Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-08-08


of Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Adams,
died in Delton Monday about noon
The child had been ill for some time
and was thought to be much improved
recently. Just before his death he
was taken worse and died, the cause
of his death being kidney disease. His
mother will be remembered as Miss
Edith Fox.
The oldest inhabitant says he has
never known SO much cool weather
during the last days of July and the
first days OF August. Monday mora
ing at Madison at 4 o'clock the ther-
mometer registered 81 degrees and that
was never equaled but once, that being
in 1899. The number of days OF cold
weather has no parallel in this country.
it is said. The cool weather is good
for potatoes, cabbage, beets and other
vegetables but not the best for corn
and melons. Summer resorts and PIC
pics suffer also.
The Wisconsin Archaeological society
will hold its state field assem- bly, at
Manitowoc and Two Rivers on Friday
and Saturday, Aug. % and "a. This
years gathering will be held jointly
with the Manitowoc County Historical
society. The first day of the meeting
will be celebrated at Manitowoc.
Here the members and guests Of the
two organizations will be welcomed by
Emil Baensch of that city.
The second day will be spent at Two
Rivers. 1t will be recalled that tie
Archaeological society met in Baraboo
at the time the Man Mound tablet was
unveiled. Charles e. Brown is secre-
tary of the society.
Summer guests at the hotels in this
region are f1ocking home on account
of the cool weather. j. HI. Hubert
of Delton was in Baraboo today and
said that they were leaving the Kill
bourn hotels score at q time. Those
who came expecting to stay two
weeks or longer, pack up their be-
longings and return to the cities to get
warm. A fire is necessity at night
and many of the hotels are not pre-
pared to keep the guests warm. Mr..
Hubert said that one place at Delton
had not single guest, all leaviog
after stay of few days. On account
of the cool weather others are not COM
ing and the messages taken back by
the visitors of this month will not con-
duce to new business. The upshot will
be a short summer resort season this
year.
The 1O1 Ranch Wild West Show
equipment came near being destroyed
by fire Saturday night while enroute
from Beaver Dam to Milwaukee. The
train caught fire and attaches of the
show formed bucket brigade to fight
the fire which broke out when SPARKS
from the engine, drawing the show
train, set fire to one of the tents.
Wayne Beasly, one of the cowboys,
who was sleeping in car directly be-
hind the one on which the canvas had
been loaded, was the first to discover
the fire. and leaping from his berth, he
signaled the engineer to stop the train,
Other employees, awakened by the
stopping of the train, came to aid
Beasly. The flames were extinguished
with water taken from creek near
by. Little damage was done excepting
to the stable tents, which we're almost
entirely destroyed, necessitating the
stabIing of the horses IN the open last
night.
For many years the passenger en-
gines on local and limited trains have
changed in this city, but recently a
change has been made which is q pleas
ing one to the crews residing in this
city. At present, instead of the engi-
neer and fireman going to the round
house an hour or two before the ar
rival of the train and getting the en-
CINE in preparation, they will board
/ the engine at the depot and the crew
bringing the train to this city will be
relieved then and there. Previously
! the engineer bringing the train to Bal
aboo was compelled to take his loco
motive to the local shops.
The engines are now changed at FL
ROY instead of at Baraboo, but the
repair work is done to the engines in
the local shops the same as before.
The freight engines will be changed