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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26
Should Have Done it Long Ago.

James Burns, a harness maker,
made a personal appeal to Mayor
Wolff at Fond du Lac asking that his
pictures be posted in the saloons de-
claring him (Burns) to be an habitual
drunkard. 81 can't let the stuff
alone," said Burns to the mayor.
Burns pictures will be struck off and
posted in the saloons and the mayor
says that the license of the saloon
keeper selling Burns liquor will be
revoked.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26
MALPRACTICE CA A2E
ATTRACTS NOTICE
Verdict of $825 Brought in
Against Sauk City
Physician.
EXPERTS GIVE TESTIMONY
Some Cases Settled--Court
Has Adjourned For
the Term.

In the malpractice case of Joseph
Uselmann VS.. DR.. S. g. Keller of Sank
City the jury brought in a verdict of
1926 for the plaintiff. On September 20,
1910, Mr.. Uselmann fell from straw
stack and injured his arm. The men,
ber was broken above the elbow and
the elbow was dislocated. The doctor
claimed also that he bruised his hand
at the base of the thumb and the palm
side of his forearm. At these two
places there was a sIoughing off and
he claimed the bruises were the d1recE
cause of this. The plaintiff .contended
the sloughing was produced by the
bandage being put on so tight that the
circulation was restricted, thus deaden-
ing the tissue and causing the slough
ing.
DR.. Froggatt of Cross Plains and DR..
George keenan, of Madison gave ex-
pert testimony for the plaintiff and
DR.. Edwards and DIR. Daley of Reeds
burg for the defendant. Other physi-
clans came to testify but the court
ruled that further testimony would
only be a continuation of what had
been said.
The case Is in the rare class Sand it Is
seldom that verdict is rendered FOR
the plaintiff in a malpractice case.
The cases are usually settled or in
favor the physician or surgeon. Bent
ley, Kelley & Hill were the attorneys
for Mr.. Uselmann.
A special verdict was rendered by
the jury as follows
/. Did the defendant in his treat
ment of the plaintiffs fractured arm
fail and neglect to exercise such rea-
sonable care and skill in that behalf as
is usually possessed and exercised by
physicians or surgeons in good stand
ing of the same system or school of
practice in the vicinity or locality of
his practice, having due regard to the
advanced state of medical or surgical
science at the time?
Answer. Yes.
2. If you answer the first question
"Yes," then did the plaintiff sustain
injuries resulting proximately from
the failure of the defendant to exercise
such reasonable care and skill in the
treatment of the plaintiffs said arm?
Answer. Yes.
8. If you answer questions l and z
"Yes," then what sum will fairly
compensate the plaintiff for his in
juries resulting proximately from fail
ure of the defendant to exercise such
reasonable care and skill in the treat
ment of his said arm?
Answer. 1926.
The sum of $4,000 was asked for.
Among the witnesses were: DR.. s
G.. Keller, Mrs. Joseph Uselmans
Joseph Uselman, Carl Isenberg, Ed.
Ryder, Anton Fighter, Catherine
Brenning, Clara Uselmann, Mic
Thiesen, Dr. Wesley Frogett, DR..
George keenan,, DR.. Frank P. Daley,
DR.. A. Edwards.
In the case of A. G. Cole VS.. Susine
Kelley, guardian was appointed for
the children of the defendant and
stay of execution was granted for 60
days.
The two cases of E. S. Erswell VS..
G. A. Melzl, ct al. were settled.
The case of Maud Waldo VS. Charles
Waldo was continued.
In the matter of the appeal of
Henry Netcher from the final decree
in the estate OF Anna Netcher, de-
ceased, briefs, will be submitted.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26
MARRIED AT FREEDOM
Reinholt Lieder and Louise
Mueller United We'd
nesday Evening.

Wednesday evening at five o'clock
Reinholt Lieder of North Freedom
and Miss Louise Mueller of Wonewoc
were married at the home of the
groom's parents, Rev. Dipple offici-
ating. About one hundred were
present, thirty being from Wonewoc
Mr.. and Mrs. Lieder will make their
home in North Freedom. The good
wishes OF their many friends go with
them.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26
Str2nQe Dreaners, These.

