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FLAMES WIPE OUT WISCONSIN VILLAGE SIOO,OOO Loss WhSB Eldercm Business Houses Bom, WITTENBERG, WIS. The vil lage of Elderon, Marathon county, was practically swept away by fire which originated in a hardware store The total loss is close to SIOO,OOO with little insurance. The telephone exchange was one of the first buildings cut off, making It impossible to call aid from outside points. The town has little fire pro tection and the flimsiness of the ouildings rendered salvage of goods almost impossible. The buildings destroyed include the bank, two grain and feed ware houses, haiMware store, meat market, shoe shop, two general stores, a sa loon, the cant hook factory, two res idences and a barn. Before the bank building caught fire most of its fur niture and records were carried out. 'tie was saved from the other build i gs. Rebuilding will doubtless com mence at once. TANGO DANCED UNDER LAKE Rubber Scots Worn by Performers at Milwaukee Tunnel Dedication. MILWAUKEE. Joseph Han vreddy, a Chicago contractor, and liis wife gave a unique party when they were hosts at the christening of Mil waukee’s new waterworks intake tunnel. The most unique feature of the christening was a tango dance done in rubber hoots by two professionals, while the other guests furnished vo cal music. Th e christening party was held more than 100 feet below the lake, and 13,000 feet from shore. Ai the conclusion of the tango in the mud a banquet was provided, the food being served in cylindrical form like the tunnel bore. BIG PICKEREL IN ILLEGAL NET Game Wardens Surprise Fishers and Find 32-Pounder in Meshes. MADISON, WIS. What members of the game warden’s start declare is the largest pickerel ever. a their knowledge, caught in a Wis consin lake, was taken away from net ters. The great fish weighs thirty two pounds and is 43 inches in length. It will be contributed to some state museum. Game Wardens Asmuth and Lan ding of Black River Falls found nets set, contrary tolaw, between Lake Monona and Waubesa. A game war den waited until o’clock, when the netters came to take in their catch, only to be taken by the wardens. The j ickerel was in the net. **FRATS" POOR \H STUDIES Greek Letter Members Given Calling by President Carrier. WAUKESHA, WIS. At a meeting of Carroll college fraternity men, President W. O. Carrier threat ened to disband the organizations unless study hours were observed more closely and the standing of the students raised. There aie 127 men in the college, seventy-one of whom belong to “frats.” A tablo of comparison com piled by Lean S . IJ. Ray indicates that nonfraternity students are far in th elead Following is the Carrol college debate schedule: April 13. Milton-Carroll freshmen at Voorhees’ hall. GOVERNORS MEET IN JUNE Executives to Confer in Madison, Wla. to Discuss Federal Problems. MADISON, WIS. The sev enth annual conference of governors Will be held in Madison on June 9, 10, 11, and 12 and in Milwaukee on June 33. Governmental problems effecting ail states will be discussed. Twenty live governors have notified Secretary Miles G. Riley that they will attend. Members of the president’s cabinet and other prominent men have been incited. Madison was selected as the meeting place on the invitation ot Gov. McGovern, who has been chair man of the executive committee of the conference for three years. RACINE CANT GET ‘COPS" New Positions Authorized but No Ap plications; W. rr.- - -or jobs? RACINE, WIS. lt may be possible, in fact, it is quite probable, that in the near future some recre ant hubby of Racine or mayhap some too zealous suitor will be haled to a patrol box to await the arrival of the ‘wagon as he is detained by a firm grip of the ear or coat collar in the hands of uniformed policewomen. The council has provided for the of fices and Chief Baker has adver tised for applicants. Thus far, how ever, none have applied for the jobs. I Log Rate Is Reduced. MADISON, WIS. On com plaint of the Washmuth company of Bayfield against the Bayfield Trans fer company the railroad Commission reduced the log rate inaugurated by that company l£st January.