Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-03-05
LOCAL JOTTINGS

Get ready for spring work.
F. NJ. Minshall made trip to
Lacrosse one day last week.
Aug. Weistenburg has moved to
the Roy Cade farm in the town of
Jefferson.
Mrs. Olaf Nalby was honored by
a call from number of Westby ladies,
it being her anniversary day.
Miss Matilda Morterud returned
to her home at Bloomingdale after a
year spent in Canada.
-Adolph Stumpges of Christiana
went to Montona to assist his brother
in farming.
"A party of Coon Valley prospec-
tors have been on an excursion to
Texas. They were DIR. and Mrs. A.
Solberg, Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Brye,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Andersen, Mrs. T.
Davidson, Magnus Halmrast and Math
johnson.
Editor Frank Graves has been
confined to his home by illness for a
few days.
The editor of the Censor spent
weekend at home the first return in
month.
Fred Sordahl has moved to town
from Asbury ridge, occupying one of
John Devlin's tenement houses on
North Main Street.
Attorney C. w. Graves made a
professional trip to Fargo, North Da-
kota.
Spring election falls on April l..
Therefore many candidates will ex-
perience "April fool"
The young boys of Webster Creek
had hunt on a recent day and sue
ceeded in capturing one fox.
Unknown parties forced an en-
tfAnce to Wolfe's store, at Potts Cor
ners, and helped themselves to cloth
ing, tobacco and other things to their
liking.
DR.. WM.Trowbridge made a pro
fessional visit to Chicago.
Harley Reed, wife and daughter
Kathyleen, who spent part of the win
ter with relatives about Springville,
returned to their Montana home on
Saturday.
Elmer S. Nixon, Geo. J. Amann
Lester Hayter and Ben Odell of Red
Mound vicinity were Censor callers
on Monday. The former was sick for
several weeks at opening of winter.
Wallace w. Rood has disposed of
his 195-acre farm near Newton, Ed
Dale got lis acres, Vernon Farr 80
acres. Mr.. Rood is casting about for
new location for himself and wife.
They went to Cashton Monday to Wis
it daughter.
Ben Dickson, long in the employ
of the Jasperson art studio, has taken
change of base, accepting the posi-
ton of freight house manager at the
local C. M. & St.Paul station. This
innovation after so continuous occupa-
ton as a photographer will bring a
new "vision and focus" to Ben.
Henry L. Gardner is home from
Green Bay to move his family from
the Treseder tenement they have been
occupying on South Main street, the
property having been sold to a gentle
man from Mt.Sterling. The Gardner
family will move to Green Bay in the
spring.
One of the pumps at the upper
pumping station got out of commits
sion and required several days hard
work to put it in order, due to the
breaking of one of the suction rods.
One of L. A. Thompson's daugh-
tiers was taken to a Lacrosse hospital
for an operation.
Monday was a "corker" so to
speak, at the Viroqua mills. At one
time more than a hundred teams were
in line waiting to deliver grain for
gristing. For thirty miles around, the
country was represented. Sleighing
brought them. In fact we remember
few days when there appeared to be
more teams in town than on Monday.
By express there were shipped
from Viroqua n cases of fresh eggs.
They contained 80 dozen to the case.
or total of 27,720 eggs. Sure biddy
is doing her bit for this section. Ten
cases of these eggs came in from
Carl Johnson's Esofea store.
Miss Esther Williams, daughter
of Frank H. Williams of this city, and
who is attending Lawrence Conserva-
tory, is a member of the Lawrence
girls glee club, which will start on its
two weeks spring tour throughout
Wisconsin March "a Miss Williams
is one of the second sopranos of the
club. The trip this year will include
cities as far north as Marshfeld, west
Neillsville, southwest to Elroy, and
east to Milwaukee. Miss Williams is
also member o. the Delta Gamma
sorority.