Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-10-21
Thursday


but little game this season. On account
of the cold and wet last spring many of
the eggs of the game birds did not
hatch or the young persisted in the cold.
There are few deer in ithe county but
these are protected.
Esther Perau of Reedsburg spent
Wednesday evening here at the home
of William Richie.
Mrs. Paul Miller and son, Russell, and
sister, Miss Tena Radseck spent Thurs
day in North Freedom with Mrs. Gust
Gall, another sister.
A pleasant surprise party was ar
ranged for Miss Mildred Richie by her
mother at her home Wednesday even
ing in honor of her twentieth
birthday. A course dinner was served to
seven guests at seven o'clock, to which
all did justice to Mrs. Ritchie's cooking.
The table was deliberately decorated
with wreath of green entwined with
pansies. The place cards were also de-
corated with pansies. An attractive
birthday cake which tasted even better
than it looked graced the table with
the proper number of candles. A candle
was also placed at each plate and dur
ing the last course the candles we're all
lighted and the other lights turned out
Miss Richie received many nice
gifts and the evening was spent in
singing and amusements. All departed
for their homes at an early hour feel
ing that they had spent very enjoy
able evening.
H. A. Smythe of Madison and 81. E.
Cole of Baraboo have returned
from a driving and an auto"
mobile trip through Adams county,
the several lakes in the southeastern
part and the Wisconsin river region on
the western boundary being the sections
especially visited. Two years ago
trip was made to the county for the
purpose of locating and mapping the
Indian mounds end after returning it
was found number of groups had
been missed. AS result of the two
trips over 500 mounds have been locat-
ed, some of them being very unusual in
shape The mapping of the mounds in
Wisconsin is being done by members. of
the Wisconsin Archaeological society
and it is hoped to record the location of
the most of them before the earth
works have been de ,troyed. Many are
being obliterated every year. On the
recent trip it was found that mounds
had but recently been leveled in cult
waiting fields and in doing road work
About twenty-five miles north of Kill
bourn a group Of mounds is being grad
uallyE destroyed by the Wisconsin rive
covering Ethem up every time a food
occurs.
Potatoes are fair crop in the county
this year Some fields were ruined by
the blight and Jack Frost found many
bushels a short time ago. Adams
county potatoes grow in the sand and
are of excellent quality. In some
places the crop is valued about as mach
as the land is worth.
In Justice Halsted's court today the
repleven case of Gustave Daege of
Caledonia vs. Enos Stevens of Green
field was heard. Mr.. Daege sold a
horse, harness and buggy to the de-
PENDANT about year ago and on &C
count of the property not being paid
for the suit was brought. A jury com
posed of I'll. II. Stanley, G. w. An
drews, w. A. Ode, A. A. Brownell, r.
G. Fogle and M. Hoover found for Mr.
Daege.
On Wednesday at Kilbourn a six
pound pike got against the grating.
where the water enters the power house. |
The fish could not get away on account
Of the strong current and one of the en-
ployes brought the fish out with a rake |