Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-07-25
Saturday

caller in Baraboo yesterday.
Near Randolph in Columbia county,
4 David Rowlands, lost thirteen cattle
by lightning. All lay in row close
1 to a wire fence and one bolt killed
avery animal.
/ Irwin ,Rau. writes from Madison
thai he is employed in the extension
department of.the university. He is
SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Rau OF
Baraboo and graduated from the State
university in June.
On Friday the weather man pre-
/ dicted fair skies. John Coleman hur-
ried up and sprinkled The Wigwam
lawn and considers all his efforts lost.
| He is looking for the weather prognos-
ticator with club of unusual dimen-
sions. The rain began about 8 O'Clock
and the downpour was certainly
copious.
Judge r. D. Marshall of the SUI
preme coult addressed the county
board of Portage on the ques-
ton of the towns and county
issuing bonds for immediate
good road Improvements, Portage
has raised $5 200 for good roads and it
is expected that the work on improved
highways will start at once.
F. Gaff'ney, station agent at Hart
land during the last thirty-six years,
| has been placed on the retired list and
also on the railway pension list. Mr..
Gaffney is one of the oldest. lemployes
in the service of the Northwestern sys-
tenn and has been retired on account of
reaching the age limit, but he is still
active and energetic for one whose age
is over 70 years.-Harvard Herald.
Thomas Janzen carries several bad
bruises on his countenance as a result
of bicycle accident which occurred
yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Janzen as
descending hill in Fairfield with a
load on his wheel and when he struck
a stone he lost control of the machine.
He landed face downward on the hard
pavement causing the injury. Mr..
Janzen is employed as steam roller en-
gineer by the county.
Mr.. and Mrs. FL. K. Page and sen,
Curt, are in Madison, Mr.. Page beir g
at the general hospital. Some days
ago he had a slight attack of appendi-
citis and did not fully recover. At
Madison the physicians decided there
may be an abscess in the appendix
region and an operation may be neces-
sary. If an operation is performed 1t
will not be done for number Of days.
Albert Otto had a narrow escape
flom serious injury at the Randolph
canning factory. While standing on
top of viner doing some minor re-
pairing, he backed up against revolv-
ing shaft and setscrew caught his
clothes and things commenced to
wind up. Albert grabbed for some
nearby means of rescue and held on
firmly until his clothes were stripped
from his body and when he was re-
leased he didn't have enough clothes
left to pad crutch. Luckily he was
not injured.
Paul Nelson left today for his home
In Rockford, illinois. He, in company
with his brother, Fritz Nelson, and
George Eckstrom made trip from
Rockford to Baraboo.on their motor
cycles. In this city they abandoned
the machines and went by rail to
Long Lake where kthey camred for
three weeks. Fritz Nelson returned to
Rockford week ago and Mr.
! Eckstrom will visit for some
time in this state before return
ing. The return trip was made by
rail as the young men believe they had
touring experiences enough on their
trip to Baraboo.
Since the three years unpaid taxes
of the Kilbourn dam and electric
transmission line have been sub
mitted to arbitration with the state
tax commission as arbitrator, it was
deemed wise for the assessors of the
twenty-one assessment districts in.
terested to defer the 1912 assessment of
the Southern Wisconsin Pc yer co. Is
property until the data and testimony
that will be offered the tax comisssion
shall be available for guidance of the
assessors. Hence sixteen assessors of
Columbia, Sank and Dodge counties
who met in Kilbourn Thursday to fix
valuations ETC., adjourned their session
until Aug. 81, when they will assem-
BILE in the city hall, at Portage, at
d. m.
RnHnWin0 Trouble,