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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-03-04
PORTER

VIM. Hubbell and wife were James
vile shoppers Friday.
P. S. Void, Evansville, was caller
at Frank Boss Wednesday.
Arthur Johnson, who has been very
i'll with pneumonia, is on the gain.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Doty of Edgerton
spent Sunday at the Thos. Ford home.
Thos. Stearns and wife spent Sunday
afternoon at the 0. A. Fessenden home
John Klaviter and wife of GAINESVILLE
were Sunday visitors at the G. Handtke
home.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Haylock of Slough
ton were week end visitors at the Clay
ton Cox home.
Frank Schumacher and family of the
town of GAINESVILLE have moved to Mrs.
w. Barrett's farm.
George Kothlow and family of Ed
gerton were callers at the Bates home
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Palma Johnson of Edgerton
spent Sunday afternoon at the home of
her parents, N. Johnson and wife.
The Help a-Bit club was entertained
at the home of Mrs. D. Wheeler Thurs
day afternoon. Refreshments were
served. A quilt was ratified, Mrs. Ern-
est Peach holding the lucky number.
The next meeting will be with Mrs.
Charles Manthei, Thursday, March IL.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-03-04
GRAVEL STORE

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Kjendlie Friday, Feb. Is.
Elias Saunders and wife spent Sun
day at the Lee Purdy home.
Miss Ruth Marsden is seriously i'll
with pneumonia.
Mrs. Blenkinsopp of Benton spent
Sunday with Mrs. Edwardson.
Budd Hill and wife spent Sunday
with S. P. Saunders.
Mrs. VIM. Colburg and daughter Ar
dis of Wimbledon, N. D., are the guests
of her sister, Mrs. Geo. Dickinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Sherwood accom-
panied by Mr.. Clarence Bowen trans
acted business in GAINESVILLE Monday.
Miss HELEN Sherwood attended a
miscellaneous shower given in honor of
Miss Anna Dickinson at the home of
Miss Lois Slagg.
The marriage of Miss Arna L. Dick
inson and Clarence w. Singer will be
soemnized at the home of the brides
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. L. Dickin-
son, Saturday, March 9Th.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-03-04
INDIAN FORD

Mrs. M. Milford of Rockford is stay
ing with her son, Herb Abblet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orlo Tubbs and little
Elsie of Otter Creek visited friends
here last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Whaley spent
the week end with their children in
Janesville.
MIR. and Mrs. Cecil Robinson have
come from Colorado to live with his
parents here.
Cox and Teubert and Willis Scofeld
have their ice houses filled with very
good crop from Fulton.
Will Price has been airing and warm
ing their house for the return Of Mr..
and Mrs. Coxhead from Whitewater.
Nearly every family from this vicin-
ity was represented in the audience of
the big minstrel Show" in Edgerton
We have not heard anyone regret their
attendance.
Friday evening, March 4th, Misses
Ethel Moore and Ivy Hollibush will
have a school entertainment and box
social in the Indian Ford school house.
Everyone cordially invited.
The farewell party for Mr.. and Mrs.
Dyerson was more than we'll attended,
it was crowd. The neighbors are all
sorry to have them move away, but
our loss down here will be Albion s
gain.
Last Friday afternoon 20 ladies and
IL children were entertained at the AL
version home by Mrs. Dave Alverson
and daughters. Miss Edith st. John
won first prizes in guessing advertise
ment illustrations and the flower we'd
ding. Mrs. Will Davis and Mrs. Grant
Walwrath acted as judges of the en-
broidered animals and awarded first to
Mrs. Mable Wood. A most enjoyable
occasion was completed with 5 o'clock
dinner of potato salad, salmon loaf,
fruit salad, light and dark cake and
coffee.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-03-04
EAST PORTER

Mrs. E. Fox spent Wednesday after
noon at the ]. Riley home.
Fred Peach and wife were GAINESVILLE
shoppers Friday afternoon.
Mrs. James Conway is quite i'll at
Mercy hospital, GAINESVILLE.
Mrs. V. Phillips and son Bobby were
GAINESVILLE shoppers Wednesday.
Miss Marie Fox, Porter, spent the
week end at her parental home here.
Mrs. J. Murphy and daughter Anna
spent Monday afternoon at the J. Lay
home.
Fred Peach underwent an operation
for the removal of his tonsils last Tues
day morning.
JAS. Murphy and wife entertained the
following on Wednesday evening: F.
Davis, wife and son Russell, V. PUZZLE
and wife, Otto Manthie and Herman
Radloff.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-03-04
EAST KOSHKONONG

