed for
| Ogden, Utah, Saturday, where she will
join Mr.. and Mrs. j. Maltpress and
Miss Emma Maltpress of San Diego,
who are making an auto trip from Cal
ifornia to Edgerton. From Ogden the
party expect TO go through Y ellowstone
Park and will visit other points of in
iterest while en- route.
-rhe Travers Wick Chautauqua
closed their weeks program Wednes-
day evening. Considering the extreme
heat during this engagement the at
tendance has been as large as could
reasonably be expected. Some Of the
talent furnished was very good but the
general impression prevails that the
program as whole was hardly up to
the average of other years here.
Lieut.. Wood has been drilling the
Stoughton contingent of Co. K about
half time of late, and the sergeants of
the Edgerton platoon have been giving
Instructions during his absence. The
| Lieut.. thinks the boys are making very
| fine progress and will be able to show
up well with the different organizations
| when called to Camp Douglas. The
order to move has not yet been re-
ceived.
George Radiant was with former