The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-07-30

Albion and Rollin streets. A very at
tractive home in desirable location.
i "A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Percy Hubble July Oath, and daugh-
| ter to Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Haylock
| July 18th, at the Lockwood hospital.
/ Stella Lindl of Fort Atkinson, AL
bert Plautz and Harry Wuebben were
operated upon for the removal of ton
sils during the week at the Lockwood
hospital.
Meet your old friends and make
new ones at the annual Fulton Home
coming and Community Picnic. We'd
nesday, Aug. a, is the date. Frank
Sayre's grove is the place.
The Congregational church Sunday
school picnic has been postponed to
Friday, July 30. Originally it was an
nounced for Thursday, the goth. Note
the change and be at the church at 900
| a. m.
George Brown and T. A. Clarke
left Thursday this week for Indianapo-
lis, Ind, where they will represent the
Highway Trailer company. They travel
| by truck Indiana was originally part
of the Illinois Trailer territory, but the
| size of the business has made it desir-
able to give new firm charge of the
| Indiana business.
| The political meeting last Saturday
evening drew good crowd. John j.
Blaine, candidate for governor on the
ticket endorsed by La Toilette, Solo
mon Levitan, candidate for state treas
urer on the same ticket, and a number
of others, including Mr.. Townley,
brother of the Nonpartisan league
head, appeared, the last named in
very long address. The crowd evinced
interest by giving the speakers atten-
ton during the program which lasted
until late hour
The son of Mrs. Van Ness Green,
an actor by profession, has been in Ed
! gerton the last couple weeks to visit
and rest at the home of his mother.
His stage name is Stewart Sage, and
he returns to New York to be there
August when "The Bat" in which
Mr.. Sage appears, is to be given its
opening night. Miss Genevieve Hol-
| combe, daughter of Mrs Green, is also
with her mother, having returned from
Kent, Ohio, where she has been in
structor in the normal school summer
course. Formerly she taught in New
York.
Mr.. Andrew D. Humphrey, now of
Albion, stepped into The Reporter Of
| fee last Monday afternoon. He was
on his way to visit niece, Mrs. VIM.
| Crandall, at Walworth. Mr.. Humph-
rey, in spite of his "a years, is quite
active and sees and hears well. He has
lived in this neighborhood IA years. A
few years ago he sold his farm on the
Newville-Albion road and moved to
Edgerton. Since his wife's death he
has lived with his son at Albion. Mr..
| Humphrey was the leader of the first
brass band that delighted Edgerton
people, way back in 1865 and 1866. He
also conducted band at Albion.
C. w. Blanchard returned Sunday
| from Detroit where he attended three
day session of the Great Lakes-Saint
Lawrence Tidewater congress as rep
resentative of the city of Edgerton and
the Edgerton Chamber of Commerce.
| The Tidewater congress is an organiza-
ton formed for the purpose of pro-
noting the improvement of the Saint
Lawrence river by system of locks
and canals which will permit the pass
age of ocean going ships into the Great
Lakes. The completion of the project
will make Of harbor cities on the Great
Lakes ocean ports. This will directly
affect every citizen of the state of Wis
consin. An estimated saving of $4,000
per ton on export freight will be made.
Due to congestion of railway traffic, it
now takes about sixty days to ship
| freight to the Atlantic seaboard. This
waste of time can be eliminated, as the
actual distance from lake ports to
many European ports is no greater
than from New York City. An esti-
mated saving on coal alone amounts to
100000 tons annually. These are g
few of the numerous advantages which
vitality affect the people of Wisconsin.
| About fifty miles of the Saint Law
renee river will require opening. The
cost will naturally be considerable
amount, but it is estimated by compe-
tent engineers that the project will be
self-sustaining when once under way,
as one of the wonderful water powers
of the country will be developed as
result of the Improvement. 1t is pro-
posed to do the work under joint action
/ IF he Ton ord TTp;foI Gf.foc crou-