The annual meeting of the East
Koshkonong church was held on We'd
nesday.
F. Mortenson has moved to Erick
Smithback's farm where he will work
this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Benson and
Mrs. o. Gutru visited Mrs. Martin An
derson Saturday.
Prof. J. T. Haight spent Saturday
and Sunday at NJ. L. Jones' and called
on old neighbors.
Mrs. M. A. Linde and daughters Es-
Their and Hazel were Sunday visitors at
Adolph Anderson's.
George Erickson and family have
moved to Peter Gunnelson's whose farm
they will work this year.
Arthur Kravick, who has lived at
Rockdale the past two years, has pur-
chased house at Cambridge.
The Torger Johnson estate at Rock
dale was sold at auction last Saturday
afternoon. The land was sold to Jos.
eph johnson.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-03-04
interesting WingIess Birds.

The weka, or wood hen, is especial
" interesting species of the wingless
birds These birds mate for life and
take turns in Matching and watching
the brood One of the pair is always
at the nest, the one ION duty" being
supplied with food by the other.
There is something almost human in
the sight of male weka leading his
family out for a stroll on the beach.
Another is the roa, which is distin-
guished by a remarkable beak-lOng,
slender and slightly curved. The roa,
like the kakapo, is a night bird, and
its chief food is earthwOrms.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-03-04
FULTON

H. C. Pease is home for a few days.
Frank Sayre has purchased an Over
land auto.
Ladies Aid met with Mrs. John @.
Berg on Tuesday.
There will be a lecture in the hall
Wednesday night.
Grandpa Omstead has been on the
sick list this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoaace Pease spent
Monday in GAINESVILLE.
Mrs. j. c. Drown visited Mrs. A. P.
Murwin on Friday last.
Harry Heimerdinger returned to his
home in Chicago on Tuesday.
The farmers in this vicinity received
another car of lime Tuesday.
Harry Olson and family visited rela-
tives near Evansville last week.
T. S. Biggar returned to his home in
VAUDEVILLE, Ontario, last Wednesday.
Christ Paulson and family moved
back to their farm east of Fulton on
Tuesday.
Kasper Olson and family expect soon
to move onto farm near the Blind In
stitute, GAINESVILLE.
Mrs. Hortense Pease has suffered a
relapse and has been under the doctor s
care the past few days.
Otto Zieman and wife motored to
GAINESVILLE Saturday, Their daughter
Lydia returned with them for over
Sunday.
About Is men met at the hall last
Thursday and Friday to enlarge and re-
model the basement. A good perman-
ent job was done.
Prof. B. B. James of Whitewater
normal will give an interesting talk on
astronomy at the Social Center in the
hall Friday evening. All are invited.
Johnny Berg met with a very painful
accident Monday night when he fell,
cutting his upper lip SO it was neces-
sary for the doctor to take stitches to
close the wound.
The Epworth Stars of Edgerton were
beaten by the Fulton Mystics to 9 in
a basketball game in the hall here on
Monday night. This was one of the
hardest fought games of the season.
D. w. White, who has spent the win
ter with his sister, Mrs. F. Fessenden,
in Edgerton, expects to return to his
home here before the paper hanging
season opens. Anyone wishing to en-
ploy him may leave orders with Muir
win Bros.
Gunder Fosmoen and family moved
to their new home northwest of Edger-
ton on Tuesday, All were sorry to have
them go and their many friends unite
in wishing them prosperous year. A
party was given at their home Satur-
day evening attended by about so, and
all had good time.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-03-04
SUMNER

Mrs. George Goldthorp is on the sick
list.
Morgan Anderson is moving onto the
Bunting farm.
Mrs. John Robbins has been on the
sick list the past week.
Otto Benin of Oakland is moving on
to the Mrs. Nathan Atwood farm.
Mrs. Lyle Marsden called on Mrs.
Walter Marsden Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Gust Wentler had the misfor-
tune of spraining her ankle one day last
week.
August Loga and wife visited Sun
day with Adolph Christensen and wife
near Rockdale.
A number from this locality attended
the old folks party at Cambridge last
Wednesday evening.
Will Bunting is moving his household
goods to the M. A Robbins house which
he purchased last fall.
There will be ''hard tines dance
in the Sumner hall Thursday evening,
March 10. Everyone invited.
Messmer Bros. unloaded car of tile
Thursday and Friday. Neighbors and
friends on the schoolhouse road assisted
in the hauling.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Trick and the
formers sister, Mrs. VIM Wilkinson
of Toledo, Ohio, spent Sunday with the
Clark family at Stoughton.
Moving time has come. Anton Mel
son is moving his family onto the John
Nettum farm which he purchased last
fall. Ernest Gumble is moving onto
the Grover Olson farm vacated by Mr..
Nelson.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-03-04
UTICA

