Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-08-27
Bic PARADE
PLANNE[)()N
LABOR DAY
B8rab01 Merchants to Spent Day
TOURING A1]ut County,
All BiSine}s Houses to
b. Closed.

The final preparations are b ing com
pleted for the big automobile boosting
trip to be taken by the Baraboo mer-
chants on Monday, September 7th, I'M
der the direction of the Baraboo Com
mercial association. Perhaps nothing
vet undertaken by the Baraboo Com
mercial association has aroused so
much enthusiasm as has this trip. AS
the date set falls on Labor Day, and is
legal holiday, arrangements are being
made to accommodate a larger number
of people who have expressed GesIre
to take the trip. The trip will be made
by automobile and will consume the en-
tire day and part of the evening. Every
business man and citizen of the city
is invited to go and may do 80 IN his
own auto or ride in that of someone
else by buying ticket before the date
of trip.
The purpose of this trip is to bring
the farmers and residents of the out
living districts into close touch with each
other and to stimulate trade between
them It is not to be an advertising
trip for one merchant, or one line of
merchandise alone, but to advertise to
the farmers the desirability of doing
their trading in Baraboo. No individu-
al advertising will be done, but souve-
Mrs of the trip will be given out along
thu route to the farmer and to the
housewife, and these will simply bear
the name of thesassociation,
The start will be made the morning
of the seventh at 7:30 o'clock from the
corner of Fourth avenue and Broadway,
thence going east to Ash street, thence
on the Portage road to the old Siggle-
kow farm, through Caledonia to the
WEIGH church, then on the Portage
road and around the bluffs to Merri
mack, then to Prairie du Sac where
dinner will be had; then to Sank City
and return to Prairie du Sac, west to
Denzer, back through Stones Pocket
and over West Sank road, turning at
Wilbur Cah0on' farm, then on South
river road to La Rue, Ableman and
North Freedom where supper will be
taken. Several stops will be made for
short periods along the route, the prob
able stops as now planned, being
Johnson's corners, near Achterberg
farm in CaIedodia, WEIGH church, near
Staudemeyer farm, Merrimack, Prairie
du Sac, Sank City, town of Sumpter
hall, Denzer, Sumpter creamery, King j
Corners, La Lue. Ableman and North
Freedom. The Baraboo band will ac-
company the tourists and at each 20
short band concert will be given,
as we'll as short talk by different m n
in the party yet to be selected, among
whom will be County superintendent G.
w. Davies Of North Freedom. Every
car will be numbered and the driver
viii be penalized for getting out Of
line except for repairs or accident and
racing will be also taoooed.
This trip is one that has required con-
siderable work in planning of details
and it was conceived by the association
with view to getting all the local
merchants together on one day with
a common purpose in mind, that of
boosting Baraboo and attempting to
bring here the trade that should be
theirs. The stores have been asked
to close for the entire day and with a
few. exceptions. the merchants have
promptly entered into the spirit and
consented to close on that day. Tickets
for the trip may be procured at the
Corner Drug store and it is hoped that
sufficient numbers will avail themselves
of this opportunity to boost and at the
same time see a stretch of country
we'll worth seeing and also to make the
trip grand success.