The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-11-02
The unimproved country roads are


be placed on your letters now.
The Wisconsin Minnesota football
game, the big game of the year, takes
place at Madison Saturday.
VIM. Mcintosh has been confined
| to his home by throat trouble the
past few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. N. Grubb were
over Sunday guests at the home of his
parents in Mansion.
Earl Dickerson and wife were
over Sunday guests at the home OF
Rev. and Mrs. Altenbern at Stoughton.
Arthur Broughton, one of the sub
stantial farmers of Rock county, died
at his home near Brodhead, Tuesday,
aged go years.
-Mesdames J. Hageberg, o. Hauge
and John Nelson will entertain the So
ciety of the Norwegian Lutheran church
Thursday, Nov. 9th.
The public schools close Thursday
and Friday to allow the teachers to at
tend the teachers state convention
held in Milwaukee the last three days
of the week.
Leroy Saunders and wife, MIR. and
Mrs. j. T. Naset and daughter and
George Sherwood of Albion Prairie
left yesterday for Pensacola, Florida,
for winters stay on the gulf coast.
The GAINESVILLE beet sugar factory
has been forced to shut down this week
because of the bad weather preventing
the delivery of beets. The growers are
experiencing some difficulty in getting
their beets hauled to delivery points.
AT the regular meeting of the K.
of P lodge next Monday evening there
will be work in the rank of Esquire.
At this meeting plans will be made for
the seasons activities and a large at
tendance is hoped for.
-Edgerton's quota for the Second
Liberty loan was fully subscribed at
the close of the drive on Saturday
that time was taken by our banks and
held for promised subscriptions coming
in later.
ALI records for October weather
seem to have been broken by blizzard
Sunday night and all day Monday fol-
lowed by drop in temperature to TO-
The ground was again covered with a
mantle of snow and slush to depth of
three or four inches and to all appear
ances winter had settled down to stay.
Some garden vegetables and potatoes
were doubtless caught ungathered but
the protection of the snow covering
may save them. Warmer weather is
promised after few days and Novem-
Der ought to bring many of them.
The concert given Oct. 10, 1917, at
the P. NJ church, Albion Prairie, by
Mrs. Van Ness Green and Mr.. Joseph
Kimball of Edgerton, was decided
success. Every selection, both vocal
and instrumental, by Mrs. Green was
exceedingly fine and we'll rendered, as
were the duets by Mrs. Green and Mr..
Kimball, accompanied by the organ and
cello. Solos by Mr.. Kimball received
their share of applause. The program
consisting of vocal solos and duets, in
strumental solos and duets on organ
and cello was greatly appreciated by
the large audience which filled the
church to overlooking.
George E. Gary has been appointed
fuel administrator of Dane county by
the state administrator, William Fitz-
gerald. Mr.. Gary is the state manager
for the P Lorillard Tobacco Co. He
and committee including G. j. Cor
scot of Madison and John Holtan of
Stoughton will undertake to check up
the fuel situation in the county. Jesse
Earle, Geo. w. Blanchard of Edgerton
and A. j. Raubenheimer of Beloit are
named for Rock county. All dealers
must also make two monthly reports
of the amount of coal received since
the last report, the prices charged, the
freight and marginal profit. The gross
profit margin means the difference be-
tween the price at the mines plus the
freight and price to consumer.
Mary Pickford will be shown to-
night at the Lyric in Paramount Re-
issue, ''The Eternal Grind" ''Blind
Justice" 7-part Vitagraph feature,
will be the attraction Saturday night.
Benjamin Christie has the star role and
is assisted by an especially fine COM
pany, especially the children actors.
One scene calls for an orphans home
and was actually filmed at home and
afterward the picture was shown the
kiddies so that they could see them
selves on the screen. No advance in
prices for this extra feature. One of
Tho most cforf1ipcr tbornoc bIo