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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-02-08
WILL ORGANIZE
At REEDSBURG
Sauk County Country Life
Association to
Meet.
HOT LUNCH AT NOON
Delegates From Various
Rural Societies to Gather,
February TO-,

There will be a meeting held in
Reedsburg at the Sauk County Train
ing school building on Friday,
February 10Th, to complete the organi'
zation of the Sauk County Country
Life association which was commenced
with picnic at DevA's Lake last
summer. The various rural organiza-
tions of Farmers clubs, literary soeie-
ties, bachelors clubs, woman'S clubs,
circles or societies and loo al old settlers
clubs are invited 10 be repre.ented
with two delegates from each society.
All who are interested in the associa-
ton movement are invited to be pres
ent and take part in the discussions.
This meeting will be in connection
with the teachers institute to be held
at the same Splace on Friday and
Saturday, February 10th and 18th.
All who attend are invited 10 bring
their lunch baskets. Coffee will be
provided with the picnic dinner which
will be served in the training school
building. One person for each class of
rural societies has been invited to re-
port regarding the numbers and scope
of work Of the respective society div
sions.
Good speakers wilt address the meet
ing on organization and educational
subjects.
The meetings Will be ugtt the
direction of County uperintendent,
G. w. Davies, who will announce the
complete program in due season.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-02-08
DEFECT NOTICED
WRECK IS AVERTED
Car Inspector Discovers
Broken Tire on Engine
of Passenger Train.
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

Today wreck of passenger train 5O6
W as possibly averted by j. Indermau-
er, car inspector for the Northwes.
tern railroad. Nearly all the passenger
trains change engines here and this
noon when the engine No. 1447 was
attached to train 5O8 Mr.. Indermauer,
whose work it is to inspect the wheels
on the coaches, no iced that one Of the
tires on wheel beneath the tender Of
the engine appeared different from the
Others ana as If it were loose. When
the train started to pull out he dis
covered what he believed to be break
in the tire and tiled to the fireman TO
have the train stopped. Engineer John
Terrible was on the engine and when
he saw the defect he refused to pull
the train to Chicago with a locomotive
in that condition..
., I .e general off e " IS no. fl and
another elgine orl-rel fr)n the
fOunuhouse. Tue TIA n was de aged
about three quarters Of an hour. Had
the engine been allowed to run in the
condition it was serious wreck
might easily have resulte and
especially al III S time Of the
year when The frost is busy. If
The tire had fell off when the train
was travelling at any rate of speed the
cans would probably AL have been de-
rallied The train was in charge of
Con iuctOr +. J. Cannon.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-02-08

lecause they believed that he, better
than any other man, through the
whole course of his political career,
rep esented these principles. He would
never have consented to stand as a
candidate excepting in good faith.
Though he fnds his plans iaterfered
with by his temporary indlsposition,
those who have always believed in the
sincerity of his purposes, his name
will be presented TO the national re-
publican convention and delegates will
make an aggressive contest for his
nomination and for strong progress
sive platform. To this end the pre-
gressive republican campaign conf
mIttee will devote its BEST efforts.
"Whatever time Senator La Fol-
Iette can devote to the campain af-
ter taking needed rest will be given
sui ject to such demand as his official
duties make upon him.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-02-08
GREE NFIE[D

The social when was to be he Id in
Dist. No. 8, Greenfield on Feb. 8, is in
definitely postponed.
The young folks enjoyed merry
making at VIM. Steinkes Saturday
evening.
Mr.. Du Bois is moving on to the
Lapge farm which he recently pur
chased.
Emma Kujath is spending few
days with her father.
Mrs. Jas. Donahue spent Saturday
night and Sunday in to wn.
Tony Koberstein is on the sick
list.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-02-08
FLAMES ENVELOPE
OLD MAN IN BED
Gilbert Lee Narrowly Es-
capes Being Burned to
Death
SMOKED PIPE IN BED
Hurries to Neigh bors for
Assistance with His. I
Clothes Afire.
SMOKED PIPE IN BED

