Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-03-27
Saturday


Mr. aad Mrs. B. S. Lockwood re-
{ lrned to their home in Mondovi.
They have been entertained the last
week at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. K.
LOCK wood.
John Harris of Madison is guest of
Raymond Cowles in this CITY for a
few days. Mr.. Harris is junior in
the electrical engineering department.
at Wisconsin university.
William Kuntz returned to his home
in Chenington this afternoon after
spending few days at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Fort in Baraboo
and with relatives in Merrimack.
i. w. Rowell, agricultural manager
of the United States Sugar Co., was in
Baraboo today and called a meeting
of farmers at the courthouse for the
purpose of ratifying the contract of the
Sugar company.
Mrs. F. g. Peck went to La Crosse
this afternoon where she will be enter
tanned for a few days at the home of
Engineer and Mrs. George Watson.
George Watson, Jr, who has been re-
ceiving treatment at the hospital, is
getting along nicely.
The interior of the Gust market on
Third street presents an improved az
pearance. 1t has been given an ap
p.lcation of white paint which bright
cas- the shop up wonderfully and
gives it an added air of cleanliness.
The paint will be followed with a coat
of mite enamel.
1he United States government has
ocdeIed the distribution of approx
mately $4,000 in annuities 20 the
various members of the Winnehago
tribe in this district. Each man.
woman and child entitled to partici-
pate i'll. the apportionmenC will receive
about $23. Payment will be made in
Portage early in April.
Local merchants expect that the
price of butter will advance greatly In
price the coming summer, in fact that
1t will go higher than it has ever been In
the past. They base this prediction
Ia font AZ ia Oft G.
sent time very high and nearly all OF
the butter factories have turned TO the
manufacture Of the various brands OF
o1eese.- Beaver Dam Daily Citizen.
A fellow called at an office few
days since and asked the privilege of
using the line. After connection was
ma lie, and the customary "hello" and
"yes" was exchanged, the man re-
NAMED quiet for nearly five minutes
The silence was SO painful that we
asked him, if the line was in trouble.
"Oh its all right, working fine, I'm
simply talking TO my WIFE,"
| Thursday afternoon meeting of the
| Woman's Home Missionary Society
o. the German nj. E. church was
| held at the home OF Mrs. Otto
Schroeder, Mound street. The meet
ing Was an interesting one, and papers
were presented by Mrs. w. f. Elske,
Mrs A. Caflisch, and Mrs. Otto Shroeo
er. Refreshments were served. The
next meeting will be with Mrs. Ed.
Weber.
An investigation of the cost of living
in La Crosse by the advisory committee
of the Associated Charities divulged the
fact that the average daily wage of I'M
skilled laboring men is $1.78, while
tnat of women is 90 cents. Rents
varying from $500 to $3.50 per month
on investigation showed. that $500
was the lowest to insure reasonably
sanitary conditions. The cost of food
.upplies is reported as about equal to
Aose prevailing in New York in 1907,
considered reasonably low.
A hobo giving his name as Wilson
blew into Baraboo this morning and
asked Chief of Police S. A. Pelton for
permission to stay at the county Jail
the coming week. Mr.. Pelton toe K
the man before Justice of the Peace
Andre where he was sentenced to ten
days on charge of yagrancy. The
hobo was much surprised at the lenien
cy of the judge. There was undoubted-
ly another surprise for Mr.. Wilson
when he arrived at the bastile to ap
prehend that the big keys had changtd
hands
Mrs. Amanda Whitmore died Fri
day afternoon at her home, 615 Grove
street, after an illness of some weeks.