Geo. Erdahl had their baby christen-
ed last Sunday.
Oliver Fosdal took in the sights at
Madison last Sunday evening.
Mrs. Turf Evenson spent few days
with Mrs. G. 0. Tellefson last week,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ruben Tellefson and
Mrs. Anna Berg visited at Fred Berg S
last Sunday.
Mrs. Anna Berg and her son Paul
made a business trip to Edgerton one
day last week.
Axel Olson has rented the upstairs
of the residence on the corner of the
Laid & Flom farm and has moved in
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Johnson and
son Jocum and Grandpa Johnson were
Sunday visitors at Mr. and Mrs. E. M.
Stark's.
Mr. and Mrs. Amund Anderson s
daughter, who has been ailing for some
time of tuberculosis, is now reported
very low.
Mr.. and Mrs Gust Johnson of Rock
dale, Mrs. Norris Klongland, Mrs. John
son, Mr.. and Mrs Alvin Drotning were
callers at Mrs. Adolp Johnson's last
week
A few of the friends and neighbors
of Mr.. and Mrs Ole S. Field gave them
surprise Friday evening of last week.
The evening was spent in visiting and
playing 500 A bountiful lunch was
served, and sum of money was pre-
sented to them in nice little speech
by 7. d. Larson. Mr.. Field has sold
his farm and last Tuesday had an auc-
ton and sold all his personal property.
They will move back to Newman Grove,
Nebraska, in April or May and expect
to make the trip by auto. They have
made many friends in the few years
they have been here.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-03-04
The Raccoon.

The raccOon, or coon. as he is more
commonly called in the United States,
where ne makes his home. has the
odd little habit of dipping his food
in water. as if to wash it perfectly
clean, before eating. COons den I'm
for the winter. like bears, sometimes
singly. sometimes several together as
If for company, in a hollow tree or
other convenient place.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-03-04
Methodist Episcopal Church
BOYD w. KRAMER, PASTOR.

81 was glad when they said unto me:
let us go into the house of the Lord. -
Worship here on Sunday with US.
Sunday School all grades at 10 a. m.
Preaching and worship conducted by
Rev. Webster Millar at II a. m.
Junior Epworth League at 2.3O D. m.
Senior Epworth League at Gas p. m.
At 7:30 mems gospel team and male
chorus of 40 men of GAINESVILLE M. E.
church will conduct the service. Come.
Thursday prayer and praise meeting
at TOO p. m.
Choir practice Wednesday and Friday
night at 7:30 in the church.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-03-04
Nothing Like That.

did those two men have an epis-
tolary dispute?"
mo pistols in the dispute at all.
They took 1t out i'm letter writing"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-03-04
CORRESPONDENCE
ALBION

A. D. Humphrey and A. E. Slagg
are on the sick list.
Nathan Kelly purchased cow of
Mrs. A. B. Campbell last week.
Toryal Wording of Cambridge took
supper at C. J. Crandall's Saturday.
Fred Campbell of Milton visited his
mother, Mrs. A. B. Campbell, Monday.
A number from Albion began work
ing in the Edgerton warehouses this
week.
The Home Benefit society will meet
with Mrs. E. w. Whitford next Tues
day afternoon.
Edwin Voigt and wife returned home
Sunday after visiting relatives IN Oak
land the past week.
Mrs. E. E. Loofboro of Chicago Wis
tied her brother, Rev. G. S. Sayre,
from Friday until Tuesday.
The Double Seven club met with Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Christianson near Sheep
skin corners Monday night.
Emil Dyreson from near Edgerton
has moved hia family and household
goods into the south academy building.
]. Pacheco, wife and little daugh-
ter Thayne spent the week end with
Alvin Amundson and family at Edger-
ton.
Mrs. 7. D. Humphreys sister and
husband, Mr.. and Mrs. D. +. Barnum
of Rockford, spent the week end with
her.
C.. A. Emerson, wife and son Ken
meth left Tuesday night for California
to visit their son, Paul Emerson, and
family.
II. E. Whitford and Lewis Emerson
purchased the steam engine and thresh-
ing and shredding outfit of K. d. Whit
ford last week.
o. J. Painters auction was held last
Wednesday and Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
Kelly are moving from the Painter
farm into the S. D. B. parsonage.
James H. Woertendyke, an eminent
orator, will speak in the church at Al
bion on Saturday afternoon, March 5,
at o'clock, on the subject, "Stand by
the Law" Admission free, all come.
Those from out of town who called
on Mrs. l. D. Humphrey the past week
were Miss Maud Thirty, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Gray, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Gray,
Milton Junction, and Mrs. Ida Atwood
of Madison.
The Milton College Glee club gave ar
excellent concert in the church on the
evening of the 26th. 1t was their first
concert of the season and several new
men appeared Prof. Stringen is to be
congratulated on the results of his care.
full and painstaking leadership, and the
glee club has the promise of success
full season. Mr.. FerrilPs and Prof.
Stringen's solos were especially enjoy
able, and the comic sketch, 1.-THE Co
quette," brought down the house. The
20 voices of the club harmonic well,
and the difficult selections showed much
ability and skillful training.
The Dolores star., 1921-08-12
The Coming Boom.