Gilbert Lee, aged 10 years and resi-
dent of Baraboo for about 80 years,
narrowly escaped being burned to
death at his home, 521 Clark street,
Monday night when the bed he was
sleeping in caught fire. Mr.. Lee re-
tired early in the evening and shortly
after o'clock he was awe kened by
flames creeping from the mattress on
his bed. He hurriedly arose and after
partially dressing be attempted to save
the house from flames by dragging the
mattress and bed clothes Olt of doors.
He had no more than touched the
blazing mass when his clothes took
fire and he hurried to the StOmner
home nearby for assistance. MI
StOmner extinguished the flames as
soon as possible but MT until the old
gentleman's beard and hair
were burned nearly off and
his face and hands ter
ri1ly blistered. A physician was call
ed who dressed the wounds which
were very painful The flesh was
peeled from his hands and portions of
his face as a result of the burns.
The fire was started from the old
gentleman's pipe which he was smok-
ing at the time he retired. The flames
in the house were eXtinguished by the
neighbOrs with snow and buckets of
water with little damage. The fire
was entirely out at the time the COM
panY arrived.
Mr.. Lee has lived alone in the little
home near the roun ihOuse for num-
Der of years. He has a son, Gabriel
Lee, resi"ing in Madison, who came
this morning. Mr.. Lee is now at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Stumner
The residence was insured.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-02-08
WASHINGTON ACCIDENT
Woman Breaks Leg While
Dressing-Other Inter-
esting Notes.

Last Saturday morning W lie Mrs.
Charles Ward was putting on her
clothes she made a misstep in some
way and fell, breaking her leg between
the knee and hip. DR.. Brenizer was
ed at once. She and her son, Ray,
who is sick also, were taken to the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Albert
Prouty. where they are being cared
for and are doing as we'll as can be
expected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walling drove to
Loreto 10 see Mrs. Donahoe, the
latter's mother, who is still very sick.
Mrs. Lane of Lime Ridge is staying
with her mother, Mrs Riedel.
DR.. Hastings of Reedsburg was
called to Wards Corners one night
last week to see Mrs. RiedeI. We are
glad TO know that she is improving.
Wedding bells will ring soon.
A few from here atten led the Leap
Year supper at Lime Ridge Saturday
evening and report a good time.
Fred Reltman of Reedsburg was
calling on old friends here couple of
days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John German of
Ithica visited the latter'S uncle,
George Ward, and other relatives in
this vicinity last week.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-02-08
CELEBRATE THEIR
GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Roach
Were Married Fifty
Years Ago.
RESIDE IN MERRIMACK
No Family Gathering on
Account of Illness of the
Husband.
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

Mr.. and Mrs. L. Roach of the town
of MerrImack were married fifty years
ago today. The wedding occurred in
old Ireland and was a joyous occasion,
The ceremony was pronounced
February 6. 1862, and they remainea
in that country for number of years
They then came to America and have
resided in the town of Merrimack for
many, many years. No celebration
was held ON account of the illness of
Mr.. Roach. He has been a sufferer
with rheumatism for about ten years.
Thele is large family which they en-
joy and the sons and daughters i'm
clude the following:
William Roach, Roswell, S. Oak.
Mrs. B. Apker, Baraboo.
James Roach, Merrimack.
John Roach, Baraboo.
Mrs. Kate Cummings, Baraboo.
Mrs. Carl Jensen, Minneapolis.
David Roach, Baraboo.
Mrs. John HanIon, Minneapolis.
Mrs. George Purcell, Altoona, Wis.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-02-08
S(MPTER.

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Waffensmith and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Thoelke and son,
Harold, left for California Monday,
Feb 5, where they will make an extend
ed visit. Mr.. and Mrs. Waffensmith
will visit mostly with their son,
Arthur, and his wife at Los Angeles.
Mrs. Paul Schlag is visiting in
Chicago at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. August Linemann, and family
and a,so her son, John Schlag.
Herbert Steidtman was in BaTaboo
Monday.
Mrs. Annie Schied was in Baraboo
Saturday and Sunday.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-02-08
WILL BUILD WAREHOUSE
Farmers About Reedsburg
to Form Company with
$4,000 Capital.

