The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-11


called here by the death of her broth
er's wife, Mrs. James Burns.
Edison Ogden, who has been en-
ployed at Madison for year or more,
came home Monday to notify his par
ents that he had enlisted in the regular
army and expects to be sent to Jeffer-
son barracks, st. Louis, for assign
ment. He is the third son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Ogden who have rendered
their services to their country.
There will be a debate at the high
school next Monday afternoon at 2:30
to which the public is invited to attend.
The Edgerton negative team will de-
bate with the Sun Prairie team on the
question of Government Ownership Of
Railroads. 4" Prof Lewis will accom-
| pany the affirmative team to Sun Prai-
| RE where like question is to be dis
| cussed.
Thrown thirty feet in the air and
fatally injured, j. M. Ross, % years
old, truck driver for Kee & Chapple,
milk collectors at GAINESVILLE, died while
being taken to hospital Tuesday
morning, after his machine had been
hit by North Western train two miles
south of Leyden. A wife and two chill
dren survive. The deceased is broth
| er-in-law of Miss Florence Hawkins,
| dressmaker of this CITY.
| The members of the local military
company were entertained by the ladies
of the Relief Corps at I. A. & B. hall
| Saturday evening at a three course din
ner. Captain Caldwell, Lieutenant Rau
and Sergeant Pelton were present from
GAINESVILLE. After the repast Mrs. Fred
| Sherman addressed the boys with a
welcome. Postmaster Hoen and Capt.
! Caldwell gave the boys short talks.
The High School orchestra furnished
music for the occasion. The boys will
Monday and Friday night.
The present food situation will
prompt more people to put in gardens
this year than ever before. In other
seasons shipped in vegetables have been
so cheap that we have been content to
buy these supplies. Fresh garden truck
from ones own garden is always rel
ished and even small plot of ground,
if tended rightly, can be made to yield
good returns. At the same time every
citizen who has garden and contrib
utes to his own support has the salts,
faction Of feeling that he is also. serv-
ing his country in a patriotic way by
being among the producers during the
war crisis.
The spelling contest for the town
of Fulton was held at the MELVILLE
school house last Thursday. 1t was
conducted by Leora Sherman and Lii
! lian Sumerfeldt. Six schools were rep
resented and twenty-five pupils took
part. Of the first six places MELVILLE
school captured four, viz: first, fourth,
fifth and sixth, won respectively by
Elizabeth Doerr, Verna Kruger, Boyd
Sherman and Harvey Hrown. Leland
Thompson of Fulton won second place
and Laura Bublitz from "Sneepskin"
school secured third. Elizabeth Doerr
and Leland Thompson will represent
Fulton township at the Rock county
contest which will be held in GAINESVILLE
soon.
There is reported car shortage on
many of the railway lines and freight
movements are likely to be delayed
again this season. Tobacco shippers
are meeting with some difficulty in Sc
curing cars for eastern business, while
the movement of heavy stuff like coal,
road building material, etc., is uncer-
tain and slow. Our sewer contractor,
depending on pipe from Indiana, says
he is liable to be hung up on his work
because the manufacturers say they
cannot get cars. The GAINESVILLE Sand
& Gravel Co., who are furnishing a
large amount of road making material,
are meeting with the same trouble in
getting sufficient cars to meet their
orders.
"A distressing accident occurred at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Banker Sunday morning when their
year old daughter tipped pail Of hot
water onto itself and sustained burns
from which it died shortly after. An
other daughter was about to do some
mopping and had set a pail of hot water
on the floor when she was called from
the room by her mother and on return
ing saw that the baby had crept up to
the pail and reaching up turned it over.
The whole lower body of the child was
so badly scalded that the flesh peeled
away from the limbs. A physician was
called but could do but little to relieve
its sufferinpS Funeral services were