Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-02-26

Ia2 D6mOcr aG saws the name SuOutU
be "Waloaa', toe Indian name fol-
the portage or AIRY bet9eea the Fox
end Wisconsin rivers al Portage.
Henry Gannett of The United States
! Geological survey, says IN bis so rigin
of certain Place Names" that Okee is
an InGian word meaning "egii spirit"
or if from auRe, "earth or "place. "
The Madison Democrat suggests the
name OF the new body of water be
called Swenson lake in honor OF the
Madison resident, Magnus t5wenson.
who was instrumental in building
the Dam power plant which creates
| the lake. Ii not, then may De Lake
Magnus would suit. Ii certainly will
be big body Of water, twice as
| long as Lake Mendoza and in some
pisces half as wide. Magnus clearly
can be no misnomer if applied to IT,.
This paper would sug zesG that the
lake be called MerrinAck after she
name Of the pretty little village WI ich
will he l0coicd in the very storm CEN
| ter Of good fl hing and resort seeke
when lie lake Is cree reality.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Yegks and
daughter, Miss Lillian, Of Prairie du
Sac, who visited at the home Of John
Yegks in B raboo, went TO Resdsburg
this morning where they will visit
friends.
Mrg. r. }. Cochran sends W rds
from the R3hn farm lhAs parsons help
ed themselves to the chickens at her
home a few nights ago and the ones
who took the property should come and
make the loss good for the persons are
known. She says they will be prose
cuted If Shey do not
T. P. Foley, who Is employed near
Madison, drove the intervening dis
tance Of 20 miles with q horse and
buggy on Thursday a0d spent the
weekend at his home in 8araboo.
Miss Lila Dryer has gone TO her
home in Detlona for few days until
she recuperates from overwork in
school. Her father, former Sheriff
Grant Dryer, came for her.
Mrs. Thomas Cain goes to Madison
Monday to attend luncheon and
dramatic reading for which cards have
been issued by Mrs. Percival II. Terry,
Mrs. Maude Mason and Mrs. Fannie
L. Steve. The eff air, which is to be
a large one, will be held in the
Woman's building.
Mrs. Carrie AtWater of WatertO WI,
South Dakota, who spent two days
with relatives in Baraboo, went TO
Madison Friday evening where she
will visit Miss Ella Atwater. Mrs.
Atwater will return to her home next
week, concluding a trip Of four
months duration. She has visited in
New York, New Hampshire, Penn
sylvanis and Vermont and spent De-
CEN Der and January with relatives
in Hickory, North Carolina.
A lady who does not care to have
her name made public has given 500
to the Foreign Missionary society of
the First Methodist Episcopal church.
The announcement was made on Fri
day when the above society
and the Home Missionary held a |
joint meeting at the home of |
Mrs. J, TiIlotson, the meeting being |
in charge of Mrs. 81. T.. Horton, Mrs. |
J. w. Lsyden and Mrs. NJ. J. Tyler. |
There were readings by Mrs. Ed. Nc
Gilvrs, Mrs. l.. l.. Ketchum and Mrs. |
A. Ell. Varnell. A recitation was given |
by Miss Chrissie Arnott and over fifty |
enjoyed the supper. At the same |
meeting letter was read from Chi |
csgo pastor TO whom had been sent |
box of goods valued at $1OO In the
box were fifty new overcosts. The Chi |
cago pastor has received 800 appeals |
for help and the coats were most
gratefully received by the needy in the |
big city.
William Saddler, the clever forger is
still among the living and still face
ing the unwsTy. Chief Of Police S. A.
Pelton has received acopy OF the Daily
Times News Published at Ann Arbor,
Michigan, which gives the account of
a real estate forgery which was planned
and executed the same as the one ct
Baraboo a few years ago when the late
j. P. Witwen, as agent, lost $4,000 in
the supposed loan on tarm near
Spring Green which had not been
purchased By Ssddler ~-but on which
he had executed forged deed. At Ann
AEbor he went to local capitalist and
securef 81. 500 On q deed forged or the