AT an adjourned meeting of the
farmers held in Reedsburg Saturday
af ernoon, it was decided to build a
new warehouse and TO form com
p my with q capita of $1,000, to be
JiudAd into 800 shares of $50 each.
The new organization will be known
as the Reedsburg Farmers Company,
So far IS farmers have signified their
intention of joining the new company.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-02-08
IA TOILETTE WILL
NOT LEAVE RACE
w. L. Houser, Campaign
Manager, Asks Friends
to Keep the Faith.
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

The Milwaukee and Chicago papers
today contained the statement that
up the fight for the presidential nomi-
nation, due largely TO the fact tnat he
was in no physical condition to take
part in any political battle. This was
followed by the statement that with
La FolIette's withdrawal the progress
sivcs would be practically united for
Colonel Roosevelt.
W. L. Houser, La Follette's cam
paign manager, announced last night
that the senator would not withdraw
from the race for the republican nomi-
nation for president. He gave out
the following statement:
"Senator La Toilette finds it neces.
sary to take a few weeks rest. This
may prevent him speaking in the
states which are holding early prim-
aries and his friends in those states
will make such a campaign for him as
in their judgment will best serve the
progressive principles which his can
didacy represents.
'In any state where his friends find
itimpossible because of his present
inability to fill speaking engagements,
to secure the election of delegates for
him, they will best serve the progress
siVe cause by inStTucting delegates,
where they find it possible 10 do so,
for the definite principles which he
has advocated and aided in embody-
ing in progressive statutes or proposed
in constructive measures which
he was introduced in the United States
senate and in the addresses which he
has already made in this campaign.
'sSenator La Toilette was urged to
become a candidate by the most active
progressive republicans of the country
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-02-08
LORI:

Peter McCluskey is saving logs as
he contemplates building a barn the
coming season.
James Ferguson is going to build
new house next spring.
The Lore!o Colony of Beavers gave
All oyster supper on the % ult. which
was attended by all the Beavers o
the colony together with their wives
and friends. The supper was given al
the beautiful home of Beaver Mousseau
All credit is given to Mrs. Mousseau
for the pains taken and general hospi,
taity shown the guests at her home.
Tony Delmore, who got his hand in
jure in wood saw one day last week,
isIimprovihg.
The woodchuck saw his shadow all
day On the End. The general opinion
is that be was frozen too solid TO SEE
anything. D.
Everything is quiet around Loreto
now as Jack Dean keeps his grey
hound at home.
John Walsh is on the sick list.
Joe Wilcox visited at the home of
his mother Sunday. His sister, Cora,
is at the parental home. Billy Burre'
is going to operate Mrs. WilcUx's farm
the coming season.
~.~1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
nau 6; DpOe
] E. Sheridon. the Burns stepoPr;-
pher, whose Testimony Saturday had
led to the sensational scene before the
committee, explained the method by
which he had taken his notes He
declared that the notes were absolute
ly accurate, produced the dictagraph
before the committee and explained its
workings and in answer to a question
from Chairman Dillingham; signified
his willingness to submit to any test
that the committee might prescribe to
determine the accuracy of his capacity
to bear and record a conversation un-
der the circumstances which had sur
rounded his report made at Toron-
20 of the conversation between A. =
Bailey, Harry Kerr and Charles Nc
Gowan, in which MCGOWAN, Lorimer
witness, is alleged to have made dam.
aging admissions.
There was a furry in the commit
tee after Sheridan left the witneS
chair. The attorneys for Lorimer III
sisted that Blumenberg be called as
witness at once before the Lorim
witness took the stand.
Senator Kern and Senator Lea to-
turns questioning Bluemenberg. T.
was manifest that both senators r.
sented the action of the official re-
porter OF the committee They trie
to get him to admit that he hal acten
for the Lorimer side in his efforts :
impeach the accuracy Of Sheridan's r
port, but the witness insisted he he
acted on his own volition He said he
had become interested in Sheridan's
account Of the working of the dicta
graph merely as a stenographer and
from the standpoint of a shorthand ex
pert He testified that he had inter
viewed Sheridan for about five minutec
and had decided that Sheridan was an
amateur" and, after studying the
notes as they appeared in Sheridan's
note book. produced in evidence, he
had reached the conclusion they were
manufactured"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-02-17
PARROT sPRITELY AT 40 YEARS
Intelligent Bird Belongs to Tom
Sappington of sherman.

