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

for the Red Cross tag day, to be held
In Oconomowoc on Saturday, Aug. A.
Potatoes, oats, peas, rye, barley and
wheat were never better nor more
promising in the state than at pres
ent.
Clarence O'Brien, prominent farmer,
is dead following injuries sustained
when his barn was wrecked by vio-
lent wind at Eau Claire.
Roy Seifert, aged seventeen, of
Maiden Rock, swung from hay NOW
on a rope, landing on the handle OF
a pitchfork and was killed.
The Rev. w. s. Stewart of indie
pendence, Ore, will succeed the Rev.
P. G.. Van Zandt as pastor of the First
Baptist church at Fond du Lac.
The potato yield in the Brentwood
section will be enormous. Farmers
this year have paid particular atten.
ton to the cultivation of "spuds."
The Employer Indemnity corpora
ton of Kansas City. Mo-. was licensed
to do business in Wisconsin. The to-
tai assets of the company is s448,316.
Lightning caused the death of many
valuable cows owned by farmers near
Brentwood during the heaviest cleo
trical storm ever experienced in that
section.
William A. Bodish, aged fifty
eight, one of the best known newspa.
per men in the northwest, is dead
from hardening of the arteries at Mil
.waukee.
La Crosses third drowning in two
days occurred when Lucy McLaren,
seven year old daughter of William
MacLaren, fell off float at the public
baths and persisted.
Acting under the instruction of the
organization of a provisional bat
talon" for Kenosha. 1t is to be in the
nature of "home guard"
Heavy wind accompanying a rain
storm approaching cloudburst fat
tened hundreds of acres of grain in
central Wisconsin. Much of it will
have to be cut for fodder.
Funeral services for Charles B.
Hamilton, who was drowned while in
swimming, were held on July 80, at
the Methodist Episcopal church. The
body was taken to La Harpe, ILL.,, for
burial.
That his two sons are registered
twice is claimed by j. Med. Randles
of Waukesha after looking up the reg.
istration numbers of John Eric and
William Porter Handles, for selectiye
army service.
The people Of Beaver Dam and
Dodge county gave farewell demon
stration to Company K, Second In
fantry, at Swans city park, Judge
Martin Lueck of Juneau being the
principal speaker.
Traffic between La Crosse and Sa-
wanna, ILL.,, on the main line of the
Burlington railroad was tied up for
week by the destruction of the Bad.
axe bridge. two miles north of Victor
ia, Wis, in cloudburst
Efforts to break down the story of
Ludvina Roskoski, aged nine, of Green
Bay. who lost three fingers Of her
right hand by an explosion in her
home while handling pencil found on
the street by relative, were unavail-
ing.
Farmers who never before sold any
thing directly to the consumer invad-
ed the new municipal market early
in the morning of it's opening at Ra-
cine with wagon loads of various pro-
visions to barter with market towns
people.
The woman's committee of the state
council of defense, acting through the
county committees, has furnished fif-
ty women for the rush work in can
ming camps this week. Requests came
supplied.
In an editorial the Milwaukee Ger
man Herold denounces the stand of
German Chancellor Georg Michaelis
as being mot representative of the
German people," 1t expresses the hope
that the German people will take mat
tiers in their own hands"
A summer conference of missionary
workers from all parts of the country
and Canada met at Lake Geneva to or
ganize forces from all territories for
the advancement of the missionary
education movement" The sessions
will continue through Aug. 5.
AS in 1861, Ripon college will again
be turned into war camp. The CAM
pus, dormitories and athletic field have
been turned over to the government
for the use of Company d for barracks
and drill ground until the company is
called to mobilization camp.
That the silo is likely to prove the
salvation of the corn crop of 1917 in
Wisconsin, and to build more of them
is simply applying common serse to
the problems of backward season, is
the opinion of Professor r. A. Moore