Few Americans will questions the
confident prophecy of Judge Gary that
"at some future date there awaits the
biggest business boom this country has
ever seen." Business men merely
want to know the date.
The fundamental facts" as Judge
Gary says, are assured. The period Of
readjustment which the country has
been passing through was necessary,
and has done much good, because it
restores solid, safe foundation to
build on hereafter. The material
resources are unequalled, and most of
them are virtually inexhaustible. The
home market, always great, is nearly
emptied of accumulated products, and
industry will be called on to provide a
new stock. The prospect of an improv-
ed foreign market is better. owing to
more stable conditions abroad At
least there is fair prospect of world
peace. The disarmament conference
already gives ground for hope of
greater safety and lower taxes. Con-
gress at last is taking up some of the
essential tasks Of reconstruction,
Credit is sound and bank rates are
The Dolores star., 1921-08-12

A number of the men around town
have been busy during this week dig
ging fish retaining pond just north
of town across the county bridge
There will be two of these ponds
where the small fish that are shipped
in will be placed until they are large
enough to be let into the river. The
work is being done by those who are
interested in seeing good fishing and it
is to be hoped that larger number of
fellows will get out and give a days
work as this is the only way that the
Dolores river will ever be stocked.
The first shipment to be placed there
will be about 10000 Native Trout.
We understand that every effort will
be made by the Forest officials to
secure all the fish that we can take
care of in these ponds, so that the
bigger the ponds the more fish we will
be able to handle. Rico Item
The Dolores star., 1921-08-12
Why cattI. Are mavericks"

Sam Maverick migrated from Ma
sachusetts to Texas In the early days
OF the great West and entered upon
the business Of raising cattle. He pur
chased several herds and put them
out to roam the range. Whether from
ignorance or from implicit faith In M
honesty Of the neighbors, 1t never o.
Cured to Mr.. Maverick that It mlsn'
be wise to put his brand upon DID
stock.
AT roundup time, whenever COW
BOY found an unbranded animal
would cry: There's a Maverick
And, generally being of the unfe
generate type, he would use his o7n
brand on his find. The name Maver
lex soon began to be generally appllea
ana to acquire a distinct metaphorica
meaning; and when men had opinions
which were vague and undecided, th''
were declared by Westerners OF !"
old days to hold "AIaverick views
The Dolores star., 1921-08-12
CHEERFULNESS AS AN ASSET
Why Mirth Has Been Called "God,
Medicine" by Those Capable Of
Appreciating It.

Mlrth has been called Gods mea.
cine. There are few persons who car
not testify to the saving value Of ,
smile. There Is story told OF A msu
who received wire while on n bus.
ness trip that his business had besa
wiped out by fire. The depressn
which followed this news threatened
Tor time his mental balance and be
even gave serious thought to takln,
his own life.
While In this dangerous mood he
received letter from his daughter
girl of nine, which read: Dear Dad.
dy-1 went down-f6 see your store tbs.
was burned and II looked awfu!y
pretty all covered with Ice. Love aud
kisses from Helen"
The man laughed and the day val
saved. That CLINT Of humor was like
ray OF sunshine In a dark cell. The
spirit of the man was released from
the prison Of his gloom.
Lincoln on the day that he read 10
his cabinet the emancipation procams
tion opened that important meeting
by reading from Artemus Ward. Whn
rebuked by one of his seriousmlndd
cabiret officers for having called then
Into an important session to hear such
nonsense, Lincoln replied: "Why don't
you laugh, gentlemen7 II couldn't
laugh would die"
Emerson has said, "Nothing will
supply the want of sunshine fo'
peaches, and to make knowledge yalu'
able there must be cheerfulness."-
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
The Dolores star., 1921-08-12
Hack-Driving Merchants.