Sherman, Texas, Feb. Nv. d.
Sappington of this city, has a par
rot which he brought to Sherman in
December, 1874. The parrot was
about year old at the time, and is
therefore almost forty years of age,
and seems to be as young and sprite
as 1t was when 1t first arrived in
Sherman from South America. The
bird is an accomplished linguist,
and has never yet learned to swear.
Sometimes it displays almost hui
man intellect. 1t started out by
calling Mr.. Sappington Tom" and
has always kept it up. A few years
ago, after the death of Mrs. Sap
pington. Mr.. Sappington took the
bird to Dallas and left it with mar
ried daughter, and it was almost a
year before he saw it again. On his
arrival the bird accosted him,
Hello, Tom, take me back to
Sherman. 1t is needless to say that
this request was complied with.
When the bird first came to Sher-
man many OK teams were driven
through the town, and the bird, lis
tening to the drivers, learned to
talk to the oxen, and would do SO
as far as he could see them. One
day a few years ago the parrot no.
diced an automobile for the first
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-02-17

made only from selected white corn.
while the winning ear was of a
pronounced yellow type, was a pc
culiar feature.
The Kellogg trophy was won in
1910 at Columbus, Ohio, by R. A.
James, of Charleston, H., with n
magnificent ear of Reids Yellow
Dent. but not SO perfect an ear as
that which originally won the tro-
ply and which has become known
as 1.-The best ear of corn ever
grown
The next award of this trophy
will be made at the next National
Corn Exposition, which will be held
in February, 1918, at Columbia, S.
c. It is planned to make this expo
sition much broader in scope than
any held in the past, and conse-
quently a longer time will be re-
CURED for preparation. Special
buildings are being erected for the
exposition, the main building to be
400 by 167 feet, ground measure
ments. The show will last ten days.
The state of South Carolina has ap-
propriated $4,000 for the expen-
ses of the exposition and the pros
pect is that Dixie will do herself
proud" in an effort to make this ex-
position the greatest OF its kind ever
held.
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thine. driven by a physician, passing
the house at rapid rate. Turning
to Mr.. Sappington, the bird cried
out: Tom, Tom, where are the
oxens?' and seemed much disturb
ed. Getting no satisfactory explain
alton the bird sulked and would
not talk for day or two.
There are business men, one OF
whom is C. A. Walcott, who were
reared in Southwest Sherman near
the home of Mr. Sappington, whom
the bird learned to know when
they were children, and he never
fails to speak and call their names
when they pass.
The bird is very much attached
to Mr.. Sappington, and is very jeal-
Gus, refusing to leave him as long
as any one is about, and offering
fight If any one puts their hands
ION Mr.. Sappington. A little grand
tchild. who frequently visits Mr..
ISappington, is a fayorite with the
bird, and the parrot will get in d
wagon ana play Tor hours with the
child, using very extensive vocab-
ulary in driving the imaginary
team,
The bird was brought here with
its mate, which was owned by the
late w. w. Walker, a china mer-
chant of Sherman for many years.
This bird died in Dallas about five
years ago, and Mr. Walker has also
gone to his reward.
Mr.. Sappington's parrot bids fair
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6ne Unique Story o. fits Discovery

for Omaha to exhibit the ear, / took
1T out of my grip and showed it to
the station agent with the words,
That IS the ear I'm going to win this
$1,000 trophy with +"
So there's the story of the cham
pion ear as Palm told it himself
say that Fred c. Palm doesn't justly
merit the title, The Man who
Knows Corn?
But that's not all of Palms story.
He tells it willingly, though mod
estly, for he knows that his story
whenever told is source of great
encouragement of the thousands of
farmers who never had better
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-02-17
; TheWorlds Champion Ear

