Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-06-23
ROUNDABOUT THECOUNTY
NOTES OF INTEREST ABOUT OLD
VERN0N'S PEOPLE
Important Happenings Chronicled in
the Papers of Our County
During Last Week

| Ruth Andrew, Lacrosse Normal
graduate, is home at LaFarge.
Hillsboro village has purchased a
cleveland tractor, costing S1175.
Mildred Blashek of Stoddard at
tended commencement at Savannah.
| DIR. G. E. Chambers of LaFarge,
Iattended K. P. Grand Lodge at Neenah.
Staley and Sons have nearly COM
pleted fine brick garage at Hillsboro.
| DeSoto friends learn that Rev. Pow
and family arrived safely in England.
j. w. Paul of LaFarge has traded
his residence for the Ed. Nixon farm
at Seeleyburg.
| Chester Malosh of Forest caught a
l9-inch trout, weighing 21z pounds,
near Trippeville.
DeSoto ball team defeated New AL
bin to 4, staging a fine eally in the
last two innings.
Mrs. Guy Butcher is at home at
Readstown much improved after an
operation for appendicitis at-LaCrosse.
Farmers Equity has commenced
construction of 80 40 warehouse
at Hillsboro near the depot 1t will be
tile block building.
DIR. NJ. L. Chafiin, assistant state
veterinarian, will open an office at
Hillsboro July l. He spent two years
in Uncle Sans service.
Genoa school closed with nice pro-
gram. Three graduates received di-
plomas: Mary E. Franzini, Joseph A.
Levi and Virginia III. Levi
Artesian water supply at DeSoto
has been extended up the main street,
a hydraulic ram forcing the water up
the street from the well.
Morris Tongue, a native of Hillsboro,
brother of Mrs. c. A. Hammer and
Henry Tongue, died at Superior from
the effects of stroke of paralysis.
Ellen Grimes was awarded $4,000
damages in Crawford circuit court,
Judge Bancroft presiding. The plain
tiff was run down by an auto driver.
ID. E. Riley of Hillsboro has just
completed barn for Sam Cowan of
near LaFarge. His old barn was
blown down in the storm several weeks
ago.
The heavy rain of last week took out
the dam at LaFarge as usual, and
caused high water all down the valley,
in addition to leaving LaFarge light
less and powerless.
Joe Bobst of Genoa is the proud
driver of a new Buick. Mr.. Bobst has
y
delivered a $3.50 registered hog.
Ernest Wolfe of Victory neighbor-
hood lost his tobacco shed and machin-
cry by fire of unknown origin. A sing
ular circumstance is the fact that a
gasoline barrel in the shed was found
empty but not exploded.
Editor Edmund Buehler of the De-
Soto Argus has secured an assistant in
the person of S. A. Macaulay. Mr..
Macaulay is a graduate of the Viroqua
high school and last year served as re-
porter on an Aberdeen paper.
While enroute to Viroqua from
Greenwood to see the Hillsboro ball
game, the steering rod on John Set
zer's car became disconnected, landing
the party in the ditch. One small boy
in the party received a cut in the fore
head.
According to an opinion from the
attorney general, Interpreting the re-
cent ruling of the supreme court, Geo.
W. Miller, elected in 1918, and resign
ed in 1919, can run for sheriff this
fall, and Frank Spry appointed by the
governor, cannot run because he is
the one to be in office when the term
closes.-Richland Rustic.
DeSoto Argus reports that L. r.
Axlen of Red Mound is replacing his
barn destroyed by fire last summer.
Magnus Sheldon, Jim Armotto and
Ernest Amann are also building barns.
New residences are being built by
Edwin Broadhead and Willard Sey-
mour. H. L. Johnson is preparing to
erect house on his farm, to replace
one destroyed by fire three years ago.
The great quantity of high explo-
sives, now stored at Camp Robinson
near Sparta, is to be removed to Fort
Wingate, New Mexico. Negotiations
are now in progress for the removal
of the T. N. T. and other high explo-
sives which have been a constant dam
ger to the community near Sparta for
some time. 1t is probable that the :
plosives will be shipped to the Mississ-
ippi river and carried southwark on
large barges.