Winter began in this vicinity last
week Wednesday, at which time the
railroad company put on she watchers
at the tunnels between here and
Sparta. Those at tunnel 1 comprise
the following distinguished Kendall
residents: Matt Bunk, Oliver Daley,
VIM. Reebner and G. Lueth. The
first three have watched tunnel so
long that they often get up in their
sleep, open the bedroom door, stand in
the draft while an imaginary train
passes and then shut the door and slip
into the arms of Murphy-or is it into
the arms of Morpheus?-Kendall Key.
stone.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26
BRIDGE AGITATION
At MER2IMACK
Committees are Named to
Push the Project to Span
the Wisconsin.
TO GET ESTIMATES OF COST
Believed the Improvement
Would be of Great Bene-
fit to Country.
TO GET ESTIMATES OF COST

Merrimack and the residents of the
surrounding country desire a new
bridge across the Wisconsin river and
a rousing meeting was held in the
village on Wednesday evening to give
the project a boost. A collection was
taken to defrayi the initial expenses
and from the spirit and enthusiasm of
the first meeting the bridge will no
doubt be built.
The meeting was called to order by
Al. Blackman; l.. o. Smith was elect
ed chairman and w. e. Gross the
secretary. Short addresses were made
by Mayor G.. T. Thuerer of Baraboo,
Mr.. Perry of Lodi, Rev. F. e. Foulkes
OF Merrimack, w. Scott Of Okee, q.
Holborn of Lodi, T. Edward Mead of
Baraboo, Alderman Oscar Altpeter of
Baraboo, Former Assemblyman
James S. Towers of Caledonia, Mr..
Caldwell and Mr.. Reynolds of Lodi.
DR.. Nuzum of Baraboo went with tie
others from this city.
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Gross were then
elected permanent chairman and Sec
retary for one year. E. j. Won Berg
was named as the treasurer and DR..
M. Z. Martin as the corresponding
secretary.
The following were named as chair
men of committees along the way
from Reedsburg to Madison:
Lodi-George Halbman.
Baraboo-T. Edward Mead.
West Point-Winfeld Scott.
Okee-Jo ohm Carncross.
North Freedom-John T. Donaghey,
ormerly highway commissioner for
Sauk county and now with the state
highway commission.
Reedsburg-E. G. Stolte.
Ableman-Gustav Scharnke, sur
veyor of Sauk coanty.
Merrimack-George Graves.
Arlington-Audrew StevisOn.
Dane village-Olaf Jacobson.
Dane town-T. Thompson.
Waunakee-Dr. Blake.
Greenfield-A. Frye.
Baraboo TOWN.. S. Ryan.
Madison-L. w. Gay.
Special Chairman of Telephone
Affairs-William Sparks of Lodi.
Messrs. Smith, Patterson and Mead
will visit the highway commission to
obtain a survey for the proposed
structure.
George Gross and Mr.. Cawellte took
collection to defray the expenses and
the amount found in the hats was
$27.70.
The next meeting will be at Lodi on
December 27.
The idea of forming commercial
club at Merrimack was presented but
no action wastak en-.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26
Social Club Meets.

Wednesday afternoon the social
club met with Mrs. l.. G. Stadler on
Fifth avenue and the occasion was in
the nature of a holiday festivity. The
rooms were decorated in holly and each
of the twelve guests was remembered
with pretty present from blazing
Christmas tree. There was a delicious
repast at 6 o'clock and one of the hap
plest times ever enjoyed by the club
has been recorded in the annals of the
organization.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26

CONTINUED on Last Page.)
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26
nd produced much merriment.

and produced much merriment.
Creiit is due Miss Falvey for the
success of the presentation of the two
playsas she trained the students to
theirparts in short space of time and
conducted the rehearsals. Superin
tendent A. q. Kingsford, A. FL. Noyes
and others also aided in making the
program creditable one.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26

The Billboard this week says that
manyof the members of the "white-
top" Paternity are turning their foot
steps owards the South to avoid the
sharpwinds and dismal weather that
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26
Mating Papers.