The non-advertising storekeeper
found in many of the smaller towns of
the nation is the 9Th Wonder of the
Commercial World. For downright
pessimism he has Old Man Worry and
Father Gloom actually looking happy
in contrast.
Try to convince this gent of the
power of Newspaper Publicity and YOU
draw look of blank astonisbment
chilled with distrust and hardened
with fear.
Although knowing what liberal ad-
vertising has done for others he still
refuses to find out what it will do for
himself. He sees nothing but the few
Paltry dollars which he thinks you are
trying to separate from him and in the
catalogue Of his own mind YOU are
listed as high-clsss CRATER and
vendor of lies and misstatements.
This sleepy-eyed mortal works m
the theory that everybody knows him
and his line of business. That nobody
reads advertisements anyway and If
they did and it brought more business
ne wouldn't be cock-sure whether he
wanted to be bothered with it or MT
In other words his supply of ambition
is limited and he can't afford to waste
any on folks rushing through his store
looking Tor advertised articles.
Satisfied with the commercial rpt
INTO which he has fallen he follows
olindly to where it leads and makes no
protest until wrecked on the rocks of
disaster. Then he blames the situation
on everything but the real cause. viz,
The Dolores star., 1921-08-12
Why Knock on Wood.

Because there was Mt one time ;
general belief that trees and human
itS were allied in close bonds OF UNION
ana that certain trees had heanp'
qualities. II was customary for PER
son afflicted with disease to tam \.
woolen string Of three colors, and wiz
ms right hand tie his left Loosely y
the limb of tree. then slip II ~
ana hasten homeward without casna
glance back. the belief being ~.
the disease was transferred to the w
ny touching II. Thus from tree !
mas become common practice to t0pu
any article Of wood to ward Oh p
fortune.
The Dolores star., 1921-08-12
GRRkRTH MESA

Born Friday August S, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Schofield, son.
Arthur and Walter Starkey are
working at the Pryor saw mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Hickman and
family of Cortez, spent Sunday with
the Fitzgeralds.
The Dolores star., 1921-08-12

his own hardboled misconception of
what it takes to achieve real business
success.
As loafer he cops the easy chair.
AS goth Century Business Man he
would make a good hack driver. .- Guy
j. Hulsizer in "Pep"
The Dolores star., 1921-08-12

coming down. Prices are near their
proper level, thus affording the neces-
sary condition for increased demand.
Though the precise time for this new
boom to begin cannot be set with GER
tainty, it is probably nearer than most
people have imagined. The Register,
Sandusky. Ohio.
The Dolores star., 1921-08-12
METHODIST

c. l.. FLANDERS. Pastor
The Dolores star., 1921-08-12
A HIDE AND A SHOE.

|
1t has been said that the entire
industrial problem is wrapped up
in cowhide and pair of shoes
made out of it. Let us see about
that.
A farmer takes good sized cow
hide to market and gets 81 for it.
He then steps across the street and
buys himself pair Of shoes made
out of cowhide just like the one
he has sold, and he pays So for the
shoes.
What has happened to make
such difference between the price
paid for cowhide out of which at
least six pairs of shoes could be
made, and the price which the
farmer must pay for one pair, or
one sixth of the cowhide? Several
things have happened.
The cowhide must be tanned
and put in shape to make into
shoes. The leather then passes
through certain hands in trade
before it reaches the shoe manufact
urer. The shoe man has in his
employ, we will say, several hun
dred men, each group of which
does a certain fixed amount of
work each day and on a certain
part of the shoe. Add also to the
leather what are known as find
ings,' cloth, the metal hooks
around which the shoestrings are
wound, and the polish which finally
makes the shoe marketable.
But the matter of the wages paid
to the different workmen in these
different factories and then to the
actual makers of the shoes, together
with the hours of labor spent in the
making added to the overhead ex-
pense of the shoe manufacturer,
added to the profit he and all the
other manufacturers, demand for
carrying on the business Of making
shoes do not explain to the political
scientist the great difference be-
tween the price paid the farmer for
the cowhide and the price he had
to pay for one pair of shoes made
out oft. Eight times as much is
too much. Especially when we
remember that the farmer is not
paying eight times as much for a
cowhide that makes one pair of
shoes, but for a hide that makes
six pairs of shoes.
How proud old Brindle must be
to think that although her hide is
worth only 81 in the market, yet
when she has been made into shoes
for the farmer her hide is worth
forty-eight times as much! So!
Bossy! Stand still while the politi-
cal economists figure out the cause.
For it is beyond the intellect of
Old Man Ultimate Consumer
Christian Herald.