Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-16
companying DR.. Stearnes. Mrp.
Stearnes will be remembered as Miss
Jennie Robinson

! F. f. Settergren, proprietor of the
I Settergren Hardware company, reports
4 that over /, 100 Majestic steel ranges
jhave sold from the store where he
has been located. Marriott Brothers
Ipla ced about 300 in the homes in this
vicinity and Mr.. Settergren who has
Keen here about fourteen years, has sold
about 800 The sale just closed has
been most successful and many proud
housewives are enjoying one of these
twentieth century conveniences.
Rev. W. F. Boyer, pastor of the Ger
man Methodist church, and Herman
Voll one of the members will attend
the conference which will be held in
Milwaukee from Wednesday, Septem-
Der Is, to Monday Sept. 20. Mr.. Vol
goes as the delegate from the local
church. There will be about one hum
dred ministers and as many delegates
in attendance. Bishop Nc Dowell pre-
sidee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Dobratz and
sons and Mrs. P. Rlchmueller of Merrl-
mack have returned from an automo
bile trip to Osseo, Alma Center and
other places in Wisconsin. At Osseo
they visited at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs: Chas. Newman, who formerly
resided at Leland. Mr.. Newman is a
blacksmith at Osseo. At Alma Center
the travellers were guests at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles SchmoekeI,
also former residents at Leland
where Mr.. Schmoekel conducted gen.
eral store. for number OF years. He
has fine farm near Alma Center.
Miss Lena Newman and brother,
Fred, who were listing in Sank coun-
ty returned to their home at Osseo in
the car driven by Mr.. Dobratz.
Two boys in Big Creek, north of La
Vale, INDUCED in friendly tussle a. d
Johnny Corrigan suffered broken. legs
He got free ride to Reedsburga se
DR.. A. B. Stout. formerly a member
Of the faculty of the Baraboo high
school and now director Of laboratories
in the New York botanical garden
gave a lecture at Bronx park few
days ago He took for subject ''The
Agricu lture Of the North American In
dians".
The autoists from Baraboo made an
interesting spectacle on our streets
Monday morning, who came notwith-
standing bad roads and weather. Some
of the Black Hawk people were dis
cussing the money represented in the
cars and it was estimated at about
$500, 0O0 90. Some one said, ''lots of
money rolling around. Black Hawk
Correspondent in the Prairie du Sac
News
Secretary of State John S. Donald
Friday issued license to the Valecia
Evaporated Milk company, incorporat-
ed under the laws of Maine, to do bust
ness in Wisconsin. This company will
take over the business of the bankrupt
Valecia Condensed Milk company. It is
incorporated with a capital stock o..
$500, 600 of which $240, 900 has been paid
in. 1t will be located at Bethel, Wis
consin. The officers are, President,
W. R. Montague. La Crosse; vice pres
dent, E. A. Seifert, Reedsburg secre-
tary, w. H. Walters, Madison; and
treasurer, E. Eckstedt, Madison.
The state conservation committee was
at Devils Lake Park Friday arranging
to award the contract for summer no.
tel on the grounds and for laying out
roads.
The conservation wardens will be
placed on a salary basis ranging from
S75 to 800 per month, instead of a
perdiem of two dollars and half up
ward, by an order of the commission.
The number of wardens have been re-
duced
The new postmaster at Kilbourn,
Arthur Kleimenhagen, entered ul on
his official duties in the Kilbourn post
office Wednesday, F. H. Marshall rs
firing after sixteen years of service.
The barn on the Rudolph Weiland
farm was struck by lightning during
the storm of Friday morning. No great
damage was done, few boards were
torn off and the stone wall cracked
The potato growing sections of Wis
consin are now beginning active prepsr-
ations for the coming convention of Il g
Wisconsin Potato Growers Association,
t. be held at Marinette, November II
10, 1915 Many conferences of grove
have been held recently in cooperation
with the Executive committee of the