chance than he had himself. Palm
was born and brought up on farm
near Newtown, Ind. He has never
owned a foot of farm land in his
life, and the 360-acre farm on which
the champion ear of corn which won
the Kellogg Trophy was grown Is
q rented farm
Mr. Palms real experience as II
farmer began about sixteen years
ago. He had been on the road as u
grocery speciality salesman, when
he took a notion that he would
rather be an agricultnrist, SO he
took a few short courses at Purdue
University and rented portion Gf
the farm he now occupies. Nine
years ago he began carefully breed
ing this new variety of corn. For
two years he planted two rows OF
Reds Yellow Dent, then two of
Alexanders Gold Standard, detassel-
ing the Gold Standard. From the
detasseled rows he picked for seed
only the ears carrying the charac
teristics he wanted to reproduce,
planting these in breeding plots
and maintaining careful selection,
so that in nine years time he had
developed a well-settled type.
The Palm champion ear was the
first winner of the w. X. Kellogg
National Corn Trophy. handsome
silver and enamel cup made by Tiff
fanny of New York at cost of ST.
600 Mr.. Kellogg as the originator
and manufacturer of Toasted Corn
Flakes naturally has a deep inter-
est in the development of the high
ier grades of corn, for the company
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-02-17

*8 The champion ear of corn was
mot an accident. There can be no
egreater lesson in the value of care
full study and painstaking selection
of seed and breeding than the ex-
periences of this same Palm. The
farmer who thinks he stands a
chance to go into his corn field
and by piece Of luck pick out an
ear which Nature has fashioned
even more perfectly and with 1t
wrest the honors from this Indiana
man, cannot do better to disabuse
his mind OF this fallacious notion
titan to read the story OF Palm and
his champion car
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-02-17
Indians to Make Appeal.

Spokane, Wash, Feb. 17.-After
listening to pathetic appeal for
federal assistance on behalf OF the
broken remnants of the once pow
erful Calispel Indians in northeast
ern Washington by Massalah, the
aged blind chief of the tribe, Fred
Baker, inspector of the Indian
schools of the northwest announced
in Spokane today that he will petit
ton congress for a special appro-
priation of from $4,000 to SIS, 900
to improve the condition OF the
reds. The plan is to provide school
and a teacher who will act also as
farmer to assist the Indians to grow
crops. Father Taelman, president
of Gonzaga College, formerly mis-
sionary among the Northwestern
Indians, says the men, women and
children OF the tribe have never
had any educational advantages and
that they are helpless in their pow
erty The Calispels always have
been friendly with the white peo-
pie and 1t is known they refused to
join Chief Joseph in his warfare
against the early settlers in what
was then known as the Spokane
country.
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In the first place, Palm knows
corn. If there were no more proof
of this fact than the bare story Of
the development and discovery Of
the champion ear, it would be
enough. And in proof of this fact,
here is the story rs he told it him
self:
ut was in November, 1900, and
we were just harvesting our crop.
The weather had been good, but We
were a little late with the harvest.
The men were going through the
fields with the wagon in the usual
way gathering the corn, and the
harvest was a promising one
Eve have a sort of corn show at
my farm all the time, and there is
always an award for exceptionally
good ears of corn-ears sufficiently
true to type to permit of their being
exhibited. There is a small box on
every corn wagon in which the
most perfect ears are thrown
These, when properly selected, con-
stitute the seed corn, and among
these more perfect ears we occas-
ionally. find an ear that we are
willing to exhibit in a contest.
"On the day the champion ear
was found, | was at the house AMI
at dinner time one of the men
brought it in and laid 1t, with a
number Of other ears, upon the
window sill in the we'll room for
me to take and put away in the seed
house
Well said. do you think
you've got good ear there?'
ct looks to me like good ear,
he said. What do you think of it,
81 picked it up and looked II
over. Well, said finally, ! think
1t is the most perfect ear of corn
ever saw. It's good enough to win
the w. X. Kellogg $1,000 trophy
this year at Omaha
And | was confident the momen'
I saw it, and looked it over, that
held the trophy winner IN my
hand. So much so that when ! left
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ASK YOUR NEIGHBoR
Hundreds Of Waxahachie Citizens
Can Tell You All About 1t.

Hundreds Of Waxahachie Citizens
Can Tell You All About 1t.
Home endorsement, the public
expression of Waxahachie people,
should be evidence beyond dispute
for every Waxahachie reader, of the
merit Of Doan's Kidney Pills. Sure
| ly the experience of friends and
neighbors, cheerfully given by
them, will carry more weight than
the utterances of strangers residing
in far-away places. Read the follow
ing:
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Hearing about Doan's Kidney Pills,
got a box at one of Curlin's Two
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