The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-03-05

Iowa this week looking after business.
Mrs. Will Bardeen is taking med
ical treatment at the Lockwood hos
pital.
| Miss Elizabeth Towne entertained
| number of school friends at her home
last Friday evening.
| Harold Dave came down from Bar
| aboo to spend last Sunday with his
mother and friends here.
| Victor Hartzheim has been engaged
| by the firm Pearson & Jagoditch to fill
a position in their store.
Mr.. AMI Mrs. Risden of Milwaukee
were week END visitors at the home of
| Mr.. and Mrs. Harlow Knapp,
Mrs. Earl Strong was the honor
guest at a delightful party given last
| Friday evening by Mrs. Oscar Olson.
The Edgerton War Veterans give
a dance at Academy hall March 5th.
| Mussehl's orchestra furnish the music.
Admission 81. 90 and tax.
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Mr.. Reuben c. Hartzell passed
| away at his home last Tuesday even
ing. He was eighty years old. Obit-
uery to appear in next weeks issue.
w. J. Smart Of Kolin, Mont, came
| down with five carloads of sheep for
the feeding yards. He will spend some
time in Edgerton and vicinity visiting
friends and relatives.
MIR. Oscar Olson of the First Ma
| tional Bank, attended his SISTERS we'd
ding at the home near Stoughton last
Tuesday. Miss Olson. was married to
| Ingolf Nelson, business man of Chi
| cago.
| Miss Alma Ovidia Johnson, daugh-
| ter of Andrew Johnson in town of
| Sumner, died at the Lockwood We'd
nesday morning. Funeral arrange
ments have not been definitely made.
An obituary will appear in the next is
sue of The Reporter.
Neal Mason has again been away
to pick up desirable Holsteins. The
Edgerton Cow Testing association
means business The members have
the right idea of going at the improve
ment of the dairy industry in their ter
ritory-the right type of cow, then the
right type of care and feeding, then
keep close watch by constant testing
of the performance of the animal under
| the conditions created for her.
Lars Lein took John Lund, his to-
bacco shareman, to Madison last Mon
day to be operated on for appendicitis.
Mr.. Lein returned the same evening
and reported that the operation was
very successful. Mr.. Bekjorden, an
other Kushkonong man, was operated
| upon couple weeks ago. His case
was more serious, but he is coming
through in good shape. DR.. Floyd
Shearer of Edgerton performed the OPP
erations.
On February average prices of
farm products were 1877 per cent high
er than year ago, and 1874 per cent
higher than on Feb. l, 1910. Hogs,
cattle, sheep and chickens gave the
producers 80 per cent less than year
ago, but 1913 per cent more than nine
years ago. These figures are taken
from the government crop report.
There are fewer hogs in the country
than year ago. There is also re-
duction in the number of sheep. The
number of horses has gradually de-
creased since 1913
People who do not keep book of
accounts have found it both inconven-
lent and, sometimes, expensive to make
out their tax returns. These expert
ences will gradually teach people to
adopt some system of keeping books.
The U. w. agricultural department has
gotten out an excellent account book
for farmers Any system that will
give you record of your income, ex-
penditures, and profit and loss will do,
as long as it is noted opposite the fig
ure what the item is for. The Wiscon-
sin Farm Record Book is good one
| Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Brokaw,
who came to Edgerton about the mid
die of February to spend some time at
the home of Mrs. Brokaw's father,
Judge North, received their household
goods during the week. Mr.. Brokaw
is the son of one of the we'll known
men of the Wisconsin paper industry,
having held several patents on improv-
ed methods of producing paper. His
son is working at certain engineering
plans. Mr.. Brokaw will be going and
coming as his duties call him, Mrs.
Brokaw meanwhile making her home
with her father here.
Mr.. Reichardt, the city engineer,
has completed the draught of plans for
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