The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-08-20

Mrs. J. A. Jensen returned Thurs
day evening. After successful oper-
alton for goiter at the Mayo clinic,
Rochester, Mimi, she visited at her
former home at Hudson and with friends
at Sparta. Her daughter Virginia re-
turned with her.
AT the American Legion picnic
next Wednesday, Aug. Is, the Trailers
will play the Cambridge nine at $50 in
the forenoon. In the afternoon at 2:30
the game will be between the Fair
banks-Morse and Whitewater. You
can't afford to miss it.
Two airplanes visited Edgerton last
Saturday. One of them did thriving
business lifting parties into the atmos-
phere for birdseye view of our burg.
1t takes more money than nerve to ride
on high, is the comment of one who
had the experience.
Miss Anna Drotning of Deerfield
visited her cousin, Mrs. Oscar Olson, in
the Marion flats last Monday. Miss
Drotning, who formerly taught at ST.
Olaf college and the Ladies Lutheran
seminary, has accepted position to
teach in the school of Cudahy.
Among the boys and girls from
Rock county who will enter exhibits at
the Wisconsin Junior Live Stock expo
sition at Madison, October 1922, are
Geo. ssArnold, Howard Inman, Henry ].
Lloyd, Harry Mccain, J. Gordon Nc
Lay, Gertrude Weiland and Rober Wei
land.
The Ladies society of the Norwe
gian Lutheran church will meet with
Mesdames Emil Dyreson and Ole Am
undson at the home of Mrs. Dyreson,
| Thursday afternoon, Aug. 26th. Those
who are willing to furnish autos are re-
| quested to be at the church at o'clock.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Clouden Farman, Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Jensen, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Geo. Blanchard, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. II.
Towne and Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Grub
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.. Atwell were
entertained by Mr.. Kenneth Grub
at the Sigma Chi fraternity house at
Madison over the week end.
Mr.. C. o. Tellefson of Utica was
in Edgerton last Monday. He called
at The Reporter office. He stated that
the small grain in the Utica vicinity is
threshing out in good shape, oats yield
| ing as high as 70 bushels to the acre.
He has a good opinion of the tobacco
stand, and believes it will come out all
right.
| Mrs. John Hurd served dinner at
her home last Friday in honor of Mrs.
| Meta Buchoor and her daughter Eliza
beth of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Mrs.
Catharine Chamberlain of Madison.
The following ladies were present:
Mesdames Birkenmeyer, Kelley, Theo.
Clarke, Mawhinney, Houfe, Silas Hurd,
Hopkins, Bady.
| The new street fusher and sprinkl-
| er has been in use now couple weeks.
1t does the work all right both with
the f1usher and the sprinkler attach
ments. The separate power truck and
flusher make rather long rig for max
ing turns, but these may be avoided to
some extent by laying the routes so as
to move around groups of blocks in the
haul going and coming.
Oil Inspector R. J. Maltpress was
at Jefferson last Saturday. Complaints
had come to him that proprietor of
| garage over there was selling gasoline
testing several points lower than the
state test card on the pump indicated,
and Mr.. Maltpress went over to start
prosecution for this violation of the
law. The incident is warning to the
| trade to be sure that the law in this
matter is fully complied with.
! R. E. Dennis, who has been chi
ropractic practitioner in Edgerton for
some time past, has sold his business
here to N. B. Davis of Stoughton, who
will continue the work started by Mr..
Dennis. Mr. Dennis left for Neenah,
Wis, last Monday and his wife will join
him by the end of this week. He will
practice in Neenah and Menasha. Mr..
and Mrs. Dennis leave many good
friends in Edgerton and vicinity, and
they all join in wishing them success in
their new field of work.
The boys belonging to the Rock
County Corn club started last Monday
from Edgerton in five cars on an in
spection tour of the county to see how
the corn stands on the 40 1-acre plots
worked by Rock county boy members
of the club. The organization is part
Of the state organization. The pure
bred seed is furnished by the Farm Bu-
reau, and the county agent in each