The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-05

Assessor A. S. Flagg announces
that the assessment for the city of Ed
gerton has been completed Before
the tax roll is prepared Mr.. Flagg
wishes to confer with any person who
desires any information relative to
their assessment.
One of the most comprehensive in
vestigations into the mentality of school
children was carried on by the u. w.
last year. The tests reached $3.50
school children under the direct super
vision of 20 graduate students of the
department of education at the U.
Such tests are made to enable the ped
agogues to fit the curriculum of the
schools to the needs of those to be
taught. The mentally undergrades as
well as the mentally superior need
special attention in order to develop
according to the natural standard in
herent in them by birth.
The State Historical Society library
at Madison will be glad to receive dona-
tions of farm records of the past. Re-
Gently the records of Jacob Baumgart-
ner of Fennimore, which extend over a
period of 60 years, with tabulation of
incomes and expenditures and other de-
tails pertaining to farm economy, were
copied by the department of Agricul-
ture at Washington, D. c. Such rec
ords kept by individuals should be pre-
served and the Historical library of
our state is making an effort to save
all such records for posterity as they
constitute important material for his
torical study.
Miss Julia l.. Olson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Olson, and Wesley
Hanson formerly of Stoughtou stole a
march on their friends last Thursday,
July %, when they went to Rockford
and were quietly married. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Charles
Getwicks of the Lutheran church. The
bride wore a gown of white canton
crepe with corsage bouquet of brides
roses and ferns. Mr.. Hanson is grad
uate of the Stoughton high school with
the class of '15. The bride is gradu-
ate of the Child high school with the
class of TO- After graduating from
the rural course at the Whitewater
Normal school she has taught the Lake
Drive school for three years.
The golf course of the Edgerton
Country club has already become the
favorite playground of old and young.
Elderly men who few months ago
would have met you with poorly con-
cealed scornful grin if you had suggest
ed to them that they come out and fol-
low the elusive white pill on its jumps
around the course from tee to green
and from green to tee, chasing it up
hill and down hill, hunting for it in the
tall grass where it hid for very shame
of your poor direction, and teasing you
from it's hiding place on the wrong side
lieved that they had long ago outgrown
the desire for play, are today chuckling
over newborn joy which has entered
into their grown-up lives through the
alluring game of golf. Can you beat
it?
R. j. Maltpress, who is serving his
oil Of 30
district, called at the Reporter office
one day this week and talked interest
ingly on the growth of the oil business
and the tremendous increase, espec-
tally in the consumption of gasoline.
During July this, year he inspected
14,848 barrels of gasoline and 1882
barrels of kerosene oil, together 1880
barrels. This is twice the amount in
spected for the same month five years
ago, and four times the amount ten
years ago. The check covering fees
collected during July 1921 amounted to
1899. 90, which Mr.. Maltpress forwarded
to the state at the close of the month.
He made 1T inspections and travelled
over 1000 miles during the month. In
speaking of the carelessness with which
so many people handle kerosene and
gasoline, Mr.. Maltpress stated that
eight persons have been burned to
death during the past five months with
in radius of 80 miles of Edgerton due
to inexcusable risks taken in the use of
these fluids. Kerosene and gasoline are
volatile fluids, especially in hot weather
and when near heated objects; to pour
off the contents of a can filled with
either fluid upon fire, or hot stove to
start q fire Is To court death saws Mr.