Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-04-15
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Sixteen loads Of machinery and other
material have been brought from lows
and hauled to the Lower Narrows OF
the Baraboo river where dredge will
be constructed and dyke thrown up
from that point to the lower part of
the river. This will prevent the Baraboo
from overfowing the swamp to the
north. The dredge will work it's way down
the river, taking the dirt from the bot
tom and sides of the stream. After
the dyke has been completed the dredge
will face about and eat it's way through
the marsh, cutting a ditch about TWEEN
ty feetIwide at the lower end and about
ten feet wide at the upper portion.
Leeeh creek will not be followed, a
straigAter course being taken. After
this has been doae, the big marsh, how
much Of it bog, will be excellent
farming land. Instead of hayI there
will be corn and ether crops.
The work will be done by Charles
Binder and W. F. Shaw of Colo; Iowa.
They have purchased about three thou
sand acres and after the drainage has
been completed will sell the land to
those who desire to raise crops. They
have been engaged In the business for
a number Of years and expect to make
a sgaccess of the enterprise.
Ed. Binder, a brother of Charles Bin
DER has purchased the Elm Grove farm
formerly owned by Charles Waddell,
and will reside there. He also comes
FROM Iowa. He has purchased, besides
the Waddell farm, all of the land own
ed by Charles Whitman north OF the
road which passes in front of thehOuse.
For some months E.. J. Battles has
been purchasing the swamp lsad' and
has bought nearly all of it.
The loss from defective chSrnneys
reached an abnormal to*al in March,
totalling $136, 6G5 from sixty-two fires
eported, according: to the state fire
marshal's montaly report made at Mad
.son. Stoves and pipes caused forty five
fires and damage of $34, SIS; incendiary
and suspicious fires numbered eleven
with loss of $12, l85;matches, thirty lone
with loss of $2l, 80; and unknown fires
numbered thirty, with loss of $195, 945.
The total fire, loss for the month was
$500, 300, from 280'fres. and insurance
was 81, 281, 855. In March last year there
were 305 fires, loss of 81, 1873, $50, and in
surance of So, SGT, $40.
If every town or village, had a big
water power at its back door, the
pressure on the pocketbooks of the
average tax payer would be greatly
reduced. The Prairie du Sac News says:
The dam constructed across the river
at Prairie du Sac is good thing for
the town and village of Prairie du Sac
as shown from the amount of taxes
paid into the treasures of both. AL
though the property of the Power Co.
is not located in the village the munich
pality receives good portion Of the
taxes in an indirect way-through the
school district. For instance the school
tax paid into Joint Dist. No. /, of the
town and village of Prairie du Sac, in
which the west end of the dam is To-
Gated by the town treasurer of the
town of Prairie du Sac this year was
S3O7O.85, of which amount the Wiscon-
sin River Power Company paid $2561
sc and $500. 19 was derived from farm
property tax. The treasurer of the town
of Prairie du Sac paid to the school
treasurer of Joint Dist. No. l, $1,000.
40 against $3.50. 81 last year. the great
er part of which was derived from the
assessment of the Wisconsin River Pow
er Co. plant. Aside from this the
treasurer of the town of Prairie du Sac
paid the county treasurer for the state
trust fund loan on the new high school
building 1920 45, this together with the
S2O5O. 40 amounts to S3079.85 received
by the school district from the town of
Prairie du Sac this year.
Thus it will readily be seen that the