Earl E. Bass of Juneau county to
Miss Belle RhineharJ of Dellona
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26

One DOCK store
Two creamerys
Two feed mills
One linen mill
Two dye works
Two orchestras
Six restaurants
Business college
Nine physicians
Six rural routes
Three coal firns
Five drug stores
Six pipe organs
Humane society
ParOchial school
One book binder
Three dray lines
Two piano firms
One wOOlen mill
One ch1rOpractOr
Thirteen lawyers
Two daily papers
Three cigar stores
Six meat markets
Two stage routes
Two pop factories
Four livery firms
Five barber shops
Two veterinarians
Thirteen churches
Two harness shops
Three stock buyers
Three lumber firms
Four jewelry stores
Two plumber firms
Five photographers
One fair association
Two abstract offices
Three furniture firms
Five hardware firms
Three weekly papers
A population of 1924
Three produce buyers
Three milliner stores
Three woman's clubs
Cement block factory
One express company
A postal savings bank
One second hand store
Municipal water plant
About l 200 residences
Five real estate dealers
One canning company
Commercial association
Five job printing shops
Women's Civic League
Great Northern Nursery
Seven blacksmith shops
Several fruit farms near
Postal receipts of $4,000
Three cement walk firms
Two life insurance offices
One circus wagon factory
One pickle sailing station
Eleven resident ministers
Two flour and feed stores
Volunteer fire department
Several social centers near
Mayor and nine aldermen
Four exclusive shoe stores
Three exclusive dry goods
An area of 81 square miles.
Two merchant tailor shops
Five fine looking policemen
Mutual insurance company
Two farm implement firms
Thirty-eight secret societies
Library with 5000 volumes
Bank deposits of $2,4OO,0O0
Five public school buildings
Bum the Baker of Baraboo.
Plans made for trial orchard
Fifteen passenger trains daily
One local telephone company
Four exclusive clothing firms
Pansy farm three miles ava.
Two street lighting companie
Annual rainfall of 31.9 inches
Marine band-best In the sta
Miles and miles of paved st1ee
Historical society with museu
Railroad division headquarte
Chicago & Northernwestern
Young Mems bristian associ
Fourteen grocery and general
An assessed valuation OF 30,
Iroquois iron mines ten miles
An elevation above the Sc
feet
Society to promote children
dens
Two hundred wide-awake /
firms
Cahoon iron mines two
away
Man Mound park foul
away
f1--4a-l DA rxS
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-02-09
q REAT MEN.

a daily paper has gotten together
the names and wealth of the six rich
est men in the world, which includes
Morgan, Rockefeller, Carnegie, AS
tor, Lord Strathcona and Lord Rotbs-
child, the combined wealth of whom
is five billion dollars
A desire has been expressed that
the same publication publish the
names of the six men In the world
who are doign most for the fellow
man. None of the six mentioned
would appear in the list, notwith-
standing the fact that Mr.. Carnegie
has given millions towards education
in the South and elsewhere. "What
one of these, six men has done as
m UGH real service for his brothers as
Booker L. Washington, who started
as q slave, and who has lnbored under
the handicap of having a black skin
and being poor. Poorly paid teachers.
men and women in the lower walks of
life, who contribute largely of their
means and time toward the alienation
of suffering and want among the
poor, who part with their hard earned
money to help their less fortunate
brother are the real heroes and foun-
dation of the country. There are lots
OF other ways of helping mankind
than by giving money. ,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-02-09
ARGUMENTS AGAINST PAR
GELS POST WANTED.

Won't some plain, level he AIDED
man, or woman either, write for us
an article, embodying the arguments
against Parcels Post? Please favor
the readers of this paper with plain
statement why there should not be a
Parcels Post. Honestly. we have seen
no real argument against it. We are
all "open to conviction. Make the
Article as short as practicable, but
don't skrimp. Let yourself out. Tell
1t plainly for plain people. The Edi-
tor will, las an acknowledgment of this
favor, give chrome, a prize of som
kind, trip to Europe, a circus tick
ct, or almost anything to get a good,
strong article against Parcels Post.
Let it come!
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-02-09

I the road as we'll as in the houses adj
joining the highway. The effect of
this dust nuisance is not only extre-
mely annoying but injurious to the
health as we'll. The friction and
shearing pressure of automobile
wheels will cut the average water
bound stone road into ruts and holes
in remarkably small space of time.
How to make broken stone high.
WAYS dustless and durable is therefore
the problem that confronts the pre-
sent-day road builder. This question
has been given great deal of study
by engineers and highway builders
during the past year. with the result
that road makers in all parts of the
country are practically agreed that
the only solution of the problem is to
use bituminous materials of some
kind in place of water for bonding a
broken stone road. Materials of vars
ious kinds, such as tar products, as
phaltic oils and native asphalts have
been used with the most satisfactory
results. Practically all of the speci-
fications for permanent roads that are
being drawn by engineers for State
highways at the present time cover
the use of bituminous binders. It can
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-02-09
NOT NEEDED.