^, WISCONSIN BRIEFS Gen. Brags’* Widow Diea. FOND DU LAC, WIS. Cor elia Colman Bragg, eighty-four, widow of General Edward S. Bragg, leader of the Iron Brigade, ministe# to Mexico and consul to Hongkong, China, is dead at Fond du Lac. Mrs. Bragg was born in Rochester. N. Y., and was married to General Bragg in JSS4. She was a granddaughter of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester, com missary general in the revolutionary w'ar and founder of the City of Ro chester. "Headache” la Fatal. GRAND RAPIDS, WIS. Clar ence Wellhofer, six yea's old. died at his home in RozeU il’e as the e sult of injuries sustained a week ago. The child was alone at the time, play ing in the barn and no one knew that he was hurt until he ran into the house and said his In-id ached. Later a physician was sun moned who dL> covered that the child’s skull was fractured. It is presumed that ac fell from the hay loft to the stone floor. Start SIOO,OOO Highway. SUPERIOR, WIS. Construc ’’’on of this end of the long sought Douglas-Bayfield county highway be tween Superior and Washburn county board. Similar action as to the other .rnd has already been taken by Bay field county. The route will be in a general way be along the Northern Pacific railroad’s Ashland line. The a mplete highway will cost about SIOO,COO, and will be the first in the j.vstem of trunk lines to adjoining counties. Lose Much Land in Lake. RACIN E. WIS. • Property owners along the lake shore have suffered thousands of dollars in loss es through the land falling into the lake. In the last five years many acres have disappeared. This year the fall seems greater than ever. The J. I. Case company is a heavy loser. Several hundred feet of land all alone the company’s shore property been washed away by the waves. Assemblyman Is Hurt. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. Assem blvman Carl Zillier, 75 years old, :.bt oldest member of the last legislature, Ai: s seriously injured \vhil e ente Lit the postoffice. As he entered the *e vo 7 '. ing door two boys started ut with a rush, moving the door so raj idly that Mr. Zillier w r as knoek/'d down and rendered unconscious. lii* bead and his were injured. First Ore Is Received. SUPERIOR, WIS. The first ore of the season has been received at Superior docks. The Soo line hauled in thirty-five carloads and will continue at intervals to bring down tonnage, all of which comes from the Cuyuna range. Regular movement in appreciable quantities is not expected for a week or more. Saloon Men Are Fined. PORTAGE, WIS. Pardee ville and Arlington voted wet in Tuesday’s elections. Towns in the \i ednity that voted dry were Poynette, Rio, Lodi, Leeds, Dekerra and Fall River. Five Portage saloon keepers were fined SSO and costs here for sell ing liquor to minors. They had plead ed guilty. Somerset Pioneer Dies. SOMERSET, WIS. David Si card, one of the pioneers of this town, is dead here. Decedent was born eighty years ago in Canada, and set tled in this country at an earlyy date. He issurvived by the widow’ and seven grownup children, Louis M. Sincard, banker of Superior, being one of the number. Governor Is Gratified. MADISON, WIS. Governor McGovern is pleased with the result, of the judicial election in the Eighth judicial circuit. “The elections have vindicated the appointments made by Gov. McGovern,” said Harry Curran Wilbur, executive clerk to the gov ernor . Pioneer Doctor Dies. MENASHA, WIS. Dr. G. W. Dodge, the o,dest physician in the Fox river valley, former postmaster here for twelve years, died suddenly. Ti Dodge wa? a veteran of the ci;u W’ar and a thirty-third degree Mason The Masons will have charge of the funeral. Two-Cent Fare for A|| Wisconsin. MADISON, WIS. The rail roads have filed with the railroad commissicn of Wisconsin amendments to their passengers tariffs to become effective May 1, 1914, which provide that hereafter they will have straight tw’o-cent-a-mile fare for all distances traveled. Death Attempt Is Futile. LA CROSSE, WIS - Over eagerness to end her live aicer her husband had declared he would leave her, frustrated Mrs. George Nesham’s plans. She took enough poison to kill three persons and her stomach revolted. She is recovering. Old Church Is Razed. VIROQUA, WIS. After sixty nix years of constant use the Viroqua Methodist church is being torn down to make way for anew building which will be of brick and tile. Department Store. The FREE [lnvented and patented by W. C. Free] The World’s Best f Machine By all means chine that runs faster, makes a better stitch and is more beautiful than all other machines —The FREE sewing ma chine —the latest and most im proved sewing machine. $ 1 fWro $ 1 per 1 vddil and * week Don’t buy any other machine until you have seen The FREE. Notice the Rotoscillo and Toggle link movements, positive feed, rotary spool-pin, automatic draw er lock, head latch, belt guards, etc. Any wood you desire. The FREE is insured for five years against loss by fire, water or any other accidental misfortune Pringle Bros. Cos. Write for illustrated booklet. Sterilize Your Tobacco Beds It will save you the trouble of weeding them in a busy season. It also eliminates root rot and makes stronger plants two weeks earlier. I have a trac tion engine and two pans and would like to do your work. For particulars write or phone M. A. PETTY Phone 351 Fll Edgerton, Wisconsin SEEDS! For