The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-07-21

| Special meeting of Fulton Lodge
No. So next Wednesday evening, July
rs. Work in the E. A. degree.
Martin Halvorson had the middle
finger on his right hand broken when q
horse he was driving started to kick
The A. O. A. club of the NJ. E.
church will give big bake sale at the
Pringle store Saturday night, starting
at o'clock sharp.
m. D. Looney, general adjuster,
and L. G. Warder, superintendent of
hail department of the Western Dept.
of the Hartford Fire ms. Co., spent
Tuesday with Henry johnson.
/ John C. Spencer and wife from
Minneapolis are spending the week in
Edgerton visiting the old home folks
and friends. They came through in
| automobile via Rochester and Lacrosse.
Mr.. Spencer learned the printers trade
in The Reporter office back in Editor
Tousley's time. He left the newspaper
game long time ago and is now in the
| stationery business.
The State Tornado Relief commit
tee, the chairman of which is w. S.
Heddles, has sent out an urgent appeal
to all organizations throughout the
state for assistance to the farmers and
villagers who suffered such heavy losses
in the big storm of June Is. Many
families lost everything. No insurance;
no insurance is the explanation which
is appended to so many of the families
which lost all. The localities afflicted
are doing everything possible to assist
in the rebuilding, but they must receive
material help In order to be sheltered
and sustained during the coming fall
and winter. The cause is a most
worthy one and should find open hearts
and hands everywhere in the state.
John F. Baker, candidate for attor-
ney general on the Progressive Repub-
lican ticket, is making whirlwind
campaign through the state. He spoke
in Edgerton Thursday evening last
week. In his address he gave his rea-
sons for supporting the ticket nominal
ed by the Citizens Republican conven-
ton in Milwaukee June l, and also gave
the reasons why he asked for the sup
port of the voters in the coming pri-
81
in his statements. The Edgerton meet
ing was the opening gun in the cam
paign. Mr.. Baker declared that if he
was chosen for the office he would en-
force the laws. TT means that the
policy of the department will be to
carry out the spirit of the constitution
and the laws of this state" He criti-
cized the manner in which the slate of
the Progressive Republicans radical
wing, headed by Senator La Toilette
was put in the field as violation of
the spirit of the primary election law.
The Wisconsin Highway commits
sion's accident report for the month of
June shows that there was total of
SO accidents which occurred on state
trunk highways. In this number of
accidents there were about 100 persons
involved. Number of persons killed, 6.
Number seriously injured, 43. Number
slightly injured, 81. Accidents without
injuries, &c. The accidents occurred as
follows: On straight road, as. On
curves and corners, 30. On railroad
crossings, 5. On intersecting cross
roads, 4. Other places, 8. The main
cause for most of the accidents is reck-
less driving or speeding. Out of the SO
accidents, SO Of them were caused by
either reckless driving or speeding.
One of the interesting things brought
out by the figures of this month is the
fact that out of the SO accidents, only
in 80 cases did persons escape without
injuries. thus showing that in all acct
dents during the month, less than 45
per cent escaped injury. The months
of July and August are the heavy traf-
| fic months on the highways, and if the
accidents are to be kept at a minimum
each and every driver of cars must be
cautious and observe the rules of the
road and principles of good driving.
| Governor John j. Blaine spoke from
The band stand on Fulton street to a
rather small audience at 10 o'clock Sat
! urday morning. His address was FREE
: quently punctured by hearty applause,
especially so when he declared that the
back taxes, which he expected to be
able to collect from tax dodgers as a
result of the work of the special ses-
, sion of the legislature, and which would
amount to millions of dollars, would be
turned into fund to give every ex-
service man a course in vocational