The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-12-26

&c. G. Biederman made business
call in Madison last Tuesday. -
Rev. F. w. Schoenfeld occupied
the pulpit at Hillsboro, Wis, last Sun
day.
Mr.. l.. A.. Anderson, who has been
home for few days, returned to Chi
cago last Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Morrissey and
son Billy are out form Milwaukee for
the holidays with Edgerton relatives
and friends.
-Edgerton relatives have been adj
vised of the arrival of baby boy into
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Lid
ECKER at Beloit. born Sunday, Dec. 81.
Mr.. Herman Lien from the Prairie
was in Edgertonr last Saturday to meet
his two daughters who came from St.
Olaf college, Mortified, Mimi, to spend
the Christmas vacation with their par
ents.
Some 1914 students, or II per cent
of the total number of students enrolled
at the u. W. come from other states
and nations. Of the 6,872 students. en-
rolled before. the holidays, 4, 958 came
\ from Wisconsin, 1928 came from other
states and IS from foreign countries.
Beginning with the new year, The
Reporter asks all advertisers who may
be in need of local ads, except those
who carry an account with the paper,
to bring or send money with the ad.
The rate is cents per line or fraction
of line, counting seven words to the
line.
Mrs. Will Naset of Sparta was
called home by the death of her father,
Mr.. w. H. Clarke. Mrs. Naset and
her daughter are going from here to
California to spend the rest of the win
ter in the hope that the climate out
there will benefit the daughter who is
of delicate health.
The ski sport is this winter in high
favor at the u. w. Seventeen stu
dents from Norway, now attending the
u, are all expert skiers.s During the
Christmas holidays they have taken the
lead in building ski scaffold and Is
foot jump north of the engineering
building on the u. campus.
December 21st was the shortest
day'of the year. Now we move for
longer days, and we hope for milder
ones. The coal shortage has caused
some Inconvenience, but no suffering
in Edgerton. The health of the people
has been uniformly good and everybody
has been busy and making enough to
have a pleasant Christmas with dear
ones and friends.
Mr.. John Holm of Rockdale deliv-
cred his 1919 tobacco last Monday. He
made pleasant call at The Reporter
office. In the conversation he stated
that Rockdale last Friday voted to
erect $12, 900 school honse next spring.
About four acres of ground has been
bought $of the Lars Anderson estate
and of Ole Burns. The place will make
very attractive school center.
Mrs. Jens Naset Of Stoughton, one
of the pioneer mothers of Dane county,
died at her home in Stoughton last Fri
day. She lived to pass the 80 year
mile post. The funeral was held at
Stoughton last Sunday and many rela-
tives and friends from out of town
were present. She was an aunt by
marriage of Mrs. P. NJ. Ellingson. Mr..
and Mrs. Ellingson attended the fun
eral.
Farmers in Rock county have been
annoyed by wolves; number of sheep
have been MANNED or killed. 1t was
the good fortune of Burr Jones and his
son Art of Evansville to kill large
gray wolf that for years has been
known as a wicked killer of sheep
in that part of the county. With the
big leader out of the way, the other
members of the pack may be picked off
by the same or other intrepid wolf
hunters.
One of the early highways in Wis
consin is the trail from Prairie du
Chen to Chequamegon on Lake Super
Tor. The first to traverse this trail by
wagon was Rev. Alfred Brunson and
party, a hundred years ago. 1t runs
through Viroqua, Tomah, Black River
Falls, Merriam, Chippewa Falls and
on. The trail which had been almost
forgotten has been retraced by Rev.
James H. :McManus of Coioma.
Seventeen indictments for violation
of federal law governing boarding and
profteering were returned by the grand
jury of the western Wisconsin district.
Mr.. A. q. Wolfe, u. S. district attor-
ney, is going at the investigation in an
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