The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-02-25

Madison.
| There will be no choir practice in
the Norwegian Lutheran church Friday
evening of this week.
Miss Rose Barrett, who is a trained
nurse in Milwaukee, spent the week
end with her mother.
Mrs. Frank Pearson and daughters
Alice and Sarah spent Tuesday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee in GAINESVILLE.
| Mrs. VIM. Wait and son Billy of
JanesviIle spent Sunday at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Holt attended
the banquet of the Campfire club at
Albion Friday evening. Mr.. Holt gave
| a talk
Miss Martenneck, who has been
spending few weeks vacation with
her parents at Cobb, Wis, is back at
the Trailer office.
Miss Hazel Paddock, who is one of
the teachers in our public schools, left
Saturday for a few days. visit with
friends in Milwaukee.
-Chas. Wileman left fer points in
South Dakota last Monday to make d
purchase of farm horses to be shipped
to this section of the country.
Mr.. T. o. Robson of Thief River
Falls, Mimi, who has been visiting at
the home of his sister, Mrs. 0. T.
Berg, left for Stevens Point Monday
morning.
The Edgerton schools did not dis
miss for Washington's birthday. The
banks were closed and flags were dis
played, otherwise there was no public
demonstration.
The Ladies society of the Congre-
gational church will meet at the church
Wednesday afternoon, March 2, to sew.
On March 10th they will hold fair and
cafeteria supper.
-Herschel North, mining engineer,
son of D. w. North, is in the city on a
visit to his father and old time friends.
His sister, Miss Jessica North of the
Chicago u, is also home for visit.
Miss North is becoming favorably
known as a writer of verse. She is
secretary to the president of the uni
versity.
The board of supervisors of Rock
county will hold meeting at James,
Vile March 8. The board will consider
whether the county shall discount the
81, $50, 900 in road bonds to bear per
cent. The sale of these bonds will de-
termine whether the building of the
Observation-Disclosures cement road will
be continued this spring or not.
Fred J. Holt, superintendent Of our
schools, was elected president of the
Rock County Teachers association at
the annual meeting held at the James
vile high school last Saturday. The
meeting was attended by more than
$50 teachers. Miss Ida Julseth of E,v
ansville, rural teacher, was chosen vice
president Prof. w. FL. Kickhofer of
the u. w. extension department ad-
dressed the convention.
Some representatives, of the FL
wood Tractor Co., of which w. S.
Heddles is the president, met some of
the Edgerton business men in the
Chamber of Commerce rooms last Fri
day. A proposition was presented by
which Edgerton may secure factory
for the production of this company's
goods. The men who met last Friday
are planning to call larger meeting
at some future date when the matter
will be gone into more in detail.
Miss Else Roeber of Chicago and
A. Roeber of Fond du Lac visited their
brother, Emil Roeber, and family the
first half of the week. Miss Roeber
sprung surprise on her elder brother
when she stepped into bis tailor estab-
lishment and asked him to mend her
coat He did, cut he did not know
that the owner was his sister whom he
had not seen since she was eleven years
old. She is now grown into young
womanhood. The joke was on Emil,
and the pleasure of meeting was mu-
tual.
Prof. L. S. Smith of the college of
engineering, U. w., in an address be-
fore the Wisconsin Engineering society
at Madison, suggested that to encour-
age building homes a law should be
passed making new buildings for dwell
ing purposes tax free during a period
of 10 to Is years. He declared that
this country is already behind 1900, 900
dwellings, and that the welfare of the
country requires some measures to en-
courage building and afford relief. The
professor advocated energetic odera-
tions of local building associations as