The Early Garden The followinfi collection of seeds, worth $1.27, will be sent postpaid to any address on receipt of SI.OO £ oz. Earliana Tomato 05 £ oz. Stone Tomato 05 £ oz. Early Cabbage 05 1 oz. Early Scarlet Globe Rad ish. 10 £ oz. Prizehead Lettuce 05 £ oz. Eclipse Beet 05 1 lb. Onion Sets 12 1 qt. Alaska Peas 20 1 qt. American Wonder Peas.. .20 4 oz. Danvers Carrots 05 £ oz. Red Wethersfield Onion.. .05 £ oz. Yellow Globe Onion .05 1 pt. Early Sweet Corn 10 £ oz. Spinach 05 £ oz. Salsify 05 £ oz. Parsnip 05 Total value $1.25 £ oz. Japanese Climbing Cucumber FEEE. This complete collection mailed postpaid for one dollar. We will send with every order a copy of our Garden Guide, which gives all cultural instructions. Simply send us a dollar bill and say, “Send us your Early Garden Collection.” Send today. We ship all orders same day received. HELMS’ SEED STORE 29 S. Main St. Janesville, Wis. Your Photo Taken Will be glad to meet both old friends and new. Open every day in the week from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Oscar B. Hanson Ladd & Holton Building Bring or Send in Your Ama teur Finishing W. T. Pomeroy & CO. Offer For Sale From Their own Growing Tine Celebrated / -afe- \ L gA 52 TRADEMARK £ This seed has been cleaned and re cleaned and will outyield the cheaper seed on the market; it is free from dust, dirt, chaff, and light, immature seed. We further guarantee it to be the ONLY PURE AND GENUINE SEED of the ABOVE STRAIN OBTAIN ABLE. W- T. Pomeroy & Cos. EDGEBTON, WIS. Old Fashioned Connecticut Broad Leaf Tobacco Seed Best Approved Style of Havana Tobacco Seed Best Approved Domestic Sumatra Tobacco Seed For Shade Growing Purposes. Price 50c per ounce $6.00 per pound Transportation prepaid to any point in U. S., Canada and Mexico. Special Rates to Seed I Men Wm. LHUNTTING East Hartford, Conn. Pure Comstock Spanish Tobacco Seed TESTED AND GUARANTEED A Large Growth Only a few removes from the original Comstock strain. For Sale By ANDREW JENSON & SONS EDGERTON, WIS. GUARANTEED Spanish Tobacco Seed KNOWN AS University Seed 35c per ounce Cleaned and Tested. Address or Telephone Frank Pearson Or J. W. Conn’s Store EDGERTON, WIS. 20 w 2 Horses For Sale Supply of farm mares, geldings and draft horses always on hand. Every horse sold guaranteed to be as rep resented. J. M. OGILVIE Sale Stables 12 N. Webster St. Phone No. 3411 Madison - Wisconsin Don’t suffer longer with RHEUMATISM No matter how chronic or how helpless you think your case may be, you can get quick and permanent relief by taking nature’s remedy, "SEVEN BARKS.” Get at the root of the disease, and drive the uric acid and all other poisons out of your system for good. "SEVEN BARKS” has been doing this successfully for the past 43 years. Price 50 cents per bottle at all druggists or from the proprietor, IYMAN BROWN, 68 Murray Si., New York, N. Y. Look At This The Handiest Kitchen Utensil of the Age. r> ; ’ >'- Mrs. Housewife, don’t burn your hands while handling hot dishes. Takes the plac eof a holder, perfectly sanitary, always ready for use and unbre ikable. Every housekeeper should have one ©UR PROPOSITION: Reporter Gne year and the Holder, $1.50 The Holder will be given FREE to any one bringing or send ing two new prepaid yearly subscriptions. Can be secured only at The Reporter Office. The SAGINAW SILO t has always led in silo improvements. This continual progress in silo construction has put the SAGINAW SILO in a class by itself. Each feature has made the SAGINAW" SILO better. Each SAGINAW feature is absolute ly necessary in the building of a Silo that will give you satisfying silo service Wherever Silos are used you will hear of the Saginaw Anchoring System, by which the SAGINAW SILO is made a permanent, solid, immovable The Door Openings Because of the All-Steel Door Construc tion, our door openings are made much larg er than in any other silo, without in any way weakening the silo. The openings are 22x 26% inches, making it easy to use the largest steel basket in taking silage from the pit. This SILO can be furnished in One Piece Oregon Fir up to 40 feet in length, or any length desired, or Yellow Pine, Red Tam arack, or California Redwood. Four kinds of roof can be furnished. The Sectional Roof, the Octagon Roof Frame, the Conical Roof, copper bearing, steel galvanized, or the Dome Roof of same material. “A round wooden Stave Silo, taking all things into consider ation has proven most satisfactory.”—Prof. W. M. Esten. R. L. PAGE, District Agent Phone 307 F 21 Edgerton, Wis. ...Seed Oats... Just Received a Car of Fancy Swedish Select Seed Oats Climax Brand Medium, Mammoth and Alsyke Clover Seed. Montana Grown Alfalfa. Highest Grade. Highest Test. SCHALLER - YOUNG LUMBER COMPANY (Successors to L. C. WHITTET)