The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-05-17
Frank Pyre and Will Dickinson left


/ Monday morning to enter the service
of the government, the former to Col
umbus barracks and the latter to JEFF
! ferson barracks and then to be sent to
Camp Hancock for instruction in ord
nance work.
H. McInnes recently received box
of oranges from California. They came
| from his brother John who has been in
the fruit business in California for
some years and has been very success
full. Neighbors Of Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Innes can testify to the deliciousness
of those oranges.
Lawrence, the second son of Rev.
and Mrs. R. W. Roberts, aged four
years, died after brief illness at the
state home at Chippewa Falls, Friday.
The remains were sent here where
brief services were held Sunday anc
the body taken by his parents to Will
loughby, Ohio, for burial.
st. Joseph's congregation will ded-
| icate a service flag next Sunday even
| ing with services commencing at 8
O'Clock. An address will be given by
the pastor, Father J. E. Harlin. Mrs.
Arthur, leading soprano singer OF
Fond du Lac, has consented to be pres
ent and will sing Gounoud's cave
| Maria"
Mayor Charles L. Valentine has re-
ceived a letter from the regional d.
rector of the United States railroad
administration asking the city of James
vile to postpone pavement work on
River street as it will involve an ex-
penditure of money on the part Of the
government. The contracts for the
work have been let and the new city
council have arranged a compromise
with the contractors to postpone the
| greater part Of the work until another
season.
"A special election was held in Mil
ton Junction Tuesday on the question
of the towns purchase Of the Meow
an electric plant that called out large
vote. The result was 189 yes to 121
no. The majority Of the city votes
cast were against the purchase, but the
votes of the farmers were in the ma
jority for the buying of the plant.
During the noon hour while their horses
were resting an automobile was press
ed into service and fully 100 votes were
cast in little over an hour.
| AT citizens meeting to organize a
business association for the betterment
of Edgerton. held in the Child High
school last Tuesday, Chairman F. 0.
Holt was authorized to appoint COM
mittee of seven for the purpose of SUBJ
hitting plans to perfect an organiza-
ton, the chair to be member of that
committee The appointments are as
follows: P. M. Ellingson, H. M. Ray
mond, F. A. Young, w. Mcintosh, c.
W. Birkenmeyer, W. F. Mabbett. The
meeting is to he at the call of the COM
mittee.
| "A large movement of artillery
passed through the county this week
en- route from Camp Grant to the gov
eminent range near Sparta that has
attracted good deal Of interest among
people as the 101st Field Artillery
moved overland making Is to 20 miles
day. The brigade consisted of three
batteries with their horses and equip
ment. The officers had arrangements
in advance at each stopping point for
three cords of wood, 200 bushels of oats
and four tons of nay for the horses.
The troop train made camp the first
night out of Camp Grant near Roscoe,
Ill. On the second night they will place
their pup tents near the Curtis farm in
the vicinity Of Town Line. Their third
stop will be on the E. T. Fish property
at Leyden. 1t takes DO acres Of land
for the men to camp on. The brigade
will stay at Sparta for two months,
where they will practice with the big
guns. They expect to leave Sparta for
France without returning to Camp
Grant.