The bill now before the LegisIa-
ture, known as the Rutherford. Mon
cure Game bill, provides for the ap-
pointment of game commission for
the State, the object of which is to
protect the game of the State. We
suppose handsome appropriation
will be asked for. We have not seen
the text of the bill, but on general
principles we are opposed to it. We
have already sufficiently large num-
Der of public officers in our institu-
tions and elsewhere, who "have their
hands in Pap's pocket" The game
OF the State, if county officers will
do their duty in enforcing laws we
already have for protection of game
and the destruction Of their enemies.
will get on very well, and exist in
sufficient numbers. Very few men
have time to do much hunting any,
way, that is, men who really amount
to very much. We hope our represent
tstiyss will vote against the game
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-02-09
Changes Wanted.
(Communicated.)


Editor Clinch Valley News, Dear Sir
Are you conscious of the fact that
condition and not theory, "again
confronts us-the Democratic party
of Tazewell county? And in view of
the limited time we have between
now and the time we must call a
mass meeting to send delegates to the
Congressional Convention, we ought
to stop and "take stock'', and espec-
tally, see where we are, and find out
why Tazewel did not keep time to
the music" of a triumphant Demo-
cracy in every county in the Ninth
District. where Henry Stuart "set
the leaven' as he did in every county
in the District, or in other words,
why Tazewell did not have a trium-
plant Democracy as other counties
like Russell, Washington, Wythe,
Wise and others / could name. but
instead lost something like 400 votes
from the great record Stuart made.
MIR. Editor, there was reason for
the LAY down." 1t is often the case
that you see splits and dissensions in
majority parties, but it is rare, in
deed, to see a minority party split
like ours. believe the manner of
organization has great deal to do
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-02-09
The Raven.

Once upon midnight dreary, while
pondered weak and weary,
Through my door there flew a raven
of the days of nineteen four
Flew and, looking at me sadly,
while my pulses pounded madly,
Percbed upon a bust of Hadley high
above my chamber floor
Perched and muttered "Theodore |"
Then l seemed to hear the twaddle of
the gentle mollycoddle-
Crash of rifle in the jungle, and the
rush and slush of gore
Heard | nature takers shouting
saw silly gargoyle spouting-
Wealthy malefactors pouting, and the
Ananias corps
All these things and more were con-
Jured from the misty days of yure
By the ravens "Theodore -
"Sir! in rage l broke out yelling.
by the great phonetic spelling
By the notes to dear Maria, whom
the two of us adore
BY the srorks, in fear converting
tell me, sir, if am cleaning
Some faint knowledge of the meaning
in your melancholy roar
Some faint CLEAN of understanding
from your melancholy roar!"
Quoth the raven, Theodore -
prophet, said l, Gin my wallet
there is coin that says La Toilette
Will be running soon as candidate
has never run before;
And the portly William Howard
Taft is surely not cowardl"
But the raven only glowered high
above my chamber floor
From the plaster cast of Hadley high
above my chamber floor
Glared and muttered, "Theodore %
land the raven, never quitting,
never fitting, still is sitting
On the plaster cast of Hadley high
alb owe my chamber floor;
And his eyes have all the seeming
of a dik-dik's that is dreaming,
And the lir.elight Ger him streaming
casts shadow evermore;
And that dark, uncanny shadow, float
ing on my chamber floor,
Is an Theodore
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-02-09
Mr.. Taft's Difficulty.

When Mr.. Taft was following col
lege baseball more closely than he
has chance to DO now, he set out
one afternoon for a game between
Yale and Princeton. He was in the
habit of buying two seats so tina. he
might have plenty of ROOM
When he got to the grandstand he
forked out two tickets. The usher
took in the situation at glance and
led the way to the seats. When he
reached them he paused.
WHAT'S the trouble, young MANI"
asked Mr.. Taft.
Sorry, sir" said the usher. "but
If you sit in these two seates, there's
going to be some difficulty; ther'ye
on opposite sides of the aisle. -
Everybody's Magazine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-02-09
Norton.
Norton

