The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-18
Local Happenings


friends in Beloit Sunday.
Miss Beula Heddles of Madison was
guest of Edgerton friends Tuesday.
Even Olson IS building new gar
age TO house the car recently purchased.
The Elgin price of butter is down
cent this week, 81 cents being the fig
ure.
"A large crowd attended the barn
dance at Ed Sommerfeldt's last Satur-
day night.
Mrs. H. B. Knapp passed Thurs
day with her sister, Mrs. Christensen
in Stoughton.
&C. S. Midtbon and wife called on
C. H. Babcock at the sanitarium in
Waukesha on Sunday.
An auto robe was found in the road
or Albion Prairie which the owner can
obtain by paying for this notice.
Harold Dave and Gilman Teisberg
have Joined the Edgerton platoon OF
Co. M, Wis. state militia this week.
Miss Hattie Pyre and brother Rus
sell of Madison were Sunday visitors at
the home of their mother in Edgerton.
"A Stoughton bridge club forming
an auto party motored here Tuesday
evening for dinner served at The
Carlton hotel.
C. G. Biederman returned Sunday
evening from two weeks trip to Mon
tana. He reports the seeding delayed
by a cold, wet spring.
&C. E. Shannon has returned from
Sayner where he has been to put his
cottage in shape, planting garden
ETC., for the resort season.
A. Jensen & Son having waited I'M
til most of the other packers are near
ing the end of the season, expect to
open their warehouse Monday next.
Warmer days have come at last,
but vegetation needs good soaking
rain to start the seeding, gardens and
pastures and make up for a late spring.
II. L. Berwick of the university, in
charge of the boys agricultural clubs,
was here Tuesday evening and adj
dressed the contest club OF the high
school.
WIN. Peters, a switchman in the
Milwaukee yards at GAINESVILLE, met his
death while at work Sunday evening.
He was a brother of Mrs. James Har-
rison of this city.
The high school ball teams of Mil
ton Junction and Edgerton played at
the Driving Park Friday afternoon
fairly good game in which the locals
won by score of to 3.
The prospect of higher prices for
sweetening the coming year should
prompt every farmer to plant patch
of sorghum this season. Two pounds
of seed plants an acre.
Mrs. Washburn of Racine, grand
Lecturer of the Order of Eastern Star,
was guest of Mrs. Harry Ash over
the week end. On Monday evening
she visited the Evansville chapter.
Complete trailers are being turned
out by the Edgerton Highway Trailer
Co. this week and orders are coming in
faster than the present facilities can
fill. This is something of record for
new concern.
Mrs. E. L. Shepard and daughter
Janette of Conrath, Wis.,, arrived on
Tuesday for a visit among Edgertor
relatives. The Shepard family recent
w removed from Montana to THEN
present home near Ladysmith.
The commercial department OF the
high school has several students com
petent to do type writing and short
hand work and application made te
Supt. Holt would bring response to any
one desiring such work done.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. H. Cunningham
and C. E. Sweeney attended the fun
eral of the late Mr.. G. A. Berry a.
Lone Rock Thursday. MIR. Berry was
in Edgerton recently He died Mon
day night following stroke of apo
pleXy.
Max Henderson came home from
Evanston Sunday to secure the consent
of his parents for enlistment as an am
bulance driver He was accompanied
by Arthur Hall, school friend, wh'
leaves soon for France for Red Gross
work.
Marion Anderson, six year oil
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Ander
son, was bitten on the neck and cheel
by dog owned by P. c. Brown on
day last week. Children have FIRE
quently played with the dog and it wa
not considered at all vicious but Mr.
Brown speedily had the animal killed
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