Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-23
cASHTnN RECORDS

CASHION RECOkDS
Mr.and Mrs. Matt Kohns of St.Paul
have been guests this week Of Mr.
and Mrs. r. v. Fox.
Hugo Schreier and Burton Lee were
home from Wisconsin university to
spend Friday and Saturday.
Freda Erickson and Ingrid Sands
ness were home from the Lacrosse
normal to spend Saturday and Sunday
Miss Agnes Bnnes of Minneapolis
was weekend visitor at the home OF
Rev. and Mrs. Walter L. Wang.
Mrs. Gilmer Gustad of Sparta spent
the fore part of the week in Cashton
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Clace.
Geo. Basenach, .Jr., who has been on
the road for some time for an eastern
firm selling roofing, came home last
week to spend month with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Basenach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benz. Qualey are the
proud parents of a baby boy. The
youngster arrived by stork special
last Saturday. Ben says he is going
to make first-class ball player out of
the lad
A couple of prohibition agents WIS.,
tied Cashton last Friday. We under
stand that they searched two suspect
ed places and got some evidence in
one of them. The m who sells
moOnshine these days is very unwise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Justinger and
family will move to Lacrosse in a
cocuple of weeks, where they have
purchased a couple of dwelling houses.
They cannot get possession before the
first of December. At the auction sale
last Saturday Justingers sold nearly
all their personal belongings.
We understand that Sam Mckee
has disposed of his business at La
Crosse and will move back to Cashton.
A marriage license was issued at
Viroqua to Nordahl Kerking and Sell
ma Hanson, both of Clinton.
Mrs. VIM. Nothaft left Saturday for
Wis, where she will visit
her daughter, Mrs. Lee Driver.
VIM. VanDuzee is spending a few
lays here. Next week he will go to
where he will attend an
auto mechanic school.
Mrs Anton VonRuden has moved
20 Cashton. She recently bought the
Neuman home and will keep house for
ler son, Ben. Two of her boys will
'emaln on the farm.
Among the many who went from
his vicinity to the northern woods to
lunt deer, were Hans Christensen,
Earl Jeffson, Clyde Cary, and Jeffson's
brother. These fellows drove through
With a truck.
Judge Higbee has instructed county
Jury commissioners to include names
If women in their lists to be drawn
Tor jury service. 1t is understood that
drawn on juries will not be
obliged to serve unless they wish to do
30.
At Sparta last week Tuesday even
ng Clarence W.Webster, prosperous
of Melvina, and Mabel c.
Peterson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Peterson Of Valley, but former
" of Melvina, were united in marriage
at the Congregational parsonage by
Rev. Joseph S. Morris. The happy
young couple will reside at Melvnia.
Mrs. Mike Running returned to Min
neapolis Monday after spending few
days here among relatives and friends.
Grant Thrune is spending the week
at Washburn visiting an uncle. He
expects to bring a deer home when
he comes.
Clarence Anderson and family ex-
pect to remove to Viroqua in the very
near future. Mr.. Anderson has been
with the grist mill here for
several years. We understand he will
take his old position in a hardware
store at Viroqua.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Hendrickson of
Russell Valley, were pleasantly sur
prised Sunday, November 13, by their
children and grandchildren, in honor of
their seventy-second birthday. The
day was spent in playing games. At
2 o'clock a big dinner was served to
the CO guests who were present. Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Hendrickson were pre-
scented with a handsome velvet rug,
which was given to them by their
grandchildren.
Early last Friday morning, between
the hours of two and three, the NUM-
cipal building was badyl wrecked by
fire, and the village will suffer con-
siderable loss therefrom.
Albert Thrune, who operates the
light and power plant, closed down at
midnight and left everything in good
shape as he always did. About 2 a.
m. light from the building awoke Tom
Larson and he gave the alarm, but be-
fore enough help arrived the entire
front room of the building, occupied
by the fire apparatus, was in flames
and nothing could be gotten out to
fight fire with. The fire bell could not
be rung, so the whistle at the plant
was used. Most people heard the
whistle, but thought the boys were be-
ginning the celebration of Armistice
Day, and therefore only a small por-
ton of the populace turned out. Chief
Dyer telephoned to Westby for aid
and within an hour the fire department
of Westby sent its fire truck and four
men. BY the time the truck arrived
the front and main part of the build
ing was Quilted, but the Westby men
assisted in saving the back part of
the building where the municipal plant
is installed.
We lost our steam fire engine, two
hose carts about l 900 feet of new hose
and several hundred feet of old hose
the chemical engine, the hook and lad
der wagon with the axes, buckets, etc
and the rubber coats. Several hun
dred feet o fthe new hose had never
been unpacked. In the office and stock
room, everything was lost and it is
hard to tell what the value of the
stock was. In the upper story, there
wasn't very much to lose. A few
chairs and tables, stove, election
booths and ballot boxes, besides an or
gan and few sewing machines COM
prise the furniture destroyed.