Norton, Va, Feb. 3.
Editor News:--I have always read
your little scraps of history with in
terest-frequently they bring to mind
some one, or incidents which we re-
call, as was the case of the Hedrick
family, which appeared in the News
of last week
On January LIST was called to
North Carolina to attend meeting of
Furniture Manufacturers at Licking
ton, a beautiful and progressive man
ufacturing town now touched by the
NJ. and w. There L met Mr.. j. It.
Hedrick. Pres. of the Spencer Furni-
ture Co., one of the largest plants
in North Carolina, making over $50
different patterns of furniture. In
your 'bit of history you state that
the Tazewell Hedricks came from N.
c. The Mr.. Hedrick / met, though
young man, was said to be one of the
wealthiest manufacturers in the
state. 1t seems that the Hedrick fam
lily is mechanical one. If had read
your little bit of history. or gossip
as you term it, about the Hedricks, l
could have engaged in an interesting
conversation with the North Carolina
| Hedrick.
A few weeks since, you published
short history of the large gilbert
son and Kilgore families of Wise and
Scott counties, which 1 sent you
descendants of the famous pioneer
! fighter, Chas. T. Kilgore, who fell,
seriously wounded, at the battle of
Kings Mountain, and whose wife and
sister, with one horse followed the
long trail through the wilderness and
brought him safely back to the cabin
home in Scott county, Virginia.
From an article recently appearing
in one of the Gate City papers,
learned that Senator Culbertson of
Texas, was one of this same family
whose ancestors went from Virginia
to Texas. The senator's father, also
distinguished lawyer and statesman,
kept up a correspondence with his
kinsman, Col. Salyers, of Wise C. H.
for several years. Col. Salyers has
number of these letters in possession
yet, and prizes them very highly, and
so it goes. Hope you will keep up the
bits of family history. Isn't it re-
markable how many of the great men
of the us. trace their family history
right back to Virginia?
T. f. S.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-02-09
AGAINST PARCELS POST.

The Board of Trade, Chamber OF
Commerce and the Retail Merchants
Association, of the City of Lynch
burg, sent a committee to Washing.
ton few days ago, to protest against
the pas sage of the Parcels Post Bill.
According to these gentlemen the
Parcels Post bill would, if establish
ed, prove to be veritable Pandoras
box. Every imaginable evil, and not
one whit of good would come to
Lynchburg and the entire country,
from the Parcels Post. One third of
the merchants will be put out of
business entirely, another third dis
abled, leaving only one third-all
figured out to a nicety-in business,
and this one third would be entirely
incapable of doing much to help the
world, including the newspaper,
along, and all sorts of dire calami-
ties, according to report. Added to
all this, the mail order liquor houses
would be able to ship liquor into dry
territory and render local option in
the counties void. OF course, every
body understands that this particular
matter of the shipment of liquor into
dry territory is in full force and blast
now, out of Lynchburg, as well as
other places
This committee seems to have pre-.
sumed that the government contem-
plates passing the bill without safe
guarding it in any manner. If these
arguments are the best that can be
made against Parcels Post-and we
have seen none stronger, then there
are few against the measure worth
considering.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-02-09
The End of the World.

Although our earth cannot in any
vital sense last longer than the sun, it
may last less long for intrinsic cause.
Life is dependent not only ON the sun,
nut on the presence of air. When this
air departs life will depart too Now
the earth's mir is going slowly, but
surely. evaDorating into space. If it
all goes before the sun becomes ex-
dnct the earth's surface life will
lapse while the sun still shines. Both
processes-the evaporation of the air
and the cooling of the sun-will re.
quire long eras of time, but the second
process will be much the slower of the
TWO So we may expect the last in
habitants' of the earth to die of lack
OF breath rather than from want of
warmth.-Percival Lowell in Youths
Companion.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-02-09
ChIidron Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
GASTo RIA
Arctic Marine Plants.

The inhabitants Of the ocean, like
those of the land. are affected by the
climate. Arctic land plants cannot
flourish Mt the equator. and in the arc
tic and the antarctic oceans marine
plants are found that are unable to
survive In warm water. Among the
most remarkable of these cold water
plants are the laminariaceae, a kind of
seaweed. which sometimes attains n
gigantic size. exceeding in length the
longest climbing plants of the tropical
forests and developing huge stems like
The trunks Of trees. Investigation has
shown that these plants flourish IN the
coolest waters Of the polar seas and
that they never advance farther from
their frigid homes than to the limits
of summer temperature" in the ocean.
The genial warmth destroys them Just
as polar blast shrivels tropical flow
erS