The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-09-17

evening after the business meetlng.
Governor Philip was in Edgerton
day the first of the week.
"A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. I.
McGinnity last Friday, Sept. 10, at the
Lockwood hospital.
Olaf Sunne returned to his home in
| Leyden Wednesday after ten days.
treatment at the Lockwood hospital for
| an infected foot.
The hunting season opened Thurs
day. The Nimrods have been shining
their guns and filling their kits to be
all set for the sunrise gun on the first
| day
Dean Swift had the good luck of
having one of his wild geese lay and
hatch out six young ones. Wild birds
in captivity do not often perform this
| duty.
The Ladies society of the Norwe-
gian Lutheran church will be enter
| tanned by Mesdames Clarence Swenson,
Ole Jensen, C. Rossebo and G. Guinness
Thursday, Sept. %. All welcome.
The August drought cut the corn
crop and the potato crop in Wisconsin
| 1,60G,0 bushels for each. Still the
state will have over million bushels
more than it produced last year; but
the corn production will be nearly TO-
| 600, 900 bushels less than last year.
The Rock County Farm Bureau has
organized an agricultural association
| and Incorporated The capital is $780,
600, divided into $50 shares. The OBJ
ject of the association is to buy and
sell seed, farm produce, supplies, such
as building material and merchandise.
Mrs. W. S. Brown accompanied
her son Richard and his wife to La
Crosse, where Richard Brown and his
family expect to make their future
home. They may buy home there,
as the rent proposition is as bad there
as it is here. Mrs. Brown is expected
to return before the end of the week.
More than 1000 ex-service men
availed themselves of the educational
bonus last year. The applications this
year exceed those of last year. More
than 5000 ex-service men made use of
the bonus by attending some school
last year. All service men who can
make use of the bonus and desire an
education should apply to the State
Board of Education, Madison, Wis, at
once.
There are several good roads lead
ing into Milwaukee from Edgerton, but
there is no drive more interesting than
the one through Oconomowoc. Through
Cambridge on No. IL, then No. Al
through Jefferson to the crossing near
Dousman when you turn north into
Oconomowoc and follow No. 10. There
is considerable road work going on
along this line, and the road is not the
best, but it is the pretriest by far.
Mr.. Thorfn Litlere, violinist from
Bergen, Norway, was in Edgerton last
Thursday. He is arranging to give
series of concerts in Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and North Dakota. He plays the
Morse folk music on the eight stringed
Hardanger violin, and modern music on
the ordinary violin. He is splendid
artist. He gives concerts in Stoughton
and Madison this week. He generally
plays under the auspices of some local
society.
VIM. Schiefelbein, who has oper-
ated the Edgerton milk depot since last
spring, has sold the business to F. J.
and w. E. Hinkle. The new firm took
charge last Wednesday morning, and
will maintain headquarters in the old
place. The milk to be handled by the
new firm is tuberculin tested and fur
nished by the diaries who supplied Mr..
Schiefelbein. The Hinkle brothers are
Edgerton men and we'll known to all
residents of the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Earle and their
grandson, Thomas, have returned from
trip that took them through La
Crosse and Winona, along the Missis-
sippi river through Lake City, Red
Wing, Hastings to St. Paul and Mime
apolis. They returned through Wis
csnsin, visiting Rice. Lake and other
northern places. They enjoyed the
beauty of the scenery along the big
river and were fortunate in avoiding
all car trouble.
"A number of autos from Edgerton
carried people to Evansville last Friday
to witness the horse races and the ball
game between the GAINESVILLE Samsons
and the Beloit observation-disclosures. The
track was rough and soft after the
rains Thursday and in consequence no